Thread: what change do you want in your favourite movie plot/story?

i have seen a lot of movies, but i wish i had the power to change their beginings or at least sad ends.

my favourite movies currently are
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Europa Report: what was "EMI electro magnetic interference" ? was it rightly used? and what was luminence term used? and is it possible to eat kilometers of ice and appearing on surface with EMI for that octopus type creature? at least i wanted some of crew members to return earth.

oblivion: is it possible to break moon to large space rocks? and who was responsible? and where were the earth's natural resources transfered? and why did director not have shown any aliens? though i liked the happy ending for hero.

Avatar: i am desperately waiting for part 2. but after some years of thinking on this movie i have found some similiarities with other movies. eg Gaia concept.
floating rocks ? is it possible? transfering body memory to other body of alien, the crux concept of this movie? what does science say about this transfering phenomenon? can we make bones stronger like Na'vi people? if no, why not?
and i wanted a change in the end. i expected the victory of human race. but they lost.

what are your favourite science movies and what do you want to change in plot?

(Not science movies) World War Z. I really don't know what I would've done with it... just seemed very lacking. The Dark Knight Rises, I wanted a yodeling scene with Bale and Caine at the end.

I would like to have seen Frankenstein become a porn star. I'd also like to see bad sci-fi creatures killed by something other than fire.

Avatar: I liked it better when it was called "Pocahontas"

Originally Posted by shlunka

(Not science movies) World War Z. I really don't know what I would've done with it... just seemed very lacking.

You might find these entertaining:
Honest Trailers - World War Z - YouTube
Everything Wrong With World War Z In 6 Minutes Or Less - YouTube

I would have liked Prometheus to have made some f**king sense!

Originally Posted by RedPanda

I would have liked Prometheus to have made some f**king sense!

I watched it last night...I need to look up a website for an explanation of the plot...it was a major WTF.

Originally Posted by MacGyver1968

I watched it last night...I need to look up a website for an explanation of the plot...it was a major WTF.

There are quite a few web sites that go through the stupidity of the film - most of them are quite funny and worth a read.

I'd rather see movies that had a very sad ending where someone dies that is loved by all to have an ending which allows them to live instead.

I'd like to see movies that show less violence to women in them made instead of the movies that are always torturing, maiming or killing them.

Originally Posted by shlunka

(Not science movies) World War Z. I really don't know what I would've done with it... just seemed very lacking. The Dark Knight Rises, I wanted a yodeling scene with Bale and Caine at the end.

And I want an explanation about how

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Batman survived that nuclear explosion, or how he arrived in Gotham after he escaped the prison at the other side of the world.

Originally Posted by cosmictraveler

I'd rather see movies that had a very sad ending where someone dies that is loved by all to have an ending which allows them to live instead.

I'd like to see movies that show less violence to women in them made instead of the movies that are always torturing, maiming or killing them.

Originally Posted by MacGyver1968

Avatar: I liked it better when it was called "Pocahontas"

LOL. All would be forgiven if they'da let Sigourney Weaver man one of those mech suits in the climactic fight.


I'd like to tear out all the freaky crablike mouthparts of the Transformers. Even nutcracker jaws would be an improvement.

Pull the eyepatch off the mad scientist in Godzilla. And the bandit leader in Seven Samurai.

Make Solo shoot first in Star Wars, like 007 in Dr. No.

prometheus is 5th movie in sequence. first is Alien. the whole series makes some meaning, but prometheus alone you cant grasp the idea.

Originally Posted by sir ir r aj

prometheus is 5th movie in sequence. first is Alien. the whole series makes some meaning, but prometheus alone you cant grasp the idea.

Prometheus is stupid.
It is not a lack of meaning - it is a lack of sense.

I liked this, from a review on IMDB:

Prometheus is the story of a trillion-dollar mission to discover the origins of human life on a distant planet. Basically, this is supposed to be the greatest exploration undertaken in the history of mankind.

So who do they send? A gaggle of fractious goons whose collective scientific nous is rivalled only by that of the Three Stooges. Within minutes of touching down (conveniently beside the only 'man-made' structures on the planet, a'la 1960s Star Trek) the 'scientists' are yanking off their helmets, on the basis of 'it seems fine to me', dipping their fingers into strange organic ooze, and lugging a severed alien head back to an unquarantined spaceship in a sandwich bag.

Watching Prometheus was like being Rick-Rolled.

@redpanda: but, i am fan of Alien series. what is your favourite series?

Originally Posted by sir ir r aj

@redpanda: but, i am fan of Alien series. what is your favourite series?

Do you mean the films?
If so (in order of preference):
1
Director's cut of 3
2
4
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Cinematic release of 3

Originally Posted by Cogito Ergo Sum

And I want an explanation about how

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Batman survived that nuclear explosion, or how he arrived in Gotham after he escaped the prison at the other side of the world.

The first one is easy: and it was "explained" (by inference) in the film:

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Wayne had fixed the autopilot - so Batman wasn't actually in the aircraft when it went out out to sea. Anyone can survive a nuclear explosion simply by not being within the blast radius.

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Originally Posted by Dywyddyr

Originally Posted by Cogito Ergo Sum

And I want an explanation about how

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Batman survived that nuclear explosion, or how he arrived in Gotham after he escaped the prison at the other side of the world.

The first one is easy: and it was "explained" (by inference) in the film:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Wayne had fixed the autopilot - so Batman wasn't actually in the aircraft when it went out out to sea. Anyone can survive a nuclear explosion simply by not being within the blast radius.

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OK, I must have missed that. Thank you for pointing that one out.
How about the second one?

The magic of cinema.
And advancing the plot while hoping the audience won't think about it.

Originally Posted by RedPanda

Originally Posted by sir ir r aj

@redpanda: but, i am fan of Alien series. what is your favourite series?

Do you mean the films?
If so (in order of preference):
1
Director's cut of 3
2
4
.
.
.
.
.
Cinematic release of 3

have you directed these yourelf?

Originally Posted by sir ir r aj

have you directed these yourelf?

This looks like the lead up to something stupid, e.g. "Let's see you do better!"

Is it the lead up to something stupid?

Rhett and Scarlett to have lived happily ever after.

Guinevere and Sir Lancelot and King Arthur to just er work it out between the three of them....

Romeo and Juliet to not be so stupid...I really do hate that play....two hormonal teens with no sense aided by a couple of adults with zero common sense...and freaking 3 hours of watching them crash and burn...however...some great sword fights and moment of humor

if I had to change something on my favorite movie... than it wouldn't be my favorite movie...

Well I really liked the Rocky films, the first 4 were great, but absolutely hated Rocky 5, so I would have liked to have seen a Rocky/Star Trek crossover. It would involve Rocky awakening, Buck Rogers style, in the 24th century where he goes on to fight for the intergalatic boxing championship and defeats a Klingon in the title match!

Originally Posted by Ascended

Well I really liked the Rocky films, the first 4 were great, but absolutely hated Rocky 5, so I would have liked to have seen a Rocky/Star Trek crossover. It would involve Rocky awakening, Buck Rogers style, in the 24th century where he goes on to fight for the intergalatic boxing championship and defeats a Klingon in the title match!

isn't that movie called demolation man?

Originally Posted by blackscorp

Originally Posted by Ascended

Well I really liked the Rocky films, the first 4 were great, but absolutely hated Rocky 5, so I would have liked to have seen a Rocky/Star Trek crossover. It would involve Rocky awakening, Buck Rogers style, in the 24th century where he goes on to fight for the intergalatic boxing championship and defeats a Klingon in the title match!

isn't that movie called demolation man?

Actually I wouldn't mind seeing Demolition Man remade, well if Judge Dredd is anything to go by it would be well worth watching.

Originally Posted by Ascended

Originally Posted by blackscorp

Originally Posted by Ascended

Well I really liked the Rocky films, the first 4 were great, but absolutely hated Rocky 5, so I would have liked to have seen a Rocky/Star Trek crossover. It would involve Rocky awakening, Buck Rogers style, in the 24th century where he goes on to fight for the intergalatic boxing championship and defeats a Klingon in the title match!

isn't that movie called demolation man?

Actually I wouldn't mind seeing Demolition Man remade, well if Judge Dredd is anything to go by it would be well worth watching.

there are only 2 movies for remade... tarzan and robin hood...

I wish Rhett and Scarlett remarried.

Originally Posted by babe

I wish Rhett and Scarlett remarried.

who are they?

Originally Posted by RedPanda

Originally Posted by sir ir r aj

have you directed these yourelf?

This looks like the lead up to something stupid, e.g. "Let's see you do better!"

Is it the lead up to something stupid?

most of time. only the first movie is classic other sequels are just made to earn mony. except for "Resident Evil"

Originally Posted by sir ir r aj

Originally Posted by babe

I wish Rhett and Scarlett remarried.

who are they?

the movie "Gone With The Wind"

Originally Posted by sir ir r aj

Originally Posted by RedPanda

Originally Posted by sir ir r aj

have you directed these yourelf?

This looks like the lead up to something stupid, e.g. "Let's see you do better!"

Is it the lead up to something stupid?

most of time. only the first movie is classic other sequels are just made to earn mony. except for "Resident Evil"

wait aint all movies made to earn money???

that is the idea behind a movie to recoup the cost of producing it.....actually of any theatre/film endeavor

Originally Posted by sir ir r aj

Originally Posted by RedPanda

Originally Posted by sir ir r aj

have you directed these yourelf?

This looks like the lead up to something stupid, e.g. "Let's see you do better!"

Is it the lead up to something stupid?

most of time.

From your reply, I think there is a language barrier.

Originally Posted by sir ir r aj

only the first movie is classic other sequels are just made to earn mony. except for "Resident Evil"

The first film was also made to earn money and 'classic' is just a subjective opinion.

I also really didn't want Ole Yeller to die in the movie...it was traumatizing...

Originally Posted by Ascended

Well I really liked the Rocky films, the first 4 were great, but absolutely hated Rocky 5, so I would have liked to have seen a Rocky/Star Trek crossover. It would involve Rocky awakening, Buck Rogers style, in the 24th century where he goes on to fight for the intergalatic boxing championship and defeats a Klingon in the title match!

With Twiki playing the role of Mickey; training him?

There was a disturbing lack of gunship helicopters in Titanic.
Then again, I'm not sure adding even those could have turned it into a worthwhile film.

Not a movie but whatever... I wish they never made a 5th season of breaking bad. If it were up to me, every worthwhile plot point would have been resolved in season 4.

Originally Posted by Dywyddyr

There was a disturbing lack of gunship helicopters in Titanic.
Then again, I'm not sure adding even those could have turned it into a worthwhile film.

only worth of titaninc is the sex scene in the car...

Originally Posted by stander-j

Not a movie but whatever... I wish they never made a 5th season of breaking bad. If it were up to me, every worthwhile plot point would have been resolved in season 4.

only the last 8 of the season 5 and I wish they told the story of gus fring... where did he came from?

Originally Posted by RedPanda

Originally Posted by sir ir r aj

most of time.

From your reply, I think there is a language barrier.

I am still learning English. So feel free to point anything unusual.
Thanks

Originally Posted by sir ir r aj

Originally Posted by RedPanda

Originally Posted by sir ir r aj

most of time.

From your reply, I think there is a language barrier.

I am still learning English. So feel free to point anything unusual.
Thanks

You are doing well!

The Matrix --> I wish they'd taken the extra 15 minutes of run time necessary to conclude the story in the first movie instead of stretching it out into two overlong and boring sequels.

Every movie since The Matrix that portrays "bullet time" --> I wish someone would sit on the directors and explain (with a mallet) that this only happened in the virtual reality of the matrix, not in the real world. BULLET TIME MAKES NO SENSE IN THE REAL WORLD.

Originally Posted by Dywyddyr

There was a disturbing lack of gunship helicopters in Titanic.
Then again, I'm not sure adding even those could have turned it into a worthwhile film.

We might as well remake Titanic, but this time we see it from the point of view of the iceberg.
In other words, a movie of three hours about a floating iceberg in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean (with Morgan Freeman as narrator).

Originally Posted by Cogito Ergo Sum

Originally Posted by Dywyddyr

There was a disturbing lack of gunship helicopters in Titanic.
Then again, I'm not sure adding even those could have turned it into a worthwhile film.

We might as well remake Titanic, but this time we see it from the point of view of the iceberg.
In other words, a movie of three hours about a floating iceberg in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean (with Morgan Freeman as narrator).

Hey you could even do a remake where the boat doesn't sink, no one will expect that plot twist.

Originally Posted by Ascended

Originally Posted by Cogito Ergo Sum

Originally Posted by Dywyddyr

There was a disturbing lack of gunship helicopters in Titanic.
Then again, I'm not sure adding even those could have turned it into a worthwhile film.

We might as well remake Titanic, but this time we see it from the point of view of the iceberg.
In other words, a movie of three hours about a floating iceberg in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean (with Morgan Freeman as narrator).

Hey you could even do a remake where the boat doesn't sink, no one will expect that plot twist.

That is not a remake. That would be a summary of The Love Boat​.

Originally Posted by Cogito Ergo Sum

We might as well remake Titanic, but this time we see it from the point of view of the iceberg.
In other words, a movie of three hours about a floating iceberg in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean (with Morgan Freeman as narrator).

Now THAT sounds infinitely more interesting than the tedious dreck-ridden, social/ classless mythology, continuity-flawed and (ultimately) romanticisation of infidelity-filled crap I was subjected to.
One more thing to hold against my ex-wife.

Originally Posted by Cogito Ergo Sum

Originally Posted by Dywyddyr

There was a disturbing lack of gunship helicopters in Titanic.
Then again, I'm not sure adding even those could have turned it into a worthwhile film.

We might as well remake Titanic, but this time we see it from the point of view of the iceberg.
In other words, a movie of three hours about a floating iceberg in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean (with Morgan Freeman as narrator).

oh yes morgan freeman... even watching at ice for 3 hours is fun with morgan freeman... hmm

One could much change most of anything Nicholas Cage has done. Any tweak would be an improvement.

Originally Posted by babe

One could much change most of anything Nicholas Cage has done. Any tweak would be an improvement.

Do you not like him?

Originally Posted by sir ir r aj

Originally Posted by babe

One could much change most of anything Nicholas Cage has done. Any tweak would be an improvement.

Do you not like him?

He has done a few things that weren't badly done. Generally. He is like Kevin Kostner...who has done a few decent things but generally they are both doing the same thing over and over...no reaching for a new character or delivery......just BORING! I do like SOME of their pieces, but not many!

Originally Posted by Dywyddyr

Originally Posted by Cogito Ergo Sum

We might as well remake Titanic, but this time we see it from the point of view of the iceberg.
In other words, a movie of three hours about a floating iceberg in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean (with Morgan Freeman as narrator).

Now THAT sounds infinitely more interesting than the tedious dreck-ridden, social/ classless mythology, continuity-flawed and (ultimately) romanticisation of infidelity-filled crap I was subjected to.
One more thing to hold against my ex-wife.

I even found a song that can replace "My Heart Will Go On" by Céline Dion:
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby - YouTube

Young Frankenstein - Sweet Mystery of Life - YouTube PRICELESS!