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I don't mean a character that was there for some breif scene, I mean some annoying and/or pointless character shoe-horned into a film that otherwise would have been good or at least okay. I don't expect a film to suddenly be made a masterpiece by removing some shit character.
While people in another thread are about to spring Jar Jar Binks upon the poor unsuspecting Onya, it occured to me there are other films that would be improved, even if slightly, by removing somebody. Fans have actually made edits to remove JAr JAr, and I see (I didn't read it), people are now paying for a version that has done that. If only other films were so lucky. Unfortunately, there's no amount of editing that will make The Phantom Menace worth watching again, so it's beyond salvage.
So, what other films could benefit from this? Two came to my mind.
The original "Judge Dredd". By no means a great film, but it could benefit from removing Rob Schneider from it. In fact, most films could benefit from removing Rob Schneider from them, but that's a whole other story.
For some bizarre reason that will probably baffle people until the end of time, the writers not only introduced this completely un-needed character into the film, but then even more strangely went about making him essentially a main character even into the climax of the film. Good God, why?
Anyway, he needs to go.
"The Fifth Element"
You know, I like this film. I want to like it even more, though I won't pretend it's a great science fiction work. But aside from a couple of cheesy score cues with a "hip" beat that should have never have been done (that would help the scenes), much like Dredd there was a sudden introduction of a completely pointless and un-needed character: Ruby Rhod, a rapping super star who's all about flash and no substance who's a whiny bitch that brings a much ill-advised comedic element to every scene he's in. Played by Chirs Tucker of the Rush Hour films, the character is again shoe-horned into the film a a semi main character even to the end. Dear Zod, why?
Editing him out completely and replacing one or two of the score cues, would make this a much better film.
For those of you who have not seen it, here is the shit character at work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poxW5pFQVEw
(yes, his pointless character actually hogs all the spotlight for several minutes in the film for no good reason)
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Jake gittes in chinatown?? 
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How about titantic? Can i remove ALL the characters??!
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How about titantic? Can i remove ALL the characters??!
What, and miss the oppritunity to see DiCaprio freeze to death and callously shoved off into the depths of the freezing ocean? Nah!
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Breakfast at Tiffany's.
You guess which character.
Orangey the Cat?
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Let's remove Elliott "Ted" Gould from bob & carol & ted & alice so that Robert "Bob" Culp wouldn't need to wife-swap - he'd invite Dyan "Alice" Cannon over for a threesome with Natalie "Carol" Wood. 
[revised title: bob ... with carol & alice]
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I don't mean a character that was there for some breif scene, I mean some annoying and/or pointless character shoe-horned into a film that otherwise would have been good or at least okay. I don't expect a film to suddenly be made a masterpiece by removing some shit character.
While people in another thread are about to spring Jar Jar Binks upon the poor unsuspecting Onya, it occured to me there are other films that would be improved, even if slightly, by removing somebody. Fans have actually made edits to remove JAr JAr, and I see (I didn't read it), people are now paying for a version that has done that. If only other films were so lucky. Unfortunately, there's no amount of editing that will make The Phantom Menace worth watching again, so it's beyond salvage.
So, what other films could benefit from this? Two came to my mind.
The original "Judge Dredd". By no means a great film, but it could benefit from removing Rob Schneider from it. In fact, most films could benefit from removing Rob Schneider from them, but that's a whole other story.
For some bizarre reason that will probably baffle people until the end of time, the writers not only introduced this completely un-needed character into the film, but then even more strangely went about making him essentially a main character even into the climax of the film. Good God, why?
Anyway, he needs to go.
"The Fifth Element"
You know, I like this film. I want to like it even more, though I won't pretend it's a great science fiction work. But aside from a couple of cheesy score cues with a "hip" beat that should have never have been done (that would help the scenes), much like Dredd there was a sudden introduction of a completely pointless and un-needed character: Ruby Rhod, a rapping super star who's all about flash and no substance who's a whiny bitch that brings a much ill-advised comedic element to every scene he's in. Played by Chirs Tucker of the Rush Hour films, the character is again shoe-horned into the film a a semi main character even to the end. Dear Zod, why?
Editing him out completely and replacing one or two of the score cues, would make this a much better film.
For those of you who have not seen it, here is the shit character at work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poxW5pFQVEw
(yes, his pointless character actually hogs all the spotlight for several minutes in the film for no good reason)
Made my ears bleed. Again!
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How about titantic? Can i remove ALL the characters??!
What, and miss the oppritunity to see DiCaprio freeze to death and callously shoved off into the depths of the freezing ocean? Nah!
Compelling argument, well reasoned and case forcefully made. Full marks!
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