Things you'd like to have seen in a movie...

[Warped9]

In the morning paper I saw a picture of King Kong (they were announcing the intent to launch Kong as a Broadway musical). For some reason it got me to thinking about something.

I really liked Peter Jackson's King Kong, particularly the director's cut, but there's always been a little something extra I'd liked to have seen. When Kong falls off the Empire State Building I would like to have seen them recreate that long shot of him falling as it was seen in the 1933 original film.

It's a little thing and it really wouldn't have added much of anything to the film, but I did feel a touch cheated when I didn't get to see it in the new film.

While on this subject two other thoughts occurred to me. First, was Kong already dead from the countless bullets when he succumbed and slipped off the top or did he die from the impact when he hit the street? Also something his size falling from that height would have made quite a whump when he hit the ground---wouldn't he have made some sort of depression in the concrete?

Some idle thoughts over morning coffee.

Anyone else for things you'd like to have seen in a film?

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

Well, animals as large as and larger than horses tend to splash when they impact the ground at terminal velocity. For King Kong, you might well end up with what looked like warm, hairy pastrami soup.

ETA: I'd like to have seen some entertainment in the PT.

 

[Greylock Crescent]

I'd have liked to see as much creative energy put into the story of Avatar as went into its VFX.

 

[Nardpuncher]

Dude, didn't you know? It was beauty that killed the beast.

I think it would've been great to see this exchange in King Kong:

Carl Denham: I was on Skull Island! I saw brontosauruses and T rexes and giant spiders!

Theater Owner: Wow! What did you bring back to New York for us to see?!?

Carl Denham: A giant gorilla!

Theater Owner:.....a giant gorilla?

Carl Denham: Yeah!

Theater Owner: Why didn't you bring back one of the T Rexes or brontosauruses?

Carl Denham: Well, um , I , uh...

Theater Owner: If I wanted to see a giant gorilla I'd stand really close to a gorilla!!!

 

[Klaus]

Tom Bombadil?

...not least because that means Goldberry too!

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

I'd rather have seen Tim Benzedrine and Hashberry.

 

[Silvercrest]

Tim Benzedrine.

"must sign off now as rush is coming ohgodohgodohgodihdksl;odl[d"

 

[Klaus]

I'd rather have seen Tim Benzedrine and Hashberry.

A valid point!

ching!

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Another hour of Avatar. Another two hours of Abrams's Star Trek.

Molly Ringwald, full frontal, circa 1987.

Kong certainly should have done some damage when he hit. OTOH the impact would certainly have been spread out over quite an area, wouldn't it? King Kong would be at his most dangerous when wearing stilleto heels.

 

[Warped9]

King Kong would be at his most dangerous when wearing stilleto heels.

That image is...disturbing.

 

[issreliant]

Here's a list of things i would have loved to see in some movies.......


i would have liked to see Superman in "Superman Returns".

The squid alien/thing in "Watchmen".

A decent and better plot in rob zombies "HALLOWEEN 2"

The original death of Kirk in "Generations".

and A non-Rattner X-men 3.

 

[Warped9]

I would have liked to see Superman in "Superman Returns".

Can't argue with that.

 

[captcalhoun]

a Star Trek prequel that wasn't shit and fit in with canon.

 

[Warped9]

a Star Trek prequel that wasn't shit....

I'm with you there.

...and fit in with canon.

As a reboot I could forgive that.

 

[Gaith]

Well, animals as large as and larger than horses tend to splash when they impact the ground at terminal velocity. For King Kong, you might well end up with what looked like warm, hairy pastrami soup.

Which is why the last shot of both versions should have been Kong's fall from Anne's POV, with a slow fade. Much more poetic.


Other stuff I'd like to have seen:

- Anne's dress ripped to shreds in PJ's Kong, as it clearly would have been many times over, leaving her stark nekkid for at least a third of the movie.

- Venture crew being just a tad bit surprised to see actual freakin' living dinosaurs on Skull Island.

- Barclay and Seven getting cozy at the Rikers' wedding. Screw C/7!

- Patrick playing an imported Mirror Picard rather than Hardy's clone.

- Sod the books, Harry and Hermione hooking up in Hallows' tent. ("Contraceptus!") Also, Ron's heroic, poignant, tragic, Voldy-dooming demise.

- Multiple Sith vs. multiple Jedi in the PT.

- Aragorn proclaiming a parliamentary monarchy in RotK.

- Lisa giving the boys actual lessons on picking up/flirting with girls in Weird Science.

- A Smallville first/second season ep in which Clark stumbles into an alternate reality where "he" was conceived as a chick... and then Clark and "Clara" team up for an evildoer arse-kicking before the former returns home. A Supergirl, in other words, without the concept dilution of more than one good Kryptonian survivor.



I'm sure I could think of lots more, but for now, I'll just say...

- The actual, friggin', filmed ending to The Golden Compass! (Also, Mrs. Coulter's party, Lyra's "my dad's a murderer", Lyra and Rodger drunk, Asriel's threat to break Lyra's arm, Lyra and the witch envoy, extended versions of many of the scenes that were in, for at least a 145-min. running time.)

Yeah.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

a Star Trek prequel that...fit in with canon.

Bored now.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

The actual, friggin', filmed ending to The Golden Compass! (Also, Mrs. Coulter's party, Lyra's "my dad's a murderer", Lyra and Rodger drunk, Asriel's threat to break Lyra's arm, Lyra and the witch envoy, extended versions of many of the scenes that were in, for at least a 145-min. running time.)

All that, plus filmed versions of The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass including the Republic of Heaven, Metatron, and the Authority without any concessions to established religion. Oh, and the first film should have been called Northern Lights.

 

[Gaith]

I can do without the sequel movies - the books are wonderful, but not as cinematic - but it's a real shame not to have TGC's filmed ending at the very least.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

The Richard Donner version of Superman II as it would've been finished in 1981. And more sequels in the same vein as the first movie.

Kirstie Alley continuing as Saavik after Star Trek II.

A Spider-Man III that didn't have the Sandman inserted into Spider-Man's origin and didn't have Venom gumming up the works.

Edward Norton continuing as Bruce Banner.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service starring Sean Connery and Diana Rigg (I love the film as it is, but MAN do I want to look into the parallel universe where it was filmed with Connery). And while I'm at it, have the novels' Blofeld trilogy filmed in the right order (Thunderball, OHMSS, You Only Live Twice).

The 1985 version of The Two Jakes, directed by Roman Polanski. And the planned third Jake Gittes film.

A better fourth Indiana Jones movie.

 

[Greg Cox]

Boris Karloff in ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, instead of Raymond Massey playing a character modeled on Karloff . . . .

As I recall, the part was written for Karloff, but he was busy touring with the stage production, so he couldn't do the movie version.