Mediocre Movies That Could Have Been Great

Jcoggins

Shadow Hawk said:
Star Wars Prequals: Don't. Prequals never work, as they always violate the established canon. Make episodes 7-9 instead, George.

If you must: Episode I needs these changes just as a start:
1. No one elects a 14 year old queen. Have her inherit at 18, new to the throne, and rewriting the trade federation treaty her regent signed.
2. Make Anakin older. 8 year old falling for 14 year old = creepy, 8 falling for 18 is creepier. Make him at least 14. Or better, 16-17. Also solves the "Too old to train" nonsense. Too old at eight?
3. Jar-Jar needs a major re-write. Coward? Fine. Clumsy? OK. Lazy? Alright. Loose limbed walk with a Jamaican accent? No. Ties into too many racist stereotypes. Try it with a German Bavarian accent, and have him move like Gomer Pyle. Or something.
4. Have Darth Maul escape after killing Qui-gon Jinn. Use him as the emperor's right hand for the entire trilogy (vice Darth Tyrannus aka Count Dooku), until Anakin kills him in Episode III.
5. Anakin scores the lucky shot? No. Give Obi-Wan the fighter and have him do it. Heh... Darth Maul kills Qui-gon in front of Anakin, turns to Anakin, *winks* and leaves... rematch in episode II.
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considering most are taken in as toddlers, 8 is too old
 

vultan

I'll throw Event Horizon out there. As is it's a cult classic, but with a better director, a tighter script, and just maybe a slightly larger budget, it could have displaced Alien as the definitive sci-fi/horror flick.
 

phx1138

Shadow Hawk said:
No one elects a 14 year old queen.
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14 was age of adulthood for quite awhile. Even 12yr old girls were getting married to guys in their 30s in the 11h-12h Century. That it isn't happening now is a cultural artifact.
Shadow Hawk said:
Make Anakin older. 8 year old falling for 14 year old = creepy
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Crushing on somebody older? Not at all.
Shadow Hawk said:
solves the "Too old to train" nonsense. Too old at eight?
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Ideally, you want to start at about 2.:rolleyes:
Shadow Hawk said:
Jar-Jar needs a major re-write.
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No, he needs to face the cutter's guillotine.:rolleyes: Get rid of him.:mad:
 
JMT

JMT

Tweak the plot of Superman Returns a lot; keep Clark's journey short, and stop Luthor's ridiculous plot. Growing a continent and drowning the world? Really? Have Luthor take over Metropolis' economy while Clark is gone (2-4 years, maybe?) and also be about to buy the last major opposition to LuthorCorp, the DP, whose circulation has had a rocky time of it between losing its best reporter/story, and being the main anti-Luthor news outlet. The main plot would involve Superman and Lois getting back together, Superman meeting his son, and the 2 of them solving the mystery of what Lex wants to do. Final battle scene would involve Luthor with a battle suit fighting Superman while Lois and their son watch from the roof of the DP.
 

Lurksalot

"Enemy Mine" -- Both actors are good, but the story needs punching up. How I don't know. Maybe have Zamis need blood and Davidge sacrifice his to keep Zamis alive. Dracs finally would come in time to save both Zamis and Davidge with Davidge given cult status as the human that would sacrifice his life for a Drac. This becomes a breakthrough in understanding between the races which ends the war with the ending intact where Davidge recites Zamis lineage. Actually have a budget to show that scene.

"Lost in Space" -- Replace Akiva Goldsman(the killer of franchises) as writer and William Hurt as the lead. Get someone in the lead that actually can act more than a corpse and a writer that can actually write a story. Either continue overall story line of being lost in space or make it a series finale where the group gets found or finds its way to Earth or Centauri.
 

Romantic Nihilist

Silent Hill

Make it a faithful adaptation of the first game. Get rid of the annoying child actor who plays Cheryl/Alessa. Make it darker and more psychological. Perhaps get an experienced actor to play Harry?

Make the last act a big finale. Harry takes on the angel/incubus while Kaufman looks on.

It would be more awesome if the actors were all new/unknown. Anyone established would bring little to the roles.
 
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