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Culture: Movie: Plot: Variable
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let the people choose what they watch

For a long time, movies have sometimes been filmed with alternate endings. my idea requires many multiple endings (because of some stupid math thing with exponents), plus multiple segments within the film, a responsive projector operator and little electronic buttons on the chairs in the theatre.

The movie would be shot in first person, kinda like those virtual roller coaster things, only with a plot. when a major turning point arrives, a list of choices shows up on the screen, and the audience has a minute to vote for what they want to happen next, using the buttons (button 1 for choice 1, etc). The projectioner then looks at a computer monitor which tabulates the votes, and he puts on the corrensponding film reel.

Added bonus, you could go to the same movie and see something different each time.
-- schematics, May 07 2004

parallel movies http://www.halfbake...l_20film_20releases
Sort of like this, but different [schematics, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]

choose your own adventure on HB http://www.halfbake...Adventure_20DVD_27s
oops, been done [dentworth, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]

Audience mood changing movie endings http://www.bbc.com/...hange-movie-endings
[theircompetitor, May 09 2013]

my family tends to wait for popular movies to come out on DVD..."and now out on DVD, Alternate Endings, as voted in by live audiences." I guess the endings would all be included in the DVD's "how we did it "section and the best ending would be on the actual movie.
-- dentworth, May 07 2004


the dvd could have decisions too, kinda like those "choose your own adventure books"
-- swimr, May 07 2004


/dentworth/ sorry about the plagiarism. my is slightly different than that, in terms of scale and the first person bit.
-- schematics, May 07 2004


Ancient.
-- waugsqueke, May 07 2004


"Oh man, the Rocky Horror Picture Show again?"
-- RayfordSteele, May 07 2004



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