Backtrack! 'Punisher: War Zone' Still Has Its R Rating
Filed under: Action, Thrillers, Lionsgate Films, RumorMonger, Celebrities and Controversy, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels
The silliness continues! Vic Holtreman at ScreenRant has passed along a post (sent to them by a poster who's been a steady presence in the comment field on every Punisher: War Zone story -- hi, Nomad) that cinematographer Steve Gainer made on The Raw Board. Gainer is pretty fed up with all the rumors circulating, and insists that Lexi Alexander is not off the film, she's very much involved in the editing process, the film will not be PG-13, and that she did get married. Gainer writes, "When I hear vicious unfounded troll rumors like the "film was unwatchable" or "a total mess" it makes my blood boil. I want to punish the corrupt. People sit on their fat asses trolling the internet, people that have never even looked through a motion picture camera, and make judgements [sic] on a work of art that they've never seen, it's like saying a baby will be ugly before it is born, I can't freaking wait for this film to come out and prove the nay-sayers wrong."While it's nice to have a rebuttal from someone legitimately associated with the film, none of it makes any sense -- except that someone seems to be fueling, and believing, the "any publicity is good publicity" angle. I still don't understand why, if everything is hunky dory behind the scenes, Alexander scrubbed all mention of the film from her blog, and has been cryptic ever since. Why haven't we had an official statement from her or anyone at Lionsgate? It seems to me that claims that you dumped your director warrant a "No, that's absolutely unfounded!"
I'm still rooting for the film, but I won't be helping to fuel the rumor machine any longer. I won't write another word on Punisher until it comes directly from Lionsgate or Alexander.
[via Ain't It Cool News]
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(Page 1)2. It's amazing that this is the third version of the Punisher we're getting in film. Let's hope it really is a "charm."
Also, assuming the [sic] added to the quoted comment is in reference to "judgements," it was totally unnecessary and incorrect. "Judgement" is an accepted variant of "judgment."
If anything, you should have called him out for his run-on sentence, using commas instead of periods.
Posted at 2:38PM on Aug 18th 2008 by arashayrom
3. Agreed. Judgements is the British spelling (here in Canada too).
Posted at 9:03PM on Aug 18th 2008 by scottR
4. And if I hadn't added the [sic], you would all be screaming it had been misspelled, and that such mistakes separate blogging from journalism.
How about we discuss the *story content*? It's revolutionary, I know, but bear with me. It could be fun...
Posted at 9:06PM on Aug 18th 2008 by Elisabeth
5. Wow, a great piece, with great opinion and the issue is spelling!??
Posted at 11:45PM on Aug 18th 2008 by Bruce
6. Elisabeth said: "I'm still rooting for the film, but I won't be helping to fuel the rumor machine any longer. I won't write another word on Punisher until it comes directly from Lionsgate or Alexander."
I wish all journalists had such integrity. We probably wouldn't be so damn confused. Of course it would be nice if Lionsgate or Lexi would clarify everything. Until then there is an article (Nomad, is that you???) on Reelcomix that seems to explain everything:
http://www.reelcomix.com/835-Punisher-War-Zone-Rumors-DeConstructed.html
Sounds plausible enough for me.
Posted at 6:47AM on Aug 24th 2008 by Spelling Nazi
1. I don't think anybody said everything was hunky dory. Clearly there is some tension. (Hi to you, Elizabeth). But the important thing to know is that the film is NOT adrift and looking good. That makes ME very happy!
Posted at 2:26PM on Aug 18th 2008 by Nomad