Comments on: Shane Black Has Written Lethal Weapon 5. Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in Talks?

By: Dr. Mark

Dr. Mark — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:18:13 +0000

BOYCOTT Danny Glover…that piece of shit traitor…maybe he can be cast with Prez Chavez in the life story of Che.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:30:00 +0000

Heck i’d be there to see it if it was the original casting crew.
Although the flick would be 5 years too late, i still think it would work excellently.
I loved all 4 of the existing films, and i think a 5th one would tie it off nicely as 4 did leave a few loose end on it, including both Riggs and Murtaugh’s retirement plans, How Butters and his Murtaugh’s daughter ended up and of course if Rigg’s bad run with women is indeed over. ^_^

Plus i just would love to see a new REAL action flick with the old directors considering the distinct lack of decent ones the last 10 years lol.
Fingers crossed this is a great sequel, and hopefully an excellent high for them to end the series of films on :D I think it would be pretty hard to top number 4 though ;)

By: steven

steven — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:30:01 +0000

the lethal weapon series are my favourite all tim cop movies i loved the fourth lethal weapon and cant wait to see the fith come on guy s make it happen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:22:10 +0000

Ian, your an idiot

By: Earl

Earl — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:13:19 +0000

Fuckin A right I would go see the 5th installment, actions stars of today are xbox360, wii generation pussies!!

By: Virago

Virago — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:15:58 +0000

P.S.

….but THIS time I WOULD like to to see a little less of Riggs getting his a$$ kicked….he’s an ex-Green Beret for god’s sake!!!!!!!!!!! They NEVER forget that “shit”and they’re NEVER too old for it, either!

By: Virago

Virago — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:06:57 +0000

Heck, yeah!! I’d go see “Lethal Weapon 77″!!! Bring it on!

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By: Riggs

Riggs — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:34:15 +0000

They ended Lethal Weapon 4 in a way you could not argue with. Superb ending. Half of me says, “Please, no! Don’t ruin it!” The other half says, “More witty comebacks, recklessness, brilliant storyline, etc… Let’s just hope they’re not too old for this shit.”

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‘Lethal Weapon 5? In the Works | Movie Analysis — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:12:52 +0000

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By: Alexander J. Colvin Esq.

Alexander J. Colvin Esq. — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:50:10 +0000

If they kill everyone off ( Renne Russo, Joe Pesci etc) and just get back to the basics of the relationship between the two it could be good. In my opinion it was the addition of all the other cast members the softened the films too much. Kill them all off, have Rigg’s avenging his wifes death AGAIN. don’t even have them as actual cops anymore. having people come out of retirement has been done to death. The first one was soo good because Rigg’s was suicidal. Get rid of Roger’s family. Kill off his wife and have his grown up family move away. It’s the only way it could work and be any good. just please don’t make it an indy 4. as much as i dislike LW3 it was still way better than indy 4.

By: erichansa

erichansa — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:07:13 +0000

Hey, why not? Gibson can fight the Evil Jewish Conspiracy to Rule the World in “Lethal Weapon 5.” The movie will end with Glover getting Gibson committed.

By: Mister Joshua

Mister Joshua — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:00:04 +0000

Shane Black hasn’t been involved in the series since Lethal Weapon 2 twenty years ago. 3 and 4 suffered from his absence. I don’t know what you could do with Riggs and Murtagh at this late stage. They know each other inside out, so there’s not much room for character development. In the last one, Mel really stopped being a Lethal Weapon, so the series seemed pointless really. It’s all about money anyway, guys, so don’t expect quality.

By: Sanchez

Sanchez — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:26:22 +0000

If Black’s in, count me in. LW is my all time favourite, often copied never bettered.
But the new one will have to return to the essence of the first one. Meaning dark as well as funny. I am sure the old Gibson/Glover chemistry will be there.

By the way Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was the shit also.

By: 790

790 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:07:25 +0000

given that Obama has stated how he intends to be a vastly greater war-monger than Bush.
WTF!,, Dave are you talking about.

Here we go again,,,,,,,,

By: .sean

.sean — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:39:29 +0000

I think we need to stop beating the dead 80’s horse. After Live Free or Die Hard, Transformers and especially Crystal Skull, I’m happy with my nostolgic memories and don’t need any more disappointment.

By: kingdarius

kingdarius — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:35:59 +0000

Every lethal weapon movie was awesome to me so i’d definitely not mid a fifth one

By: dave

dave — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:31:03 +0000

Lethal Weapon 1 blew everyone away, for the same reason the original Die Hard did… namely the bad guys were actual bad guys, not some sick racial stereotype used to sell genocidal war in the real world. Because of this, both films were classic ‘hero’ tales, where the audience responds to the idea that when extreme evil arrives, extraordinary courage appears within individuals, courage that allows them to win through, save the innocent, and vanquish evil.

These films thus gathered massive enthusiasm amongst the female part of the audience (something ‘macho’ war-tales can never do).

Lethal Weapon 1 and 2 made the US authorities the bad guys (ex-US-mercenaries, and the US/Israeli backed and armed racist apartheid state of South Africa).

Die Hard 1 and 2 made US corporate greed, and US authorities the bad guys (the robbers of 1 are clearly presented as part of the corporate continuum, and 2 has ex-mercenary butchers from the US atrocity in Grenada).

Of course, so-called ‘liberal’ Hollywood is now dead. Spielberg, Bay and Cameron etc., worked to bring a new nazi-propaganda-style pro-military, pro-fascist sensibility to the ‘action’ movie, completely ruining the genre, and more importantly turning off the female part of the audience, sending the modern action movie back to the ghetto.

I have no doubt Shane Black has made the psychopathic neo-cons the villains of his new script, figuring that with the coming election of Obama, it may be time for the return of ‘moral’ good vs evil stories. Sadly, I think this is wishful thinking on his behalf, given that Obama has stated how he intends to be a vastly greater war-monger than Bush.