46 Alternate Beginnings, Middles and Endings to Your Favorite TV Shows and Movies

‘E.T.’ could have been way different
46 Alternate Beginnings, Middles and Endings to Your Favorite TV Shows and Movies

The beginning, the middle, the end… that about covers the entire movie. No matter where you slice it, though, these classic films were almost wildly different.

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Early Drafts of Movies

Early drafts of movies Terminator: Salvation The ending had a John Connor-Terminator hybrid. In John Brancato and Michael Ferris' dark original ending, John Connor died and his skin was grafted onto Marcus' cybernetic skeleton. The new Marcus- Connor Terminator then killed all the heroes, and the machines ended up winning. CRACKED.COM

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Return of the Jedi

Early drafts of movies Return of the Jedi The Jedi did return- from the dead. Obi-Wan! Yoda! They all came back to life to... not help Luke, actually, but watch from the sidelines as he battled Vader alone (while offering running commentary like it was a sports show). CRACKED.COM

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Back to the Future

Early drafts of movies Back to the Future The original title was Spaceman from Pluto. The story was about a suicidal teen trying to off himself by getting into a device rigged up inside a car wash - which was actually a time machine. The ending had the time machine inside a fridge and propelled by a nuclear blast. CRACKED.COM

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Casablanca

RICK BECOMES FAMOUSLY CHUMMY WITH CAPTAIN RENAULT AT THE END OF CASABLANCA. A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP! BUT... НЕ WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ARRESTED. In the original, unproduced play, Rick is taken into custody for helping the fugitives escape, and presumably sent to a concentration camp. CRACKED.COM

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