Alternate Ending: "The 13th Floor"

The original ending to "The 13th Floor", with Craig Bierko and Gretchen Mol.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• thirteenth
• floor
• 13th
• science
• fiction
• craig
• bierko
• vincent
• d'onofrio
• gretchen
• mol
• dennis
• haysbert
• roland
• emmerich

[warrblade101]

so.. what the heck were they looking at?

[lonelywalker]

This is the exact question that prompted the filmmakers to do away with this ending and film the ending that is now in the movie.

[ldeliane]

(Comment Part 2.. !)

why not go all the way?

go with this one. with this ending- intriguing. mysterious. that leaves us with sounds of Nature- and a man's eyes reflecting ? what.. ? wonder? fear? disbelief? horror? happiness?

like I said.. I like this ending!

thank you, "Lonelywalker". I'm new to YouTube. wasn't aware there was an alternate ending to this film. and want to thank you for posting it!

[LogicHead]

I feel that the central question and theme of the movie was to explore what is reality. Are experience and perception of experience one and the same or different? The ending here is more enigmatic and mysterious, agreed. The one they put in the movie though drives home the central point. Especially with the last frame turning off the movie like an old fashioned TV screen.

My final verdict: good to see both but I'm glad they picked the ending they did. It brings home the point more intimitely.

[maxwesty]

If this film was released today with this ending, i believe the test audiences would've preferred this one - thought provoking and haunting

[sharkisland89]

I am fine with mystery and ambiguity, but this just doesn't give enough to really speculate about what happened. I really enjoyed the movie but I wish there was an ending that didn't wrap everything up but still left some intrigue.

[ParaChuba]

i think i'm the rare movie-goer that would've appreciated that ending. it leaves the concept of the "outer" world to the viewer's imagination. also, i like the conflicted expression on bierko's face as he realizes where he is.

[Lance241151]

I'd have thought this ending to be better if only they showed what they were seeing outside the window. Humans are curious by nature and withholding this information works against the filmmakers more than it helps. Only a few oddballs will appreciate the "mystery" nonsense aspect that this ending attempts to portray.

I can understand why they changed the ending. I much prefer the retro future office look, to the future house look though. If only they showed outside the window this this ending.

[VadymZbarash]

@twooffour button? Jane opened the window by GLANCING at it. Tells you something about this future, doesn't it?

[VadymZbarash]

I'm desperately looking for a high quality version of this. Anyone know where I can find it?

[twooffour]

This ending sucks. Why? It makes no sense. The baddie jacked himself in to kick everyone's ass in the simulation, right? He jacked himself in. He couldn't have been in some kind of prison room during all that time.

Or what, Douglas just couldn't find the button? Whatever.

[AlternateAlternative]

@BigglesBast09 i would like to know that too lol

[hinze0105]

it's about reality and not reality - maybe we are part of a computer simulation...

...just think about it!