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Machinima | Language English Length 1-10 mins | |
Debut 6 July 2005; 11 years ago (2005-07-06) | ||
How It Should Have Ended (HISHE) is an animated webseries that parodies popular films by creating alternate endings and pointing out various flaws. Endings for many major movies have been presented, using the tagline ‘sometimes movies don't finish the way we'd like’.
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History
How It Should Have Ended began after Daniel Baxter and Tommy Watson started discussing alternate endings for a movie they had watched. In 2005 their first animation How Matrix Revolutions Should Have Ended was completed and soon after in July, 2005 the website was established. Christina "Tina" Alexander, who has previously worked with Daniel, joined the team shortly thereafter.
HISHE was awarded the "Best Internet Parody" award for How Superman Should Have Ended by Spike TV at the 2006 Scream Awards at the Pantages Theater Hollywood, California. and was featured in an MTV Comedy and Talent Showcase at the Hollywood Improv. It has also been featured as a Yahoo! Profile Pick and has appeared in both Fade In and Wired magazines.
On March 5, 2007 HISHE was launched on YouTube as HISHEdotcom. It has attracted notable appearances such as Stan Lee himself in the parody of The Amazing Spider-Man.
In September 2009 How It Should Have Ended joined Starz Digital Media which now handles all licensing. In April 2010, How It Should Have Ended was awarded the Streamy Award for Best Animated Web Series at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles.
On June 30, 2013, a video was uploaded on TheFineBros channel which features the Teens React teens watching the Lord Of The Rings, Harry Potter, and The Hunger Games HISHE Videos.
In November 2013, Batman and Superman from "Super Cafe" guest starred in the Nostalgia Critic's review of Man of Steel, at the end of the episode where The Critic parodies Super Cafe. HISHE also featured in the Screen Junkies series Honest Trailers in the episodes about "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" and "Star Trek Into Darkness".
Statistics
As of April 6, 2014 HISHE had 3,328,232 subscribers and 673,522,879 views.
As of January 10, 2015, about 8 months later HISHE had 4,418,182 subscribers and 879,357,066 views. A further 16 month later (May 18, 2016) HISHE had 6,140,916 subscribers and 1,365,102,166 views. By the same time HISHE had amassed over 200,000 likes on its Facebook account, over 19,000 followers on its Instagram account and over 11,000 followers on its Twitter account
Critical reception
HISHE has received many positive reviews about its animation and alternate endings to popular movies. IMDb gave it a rating of 8.6/10 from 916 users. Some of the parodies which were most popular with the reviewers are of Lord Of The Rings, Spider-Man 3, Harry Potter and Superman. HISHE's short animations of Superman and Batman sitting in a café (dubbed Super Cafe), discussing various flaws in movies along with the characters of the movie such as Iron Man, The Avengers and even the Super Mario games, have also been well received.
HISHE Features
On May 12, 2015 HISHE launched a series named 'HISHE Features'. This series aims to put the spotlight on lesser known YouTube animators or movie related channels. It is also used to bridge the gap between HISHE's own videos.
The series has been a success, both in terms of views and features, which include Ricepirate, OnlyLeigh, BrotherhoodWorkshop as well as Hank and Jed. The series has however received some criticism from fans who believe the content is not up to par with HISHE's own and could therefore damage their reputation. HISHE has responded by refuting these claims stating that it is beneficial to all parties involved.
HISHE Kids
HISHE launched an additional channel called HISHE Kids, with the show Fixed Fairy Tales.
Super Cafe
The Super Cafe is a segment that debuted at the end of How Superman Should Have Ended which featured Superman discussing the alternate events of the 1978 Superman film in a cafe with Batman, which began the trend of the Super Cafe. Though it is thought to be based on Seinfeld, the clips are actually based on the final scene of Daniel Baxter's favorite film, Swingers, with Superman standing in for Trent and Batman standing in for Mike.
In various superhero episodes of How it Should have Ended, altered or added scenes are shown from the superhero film, followed by the superheroes that appear in the movie interacting with Batman and Superman (both voiced by Daniel Baxter) in the Super Cafe; it also always appears at the end of each episode. The Super Cafe segment is featured in every superhero film the series has covered so far. Superman and Batman also make a brief appearance in a cafe in the How Pulp Fiction Should Have Ended. The segment was also used in the Nostalgia Critic's review of Man of Steel. A companion segment called the "Villain Pub" which features many popular villains like Loki, the Joker, Voldemort and many more began with How Thor: The Dark World Should Have Ended.
There are numerous running gags in the Super Cafe segments, the most notable being in which Batman always explains his various accomplishments and abilities or finds some kind of excuse to say his catchphrase "Because I'm Batman!", much to Superman's irritation.
Villain Pub episodes
Note: Each episode features patrons The Joker, Loki, Lord Voldemort & bartender Sheev Palpatine.