Bill & Ted co-creator Ed Solomon explains why the latest movie, Bill & Ted Face the Music, retconned the ending of the sequel movie Bogus Journey.
Co-creator of the Bill & TedBill & Ted Face the Music, retconned a significant detail from the previous film. The first movie, Bill & Ted's Excellent AdventuresBill & Ted's Bogus JourneyBogus Journey
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In an interview with Cinema Blend, Solomon explains the reason why Face the MusicBogus Journey
"I’d like to pretend they were always girls. They weren’t always girls. We assumed, because we were adolescent boys when we wrote Excellent AdventureBogus Journey
But we still, in 2009 and 2010, we thought, ‘Let’s write them as boys.’ Because that’s what we figured! Young Will and Theo. And I cannot tell you how boring they work. Oh God, derivative. Stale. We tried to give them like Bill and Ted type voices. Just unbelievably like rehashed crap. We hated it. We tried to make them into cool guys. That was stupid. And then when we finally had the idea a few years later, ‘Wait, why are we beating our heads against the wall with this? What if they had daughters? What if it’s Billie and Thea?’ It just opened it up completely. So that's a much better idea. And it helped us with something we were trying and to do anyway with the movie, which is -- the first two movies, they are male-centric. They were written by boys who knew no better. And so this also gave us a chance to go, ‘Let’s just widen it, man. Let’s like, let there be more of a female presence and just make it more inclusive.’"
A major detail change like that is certainly understandable, especially given that Bill & Ted's lives are drastically changed from when we last saw them. Face the Music
Judging from the trailer, Bill and Ted's daughters, played by Brigette Lundy-Paine and Samara Weaving, appear to fit into the film seamlessly. It looks as though as they go after their fathers, they experience time travel adventures almost identical to their fathers and possibly even meet Bill & Ted's old acquaintance Death. Overall, Bill & Ted Face the Music looks like a cool, nostalgic film with a fun supporting cast and an even more fun soundtrack. The movie will debut in select theaters and through video on demand August 28.