Here’s an excerpt from executive producer Michael E. There was a real question of how Swamp Thing was going to talk in the movie, or if he was going to be able to talk at all. It’s not particularly clear why he has to pause every few words even in his thoughts, but that’s the style that they developed, and it’s a nice marker to indicate that he’s struggling to remain human, inside all the plant matter. “The story of the Swamp Thing… began in that old converted barn…! All boarded up now… must have taken almost everything… with them when they closed down… but if they left anything behind… anything at all… I’ll have a starting place… to begin the work of… curing my…” and so on.
“There it is…!” he thinks in issue #9, returning to the science lab. Finally, in issue #13, he busts out with a four-word sentence - “I… am… Alec… Holland!” - and then shuts up for almost for a year.īut he makes up for the silence with an extremely chatty interior monologue. He hardly talks at all in the first Swamp Thing series, generally sticking to one or two words - “Nooo!” “Stop!” “Who?” “I… care!” There are a number of issues where he doesn’t speak at all for the whole story. This halting speech pattern comes from the comics, although back in the 70s, it mostly applied to his thoughts. She takes him in, including his chopped-off arm. Over a hundred species here… much beauty in the swamp… if you only look.
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The movie scene starts with Cable regaining consciousness in the monster’s arms, and when she draws back, he offers her an orchid. So far, that’s pretty close to what Alec says when he starts talking to Cable in the film. I was going to try to find a mirror, but… She turns her face from him and begins to cry. Genus orchia… Over a hundred species here…Īs the realization sweeps over her, Cable looks more and more like a person seeing a ghost. The beast kneels before her and places the flower in her lap. The great beast takes a step towards her - Cable scuttles backwards against a charred wall, her whole body shaking. Here’s how the lab scene goes in the third draft:
Then there’s a couple more action scenes where Swamp Thing gets his arm chopped off, and after that, he finally gets a moment to sit and chat with Cable. There’s the big boat fight coming up, and then he’s got a scene with Jude where he just nods, and the boy does all the talking. In the movie, Swamp Thing doesn’t talk for another ten minutes. Now, for the first half of the movie, this draft is pretty close to what ends up in the film, but Craven made some important changes in the second half, starting with this scene. It’s pretty random which draft ends up getting distributed, and in the case of Swamp Thing, it’s Wes Craven’s third draft.
If you’re not aware of the bootleg script market, there’s usually one draft per movie that circulates around, getting photocopied and passed on. He gives a yell, and Cable scampers, getting away in Jude’s skiff before the monster realizes she was there.īut this scene is very different in the script that I have. I’ve been having a good time lately, kicking holes in this silly rubber-suit movie, so it’s time for me to put the stick down for a minute, and appreciate a good decision.Īs of the last post, we’ve gotten to the scene where Cable returns to Alec’s burned-out science barn, and watches quietly as the enormous Swamp Thing tries to get back to work, tinkering with glass beakers that crumble in his mighty paws. There are a lot of things that Swamp Thing doesn’t say in this movie, and here’s one of them: “Who knows how far up the rot goes in Washington? You’re not safe calling anyone!”
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