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Saturday, August 11, 2007Alternate endingsOkay, what's the deal with "alternate endings"? All the DVDs being released these days advertise alternate endings. Do we really want that? Personally, I want to know how the story ends. Just tell me! If there are three different endings, how do I know which one is real? I remember when the movie Clue came out in 1985, and theaters were playing three different endings across the country. I felt cheated. How would I know if I got the "right" ending?! That's the point of suspended disbelief, right? We, the readers (or viewers) are swept into an alternate reality for a brief period of time, where the characters are "real" and the events are "really happening." Imagine if Margaret Mitchell gave an alternate ending for Gone with the Wind (Scarlett finds another guy?)? What if, in one version, the Great Gatsby turned out to just another rich guy? What if Thelma and Louise stopped at the edge of the cliff? They may be fictional characters, but if a writer has gone to all the trouble to make them real to us, shouldn't their happy endings (or their demise) be "real" as well? Call me old fashioned, but I want a beginning, a middle, and an end. Just one, thanks. posted by Donna Birdsell at 7:30 PM Previous Posts:
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