How It Should Have Ended
animated webseries
How It Should Have Ended (HISHE) is an animated web series that parodies popular films, Video games, and TV shows by creating alternate endings and pointing out perceived flaws. Endings for many major films have been presented, using the tagline "Sometimes movies don't finish the way we'd like".
The series won the Streamy Award for Best Animated Web series at the 2nd Streamy Awards in 2010.
History
How It Should Have Ended began after Daniel Baxter and Tommy Watson started discussing alternate endings for a film they had watched. In 2005, their first animation "How Star Wars Should Have Ended" was completed and soon after in July 2005 the website was established. Christina "Tina" Alexander, who has previously worked with Baxter, 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 Hollywood Pantages Theatre in 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.
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