Ever thought about how a well-known story might end differently? A post on this topic could be a magnet of unwanted spoilers, but I’ll send it anyway. Throwing reality or plausibility aside, what popular story changes would you suggest?
Return of the Jedi–Yoda: Now the truth know you must. Vader, your father he is not. Solo your father, and Leia . . . gasp, cough, cough.
Luke: What about Leia? She couldn’t be . . .
Yoda: Mother.
Luke: Ewww.
Star Trek 4–Kahn isn’t dead after all, and the really old geezer will finally get revenge.
Star Trek 5–They Saved Kahn’s Brain
The Wizard of Oz–The Wizard: But this is Kansas, Dorothy. It’s been Kansas all along. You just have to know it in your heart.
Sherlock Holmes: Unsolved Mysteries–Watson: Holmes hasn’t been able to solve a single crime since the encounter with the woman. For instance, one I had to solve for him came to us on a Monday morning. . . .
Psycho: Marion Crane was actually the murderer. The story actually ends in the shower when she kills herself, but we see it through her twisted eyes, her believing she is someone else.
Sleepless in Seattle: They never really meet, because the whole movie is a dream.
I once saw John Barrymore’s silent version of “Moby Dick.” In that version, Captain Ahab kills the whale, goes home, and is reunited with his wife, whom he can now love fully because he has avenged the loss of his leg. I’m not making this up.
Not all of the Spartans died at Thermopylae! One has come back for a shocking sequel battle: 300 & 1!
Anne Frank II: She’s back and this time she’s got a gun!
PSYCHO: Marion is not really dead. It is all an elaborate prank by her and Bates’ mother. At the end Norman and Marion get together as he picks her up and carries her “out of this crummy joint” as the mother watches in tears of joy.
TWILIGHT: Buffy appears and kills everyone.
HAMLET: Ophelia uncovers the truth about Hamlet’s father’s murder, helps Hamlet, and they live together happily ever after. Yay!
The last chapter of “The Sixth Sense:” After saying farewell to his wife, Malcolm has one more piece of unfinished business: he finds Vincent’s family and haunts their house for the rest of their lives.
The Princess Bride – The six fingered man turns out to be Inigo Montoya’s father, who had tired of making swords and assumed a new identity.
That’s heartwarming.
I’m sure Anne Frank is already a B-list movie at some late night theater. Everybody hates Nazis.
Snow White: Grumpy returns to the house to find the witch as an old hag. They fight until he is knocked unconscious. Snow White is terrified, fleeing into the woods, and the chase is on. Forest birds rally the dwarves, and Grumpy revives after a while. The witch calls up goblins and gremlins to fight with her against the dwarves and beasts while Snow White continues running. An epic battle ensues. Susan’s horn is discovered; the dwarves summon the Narnian Lords.
A rooster throws Crow Potens down on the evil hoard . . .
And they live happily ever after.
I’m glad Grumpy has his part expanded. He’s the real hero.