what move had a alternate version or ending that was better than the original?

[blackdragon6]

whats your pick?

[Guts/Batman]

I found the alternate ending of Blade Trinity to be better than the original ending. *ducks fruit*

[Legato]

I liked the alternate ending of Army of Darkness better than the "Hail To The King Baby" ending.

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

the alternate ending of hide and seek where the girl winds up in a institution.

[davids]

In sun set Blvd william holden is lying face down in the pool dead when he begins the narration and the movie begins.

The orginal idea and begining would have a bunch of dead bodies in the morgue telling how they got dead and there. After one stiff finished his story, it was Holdens corpse to tell his story while he lay on the slab! wouyld have been cool!

[ghostrider666]

I liked the alternate ending & beginning to Behind Enemy Lines better than the theature version. Also including all th ecut scenes as well.

[The Joker]

The director's cut of Daredevil was much, much better than the theatrical cut. If you havent seen Daredevil, I would recommend the Director's Cut over the theatrical version.

The storyboard ending to 28 Days Later was more enjoyable than the ending that was shot, IMO. Too bad there was no way in hell to explain how a "procedure" like that could ever be successfully completed. Oh well.

[Deathstroke]

the alternate ending of hide and seek where the girl winds up in a institution.

No ending could make that movie good.

[Deathstroke]

The ending of the last Star Trek movie paled in comparison to the alternate ending.

[Greg Hatcher]

I much preferred Sam Hamm's first draft script (http://www.scifiscripts.com/scripts/batmanscript.txt) of Batman to the hodge-podge that was eventually shot.

[The Joker]

I much preferred Sam Hamm's first draft script of Batman to the hodge-podge that was eventually shot.

What did you think of Hamm's draft for Batman Returns?

[KenK]

I liked the alternate ending of Army of Darkness better than the "Hail To The King Baby" ending.

That IS the alternate ending. The one with him sleeping a century longer and discovering the world in ruins is the original ending. The studio wanted something happier.

[CHEYENNE-BLACKBIRD]

the alterante version to halloween 6

[Greg Hatcher]

What did you think of Hamm's draft for Batman Returns?

I remember reading that too, and liking it quite a bit. But I really didn't care for the actual Batman Returns script AT ALL, so almost anything would have been an improvement.

EDIT: And here (http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/batman-returns_unproduced.html) is that script as well, for the curious.

[Zero Hunter]

The other ending to Buterfly Effect where Ashton goes all the way back to the womb and strangles himself with the cord. They could just be becasue I like seeing Ashton Kucher die though.

[Nate Grey]

The theatrical ending (as well as the theatrical VERSION) of Highlander: Endgame.

There was a theatrical ending to Ghostbusters II where the statue of Liberty was holding the torch with the wrong hand. One of the Ghostbusters asked if anybody would notice, and Ray (I think) responded probably not, but if so, who they gonna call? Roll credits with the Ghostbusters theme.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

The storyboard ending to 28 Days Later was more enjoyable than the ending that was shot, IMO. Too bad there was no way in hell to explain how a "procedure" like that could ever be successfully completed. Oh well.

I´ve only seen the official version, what was the storyboard ending like? :confused:

[Matt]

The other ending to Buterfly Effect where Ashton goes all the way back to the womb and strangles himself with the cord. They could just be becasue I like seeing Ashton Kucher die though.

I great prefer that ending, it just topped the movie off nicely.

I also prefer the alternative ending to Clerks, where the main character gets shot at the end.

[blackdragon6]

The theatrical ending (as well as the theatrical VERSION) of Highlander: Endgame.

what was it about?

[Nate Grey]

what was it about?

Basically no Faith. Duncan at Conner's grave, "Bonny Portmore" playing, roll credits.

[blackdragon6]

wasn't there suppose to be a sequel of sorts?

[Nate Grey]

wasn't there suppose to be a sequel of sorts?

Highlander: The Source, I believe. Should be out late next year.

[The Joker]

I´ve only seen the official version, what was the storyboard ending like? :confused:

Ok well, remember when the little girl's father becomes infected? In the storyboard ending, the father doesnt get shot by the military guys. Because in the storyboard version, there are no military guys in the script. What ends up happening is that the father gets tied up by the survivors, and all of them go to some facility to hold up for awhile. Forgive me as it's been awhile since I've seen this, anyways C. Murphy's character ends up spotting another survivor held up in a sealed up room thats locked from the inside. All we see is the guys foot, and we hear his voice. But thats it. The camera angles in the storyboards were cool. As it never gives anything to look at but a long shot of the guys foot who appears to be sitting down on the floor with his legs stretched out. Murphy's character pleads with the guy for food thats perfectly in view inside the room, but the guy, always in a calm monotone voice, refuses to give up anything. After some time, Cillian finds out that this guy eventually claims to have a "cure" for the rage virus. But the catch is that in order to cure someone, someone else must become infected in his/her place.

Thats what basically stopped this ending from ever happening. Because the question would be how could this happen? What? They have the ability to literally bleach every artery?

Anyways, Cillian Murphy's character accepts the "procedure", and the guy in the room leaves instructions thats slid under the door, on how to carry ths out. The "procedure" takes place, and the father of the little girl is cured, and reunited with his daughter. All three survivor's leave the facility, as we cut back to a rabid Cillian Murphy lying on an operating room table. Who's now infected with the rage virus.

It plays much better than how I described it. But I'm not working on much sleep here. Plus it's been awhile since I've last seen this. Worth checking out I think, if only to get the full effect of the animated storyboards, and script.

[Dr. Banner]

The ending of the last Star Trek movie paled in comparison to the alternate ending.

I think the Captain's seatbelt was a bit much, especially after the whole Data/B-4 end. Granted, the ship flying out there was better than sitting getting repairs, but, the comedy (I liked the first officer bit) wasn't appropriate, I thought. I agree with the director on this one.

Basically no Faith. Duncan at Conner's grave, "Bonny Portmore" playing, roll credits.

I agree with you on the ending, but the rest of the movie was cut much better on the DVD than the theatrical version.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Ok well, remember when the little girl's father becomes infected? In the storyboard ending, the father doesnt get shot by the military guys. Because in the storyboard version, there are no military guys in the script. What ends up happening is that the father gets tied up by the survivors, and all of them go to some facility to hold up for awhile. Forgive me as it's been awhile since I've seen this, anyways C. Murphy's character ends up spotting another survivor held up in a sealed up room thats locked from the inside. All we see is the guys foot, and we hear his voice. But thats it. The camera angles in the storyboards were cool. As it never gives anything to look at but a long shot of the guys foot who appears to be sitting down on the floor with his legs stretched out. Murphy's character pleads with the guy for food thats perfectly in view inside the room, but the guy, always in a calm monotone voice, refuses to give up anything. After some time, Cillian finds out that this guy eventually claims to have a "cure" for the rage virus. But the catch is that in order to cure someone, someone else must become infected in his/her place.

Thats what basically stopped this ending from ever happening. Because the question would be how could this happen? What? They have the ability to literally bleach every artery?

Anyways, Cillian Murphy's character accepts the "procedure", and the guy in the room leaves instructions thats slid under the door, on how to carry ths out. The "procedure" takes place, and the father of the little girl is cured, and reunited with his daughter. All three survivor's leave the facility, as we cut back to a rabid Cillian Murphy lying on an operating room table. Who's now infected with the rage virus.

It plays much better than how I described it. But I'm not working on much sleep here. Plus it's been awhile since I've last seen this. Worth checking out I think, if only to get the full effect of the animated storyboards, and script.

It´s really a more powerful ending than the rosey one we got but I´m divided.
I kinda liked the official ending (though it does put the 28 Weeks Later sequel at risk).

[Captain Sarcasm]

I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned the expanded editions of the Lord of the Rings movies yet.

[Guts/Batman]

I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned the expanded editions of the Lord of the Rings movies yet.

That's cuz I haven't seen the extended editions yet.

[Nate Grey]

I think the Captain's seatbelt was a bit much, especially after the whole Data/B-4 end. Granted, the ship flying out there was better than sitting getting repairs, but, the comedy (I liked the first officer bit) wasn't appropriate, I thought. I agree with the director on this one.



I agree with you on the ending, but the rest of the movie was cut much better on the DVD than the theatrical version.

I agree with you...except for the scene forshadowing that Faith was going to be kept alive. It felt inserted so when she popped up after Duncan was a Connor's grave it wouldn't be out of left field...and yet it still was.

But everything ELSE, yes, was just fine.

[John S Osen]

My version of Revenge of the Sith is much better. Anakin dies and the Darth Vader in the other films is a different person. :) :D :cool:

[Dizzy D]

I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned the expanded editions of the Lord of the Rings movies yet.

I'm suprised nobody mentioned Blade Runner yet.

[DDM]

I´ve only seen the official version, what was the storyboard ending like? :confused:

The dad, although infected with Rage, is still alive & taken to the original place where it had broken out & spread over the world. A scientist is alive--on the other side of a locked door--but refuses the help the survivors. He says the virus is blood born; therefore, if someone gives another infected person enough infusions of uninfected blood to replace the infected blood, in theory, the infected person would be cured. The main character decides to give the dad his blood. Selina performs the operation. The dad is cured, but the main character is now infected with rage.

THE END

[Kirayoshi]

I just got my hands on the Buckaroo Banzai DVD. Nice alternate opening sequence of a home movie showing five year old Buckaroo with his parents, and their experiments with the oscilation overthruster, which were sabotaged by the Mongolian criminal mastermind Hanoi Xan. Sandra Banzai, Buck's mom, was played by Jamie Lee Curtis.

The vid also featured some rough-shot alternate scenes, including some more details of the main plot, and an exchange between Buckaroo and Penny where we learn how Peggy died, murdered by Hanoi Xan.

Hanoi Xan, btw, was the leader of the World Crime League, and would have been the main villain in the sequel if it had been made.

[marshal99]

Scary movie 3 alternate ending was funnier and better than the original ending . The guy turning into the hulk and sticking a alien in his butt was hilarious as was the matrix spoof.

[Steve]

I quite liked the alternate ending for Star Trek Nemesis better than the one they've shown.

[Guts/Batman]

I quite liked the alternate ending for Star Trek Nemesis better than the one they've shown.

I have that on dvd but don't remember watching the alternate ending yet. I'll have to take a peak at it.

[StoneGold]

The alternate ending for Dodgeball rocked!!!

[Steve]

I have that on dvd but don't remember watching the alternate ending yet. I'll have to take a peak at it.
Yep, it was called Advice for the New First Officer.

[Guts/Batman]

Yep, it was called Advice for the New First Officer.

I think I remember seeing that part but when I go home this weekend, I'll watch it again.

[VCreed32]

The alternate ending for Dodgeball rocked!!!
Too true. :)

[DMike]

Originally Posted by Captain Sarcasm
I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned the expanded editions of the Lord of the Rings movies yet.

I don't think those count as alternate endings since those are just extensions and new scenes that correspond with the existing scenes. Unless you count stuff like the proposed "Aragorn battles a corporeal Sauron at the Black Gates" and "Frodo murders Gollum" storyboards that were filmed but abandoned for much better ideas.

[Ontir]

The extended ending of Where's Poppa? was better and creepier than the theatrical release!

[Jared]

The dad, although infected with Rage, is still alive & taken to the original place where it had broken out & spread over the world. A scientist is alive--on the other side of a locked door--but refuses the help the survivors. He says the virus is blood born; therefore, if someone gives another infected person enough infusions of uninfected blood to replace the infected blood, in theory, the infected person would be cured. The main character decides to give the dad his blood. Selina performs the operation. The dad is cured, but the main character is now infected with rage.

THE END

Why would the person donating uninfected blood have to become infected?
The shirtless ninja-master climax may have been a bit silly, but I think it worked better than the original idea would have.

[StoneGold]

Why would the person donating uninfected blood have to become infected?
The shirtless ninja-master climax may have been a bit silly, but I think it worked better than the original idea would have.
I think that was part of the problem. They got stuck. It's a great idea, drama-wise, but it's hard to go anywhere with it.

[DDM]

Why would the person donating uninfected blood have to become infected?
The shirtless ninja-master climax may have been a bit silly, but I think it worked better than the original idea would have.

It's more than donating blood. The infected blood went into the other person & the uninfected blood went into the rage victim.

[Jared]

It's more than donating blood. The infected blood went into the other person & the uninfected blood went into the rage victim.

That's exactly what doesn't make any sense about it. If I'm donating my blood to somebody who has a disease, there's absolutly no need to put his infected blood into me.

More plausibly, they could have said that curing a Rage victime would take so much clean blood that a single donor wouldn't survive, but then you wouldn't get the final scenes of the hero strabbed down and infected, he'd just be dead.

[Theophilus]

Is the alternate ending to Star Trek: Nemesis worth checking out? I found the movie painful to watch. It wasn't because it was the worst of the worst. Maybe that was it. Nemesis wasn't bad enough to laugh at. It was just that the sendoff for the NG deserved more respect. I was also a little perturbed because ending NG franchise so poorly ensured that DSN would never get film treatment...and DSN really came into its own in that final season.

Am I wrong for thinking that on the whole, the writing for ST:TNG sort of lost a lot in the translation from tv to film? Movies tend to concentrate on big explosions and the like. That seemed to fit with James T. Kirk, but TNG always had a more subtle approach. I guess the only NG film I really enjoyed was First Contact. The others were okay, but I'm not sure I wasn't just tainted by my love for the franchise. I really, really wanted the movies to be good. I'm glad Patrick Stewart was freed up for the X-Men films.

And I was angry that TNG was canceled for the sole purpose of making films when the show was (correct me if I'm wrong) at its peak both creatively and in ratings. I guess from a Hollywood standpoint you want to crank out the movies before the show hits the sinkhole that all shows must.

At any rate, "All Good Things.." left me at a much better place than Nemesis. So please tell me that the alternative ending is actually the last hour and a half of an hour and forty five minute film.

[Steve]

Is the alternate ending to Star Trek: Nemesis worth checking out? I found the movie painful to watch. It wasn't because it was the worst of the worst. Maybe that was it. Nemesis wasn't bad enough to laugh at. It was just that the sendoff for the NG deserved more respect. I was also a little perturbed because ending NG franchise so poorly ensured that DSN would never get film treatment...and DSN really came into its own in that final season.

Am I wrong for thinking that on the whole, the writing for ST:TNG sort of lost a lot in the translation from tv to film? Movies tend to concentrate on big explosions and the like. That seemed to fit with James T. Kirk, but TNG always had a more subtle approach. I guess the only NG film I really enjoyed was First Contact. The others were okay, but I'm not sure I wasn't just tainted by my love for the franchise. I really, really wanted the movies to be good. I'm glad Patrick Stewart was freed up for the X-Men films.

And I was angry that TNG was canceled for the sole purpose of making films when the show was (correct me if I'm wrong) at its peak both creatively and in ratings. I guess from a Hollywood standpoint you want to crank out the movies before the show hits the sinkhole that all shows must.

At any rate, "All Good Things.." left me at a much better place than Nemesis. So please tell me that the alternative ending is actually the last hour and a half of an hour and forty five minute film.
Well, since you put it that way, the answer is obviously no.

[Daniel Hopkins]

I liked The alternate ending to Man On Fire. Although the original ending was awesome aswell.

[mgs]

they say there are like 4 different endings to Blade Runner.

one of the proposed sounded cool, where you see deckard and the girl taking off towards the mountains being slowly chased by the other cops in the backround. something like that.

[Jared]

I liked The alternate ending to Man On Fire. Although the original ending was awesome aswell.

In the alternate does Denzel blow up himself along with the bad guys' car? I kept waiting for that in the actual movie, if it had happened, I would have been much happier.

[Daniel Hopkins]

In the alternate does Denzel blow up himself along with the bad guys' car? I kept waiting for that in the actual movie, if it had happened, I would have been much happier.
He sticks one of those bombs up his own ass and they take him to the mansion and denzel smiles after he looks at his watch and the whole place gets blown to shit.

It's probably worth hiring just for that.

[CHEYENNE-BLACKBIRD]

yeah the alternate ending to man on fire is good.