Script Leak Debacle

[Zack Metoyer]

Earlier today on another forum that shall not be mentioned, someone in the know had taken it upon themselves to start disseminating information from a leaked script for the new Godzilla film. The result was mass chaos, and a flurry of accusations that the OP was a troll and should be banned. He/she was ordered to provide proof, and incredibly, he/she complied and started posted images from the actual script, which appeared to be the Max Borenstein revision from June 2012.

A separate poster validated that this was the same leaked copy they possessed, and that what the OP was saying was true. After this, the OP was suddenly banned, all material removed, and a notice was posted that sharing leaked scripts is illegal and will not be tolerated on that forum.

This is why we can't have nice things. I'm personally extremely frustrated with the immense incompetence of this fandom, and their limitless potential to hurt themselves. I am 100% convinced that actual insiders tried to share information with the fan-base, whether part of LP's viral marketers or simply employees gone rogue, and the fans just ruined EVERYTHING. As usual. Ugh.

[KaiserGhidorah]

'The other forum that shall not be mentioned'. I like how that's worded. I wonder if it was the final script or just a rough draft but some of that info was pretty interesting.

[Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!!]

Damn. They should just come here instead of that place ._.

They suck so bad.

[Arislan]

Did you manage to save it before it got taken down?

[MekaGojira3k]

I have no desire to see the script or any part of it.

[Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!!]

What worries me most is how this forum in question has so much damn exposure, and pretty much represents the hive of scum and villainy of the fandumb.

[Kailem]

Glad it all got removed before I had any chance to see it then (not that I would have since it was posted....."over there"). Leaking the entire script for a film months before it's release is not 'helping' the community at all, it just exponentially increases the likelihood of the film being ruined for many of those same fans who are looking forward to it so much.

I like coming here to talk with others who share my passion for these films and characters, I like speculating about how certain things might play out and reading other people's opinions about stuff, and I'm really looking forward to the new film; but that doesn't mean I want to know everything about it beforehand. I don't want to have to stop coming here in the run-up to release because people start leaking who lives and who dies or all the major beats of the big set pieces or how the film ends or anything like that, if there's a high chance that I could run into that information at any moment, in any thread. I want to see all that stuff for myself when I'm watching the movie and be surprised by how it all plays out, not sitting there going "yup, that guy who said that X would die and Z would be the one who did this was right, so there's that scene then. Next up is the bit where.......yep, here it is." Where's the fun in that? Who seriously wants to watch a movie that way?

In my experience people in general are usually very, very bad at talking around spoilers (I've posted on other boards where people have such little self-awareness of talking about things that will ruin a movie/tv show/game etc. for anyone who hasn't seen/read/played them for themselves yet that it almost staggers belief), and I've been spoiled many times by people who just have no idea how to talk around things properly, so having the chances of the same thing happening again here rise dramatically by having a legit leaked script put out there is not something I consider a good thing, and I'm hoping that not much was actually leaked before everything got locked down.

I already feel like I know too much "actual" leaked information just from the bits and pieces I've seen occasionally posted here and there, the last thing I want is for the entire damn movie to be spoiled, because all it takes is one idiot who can't control themselves to post something, even in response to someone who might have been taking all precautions to cover that information up (the number of times I've seen someone post a spoiler all marked up properly in spoiler tags and then someone respond to them by then talking about that same spoiler right out in the open like the first guy didn't mark it for a good reason is ridiculously high), and that's it, a film can be ruined, and there's nothing you can do about it.

Like I said, I can take a certain few details, for sure. Watching the trailer and speculating about how scenes might play out or what characters might be doing is fun. But having all the details from the entire, actual script leaked online? There's a reason they're called "spoilers" after all, and I really don't want this movie to be spoiled for me months before I've even gotten the chance to see it.

[Bluejira]

I was reading that forum as it went down. They love drama there.
The leaked script...hmmmm. One page was very interesting. I have no desire to read the rest.
Wouldn't want to spoil my birthday weekend in May.

[TerranigmaFreak]

Well I missed quite a show then. Damn, that sucks. At least the chaos would have been fun to watch.

[Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!!]

So anyone who was at the freakshow want to at least divulge any information? Marked as spoilers obviously.

[king_ghidorah]

Was the general impression to the information positive or negative? That's all I really want to know.

Then again, that's a very early draft I suspect so I'm pretty sure everything will be different for the most part.

[Gargantuan Gargantua]

I am curious to see the airport scene and that is it. I've waited too long to have this spoiled on me now. What if it reveals there is a Toho monster in the movie and they have been trying to work hard to surprise everyone?

[Henry88]

darn I would have loved to have read it.

[Snowdenzilla]

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[Snowdenzilla]

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[Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!!]

>Snowdenzilla

Clever.

Interesting... If true, thank you for sharing this information. That's an awesome acronym.

[Snowdenzilla]

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[Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!!]

Yeah like this




When posting there's a spoiler button. Just highlight your text and press spoiler. It's between Media and Strike.

typing down bracket spoiler end bracket _______ bracket forward slash spoiler end bracket works too.

[Hybrid Gojira]

[Snowdenzilla]

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[Hybrid Gojira]

[Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!!]

Hmm... I wouldn't be surprised especially if

[Snowdenzilla]

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[Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!!]

Your spoiler tag didn't come out right. nor the image or text for that matter.

EDIT: Now it's just the content. Is it a pic?

[Gargantuan Gargantua]

Looks like I will be avoiding the forums until post G2014.