These changes in movies ruined those films!
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Pain is temporary. Films forever. However, sometimes you just don't have it in you to go the distance
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Well, today we're counting down the top 10 times last minute changes ruin movies
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Halal, no! As voted on by you, the viewer. Welcome to Total Nerd Ranked. The show where we rank nerdy stuff
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Number 10. Blade Runner. Ridley Scott's sci-fi noir classic has been a beloved stylistic template for any movie making the
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it's the future but neon type of movies. From Harrison Ford's grumpy Deckard to the rain-soaked Roy Batty
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there's so much to love about Blade Runner. But you know what's not so stellar
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The theatrical cut of the film, which has a really weird voiceover throughout the entire film
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They don't advertise for killers in a newspaper. And the most forced, in air quotes, happy ending in almost any film
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Why do Sean Young and Harrison Ford drive off into the distance for a life full of love and happiness
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Well, maybe it's because the producers felt the original ending was too dark. Thankfully, this beloved classic has been recut and re-edited six ways from Sunday
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So you can have your very own Blade Runner that's just tailored exactly to your tastes
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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Number nine, I am legend
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The Richard Matheson novel has a twist ending which we won spoil here However let just say that the Will Smith vehicle that has a running motif of butterfly and weird CGI Michael Berryman looking dudes was decidedly a different twist
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One that was added in post and reshoots. One that goes against everything the original book aspired to
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One that just, well, honestly, it sucks. Number eight, Daredevil. The theatrical cut of Ben Affleck's Daredevil was a toned-down PG-13 version
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of The Guardian of Hell's Kitchen. So much so, in fact, that when it underperformed at the box office
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Sony released an R-rated cut of the film on DVD in an attempt to woo over fans
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that had skipped the theatrical run. It worked out about as well as you'd think
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Number seven, Suicide Squad. Suicide Squad was released in the wake of Guardians of the Galaxy
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So what did Warner Brothers do? They recut the entire film, which was originally intended to be
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a dark, military, urban, dirty dozen style movie into a lighter, popcorn-fueled superhero flick
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I got this. Let me show you what I really am. The end result of which is confusing
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has characters being introduced around seven times, and is tonally all over the place
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Yeah, you are. However, it didn't stop the money-making train. It's one of the few entries on this list
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that actually made its money back. Number six, live free or die hard
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John McClane is the 80s action hero that could, when other franchises like Rambo and Death Wish faltered I gonna take care of your dandruff probably Die Hard kept on proving that it was unkillable
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But in the fourth installment of the franchise, Live for Your Die Hard, the studio decided to back things up a little bit
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They wanted a family-friendly Die Hard film. So they pulled it back from an R to a PG-13
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despite set pieces that include John killing a helicopter with a car
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and running up a jet fighter. There were no F-bombs or gory kills
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which left the end product feeling fine. It's still better than a good day to die hard
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Do you think I understand a word you're saying? Fee! Number five, Superman II
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Superman the motion picture is one of the best superhero films ever made. Superman II
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Well, it's a movie. Technically. Richard Donner quit the film halfway through production
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and Richard Lester, the director of Hard Day's Night, was brought in to finish the film
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And it's pretty apparent what scenes he shot versus Donner. Anytime someone's wig flies off or an ice cream cone hits someone in the face
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that's Richard Lester. Disorders to go. Oh, Richard Lester. Number four, Dawn of the Dead
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Dawn of the Dead is one of the most acclaimed horror pictures of all time. Its ending is also great, where the two remaining characters
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flee hordes of zombies via helicopter. However that was a last minute change The original ending had everyone killing themselves which did that change ruin everything No But man that downer ending sounds great World War Z And from one of the greatest
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zombie movies ever to a zombie movie. World War Z originally ended with Brad Pitt running through
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Red Square in Moscow, hacking and slashing zombies. However, the producers felt like it wasn't working
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So, they reshot the entire ending of the film after bringing Damon Lindelof in to rewrite the ending to a more grounded and character-based direction
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The Finnick product is fine. It's a movie with zombies in it
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Number two, Justice League. Here it is, the one you've been waiting for
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We all know the stories, the behind-the-scenes drama, the tragedy, but it is kind of fun to laugh at this movie, though
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Yes, yes, we all know that Henry Cavill couldn't shave his mustache because he was in Mission Impossible and it was a contractual obligation for him to keep it
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Do you bleed? But man, you just can't make this up. What a weird movie
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It's kind of mesmerizing how terrible it is. Number one, Fantastic Four
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Josh Trank's notoriously troubled Fantastic Four reboot seemed doomed from the get-go
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A dark, brooding, body horror version of Marvel's First Family? No thanks
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That sounds not great. A dark, brooding, body horror version of Marvel's First Family
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that gets shoehorned into a weird, light, happy family film? That sounds even worse
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Because it is. If you like watching movies that are more of a game of telephone than an actual narrative
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then this is the movie for you. Best of luck, friend
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