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[Originally posted on http://obsessive-geek.blogspot.com/]

A wise man once said "it's unprofessional to rewrite a movie as you're watching it." I'd have to respectfully disagree. Rewriting a work that you don't find particularly good or engrossing can be fun if done to stimulate your own creative ways.

And so comes REWRITES!!! in which I attempt to make films I feel aren't all that good an see if I can come up with something better. For my first arrogant attempt: The Doom Generation. While I've never truly seen the entire movie proper (only seen Oancitizen's critique on it), but from what I've seen of it, I'm pretty sure that using the character archetypes Gregg Araki put in the film create... well, something anyway.

And here...we...go:

• Since Jordan White in the film seems to be something of a blank slate, he'll be recast as more of a lost soul aimlessly wandering the country sustained by only drugs and haunted by surreal visions of an alternate white haired version of himself. Amy Blue and Xavier Red, however, will be just as they are, as to represent two sides: apathy(Amy) and anarchy(Xavier).

• Throughout the film, Amy and Xavier would basically act as temptations for Jordan, with both Amy a Xavier offering "true freedom" from society, accentuated by his lustful desires for both o them.

• As he travel with these two, we see even more strange imagery through Jordan's eyes. After the murder of the shopkeeper, for instance, he would start speaking to Jordan on various WHYS: why did he have to die, why didn't he do anything and why would he let his children witness it.

• At this point, Jordan decides to keep everyone there so they can face justice. The shopkeeper's wife, intent on gutting her children, is foiled by Jordan and is knocked out saving the kids. As the police come, all three are shocked to realize that the police intend on just murdering them. After a brief fight which  ends in the cop's deaths, Jordan has no choice but to go on the run with Xavier and Amy.

• As they move through town to town, Jordan notices that more and more people seem to be taking on the personality traits of Xavier and Amy, embracing either apathy or anarchy. 

• Jordan's white haired counterpart come in with the dead shopkeeper to converse with him offer him these cryptic words: YOU MUST BE CHANGE.

• As they all head further through the country, they end up at a highly populated city (any will really do) and happen upon a riot for "true freedom" by way of anarchy. As he witnesses the carnage as despair wrought by the riot, he finds a young man bloodied and beaten. As he sees the man's wallet being stolen, he confronts the thief who brushes him off. It is here, Jordan has a epiphany. Society itself has broken down. And Amy and Xavier are the heralds of it all.

• Jordan finally decides to stop Xavier and Amy. For Amy, he makes her feel empathy for an old woman cradling her dead daughter. For Xavier, he stops him from raping a young man and delivering him to the cops.

• Conversing with his white haired counterpart one last time, Jordan's hair goes white. The film end with Jordan I the middle of a street, surrounded by people. In the end he proclaims to the crowd that we all must go forth and cure society of its ills. The crowd is then shown to all have Jordan's white hair. The End.

While what I've written is by no means perfect, I do feel that it would make for a very compelling movie. So talk amongst yourselves an tell me if this is a good idea or B.S. from some arrogant bastard.

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