It's a Wonderful Life Sequel

You gotta admit, it's weird on multiple levels. An attempt to sequelize a film which airs yearly, thereby doubling profits. Okay, I can get behind that crackhead movie studio exec logic.

But to make Bailey the villain of the piece? Note how this deftly avoids including a Henry F. Potter, or anyone resembling a banker (Praise Unto Thee).

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They could show Mr. Potter finally getting his just desserts. We've all been waiting to see that for years.

Saturday Night Live already gave us that.

"I don't want the money - I want a piece of you, Potter!"

It's also worth noting that It's a Wonderful Life frankly was not considered a successful movie. It bombed at the box office, bringing back less than the initial investment, and was languishing in obscurity when a TV station noticed that the copyright had expired and realized that meant they could broadcast it as free programming, thus resulting in us getting drilled with it every year by multiple stations.

I think the same thing happened with the Wizard of Oz, but that actually won an academy award for music

Why "The Rest of the Story"? Are we going to find out Uncle Billy cooked meth in the Building and Loan, or that Mr. Potter was secretly Mr. Magoo's brother, and a cyborg?

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Isn't it incredibly weird that we're cheering the big corporation in this case?

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So, basically, this "official" Wonderful Life sequel was really just some folks trying to get money to film their fanfiction?

Makes how upset people were getting seem kinda funny, 'cause I'm sure I could find some Wonderful Life fanfics online that are much more disrespectful to the original. Heck, just a quick look at fanfiction.net reveals a fic with this doozy of a line, "I must go back in time and kill George Bailey!"

That.... is awesome.

let's fund a kickstarter now.

"Name's George. SHICK-SHOCK Mortgages and lending."

edited 22nd Nov '13 11:07:49 AM by johnnyfog

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How about an Its A Wonderful Life/Army Of Darkness crossover?

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly.

There should be a It's a Wonderful Life/Evil Dead/Back to the Future/Terminator crossover.

The last hurrah? Nah, I'd do it again.

I'd prefer an It's a Wonderful Life/Doctor Who crossover.

edited 22nd Nov '13 12:34:12 PM by Quag15

Potter's disembodied head lives on in a tank, plotting revenge with his legion of Dalek Repo Men. LIQ-UI-DATE. LIQ-UI-DATE.

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It's a Wonderful Sharknado Life.

It's a Wonderful Life: Revenge of Citizen Kane

"Oh great! Let's pile up all the useless cats and hope a tree falls on them!"

Guys, guys, stop.

You're going to give Seltzer/Friedberg ideas.

But any of those ideas are an improvement over their actual ones!

Whatever became of Uwe Boll's Charlie Chaplin 3D idea?

They're making it into a ride.

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And yet, I would rather see all of these crossovers made than this monstrosity of a sequel . Honestly, I think I've seen the whole "Asshole sees that the world would be better without him" parody about a million times.

Also, that's one of my mom's favorite movies. You don't mess with my mother's beloved things or there will be Hell to pay.

Just dropping in to complement your choice of signature and avatar. You can't go wrong with a bit of "The Who".

Though maybe you can go a little bit wrong with the Tommy movie ^note Still love it, though.

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