# Things you would \*like\* to see in a movie or TV show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-like-to-see-in-a-movie-or-tv-show/377756 "2006-10-24T21:16:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-like-to-see-in-a-movie-or-tv-show/377756/81 "2006-10-30T17:54:29Z")
I’d like to see a story with two protagonists filmed then edited into two separate movies, one from each protagonist’s point of view, and released simultaneously. For example, a romantic comedy where one film is from the guy’s POV, the other from the girl’s POV. Major characters in one would be minor characters in the other. There would be some common scenes but edited differently to reflect the two characters experience (sort of like how _Pulp Fiction_ handles overlapping scenes), and some that are unique to each film. I think this could be quite clever if done right. I’ve heard there was a two-part TV movie about 30 years ago starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton along these lines, it would be interesting to see a theatrical release try it. Another one would be for a movie with alternate endings to be released to theaters, with different theaters getting different endings. That’s more of a PR gimmick though, good for generating a lot of publicity if nothing else. I can imagine the internet buzz: Which theaters are showing which endings? Have you seen them all? Which is the ending the director considers the “real” one? ---
**Author:** ![Petey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@Petey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petey)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-like-to-see-in-a-movie-or-tv-show/377756/82 "2006-10-30T19:19:52Z")
[QUOTE=Jet Jaguar] I’d like to see a story with two protagonists filmed then edited into two separate movies, one from each protagonist’s point of view, and released simultaneously. For example, a romantic comedy where one film is from the guy’s POV, the other from the girl’s POV. Major characters in one would be minor characters in the other. There would be some common scenes but edited differently to reflect the two characters experience (sort of like how _Pulp Fiction_ handles overlapping scenes), and some that are unique to each film. I think this could be quite clever if done right. I’ve heard there was a two-part TV movie about 30 years ago starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton along these lines, it would be interesting to see a theatrical release try it. [/QUOTE] [He Said, She Said](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102011/) It was one movie, but each half from different perspectives, with a male director for the one half and a female director for the other. [QUOTE=Jet Jaguar] Another one would be for a movie with alternate endings to be released to theaters, with different theaters getting different endings. That’s more of a PR gimmick though, good for generating a lot of publicity if nothing else. I can imagine the internet buzz: Which theaters are showing which endings? Have you seen them all? Which is the ending the director considers the “real” one? [/QUOTE] [Clue](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088930/) 3 endings, shown differently at different theaters. [QUOTE=Crawlspace] I always wanted to see a pair of shows set in the same city have some sort of overlapping storyline. I thought it could have worked great with Friends and Seinfeld: Get Jerry and Ross in an accident or something. Then you could see the interactions on one show and see how they relate the interactions in the other show. Get to see the way the writers would handle the situations differently. [/QUOTE] There were a few crossover nights when all the characters on NBC’s Thursday night sitcoms would bumb into each other on each other’s shows. ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-like-to-see-in-a-movie-or-tv-show/377756/83 "2006-10-30T19:35:39Z")
[QUOTE=Petey] There were a few crossover nights when all the characters on NBC’s Thursday night sitcoms would bumb into each other on each other’s shows. [/QUOTE] _Law & Order_ has crossed over with _Homicide: Life on the Street_ too. Both crime procedurals, but the two shows couldn’t be more different in terms of style and atmosphere. It was fun to see each show’s characters thrown into the milieu of the other. ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-like-to-see-in-a-movie-or-tv-show/377756/84 "2006-11-01T00:52:02Z")
[QUOTE=Petey] [Clue](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088930/) 3 endings, shown differently at different theaters. [/QUOTE] Cool. I’ve only seen it on TV and knew about the triple ending as shown in the broadcast version. I didn’t know that theaters got only one, random ending. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-like-to-see-in-a-movie-or-tv-show/377756/85 "2006-11-01T01:02:53Z")
[QUOTE=SenorBeef] I think the story was that he was sick the day of the shooting, so he suggested that as an alternate scene. [/QUOTE] Yeah. He had the bends and didn’t feel up to doing doing the scene and suggested he just shoot the swordsman… Temple of Doom has a great call back to this scene where Indy is again confronted with a swordsman. He smirks and reaches for his gun..only to find it fell out of the holster. I want a scene in a procedural where a character is brought in for interrogation. He’s the exboyfriend, the exstalker, etc. He’s really the prime suspect. When they confront him, instead of being all “What! I didn’t do it! How dare you!” he flatly says, “Listen, I understand that I’m the number one suspect. I had every reason to kill “X” but I didn’t do it. I will cooperate fully. I will answer any of your questions. I will help in any way I can. Because I didn’t do it.” And then have the guy actually be innocent. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-like-to-see-in-a-movie-or-tv-show/377756/86 "2006-11-01T01:25:06Z")
[QUOTE=Push You Down] Yeah. He had the bends and didn’t feel up to doing doing the scene and suggested he just shoot the swordsman… \ [/QUOTE] [The Bends?](http://www.howstuffworks.com/question101.htm) Indy was scuba diving? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-like-to-see-in-a-movie-or-tv-show/377756/87 "2006-11-01T07:52:22Z")
Gah! The “trots” not the “bends”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-like-to-see-in-a-movie-or-tv-show/377756.md?page=4)