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  1. WI Mystery Men (the film) was more popular?

    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...

  2. How long would Malenkov rule/live as premier of USSR?

    I've read a couple of threads debating whether Georgy Malenkov--with or without Beria--could have remained head of the USSR longer instead of being ousted by Khrushchev in 1955. What I haven't seen, however, is how long his health might last as premier. He died at age 86 in 1988 IOTL, so he...

  3. WI Buckaroo Banzai had been more popular?

    I've been raised on this movie since I was a kid, and I know a few other people who have seen it, but The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension has, IMO, been unfortunately relegated to obscurity. It's a weird film, sure, but scientist musicians, extradimensional aliens, and dry...

  4. Soterism--A Different Savior for A Different Age

    What if a religion had been founded around Aristonicus as an anti-Roman avatar of a god? Below is an in-universe writing that offers an answer. ;) "While the growth of Soterism seems inevitable to modern readers, a close study reveals its complex evolution, as well as its near-extinction on...

  5. WI Tim Burton's Super Mario Bros?

    After rereading the "Save Super Mario Bros." film thread, I started digging around for any hope in the bloated, disorganized mess of a movie's history. I found out that Danny DeVito and Michael Keaton were involved in talks to be cast as Mario and King Koopa, respectively (and DeVito was to...

  6. Any Golden Age of Hollywood WIs/TLs?

    Exactly what it says on the tin. I've read posts about people wanting to see film TLs from 20s-early 60s but haven't seen any. Are there? Is there any interest?

  7. AHC: Avert the American Revolution...

    ... in a very specific way. I've heard from a couple of US History professors that if the British government had gradually increased taxes on commodities from the 16-1700s instead of passing legislation like the Sugar and Stamp Acts, one of the colonists' main grievances would have been avoided...

  8. WI George II of GB had no surviving sons?

    I was taking a look at British history for some more POD ideas (I have so many PODs but so few resulting timelines :rolleyes:), and I at first wanted to tackle something that would feature British politics, Jane Austen, and Beethoven to some extent. However, I saw something that captured my...

  9. Like Father, Like... Daughter? A Star Wars Mini-TL

    Well, for my 100th post (not to toot my own horn too much or just claim "100th post!" ;)), I wanted to actually publish a timeline! Inspired by DaV's Final Fantasy: A Retrospective and Michel Van's Star Wars WI, I now present--Like Father, Like... Daughter? A Star Wars Mini-TL! So what do you...

  10. WI Final Fantasy XI was a spinoff instead?

    Disclaimer: I actually haven't played any Final Fantasy games at all, though I'd like to someday soon. Any opinions below are not my own and only hearsay, so I don't have any preconceived notions on which entries are the best or worst. I've heard complaints over the years about the online FFs...

  11. AHC: Save Crash Bandicoot

    The title may be melodramatic, but I think it's fitting considering how many Crash Bandicoot titles have been (poorly) made in the past decade. I played the first and third games to death as a kid, though they were fairly difficult, and I've heard good things about Crash Twinsanity, but I...

  12. WI A Different Justice League of America?

    Alt-JLA Comic in 1960 What if DC had licensed the rights to Captain Marvel from Fawcett between 1954-59, after a court had ruled that Fawcett had plagiarized the Superman comics? Would DC include Cap in an alternate JLA instead of another OTL member? As much as I like the Martian Manhunter, I...

  13. WI Earlier Cold War?

    Could an alt-Cold War begin as early as 1919-20 if the German and Hungarian revolutions had succeeded (they probably would need limited Soviet help)? As much as France and Great Britain would oppose this, I don't think they would have the resources or the energy to fight another potentially...

  14. AHC: Keep Russia occupied from 1600s to 1800s

    From the end of the Rurikid Dynasty in 1598 to the start of ATL European nationalism*, can Russia be occupied by either Poland-Lithuania, Sweden, or another foreign power? This would basically mean a longer Time of Troubles in which the Romanovs never become tsars. *At least 150-200 years of...

  15. WI Beethoven scored more operas?

    This might be obscure for some people, but Ludwig von Beethoven wrote one opera in OTL called Fidelio for which he wrote four overtures! According to Matthew Boyden's The Rough Guide to Opera, however, the composer had planned to work on many more: "[After 1814], Beethoven considered [...] a...

  16. WI Terence Stamp as James Bond?

    I was looking for a thread on Stamp as Bond earlier, but there doesn't seem to be one yet. Here's my take on it if he had been cast in the 1980s (which is when I think he would have been most likely to be considered). Assume the following: Stamp still appears as General Zod in Superman II...

  17. WI Elizabeth Stuart marries an elector of Brandenburg?

    Following up on the "No Elizabeth Stuart" thread from a few weeks ago, I wanted to ask two slightly different questions (one of which I've posted before, actually :o). First, what if Elizabeth Stuart had married a different person--not one of her OTL suitors, but George William, Elector of...

  18. WI A Different First Blood?

    What I'm proposing is probably near-sacrilege to some Sly Stallone aficionados, but I'll do it anyway. What if someone else was cast as John Rambo for the first film? :eek: People like Kris Kristofferson, John Travolta, and even Dustin Hoffman were up for the part but objected to the violence...

  19. Film AHC: Change Mickey Rourke's Early Career

    Before his recent career resurgence with The Wrestler, Mickey Rourke was actually an up-and-coming leading man in films like Body Heat and Barfly until about 1991. After that, he returned to boxing but only appeared in a few films and turned down big roles in movies like Rain Man, Platoon, The...

  20. WI Final Fantasy became Sega exclusive?

    I've always been interested in the development of FF7 into the famous first 3D entry of the series, especially its early stages in 2D for the SNES (!) and the dispute with Nintendo over CDs that led to Square abandoning ship for the PlayStation. Was Square destined to work with Sony? That might...
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