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Post by Sir Woodrow on Jan 17, 2015 2:15:28 GMT -5
If River Phoenix had lived I could see him be a multiple Oscar nominee with at least one win under his belt.
But then after, I see him also making a few Nic Cage style role choices by now as well
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Jan 17, 2015 2:34:01 GMT -5
If River Phoenix had lived I could see him be a multiple Oscar nominee with at least one win under his belt. But then after, I see him also making a few Nic Cage style role choices by now as well Where would that leave Jouqin.. Would he be like Eric Douglas was to Michael? |
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Jan 17, 2015 2:42:51 GMT -5
If River Phoenix had lived I could see him be a multiple Oscar nominee with at least one win under his belt. But then after, I see him also making a few Nic Cage style role choices by now as well Where would that leave Jouqin.. Would he be like Eric Douglas was to Michael? Possibly Maggie to River's Jake |
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Post by Reflecto on Jan 17, 2015 9:04:41 GMT -5
Bruce Lee, was doing mixed martial arts over 20 years before UFC came along. If he hadn't died young he'd have not only become an international movie-star but changed the face of martial arts even more than he did. That could also have had some other overarching views on the pro wrestling world as well as the face of martial arts, when you think about it as well: As said, Bruce Lee died 20 years before UFC started (and he formed jeet kune do himself, so he was more than willing to develop new styles of martial arts.) Now, consider as well that while he died 20 years before UFC, he died only three years before the famous Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki boxer vs. wrestler match, widely considered one of the first MMA bouts in history. If Bruce Lee was still alive- if Ali's people don't go to Lee first for his opponent, Inoki goes to him as a warmup for Ali, and either way MMA develops far quicker than it did in our world- plus, if it happened either way, Bruce Lee would be a far more well-known performer in the US than Inoki was [at the time of his death, Lee was becoming a legit movie star.), so in all likelihood Lee vs. Ali and/or Inoki/Lee [or whichever wrestler he fights on the undercard] would be more of a success than Inoki/Ali (and incidentally, safer for Muhammad Ali's career since Lee presumably wouldn't just use the "lie on his back and keep kicking Ali's legs" strategy that made the match boring and destroyed Ali as a boxer.] There is no way Bruce Lee wouldn't be involved with this, and it'd be a bigger success for it. ...now, remember for this big success- it was one of Vince McMahon's many attempts at promotion to get out of his father's shadow- but most of them (Inoki/Ali, the Snake River Canyon jump) blew up in his face before this. If it's a success? Suddenly Vince McMahon's career looks a whole lot different. We end up with: Vince McMahon becomes Dana White 30 years before Dana White, and the WWF likely never makes it to the level it did in our world. |
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Post by bibboid on Jan 18, 2015 0:23:49 GMT -5
John Belushi would have made a series of comedies , each worse than the last. After a drunken meltdown one night on the Sunset Strip, he would put himself into rehab and then drop out of sight for a year to get his head together. On his return, he would take rolls as villains and heavies before receiving Oscar buzz for his starring role in a Richard Nixon biopic. An NBC sitcom would meet mediocre reviews and struggle to survive two seasons. He would then return to the movies in a role as a simple NY City apartment building super who falls in love with a new renter and tries to win her over. Surprisingly, this wins him a best actor Oscar . In 2010, he finally agrees to make a sequel to The Blues Brothers and it becomes a huge hit.
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Post by Alexander The So-so on Jan 18, 2015 11:03:41 GMT -5
The Bruce Lee example makes me think of his son, Brandon.
I think Brandon Lee was going places and had a decent action movie career ahead of him. The Crow would've probably been his big break and gotten him on the map, but it's also a possibility that he would've been called back to play in a sequel or two (which would suck, because, for all their flaws, the Crow sequels did the right thing by having them center on different protagonists).
As the 90s draw to a close, I could see him being a big contender for playing Neo when the Wachowski Brothers start making The Matrix. He already knows martial arts, has a good look which could suit the film, a good action movie resume by this point, and he has a name and legacy that evokes the Honk Kong martial arts film scene that had such a strong influence on the Wachowski Brothers.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jan 18, 2015 11:14:42 GMT -5
Brandon Lee = Batman
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Post by rocket on Jan 18, 2015 11:38:17 GMT -5
All members of the original 27 club would have started sucking in the 70s, and even harder in the 80s, then would do some pretty sweet shit in the 90s, then would have died a few years ago and not sold nearly as many records. I'd shudder to think of the collaborations Hendrix would probably do in the past 20 years or so. |
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Post by Hit Girl on Jan 18, 2015 12:26:57 GMT -5
Princess Diana would have married George Clooney
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Post by Lord Rahl on Jan 18, 2015 16:01:26 GMT -5
Make me wonder how Beyonce's career would have gone if Aaliyah was still here. Same for Selena being here and Jennifer never attempting her singing career cause she was already acting at that point. Don't forget Jay-Z. If 2Pac and Notorious were still around in 1997-98 does Jay-Z get as big as he did? I think Jay-Z would have been fine. He's too talented of an artist and too good a businessman to not be. |
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