10 Ridiculous Movie Plots That Sound Like Fan Fiction (But Are Real)
Honestly, even fans of these franchises could come up with better ideas than some of these movies.
It’s easy to rip on fan fiction stories. They often paraphrase work in a way that distorts the reality beyond comparison. Readers will see Jackie Chan fighting a possessed Captain America. Other lucky fan fiction observers will see Sleeping Beauty transformed into a werewolf.
These internet auteurs will come up with anything, and it can make these stories excellent. No editor is looking over their shoulder, double-checking their stories. The borders of their imagination are the only restriction. Everyone stumbles upon a bizarre fan fiction with enough time on the internet. They’re everywhere and sometimes, weirdly enough, they’re actually useful. Don't get used to the praise though, because this article is not about good fan fiction
Regardless, fan fiction is its own special kind of service to fandom. There’s no limit to the ideas these writers will come up with. It’s the positive and negative aspects of the style. What blows people’s minds is when these fan fiction setups leak into mainstream franchises. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, boy is it crazy. Never doubt the imagination of a Hollywood screenwriter.
Which brings us to the entire point of this list. Those films that occasionally slip into the realm of fan imagination deserve a call out. Some of them are pretty alright and, sometimes, outright enjoyable. Other films that go this route turn out hilarious and cult-classic comedies (unintentionally). Let’s get wonderfully wacky and weird with movies that simply go all out for fan service.
10. Alien: Resurrection
Anytime a film starts hundreds of years after the last movie it’s getting into fan fiction territory. Alien: Resurrection is one of those films.
The iconic Signorey Weaver returns to her role as Ellen Ripley for this film, except there’s a catch. Ripley is actually a clone known as Ripley 8. Yes, for some reason, a company decides to recreate a woman with severe xenomorph trauma. On top of that, they use her DNA and splice it with a xenomorph Queen.
This whole set up is real. The clone Ripley is used to create a half-alien, half-human hybrid creature. The wild part is it was written by Joss Whedon. Yes, that Joss Whedon, the one who did The Avengers. Whedon definitely pulled out all the weird fan service plot ideas for this film. He creates an entire movie based on the idea of Ripley being a clone in the future and not knowing much about the xenomorphs. It's like a fan wanted to keep her character around but couldn't answer for her being involved in so many alien attacks. Only they would think up this scenario.