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doubleofive posted the germ of what I think is a brilliant idea over on the SAVE LANDO!!! thread :
doubleofive said:
OK, this would be the coolest compromise ever:
Two versions: Lando lives / Lando dies
As the movie starts, choose “Original Ending”, “Revisited Ending”, or “Random Ending”.
The last choice would be the way I would watch it. That way, you’d be on the edge of your seat wondering if Lando is going to die this time!
This could be a whole new revolution of fan editing (not just Star Wars) and indeed film production altogether.
Imagine a saga where everytime you put the film on key plot points were different.
We all watch certain films over and over again but imagine if everytime there was a surprise thrown in.
For single films it would be anything goes (as long as you had the time and the disc space).
For film series like the Star Wars saga it would require isolating key scenes that could change without messing up the continuity of the rest of the films (in whatever random permitation they may be shown in).
It would be a great way of taking elements from one fan edit and using them as plot variations.
It could also be a way of putting many radical changes into one project.
Does the technology exist to do this?
Could it work beyond just a novelty and become an artform of it’s own?
Beyond editing films could be at some point written with this in mind and with digital projection the idea of throwing in random elements could enter into the production stage of a film and be shown in theatres encouraging people to visit again and again to try and experience the film afresh each time.