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Why did they have to fuck with the ending of the original? This is how they should have done it

posted 5 years ago by Mister Babadook (2684)
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So in this they tell us at the end of the original Halloween after Michael got shot off the balcony Loomis goes down to finish him off and the cops intervene and stops Loomis and Michael gets arrested and put back into Smiths Grove.

My whole thing is why the fuck did they feel the need to do this? Why ruin the powerful ending of the original by telling us "Oh he just staggered off into an ally and the cops just caught him and locked him up". That just completely shits on the original's ending where it was supposed to be "He could be anywhere, in your house, in your backyard, in your bushes, pure evil can't be stopped" but apparently it can by handcuffs and some cops...

Imo it would have been MUCH better to just say after Loomis went to look out into the yard and Michael was gone he was never seen again, and he's not been seen for the last 40 years. See that way the ending of the original is left intact and not fucked with in any way and it goes with the way Carpenter wanted the ending of the original to be Michael just vanished into the darkness.

Plus with my idea it would make Laurie being this crazy hermit lady with a bunker full of guns and training her daughter like a soldier, it would make that all make sense cause she never knows if he'll show back up one day cause he was never caught. But as it is in the movie he's locked up and has been locked up for 40 years yet shes acting as if he's out there somewhere and could show up at any moment.

Wouldn't that be the best way to do it? it would make it scarier to say he was never caught and he just disappeared in 1978, then in this he shows back up to finish the job.

[–] strangenstein (683) 5 years ago

I like your idea a lot. The ending of the original is a classic, and leaves viewers with a genuine sense of unease.

With that said, I thought the beginning of this one was really the only good part, and certainly the only part of the film that recaptured some of the supernatural feel of Michael/The Shape. Seeing him standing in that courtyard was a reminder that he’s only human — until the blogger pulls out the mask. At that moment something changes, an evil is reborn, and there is a true chill running through the movie. Of course, the movie can’t stop there, so we’re treated to lame comedy, characters we don’t care about, “woke” situations, and, most egregiously, watching our beloved Shape turn into Jason Voorhees.

This is all my humble opinion, of course. I still like your original idea.

[–] Mister Babadook (2684) 5 years ago

Yeah its how they should have done it, i do love the opening as you do, but i feel like the ending of the original would have been made even more powerful to know he was never seen again after that night. And again it would make Laurie's paranoid lifestyle make more sense.

[–] Lord Rake (4456) 5 years ago

I like the idea of Michael disappearing for good after he fell off the balcony but that really doesn't work if they want to make sequels.

The name of the movie is Halloween, not Michael Myers. So it does make sense that when Michael fell off of the balcony it was close to midnight and the holiday was over. At which point he might not even be violent or dangerous to apprehend. The police found a shot up loon wandering around and brought him in on November 1st.

The new movie was fine but I hope the home alone ending is a one and done. I don't even know why Laurie is necessary for the two sequels, she's no Loomis.