http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/testaudience Questions tagged with 'testaudience' at Ask MetaFilter. Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:37:05 -0800 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:37:05 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/44396/How%2Dcan%2DI%2Dfind%2Dwhat%2Dtest%2Daudiences%2Druin I'm fascinated by changes instigated by movie/tv test audiences. Any good way to find more (or confirm internet rumors)? After complaining about the ending of THE DESCENT, someone told me there was an alternate ending but test audiences hated it.<br> <br> Time and time again, I've heard the vague rumor about the alternate endings for ARMY OF DARKNESS, an article on <a href="http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9809/28/screen.test/">FATAL ATTRACTION</a> etc that were scrapped for reshoot by fickle midwesterners with a score card. Cat and Girl had a strip about an ending of PRETTY IN PINK where Molly Ringwald chooses Ducky that I still don't know if it's based on fact or not (it's not in imdb). <br> <br> Besides following the specific news of a film as it comes out (google for "test audience changes" get nothing but news about THE BREAKUP), is there book, website or other source of info to find these alternate endings (without flipping through every single imdb entry for "alternative endings")? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.44396 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:37:05 -0800 alternativeending cinema confirmingrumors films movies phillipsvision reshoots resource targetmarkets testaudience tv Gucky