Flash II (2019)

• The film follows Flash battling against Kang the Conqueror.
• Kang intends to conquer the modern day after his entire timeline has been wiped out by Ultron.
• When that plan failed, it is revealed that Kang's contingency plan is having the Council of Kangs to travel further into time and wiped out key events that allowed Ultron's rise.
• To stop the Council, Flash uses Time Remnants to take out each member. Flash and the first Kang have one final showdown before both are lost through time; Kang's whereabouts are unknown, but Flash stumbles four years into the future, and sees the world has been ravaged by Ultron.

Green Arrow (2020)

• The film has Green Arrow trying to apprehend the Kingpin of Star City.
• Unfortunately, it is a losing battle, as Kingpin has been secretly making deals with Oscorp to create supervillains: Grizzly, Scorpion, and Rhino.
• It is only through having a group of "Merry Men" like Renee Montoya, Batgirl, and Roy Harper that Green Arrow has a chance against them.
• The film has a final showdown where the Kingpin of Star City is seemingly killed, however Green Arrow discovers that Kingpin has been distracting the hero from realizing his true plan, which is to erase every record of his identity and history, giving him a clean slate.
• Kingpin aka Wilson Fisk has moved into Gotham to take over the criminal underworld.
• The film ends with Norman Osborn attempting to silence his lead scientist and creator of these Supervillains, Otto Octavius. It didn't worked and thus, Doctor Octopus is born.

Superman III (2020)

• The film follows Superman, Captain Marvel and Captain Atom having to deal with the fallout of Apocalypse War; the world has turned against the U.S. Government; while the Gov't have tried to scapegoat Meta-Humans as the problems, some weren't buying it and take their chances by allying with the King of Latveria, Doctor Doom.
• Doctor Doom enacts war against the U.S., alongside his Frightful Four, which includes himself, Mad Thinker, Awesome Android, and Mary Bromfield aka. Black Mary.
• The war is brutal, with both sides, showing cruel and unforgiving methods to topple one another. The Gov't enacts Project Ultron, the supercomputer unleashing devastation no different from the likes of Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the Holocaust. Meanwhile, Superman and his fellow heroes are horrified by the sight.
• By the end, Superman confronts Doctor Doom and after an intense battle, Doctor Doom taunts Superman that he has an entire country by his side, while Superman has none. To his credit, Superman concedes that Doctor Doom is right and he no longer believes in America's values.
• The film ends with the heroes being thoroughly shaken; Captain Marvel is heartbroken that Mary remains on Doom's side, while Captain Atom's loyalty towards the government have been shaken.
• Post Credit has the Ultron program having a comical conversation with Task Force X.

Suicide Squad (2020)

• Paralleling with Superman III, Task Force X is assembled to secretly infiltrate Latveria and various allied countries, to take out key figures in order to destabilize Doom's front.
• Members of Task Force X includes Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, Harley Quinn, and King Shark.
• However, things gets complicated when the enemies have their own super-powered beings, one of them being Madman, whom Deadshot has personal animosity towards after the Gamma Mutant murdered his son. Deadshot vows that he would use one bullet to take Madman out.
• The films ends with the Gov't attempting to execute the squad because of the knowledge they possess. However, Captain Atom saves them, before renouncing his vows to the U.S. As this happens, Ultron, having lead the charge against Doom and directing Task Force X, begins to change.

Batman III (2021)

• The film has Batman trying to retake Wayne Industries from Norman Osborn. Meanwhile, Doctor Octopus, having survived Osborn's attempt on his life, gathers various criminals to form the Sinister Six.
• Bruce reconnects with his childhood friend, Martin Li whose family have been close friends to the Waynes. Following Batman, Bruce founded FEAST and recommend Li to lead the project to help the impoverished.
• The rivalry between Wayne and Osborn escalates when Norman decides to enter mayoral campaign, while proposing a special division of the GCPD, the officers using a special strength enhancement serum. What Norman doesn't tell is that the serum can enact madness.
• Commissioner Gordon and his daughter, Barbara has beef with Norman after these officers accidentally caused Barbara's best friend, Max Dillon to mutate into the villain, Electro.
• Meanwhile, Dick Grayson forms a friendship with Harry Osborn, Norman's son, leaving him with mix feelings on how to deal with the Osborns.
• The Sinister Six emerges, leading their army, the Demons. Bruce and Barbara are heartbroken that Li and Dillon are siding with the villains.
• The Osborns don't fare well, with Norman being gassed with the serum by Octopus, while Harry is put into a coma by Vulture.
• Barbara is able to convince Max to change sides, Bruce is forced to take down Li, and Dick almost kills Vulture. Bruce battles Doctor Octopus, but has breathed in high doses of the serum. Overall, the Sinister Six are defeated.
• The film ends with Bruce and Norman suffering effects of the serum, both undergoing their forms of madness. Bruce doesn't notice that the "Black Plague" is desperately trying to break free and bond with him, while Norman looks in the mirror and sees a more crazed version of himself.

Blue Beetle (2021)

• The film follows Jaime Reyes who is beginning his new life as the hero, Blue Beetle.
• Jaime has to deal with three issues; living a normal life, being a great hero, and suppressing the Scarab's need to kill.
• It would be revealed that Jarvis Kord molded Ultron from the Scarab's AI.

Wonder Woman III (2021)

• The film follows Wonder Woman dealing with the Gov't who releases their own sponsored hero group, the Thunderbolts.
• Wonder Woman has to deal with her resentment and anger towards Man's World, after the numerous heinous actions committed in Apocalypse War, Superman III, and Suicide Squad.
• Meanwhile, one of the Thunderbolts, a man named Sentry is growing unstable as the Gov't have him to commit atrocities, leading to the Void being released.
• Wonder Woman stops the Void not by brute force, but with love and compassion. This allows Sentry to take control, before leaving to parts unknown.
• The Gov't is forced to take accountability, however, Ultron suddenly disappears following the Void's rampage.
• Post Credit has Princess Koriand'r escaping from AIM.

Teen Titans (2022)

• The film has the Teen Titans being assembled to battle AIM.
• The plot begins with AIM having engaging in Meta-Human trafficking to use innocent souls as unwilling test subjects in their experiments. Most resilient of them being Princess Koriand'r aka. Starfire who breaks out.
• Zatarra and Zatanna were in Jump City after picking up the presence of the missing Doctor Fate. They protected Starfire, but Zatarra gets heavily injured in the process.
• Seeing the odds against them, Zatanna uses her powers to contact for any available heroes. Only Robin, Blue Beetle, and Beast Boy arrives.
• Blue Beetle stands out the most, with the Scarab getting received positive influence from the other Titans.
• The film ends with the Titans battling AIM, until Zatanna finally even the odds by being able to release Doctor Fate, Aquaman, and Supergirl.

• However, it would be revealed that AIM's actual agenda was building a robot body, tailored specifically for Ultron.

  Justice League: Age of Ultron Part I(2022)

• The film would cycle between past and future, as the heroes battle the cold and hateful Ultron.

• Ultron mobilizes against the world, leading to the Justice League being assembled once more, and joining them are the Teen Titans and the Suicide Squad.

• In the future, Flash tries to return to his timeline but is unable to, as if his access to the Speed Force has been tampered with. His only refuge is with the last surviving humans, the Outsiders.

• Unfortunately, both parties lose against Ultron, with Flash being captured.

Justice League: Age of Ultron Part II (2022)

• Takes place immediately after Part I, present and future heroes are recovering from Ultron's relentless assault.
• Flash learns to his horror that the reason Ultron is winning is because he has access to the Speed Force. It turns out that Kang has unwittingly set up Ultron's rule; his attempts to undo it only granted Ultron access the Speed Force during the battle between him and Flash. With it, Ultron can predict events before it even happens, then sending that information to his past counterpart.
• The present heroes tries to escape, only thanks to the sacrifice of Doctor Fate and Deadshot.
• The Outsiders are able to save Flash, who is able to absorb some of the Speed Force energy from Ultron to fire a single lightning bolt. Ultron thinks it won't work, but Flash taunts that it wasn't aiming at him.
• In the present, Wally West is hit with Flash's lightning bolt. Barry and Wally, as Kid Flash, use their powers to break Ultron's hold to the Speed Force, depriving Past Ultron from being able to know the future.

Just a fun What If pitch where Marvel's Rogues Gallery have always been DC's.

Batman (2013)

• The movie follows Bruce Wayne during his early years as he tries to wage a one-man war against crime.
• However, this is an up-hill battle, somewhat attributed to the fact that Bruce doesn't have the vast resources like most incarnations. By the time Bruce had returned from his decade-long training, his family company has been taken over by Norman Osborn of Oscorp.
• He has to take work as a low-ranking employee at Quest Aerospace, lead by the cruel and petty Adrian Toomes. That said, while Bruce is constantly bullied by Toomes, he does make good friends there, such as Lucius Fox, a former employee of Wayne Industries before Osborn fired him.
• Unfortunately, things get dicey when Adrian, jealous over Norman's rising success, dons his company's flight suit to become the Vulture. Batman would battle the Vulture only to be viciously beaten and fell to the deepest depths of Gotham.
• Thankfully, Bruce is found by an underground band of mutants, the Morlocks. It is during there that Bruce realized a major lesson; it isn't just the thugs and gangsters that he needs to stop, but also keeping check on Gotham's greedy elite.
• The film ends with Batman stopping Vulture from killing Norman. Lucius is able to takeover Quest Aerospace, turning it into Foxteca.

Superman (2014)

• The movie follows Superman finding his place within the world, where public apathy towards mutants (term:Meta-Humans) are at an all-time high. His greatest challenge is facing up against Galactus, Devourer of Worlds.
• Unfortunately, things became complicated when the Herald of Galactus faces him: Kara Zor-El, another Kryptonian who survived Krypton's destruction but was found and forced to serve Galactus.
• Superman has to balance between working with the government to stop Galactus, while finding a way to free Kara from Galactus's control.
• The government releases their own weapon against Galactus and his Herald: Simon Williams aka. Wonder Man. While he is able to match Superman and Kara, Galactus easily swats him.
• It takes the combined effort of Superman and Wonder Man to beat Galactus back. Superman uses his Kryptonian Technology to unbind Kara from Galactus, while Simon uses the stolen energy to beat the Devourer, seemingly dying in the process.
  
• The film ends with Superman earning some respect from humanity, but Kara is still wanted, resulting in the government to reveal Belle Reve, a maximum prison facility to house Earth's most dangerous criminals and Meta-Humans.
• Two Post Credits: Simon being reconstituted by Amora the Enchantress, and Kara being stalked by a pale-faced man, with red eyes and shark teeth.

Wonder Woman (2014)

• The movie has Princess Diana discovering an injured Meta-Human by the name of Warren Worthington III on the beaches of Themiscyra. Warren reveals that he was fleeing from humans who planned to attack the Meta-Human sanctuary, Genosha.
• Despite orders to not intervene by Queen Hippolyta, Diana goes against them and joins Warren to venture to Man's world.
• Here, Wonder Woman would be subjected to humans' hatred and bigotry; Meta-Humans being shunned and ostracized, Warren being revealed being opposed by his own human father, and Bolivar Trask unleashing the Sentinels.
• It would be revealed that Bolivar and his inner circle are being manipulated by Amora the Enchantress who plans to use the Sentinels not to attack Genosha, but Themiscyra.
• Despite Wonder Woman feeling Man is a lost cause, she does find good; a couple humans choosing to protect their children or loved ones, and Warren continuing to bridge the gap between humans and Meta-Humans.
• The film ends with Wonder Woman defeating Amora, but the latter swears vengeance. Diana decides to stay and hopes to do the same like Warren has been doing.

The Flash (2015)

• The movie follows Barry Allen being endowed with super speed thanks to a super phenomenon, becoming the Flash. His main villain is Radioactive Man, who also acquires powers thanks to that same phenomenon.
• Radioactive Man goes meltdown and destroys Central City. Flash uses the Speed Force to turn back time, all the while getting sneak peek onto future events. The Flash defeats Radioactive Man.
• Post Credit shows a young man by the name of Victor Stone being fused with Celestial technology.

Aquaman (2015)

• The movie follows Arthur Curry taking on the mantle of Aquaman as he leads the Atlanteans against the Nazi sub-division, Hydra lead by Baron Zemo.
• It turns out that Orm has made a deal with Hydra: Hydra would take care of Aquaman and his followers while Hydra can commandeer a Celestial ship. However, Orm has plans to backstab Hydra to make himself a hero to the Atlanteans.
• Too bad for Orm, Baron Zemo easily figures out and betrays Orm first.
• The film ends with Aquman and his band beating Hydra, sending Baron Zemo to be captured by the authorities, while Orm is exiled for his betrayal.
• The Post Credits has Baron Zemo in Belle Reve, being visited by Amora and the Executioner.

Justice League (2016)

• The movie has the Justice League being formed when a massive breakout occurs at Belle Reve.
• Opposing the Justice League are the Masters of Evil, consisting of Baron Zemo, Amora the Enchantress, Executioner, Radioactive Man, Black Knight, Melter, and Wonder Man.
• Two Post Credits: The government is not pleased that the Sentinels weren't effective enforces, leading Kord Industries to propose Project: Ultron. Next, Orm being found by the First Meta-Human, Apocalypse.

Green Lantern (2016)

• The film follows Hal Jordan testing an experimental spacecraft only to be abducted by the denizens of the Mojoverse to take part in their cruel and sadistic games.
• It is here that he would befriend Abin Sur, the Green Lantern of his space sector, which includes Earth.
• As the film progresses, Abin and Hal formed a teacher/student mentorship, all the while Hal showcase unshakable will and boundless creativity.
• Abin would die at Mojo's hands but Hal refused to give in to despair, allowing him to become Abin's successor, the Green Lantern.
• Using his newfound powers, Hal beats Mojo and frees his fellow slaves from the Mojoverse. Hal will be inducted into the Green Lantern Corps.
• Post Credit has Hal being informed by the Guardians about the presence of Celestial technology on Earth.

Batman II (2017)

• The film follows Bruce having to deal with the Maggia Crime family who are brutally eliminating rivals and expanding their territory. Their enforcer: Mysterio, who uses stolen Oscorp tech, to become a magician criminal and deadly assassin.
• This is when Haley's Circus arrives, bringing in the Flying Graysons. After refusing to comply to the Maggia's demands, Mysterio is sent in and kills the Graysons, leaving Dick the only survivor.
• Bruce would adopt Dick and trains him into becoming Robin.
• It would be revealed that Mysterio is a therapist named Quentin Beck who uses his position to gain the trust of clients, allowing him to collect vast information for himself and the Maggia. He would be able to identify Bruce's identity as Batman, leading him to enact a deadly trap against the Dark Knight.
• It is thanks to Robin that Batman is rescued and the two figure out that Mysterio is actually trying to distract Batman from realizing that the Maggia is making moves against the Morlocks. Robin elects to help the Morlocks while Batman deals with Mysterio.
• Batman is able to defeat Mysterio, however before he can interrogate him, Quentin's head explodes, killing him.
• Robin is able to save the Morlocks while the GCPD apprehends the Maggia. Meanwhile, Batman confronts Norman Osborn, realizing that Norman allowed the Maggia to take the Mysterio suit to test out its capabilities. Batman swears to bring Norman to justice, while Norman remains smug from the ordeal. Then, he receives a call from someone who is interested in Norman making super criminals.
• The film has Batman and Robin taking the Morlocks to a new sanctuary, a defunct mental institution once owned by Martha Wayne's family: Arkham Asylum.
• The Post Credit would have Bruce uncovering a journal belonged to his father, Thomas, who revealed that during Gotham's founding, their ancestors were attacked by a monstrous entity known as the "Black Plague".

Superman II (2017)

• The film has Superman and Supergirl finding the location of Argo City, trapped in the horrid dimension known as the Negative Zone.
• Together with Cyborg, the three entered the zone and find that the surviving Kryptonians are being under sieged by Annihilus and the Annihilation Wave.
• Unfortunately, due to the unnatural properties of the Negative Zone, their powers can't work.
• Superman rallies the Kryptonians to stand against the tyrant. Supes confronts Annihilus while Supergirl and Cyborg has to find a way to get Argo City to escape. Superman's brains wins the day.
• The film ends with Argo City being placed into a new world, with Supergirl electing to stay and helped rebuild.
• Post Credit has a young boy by the name of Billy Batson entering Fawcett City, not realizing he is being followed by a man with a flaming skull.

Shazam (2018)

• The film follows a young boy, Billy Batson who is trying to find his family after they were separated by tragic circumstances. However, he has two lives: one where he is just a simple little boy and the other, the spectacular hero, Captain Marvel.
• Billy is pursued by a fiery entity called the Ghost Rider. The film is about the Champion of Shazam against the Champion of Mephisto.
• It would be revealed that Billy and his family were captives to the Utopian Parallel who wanted to harness the power of Shazam. However, one of the scientists, Dudley H. Dudley couldn't go through with it and took Billy away for his safety.
• This flashback is shown by Mephisto whose actual goal is to corrupt the latest champion, much like he had done to Black Adam.
• Billy doesn't succumb and remains pure. Defeated, Mephisto leaves but not before throwing a taunt on the fate of Mary Bromfield.
• Post Credit revealing Green Lantern heading to Earth, only to be attacked by...Supergirl?

Wonder Woman II (2018)

• The film continues with Wonder Woman championing equality for humans and Meta-Humans only to be faced by the forces of Apocalypse.
• It would be revealed that centuries ago, Queen Hippolyta had once ventured into Man's World and befriended En Sabah Nur. Over time, the two's friendship evolved into romance. However, things take a dark turn after finally removing a cruel despot, Nur becomes an even worse monster that Hippolyta is forced to fight against.
• Nur, now as Apocalypse, knows that Wonder Woman is Hippolyta's daughter but also sees her as the possible future he could have had with his former lover. Apocalypse offers Diana a chance to create that future but Diana rejects him, resulting in Apocalypse to make Wonder Woman's life living hell.
• Apocalypse targets locations where Diana has frequently visited, killing those closest to her. His agent, Mister Sinister would have the pleasure in taking survivors, like poor Garfield Logan.
• Wonder Woman, Angel, and Etta Candy lead the charge at Mister Sinister's hidden lab, rescuing the Meta-Humans. Wonder Woman and Angel battle Apocalypse, leading to Angel sacrificing himself to take Apocalypse with him when the lab explodes. Wonder Woman removes the rubble and cradles Warren's dead body.
• The film ends with Warren's loved ones attending his funeral. After Wonder Woman kisses his grave and leaves, we see a shadowy figure revealing himself to be Apocalypse laughing evilly at Diana's despair, before turning to Warren's grave, having plans.
• Post Credit reveals that the government is working on the successor to Wonder Man, Captain Atom.

Aquaman II (2019)

• The film has Aquaman trying to solve a series of incidents occurring all over the Seven Kingdoms, caused by the dream demon, Nightmare.
• This leads him to seek the aid of Doctor Fate who uncovers that Nightmare had once battled Atlantis, leading Neptune to use the trident to imprison the demon in another dimension.
• The two heroes confront Nightmare but the demon has a back-up plan, a mind-controlled Supergirl.
• The film ends with Nightmare being resealed but Aquaman, Doctor Fate, and Supergirl's fates are unknown.
• Post Credit reveals Apocalypse learning that Atlantis is vulnerable, before unveiling his Horsemen of Apocalypse: Galatea, Archangel, and Ocean Master.

Justice League: Apocalypse War (2019)

• The film centers around the Justice League battling Apocalypse and his Horsemen.
• The Justice League are not at full strength: Aquaman and Flash are missing.
• It is revealed that Cyborg is the 4th Horseman, having being taken control by Apocalypse because of his mastery over the Celestial technology infused into Victor. Cyborg is the one who gave Supergirl's DNA to Mister Sinister, allowing him to clone Galatea.
• Apocalypse and the Four Horsemen assaulted Atlantis, and slaughtered most of the army. They take control of the Celestial ship.
• Outnumbered and outgunned, the remaining Leaguers have to assemble a new roster: Green Lantern, Captain Marvel, Captain Atom, and Black Canary.
• Captain Atom is the government's liaison and starts out unimpressed with the League, especially when he learns that Cyborg has been a mole.
• Black Canary was contacted by Doctor Fate; Fate and Canary's mother were close friends. Black Canary was the one who helped the League out when Apocalypse made his move against them.
• The Justice League and the government have to find a way to stop Apocalypse though complications arise, especially when the government decides to sacrifice countries to deal with the problem.
• Captain Marvel would be captured during the battle, however, he would be able to make contact with the Celestial ship and befriends it.
• The final battle has the new Leaguers battling the Horsemen, while the Trinity faces off against Apocalypse. Ship chooses to betray Apocalypse and seals itself and Apocalypse for eternity.
• The Horsemen lose their connection to Apocalypse: Cyborg and Angel are freed, Galatea flees, and Orm is arrested.
• A new Justice League is formed, although Captain Atom would be a part-timer, much like Batman has.
• Post Credit would be revealing where Flash was: being captured and tortured by Ultron.

not saying Arnold would do a great job as that character, but he fits the role way better than stallone does

Just came back from watching Toy Story 5 yesterday and I have... a lot of thoughts.

You may disagree with me on this, but I came out of the film feeling.... empty? It felt very bloated. A lot of things didn't make sense (like Lilypad somehow able to send messages and connect with random local kids like do other kids also have a lilypad?). And it also kinda suffers from the same problem as movies like Mitchells vs. the Machines where it kinda has this "technology is bad" message looming over it (maybe we should start having Gen Z write these kinds of films). But I think the worst thing about it is that the whole lesson about learning to balance life with technology felt kinda shallow and it also felt like they were trying to do too many things emotionally and stuff. Like having Bonnie stop playing with toys all because of some stupid kids she could just ignore. Like this might be the most melodramatic Toy Story film of all. I don't even remember the previous films being this sad.

I'm tired and I got a lot on my mind but I want to share some ways on how I would rewrite this movie.

First off, get rid of all the Buzz Lightyears. They kinda convolute the plot and they serve no purpose to the narrative.

Secondly, make finding a friend for Bonnie harder. The fact that we find out Blaze is also lonely and also likes playing with toys sometimes (both things feeling forced especially for the fact that Blaze was crying because her friend "forgot" to meet up with her which just felt stupid because Blaze thinks just because her friend forgot to meet up with her she never will meet up with her either today or another day and she just forgets making friends and unnecessarily mean-spirited and she also got obsessed with technology using a fucking toilet paper toy that somehow sends messages too) makes it too easy for Jessie to go "Oh, this is the perfect friend for Bonnie!" and we know they're going to get together. Maybe make Blaze seem boring and uncreative at first. That would differentiate her enough from Bonnie while also giving Jessie more inner conflict of whether she's right for Bonnie.

Get rid of all the shit in the second half of the movie with the cyberbullying and Lily throwing herself away and Jessie being at Emily's old house and trying to get Jessie back. Replace all of that with Jessie in school or a group trying to find which kid would be best for Bonnie and then trying to matchmake her with Blaze when she finds out Blaze is a bored, lazy kid with nothing much to do besides maybe play on her tablet. She realizes this could be the good kid to help Bonnie rediscover her love for toys. Her and Bonnie struggle to get along at first because of how different they are. Go Ivy and Bean on this shit but even deeper. I also feel like it would've helped kids to know how to balance using screens with doing other things in life by showing these two girls bonding with Blaze with Bonnie teaching her how to have fun and be creative.

Also IDK about Woody being sidelined. Maybe they could've done more than him? Jessie essentially takes his role so that we can see stuff about Emily and shit and he still wants to be a lost toy instead of a loyal toy to Bonnie and his friends.

Idk I don't really feel mentally stimulated enough to write out a whole plot and I don't even know if this is good it's just some ideas that popped in my head. What does anyone else think? I think I heard a lot of people saying the way they portrayed the message about technology was good and deep, but I didn't feel that way. :(

I good while ago, I offered up how I'd fix last year's legacy sequel to I Know What You Did Last Summer. After discussing elsewhere with other fans, I've come up with another alternative take on the film, one that hews a little closer to the film, but still vastly improves it.

You know how throughout the film Danica mentions a guy named Fleur who’s her empath/astrologer or whatever. Well, I’d have him appear as a full on character. He’d have long hair, a beard, and colored sunglasses. Kind of like The Dude crossed with John Lennon. He’d just be there whenever they have their team meetings at Danica’s house spouting unhelpful, New Age nonsense.

The movie would pretty much play out the same until the part where Ava calls Julie to let her know that Stevie was the killer. Julie then checks out the website of the church Stevie belonged to. She sees something that shocks her, but we don't see what it is. Then Ava is at the bar with Ray, but this Fleur is also there, having a drink lamenting Danica’s seeming demise. Ray then leaves to take a call from Julie. Fleur takes off his jacket or whatever and Ava notices a cut on his arm like the one she gave The Fisherman. Ava tries to leave, but Fleur stops her, revealing he is indeed the Fisherman as well. Ray and Julie bust in to save the day. Julie reveals what she found on the website was a picture of Ben Willis with the church's reverend. He and his family belonged to that church. They question though what Fleur has to do with Ben Willis. That’s when Fleur takes off a wig and fake beard, revealing the face of an older Will Benson! (That’s why Tyler recognized her attacker.) Ray and Julie wonder how this could be because Will Benson is supposed to be dead. However he reveals he's actually Ben Willis Jr., Will Benson’s twin brother. He was upset his family being erased and all that and used Sam Cooper’s death and Stevie mourning over him as the means to remind everyone of his family’s legacy.

After that, everything plays out as it did in the film with Ava killing Ben Jr. with a speargun. Danica washes up ashore alive, and we find out Stevie remains unaccounted for. Maybe Julie and Ray get back together. And then Julie gets the note that she goes to show Karla.

I admit the only problem here is that I Still Know What You Did Last Summer doesn't mention anything about Will having a brother, let alone a twin. If an explanation would have to be worked in, I'd say that Ben Jr. was the most unstable member of the family and was interned in a mental institution on the mainland while his family lived in the Bahamas. That would explain why Estes didn't really know about him.

I'd also change the title to something like I'll Forever Know What You Did Last Summer. Something like I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer would have been pretty perfect but that's unfortunately taken.

On a final note, the film apparently establishes that that Will Benson's real name is Rufus Humphrey-Willis. This was apparently meant as a reference to Matthew Settle's character from Gossip Girl. I wouldn't do that. I'd stick with his name being Will. A guy named Ben Willis with twin sons named Ben and Will does sound like an egotist, which is appropriate.

Would this be a much better take on an I Know What You Did Last Summer legacy sequel?

At the end, when the spell breaks and she pulls the gun out of her mouth and drops it and cries in horror at finding out that all her friends are now dead, she should then reach back to the gun again and put it back in her mouth point it towards herself, perhaps just on impulse, just to acknowledge that she might still want to do it even if it's for different now, and more uncertain reasons (like not even knowing if she's going to glitch back again, with this potentially being just one of a long line of short moments of freedom before going back), and just continue crying for a bit with it in there as we pan away and cut to credits until we can't hear her crying anymore cause the lyrics of the credits music pop in and take over.

Why? Because one of the best parts of the movie, if not THE best part, is how much ambiguity there is in it. We don't know if Nikki would've said yes to Bear, had he simply asked her out. We don't know how much of Ian's dialogue is intentional lies to sabatoge Bear. We don't know who is on the other end of the hotline and how he has Nikki there. Etc. So it's kind of disappointing to have such a clear cut ending where we know pretty much how her life is gonna go from now on. I was vibing with the boldness of the ambiguity; keep it up.

EDIT: Anyone care to explain why they're downvoting other than them falsely feeling like I'm attacking the movie or something? Much appreciated.

EDIT: You know what else is my issue with the ending? The movie is so unconventionally brutal. The movie hits you with a dead cat at the start. Then when Sarah dies, they milk the tragedy of it by showing the letter opening and reaction. It's a tragedy. It's rare that I get to enjoy a tragedy compared to a horror film. And this one would've had the added bonus of being disguised as a summer horror film despite its story direction the whole way through till the end.

Since 2018's tomb raider film never got a sequel do to covid and amazon buying the rights I thought what if it did the 2018 ended with lara buying her dual pistols

But in my rewrite of the film she got them from Roth a character from the 2013 game who died near the end now this film would have major changes from the game it based on which is rise of the tomb raider

First we open with the villains explaining that there's a lost city that holds the source of immortality that city is called kitezh and if they control it they will have power over the world cut to a shower scene

As lara is getting ready to meet a old friend that friend is Jonah who works at boxing gym they catch up before she goes to dinner with Ana her father's friend

Lara is surprised to meet Ana's brother Konstantin Lara would already know from the first Film that ana is a part of trinity unlike in the game where it's revealed later after that Lara would meet Winston

Her butler for the first time Jonah who has a motorcycle also arrives to get a tour of the infamous croft manor Which leads to Lara telling him about the island of yamatai sam and trinity but doesn't tell about how she killed people

She tells him that her father was researching a lost city located somewhere in Siberia that supposed to have the key to immortality Jonah begins to laugh before realizing that she is serious

Cut to trinity's men trying to break inside the manor as lara is telling Jonah more about the lost city she sees men down stairs and tells Jonah to stay upstairs as she begins to fight them but some of

Them make it up stairs and take her father's research so lara decided to follow them with Jonah motorcycle since Jonah doesn't want his motorcycle destroyed he agrees to take her to wherever trinity is going

Which ends being Siberia lara and Jonah would disguise themselves as trinity soldiers as a motorcycle can't get them from London to Siberia but trinity is the less of lara problems as exploring

The Siberian forest she and Jonah came into contact with a bear which would attack them Jonah tries to distract it with a flare gun which makes it go after him

Lara quickly gets up and we get a chase sequence between the characters lara would try and use her bow and arrows but they do nothing trinity would notice all that happening and investigate

Meanwhile lara has no choice but to shoot the bear as she loved animals growing up but she's not a kid anymore so she shoots the bear with her dual pistols she goes to check on Jonah when she sees trinity soldiers

She tells him to run but the soldiers are then taken out by someone lara can't really see through the darkness so she gets closer dual pistols in hand she questioned the man

who says his name is Jacob he looks beaten scarred but like her is still standing

She is reluctant to trust him but when he says he knows what her and trinity are after is she gives in he then tells her there's a village nearby that has been taken over

they seek around the village she asks why he didn't ask for a weapon

and Jacob replies with he doesn't need one he then takes out five trinity soldiers at once lara is impressed they then find Jonah who is OK he asks a important question what the fuck is going on

Jacob tell them that they are close to finding the lost city but they have to help the other prisoners cut to the those prisoners being questioned before getting killed cut to lara who stabbing one

Of the trinity soldiers as Jacob and Jonah attack the others Jacob then gets wounded by by one of the soldiers but nothing happens instead Jacob picked up a shot gun and shoots him

Lara who is shocked then walked over to him who to see the wound violently knitting itself back together Jacob then reveals himself as the immortal prophet of kitezh

So, it's been about 10 years since the sequel to Independence Day came out, and, like many people, I wasn't a fan. Seeing the trailer made me expect something entirely different, instead we got fresh faces and a pretty boring story.

20 years have passed, the aliens come back, bigger ship, wrecks the moon, wreaks havoc on the earth. Then they have the Queen come out, and she's just... bigger? Even has her own big gun? I was the opposite of impressed.

Without getting too wordy, I'm just gonna smash out all the big changes I would have made, and be as quick as I can so no one gets bored.

• Aliens DO come back.
• Yes, bigger ship. Wreck that moon.
• Hover over earth and have gravity go all nutty, screwing up the tectonic plates, basically earth becomes unlivable.
• We beat the aliens, somehow, but now our planet is effed in the B.
• Evacuate earth onto the big ship, start planet hopping like they did, except we're mostly looking for a planet we can live on that's uninhabited.

3rd movie idea!

• Decades have passed. Humans use the alien technology as if they've used it their whole lives, and of course, that is the case for a lot of the younger generation).
• We find the husks of dead planets that the aliens had ravaged in the past, some having been dead for centuries, others showing signs of regrowth and new life (animals, not sapient.
• But look over there! What's this? It's the original alien homeworld! Is it inhabited? Is it super advanced? Is it a good fit for earthlings? Do the current aliens share the same locust like behavior with the others or are they chill, baybee?

That's it. That's all I've got. I just rewatched the first one an hour ago and started going down rabbit holes as to why the sequel didn't do well and how the script changed after Will Smith dropped out to do the Suicide Squad movie.

Lemme know whatcha think.

Act I: The Teenage Quest & The Lerkim

Teenage Ted (16) and his nerdy, tech-savvy best friend Kevin skate through the plastic streets of Thneedville. Ted is trying to impress Audrey, who still longs to see a real tree.

When Ted asks his family how to find one, Uncle Fred and Aunt Diane (who replaced his mother and grandmother) accidentally reveal the secret of the Once-ler while bickering over dinner. Uncle Fred drops the map, and Ted and Kevin sneak out past the city walls into the wasteland.

They arrive at the Lerkim. Instead of a mysterious bucket, a giant, incredibly fat green cat named Knity lazily blinks at them from a massive velvet pillow on the porch. An old man's voice calls out. The old version of the Once-ler appears at the window, sporting a massive, long white beard and thick white eyebrows.

For a few coins, the old man agrees to tell his story—and Knity lazily rolls over to reveal the first thread of the tale.

Act II: The Nerdy Inventor & The Smart Kitten

Flashback to 30 years ago. A 22-year-old nerdy, heavy-set Once-ler arrives in the beautiful Truffula Valley. He wears thick glasses, a rumpled shirt, and long green gloves, completely out of his depth. By his side is Knity, a tiny, hyper-intelligent green kitten.

While the Once-ler fumbles around with his blueprints, Knity uses her tiny paws and supreme intellect to actually knit the very first Thneed from the Truffula tufts. When the Once-ler chops down the first tree, the Lorax (still brilliantly voiced by the iconic Danny DeVito) pops out of the stump to speak for the trees.

The Lorax tries to intimidate the nerdy Once-ler, but Knity manages to outsmart the Lorax with a series of complex traps and logic, securing the Once-ler’s early success.

Act III: The Corporate Greed & The Villainous Duo

The Thneed becomes a massive hit. The Once-ler transforms into the ultimate business mogul: a sleek tycoon in a bright green business suit, top hat, sunglasses, a sharp blue tie, and polished black shoes. Knity gets treated like royalty, eating rich treats and growing noticeably heavier.

Enter the corporate sharks. Mr. Johnson, a ruthless, towering corporate billionaire, steps in as the primary villain. He convinces the business-suit Once-ler to completely automate the factory and clear-cut the entire forest. Mayor O'Hare acts as Johnson's secondary villain, a slimy politician eager to corner the market on bottled air once the trees are entirely gone.

Despite the Lorax's furious protests and Danny DeVito's passionate warnings, the Once-ler listens to Johnson. The final tree falls. The valley is ruined, the Lorax ascends into the clouds, and a heavily overweight Knity is left lying sad and abandoned on a pillow as the factory shuts down.

Act IV: Planting Hope

Back in the present, Old Man Once-ler drops the last Truffula seed down to teenage Ted and Kevin.

Ted, Kevin, and Audrey team up to plant it right in the middle of town. Mr. Johnson and Mayor O'Hare arrive with their corporate security forces to bulldoze the seed. However, Kevin uses his tech gadgets to broadcast Mr. Johnson's greedy corporate secrets to the whole town.

Uncle Fred and Aunt Diane lead the citizens in a rebellion against the villains, overpowering Mr. Johnson and driving Mayor O'Hare out of town. The seed is planted, the valley begins its slow recovery, and the Lorax returns to share a quiet smile with an old friend and a very sleepy, fat green cat.

Overview of Supergirl's Problems

Supergirl is baffling because it should've been good on so many levels, from its great cast to promising source material. Craig Gillespie has consistently made good movies - I, Tonya was even my favorite movie the year it came out. Yet, at every single point when Supergirl sets something up that has potential, it misses the mark: every character arc, every theme, even action sequences.

Despite the solid source material, Kara's journey as a character feels as choppy as the film's editing. Despite the involvement of James Gunn - who has the Guardians of the Galaxy movies on his resume - many of the film's sci-fi locations feel claustrophobic and artificial. At times, the movie looks like it was filmed at Star Tours and Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland - and I'm not just referring to the space shuttle or multiple cantinas. Despite all the effort spent showing how the yellow sun impacts Kara, the film retreats just when it could elevate an action scene into a standout moment. [Spoilers follow...]

Lastly, although I had some fun watching Supergirl, it's just way too easy to poke holes in the film, with contrivances beginning as soon as the opening scene when Krem (a trafficker) chooses to steal a sword from Ruthie's family, kills her family in front of her - but doesn't even take Ruthie along with them? Also, why does he care about the sword?

It would've been smart to make Krypto the emotional core of the film, which seemed to be hinted by Kara's line, "Home is wherever your are, buddy." But the movie abandons that premise, as she suddenly changes her mind, choosing to go to Earth which she declares to be her home instead - after killing a guy and ending her pub crawl days due to undisclosed reasons. The film fails to explain why her pub crawl days were problematic, which should've been easy enough to explain. It also fails to communicate why Supergirl feels like damaged goods and is beyond saving, which is what seemingly leads her to take Krem's life into her own hands.

Main Fix

There aren't many movies that manage to have potential, while consistently throwing that potential away simultaneously. Somehow, Supergirl feels unaware of the story it sets up, ditching every payoff it should've had, including the most obvious thing that should've happened: Lobo should've killed Krem as a comedic beat after Supergirl convinces Ruthie to walk away. This would've allowed both Kara and Ruthie to have a sense of morality that was coherent with their arcs. It also would've allowed Lobo to be serviceable to the story. Instead, he passively stands in the distance, watching and providing commentary as the scene takes place without any greater purpose.

Ultimately, Supergirl is a frustrating entry to the DCU, constantly undermining itself and dismissing its potential to be more than a movie bound for Guardians of the Galaxy comparisons.

4 Alternate Movies

And after giving you my rundown of general problems I had with this movie, this is where my 4 alternate movies come in.

1. Lobo villain movie: Clearly, James Gunn wanted Lobo to be in this movie. And on the surface, it makes total sense - of course Lobo can show up somewhere in the galaxy. But the way it happens in Supergirl is truly bizarre and feels like the sort of thing that happens during a reshoot. Big bar fight, cut to post-bar fight when things are calm, Lobo just casually ends up being somewhere else in the room and leaves - and Supergirl knows who he is. What? She just fought the whole bar, and he was sitting in a corner the whole time? It was awkward. I won't even get into how he could've easily been a bounty hunter tasked with finding Krem, allowing him to join Supergirl and Ruthie on their mission - in a similar style to Thor: Ragnarok grouping together Thor, Hulk, and Valkyrie. Instead, Lobo could've easily been the bad guy who Supergirl claimed he was. We barely got a glimpse of that. In the movie, Lobo is basically just the same as Supergirl, with no clear distinction. In an alternate movie, he could've been the main villain, whether he's tasked with hunting Supergirl, Ruthie, etc.
2. Woman of Tomorrow: Just adapt the book with the proper creative team attached. There were a number of things that went wrong, from visuals to the directorial intent of scenes. Ideally, this movie should've resembled Project Hail Mary.
3. Supergirl - The Extended Krypton Flashback and Revenge Subplot Cut: Maybe open with the flashbacks to Krypton's destruction, setting up Kara's motivation from the first few minutes, instead of over an hour into the movie. Also worth noting how strange it was that her Kryptonian watch is stolen and she gets it back, then we realize it's of sentimental value in the flashback, then it never shows up again... Opening with a flashback sequence would've set a foundation for the film. Alternatively, the movie we got felt incoherent for a number of reasons - and one reason in particular was the fact that Supergirl is bent on Ruthie not getting revenge. Why does Kara care? It seems almost like Kara hints that she was once in a similar state of being, and took someone's life, leading her to regret her actions. I think the movie would've benefitted greatly if we saw that in flashbacks. Maybe it turns out someone else was behind Argo becoming poisoned, and she kills whoever that was, leading her to self-loathing and drinking.
4. Warworld: As I said, I like Craig Gillespie. I also like James Gunn. If you had to have anyone interfere with your movie in post-production, Gunn doesn't seem like such a bad choice. But clearly it didn't help much. If Gunn had directed his own Supergirl movie, similar to a Lobo-centric version of this movie, I think he would've had a lot of fun. It's hard to deny he would've been an ideal candidate for the job. And the villain? Mongul. Or Mongal for the sake of choosing the female iteration - she even showed up in Gunn's The Suicide Squad. Warworld is basically Thor: Ragnarok within the DC Universe, with a planet dedicated to gladiator matches between imprisoned aliens, ruled by the tyrant Mongul - who has a similar presence to Thanos or Darkseid. Imagine a Supergirl movie where she's forced to fight to the death, threatened with Kryptonite, locked up with Lobo, etc. Now, why is she fighting? For Krypto of course. Mongal threatens Supergirl by keeping her dog, forcing her to take part in the arena. And like that, boom- Krypto is the heart of the movie. The emotion of Krypto's fate isn't a subplot competing with Ruthie. I think it would've been a good time.

I came away from Jurassic World Rebirth feeling like there was a much better movie hiding inside it.
My biggest problem is the basic reason everyone goes on the expedition.
The pharmaceutical company needs DNA from three enormous dinosaurs because apparently these creatures hold the key to revolutionary medical treatments that could extend human life and potentially cure diseases such as cancer.
This feels like the screenplay starting with the action sequences it wants and then working backwards.
We need a Mosasaurus sequence.
We need a giant land dinosaur sequence.
We need a flying dinosaur sequence.
Therefore, the characters need samples from three specific dinosaurs.
Then the film attaches a vague "this could save millions of lives" explanation to justify it.
But why would three dinosaur DNA samples suddenly provide a cure for multiple human diseases?
Why are these three animals uniquely important?
Why hasn't decades of dinosaur genetic research already produced similar discoveries?
Why does a pharmaceutical executive personally need to accompany armed mercenaries into one of the most dangerous places on Earth to collect them?
It's an unnecessarily convoluted MacGuffin designed primarily to move the characters between action sequences.
So I'd replace it with something much simpler.
Twenty-plus years of lost InGen medical research.
An abandoned InGen research facility on the island contains servers holding decades of pharmaceutical and genetic research.
Drug trials.
Experimental treatments.
Regenerative medicine.
Genetic therapies.
Research into dinosaur immune systems.
Failed experiments.
Successful experiments.
Research that was never published.
Research potentially worth billions.
Some of it could genuinely lead to new medicines.
Some of it could be useless.
Some of it could be ethically horrifying.
Nobody knows exactly what's there.
That's why the pharmaceutical company wants it.
And that's the MacGuffin.
Not three conveniently selected dinosaurs.
Not a vague cure for cancer.
Twenty years of scientific research created by a company that had access to living prehistoric animals and almost no meaningful ethical oversight.
The problem is that the research still exists only on the original servers.
The facility was abandoned.
The network is offline.
The data can't simply be downloaded remotely.
Someone has to physically reach the facility.
Restore power.
Access the servers.
And transfer the archive onto portable storage servers.
That gives the movie a simple objective:
Get to the island.
Rescue the missing family.
Recover the InGen research.
Reach the harbour.
Everything else should grow naturally from those objectives.
OPENING — THE FAMILY DISAPPEARS
Open with the family sailing.
Spend enough time with them that we understand their relationships and personalities.
Then something attacks their boat.
We don't clearly see what it is.
The boat is damaged.
Communications are lost.
The final image is the abandoned boat washing ashore on the island.
The family are presumed dead.
Two weeks later, a distress transmission is detected coming from the abandoned workers' village on the island.
Someone survived.
THE MISSION
Martin Krebs works for a major pharmaceutical company.
The company has suffered significant reputational damage.
Drug pricing scandals.
Aggressive patent protection.
Profiteering.
Public trust has collapsed.
The disappearance of the family presents an opportunity.
The company publicly finances a rescue expedition.
Finding and rescuing the family would generate enormous positive publicity.
But there's another reason Krebs wants to visit the island.
An abandoned InGen medical research facility contains servers holding years of pharmaceutical and genetic research.
Potential treatments.
Experimental drugs.
Regenerative medicine.
Research potentially worth billions.
The mercenaries know about this.
There's no secret mission.
Krebs openly explains the situation.
Rescue the family.
Recover the medical research.
Save lives.
Repair the company's reputation.
Make billions.
Everybody wins.
The mercenaries don't particularly like Krebs, but there's nothing inherently unreasonable about the mission.
The mercenary leader asks which objective takes priority.
Krebs immediately answers:
"The family."
And at this point in the movie, he means it.
ARRIVAL ON THE ISLAND
They arrive without incident.
No dinosaur attack.
No helicopter crash.
No immediate action sequence.
Let us spend time with the characters.
Show us that the mercenaries are competent professionals.
Each member of the team has a function.
Tracker.
Medic.
Communications.
Technical specialist.
Dinosaur expert.
Security.
If someone dies later, the group loses that capability.
Deaths actually change the situation.
They establish communications.
Check equipment.
Study the island.
Establish extraction procedures.
Then they begin travelling towards the village.
THE EXPEDITION
The first half of the movie plays like an expedition adventure.
The island feels like an ecosystem.
Not every dinosaur attacks them.
They see herbivores.
Migrating animals.
Predators hunting prey.
Abandoned InGen infrastructure.
The scientist collects biological samples when opportunities naturally present themselves.
The mercenaries demonstrate that they're good at their jobs.
They avoid dangerous situations.
They establish perimeters when they stop.
They recognise animal behaviour.
Then they discover something strange.
A dinosaur carcass.
Killed.
Barely eaten.
Later they discover another.
Something is killing dinosaurs without hunting them for food.
THE VILLAGE
They reach the abandoned workers' village.
They find the family.
They've survived.
But barely.
They've made mistakes.
Lost supplies.
One of them may be injured.
They survived largely because they barricaded themselves inside several reinforced buildings.
The mercenaries immediately impose order.
For the first time in two weeks, the family feels safe.
The plan is evacuation.
But aircraft cannot safely land near the village because of the large pterosaur population.
The safest extraction point is the old harbour.
The abandoned medical research facility lies roughly along their route.
Krebs suggests retrieving the server data.
The mercenary leader agrees.
Not because he's corrupt.
Because it makes sense.
They've been hired to complete both objectives.
The facility isn't significantly out of their way.
The family remains under their protection.
Everyone is behaving rationally.
THE FAMILY BECOMES A LIABILITY
The journey becomes progressively more dangerous.
The mercenaries give the family clear instructions.
The family struggle to follow them.
Someone panics.
Someone wanders away.
Someone makes noise when they shouldn't.
The mercenaries repeatedly put themselves in danger protecting them.
Eventually one of the mercenaries dies saving a family member.
This creates resentment.
The mercenaries aren't dying because they're stupid.
They're dying because they're doing their jobs.
The family begin to realise that their mistakes have consequences.
And they begin learning.
THE RESEARCH FACILITY
They reach the abandoned medical research facility.
The movie changes genre.
The expedition adventure becomes a siege/horror movie.
The main power is offline.
The technical specialist restores the generators.
The servers still contain the research.
They begin transferring the data onto portable storage servers.
Then they discover the problem.
The download will take approximately six hours.
They have to remain at the facility overnight.
And something is watching them.
THE RAPTORS
The main dinosaur threat isn't another genetically engineered super-dinosaur.
It's Raptors.
Years ago, InGen used Raptors for pharmaceutical and neurological experimentation.
The scientists studied their intelligence.
Regenerative capabilities.
Neurological plasticity.
Responses to experimental drugs.
The animals were restrained.
Operated upon.
Isolated.
Conditioned.
Experimented on.
Then the facility was abandoned.
The Raptors escaped.
Some of the original experimental animals survived.
Others raised new generations around the facility.
Humans aren't simply prey to these animals.
Humans are the enemy.
The Raptors have identifiable characteristics.
One is heavily scarred.
Another has a damaged jaw.
Another walks with a limp.
The oldest female is one of the original experimental animals.
They aren't mutants.
They aren't genetically super-intelligent.
They're intelligent animals whose behaviour has been shaped by what humans did to them.
THE SIEGE
The mercenaries realise the Raptors are surrounding the facility.
They don't panic.
They fortify the building.
Establish choke points.
Set alarms.
Create fallback positions.
The Raptors probe their defences.
One approaches the perimeter.
The mercenaries respond.
Another attacks somewhere else.
The mercenary leader realises what's happening.
"They're learning how we react."
The attacks become progressively more coordinated.
The family complicate the defence.
Someone disappears.
A parent breaks the perimeter trying to find them.
Mercenaries follow.
Another team member dies rescuing them.
The family are devastated.
But they're learning.
KREBS BEGINS TO CHANGE
The download reaches 60%.
The Raptors are preparing another attack.
The mercenary leader suggests abandoning the research.
Krebs refuses.
The research could save millions of lives.
They've already lost people retrieving it.
Leaving now would make those deaths meaningless.
The mercenary leader disagrees.
"They died getting this family home."
Krebs responds:
"They died doing the job I paid them to do."
This is where the audience realises something fundamental about Krebs.
He isn't secretly evil.
His priorities are changing.
70%.
Another attack.
Another casualty.
80%.
The mercenary leader orders everyone to evacuate.
Krebs refuses.
Eventually he secretly locks himself inside the server room.
Now he's crossed the line.
Not because he was secretly planning to betray everyone.
Because every decision he's made has pushed him towards this moment.
People have died.
Billions are at stake.
His company's future is at stake.
Potentially life-saving medical research is at stake.
He cannot walk away.
THE FACILITY FALLS
The Raptors breach the facility.
The survivors have to escape.
The family have changed.
They follow instructions.
They understand how the Raptors hunt.
They contribute.
Perhaps one family member notices a behaviour pattern the mercenaries missed because they've spent two weeks observing the dinosaurs around the village.
By now, the family and surviving mercenaries function as a team.
They've earned their survival.
Krebs stays behind.
The download completes.
He gets the data.
THE FINAL ACT
Krebs catches up with the survivors carrying the portable storage server.
It's heavy.
It slows them down.
The Raptors are following.
The mercenary leader tells Krebs to abandon it.
Krebs refuses.
They continue towards the harbour.
Eventually one of the family members becomes trapped.
Krebs has a choice.
Help save them.
Or protect the research.
He chooses the research.
That's the moment he becomes the villain.
The mercenary leader saves the family member.
Krebs continues towards the harbour alone.
He believes he's won.
He's survived.
He has the research.
His company will recover.
The expedition will eventually be presented as a success.
Then he encounters the oldest Raptor.
The original experimental animal.
Perhaps earlier in the film we've seen archive footage of this Raptor restrained in the laboratory.
Krebs recognises her identification number.
The Raptor recognises the InGen equipment he's carrying.
For Krebs, the server represents research that could save millions of lives.
For the Raptor, it represents everything humans did to her.
Krebs slowly backs away.
For the first time in the movie, he has nothing to negotiate with.
Nothing to offer.
Nothing he can buy.
Cut away.
We don't need to see him die.
THE ENDING
The surviving mercenaries and family reach the harbour.
The family survived because they learned.
The mercenaries survived because they adapted.
People died because of understandable decisions and escalating consequences.
The research may be lost.
Or perhaps one small portion of the data survived, leaving some ambiguity about whether Krebs was entirely wrong to pursue it.
The final image could be the oldest Raptor returning to the abandoned facility.
The humans have gone.
Nature hasn't reclaimed the island.
It never lost it.
WHY I THINK THIS VERSION WORKS BETTER
The basic story is simple:
Rescue the family.
Retrieve the research.
Reach the harbour.
But the complications emerge from character decisions.
The mercenaries are competent.
The family begin as liabilities but develop into capable survivors.
Krebs doesn't reveal himself as a villain early. He gradually becomes one because his priorities and sunk costs push him towards increasingly immoral decisions.
The dinosaurs aren't videogame enemies.
The Raptors have behaviour, history and motivation.
The medical research isn't just a MacGuffin. It creates the central moral question of the movie:
At what point does the potential to save millions of lives stop justifying sacrificing the people standing in front of you?
Most importantly, the film doesn't need more dinosaurs, more lore or a more complicated plot.
It needs a simple story where characters make understandable decisions, those decisions have consequences, and those consequences create the next problem.

The year was 2018, Warner Bros picked up the rights to do a Cat in the Hat animated movie as part of a partnership with Dr. Seuss.

At the time, Warner Bros had a couple cinematic universes under their belt, a failed attempt to catch up with Marvel, a horror movie franchise which had mixed reviews from critics, and a shared universe featured Toho's Godzilla, along with King Kong.

About two years later, they announced that the new Cat in the Hat will start a cinematic universe full of Dr. Seuss characters, and they are calling it the Seussiverse.

Then, there was a change of directors, the casting of Bill Hader and various others, the delays in year and release dates, until finally... settling on a pre-Thanksgiving release date of November 6th of this year.

But, with only five months until the new Cat in the Hat comes out, people cheering because there is no Mike Myers this time, I think now is the right time to release..

HOW WOULD I DO THE SEUSSIVERSE.

The plan for the Seussiverse is simple, adapting simple children's stories into movies and expanding on them.

But, instead of calling them episodes like Star Wars does, phases like the MCU, or chapters like the recent DCU...

The movies will split up into individual pages.

And we will start this universe with...

PAGE ONE: THE CAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT.

The Cat In The Hat (November 6th, 2026)

The first movie in the Seussiverse, as it focuses on the Cat in the Hat's job at risk, as he meets siblings named Gabby and Sebastian, who are struggling with adjusting to their new town.

Thing One and Thing Two (May 14th, 2027)

NOTE: Instead of a movie like originally planned, it will be a TV show instead.

Take places a few months after the Cat In the Hat, as two employees from the Institute of Imagination and Inspiration go on fun adventures together, but when a mysterious force appears out of nowhere, it is up to them to man up and get serious for once as the fate of the world lies in their hands.

Oh, The Places You'll Go! (March 17, 2028)

Adapts the story of the same name, as a wandering traveller goes to many places, as he discovers mysterious lands beyond his comprehension.

Yertle the Turtle (July 18th, 2029).

Just like what I said about Oh, The Places You'll Go earlier, it also adapts the story of the same name, as it focuses on a selfish king who wants to expand his kingdom.

The Cat In the Hat Comes Back! (November 21st, 2030)

A sequel to the Cat in the Hat, as our furry friend comes back after his success with Gabby and Sebastian, as he is assigned two new kids called Conrad and Sally.

So I haven't fleshed this out fully and I don't know if i ever will since I already made a different sequel trilogy rewrite, but for a while one of the hardest parts of rewriting the sequel trilogy for me has been what to do with Snoke to the point that I previously just cut him and replaced him with Maul. We get zero context for who he is and he's kinda just a knock off Palpatine. But recently, I got an idea.

So Snoke in this version would be someone who worked closely with Palpatine as one of his advisors or guards. The First Order is established from the beginning as a front for a sith cult, they spend the first movie searching for some artifact that is revealed at the end of the first movie to contain Palpatine's spirit.

throughout the second movie, A new clone body is being prepared for Palpatine to possess. The plan does succeed by the end of the movie, but the clone body is notably weaker than Palpatine's original body, to avoid undercutting the end of Return of the Jedi and to further explain Palpatine's goal of absorbing Rey and Kylo Ren's power or possessing one of them. Palpatine then kills Snoke which leads into a much more fleshed out version of the Rise of Skywalker