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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Nov 11, 2023 18:06:26 GMT
I can't find a thread to put this in so ... here we go.
I was recently reminded of the film Payback (don't know why), a film I've not seen in years. I remember quite liking it's gritty setting and colour palette and darker humourous tone.
Fancying another watch, I downloaded it from the high seas and ... it had a completely different third of the film after Carter & Fairfax are visited.
The big boss was a woman called Bronson that we only ever hear on speaker phone. She arranged for a money drop at a transit stop and then it involves a shootout before escaping in a car.
The version I remember seeing years ago had Kris Kristofferson as the big boss and involved a pretty heavy (for the time) torture scene. I must admit to preferring the version I originally saw over this one.
I'm now oddly interested in films that I've previously seen which have alternative versions. Anybody else have examples where things have drastically different versions?
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Post by dfunked on Nov 11, 2023 18:11:01 GMT
Guess I'll kick this discussion off with Alien³, then... I'm sure it'll go well.
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Post by baihu1983 on Nov 11, 2023 18:13:47 GMT
I prefer the alternative ending to Die Hard 3.
Didn't one of Guy Ritchies films get completely recut for the US release?
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Post by Rich on Nov 11, 2023 18:15:35 GMT
It didn't make any sense though. Why would an alien burst out of McClane's chest?
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Post by baihu1983 on Nov 11, 2023 18:16:14 GMT
It didn't make any sense though. Why would an alien burst out of McClane's chest? Optimus Prime warned him when he stole the Spark |
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Post by Blue_Mike on Nov 11, 2023 18:17:31 GMT
This weirded me right out the first time I saw it:
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Post by drhcnip on Nov 11, 2023 18:27:14 GMT
Butterfly effect
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Post by rawshark on Nov 11, 2023 18:33:18 GMT
Cinema Paradiso - technically the same ending, but the director’s cut has a completely different feeling to the theatrical release. Much more bittersweet.
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Post by baihu1983 on Nov 11, 2023 18:36:27 GMT
Clue.
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Post by hedben on Nov 11, 2023 18:54:41 GMT
The alternate ending to I Am Legend is infinitely better.
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Post by neilch on Nov 11, 2023 19:36:16 GMT
Bladerunner ... the theatrical release happy ending vs directors & final cuts that leave a bit more to the imagination
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Post by Whizzo on Nov 11, 2023 19:56:27 GMT
The alternate ending to I Am Legend is infinitely better. It's also going to be the ending the sequel is based on which is probably unique. Still a shit version of the book though, The Omega Man is far better. |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Nov 11, 2023 20:26:53 GMT
28 Days Later has alt endings
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Post by Ulythium on Nov 11, 2023 20:32:18 GMT
Jaws: The Revenge has two different endings.
So does Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers.
Both movies suck, so that's something else they have in common.
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Post by cubby on Nov 11, 2023 20:48:14 GMT
Casablanca has that secret ending with Hitler.
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Post by Vortex on Nov 11, 2023 21:08:36 GMT
Play it again Adolf?
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Post by kal on Nov 11, 2023 21:17:39 GMT
The film Red State had an alternative ending that never got filmed but they made a comic out of it and it’s absolutely bonkers.
The Korean film The Wailing has a completely different ending depending on the region you watch.
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Post by Lizard on Nov 11, 2023 21:44:24 GMT
Wayne's World had three IIRC.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Nov 11, 2023 21:44:36 GMT
Recently I rewatched the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The original ending to that (which is still a scene in the film) had the main character ranting about the body snatchers, then turning to the camera and screaming THEY'RE ALREADY HERE! YOU'RE NEXT! YOU'RE NEXT! And cut to credits.
The legend is that this ending really freaked test audiences out, so much so that people ran screaming from the theatre. So the studios tacked on a travesty of an extra scene, where the invasion gets reported to the proper authorities and the army comes in and fixes everything.
It suuuuuuuuuuuucks.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Nov 12, 2023 3:20:41 GMT
The alternate ending to I Am Legend is infinitely better. It's better, but it's still not right.
I am Legend is the only movie I've watched where I got to the end and I immediately googled 'I am legend alternate ending'.
I knew nothing about the movie going in, and I haven't read the book , but it was soooo obvious that the theatrical ending just didn't match.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Nov 12, 2023 8:23:45 GMT
I can't even remember the ending of that. It's on Netflix or prime at the moment I'm sure I've seen it. Might give it a rewatch today.
Just googled it. That alternate ending sounds preferable but is still a far cry from what the book had. I don't read books, maybe I should o_0
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Post by Bill in the rain on Nov 12, 2023 9:09:51 GMT
The original ending is like the entire movie is setting up something, and then it just doesn't go there.
The alternative ending kinda goes there, but comes across as far too positive and so a bit cheesy iirc.
The ideal ending would have been a mix of the two.
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Post by addyb on Nov 12, 2023 9:24:30 GMT
Fatal attraction had an alt ending where Michael Douglas gets framed for her death and arrested. Or something.
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Post by kal on Nov 12, 2023 10:24:45 GMT
Strictly speaking Wayne’s World and Clue don’t have alternative endings because the alternative endings are the actual endings not alternative ones.
Yeah.
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Post by rockavitch on Nov 12, 2023 10:36:01 GMT
I always preferred the original "I slept too long" ending to Army Of Darkness. Clearly they did too since Ash Vs ends in a similar period.
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Post by rawshark on Nov 12, 2023 10:40:12 GMT
The only other one I can remember is on the DVD of Bulletproof Monk - which is an achievement on my part because the world at large has forgotten that film existed.
Bad film, bad endings both.
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Post by rawshark on Nov 12, 2023 10:41:04 GMT
I always preferred the original "I slept too long" ending to Army Of Darkness. Clearly they did too since Ash Vs ends in a similar period. ”MANUFACTURED GOODS!” |
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Post by One_Vurfed_Gwrx on Nov 12, 2023 10:53:53 GMT
Recently I rewatched the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The original ending to that (which is still a scene in the film) had the main character ranting about the body snatchers, then turning to the camera and screaming THEY'RE ALREADY HERE! YOU'RE NEXT! YOU'RE NEXT! And cut to credits. The legend is that this ending really freaked test audiences out, so much so that people ran screaming from the theatre. So the studios tacked on a travesty of an extra scene, where the invasion gets reported to the proper authorities and the army comes in and fixes everything. It suuuuuuuuuuuucks. When I watched (must have been the original version) this with my young son around 7 or 8 years ago he got very annoyed, "Where is the rest of the film? That isn't the end!" Etc... Older now he has managed to watch cancelled TV series with ambiguous ends and cliff hangers. |
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Post by paulyboy81 on Nov 12, 2023 11:16:14 GMT
Another vote for I Am Legend. Not brilliant still mind you but it does at least vaguely allude to the point the book was trying to make, the original ending ditches all of that completely.
The Sixth Sense had an "Extended" ending on the DVD which I always quite liked. Has a nice little introduction by Shyamalan as well talking about the fact it was his favourite scene but it had to go.
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Post by zephro on Nov 12, 2023 23:21:22 GMT
The alternate ending to I Am Legend is infinitely better. It's also going to be the ending the sequel is based on which is probably unique. Still a shit version of the book though, The Omega Man is far better. Huh I only just found out there even is an alternate ending. Sounds closer to the book, though my only memory of the movie was going "what the fuck is this shit, it's nothing like the book." |
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