A couple of suits turn up and quickly sweep up any evidence of the Terminator. Not so much an alternate ending as it was a direct link to Judgement Day, the ending Cameron saw the police and cleanup crews working to figure out what happened in the factory at the end. Not only that, the audience testings basically said that it was too depressing. It's a particularly powerful moment, but would have killed any opportunity of a sequel. Trautman, played by the underrated Richard Crenna, to shoot Rambo so that he doesn't have to go back to a cell. The original ending saw Rambo effectively end himself by forcing Col. The 1982 survivalist classic bears little resemblance to the full-on action spectaculars that followed, but it's interesting to note that - if Stallone and the director had their way - they would have never been. Except instead of a gun, it was a ROCKET LAUNCHER. It went that McClane was to show up at Simon Gruber's mansion - after he had successfully stolen all of the gold, by the way - and played Russian Roulette with him. Anyway, the Alternate Ending for Die Hard With A Vengeance was almost a direct antidote to the carnage that was most of the film. The two films that followed on from Die Hard With A Vengeance were pants and nobody - NOBODY - wants a prequel.

In fact, Stiller made reference to that fact in the credits scene where he's in the fat suit. The ending that we saw was, of course, purposefully put in by the studio against everyone's wishes. In real life, underdogs don't win usually. It's in the title, don't forget - a TRUE Underdog Story. The ending that was originally planned saw Stiller hit Vaughn and lose the final match, meaning that Average Joe's lost and GloboGym took it all. Particularly in the ending that was originally envisioned. We've collected ten of the very best alternate endings that definitely should have made it into the final cut.ĭodgeball, although it might be dismissed as a sort of screwy comedy with Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn, has a lot of intelligence to it. There's been a few examples of infamous alternate endings where the entire meaning of the film is shifted and changed and others where the studio simply stepped and tacked on the ending they wanted, leaving something else to finish out a great film.

Alternate endings have, until the dawn of DVDs and special features, been a sort of urban myth for film fans.īefore then, there were hints and rumours of studio in-fighting, directors clashing with stars and studios and loads more besides.

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