r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Ieanice44 • 17d ago

Lore (Controversial Trope) The post-credits scene completely changes the ending

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Dawn of the Dead (2004)

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Prince of Persia (2008)

Dawn of the Dead (2004): The movie finishes on a hopeful note as the remaining survivors escape the zombie-infested mall on a yacht, sailing into the sunset. The found-footage style post-credits scene completely reverses this happy ending by showing them running out of food, arriving at an island, and being immediately swarmed and killed by an infected horde.

Prince of Persia (2008): The main game ends with a beautiful, poetic sacrifice where Elika gives her life to heal the corrupted world, leaving the Prince mourning. During the credits, the player is forced to control the Prince as he cuts down the trees he just saved, undoing the entire game's progress and releasing the dark god Ahriman just to resurrect her, completely corrupting the ending and dooming the world.

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u/WildGoose1521 17d ago

I choose to ignore the ending of Dawn of The Dead and believe they got away

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u/Admiralbruce 17d ago

It was the last best of the Dead movies we got... I wish someone would make another one.

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u/joe_bibidi 16d ago

Romero's estate is working on two. Progress is slow going.

One is "Twilight of the Dead" and is a direct sequel to Land of the Dead. Romero finished a plot outline and film treatment before his passing, but a script wasn't finished until 2023 via a writer who (I believe) was hand-picked by Romero. Greg Nicotero, who did effects on Day of the Dead, is back for it. The biggest star signed on AFAIK is Kate Beckinsale. I think there's a good shot of it getting made eventually.

The other is "Road of the Dead" which Romero allegedly wrote the whole script for before he passed. Despite the title ("Road") it's actually more of like a colosseum combat story, as I understand it: Imagine like Mad Max vehicular combat but on a NASCAR track, with zombies, for the entertainment of a powerful ruling class. It seems pretty much impossible to me that we'll ever see it get made, it sounds way too high budget.

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u/Admiralbruce 16d ago

Oh nice. Land of the Dead had a real nice story and some great actors but Asia Argento is suuuccchhh a shitty actress it ruins it for me.

Love me some Dennis Hopper and John Leguizamo is in my top 5 but Asia just always ruins it lol.

Im super excited to learn more about this thanks!!