I guess I'd like to hear more about "TRcare" and "Trumancare" ideas. What were their exact plans? I haven't found many good sources on my own. Trumancare would be especially interesting since it might cast his legacy in a more unambiguously positive light, and public healthcare itself might be...
Kovalenko, your map reminds me a little of the Carolingian Empire in a good, interesting way. Maybe not the same concept for the same reasons, but I sense that ITTL, some people would cry "Conspiracy! World domination!" over the geopolitical similarities. :rolleyes:
Overall, I agree with most...
Not sure who would be cast instead. Would the next doctor still be a comedian or a dramatic actor? I'll look into it, though--IIRC, the first three actors were all in the "Carry On, __" series of films, so maybe look at another alum from the series?
I'd say a review of the year 1666 and before would be good for those of us who don't know it in and out, plus it's what you prefer and you can foreshadow important events. As for thread/chapter titles, maybe some John Milton or The Pilgrim's Progress quotes? Looking forward to seeing your first TL!
Anyone have any thoughts on a different director/cast--my other idea with Ron Howard directing and Dustin Hoffman plus Tom Hanks as the Mario bros?
Really? I've never heard this anywhere else. At the very least, Bob Hoskins has continued to insist he regrets playing Mario and would never do...
So how could the hardliners have held onto power, and for how long? Malenkov lived into his 80s IOTL--I posted a thread on this earlier. Could he have done so in an ATL where he remains the premier and pulls a kind of Stalin/Mao/Kim Il Sung cult of personality? In short, could he have ruled...
Cool poster. You made this? By the way, Big Trouble in Little China was never meant to be a Buckaroo Banzai film--it was originally a Wild West story that W.D. Richter wisely updated to the 80s. With that said, I wouldn't be surprised if he reused some of the same ideas, and maybe it could have...
You know what--you're absolutely right! :o Just goes to show you how long it's been since I last saw ROTJ.
Also a fair point. I still think that Leia could end up with Lando, since without Han, we could see Lando go through more character development to gradually atone for selling his old...
Your thoughts on a feather-haired and hawk-eyed ;) Hawkman?
I agree that the general concepts for heroes--feminist, Vietnam vet, "Blaxploitation" hero, and martial artist--would still exist, but I meant that the specific characters would not exist as we know them.
Take two. Knew I shouldn't have hit backspace. :o
Anyway, I wanted to follow up on my Buckaroo Banzai thread with a slightly better-known but still cult classic, Mystery Men. Basically, it has the quirkiest, most seemingly-hopeless superheroes stepping up to save the city after the main hero...
Interesting POD. Had Wagner already become anti-Semitic at this point? If not, he might be regarded more positively as a person--though I think appreciation for his music would be unchanged from OTL. Without the Ring cycle, though, maybe Germanic mythology is less well-known in pop culture. And...
I'd also prefer Idea A--not that I'm entirely opposed to natural PODs, but they're harder to pull off without looking arbitrary. How likely would a tornado strike at that moment have been IOTL?
Oh, now I understand what you mean. I'm afraid that I don't have any ideas one way or the other, though.
Also, if Danny DeVito were to only direct--Tim Burton would produce and write the story--and NOT play Mario, who could have played the part? We also have Michael Keaton as King Koopa maybe...