# Films/TV from different perspectives that you would like to see... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 12, 2009, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979 "2009-12-12T09:14:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/1 "2009-12-12T09:14:56Z")
What other perspectives and viewpoints in films & TV do you think would be fascinating to see? I’ve got three: _Gone With the Wind_ from Mammies point of view. _Cloverfield_ from the Presidents point of view. _Buffy_ from an average vampire’s point of view. Perhaps this episode would answer the question “why hang around a town called **Sunny** dale where a legendary **Vampire Slayer** lives and hunts?” (Yeah, I know: the Hellmouth. But none of the Vamps were exactly trying to get into the damn thing). ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/2 "2009-12-12T09:27:21Z")
I believe the novel The Wind Done Gone is a retelling of GWTW from a slave’s perspective. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/3 "2009-12-12T09:39:28Z")
I would love to watch 30 Rock from Kenneth’s perspective, because Muppets are awesome. More seriously, I’d have eagerly watched a companion series to “Star Trek: Voyager” that focused on the families and friends of the Voyager crew plus Starfleet command during Voyager’s time in the Delta Quadrant. More Barclay! More Dominion War drama! More Vulcans! ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/4 "2009-12-12T10:29:40Z")
I’d love to see _Hamlet_ done from the POV of two bit players. Oh, wait… ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/5 "2009-12-12T13:34:14Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I believe the novel The Wind Done Gone is a retelling of GWTW from a slave’s perspective. Might be worth checking out. Thanks! For some reason, I thought TWDG was just a spoof. However, I still wonder what _Mammie_ thought of all this. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/6 "2009-12-12T18:29:15Z")
I’ve heard that Schwarzenegger was actually considering FRANKENSTEIN from the Monster’s POV. I myself wrote a 30-page treatment of Renfield’s POV in DRACULA. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/7 "2009-12-12T18:32:02Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > However, I still wonder what _Mammie_ thought of all this. I’m pretty sure I can sum that up in seven words: I ain’t fittin’. It just ain’t fittin’. For me, I’d like to see the following: _The Godfather_ from Fredo’s point of view (it ends like _The Sopranos_!) _Die Hard_ from Hans’ point of view _Star Wars_ from R2-D2’s point of view (with subtitles for the internal monologues: “Why won’t you people listen to me? I know who that dude is!”) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/8 "2009-12-12T18:46:09Z")
Cloverfield from the Snookums’ POV! Okay, maybe not. Cloverfield from the Prez’s POV would be pretty cool, too–would probably make it more of a standard monster movie, but still sorta cool. Least we wouldn’t have to deal with stupid ass yuppies, amirite? Jeeves and Wooster from Jeeves’ POV. Actually, along the lines of Mammy/Gone with the Wind, a LOT of stories would probably be cool from the servants’ POV. Rebecca from Mrs. Danvers’ perspective would be hella fun. Scary, but fun. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/9 "2009-12-12T21:52:39Z")
The GF from Fredo’s POV would be a very interesting retelling of the story. Say what you may about the man, he probably had the best sex life of the three/four brothers: “He was boffing cocktail waitresses two at a time!” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/10 "2009-12-12T21:56:11Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Cloverfield from the Snookums’ POV! Okay, maybe not. Cloverfield from the Prez’s POV would be pretty cool, too–would probably make it more of a standard monster movie, but still sorta cool. Least we wouldn’t have to deal with stupid ass yuppies, amirite? I always thought that _Cloverfield_ lends itself very well to other perspectives. Well, at least one additional perspective: The President & military. After all, we never really _know_ what, if anything, killed Snookums. Snookies story is still unfinished! ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/11 "2009-12-12T21:59:17Z")
> [@fuzzypickles](#): > > I’d love to see _Hamlet_ done from the POV of two bit players. Oh, wait… I love that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/12 "2009-12-12T22:46:49Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I always thought that _Cloverfield_ lends itself very well to other perspectives. > > Well, at least one additional perspective: The President & military. After all, we never really _know_ what, if anything, killed Snookums. Snookies story is still unfinished! True…and where did he come from? Space? Govt. project gone awry? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/13 "2009-12-12T22:51:02Z")
Snookums was woken by the Japanese as they were harvesting the secret ingredient used in Slusho frozen drinks. I thought everyone knew that… ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/14 "2009-12-12T22:56:28Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Snookums was woken by the Japanese as they were harvesting the secret ingredient used in Slusho frozen drinks. So…Slusho is…GAJIN?! ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/15 "2009-12-12T22:56:35Z")
I’d like to see _The Graduate_ from Mrs. Robinson’s perspective. I thought she was by far the most interesting person in the movie, and the whole thing gets pretty dull during the part that’s about Ben and Elaine’s relationship. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/16 "2009-12-12T23:20:58Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > I love that movie. +1. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/17 "2009-12-13T00:35:41Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > So…Slusho is…GAJIN?! Just like Soylent Midori. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/18 "2009-12-13T03:35:45Z")
My wife says she would like to see an episode of Lost told from the POV of one of the Red Shirts, _other_ than Nikki and Paulo. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/19 "2009-12-13T06:26:54Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > I’d like to see _The Graduate_ from Mrs. Robinson’s perspective. I thought she was by far the most interesting person in the movie, and the whole thing gets pretty dull during the part that’s about Ben and Elaine’s relationship. Yes! I love the movie, have probably seen it a couple of dozen times. While watching it about 15 years ago, I realized that I was sympathizing with Mrs. R more than Ben. She made the first move (propositioning Ben), but from that point on Ben quickly becomes as self-centered and insensitive as she is, and by movie’s end _he_ is more the villain than she. I also maintain that although Mrs. R undoubtedly had a very low opinion of herself and Ben (because of his association with someone as despicable as herself), that was only part of the reason she went ballistic when Ben first mentions dating Elaine; I think that by that time she had fallen in love with Ben, and was terrified by the prospect of losing him to anyone, much less her own daughter. I see The Graduate as a movie with two deeply troubled lead characters, but only half the story is told. . ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979/20 "2009-12-13T06:37:40Z")
David Brin once suggested that it would be interesting to hear what Sauron’s point of view was in The Lord of the Rings. He points out we’ve only heard what his enemies had to say about him. Maybe Sauron wasn’t really evil. Maybe he was a great man who was trying to overthrow the human/elven aristocratic tyranny and bring freedom to the oppressed races of Middle Earth. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-tv-from-different-perspectives-that-you-would-like-to-see/520979.md?page=2)