Can I confess something, real fast?
I know Rob Liefeld. I like him. He's basically a big kid who still loves entertainment in which everything is exaggerated tenfold.
But I sure don't mind having some fun with him, especially when he puts something out there like this...
Yes, he wrote a script about himself and the founders of Image...and it's called "Icons." Plus he wrote the script in three days, and already some of the pages are online with his approval.
Now, assuming you actually want to get a script made - don't go around saying you wrote it in three days. At a previous job, I had a writer boast about having written an article totally at the last minute, when what would have impressed me more is if they'd started early and taken some time.
Oh, but that's not the best part. Nor is it the fact that he wants Chris Pine to play him (don't we all?)
It's that he devoted three pages of the script to the time he met Eazy-E ("I'm lovin' me some Youngblood bro"). And he doesn't even spell his name right!
That aside, it's interesting that he paints himself as a contemplative observer while making Todd McFarlane the hero, albeit a hero who says "bud" and "fuck" every other word. And compared to other high-concept Hollywood scripts I've read, it's a smooth read.
Check out the pages for yourself, if you dare...
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I think my favorite part has to be when Liefeld, McFarlane, and Lee all leave the Marvel office, and the publisher says to his EIC, "Only one of them has real talent. The other two are crazy. Good riddance."
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Liefeld is a talentless, idiotic, egomaniac who is all flash, no substance. And the guy STILL can't draw feet.
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Icons?
Fuck Rob Liefeld. Fuck Todd McFarlane. Fuck Jim Lee. And fuck Image.
Fuck them in their egocentric, disrespectful, prima donna, X-TREEEEEEEME asses.
They were given the keys to the castle, on limited talent (Lee is overrated, McFarlane is a terrible writer, and Liefeld is Liefeld), and threw them in the moat.
Man, this makes me angry... I'm gonna go read Fantastic Four #51.
@Dancore I had no idea who Jim Lee was until i saw him on Face/Off this past week. He was identified as one of the biggest names in DC comics. So i guess you think that is an incorrect statement?
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Jim Lee is most famous for being given the reins to X-Men #1 (the 90's version) after only a brief time with the company, selling millions of copies, making tons of money (more than most other writers/artists EVER made), and then abandoning the company with Liefeld and McFarlane right afterwards to start Image because they wanted more money and control.
He then sold out to DC and is now the Co-Publisher.
Fuck him.
Of everything Rob Liefeld has ever done, this is the most amazing. No, I'm serious. I would watch his bizarre alternate reality version of Image Comics history like a mofo. Just for the Eazy-E scene alone.
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jesus tap dancing christ
it'll be like every other - based on a true story BUT totally one sided to make Marvel look like evil scheming villains. I'm sure it was terrible working there
@vangald Well seeing as i'm the resident Canadian here, i guess i'll be Todd McFarlene.
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What a collection of talent-less, tasteless, obnoxious egomaniac assholes. None of them are worthy to lick the shoes of Kirby, Wood, Stan Lee or Curt Swan.
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I wonder whether they'll be a special cut of the movie that fits to Liefeld's ultimate vision--- CGI is used to distort and bend the spines and limbs of the actors, make the feet invisible, and even MORE pouches- imagine that! Pouches, pouches everywhere!
@TheConjurerOfCheapTricks As an USAlunder I'm not big on spines, we insist that none of our leaders have them after all and well, feet are pretty gross so I'm on board with that one too. I'm not sold on the pouches - I've already got a paunch and the addition of pouches would just encourage derogatory rhyming.
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Needs a rewrite by an outside writer, someone with raw ability and well honed skills who can give it both polish and a strong distinct narrative style. Personally I can think of no one better suited to such a task than Doctor Abraxas.
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I would have so much more respect for him if he wore belt pouches through the whole movie..........
