Things you would have made differently if you were the author

Death Note...

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I would have made Raito win in Death Note, the way he got caught is so ridiculous... It's was supposedly a duel between the two most clever men on Earth. Then it became Raito Vs Mello and Near... He should have killed them and become the world of the New World.

And also I would have make him fuck with L at least once when they were bound together day and night.

 

Let's see...

Graphic Novel:

V for Vendetta: V would have faked his own death. He'd return to lead the revolution in the new world he had started rather than leave the job up to Evie, whom is really only doing so because he effectively brainwashed her into following his ideal. Oh also Evie would give him a hard kick in the nuts (regarding said brainwashing).

Books:

Tommyknockers: Could have been significantly reduced in length. I actually love the story and it's one of my favourite S.King novels, and I understand he loves to expand upon every character which it does well, but my GOD does it go on! Seriously this books size is doorstop worthy lol.

Hannibal: Lecter and Clarice Starling would not have ended up together. Or at the very least they would have been together for a while before Clarice came to her senses, it was just totally out of character for her to give up her morals unless we assume that Lecter has suddenly decided to stop killing and/or eating people. However this is assuming there will not be another book in the series despite the prequel, given how long Thomas Harris tends to leave between books it is perfectly possible that we haven't heard the end yet. However if there ever is a sequel this too causes a problem; because the film version fucked the ending up even more with their story. On the one hand; Clarice stays in character in the film version, on the other hand;... well there is no 'other hand', because Lecter went and chopped his off. And that is going to really affect the continuity should they end up doing another, again unless we assume that he somehow stitched it back on himself (I mean he is a doctor but still, one handed?!)

Fifty Shades of Gray series Would not have happened. At all. In the history of ever.

Television:

The X Files: I was a big fan of The X Files, but towards the end a few things could have been handled better. Scully would not have given their baby away for adoption to keep him safe, or they would have got him back shortly after. And no I'm not being sentimental; it was just a fucking stupid thing to do. In a fictional world where it had been well established that your enemies will find you wherever you hide and that the confidentially of official records doesn't mean shit, sending your son away to live with total strangers where you have no way of knowing when (not if) those enemies will eventually find him just makes no sense if the intention was 'to keep him safe'.

Also the way the relationship was played out between Mulder and Scully just got silly. For years the fans, specifically the shippers, had been speculating on whether or not the two would get together. Show creator Chris Carter said he would never jeopardise the character's friendship by doing that. I would have been fine with it either way personally. But instead of being straight forward about it, you had Scully walking around pregnant with a baby we all knew was Mulder's but she refused to say it, and a few flashbacks which reference their failed attempts at IVF and (supposedly) her sneaking off after their one night stand. I get that it was implied that she couldn't admit it due to possible enemies listening in, but even after the baby was born (ie the living breathing dna evidence, so no point in hiding it anymore) they just very vaguely implied that they had, in fact, had sex, and shared a chaste kiss. I wasn't one of the fans who was expecting some big steamy sex scene or anything, but the characters are two grown adults. How prudish do you need to be if you can't even verbally admit "HEY! WE DONE SOME INTERCOURSE OK!"?!

Film:

The Silent Hill movie adaptations would have been true to the story in the games. And SH2 would have made a much better narrative in film form.

Addams Family Reunion: Again; this no exist in TigerInATophat's world.



I could mention more, but I'll leave it there for now.

 

I would have changed Mass Effect 3 to have the original ending regarding dark energy, instead of the jumbled mess we got.

 

The entirety of the last Harry Potter book. When is the train wreck that's out already going to be called out as a fanfic and have the real conclusion take its place?

 

War and Peace would not end in reducing Natasha to a characterless mother in a dull homily on the role of women.

 

I wouldn't have made so many people die in the 7th Harry Potter book. Seems like it was just dramatic for the sake of dramatic.

 

No, it was war. People die in wars and expecting something else would be naive and unrealistic. Rowling knew this and killed a lot of characters she liked because not doing it would have made the final battle less important and severe than it actually was.

 

I'd have removed the epilogue from the end of Harry Potter and scrapped the entire third X-men film (Last Stand).

 

Wicked Spoiler:

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I would change Wicked so that Elphaba never dies and Gelphie happens.

 

As some people have mentioned already, I would also change the final Harry Potter book. I've gone to length in explaining why previously. I would have killed Harry. All of the books seemed to have been leading up to that conclusion since it was stated that one could not exist without the other. Having Harry die and then bringing him back to life was a complete cop-out. He should have killed Voldemort and died with him, saving the world. I was very disappointed. As much as I loved his character, he should have died. And stayed dead. It would have been the perfect ending. I honestly think it was what was planned, but with the age group and how many young lives it would have effected, she changed it. Because in an interview before the final book came out, she said that the final book would contain a death that would be the most painful thing she had written. And unless she meant the Weaslies and such, I really think it was her intention to kill Harry. What other character was so close to her that she would say something like that and almost tear up on camera while shaking her head?

Disappointed, anyways. I would also cut out some of the traveling scenes. I felt like it was travel, hide, oh no Harry is in pain- rinse and repeat. I was very bored until the second half of the book, honestly. One can only read so much 'oh no what are we going to do' before it's stale.

 

I would have killed Harry too. I'm a fan of bittersweet endings, but nobody else seems to be.

 

Good to know someone else is on my side with it. He just needed to die! I would have even been happier if they didn't end with a flash forward and those super ridiculous names for all of their children and the picture-perfect weirdly fanfiction ending, as Argentwing already said. I totally thought the same thing when I was reading through it.

 

Off the top of my head...

Dragon Ball/Z:
The series would have ended with the defeat of King Piccolo. But if I had to expand it, into what most refer to as 'Dragon Ball Z', it would have ended with the defeat of Frieza. Goku learning about his heritage through Vegeta, and coming to his own terms with it, as well as avenging the Saiyajin genocide, by becoming their warrior of legend, is perfect.

Naruto:
Either end it with the end of Zabuza and Haku arc, or allow it to continue until Sasuke decides to seek out Orochimaru, and the others give chase. The series should have concluded at one or the other. After this, especially in Shippuden, it really started to become what later DBZ did, flashy and overpowered techniques.

The Earthsea series:
A book series that, originally, was a trilogy. Later a fourth was added, then some side-stories in the same universe. I don't mind the side-stories, but I'm on the fence about the fourth book. I understand why people like it, but it kills the ending, for me, that happened in the third book. I'd end it with book three, and maybe dwell into side-stories, possibly featuring the main cast.

This series is sometimes cited as a comparison piece to Harry Potter, since it came decades before J. K. Rowling's books, and deals with a young boy going to a school for wizards.

The Spectacular Spiderman:
Originally, I'd see this on television, but paid no real attention to it, as it was background entertainment mostly. It just didn't seem to be anything special, until, I saw this. If that fight scene was done in live-action, it'd be an awesome watch, though it still is amazing from an animation perspective.

I gave this series a chance and, I was surprised at it. Sure, some of the dialogue is questionable at times, considering the primary demographic, but it was nice to see a series that focused more on Gwen Stacy (who I like more than Mary Jane). If I could made things different, I'd have allowed this series to continue. It was canceled too quickly.

Hogan's Heroes:
A proper finale. The closest we ever got was when, the POWs, tricked their German counterparts into believing the Second World War had ended. Despite the show being a comedy with light elements of drama, it was enjoyable-enough that, I feel, it warrants a proper send off. Not some randomly produced episode.

Avatar: The Last Airbender:
Some kind of epilogue. Though the comics did address this, it would have been nice to see it done, in animated form. I'd change some dynamics of Azula's final fight, mostly due to how she was taken down; it came out of the blue. Which makes sense, as Azula had been built up to be almost too effective, and the creators had backed themselves into a what-would-be-believable corner.

Aliens:

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Hudson and Vasquez survive, or at least one of them.

Danger 5:
End it at Season One. Season Two, while it has moments, loses much of it's amusement due to the going from 1960s World War II (don't ask, just go with it) to 1980s pop culture. It was at it's best, when they were stopping ridiculous Nazi plots (dinosaur soldiers, giant robots, golden guns that automatically fire, Axis-inducing STDs, etc) to rule the world and, always trying, to "kill Hitler"; and not so much on trying to be bizarrely funny.

 

No sex between Mulder and Scully. EVER. :eusa_naug

That's the reason why I stoped watching the X Files.

I was fine with all the weirdness there : Conspiracies, aliens... But the main characters having a baby... That's way too much.

What's that damned trash got to do with The X files?!!! There is a gazillion "series" out there if you are into that sort of thing...

 

GI Joe

Ripcord and Scarlett. :/ I dunno, it's not that I don't like them as a couple, it's just that I feel like a huge part of Scarlett's story was about how she was a hero, too, not just a love interest for Ripcord, and then at the end, they're just like 'oh, well, she just so happened to end up ith the hero, but that's not because she's just a love interest or anything'

 

I really don't get the people who think people shouldn't have died in the final battle of Harry Potter. It was war and they were massively outnumbered. If nobody died in that battle, it wouldn't have made sense and people would be complaining about that. Besides, Rowling didn't kill random characters. She killed characters that were likely to not make it. Some were inexperienced like Lavender Brown and Colin Creevey, some were cocky like Fred and some were overly protective like Tonks and Remus, who both probably died protecting each other or students.