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This is a tasteless theoretical exercise I used to toss around with my employees at the video store.  It is sort of along the lines of questions like, "If you could go back in time and kill Hitler to prevent WWII, would you?" only with a cinematic twist.  The goal is to snip a "problem" at the root by taking out the person responsible.  But you want to disconnect the earliest chain possible.  Here's an example:

Problem:  Personally, I hate the fact that filmgoers tend to associate bigger budgets with better movies, AKA The Blockbuster.

Solution:  While one could argue that Blockbusters have existed as long as the big studios (Gone With the Wind, etc), I tend to think it was under control until the release of Jaws in 1975.  Now I happen to like Jaws, but if I could, I would go back in time and assassinate Steven Spielberg to prevent that film from having been made as that, in turn, will prevent Jerry Bruckheimer-types from taking over the world.

Got it?  Who would you kill to prevent the downfall of cinema?!?!  After a few drinks...  :drink:

That's an interesting discussion.

While a lot of people would immediately say Ed Wood or something, the fact is that Ed Wood's movies are actually entertaining though they are thoroughly terrible at the same time.

I've always said that the worst crime a movie can commit is to bore the hell out of me.

I would usually say Michael Bay, but I had the misfortune of seeing some of Bad Boys 2 the other night and I have to admit, the moron can shoot the hell out of an action scene.  That highway chase is really amazing in that movie from a technical aspect.

The only director that I could say I wouldn't mind seeing falling off a cliff or something is Uwe Boll and Joel Schumaucher.