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Re: Bryan Singer Rape Allegations

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Originally Posted by Lt Ripley (Post 12083971)

He wasn't happy either when he learned Aliens was given a teal wash.

Yeah, no one would be. Or he saw the Predator:Ultimate Hunter Edition.

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Originally Posted by RocShemp (Post 12084576)

That was Singer's claim when he made the first movie. From what I recall, he was just a gun for hire on a project that had like almost 10 screenwriters. In the end, all but David Hayter refused to take credit for the finished script. Though I think Singer got a story credit (or perhaps that was for the sequel).

He received story credit for both of the first two films and First Class.

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Originally Posted by Troy Stiffler (Post 12084891)

I credit Singer and the producers for starting the 'good comic book movie' era. It was also an early example of taking a lower-budget director and putting him in a big project. Christopher Nolan was also part of that earlier group that went from making really good lower-budget movies, and being able to work on really large projects. Now that's what a lot of producers look to do (the new Jurassic Park and Godzilla movies, in example ... straight from $1M to $100M).

That is true, Singer did kick off the wave of comic book movies which are still going going strong. Personally, as a filmmaker, I like Singer, I think he composes actin sequences well, does a good job with ensemble casts, and is a talented director who's made some pretty good films, and who handled his transition for low-budget indie director to blockbuster filmmaker pretty well. I'm surprised at all of the "He was never a very good filmmaker anyway" stuff that's flying around. That being said, much of the information coming out in this thread is quite disconcerting.

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Originally Posted by JumpCutz (Post 12084565)

"Never even heard of the X-Men before he first movie"? :eek:

How is that even possible? The X-Men were a pop culture phenomenon well before the movies.

Not questioning you RocShemp or the veracity of the claim, but it just seems very odd that he had never heard of them. :shrug:

Yeah, even my dad knows who Wolverine is. The X-Men are pop culture icons. I don't watch reality TV, but I know what Duck Dynasty is. There are some things which are so widely engrained in culture that they're hard to miss.

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Originally Posted by inri222 (Post 12082016)

Some people think Michael Bay is a genius

Hundreds of millions of them judging by the box office of his films.

Re: Bryan Singer Rape Allegations

I consider Blade as the start of the good Comic Book movie era and The Matrix kicking open the door.

Re: Bryan Singer Rape Allegations

I don't really think he's all that great honestly. I liked TUS, AP, X1, and X2. But there's nothing in them in the sense of a director that I don't think others couldn't have done. Visually speaking I don't think could tell what a Singer film is.

But yeah. I give him credit for getting the comic book genre a solid boost.

The Usual Suspects is my favorite movie so I'm more disappointed that Singer hasn't made anything along those lines, even though X2 was fantastic. Other then those 2 he hasn't really impressed me with his other work.

Re: X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014, Singer)

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Originally Posted by JumpCutz (Post 12084565)

I never heard of X-Men until someone told me about the movie being in production. Of course, I never read comics... and I'm assuming if you don't read/follow comic books - you won't hear about it unless it's huge and spilled into other forms of entertainment (ie. Superman, Batman, etc).

Re: X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014, Singer)

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Originally Posted by Coral (Post 12085005)

There was a pretty popular animated series in the nineties, which I think was a lot of kids first exposure to the X-men, and also spawned a toy line. They appeared in tons of video games before the movie ever came about. They certainly weren't on the level of a Superman, Batman, or Spider-Man, but they definitely had a place in pop culture.

Re: Bryan Singer Rape Allegations

I'm still surprised that people are shocked about the lack of knowledge of comic book characters out there, at least prior to all the movies coming out.

Re: Bryan Singer Rape Allegations

I'd never heard of rape until Bryan Singer started raping.

Re: Bryan Singer Rape Allegations

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Originally Posted by EddieMoney (Post 12085024)

I'd never heard of rape until Bryan Singer started raping.

Now that's just bullshit, sir. You knew me... You knew what rape was.

Re: Bryan Singer Rape Allegations

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Originally Posted by Solid Snake (Post 12085033)

Now that's just bullshit, sir. You knew me... You knew what rape was.

Solid Snake is...Bryan Singer?!

Re: Bryan Singer Rape Allegations

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Originally Posted by EddieMoney (Post 12085034)

Solid Snake is...Bryan Singer?!

"Solid Snake" does sound like a euphemism for a Singer-style-rape. OMG, it all fits now... We've been Keyser Söze'd for the last six years!

Re: Bryan Singer Rape Allegations

This thread in my opinion has gone off topic, dissolved into side comments that are not pertinent, as well very crass, explicit language regarding 'rape' on the whole and therefore

the thread is closed.