Dozens of classic films would have had drastically different endings if Hollywood’s leading lights had access to today’s technology, a study has today revealed.
The tongue-in-cheek findings suggest that ET could have got home a lot quicker if he had a satellite phone, speed cameras may have stopped Michael J Fox going Back to the Future and Finding Nemo would have been a shorter film if the errant clownfish had been fitted with GPS.
The study has even suggested Richard Curtis’ romcom Notting Hill would never happen now as bookshops have been replaced by Kindles.
High street electronics retailer Maplin commissioned the study as part of its first ever national television advertising campaign, based around “Maplin Moments” where technology comes to the rescue.
Breffni Walsh, group marketing officer at Maplin Electronics, said: “We all think about alternate endings to our favourite films and in an age where technology is everywhere, it is interesting to think how these might have changed if they had included a tech moment.
“Looking at the results a Maplin Moment could have meant a happier ending for some of these iconic characters.”
