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Welcome to "Fixing Movies"! Were you disappointed by a movie, tv show, book, video game, or comic? How would you change it? Rewrite it here! Footage edits and screenshot edits are welcome too!

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Also, please note: although this sub is called "fixing movies" (implying that we're turning an unwatchable movie into a perfect movie), we're technically more interested in improving them (turning any kind of movie into a better movie). If I could rename the sub, I would change it to something like /r/ImprovingStories or /r/HindsightRewrites for clarity.

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How would you rework Matt Reeves The Batman into a 4th Dark Knight film with John Blake taking on the Mantle?

Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the third installment of "Ol Switcharoo" the series of post where I ask people to take a pre-existing film and rework it into something else, whether it be reworking a sequel of a specific series into the sequel of another, or combining it with another pre-existing film, or even taking a films genre, and switching it out with another.

I already done two already, one where I ask people to rework FFH into TASM 3, which I'll leave a link to here: https://www.reddit.com/r/fixingmovies/s/1yVSVTpOlx

And one where I ask people to rework Wish 2023 into an alternate version of Frozen 2, which is also still available and I'll leave a link to here: https://www.reddit.com/r/fixingmovies/s/Km1jwu4EG0

But today, will be about probably my favorite Superhero of all time.....Batman. and also my favorite Batman movie of all time...Matt Reeves The Batman, and today I will be asking, how would you rework Matt Reeves The Batman into a 4th installment of Nolans Dark Knight Series, involving John Blake taking the mantle.

First up, some ground rules:

  1. The Movie has to have the same general premise as the original version we got. Now obviously not everything can be the same. For example, you'd probably have to switch out Selina and Falcone with...idk, Stephanie Brown and Roman Sionis or something like that. But the general premise or at least the basic skeleton has to be similar.
  2. John Blake has to be the new Batman.
  3. While it must be set in the grounded and realistic Nolanverse and have everything that comes with it, it still must have the dark, gritty, and crime noir driven tone that The Batman had.
  4. The Riddlers portrayal has to be similar. Besides, I think Paul Dinos portrayal can work in the Nolanverae just fine anyways.
  5. It must end with John Blake realizing Gotham doesn't need a new Batman, but a new hero altogether, in the form of Red Robin or Nightwing.

Once again, this is not a proper rewrite for The Batman, because honestly, The Batman doesn't really need one (besides say, maybe the climax) this is just a simple fun brain exercise to see if the film and it's themes can still work in the Nolanverse.

8 Comments
2024/05/16
13:42 UTC

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What if the Mcu had all its Characters From the Beginning-Phase 1

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2024/05/16
05:22 UTC

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Fixing The Hot Chick (2002): Make the Criminal the protagonist, and add themes on how you're not too old to discover yourself

A while back, I watched the Rob Schneider film The Hot Chick (2002). While it did have funny moments, the whole,"haha, grown made dress and act like teen girl" shtick got kind of old and gross pretty fast, and I then just wanted to see more of the criminal. However, with that, it gave me an interesting idea on how to fix the film: Make the Criminal the protagonist, not the teenage girl.

Now, don't get me wrong, the segments where the girl had the criminals body did have some funny moments, as stated before. Hence, while the film would mostly surround the criminal, there would be some cutaways to show us how the teenager is doing, with those particular entertaining scenes.

The film's beginning would be the same, with the girl and her friends doing daily stuff, taking the cursed jewelry, and so forth. However, once they body-swap, and the criminal freaks out, then that's when he ends up being the protagonist, and all the focus goes to him instead. The film would surround on his misadventures, and on how he does thrive in the girl's body, as seen with cutaways on his crimes and the news. However, there would be a subplot on the criminal discovering himself. Not sure about trans representation, since it probably wouldn't be done well back in the 00s, but maybe at least bisexuality, having some interest with other men and/or just fellow criminals. Of course, for appropriation, make the teen girl already be ~18-19 when the body-swap occurs.

Of course, with the criminal and his crimes, he won't definitely be a Saint or even a good guy. Maybe make him a sympathetic anti-hero, since he still commits crimes, does other bad things, and makes the girl look bad since he technically is using her identity. For the sympathetic part, it's more on him confronting his insecurities, and discovering his own sexuality. Eventually, in the final scene with the strip club, this would be where the girls confront him, reminding us how he still is a bad person. The girl would steal the earring from him like in the real film, but he'll figure out it's missing, and it ends up with a whole fight ensuing, trying to keep the earring on until their bodies return to normal. It could get funny, especially when the criminal shouts to the manager he's being attacked, and then body guards come in to join the fight, and men attending the strip club surround and start chanting,"fight, fight, fight!". In the end, the girl gets all the earrings before it's too late, and their bodies return to normal.

With everything that's occured of course, the police come and arrest the criminal. As he's being arrested, the criminal does come out with his sexuality, and admitting how he isn't afraid of anything, and even thanking the teen girls for asking for his service at the gas station. Everyone's either confused or are glad that he's now accepting of himself, but then the police remind him he's still a jerk and a criminal, and he's then stuck into the police car. For some humor, while the criminal now knows himself, he turns around and sees the weird bartender smile at him in the crowd, which the criminal looks at in disgust. The film ends with the cop car's door closing, and the car driving away.

And that's how I would fix The Hot Chick.

2 Comments
2024/05/15
18:01 UTC

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What Movies deserve rewrites?

there are so many movies that fail at storytelling, character sagas or even acting but how would you rewrite movies such as

Fifty Shades of Grey, Alone in the Dark, Jaws 4, The Last Airbender, Batman and Robin, Battlefield Earth, Dragon Ball: Evolution, Jack and Jill, Mac and Me and The Room because those movies are so bad that i'd rather eat my own toenails than watch these abominations again

So to transform these horrendous abominations into cinematic masterpieces what ideas are there?

26 Comments
2024/05/15
13:19 UTC

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Homelander should have been depowered in the finale of The Boys season 3

With the Boys season 4 coming up, I wanted to offer a fix for season 3. One common complaint with season 3 is that it ended with the status quo going unchanged. Homelander wins again, Soldier Boy is frozen once again and the Boys are scrambling for a plan once again. So to combat these problems, here is ny fix for the season.

The season would go pretty much the same until the last episode. However, in the final fight, the Boys should have gone through with their plan and Soldier Boy should have depowered Homelander until some shenanigans happen with Ryan and Homelander escapes.

Now we have a much more interesting set up for season 4. You have two options to choose from. Either we change the finale of season 3 a little more so that nobody except Homelander himself knows that he is depowered. Thus, the season would revolve around him pretending to still be a superhero and controlling Vought but also panicking and being scared about others getting to know that he is powerless. Maybe he could start acting nicer towards the Seven and build up a genuine friendship with A-Train or the Deep since he knows that if he accidentally gets in a fight with them, he will get demolished.

The second option is that Homelander just escapes with Ryan and goes into hiding as everyone now knows that he has no powers. The season would revolve around half the Boys trying to bring down Soldier Boy, who becomes the leader of the Seven and Homelander’s replacement (which would be ironic because Homelander was his replacement) while the other half searches for Homelander.

Soldier Boy could either become a tyrant leader and start bullying A-Train and Deep or try to correct his previous mistakes and be a better leader. Both options would offer an interesting dynamic for season 4. Meanwhile Homelander would be trying to not get killed as the Boys as well A-Train, Deep, Maeve, Ashley and others would all be trying to kill him for tormenting them. He could build a genuine bond with Ryan since he does not have to worry about managing Vought or maintaining his image anymore.

By the end of season 4, you could have Homelander getting his powers back after which season 5 would see him truly lose control and go after every supe and human that tried to kill him when he was human. It would make for a far better season 4 premise and a more impactful finale as Homelander goes scorched Earth with Ryan by his side.

That’s my fix for season 3 of the Boys and how it would make the show more impactful and interesting.

2 Comments
2024/05/15
11:36 UTC

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My attempt at fixing "Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate" (i.e. adding a new character and changing things up)

Look, I would post the whole thing here, but it's so freakishly huge that I instead put it into a google document. Anywho, this is my take on the sequel of Megamind. Also, I won't be calling this "Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate" since... Well... It doesn't actually involve the Doom Syndicate much, just one of its members.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I76nLq3dFQZb0m7iSxxRLd4WC5ahf1aX6YdZaorSoj0/edit?usp=drivesdk

1 Comment
2024/05/14
08:42 UTC

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Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024): Instead of being rejected by kung fu masters for her size, Chameleon should've been rejected for her sorcery.

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2024/05/13
21:42 UTC

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Fixing the Final Episode of Two and a Half Men

I finished watching this video talking about the end of Two and a Half Men, and despite the show not deserving probably too much better, I hate that it went out with a snarl instead of a whimper.

My rework assumes three things:

  • Chuck Lorre can be persuaded to pause or end his near-blood feud with Charlie Sheen (a big assumption)

  • Charlie Sheen is sincere in his attempts to reconcile (an even bigger assumption)

  • the network would allow for a longer series finale in their now-failing show (the biggest assumption)

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Assuming those three things, the 1st part roughly follows the not-shit part of the actual finale:

  • Alan and Walden find out that Charlie has a ton of unclaimed royalties; include a joke about Alan finally being able to start his own life, and Walden finally being able to get rid of the house

  • They find out that they need a death certificate to claim them

  • They find out no-one actually has a death certificate for Charlie, and that Rose is the only person who says that he died

  • They find out a woman claimed the money a little while later; Alan thinks it was rose, while Walden remains unconvinced

  • Walden hires a PI to look into things while the duo talk to all of Charlie's exes; most of them have wildly different opinions on Charlie, and a few of the kinder ones offer Alan condolences, but all say that they received a large amount of money and a note apologizing for how he acted

  • Alan has an outburst at one of their apartments; tells Walden that Charlie started acting like an asshole and drinking more right before he went to Paris, and honestly honestly kind of glad that he's gone

  • They arrive back at Walden's house; Walden comments that he didn't remember hiring a landscaper, only for the PI to reveal himself (ala Gene Parmesan)

  • Part 1/Act 1 ends on the reveal that Rose flew out to Paris only a few days before Charlie's murder, and didn't fly out with him at the end of "That Darn Priest"

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Part 2/Act 2 starts with Alan and Walden discussing their newfound suspicions of Rose

  • They both receive threatening messages (bricks thrown through the back window) saying to not look into this "if they know what's good for them"

  • They both go to the cops

  • The detective assigned to their case has the same last name as Rose

  • They receive another threatening message, telling them the cops won't help them

  • They both decide that they have to break into Rose's house themselves

  • They both call their former significant others

  • They both are at best feigned sympathy, at worst rebuked by them; Walden is chastised for not having any direction in his life after his co-founder took the Microsoft buyout money; Alan is chastised for being a mooch, and only caring to go on this extended charade because there's still money in it

  • Alan begins arguing with Judith/whoever is the harsh ex, and wanders into the living room

  • Right as he's about to win the argument, a quiet knocking is heard from the front door

  • Alan grabs a golf club/vase/some other vaguely comedic weapon and readies to swing while he opens the door

  • The door opens, and he swings, only for Jake to dodge out of the way

  • They both hug; Alan asks why Jake's in town; Jake says that he's back stateside because he's on vacation and figured he'd surprise his dad

  • Jake makes a joke about not coming home if this is how he's going to be welcomed

  • Alan explains that Charlie might still be alive

  • Jake immediately knows it's Rose, and asks if they want him to break into her house

  • Alan is stunned by Jake's initiative, while Walden shows up and gives a much warmer hello to Jake

  • The two ask Jake how he was able to get leave from the Army; Jake explains that he was discharged from the army because of an injury, and has found work for a local company in Japan as a translator. He then explains that he met his wife while working there, and that technically this is a "working vacation"

  • The three decide to break into Rose's house after they see her car leave, and wouldn't you know, they see her car leaving the house right after they say that

  • The trio break in, corny spy music plays, and they find an ajar door leading to a basement

  • Walden wonders how a beach house could have a basement as the other two head deeper into the house

  • The camera pans to behind the three of them as Jake looks down into the basement; he says that it's a dungeon, with chains on the wall, Charlie's clothes and cloth gags in a cabinet, a taser and other torture devices laid out on a table, and even a small pit dug into the ground, with a bed placed at the bottom. The three begin loudly discussing where Charlie could be if he wasn't there

  • "I'm right here, you idiots. What are you doing in my house?" Charlie says, as he and Rose arrive home

  • The three explain they thought he was dead, but then wasn't dead, but then thought he was being kept hostage, and ask what the dungeon's for if he's not a hostage

  • He explains that he was a dead man walking; he spent the first week in Paris doing awful things (Alan responds "like you weren't doing that already?"), and that Rose found him in an alleyway outside of a hookah bar out of his mind, mumbling about Tiger Blood and how much he was winning

  • She nursed him back to health in Paris, and Charlie realized finally that he couldn't keep acting the way he was to people he cared about; not everyone is crazy enough to stick with him through his assholishness like Rose is ("No offense" he says to Rose)

  • They came up with a plan to fake his death while Charlie went to rehab, after which he figured that everyone else was probably doing fine without him

  • He only recently realized that he still had a lot to apologize for, so he took his accrued royalty earnings and tried to send everyone notes and gifts explaining that he's a changed man

  • The three of them ask where their money is

  • He gives them a look, and explains that 1) He has no idea who the hell Walden is, 2) He didn't know where Jake lived, 3) He never would expected Alan to get another guy to mooch off of like he did Charlie

  • He composes himself, and apologizes to Jake for not keeping in touch more

  • He then apologizes to Alan for not appreciating him more, and for not telling him that he was still alive sooner

  • Alan calls him an asshole, and then hugs him and says that he's glad he's not dead

  • The scene cuts to all 5 of them a couple nights later; all of them reflect on these past 12 years and how crazy they've been

  • Charlie says something like, "Hey, do you guys realize what we're doing right now?"

  • Alan responds "What's that?"

  • Charlie says "Winning" and then the camera pans out to show the beach; the credits roll on the beach background, while the 5 of them all sing the Two and a Half Men theme song

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God, I spent too much time on this, but hopefully it's at least slightly better than what we got

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2024/05/13
15:55 UTC

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Fixing the rise of the planet of the apes series by making it a trilogy (spoiler free)

I saw the latest movie yesterday, Kingdom of the planet of the apes and I enjoyed it, but I think it would be better if the series was merged into three movies. The first movie is totally fine and the fourth too, but the second and third felt too similar to me both being in a post apocolyptic world with the apes and humans fighting to become the dominant species.

So I think it would have been better if dawn and war were just one movie, and that movie called war as calling it dawn of the planet of the apes sounds too similar to rise of the planet of the apes. This way the trilogy would be the apes in the human world to the apocolyptic world where humans and apes are both on the same level to the ape dominated world, each three unqiue.

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2024/05/13
15:08 UTC

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What if Pixar leaves Disney in 2005 (better version)

10 days ago I did a post of what if Pixar leaves Disney in 2005 but looking back I didn't like it it looked way too weird so I decided to do a better one

Pixar was the best 3D animation studio in our childhoods but in 2005 Disney and Pixar was supposed to separate and Pixar was supposed to go to another movie studio to distributed their movies and circle 7 animation was supposed to make sequels to Pixar movies but Disney bought Pixar in 2006 but what if that didn't happen what if Disney never bought Pixar what if Pixar leaves Disney well that is what we're gonna discuss today

Cars was supposed to be the last Pixar movie to be distributed by in cars would have been finished but it during bring the time where Pixar leaves Disney cars is released in 2006 and it was a box office hit and it got good reviews however Warner Bros would have bought pixar in 2006

Ratatouille is the first Pixar movie to be distributed by Warner Bros the film was a box office hit and it's the most praise Pixar film of all time way back in 2007 some people would have said that Ratatouille is perfect without being distributed by Disney and Warner Bros animation group will not exist because of Warner Bros already having Pixar circle 7 animation would have make toy story 3 monsters Inc 2 lost in scardise and finding Nemo 2 and toy story 3 even without Jonh Lassiter would have been a box office bomb and would of Mark the end of the toy story franchise

Now here are the alternate movies timeline

WALL -E (2009)

Brave (2010) (there would have been a rumor saying that this is Pixar's payback at Disney since this is releasing the same year as Disney's Tangled and both protagonists are princess)

Up (2011)

The iron Giant 2 (2012) (this would have been Pixar first and only 2D film)

Animated Aquaman (2013)

The good dinosaur (2015) (this would have been the better one than what we got in our timeline)

Storks (2016)

inside out (2017) (I am not sure if they would do a sequel to inside out)

coco (2018)

Onward (2020)

soul (2020)

luna (2021)

DC League of Super pets (2022) (I feel like Dwayne the rock Johnson and Kevin Hart wouldn't even played kryto and ace the bat hound because they're acting wouldn't fit in a Pixar film)

John Lassiter still gets fired this timeline because alleged of sexual meanwhile circle 7 animation would have shut down in 2012 because of money problems this would have lead of canceled sequels like The Incredibles 2 a bug's life 2 and cars 2 meanwhile turning red The iron Giant 3 and elemental are all cancelled because of Warner Bros discovery the 2010s would have been a better decade of Pixar with one sequel 1 and one film based on Warner Bros property and 6 original films meanwhile soul and Luca would have been on HBO Max since Disney no longer owns Pixar so those films would have been on HBO Max instead

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2024/05/12
22:59 UTC

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Fixing Dishonored 2: Remove the Brigmore Witches DLC from Dishonored 1, because it's now the 2nd game

When trying to think of ways to fix the story of Dishonored 2, one major problem I noticed is, with how high the scales are (Emily trying to regain her throne), it was a but odd having most of the game take place in a far-away country. Not to mention, while the levels were heavily detailed, huge, and with good systems, it sort of did not really match with that high of stakes. To fix many of the problems would definitely require so many changes, but my goal here is to fix the story with what we already got. My solution, keep the same levels and all, and morph the Brigmore Witches DLC into the 2nd game.

In addition, I personally felt that having Delilah be the main big bad again in the sequel pretty much made Brigmore Witches all for nothing. Rather than make the DLC in vain, it would be part ofbthe sequel as one, continuous story.

The first game will still have Knives of Dunwall DLC, but it shall now be used partially as a teaser for the 2nd game. Without having to also make Brigmore Witches, more content will be added, and also some for the new systems as a promotion.

Right after the events of Knives of Dunwall, it begins like Brigmore Witches DLC, except while Daud is figuring out what to do, a group of witches are sent to attack his base. While the Assassins are skilled, they are ovwrwhelmed, and while they might've won, they barely won. With nothing else, and wanting redemption, Daud decides to investigate further on Delilah. The beginning has the levels from Brigmore Witches, but of course much larger and modified into the style of Dishonored 2. However, around the end, instead of entering the painting, it's revealed actually a bait-and-switch. Daud and the Assassins with him discover Delilah's plans to overthrow the government, realizing that there's an entire conspiracy theory, much bigger than they thought. They return to the base, and everyone left if found massacred, with hints that governmental workers partook in it. Then the reveal: Delilah has taken over the throne. For Daud's new mission, it's to figure out a way to trap Delilah, and to eliminate the other members of the conspiracy, so that there's not another attempt. Daud encounters Billie, pretending to be "Meagan", with her new ship. Billie decides to work with Daud to eliminate Delilah, as a way to redeem herself, and because nowhere is safe in Dunwall for them, they leave for Karnaca, also because targets are trying to spread influence on that continent. For the final battle, Daud will go to the palace and enter the painting to finish off Delilah. It will be similar as in the sequel, but there's more options for combat, and extra paths for creativity.

The Grim tones fit more with Daud's story, and he does seem more like a loner. Not to mention, for low, quiet Assassins like Daud or Billie, it makes more sense to have them go out and investigate the distant leads, as Emily/Corvo are more busy at the central government. Plus, Daud is already good for a voiced protagonist, and would have more steet smarts as an Assassin for levels like Dust District. Maybe Corvo, but honestly at this point he is too important and needs to deal with higher-up politics.

As for Emily/Corvo, their story can still be there, but rather as a DLC. Corvo would mostly be investigating in Dunwall, and while Emily may be in Karnaca to help Daud, her missions would also mostly be in Dunwall, but she has more upscale missions and tension, because of her royal status. Death of the Outsider DLC will also still be there, as a continuation of Billie's story, but perhaps with a different ending. Plus, Corvo can still be a silent protagonist, with some of his personality and characteristics implied by other characters through dialogue and notes.

And that is how I would fix Dishonored 2.

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2024/05/12
22:17 UTC

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Unfriended Ending Scene Rewrites

I like horror film Unfriended (2014) but I feel like the ending scene could have been done better, so here is an idea of how I would have done it.

When it is revealed that Blaire is the one who uploaded the video, and she starts receiving messages-- amid facing the hostility of her peers-- her screen goes blank, the laptop battery dying, and we see her reflection, a horrified expression on her face as she processes everything, and behind her the image of Laura's ghost (1) fading away, leaving Blaire to face the repercussions of her actions

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(2) approaching her to do to her what she did to the others.

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2024/05/12
16:54 UTC

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How would you rework Wish into an alternate version of Frozen 2?

Welcome to another installment of "Ol Switcharoo", a series of post where I ask you take a pre-existing movie and turn it into something else. Whether, it be making it into a sequel to another separate pre-existing film, or turning it into a different genre. The first installment of this was a few days ago, where I asked people to turn Spiderman: Far From Home into a plot for the Amazing Spiderman 3, which I'll leave a link to here: https://www.reddit.com/r/fixingmovies/s/VLfWlBiQvB

Wish is Disney centennial celebration film, or, well, it was suppose to be. Simultaneously, Frozen had its 10th anniversary on Disney's centennial celebration year. So, it got me to thinking, What If Frozen 2 was the centennial film instead? So today, I wanted to ask, how would you rework Wish, into an alternate version if Frozen 2? And yes, we'll just say it took them 10 years to make the sequel for....reasons.

First, a few Ground rules:

  1. It still has to be a Centennial Celebration film celebrating Disney's 100 years of Wonder. Which can still work in this case, due to Disney trying to push Frozen as there next big cash cow, that and Frozen (for some reason) is extremely popular, so it still works. Now obviously, it can't be set chronologically before all Disney films, because that wouldn't work (and, honestly, it didn't really work in the actual film we got either) but there still needs to be Easter eggs and callbacks to past Disney films.

  2. While you can make rewrite certain aspects of Wish (as Wish is honestly not a good movie, and definitely needed another rewrite, so here, despite clearly not being a proper rewrite/fix of Wish, I will allow. So yes, if you want Starboy and Villain Couple, you can) the general premise and themes of Wish have to remain intact, it obviously can't be the exact same, but the overall skeleton has to be intact. However, since this is being reworked into a alternate Frozen sequel, Elsa and co. Have to be organically and naturally interwoven into it while still keeping Elsas main arc/character Journey of Self-discovery intact (but you can improve aspects of it if you want, same with especially Anna and Kristoffs roles).

  3. No stupid Green Spell Book. Magnifico can be evil without it.

  4. Asha still has to have a major role, since I don't want to just take away all the things Asha did in the movie and give them to Anna and Elsa. Not to mention, I want to avoid the White Saviour trope as much as humanly possible, so Asha still needs to have a big (or big enough) role.

  5. The songs from Wish have to remain, but at least two songs from the Frozen 2 we got have to be in there. Also, you have to include "Wish Worth Making" into the actual film in some way.

  6. No Northuldra, or Spirits, or 5th Spirit nonsense, or Dams, Poisons, and themes of Colonization. Since I don't think any of that would work in this version. You still have to get a origin/explanation for Elsas powers but you got to tie it into the wishes in some way. Basically swapping out Frozen 2s supporting cast (like the Northuldra and the soldiers and spirits) with Wish supporting cast. Obviously it be more then just that, but still. And it goes without saying, instead of Atohallan and the Enchanted Forest, it's the kingdom of Rosas.

  7. Either Anna and Elsas mom or dad has to be from Rosa's, or have ties to it in some other way.

  8. And finally, it still has to end with the sisters separated. You don't have to have Elsa advocate the throne if you don't want, you can do a reversal actually, like Fanscription did. But they have to be separated at the end of the movie for whatever reason.

Now before anyone says it, NO, this is not meant to try and improve the movie. Intact there are a million better ways to improve Wish then turning it into a Frozen sequel (though if your wondering how i would ACTUALLY rewrite Wish? Well, im actually currently planning/working on my own rewrite called "Starlight: The City of Dreams and Wishes" so just stay tuned for that), this is also not really a rewrite of Frozen 2 either (for the same reasons as why this is not a proper Wish rewrite, though i did do a proper rewrite of Frozen 2 already if you want to check it out), much like the FFH/TASM 3 post, this is just a simple fun brain exercise, to see if either film would still work, if reworked into something different. Or in this case, if two films would work slightly better, via being reworked into one film.

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2024/05/12
16:25 UTC

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Endgame: instead of making Thanos a pure villain they should’ve worked to REFUTE his argument

Thanos deciding that all life has to be killed and remade in his image is the biggest cop-out ever. They probably realized that people legitimately believed he was right, that they did to good of a job making him argue his point.

So, to make people want him to lose, they had him switch to wanting to fully remake the universe into what he’d want it to be. That was a mistake, and his argument should’ve been refuted.

We should’ve seen people coming in together like in Falcon and The Winter Solider like Thanos did but we should’ve also seen how the negatives out-way the positives and we should’ve seen how Thanos’s idea, on some level was defensivible, but that his method to get the world to be better doesn’t work.

When you’re gonna make an ideology this heinous so defensivible you need to be prepared or prepare to refute it instead of just make Thanos bad and solve our problem in the laziest way possible, while making Thanos less compelling, and hurting our investment in his character.

What was so compelling about Thanos in Infinity War wasn’t that he wanted to kill half of life; it was his determination to do so and willingness to sacrifice everything to win, and not being talked down. When he switched to kill everyone, he lost that determination.

In short, don’t be lazy, and refute his argument instead of making him pure-evil.

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2024/05/12
13:31 UTC

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Rey's arc in Episode 9 should've been about her not wanting to be no one, and wanting to be someone, and wanting to be loved, and the danger of craving validation, and not what we got in The Rise of Skywalker.

Rey, in Episode 9, has an arc that's so annoying in it's nature. She becomes more unlikeable. Her fear of going to The Dark Side is unwarranted, because there's nothing to really validate that fear of going bad besides shit that's rescinded like Chewie's death and Ben's death, in addition to her being a Palpatine. Even then, doing this doesn't work because Luke's dealt with this issue before, of almost becoming what he wanted to destroy, and we don't her to re-do Luke's arc, because that would seem like her taking Luke's victories more.

So, what do we do, assuming we can't change what happened in The Force Awakens or The Last Jedi, how do we make Rey into a more like-able character in Episode 9. Here's what we do; Rey's been attempting to be a mdoel-Jedi, having no attachment and not attempting to purse her relationship with Ben or Finn. She's doing this because she'll want Luke and Leia's validation, and want to be seen as a Jedi. This doesn't make her loved, it makes Finn worried for her, and it makes Poe, who hasn't gotten to know her at all, not want to be around her, and Luke is telling Rey that she isn't doing the right thing.

This gives Rey a relatable struggle, her desire for validation, and wanting to be loved by other people. It also gives her a reason to be tempted to The Dark Side that's less annoying then being trapped by her own fear, and makes it so her desire for validation can be taken advantage of by Kylo and/or Palpatine, if you really want him in there (if he is there, use him as a Holocron), and ultimately she'd learn not to be someone that she isn't, but to be herself, and to become loved by being her, and her relationships will improve.

I don't know how I'd continue this, but this is at least a great start.

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2024/05/12
05:16 UTC

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Besides Palpatine, who would've been a better choice for Episode Nine?

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2024/05/11
14:56 UTC

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Reamigined the Mcu if it has All Its Characters from the Start-Part 3

Reamigined the Mcu if it has All Its Characters from the Start-Part 3.the Third Movie Would be X men:Origins Wolverine(2009) Act 1 Would Have Captain America Opening the door for his own Film.Wade Wilson would be Removed Entirely.Scott Summers would be Removed.

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2024/05/11
07:55 UTC

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2000s MCU (Phase 1)

2000s MCU (Phase 1)

X-Men (2000)

Same movie, but with more comic accurate outfits, updated for the 2000s. Rogue would be more like his comics counterpart and would get his powers after the Liberty Island battle. Would have hints that Wolverine and Sabretooth have some history with each other.

Beast (Frasier-I mean, Kelsey Grammer) pops up in the ending to talk to Charles about Mutant-Human relations and he says that they aren’t the only super people that exist in this world, which Charles knows.

Captain America (2001)

Matt Damon is Cap, Chris O’Donnell is Bucky, and Kate Beckinsale is Peggy Carter. It would just be TFA, but with The Invaders, with Namor (Dwayne Johnson), The Jim Hammond Human Torch (Ryan Phillipe), and Union Jack (Hugh Grant). Wolverine and Sabretooth (still Liev Schreiber) would both cameo as Howling Commandos. A young Erik Lensherr appears.

When Red Skull gets sent to space, a silhouette of a certain world eater is seen.

Spider-Man (2002)

Same movie, but with GG’s suit having a purple scheme. The Liberty Island Battle is mentioned.

Spider-Man is accused of being a mutant, but his public image improves when the film progresses.

Blade II (2002)

Same movie, no changes

X2: X-Men United (2003)

Same movie, but hints at Mystique and Nightcrawler being familiar with each other.

Daredevil (2003)

It would just be DD S1, but turned into a movie and without killing off Ben Urich and Wesley (Skeet Ulrich). Change the director to David Fincher. References to Oscorp are there.

Iron Man (2003)

It would just be the 2008 film, but make Iron Monger’s suit to be more Navy Blue. Tom Cruise would be Tony Stark, Jodie Foster is Pepper Potts, Vincent D’Onofrio is Happy Hogan, Don Cheadle is James Rhodes. Stark is approached to make Sentinels, but Stark being Stark, he declines. Also sets up Hammer and The Ten Rings

The alternate Nick Fury post credit scene is the one that we get.

Hulk (2004)

Same plot as the 2003 film but have Absorbing Man be the main villain (and don’t make it his father). And remove the comic panel editing.

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Same film, but make Peter more confident and closer to his comics self. Stark is also another company aside from Oscorp that funds Otto Octavius’ Fusion Reactor.

The Punisher (2004)

Jigsaw (John Travolta) is the main villain. Set it in NY. Change the Spacker Dave casting to Aaron Paul. Less scenes of Frank grieving over his dead family, more Punishing.

Daily Bugle and Stark Industries building sightings are shown.

Fantastic Four (2004)

Same plot as the 2005 film, but with more family dynamics and Doctor Doom would be recasted to Mads Mikkelsen. Nick Fury shows up in the post credit scene. When they first appear, they would get accused of being mutants. It’s not until the final battle is when their public approval pays off. We would reveal that Reed Richards was one of Dr Connors’ students in college. Doom doesn’t freeze, he just gets defeated and retreats to Latveria.

Oscorp, Stark Industries, and S.H.I.E.LD are mentioned. Spider-Man appears for a brief cameo in the final battle.

Daredevil vs Punisher (2005)

It would just be DD S2, without The Hand and Elektra since I’ll save them for later. Claire Temple (Gina Torres) is introduced here.

Thor (2005)

It would just be the 2011 film we got. Alexander Skarsgård would be Thor, Jude Law would be Loki, and Christina Applegate would be Jane Foster. Remove Erik Selvig, Darcy Lewis. Hawkeye cameo would be removed and saved for later.

The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (2005)

It would just be the 2012 film we got, but with the OG 5 lineup (but with Captain America), and the introduction of Ant-Man (Patrick Wilson) and The Wasp (Hilary Swank). This would be Erik Selvig’s first appearance. Hank and Janet would be the ones helping Selvig closing the portal instead of Black Widow.

More sightings of Oscorp and the Baxter Building are shown.

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2024/05/11
01:36 UTC

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Pitching A "Disney" Adaptation Of HG Wells's The Island of Doctor Moreau As A 6 episode Mini Series

This would be the first animated series by the main studio instead of Disney Animated Television. The difference is that this an adult animated series on FX instead of Disney Channel or in theaters. The mini-series features traditional animation reminiscent of Disney's classic films, with vibrant colors, expressive character designs, and enchanting landscapes. The anthropomorphic animals are depicted with a mix of animalistic and humanlike, reflecting their dual nature as both creatures of the wild and beings with human-like emotions.

Just like the rest of Disney's adaptations, this is very loose from the source material. It's follows the journey of Edward Prendick, a young castaway rescued by a passing ship and left on the mysterious island of Dr. Moreau. On this island, animals are transformed into human beings through vivisection. Unlike the original where the creatures who are a combination of different animals, they're simply one animal that was turned into a human (such as lion, bears, wolves, tigers, and dolphins.) They then break out of the island and the show is about them going around killing and eating other people like when they were animals with Moreau and Edward trying to get them back on the island. The dolphin, since he's basically "the human of the ocean", would be the most evil out the group and unlike the others knows what he does is wrong and does not care.

Since this is made by Disney, every episode has a musical number with the dolphin having a villain song in the same veins as "Hellfire" from the Hunchback Of Notre Dame.

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2024/05/10
18:38 UTC

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Reamaiging The Mcu if it had all its Characters How I would do it-Part 2

The Second Movie I would do Would be Iron man which would Still be released In 2008 But The Post Credit Scene would include A mention of A spider Bit Hinting That Spiderman does Exist.

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2024/05/10
06:06 UTC

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Reamaiging The Mcu if it had all its Characters How I would do it-Part 1

How I Would Reamaigine the Mcu if it had all its Characters at least how I Would Do it.I would Start The Mcu In 2008 With A Movie Called-The Amazing Spider-Man.It would release in 2008 and Have The Lizard Be The Villain Harry Osborn Would be Peter's Friend along with Gwen Stacy.The Lizard Would Slowly Lose His Intelligence until he is a Monstrous Beast That Kills Captain Stacy.The Movie Would End Bittersweet with Captain Stacy's Funeral And Peter And Gwen Not Getting Together But Will In the Future.

The Cast: Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spiderman.

Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy.

Dane dehan as Harry Osborn.

Rhys Ifans as Curt Conners/The lizard.

Sally field as Aunt May.

Martin Shiend as Uncle Ben.

Chris Zylka as Flash Thompson.

Denis Leary as George/Captain Stacy.

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2024/05/10
01:53 UTC

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How would you rework Spiderman: Far From Home into the Amazing Spiderman 3?

Welcome, to the first in a series of post called "Ol Switcharoo", a series where I ask people to take pre-exisiting film, and rework it into something else. For the First installment I wanted to ask. How would you rework Spiderman: Far From Home into The Amazing Spiderman 3? I.E. How would you take the plot of FFH and make it work in the TASMverse with Andrew Garfield's Spiderman? It obviously can't be the exact same, obviously, but the general premise/skeleton needs to be similar. So, how would you do it? I should probably mention the main criterias are:

  1. It still needs to involve a Field Trip in Europe, and Peter having to be Spiderman without letting his identity out.

  2. Mysterio must be the villain with the same or similar plan.

  3. And finally, Peter must be dealing with grief and lose. In this case, Gwen.

8 Comments
2024/05/09
23:49 UTC

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How would you write Lightyear more in-line like the cartoon? (Don't care Pixar doesn't love it)

2 Comments
2024/05/09
04:34 UTC

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Ladies and Gentlemen, How Frozen 3 should end. It began with her becoming queen, and so it ends full circle with Elsa becoming queen once more.

Basically how this work is that I'd have the third film tackle themes of consequence and sacrifice. In this case, exploring the consequences of Elsa giving the role of queen to Anna, as we start to see the pressure of ruling starting to get to Anna, and also realizing she doesnt really want to be queen after all. With Elsa, in the end, realizing giving the throne to Anna wasn't the right call, and ultimately sacrificing her happiness and resuming her status as queen of Arrendelle, though (not tl dissimilar to Ralph at the end of the first Wreck It Ralph) she would find happiness in other ways and knowing the ones she loves around her are happy.

Obviously there'd be more to it then that, as Obviously, I'd also have the Monarchy be broken and turned into a Consititutional Democratic Republic, and I'd also retcon the 5th Spirit stuff (in this case revealing there are other human elementals like Elsa, and perhaps this could lead to Anna being revealed to have powers, and perhaps maybe introducing a Lightning elemental as Elsa's love interest, and Water, Earth, and Air elementals could take her place as the new Protectors of that forest if they don't do what they should've done at the end of the second one and merge the two kingdoms together) but the point is, I think this would be a good way to bring things full circle. They probably won't do it though, but oh well.

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2024/05/08
18:16 UTC

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How would you have adapted the Fallout video game series into a streaming show? Would it have had anything in common with the official one? What would you have change about the costumes/locations/characters/dialogue/plot of it?

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2024/05/08
16:56 UTC

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