If someone told you to take a scene for any movie that you didn't quite like the way it went and redo that one scene what scene would it be and what would you change?
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i would take out the last scene from 'psycho' completely.
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Just out of curiosity, why would you take out the last scene from Psycho?
(I'm assuming you're talking about the scene where the detective explains what has been going on, and then that great Norman Bates voice-over.) I guess you could argue that speech by the detective was an unneccesary kind of spoon-fed explanation... But I thought it provided some much needed closure.
Psycho is, in my opinion, one of the most perfect films ever made, so I was just wondering.
I would have Han Solo shoot Greedo first as he did in the original version of Star Wars.
I would take the scene in the original Dawn of the Dead where they are doing target practice on manicans on the ice rink and move it to the roof of the mall and have them shooting zombies instead.
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rjschwarz- do you know a Mr. stirlace? because he told me he knew someone who said that exact same thing.
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Don't know the name at all but my annoyance with Star Wars is something I've heard all over the place.
My annoyance with Dawn of the Dead comes from the fact that it's just basics. You are safe, have lots of .22 ammo which you can't sell anylonger, which is probably useless in a pinch against Zombies, but which can probably kill 'em with a headshot. Oh, and you've got lots of time to kill. Anyone who's ever gone target shooting is probably gonna start plunking away. It completely defies belief that they didn't do so in the new version. Even in the Mall where they don't have guns you'd think they'd find a sporting goods store (bows, baseballs) and start trying to take out some zombies from the safety of the rooftop. Hell, you could go grab weights or anything heavy, distract the zombies towards the base of the wall you're at and drop things on them. Keep moving from time to time so the bodies don't pile up and make a ramp of course. There were lots of things they never tried. Trapped with lots of time on your hands you'd be thinking up all sorts of stuff. No wonder things ended badly.
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I agree with both the star wars and dawn of the dead. I think I would redo the last lord of the rings movie by simply cuting out the last 45 minutes. I think I got up to leave the theater about four times thinking it was over only to have the screen light up again for another scene. I love those movies though so don't get me wrong. I just don't think the last five or so scenes were needed.
- does anyone have any other changes for anymore movies?
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Anyone who's ever gone target shooting is probably gonna start plunking away.
Why? Not only would many people have no desire to kill other people without good reason, even if they were zombies, but they were safe inside the mall and other zombies would probably come along sooner or later to replace the ones they killed.
Plus, frankly, the place would stink after a few weeks with hundreds of corpses outside.
A zombie is dead, it's gonna stink weather you give it a headshot or not. If you do the shooting you can arrange to take out zombies at a distance, or on one side of the mall so the smell won't be so bad. You could even have time to pile the bodies and burn them. If you clear the parking lot you will certainly have more time and a safer job sealing up the mall. After a while you might find that the zombies in your area are gone and things are actually fairly safe. That means any other survivors are no longer threated by the zombies. Perhaps then you can work on exploritory missions to the surrounding buildings to find other survivors and other supplies. Oh, and because as they showed it would get really, really boring sitting in a mall for months and there was no way you're going out without clearing out a few zombies.
Oh, and the gunshots might draw in the zombies but it might also draw the attention of those other survivors. I'm not talking biker gangs, I'm talking people hiding in their homes nearby. If you're drawing all of the zombies to one side of the mall you can put up a big sign (assuming zombies don't read) that tells people to try for the entrance on the other side. More people means more people to stand guard, more people to talk with, and party with when the grim reality of what's happened starts to get to you.
You seem to have the same issue the actors did, that somehow these are still human. Well I'd be shooting a bunch of raving cannibles or a pack of wild dogs as well. The zombies want to eat you, they don't want to talk. They will not stop trying to eat you. You've got the means to stop them you should do so before its an emergency. Be a bit proactive can be the difference between survival and being part of the buffet.
The characters in the movie were selfish bastards. They cared only about their own survival. They abandoned their jobs, and civilization, and were no better than the biker gang fighting over the waste of the mall when they could have been a source of good driving back the zombie menace with little actual risk.
So if people act the way you suggest the world collapses and the zombies take over. If people react the way I suggest, and I think they would, the zombie menace is put down within 24 hours.
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A zombie is dead, it's gonna stink weather you give it a headshot or not.
They may be 'dead', but they aren't rotting yet.
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More people means more people to stand guard, more people to talk with, and party with when the grim reality of what's happened starts to get to you.
It also means more people to use your supplies, more people to give you diseases, and more people to argue with and end up starting fights with you :).
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So if people act the way you suggest the world collapses and the zombies take over.
Interestingly, I've just been watching the BBC 'Day of the Triffids' show from the 1980s. It's not quite the same situation, but in that show they try to act 'nice' and end up realising that it's only making things worse... disease spreads that can't be treated and kills off most of the survivors, and attempting to feed more people just uses up the remaining food supplies faster.
If you watch DAY OF THE DEAD you'll notice significant deterioration in the bodies since DAWN OF THE DEAD. I think the same can be said of the difference between DAWN and NIGHT OF. This may be improvements in makeup but I prefer to take it as I see it. Perhaps decay is slower but if you can arrange for them to come to one side of the mall you can at least arrange where the stink will be.
It is true that more people would be using the supplies but this is a mall, it's gonna have lots of supplies. And with more people you have more guards and the ability to venture out and find more supplies. That is why civilization started, shared burden. The threat of disease is also a real one but with more people there is a chance you might find a doctor, nurse, or medic of some kind. You might find experts in a dozen fields that a couple of SWAT guys, a news reporter, and a chopper pilot know nothing about.
Also consider that we're talking about SWAT guys, they are not likely to get really deep on the implications of submerged humanity when the zombies are a real and honest threat to their lives. They've been trained to kill and I think the'd do just that. But if they did that you wouldn't have the dull scenes in the center that villify commercialism because the move would be purely about survival.
Fact is nobody fired at the zombies because they were slaves to the theme that people are evil and petty and worse than the zombies who are just eating machines. Even as a kid I thought the theme was a little simplistic. After watching Firemen, Cops and Transit Authority folks run into the burning Twin Towers I think the theme is way off.
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