Cagefighterkip
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i didnt hate the monkey king script,
but it is far from perfect. i do dig the haunted mansion part of it all...
but it is far from perfect. i do dig the haunted mansion part of it all...
bennihana123 said:Mac was in the beginning wasn't he?
Cagefighterkip said:yeah or at least some1 w/the same name
Why does he get blamed for everything? He didn't write this script! And besides he obviously rejected it anyway!The Man said:What's wrong with George Lucas? Seriously, what is wrong with him?
Johnny Jones said:Why does he get blamed for everything? He didn't write this script! And besides he obviously rejected it anyway!
..."I discovered a McGuffin," continues Lucas, still reluctant to name said McGuffin. "I told the guys about it and they were a little dubious about it, but it’s the best one we’ve ever found… Unfortunately, it was a little too ‘connected’ for the others. They were afraid of what the critics would think.
The Man said:Lucas was merely biding his time with this farrago. The crystal skull was always going to be the focus of Indy 4, and Ol' George had this written merely to make the eventual 'working' screenplay seem somewhat better in comparison. Not by much, though. Spielberg is equally culpable, too.
http://www.filmstalker.co.uk/archives/2006/08/indiana_jones_iv_to_be_controv.html
Cagefighterkip said:i do dig the haunted mansion part of it all...
JerryKing said:By the way, a note of caution to those who categorically claim that "Kingdom..." will be perfectly crafted by Spielberg and saved from everything which appears bad and which is obviously Lucas's fault: Steven Spielberg loved the Monkey King script, while George Lucas was not ecstatic about it. Consider that.
The Man said:Lucas was merely biding his time with this farrago. The crystal skull was always going to be the focus of Indy 4, and Ol' George had this written merely to make the eventual 'working' screenplay seem somewhat better in comparison. Not by much, though. Spielberg is equally culpable, too.
http://www.filmstalker.co.uk/archives/2006/08/indiana_jones_iv_to_be_controv.html
Col. Detritch said:I was reading through the Monkey King script by Chris Columbus and was thinking of the future potential it might have. Maybe not as a film but maybe as a novel or game.
In my opinion it would make a marvellous novel, with some more Indesque modifications. IMO this works out because it is almost completely different to the film script other than the tank (which is different anyway) a boat sequence (different) and the artifact providing eternal youth (Different artifact used anyway). The script is even based in a different year!
Some changes I'd make would be:
-The 'Haunted House" Opening sequence
-Betsy trying to commit suicide (Humorous but I found it had to take her serious after!)
-Kezure, not the entire character but I wouldn't make him a pirate (just doesn’t sit right). Maybe he could be a German scientist, Dr Klaus Von Kezure, who got lost in the jungles years back looking for the city and befriended a tribe of natives who he commands over. Then they attack the river boat instead
-And finally the excessive use of the Gorillas at the end (also didn't feel right) and the resurrection of Sun Wu-Kung!
Otherwise fantastic script and perfect Indy novel!
Col. Detritch said:Yeah, certain moments are 'cring worthy' in any sence of the word, like the Betsy suicide part and gorillas! . I never thought of it like the Marvel comics but parts are along the same lines, but, in my opinion, a hole lot more faithful to the character than the horrid comics !
Do you think the script, with ajustment, could pass as a half decent novel?
JP Jones said:The Monkey King script, as it is, would be a great novel or even game, but with a few tweaks we could've had a great movie... IMO Africa is a lot more fun than Germany...