The studio felt the ending was too dark and proposed a bunch of alternatives, which were all shot down by David Fincher.>Mills drops the gun and brings John Doe in.>Mills shoots John Doe non-lethally and brings him in.>Sommerset throws his knife at Mills' arm to disarm him and they bring John Doe in.>Mills shoots Sommerset so he won't interfere with him killing John Doe.>Sommerset shoots John Doe before Mills can so John Doe doesn't win.>The head in the box belongs to Mills and Tracy's dog, and Mills and Sommerset then have to find Tracy, who has been abducted by John Doe.>Instead of turning himself in, John Doe lures Mills and Sommerset into a trap at an abandoned church which he sets on fire. John Doe captures Mills, ties him up and carves a cross on his chest, causing him to bleed to death. Sommerset is too late to save Mills and shoots John Doe in a rage, completing the seven sins. Tracy survives and leaves the city heartbroken, while Sommerset decides not to retire anymore.Would any of them have worked?
>>219594914>Sommerset shoots John Doe before Mills can so John Doe doesn't win.I thought that was going to be the ending when I first watched it. Would’ve been more satisfying.
>>219594914>Sommerset shoots John Doe before Mills can so John Doe doesn't win.That would be pruty good, the rest are shit
>>219594914Maybe if Fincher listened he would still have a real job instead of working for nigflix.
>>2195949144s pretty good, sad but good
Dog ending
>>219594914>Mills shoots Sommerset so he won't interfere with him killing John Doe.This is even darker though.
>>219594914>Sommerset shoots John Doe before Mills can so John Doe doesn't win.This ending would have been even more kino if you ask me.
>>219594914>The head in the box belongs to Mills and Tracy's dog, and Mills and Sommerset then have to find Tracy, who has been abducted by John Doe.lmao I love the absurdity of this"I ki-dnapped Tracy and cut off HER DOG's head! Haha now you have limited time to find her before she dies too!"I can't believe how much money they must have wasted filming all these endings
>>219594914>Mills shoots John Doe non-lethally and brings him in.Why are noguns so obsessed with this concept? >"Just shoot him in the leg! Artery? What's that?"
>>219594950100%>already on retirement >they would have given him some loophole to not have jailtimehonestly i already knew the whole thing was a trap, if was Sommerset I would of forced Mills somehow to not be allowed there. IDKI was surprised still, but I just IDK the entire thing immediately read that this isn't a good thing to do.
>>219594914>Sommerset shoots John Doe before Mills can so John Doe doesn't win.this should've been the ending, an old cop sacrifices his freedom so a young guy wouldn't ruin his life because of some nutcase, absolute kino
>>219594914Sommerset shooting John Doe to death is the only one that wouldn’t have been a total cop out, that coulda been good
>>219599142Mills probably got off. What jury would convict him?
>>219598926To be fair, so long as you received medical attention within the "golden hour" (the modern standard among paramedics is actually ~10 minutes but I digress), you're very likely to survive even catastrophic gunshot wounds.
Reminder that the execs wanted to make a sequel called Ei8ht where Sommerset had psychic powersBoth the director and Freeman responded with "that's stupid as fuck, no."The idea was later turned into an unrelated movie starring anthony hopkins
Another trivia: the knife dick actor stayed up for two nights straight before filming his scenes, and hyperventilated before each take, in order ro get the perfect panicked/ptsd look
