# Alternate Endings of Movies that aren't Big **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 14, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843 "2022-04-14T02:36:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/83 "2022-04-16T14:33:42Z")
What color is the boathouse at Hereford? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/84 "2022-04-16T15:41:50Z")
Who was the first man to land on the moon? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/85 "2022-04-16T15:52:53Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > What color is the boathouse at Hereford? What color do you want it to be? > [@Ronin question: "What color is the boathouse at Hereford?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronin-question-what-color-is-the-boathouse-at-hereford/214241/6): > > Well, what is the color of the boathouse at Hereford? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/86 "2022-04-16T15:56:16Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Who was the first man to land on the moon? No one, of course > **[The moon is a long way off and it is impossible to get there -...](https://science-education-research.com/the-moon-is-a-long-way-off-and-it-is-impossible-to-get-there/)** > > Does our whole system of physics forbid us from believing someone has been on the moon? Keith S. Taber I never had the chance to interview Ludwig for my research, but was intrigued when I found out about his outright dismissal of the possibility of... ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/87 "2022-04-16T16:41:58Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > How would I know the difference? How does the movie “Big” end? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/88 "2022-04-16T16:47:19Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > How does the movie “Big” end? Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purley coincidental. Copyright 1988 20th Century Fox JOSH BASKIN WILL RETURN IN BIG 2: A LITTLE BIGGER ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/89 "2022-04-16T17:24:35Z")
Cal Meacham is apparently in a different timeline from ours and the endless _Alternate Ending to Big_ thread is the nexus between the different timelines. Poetically appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/90 "2022-04-16T17:56:28Z")
Ah, that must be why he thinks _Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein_ is a bad movie, instead of the classic of cinema it is. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/91 "2022-04-16T19:08:50Z")
I do feel a little bad for the people in his timeline, what with that whole “Val Kilmer never stopped being Batman” series of movies that show up everywhere (on TV, and streaming, and in theater revivals every time a new one comes out… which is at least twice a year). ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/92 "2022-04-16T19:35:53Z")
> [@digs](#): > > with that whole “Val Kilmer never stopped being Batman” series of movies that show up everywhere At least they are spared from George Clooney as Batman. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/93 "2022-04-16T19:40:49Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > At least they are spared from George Clooney as Batman. Bat Nipples. (shudder) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PWFF7ecArBk/hqdefault.jpg "My Eyes! The Goggles Do Nothing! (The Simpsons)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWFF7ecArBk) ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/94 "2022-04-17T06:01:56Z")
In the proposed alternate ending for "“Castaway” Tom Hanks does meet the lady with the mysterious package he delivered. She exclaims, “Oh, this was for Roger - I forgot”. It contained a GPS receiver and a satellite phone. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/95 "2022-04-17T08:19:22Z")
Even worse, in that timeline, Kilmer never played Doc Holiday. ---
**Author:** ![Unforgiven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7bcc69/32.png) [@Unforgiven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unforgiven)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/96 "2022-04-17T14:51:59Z")
You mean this one? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WvCyKFZv9Oc/hqdefault.jpg "Castaway Alternate Ending!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvCyKFZv9Oc) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/97 "2022-04-17T15:39:18Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > In the proposed alternate ending for "“Castaway” Tom Hanks does meet the lady with the mysterious package he delivered. She exclaims, “Oh, this was for Roger - I forgot”. It contained a GPS receiver and a satellite phone. I doubt that was ever proposed. It was just a joke, mostly by people that didn’t understand why it was so important for Chuck to keep one package and deliver it. Now the _actual_ ending, where he stands at a literal crossroads contemplating his future? That’s cringe-worthy. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/98 "2022-04-17T16:34:22Z")
> [@Unforgiven](#): > > You mean this one? That’s it!! ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/99 "2022-04-17T16:37:12Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > The movie Clue had and was released with 3 different endings. Different theaters got different endings. AFAIK the movie was the same except for the final reveal, and the home releases of the movie include all 3 endings. I think it was Roger Ebert who pointed out that if the entire movie’s worth of clues supported three different conclusions that the premise was worthless. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/100 "2022-04-17T17:03:10Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > I think it was Roger Ebert who pointed out that if the entire movie’s worth of clues supported three different conclusions that the premise was worthless. Sometimes, not often, I think Ebert forgot what movie he was watching. Clue wasn’t a mystery movie. It was a comedy based on a board game. As a mystery, it doesn’t have to be air tight. The game sure wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/101 "2022-04-17T23:15:15Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > if the entire movie’s worth of clues supported three different conclusions that the premise was worthless. Yes, that’s one thing I’d change if I was to make a new Clue movie. Make sure the ending was definitive, and work-out-able, like most other murder mysteries are supposed to. Not that many do these days, they tend to be very tortuously obscure motives and hide crucial clues until the very end. I’d also change their names to actual ones from the game, not use them as pseudonyms, but that’s not as annoying as the “murderer could’ve been anyone” endings. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843/102 "2022-04-17T23:27:47Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Sometimes, not often, I think Ebert forgot what movie he was watching. Agreed > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Clue wasn’t a mystery movie. It was a comedy based on a board game. As a mystery, it doesn’t have to be air tight. The game sure wasn’t. I remember watching the movie on video with my younger cousins (all three endings). They didn’t understand the “red herring” joke, and it infuriated them to hear it in all three endings. There are indications that an alternate version of (ugh) “Mac and Me” implies that a character dies from a police gunshot, rather than being severely injured by a fire. > **[Watch the Alternate, Gruesome Climax of the Cult Classic Alien Film Mac and Me](https://gizmodo.com/watch-the-alternate-gruesome-climax-of-the-cult-classi-1828190394)** > > Oh, you thought sending a kid in a wheelchair careening off a giant cliff was bad enough? A new clip has surfaced from the iconically bad ‘80s film, Mac and Me, and let’s just say child murder was apparently not off the table for this... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843.md?page=6)