35 Deleted Scenes That Change the Way We Look at These Movies

More is always better, right? Alien is one of the greatest movies ever made, so thereby it makes sense that including every single scene that was written or filmed for it would make it even better! Unfortunately, that isn’t how movies work. The old adage says that a movie is written three times: the first time is a script; the second time is during production; and the third time is in the editing bay. These cuts help shape the tone and pacing of the story, makes sure the good stuff hits as hard and potently as the filmmaker intended.

But that doesn’t mean it isn’t interesting to see what ideas got cut from some of our favorite movies. Cuts like…

33 The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises CRACKED.COM Remember when Scarecrow makes people walk across a frozen bay as a trial? A deleted scene shows that it's meant to be a statement on the anti-crime Dent Act, which took away the rights of the accused to things like appeals. There's only room for one anti-hero in this franchise, Jonny boy! — **Source:** **21 Movie Deleted Scenes (That Change A Lot)**

32 Terminator 2

Terminator 2 GRACKED.COM Terminator 2 almost ended with an old Sarah Connor sitting on a park bench, explaining that Judgment Day didn't happen and now everything's peachy. Because what's a more satisfying ending to a movie than the main character going, and then everything was fine! Ok BYEEEEEEE! — **Source:** **21 Movie Deleted Scenes (That Change A Lot)**

31 Rambo: First Place

Rambo: First Blood CRACKED COM The name John Rambo may bring to mind assault rifles and body oil, but there's a lot more going on under the surface. Especially in First Blood's original ending, where our pal Rambo commits suicide with help from his commanding officer. Sadly, it was cut, costing us a series of movies starring... Ghost Rambo! — **Source:** **21 Movie Deleted Scenes (That Change A Lot)**

30 Terminator 3

Terminator 3 CRACKED.COM Wondering why Terminator robots look like Arnold Schwarzenegger? No? Even so, Terminator 3 almost introduced Chief Master Sergeant William Candy, Terminator model played by Arnold Schwarzenegger with a ridiculous overdubbed Southern Accent. Back in a jiffy, y'all! — **Source:** **21 Movie Deleted Scenes (That Change A Lot)**

29 Dr. Strangelove

Dr. Strangelove GRACKED.COM If Dr. Strangelove had followed the original script, we would have been introduced to an alien named Nardac Blefescu, who made the movie from historical records found on a bombed-out earth. Nardac never made the final script, however, nuking their chances at the first Oscar win for an extraterrestrial. — **Source:** **21 Movie Deleted Scenes (That Change A Lot)**

28 Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? CRACKED.COM Remember that scene where, after spending a night in Toontown, Eddie returns with a cartoon pig face on top of his own, facehugger style? Thankfully, you don't, because it was removed. I guess viewers wondering Wait, are the toons some sort of malicious parasite attempting a coup of Earth? was distracting. — **Source:** **21 Movie Deleted Scenes (That Change A Lot)**

27 Forrest Gump

Ever wondered what Forrest Gump said at the rally when the microphones were cut out? UPPORT OUR NG THEM H ЦЕН Act e END w Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don't go home at all. That's a bad thing. That's all I have to say about that. GRACKED.COM — **Source:** **19 Deleted Scenes (That Were Actually Pretty Important)**

26 Natural Born Killers

In the 1994 film, Natural Born Killers, Mickey and Mallory escape from prison, and as implied by flash- forward images, settle down and start a family. In an alternate ending, however, the disappearing guy who is shown in the opening sequence of the film adidas 666 DEATH (and later reappears to help them escape the prison) hitches a ride with them after their escape. After they refuse to take him to Mexico with them (and after Mallory refuses to sleep with him), he blows them both away at point-blank range with a shotgun. I guess. . . fuck 'em if — **Source:** **19 Deleted Scenes (That Were Actually Pretty Important)**

25 Jaws

35 Deleted Scenes That Change the Way We Look at These Movies — **Source:** **19 Deleted Scenes (That Were Actually Pretty Important)**

24 Alien

Alien CRACKED.COM How do you take a nightmare creature from the mind of H.R. Giger and make it even more terrifying? If you answered, make it move by crab-walking like a 4th grader on Field Day, you, like whoever filmed this scene, would be wrong. Never forget the #1 rule of horror: the scary thing shouldn't look dumb as $%#&. — **Source:** **21 Movie Deleted Scenes (That Change A Lot)**

23 The Empire Strikes Back

C-3PO is a cunning warrior. In this deleted scene from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, during the escape from Hoth Base C-3PO takes a second to rip a sign off a door. When the Imperial Stormtroopers come through and open the door searching for Rebels, they find the room is filled with deadly wampas. The same snow creature that almost killed Luke Skywalker earlier in the movie. GRACKED.COM — **Source:** **19 Deleted Scenes (That Were Actually Pretty Important)**

22 Alien

The original script of Alien (1979) had an alternative darker ending with the creature biting Ripley's head off and then mimicking her voice as it made a last log entry. However, that would have meant sh***ing on the whole franchise. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **19 Deleted Scenes (That Were Actually Pretty Important)**

21 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Doesn't Scotty seem a wee bit more upset than he should be here? There is a good reason why. In this deleted scene from Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, this young man who stayed at his post when the trainees ran is introduced as Midshipman Peter Preston, Scotty's youngest nephew. GRACKED.COM — **Source:** **19 Deleted Scenes (That Were Actually Pretty Important)**

20 Superman II

At the end of Superman II, the Kryptonians appear to fall to their deaths. A deleted scene showed them being arrested afterward. This means Superman isn't a murderer after all! CRACKED COM — **Source:** **19 Deleted Scenes (That Were Actually Pretty Important)**

19 Return of the Jedi

Obi-Wan would have told you long ago had I let him... A recently discovered deathbed scene from 'Return of the Jedi' acknowledges that Yoda had forbidden Obi-Wan Kenobi from telling Luke that Darth Vader was his father. Luke was then trained in the Jedi arts to eventually face and kill Vader with the intention of never disclosing the important detail of Luke's paternity despite Obi-Wan's apparent objection to the idea. This revelation reveals the cute, funny-talking Yoda is actually a self-serving dick who puts the means to an end above morality while redeeming Obi-Wan for the reasoning of why he — **Source:** **19 Deleted Scenes (That Were Actually Pretty Important)**

18 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One

Harry Potter - CRACKED.COM In a deleted scene from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1, we see Dudley Dursley apologizing to Harry for how he treated him. Apparently they thought a Dudley Dursley redemption arc was essential, even when he was more likely on track to be moderating some weird anti-wizard subreddit. — **Source:** **21 Movie Deleted Scenes (That Change A Lot)**

17 Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller's Day Off CRACKED.COM Ever wonder how Ferris financed his famous day off? The original script answers that question: Ferris steals and cashes savings bonds his dad has stashed away. If there's one thing that's gonna make your dad more mad than stealing from him, it's stealing AND costing him that sweet compound interest. — **Source:** **21 Movie Deleted Scenes (That Change A Lot)**

16 Clerks

Clerks CRACKED.COM A deleted scene almost had the movie Clerks ending with Dante being murdered during a robbery attempt, credits fading in over his lifeless body crumpled next to the sour straws under the counter. In the end, they went with an ending that didn't show the soul draining from a man's eyes. Boooooring! — **Source:** **21 Movie Deleted Scenes (That Change A Lot)**

15 Back to the Future

Back to the Future CRACKED.COM A thankfully deleted scene features a homophobic spin on the Grandfather Paradox. Says Marty, This is the kinda thing that could screw me up permanently... what if I go back to the future and I end up being... gay? It was cut, we assume because they realized that this isn't something anybody wants on film. — **Source:** **21 Movie Deleted Scenes (That Change A Lot)**

14 The Thing

Instead of the ambigous ending in the1982 version of The Thing where the viewers don't know whether or not Childs or MacReady is infected... The alternate ending shows the camp burning and a Husky (The Thing) escaping into the wilderness free to terrorize the world. You think a bunch of scientists could think of something better than BLOW IT UP!!! CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **19 Deleted Scenes (That Were Actually Pretty Important)**

13 Alien

In what would also have been the first time the line 'kill me' was heard in an Alien film, Ripley finds Dallas and Brett cocooned, undergoing metamorphosis... A L I E N ...into facehugger eggs. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **19 Deleted Scenes (That Were Actually Pretty Important)**

12 In Bruges

11 The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

IN THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE FINAL BATTLE IN LORD THE THE RETURN THE OF OF RINGS THE KING SAURON HIMSELF APPEARS AS AN ANGELIC BEING THEN TRANSFORMS AND BATTLES ARAGON: GOOD VS. EVIL! - LIGHT VS. DARK! SOUNDS UNBELIEVABLY EPIC, RIGHT? WELL, THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. DIRECTOR PETER JACKSON REALIZED THE FIGHT SORTA DISTRACTED FROM THE REAL IMPORTANT STUFF REGARDING THIS GUY so SAURON WAS DIGITALLY REPLACED WITH A BIG TROLL INSTEAD. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **19 Deleted Scenes (That Were Actually Pretty Important)**

10 Thor

IN THIS DELETED SCENE OF THOR IT'S SHOWN THAT LOKI WAS IN FACT MADE THE LEGITIMATE HEIR OF ODIN'S THRONE PERHAPS SOME GUYS ARE TOO PROUD TO EXPLAIN THEMSELVES WHEN THEY'RE RIGHT CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **19 Deleted Scenes (That Were Actually Pretty Important)**

9 Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Who Framed Roger Rabbit TODAY WE CO-MITT TH' BODY OF BROTHA ACME... NOT 008 CRACKED.COM The death of Marvin Acme is the centerpiece of the movie's plot. However, despite its importance, the studio deemed it maybe a little overboard to include his funeral, complete with sobbing cartoon mourners. Grief is a natural part of life, but I don't need to see Yosemite Sam going through it. — **Source:** **21 Movie Deleted Scenes (That Change A Lot)**

8 Pretty Woman

Pretty Woman CRACKED.COM Pretty Woman's original script wasn't all shopping montages and bubble baths. In the first screenplay, Edward was also trying to get Vivian to quit using crack cocaine. Because as we all know, rich people would NEVER abuse cocaine. — **Source:** **21 Movie Deleted Scenes (That Change A Lot)**

7 Leon: The Professional

Leon: the Professional CRACKED.COM The Professional isn't exactly a goofy family flick to begin with, but be thankful they didn't leave in the part from the original script where Leon and the 13-year-old Mathilda have sex. Yup. Really. Thank god some executive raised their hand in a meeting to ask, Hey, how necessary is the child sex part? — **Source:** **21 Movie Deleted Scenes (That Change A Lot)**

6 Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park GRACKED.COM John Hammond's cloned dinos were even more messed up than we thought. Remember that sick triceratops? A deleted scene shows it's subject to a grim fate shared by every dino, due to how they were made. Turns out Hammond's mosquito-frog-dino genetic minestrone leads to short, painful lives. — **Source:** **21 Movie Deleted Scenes (That Change A Lot)**

5 The Shining

Stanley Kubrick deleted a final scene from THE SHINING after the film showed in theaters one week Stuart Ullman visits Danny and Wendy in the hospital. Не informs Wendy that the police found nothing supernatural in their search of the Overlook Hotel THEN GIVES DANNY JACK'S YELLOW TENNIS BALL. This cut scene, unavailable anywhere, indicated that Ullman knew about the evil in the Overlook and possibly hired Jack to carry on the murders. http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/butting/hining/hospital.html CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **19 Deleted Scenes (That Were Actually Pretty Important)**

4 Star Trek

GRACKED COM In a deleted scene from J.J. Abrams' 2009 Star Trek, we see young Jimmy Kirk with his older brother George. George has had it with their abusive uncle Frank and decides to leave little Jimmy behind to deal with him alone Cut to young Jimmy washing uncle Frank's (his dads) Corvette. Не finds the keys over the sun visor. — **Source:** **19 Deleted Scenes (That Were Actually Pretty Important)**

3 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

IN AN ALTERNATE SCRIPT FOR ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, IT'S REVEALED THAT JOEL AND CLEMENTINE CONTINUE ERASING EACH OTHER AND GETTING BACK TOGETHER FOR FIFTY YEARS, CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **19 Deleted Scenes (That Were Actually Pretty Important)**

2 Hannibal

In the original ending of Hannibal (2001) Clarice Starling lets Lecter kiss her as a distraction to handcuff his wrist to hers. Lecter uses a knife to cut his hand instead of Starling's. Lecter sacrificed himself in this ending for his love for her. In the deleted alternate ending, the kiss is never interrupted by the handcuffing. She lets Lecter escape, implying that Starling is sacrificing herself for Lecter, completely changing the meaning of the ending. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **19 Deleted Scenes (That Were Actually Pretty Important)**

1 Terminator

THE FACTORY SHOWDOWN: Hey check out the computer I'll bet we chip I found in that could build some hydraulic press! sweet robots with that thing! THE FACTORY: E CYBERDYNE SYSTEMS OH. OOPS. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **19 Deleted Scenes (That Were Actually Pretty Important)**

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