Twist they should have had at the end - Flight of the Navigator (1986) Discussion

[–] Vinalbridglall 14 years ago

That would add a nice "awww" moment.

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[–] chilipalmer 14 years ago

God no, the less sarah jessica parker the better.

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[–] Phoenix_is_the_City 13 years ago

Well obviously it wouldn't be her, it would be another girl since its 8 YEARS before

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[–] keetsh 11 years ago

touché

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[–] DeepFriedJello 11 years ago

I was actually wondering if Carolyn was the girl he liked in the boat as I had forgotten her name and would have been about the correct age and look. But the ending was kinda lame: "love you", "love you too", and by the way I have this weird puppet creature.

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[–] beecee101 14 years ago

If someone forced me to re-write the ending it would be the girl he liked on her bike as he focused in after the Max deal. That would have been cool.

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[–] gwnightscream 13 years ago

I've loved this film since I was a kid and really
like the idea of David getting together with
Jennifer or seeing Carolyn younger at the
end. The ending would've been special.

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[–] pimp4u 13 years ago

David seeing Carolyn McAdams 8 years younger as a kid would have been a great addition (especially since that role wouldn't have been played by Sarah Jessica Parker).

What I don't get about the ending is that the kid has been missing for several hours and the parents are in a boat playing with fireworks???

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[–] beecee101 13 years ago

I have to disagree about the parents not freaking out. This was an 80's movie and kids were given much more leeway in terms of going out and playing etc. Today America is soft. Helmets on kids riding bikes / chidren having cell phones/ The whole don't talk to anyone you don't know plus dozens of other examples.

Kids these days are treated like wussies. If I were ever to wear a helment on my BMX hangin' out w/ other friends I would be laughed out of the neighborhood!

Let kids be kids and stop making them neurotics!

Back to the film, a classic. Totally love it. This movie will never get old to me.

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[–] cosmic_quest 13 years ago

I do think we overly molly-coddle kids today but not when it comes to helmets on bikes. I was an 80s/90s kid and we were always made to wear helmets after a friend's kid brother fell off his bike and was in a coma for weeks. Now I work in a kids' hospital, I'm even more obsessed with kids wearing helmets. I see too many concussed kids coming in after bike falls without helmets.

As for the OP's idea, that would have been a nice touch.

"I always pretend to root for Gryffindors but, secretly, I love my Slytherin boys."~ Karen, W&G

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[–] beecee101 13 years ago

Have ridden my bikes for way many years. Even trying jumps and stuff. Have skinned knees and such but know noone that had a head injury. Unless you live in a big city, wearing a helment will end up causing an accident before helping one! Let kids be kids!!!! Stop scaring them!

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[–] the_puppy_killer 13 years ago

If George Lucas would have made this film, that's exactly how it would have ended.

Must admit though, I do like the idea, but where exactly was the NASA base located? would have made it feel like a very small world.

Well, here's to freedom!

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[–] pops_mcfly 13 years ago

Helmets do actually cause more good than harm,The sad fact being that if kids didn't wear bike helmets, then some jackass-typically greedy parents would file a lawsuit and constantly make false claims of brain damage, against the bicycle companies(most likely)or anyone else they could find to terrorize simply in a quest to get money they don't deserve. Granted, it happens already, but in this lawsuit-happy society we have,helmets are needed to protect everyone else that exists as well.

Slobberknocker!

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[–] Promontorium 12 years ago

I appreciate what you're saying about kids growing up. It's a whole different universe in America now than it was 30 years ago.

But not using a helmet is just stupid. I don't know what you mean about kids in cities, the vast majority of people in America live in cities. A car doesn't care about your child's carefree attitude. There's nothing paranoid about making the most minimal effort at safety.

When I was a kid in the 80s they said we needed a giant flag, lights, reflectors, a bell, knee pads, elbow pads, and a helmet. For the love of Christ just have the kid wear the helmet.

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[–] dchipman 12 years ago

Do we know how soon after he left his family he returned at the end? No we don't. His folks could have gotten the boat ready, and such, and then he shows up, as we see at the end.

Won't that be grand? Computers and the programs will start thinking and the people will stop

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[–] dchipman 12 years ago

Interesting thought, but we have no idea where Carolyn was as a kid. She could have been anywhere.

Won't that be grand? Computers and the programs will start thinking and the people will stop

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[–] blynnpatton 11 years ago

When he went back he apparently wasn't missing for several hours. The robot on the ship said that he usually took them back to a time just a few minutes after he took them. I think that's what he did at the end.

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[–] Squirrel-5 12 years ago

even more interesting would be if Carolyn and Jennifer were the same person.

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[–] danisdabomb 12 years ago

she wouldve remembered him. But then again Biff or George didn't remember Marty either after 30 years.

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[–] hillbrian2005 12 years ago

I bet David had a harrd time sleeping after getting home ethat night. After all that had happened.

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[–] Impaladriver223 11 years ago

I don't think that she would have remembered him at all. I mean it was said at the beginning that Jennifer and David never really talked that much because he was too afraid to go and talk to her. But she still recognized him from school. But it would have been a long time for her to remember him. But then again she could have remembered him being the kid that disappeared when she was younger and parents freaking out. Then he shows up out of nowhere at the same age. Wouldn't she freak when she saw him or ask him many questions? But still nice idea.

Oh that's more funny then a screen door on a battle ship- Biff Tannen

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[–] freebird1987 11 years ago

I think the ending was perfect the way it was.

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[–] avortac4 (3746) 5 months ago

That's what some 'romance-hungry youtuber bimbo hag' wanted for the ending, and I gasped as to how ANYONE in the world can wish for _MORE_ injected romance in movies!

Don't they have enough romance already, when they have their own romance movies, but also every single family movie, action movie, sci-fi movie - you NAME IT - has already been THOROUGHLY CONTAMINATED by this bullshít!

It's like the wealthiest people can NEVER have enough money.. how much is enough? Come on!

Let us have a HANDFUL of movies that do not have injected romance - that is one of the BEST things about this movie, that it doesn't have injected romance in it (well, not really)!

And you want to RUIN this rare treasure? What's wrong with you, huh? Did you escape from a mental institution or did you run out of some kind of anti-psychotic meds?

Try to list movies that do NOT have injected romance in them... of course 'romance movies' are full of romance, but I am talking about movies that IN NO WAY need it, but it has been injected because of the FEAR that women might not want to see a great story or a good movie if their infinite lust for 'will-they-won't-they' isn't satisfied in every God damn movie ever.

Off the top of my head, I can only think of a few (I know there are at least seven):

- Bad Taste
- Misery
- E.T. (besides a very tiny, brief moment)
- Flight of the Navigator
- First Blood

Injecting romance into every single sci-fi/action/space/timetravel/mystery/thriller/adventure/etc. movie is like injecting sports as a major ingredient into every single chick flick ever made. Would women like that? PROBABLY NOT!

But at least they would know how a rational human being feels when watching movies with constant interruption and story-corrosion by some predictable, long-winded syrap that does not need to be there. Groan.

AND YOU WANT MORE OF IT?! You are like a rich king in ancient Europe that taxes its people to death and still wants to tax them more. HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?!

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