Little Shop of Horrors.

Nosphyrus talks about a movie he loved as a child, Little Shop of Horrors starring Rick Moranis. Hmm... a movie about a creature that feeds on blood. No wonder Nosphyrus loved it so much.

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[DsAngel1211]

I personally would have voted against it myself. I watched the original ending and I hated it. I do not think that it really fit into the movie. Then u had plants poppin out everywhere, that is crazy, I don't think anyone would have kept the plants once they figured out what was up.

[DrPeterVenkman1983]

@DsAngel1211 I know what you mean, and as I've said, I definitely agree. I'm not that big of a fan of the original ending. More so the movie, but even the play, were just otherwise presented way too light-heartedly, and then all of a sudden, such a downer ending? Don't get me wrong. Downer endings can be AWESOME! But, it has to be otherwise presented the right way. Usually, when it is kind of a dark story pretty much throughout anyway. This one was too campy and goofy for such a sad ending.

[ExclusiveCheese]

This would've been my favorite movie. But no, they have to change the ending. It was supposed to be an art film with humorous overtones, great musical numbers, and AN IMPORTANT MORAL LESSON ABOUT MURDER.

[DrPeterVenkman1983]

I know what you mean. But, I think in a way it still is that. The movie was changed in many ways that made Seymour look a lot more innocent. In the play, he more directly caused many of the deaths and feedings to Audrey II. In the movie, they kind of happen by accident. Even in the scene with the dentist, he couldn't bring himself to actually kill him. So, in a way, it has the same lesson in that Seymour finally saves the day and kills the plant.

[ExclusiveCheese]

@DrPeterVenkman1983 Seymour just stands there, letting the dentist die. Same with Mushnik. And hell, the least they could've done is NOT send Seymour to SOMEWHERE THAT'S GREEN. He ended up getting everything he ever wanted. And that wouldn't have happened if he didn't kill two innocent people. He just says "Aw shucks", and the events of the previous 90 minutes are forgotten as he gets everything he ever wanted. Plus, the happy ending is just anti-climatic. No SFX sequence, no cry-your-eyes-out,

[DrPeterVenkman1983]

The scene with the dentist looked a lot more innocent in the movie, though. It looked more like Seymour didn't realize exactly what was happening quickly enough to help. In the play, Seymour knows exactly what is happening and lets him die. Mushnick did look a little worse, but even then in the movie he did sort of try to warn him, it was just too late. So, I always kind of felt like they made him seem more like a good guy who got taken advantage of by the evil plant.

[DsAngel1211]

@drumlug13 ok but what I am saying is they were selling the smaller versions of these plants in this other ending. so seriously, they had to feed the fuckers something to make then grow, would u bloody well feed a plant that would move. only if u were dumb as hell

[drumlug13]

@DsAngel1211 Well the people that purchased the plants were, and I quote, "unsuspecting jerks from maine to california". They thought they'd be getting "fancy condos in beverly hills". By the time Seymour and everyone else realized what the plant wanted, it was big enough to get food itself. Watch the last scene again.

[DarkPlauge241]

@ExclusiveCheese They were actually gonna have the original ending but the test audiences voted against it :/

[1thugprince09]

@ExclusiveCheese I know this is over nine months old but i just had to put my input in ya know and if you think about it the dentist was an abrussive boyfriend to the girl of seymours dreams I get why you say he shouldn't have just let him die the way he did but if you think about it what if one day the dentist got real pissed at audrey then he "accidently" beat her to death theres always two sides to a good story

[CatClaws27]

I think that the original ending is better. Because it shows how desperate Seymour is. He's not just an innocent little dude working in a flower shop. He's a tormented orphan who hates where he is and wants a better life. Seymour found Audrey II and realized that he was his only hope to finally get out of Skid Row once and for all. He knew what he was doing the whole time. He's not supposed to be innocent. Just clumsy, and timid. Innocent is not the word.

[chrisrocks4]

meh idk i liked both endings so im happy with them both i dont care about the moral of the story i just liked watching the plant blow up :)

[ExclusiveCheese]

He was supposed to look innocent. You can tell from the shots and facial expressions in Suppertime, for example, that Seymour isn't sure he wants to off Mushnik...but he backs him into the plant, with that whole "Should I be doing this?" look on his face, stuttering as he considered the consequences. But it's too late. As nervous and guilty as he was during the killings, that doesn't justify them. And all because of the plant, SEYMOUR CAN ESCAPE SKID ROW. And he owes it all to murder.