Where would Vincent be today?

Vincent has moved on from pool to make more money as an eSports competitor. Even at the ripe old age of 51 he is still the best and making well over 6 figures a year.


"But can you make any money playing Stocker?"
 
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Can't tell you... But eventually I'll finish writing the story :thumbup:

LOL I am sure others may be further along in their endeavors... I'll have to look but I think I am only 30-40 pages into the screenplay :frown:

Chris
 
IntoTheRail said:
I was watching The Color of Money last night and the scene when they first go on the road and Eddie is briefly speaking of how he was involuntarily retired from pool, got me thinking. If there were a sequel made today, where do you think the Vincent character would be in his life? He went through quite a character transformation in the movie, it would be interesting to see what happened to him over the next 27 years. Tom Cruise was 24 years old in the original so if you go off of his age that would make Vincent 51 years old today. What would he be doing at that ripe young age? I dont think many would have guessed Fast Eddie to become a liquor salesman but it actually played quite well in the movie.

I would like to think that he and Eddie made amends and went on to make loads of cash together. Maybe opened up a room where they spot a new young hotshot that is primed for pool greatness...with the right guidance of course. The possibilities are endless but just wanted to throw it out there and see what everyone though. So....what say you?
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Vincent? Broke. Living with his parents and humping his fist at night.
 
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desertshark said:
Unlike the Hustler the sequel to COM would have been more like an episode of Intervention without a happy ending.

Vincent and Carmen would end up in rough times. Vince a crack dependent bum and eventually beaten to death in a back alley over a bad drug deal. Carmen would try her hand at prostitution ending up strung out on heroin and eventually overdosing in a John's hotel room after being used as a "sock puppet."

Eddie would eventually be overcome by alcoholism and dying of a rotted liver and his bartender/bar owner love interest in the movie would end up selling all his stuff and dying a lonely death in a trailer park in Detroit.
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LOL....you're such a realist!
 
Died of old age

Vincent would die of old age after waiting several years for his bonus ball check and his unpaid winnings at the u.S. Open !
 
IntoTheRail said:
I was watching The Color of Money last night and the scene when they first go on the road and Eddie is briefly speaking of how he was involuntarily retired from pool, got me thinking. If there were a sequel made today, where do you think the Vincent character would be in his life? He went through quite a character transformation in the movie, it would be interesting to see what happened to him over the next 27 years. Tom Cruise was 24 years old in the original so if you go off of his age that would make Vincent 51 years old today. What would he be doing at that ripe young age? I dont think many would have guessed Fast Eddie to become a liquor salesman but it actually played quite well in the movie.

I would like to think that he and Eddie made amends and went on to make loads of cash together. Maybe opened up a room where they spot a new young hotshot that is primed for pool greatness...with the right guidance of course. The possibilities are endless but just wanted to throw it out there and see what everyone though. So....what say you?
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Standing at a whopping 5' 6" with that attitude he'd probably be decomposing right now.
 
The world's a changin', he adapts

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Vince would go on to run a chain of car washes that he invested his winnings in after winning 50% ownership from a guy who had too many quarters in his pocket at his local bar and went on vacation to Vegas because he thought he was "good".
 
At the end of COM, Carmen and Vincent were already arguing and fighting like a break up was coming fast.

Carmen meets a better, smarter hustler at that same tournament and ends up dumping Vincent for him.

Vincent is broken up but wants to win so badly that someone easily hooks him up with drugs- he beats his gambling match that night, beats Eddie, wins the tournament, and gets himself a drug addiction to go with all of that money. Now that he has no one with any sense controlling him, the drugs take over and he lands in jail (any number of interesting charges).

Time in and out of prison, over and over, finally gets some of the attitude knocked out of him, he eventually gets clean, and he learns some sort of trade. Cold and prison hardened, he finally breaks the cycle and decides to be the straight and narrow non pool player.

A lunch hour? After work beers with coworkers? gets him back into a poolroom again, and he finds he still has some skill left. And there's a young kid acting up a storm, just like he did. He remembers himself when he was young, and decides he's going to take this kid under his wing and try to teach him and guide him.

Plot twists ahead: Vince isn't allowed to leave the state on his probation terms, but he and the bebe kid go on a multi-state road trip anyway; there are new drug temptations; Carmen is still strong and heavy in the big money pool scene, and she has a soft spot for Vincent and the memories of youth.
 
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