Deleted Scene From Tomorrowland Could Have Been A Far Superior Alternate Opening To That Film

SPOILERS FOR TOMORROWLAND FOLLOW!!

I had a number of qualms with Tomorrowland, which saddened me considering how much I adored the past features Brad Bird directed. And while there scenes of success in the film, it's, frankly, an extremely poorly written movie, a surprise considering how excellent Birds past endeavors are in terms of storytelling. What's shocking is that there is a way the film could have improved its opening scene, solely by letting this deleted scene, which you can watch below, start the movie off.





First off, I love that Maurice LaMarche is doing that Orson Welles voice he's used in everything from Pinky And The Brain to The Critic to Futurama. It's not only a great impression of that filmmaker, it's also a great voice to use to introduce audiences to this world. Seriously, if you just trimmed this by just 20 seconds or so, this would have been an excellent way to give the audience just enough information to make the story make sense, while leaving enough mystery to keep audiences engaged in what's to come.

Remember how I mentioned that Tomorrowland had problems in its script? Some of its biggest come from the opening scenes, which start out with George Clooney as Frank Welker and Britt Robinson as Casey talking to a camera (which really doesn't make sense in the context of the film, since the ending acts like they've been talking to new Tomorrowland recruits the whole film, telling them their story. But then, why were they talking to a camera at the start of the motion picture? Anywho, that rants done now, moving on) and then shows Frank as a kid discovering Tomorrowland. Right when that's done, we follows Casey, you guessed it, also discovering this mystical realm.

We spend so much time watching both characters just walk around this place, acting all mesmerized that it just gets monotonous. Cut out the wraparound segments with the characters talking to the camera, ditch showing Frank as a kid and just keep the focus on Casey. Have her discover the backstory of Frank when she first meets him, and then have that deleted scene play as a more revealing and visually appealing opening. Doing those things wouldn't have entirely fixed the movie (I still wanna know where the hell everyone in Tomorrowland is in the modern day time period) but it would have made it a far more cohesive film from a story perspective.