Venom:FanScript Part I

The following is a Fan 'Script' that I worked on and left behind in 2012 after submitting it to Sony who owns the right for this particular franchise and character.

     In the following days I shall review, update and share this work that I believe is a magnificent take on the character Venom, coming out of the end of what was not meant to impress: Spiderman 3.

Good day,

    Consider this the possibility of the first of a great many interactions, or possibly a great many words used for  massive waste of time, either way I'm ok with what comes forth from my end. I am an unpublished writer who has only recently discovered that a future in the world of said field, stemming forth from my never ending imagination, might be benefitial. Here is the first of what I discovered in my imagination out from the end of Spider man 3 (A Sony Pictures Film) to bring forth the Venom character into his own dynasty.


Prelude


    I have written a story, a nightmare really (of the PG-13 or R rating), of what the symbiote really could be in a movie, out from the aftermath of the Spider Man 3 Conflict which saw him sonic sound destroyed. Appearing once again, and plausibly I might add, after the events of Spider Man 3. The character which you are producing, and actively seeking to create its own movie is in the top 100 characters of all comics of all time. It is my hope that you would consider my story in light of this fact: That the Venom character in this upcoming movie has the chance to be the highest grossing comic book movie character of all time.
    
    I have a beginning, middle and end. Indeed the whole story is nearly done, though not yet in script form. I have produced the very complex plot line arc, a story for those who enjoy the Venom character comic books, crime, thrillers and sophisticated physiological thrillers as well as the big blockbuster that blows your  mind with creative cutting edge technology and action.  They don't necessarily have to like venom at the end of it all, but they loved the story. I myself am not the biggest Venom fan, but I enjoy who the character is and should have been, and was disappointed with what I saw in Spider man 3. What I have written is a movie story based on the outcome of Spider Man 3 Motion Picture Film.


    Its hard to describe via email just exactly how intense the story is, because my vision for it is so imbued within, and I deem I have not the time to fully render it in word, though I will try. I have just read about a 2nd draft idea for a Venom movie from Sony Pictures, and thus I moved forward with this email, I shan't wait for it to be fully from my imagination onto paper before I send this. For I deem that should I be allowed the floor via phone call or further emails or a face to face meeting (of some sort I cannot yet fathom) I would be able to describe completely, and with the intensity of my imagination and passion for stories this story of Venom.


    So  maybe you think me odd or that I might email a company as large as Sony with such a massive request from a small person. But I care not for money, I care about the truth, or in this case, the story (which is truth to me).  I'm 28 years old, have already served with several non profit organizations, lived on my own sailboat, written hundreds of songs and several short stories as preludes to the novels I now work on. They vary from fantasy fiction to political-sci-fi fiction, and I have many for my imagination never leaves me at peace! I've dealt with my current company on almost every level, and I am, to a degree, not afraid to stand up for the equality of other people and the lack of ethical treatment which is not upheld from our core value statements. The person(s) that I am standing for now, is everyone that might come to see the new movie you(as Sony) are producing, and for the Venom Symbiote itself.

    Here now I will divulge the beginning of my story, and I am sorry for the haste of which I wrote this demanded of my skills were not adequate of befitting whomever's eyes this might reach. That said I wanted to be myself, I am not perfect, nor is my story. Indeed I am not asking for my story to be produced into script and thus to movie, what I am asking is merely for a chance to 'take the floor' so to speak, that this story I've written might be heard and discussed as if it might become reality, for that is all I ever ask. I ask not for absolute certainty of change, and if I believe it must come, then I ask not for it to be immediate, I want merely for open discussion that the truth of my story, however altered it may become, might come to pass.


    So this is me, the story bound inside my head. Out as much as I deem I have time to relinquish. To get your attention, so to speak. For I do not wish to give you the whole story, at least not without a reply whatever that might be. I won't withhold the story, no you'll get it all freely offered. Because much like the press, like journalism, the story isn't for my profit it is for the benefit of all that might come to see its beauty, truth or merely identify with its characters. So reply to me or not, I'll send it, but I should hope that I might get a reply so at least I would know I am sending this to the proper email address and this story is not being stolen by an outside vendor. 



VENOM

    Our story follows a young man of 27ish years old who has worked as a labourer under his father the foreman of a construction company since he was 13 years old. This is of course because he has a developmental disorder, he is not handicapped, or mentally ill, his disordered was perpetuated and gradually became worse via the treatment of his parents denial of his disorder. His parents have denied its existence and so it has no manifestation beyond the young man's lack of ability to logically reason beyond the present moment, which has vastly impaired his learning ability and social skills to that of a seven year old.

    They dealt with it by sitting him in front of the TV, setting him there to watch a black and white Dick Tracey style crime fighter  cartoon series. Even after it was cancelled his parents kept it on video tape for him to watch endlessly, only to be interrupted for meals and chores. Which have over the years made him perfect for following his father's every command on the job site.  

    The young man is a tank, he stands six feet six inches tall and is built to move mountains. The Symbiote known as Venom blasted by sonic sound sits in many tiny particle pieces in several large puddles after a large thunderstorm at the bottom of the construction site our man works on. Having reformed itself as the rain upon the ground allowed easy movement across the otherwise impossible terrain for the tiny spectacles of living black liquid. Our young man doesn't talk, for his thoughts are no longer coherent, his disorder is discovered to be irreversible after a week of night terrors during the course of the film. as the Venom Symbiote tries to take form over our man as the Venom suit. Irreversible because of how his parents dealt with him, they are guilt stricken and their deteriorating relationship adds to the building climax of the film.

    
   Our story begins with the young man, whom his father calls Ixl (pronounced I excel) , which stands for his name Ian Xavier Link (named after various knowledgeable men over the ages as his father hoped he'd become an intellectual, and get himself out of the construction industry), stepping in one of the puddles on the job site just days after the climax of Spider Man 3 and a day after a massive thunderstorm has dampened the city. Ixl merely glances at his shoe for a moment and gives his leg a good shake to try and rid his boot of the black tar like substance. The tar remains on his boot and he takes no further notice of the black tar like substance which covers his boot, he goes on with his day.

     Since he was Thirteen years old he has worked with his father on the construction site, doing all the dirty garbage moving chores befitting the lowest level labourers. Thirteen years he has done all the on site chores, just like he does at home, his father has asked of him. He is massive standing 6'6 and build like a freight train though not perfectly sculpted, he stands with a slight hunch in his overbearingly strong shoulders (developed over the years by constantly having to walk through door frames of his family's home which never did fit his build). The night before in the rain storm (shown in cut scenes between Ixl showing up on the construction site and starting his chores and the storm the night before) the Venom Symbiote has collected itself in a puddle at the base of the tower, not yet fully formed or strong enough to take any form it merely latches itself onto Ixl's boot as he passes by. It uses most of its remaining strength to remain attached as he shakes his leg vigorously to be rid of it.

    The reasoning behind such a bold name for Venom's host character is to disperse any correlation between Eddie Brock to this current movie by fans. This universe which Venom is in has nothing to do with Spiderman, in this movie. The only villain is kingpin or a villain of that type who rules from a large skyscraper in the middle of Gotham/New York, and he is merely mentioned in a news paper before being seen completely wrecked in his tower at the movies end. Ixl is a memorable name, and can be discussed openly by intense fans, but it becomes instantly memorable to the average movie goer.

    This version of Venom cannot speak audibly of its own accord, but can speak via images with various voice measures in the brain of its host, but only while covering the host fully. The interactions between the Host and Venom vary greatly throughout the film, as the symbiote desires to be one with Ixl more than any living being it has ever crossed. The repressed rage within is insurmountable, and when it is found every so willing to show itself.

    For the first week Venom merely watches and lays dormant within Ixl watching and waiting. It is very weak and cannot yet cover Ixl's massive frame fully with itself, but it tries. One night in his bed after his chores and his movie, ever repeated, is over he is tucked into bed by both his parents - one at a time - lovingly though with hidden misery and guilt from his mother and disgust from his father. After they have gone to bed, and Venom has decided that they are asleep for the small house in the suburbs is silent while the wind blows outside.

    It comes over him, late that night, though it can only manage to envelope his head, as soon as it does so Ixl's thoughts within his dreams and active memory become coherent, his consciousness is no longer devoid of clarity. In that moment he wakes, screaming as if in a night terror. Venom immediately retracts, and Ixl's parents come into the room. This is repeated several nights over the coarse of two weeks while Venom is growing stronger, though it is slow for Ixl's rage is not present while his consciousness and thoughts are incoherent.

    The Symbiote exists or lies dormant wrapping itself around and within the spinal fluid of its host while not enveloping it to become Venom. It seeps out through the skin along the spine to envelope its host into the black Venom Suited Symbiote.

    The relationship between Ixl and Venom is very intense, as the symbiote recognizes that it cannot trust Ixl to take care himself, let alone both of them at once out in public or even at home. The Venom Symbiote must choose wisely when to envelope the body of Ixl into the Venom Symbiote Suite as this is the only time when Ixl's thoughts become coherent(but this happens over the course of the movie, not merely the first time Ixl and the suite envelope into one). Venom realizes that Ixl is both the perfect and worst host all in one. His body and rage top the scale of any being the Symbiote have ever been in the presence of, but his consciousness is disconnected and may never reconnect which threatens the existence of Venom.
  
         The relationship intensifies during the film as the audience and the Symbiote discover more about Ixl's past and how his disorder developed beyond repair. Ixl does not view himself as the hero in the black & white TV series he has watched over the past 17 odd years repetitively, he views himself more as the lesser villains, not strong or conniving but a mere grunt or pawn of a larger sinister plot.

    This is reinforced by relapses into his past treatment over the years by his parents neglect and demanding chores along with the dialogue between his parents. Building character back story. His mothers guilt and his father's disgust.

    Most of these relapses, in scene cuts, the Symbiote can not gain the complete status of Venom (both body and symbiote as one) due to the incoherent dream state of Ixl, the Symbiote cannot conform Ixl's dreams in order to keep him asleep while it gains control. 

    The Symbiote does not give up, and during the weeks to come gains tiny glimpses of coherent thoughts from its watching of Ixl's dreams rather than taking active part in them or taking him over. After a week or more of night terrors his parents take him to a psychiatric clinic where he is held for a day before the diagnosis is found, he is freed but prescribed regular weekly visits to a specialist at the asylum or clinic as they call it. In a meeting with the psychiatrist his parents are told the developmental damage is complete and cannot be reversed. Venom over hears this and believes them, at this point Venom decides that it is time to take action, full and complete.

    The story follows Ixl and his relationships between the Venom symbiote, the psychiatrist, his parents and also the detective and his precinct following the attacks that occur. The detective and his department were assigned to the case the night of the events that were the climax of Spider man 3.

    This is all I have time for, or time to send to you in this our first encounter. I cannot say what shall come to pass of this meeting. But I have much more to add to this, to tell you of this story of Venom. The ending, which I have told to many fans who are my personal friends, makes their eyes widen with wonder and hope for possibilities of what is to come for this character. And the story, this a long action packed crime thriller with a very nightmarish anti-hero is of the magnitude of awesome!

To be...
Continued?