Reel Pop Discusses What Might Have Been...

Steve at Reel Pop has a very amusing collection of alternative endings of some of cinemas classics. I think we don't appreciate generally how different films might have been. Some for the better most for the worse. Taken out of context I really paused while going through these to think about how we piece together stories and the direction we go with the films we make is really our own to tell. Well, that is the romantic. Truth be told the ending that makes the final cut in most movies are generally the one thought best by exec producers.

I particularly like the Little Shop of Horrors more bleak ending. So I copied it in here. But have a look at the rest of Steve's list.




I also like the commentary on how retailers could save DVD sales:

The studios hit upon a great idea when they included deleted scenes and alternate endings to DVDs. Those extras were incentives for people to buy movies they'd already seen, and it worked. Retailers like Wal-Mart should hew to that formula with digital downloads. Instead, they're asking customers to buy the DVD and then pay extra for the download. But if Wal-Mart offered those downloads for free, it would give consumers incentives to continue buying DVDs, and allow Wal-Mart to continue making money on DVDs, which will only lose market share as digital downloads become common practice. Help the consumer, don't make it harder.