Salon has a nice list What if the villains were actually the good guys?. "Every once in a while, a writer or a filmmaker will revisit a classic story with a new perspective that makes us rethink everything we thought we knew about it. The destruction of the Death Star was a terrorist act. Superman was a spineless, corrupt tool of U.S. foreign policy. And Satan was misunderstood.
These are a few of the counter-claims made in revisionist versions of classic stories. We've assembled some choice examples in this slide show, which was inspired by 'The Last Ringbearer,' a Russian revision of 'The Lord of the Rings' that portrays Mordor as a haven of science and reason, and the wizard Gandalf as a power-mad agent of superstition. "
I'm intrigued by Klingons: Blood Will Tell, The Last Ringbearer and The Lone Ranger stuff.
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