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Alternate opening ?

posted 12 years ago by cinefillu
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Maybe it has been discussed, but i heard that there was an alternate opening with some guys picking up the remains of the burned-out chucky? anyone have that scene?

[–] donutpower 12 years ago

yea thats been discussed a few times in the past 5 years or so.

i only saw that scene on the original VHS release from the video store when it was a new release.

since then i have not seen that cut of the film anywhere. not even online. yet people claim they also saw it.

years later i wanted to purchase the tape from the video store, but by then all they had was DVD and of course Child's Play 2 got a late DVD release. so they just didnt have the movie at all,

[–] Horror_Metal 12 years ago

Maybe it's included in the TV version, which has the alternate ending of a new Chucky face being reconstructed then smiling.

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[–] donutpower 12 years ago

no its not his blood. its his eye that ends up flying onto the vat of plastic. the machinery then forms the head. what we see in that original ending is the head formed and then it grins.

here is an excerpt from the novel to better give you a description as opposed to me being simplistic about it:

'the plastic resin, the melted parts of Chucky, had exploded into the air.The air filled with the pieces, like a blind hailstorm. But still the doll-making machinery labored on. Spitting out heads. Attaching arms and legs.Sticking eyes into doll skulls.
Alarms rang from every corner of the factory. And inside the vat of bubbling plastic, right on the surface, something landed--and floated on the thick plastic scum. Something blue and glassy...A piece of Chucky.His eye.
It floated for just a few seconds before the suction inside the vat caught it and pulled it down..into the pipes.
Into the head-making machine.
The Pipes rattled-there shouldnt have been anything solid in the mixture. And then the sprayers seemed to have some trouble, as though something was melting down here, where the heads were sprayed"

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[–] donutpower 12 years ago

They should have gone with that one for the opening of Child's Play 3 because using his blood means there are many dolls out there with it and Chucky's spirit possess so this makes more sense.

yea would have been best if they reshot that sequence. could have made the excuse that in those 8 years or so that the doll was never completed. that not until they re-opened the factory that that doll head gets placed on a newly produced body. still kinda silly but less farfetched than what they did decide to do.

Also, Donut I don't know if you were able to read it or not in the mess on the other thread about the soul but I responded and what I said is that I didn't come here to defend Huntley. Those two are fighting on a lot of boards that I usually post to and one time I asked Huntely why they are fighting, ever since Kevin accuses me of defending Huntely. I really did see the scene that way.

yea i read the thread carefully. i dont believe there is any ill feelings towards your posts though i can only speak for myself.
the problem with Huntley, is that they go to great lengths to disrespect any user that doesnt agree with them. the more they push it, the less their argument is valid because of the bad language and constant insults with lack of any proof that backs up the claim they are forcing.
you posted your opinion and i respect that you didnt try to force your opinion on us like he has in the past.
im sure he now thinks you are his best friend. so i'd say just be careful not to get caught in the middle of that mess.

bottom line is the scene is open to interpretation. there is no way to prove what the emotion is behind it without having that page of the script.huntley on the other hand thinks it plays out his way and only his way with no possibility of it happening any other way. that if one were to think it could, then they are retarded.

[–] palabrasverdad 12 years ago

Now that is interesting

I never knew that is what occurred

Thanks for sharing that bit of info

Now each time I revisit the movie I will have that in mind during the ending

[–] blbbg1 12 years ago

Wait, I know there's an alternate ending where Chucky's new face forms and smiles evily but there's an alternate opening? Do the Play Pal guys go into Andy's old apartment from the first film and pick up the burnt remains of Chucky's body?

[–] peddlerwhospoke 12 years ago

If this is true, shouldn't we be able to track down a copy of this on vhs? Anybody know which cover this VHS version had?

[–] donutpower 12 years ago

that be nice if someone could. the only time i saw that opening was on a rental VHS tape from a mom & pop video store on the day the film was released on video.

i remember the scene mostly because at the time i thought that my mom rented PROBLEM CHILD 2. i didnt notice it at first because the opening scene showed people in that room picking up Chuckys remains. it didnt make sense to me at the time up until the next scene which showed the doll's head and then the title CHILDS PLAY 2 came up. thats when i panicked. cause i was like holy hell the killer doll is alive!!

though since then i had never thought to rent the VHS tape. wasnt until i was much older that i sought it out, by that point DVDs were the standard and the VHS copies of the movie were no longer available to rent. since then i've been trying to find it online hoping someone had the tape and the tools to convert it to digital. but no luck in the past 12 years.

[–] PrincessMagical 11 years ago

VHS copies of the movie were no longer available to rent. since then i've been trying to find it online hoping someone had the tape and the tools to convert it to digital. but no luck in the past 12 years.

Try amazon or ebay.

Your chains are still mine, you belong to me! - The Phantom Of The Opera

[–] donutpower 12 years ago

yea that alternate ending was the original ending but the crew member revealed in the background is why it had to be removed from the theatrical cut.

yes thats what happens. they go into the apartment room and pick up Chucky's remains. then it cuts to where you see the head turning around and the title card appears.

[–] creature_of_the_nite 12 years ago

Odd that i've never heard of this longer opening -- i suspect if it exists, it's the FULL opening, rather than alternate, same with the ending scene.

Also, i have two different TV versions of Child's Play 2, and i just looked and cannot find any crew person seen in the background at the end. Where is this supposed to be??

[–] donutpower 12 years ago

i remember it mostly because it was a traumatic moment for me to see them carrying Chucky's remains. the imagery stuck with me all those years.

for a time i thought i remembered it wrong but on the net back when imdb was in its infancy, a lot of people brought it up and asked where they could find it. when YouTube first came about in 2005, people were again trying to find it and asking if they just happened to remember it wrong as well.

i can only assume that maybe theres a VHS of that specific cut around somewhere in other countries.

what 2 different tv cuts do you have? i only have the one DVD that has theatrical cut with the tv scenes spliced in seamlessly.

in taht final shot where the head is formed, if you look at the bottom right area, you will see a crew members hand in the background. on first watch i always thought it was part of the scene, where someone at the factory is pushing a lever or whatever. but nope it was a goof that they explained was too obvious, that they had to cut it.

[–] peddlerwhospoke 12 years ago

What country are you Alternate Opening viewers from?

I'm gonna try and track this down. Blockbuster you say? Specific towns would be nice.

[–] creature_of_the_nite 12 years ago

i've got one that was from TNT in the '90s, showing on Monstervision - the other is from the Sci-Fi Channel, and it wasnt that long ago, because it had the most recent logo before rebranding as Syfy.

i figured thats what you were referring to, so i checked with the Sci Fi version, since it's newer/clearer, and i dont think thats really a hand reaching into frame. unless somebody on the crew stated this as 100% fact, Im pretty sure it's one of the air hoses thats hooked up to the machine, and it's just moving quickly. perhaps it became loose, or something.

check out this screencap:
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[–] donutpower 12 years ago

oh so you got a recording. i too have the Monstervision airing on VHS somewhere.

i have a DVD 480p version that is the theatrical version with the tv scenes edited in the right spots. very clear quality or at least the best that DVD provides.

yes one of the crew members, forgot who it was, but it was from ages ago.where they were talking about the film and its production. they mentioned the original ending and how it was cut from the film because of that error. but that it can be seen on tv airings.

http://youtu.be/1dguy2f2AJM?t=1m22s

you can see a crew members arm reaching out and from there they freeze frame it there and fade to black.

[–] creature_of_the_nite 12 years ago

Yeah, thats the same ending i have - i still think it looks like a hose, but it's one of those things where you need more proof. Im not saying you personally, i just mean, since i've never read it or heard it mentioned. I could also be wrong, and thats why i wanna have more proof, ya know?

I've been intrested in seeing that fan-edit version, but only found it on ioffer and ebay for too much money. plus, Im not gonna pay for something that might not be edited very well. also, if you watch both the scenes where Phil & Joanne discuss sending Andy back, they're way too similar in dialogue to both be in the film. Im pretty sure they added in some of the cut dialogue from the outdoor scene in the bedroom arguement to make up for it being cut. but when both scenes are in the film - such as on TV - it's too redundant.

[–] donutpower 12 years ago

well yea. its the same ending on all the tv airings. well the interview i read was back in 1998 during the time Bride of Chucky was getting a lot of hype. be damned if i remember what site it was on. it was a guy though, talking about Lafia, Yagher, the set designs, complications that occured, etc.

ive heard it mentioned on and off over the years on fan sites and such. so was never anything rare to me.

it is in fact the original ending though. its in the novelization that describes exactly what we see in that scene as well as a little more detail for the sake of suspense.

nah dont go paying some seller whos just making money off someone elses edit. its available for free online for download. it was originally up for free because its an edit and the editor doesnt own any of the rights. im sure you can find it available on various sites. its a 4GB image, so kinda heavy on the size. but worth having for the sake of getting the added scenes but with all the violence & language intact.

i honestly prefer the novelization. as each scene is given to you in full.pacing is a lot better too.

[–] peddlerwhospoke 12 years ago

I couldn't find the TV edit to download so I just bought it on ioffer. I did have the link but no one was seeding it, so I figured I'd shell out the 10 dollars. It was worth it, really nice edit and it came with a disc art.

[–] donutpower 12 years ago

$10 aint bad. i get all my edits from FanEdit.org. uses Jdownloader and only takes about an hour or so to get all the files and merge them to the image.

i saw some people on youtube that show the disc with the art, though they said they paid like $40 for it. which is outrageous.

[–] AylmersTune 11 years ago

there is no arm in the shot

[–] ChrisSimpson 11 years ago

It's the age of the internet, if there is an alternate opening it would be on Youtube by this point.

There is no way that a few seconds of an opening would have appeared on early VHS releases only to be edited out and new VHS releases produced, especially something as trivial as a few people walking into an apartment.

That being said, if it appeared at all on a VHS release of Child's Play 2, then it's on all of them, save of course a re-release years later with different box art, ect.

VHS movies were expensive to produce so the idea that Universal arbitrarily made a cut like that isn't likely.

[–] peddlerwhospoke 11 years ago

I find that it must be true that Universal wouldn't put out more than one cut, however, if goodtimes did a release back in the day, which they certainly did back in the day with Universal releases, it is possible they got their hands on an earlier cut of the film, but I still doubt this very much.