Synopsis:

The original 'Source Code' is a good film, but is let down by a shallow and poorly executed twist ending. "Version 1.2" removes the last minute "life" theme and shifts the emphasis to Captain Colter Stevens receiving dignity and closure before embracing his fate. A handful of other small changes have also been made (see cutlist).

Intentions:

I initially went in with the sole aim of ending the movie 5 minutes earlier, so as to rid it of the awful "Love Conquers Plot Holes" ending. But after trying it, it just felt too abrupt. Therefore I decided to take a new approach and alter the narrative during the phone call scene in order to use that footage and provide some finality to the closing shots. This also meant that I had to re-score parts of these scenes in order to cover up some unwanted sound effects (no clean center channel).

Change List:

- Applied colour balance filter to whole film, reducing overly dominant colours and increasing brightness slightly - Added fanedit.org templates - Added Scribbling Man logo - Added custom title - Tightened first train explosion, also: - Removed naff CG shot of train crashing - Tightened second train explosion - Trimmed second post-explosion blackout - Edited all flashes to exclude any "future" memories (and, in one case, created a new one) - Trimmed Stevens getting hit by train - Removed memory flash completely (I.e. Train hits - Stevens Jolts awake) - Removed "Bing" product placement when Stevens is using the woman's phone - Cut “I knew he was a keeper” - Re-edited and rescored phonecall scene. It’s now ambiguous who Stevens calls, and whether he gets through. - Cut some of Goodwins more bizarre expressions when looking at Stevens body. - Trimmed Max’s joke so we hear as little of it as possible without it being jarring. It’s a bad joke. - Cut “Look” “What?” “All this life…” – somewhat poorly placed alongside Max’s sex joke. - Re-edited and rescored film during when everyone freezes to include Stevens phonecall to his dad as a partial voice over. Changed closing shots to the infinite kiss followed by Stevens looking peaceful. - Rescored end credits. Since version 2 (HD Rework), the following has been changed: - Cut "I've been having dreams of you... Really vivid" (It occurred to me that this was referencing the "future memories" that Stevens has which do not exist in this edit; therefore the conversation holds no relevance.) - Slight variation in scoring, due to the HD version being done from scratch.

Additional Notes:

The Gist: - Applied minor colour balance filter - Removed “Love Conquers Plot Holes” Ending. - Rearranged scenes to create new ending narrative. - Shifted the emphasis from “life” to giving Stevens dignity and closure. - A handful of other, minor cuts.

Other Sources:

Source Code OST

Special Thanks:

- To everyone who provided feedback and encouragement (and a particular shout out to Sinbad, who also suggested the title) - To my sister, for designing poster art - To my OTHER sister, for bringing my attention to the memory flashes - To ThrowgnCpr for technical assistance and advice on colour correction - To my brother, whose idea it was to utilise the phone call scene - To anyone else I’ve forgotten…