The Professional aka Leon

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-23 04:59pm

Master of Ossus wrote:It should have no sequel. What would it cover? The librarian helping her out?

Indeed, this would just be a case of a totally pointless sequel fucking over a perfectly good original.

CyberianKnight · Post by **CyberianKnight** » 2002-11-23 07:20pm

Apparantly Luc Besson who did the original Leon will be writing it.

So it can't be bad

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-11-23 07:22pm

CyberianKnight wrote:Apparantly Luc Besson who did the original Leon will be writing it.

So it can't be bad

He did the Fifth Element. Trust me, it can.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-11-23 07:22pm

Great Movie, Excellent DVD.

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-11-23 07:25pm

The only good thing about that movie was the multigun (the one that had homing bullets, freezethrower, rocket launcher, flamethrower, and who knows what other shit inside).

I personally felt the rest was a colossal waste of cash, and I never liked Milla Jovovich anyway.

CyberianKnight · Post by **CyberianKnight** » 2002-11-23 07:42pm

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:
CyberianKnight wrote:Apparantly Luc Besson who did the original Leon will be writing it.

So it can't be bad
He did the Fifth Element. Trust me, it can.

I liked the Fifth Element

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2002-11-23 08:05pm

CyberianKnight wrote:
Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:
CyberianKnight wrote:Apparantly Luc Besson who did the original Leon will be writing it.

So it can't be bad
He did the Fifth Element. Trust me, it can.
I liked the Fifth Element

[gags]

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2002-11-23 10:16pm

Hey, the Fifth Element was cool.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-23 10:18pm

Fifth Element was good, La Femme Nikita was good. I like this guy, I really do like this guy.

Just one question, what's the difference between the cut and uncut versions?

Mike_6002 · Post by **Mike_6002** » 2002-11-23 10:18pm

neoolong wrote:Hey, the Fifth Element was cool.

The movie had Chris Tucker, that guy can drive people insane with his voice, plus the ending was pretty lame, Love is the 5th Element that was pretty gay

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-23 10:21pm

Mike_6002 wrote:
neoolong wrote:Hey, the Fifth Element was cool.
The movie had Chris Tucker, that guy can drive people insane with his voice, plus the ending was pretty lame, Love is the 5th Element that was pretty gay

Can you ever make an intelligent post?

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-11-23 10:23pm

Mike_6002 wrote:
neoolong wrote:Hey, the Fifth Element was cool.
The movie had Chris Tucker, that guy can drive people insane with his voice, plus the ending was pretty lame, Love is the 5th Element that was pretty gay

I second Stormy's sentiment. DO you ever make more than one intelligent post out of every twenty or so? If that? I have been only following this thread, but your random postings of unnecessary bullshiot are going too far and getting too old too fast. I suggest you pipe down, else mods are going to be all over you.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2002-11-23 10:30pm

Mike_6002 wrote:
neoolong wrote:Hey, the Fifth Element was cool.
The movie had Chris Tucker, that guy can drive people insane with his voice, plus the ending was pretty lame, Love is the 5th Element that was pretty gay

Chris Tucker was supposed to be annoying. That was the point. And it's not that Chris Tucker that was necessarily annoying, it was the character. You ever see Friday, Rush Hour?

The ending wasn't bad and made sense. The love thing seemed to be what the movie was leading up to anyways.

LordShaithis · Post by **LordShaithis** » 2002-11-23 11:37pm

[quite]Just one question, what's the difference between the cut and uncut versions?[/quote]

About twenty-five total minutes of footage. It details the continuation of Mathilda's "cleaner" training, adds a lot of details to the relationship between her and Leon, and explains how Leon became a hitman and moved to America, among other things. If you haven't seen it, go get it now. The Russian roulette scene is, in my opinion, the best acting of Natalie Portman's career thus far.

This movie used to be an obsession of mine. I've seen it at least 100 times over the years, easily. I even had the director's cut two years before it was released on DVD in the US.

For the last year or so, I've mulled over the idea of writing a fanfic based on the premise that Leon survived the showdown with the NYPD. In my version, Stansfield would be gunned down at the last moment by Benny. (He seemed capable of realizing Stan was nuts, and he was always a loose end anyway.) I'm not sure where it would lead, though, so I've never gotten around to actually doing it.

LordShaithis · Post by **LordShaithis** » 2002-11-23 11:41pm

PS:

If you look around on here...

http://markcarpenter.cjb.net/

...you'll find the first-draft script for Leon, translated (albeit roughly) from the French-language and out-of-print book L'Histoire de Leon. Here's a teaser: In this version, Mathilda dies.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2002-11-23 11:56pm

Maybe another movie covering Leon's earlier years would be cool.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2002-11-24 12:37am

Maybe how Leon got recruited and his training as a cleaner?

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-24 12:38am

neoolong wrote:Maybe how Leon got recruited and his training as a cleaner?

That'd be interesting provided it's pulled off right. All in all though, I don't really think it should have a sequel though.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2002-11-24 12:48am

Stormbringer wrote:
neoolong wrote:Maybe how Leon got recruited and his training as a cleaner?
That'd be interesting provided it's pulled off right. All in all though, I don't really think it should have a sequel though.

I agree. The Mathilda character was never as complex as Leon. And it would be interesting to see how he became the man he was.

LordShaithis · Post by **LordShaithis** » 2002-11-24 04:54pm

I don't know. In the director's cut, Leon gives that little summary of how he became a hitman, and it doesn't sound like there's much material there for a second movie.

I'm not sure a sequel is warranted, but if it's going to be done, I'd rather see a sort of Nikita-type movie based around Mathilda.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2002-11-24 05:28pm

If the sequel was about Mathilda it migh turn out to just be an uber-wank fest with Natalie Portman looking hot and killing people.

Which could really make it a crappy movie.