|
Post by WoodStoner1 on Nov 24, 2021 10:31:22 GMT -5
Similarly... Orignally Betty White was to be Blanche and Rue McClanahan to be Rose. Trying to imagine this actually makes my head hurt It's not impossible. Just watch Maude and Mary Tyler Moore and look at their characters there.
|
|
|
Post by WoodStoner1 on Aug 2, 2023 19:16:54 GMT -5
Trying to imagine this actually makes my head hurt It's not impossible. Just watch Maude and Mary Tyler Moore and look at their characters there. As for the accent, Betty did use a slight one on Mama's Family, and a more obvious one on another Carol Burnett Show skit.
|
|
Renslayer
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
every time i come around your city...
Posts: 17,273
|
Post by Renslayer on Aug 2, 2023 20:11:33 GMT -5
What if Robin Thicke and Pharrell didn't lose the blurred lines case? That lawsuit might go down as an inflection point in music history
|
|
El Pollo Guerrera
Grimlock
His name has chicken in it, and he is good at makin' .gifs, so that's cool.
Status: Runner
Posts: 14,896
|
Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Aug 2, 2023 20:33:35 GMT -5
What if Robin Thicke and Pharrell didn't lose the blurred lines case? That lawsuit might go down as an inflection point in music history There's been tons of disputes like this in music... going back to James Brown in the 60s. I wouldn't call Blurred Lines a unique situation.
|
|
tirtefaa
Unicron
If you wanna know the truth, you gotta dig up Johnny Booth.
Posts: 3,265
|
Post by tirtefaa on Aug 2, 2023 20:47:30 GMT -5
What if the 1983 video game crash never happened?
What if Tex Avery never joined Leon Schlesinger Productions?
What if the shark worked in Jaws? Or better yet, what if George Lucas got his edit of the original Star Wars?
I can't believe I'm the first person to bring this up but....what if Vince McMahon never bought the WCW brand?
|
|
|
Post by Instant Classic on Aug 2, 2023 20:55:20 GMT -5
What if Tupac or Biggie never died? Would they still be considered the goats? Because most people don’t think of Snoop or Puff Daddy as the absolute goats.
|
|
CMWaters
Ozymandius
Rolled a Seven, Beat the Ads.
Bald and busy
Posts: 63,281
|
Post by CMWaters on Aug 2, 2023 21:27:14 GMT -5
Someone brought up Marvel folding, but here's one flip side thing from the early 80s: What if the plans for DC to have Marvel publish their titles had gone through?
|
|
Push R Truth
Patti Mayonnaise
Unique and Special Snowflake, and a pants-less heathen.
Perpetually Constipated
Posts: 39,372
|
Post by Push R Truth on Aug 3, 2023 6:01:44 GMT -5
What if Disney had an actual story planned for the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy?
If Shia Lebouf wasn't so himself would we have had more movies between Crystal Skull and Dial of Destiny?
|
|
legendkiller1985
Don Corleone
If I'm going to have a past, I'd prefer it to be multiple choice
Posts: 1,704
|
Post by legendkiller1985 on Aug 3, 2023 16:02:06 GMT -5
What if Freddy vs Jason vs Ash happened? What if Ghostbusters went with the Hellbent script? What if Tim Burton made Batman Forever instead of Joel Schumacher or Joel Schumacher made Batman Unchained?
|
|
fw91
Patti Mayonnaise
FAN Idol All-Star: FAN Idol Season X and *Gavel* 2x Judges' Throwdown winner
Tribe has spoken for 2024 Mets
Posts: 39,753
|
Post by fw91 on Aug 3, 2023 16:11:25 GMT -5
If Chris Farley lived- His own Legend or Happy Madison/Sandler lacky?
|
|
|
Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Aug 3, 2023 17:13:47 GMT -5
What if the original Justice League movie had been made after the end of the previous WGA strikes? Armie Hammer Batman would make Miller and Leto seem... less bad... by comparison, but we would have been spared the Snyderverse.
What if Stan Lee hadn't gone to Hollywood, striking bad deals for Marvel's film rights in the 80s and 90s?
What if Nintendo had gone with Cd storage for the n64?
What if John Lennon and Paul McCartney hadn't been dicks to Dick James, leading to the sale of their publishing rights from under them?
What if Michael Jackson hadn't been able to use ownership of the Beatles publishing rights as his personal piggybank, enabling his many of his worse impulses over the course of the 90s?
|
|
|
Post by WoodStoner1 on Aug 3, 2023 18:38:10 GMT -5
What if Disney had an actual story planned for the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy? If Shia Lebouf wasn't so himself would we have had more movies between Crystal Skull and Dial of Destiny? So something good did come out of that! Though...Disney did redeem Hayden Christensen, so you never know.
|
|
XIII
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Posts: 18,949
|
Post by XIII on Aug 4, 2023 17:46:00 GMT -5
Who would have been the big country star of the 80s if Hank Williams Jr. died or was forced to retire after falling off of that mountain?
|
|
Dr. T is an alien
Patti Mayonnaise
Knows when to hold them, knows when to fold them
I've been found out!
Posts: 31,514
|
Post by Dr. T is an alien on Aug 5, 2023 1:46:56 GMT -5
What if Hulk Hogan became the bassist for Metalica That’s laughable, but Kirk Hammett did make a push to have his high school buddy join the band as their bassist. That high school buddy? None other than Les Claypool of Primus and The Claypool Lennon Delirium. That’d been interesting.
|
|
|
Post by G✇JI☈A on Aug 5, 2023 7:54:37 GMT -5
Hollywood attempted to make their own Godzilla movie in 1957!… kind of wikizilla.org/wiki/The_Volcano_MonstersBasically the idea was use to the special FX scenes from the second Godzilla movie “Godzilla Raids Again” and incorporate them into an original story (so sort of like the 1956 redub and added Raymond Burr of the first film on a much larger scale, or how they made those early Mighty Morphin Power Ranger episodes). Toho even sent Godzilla and Angurius suits to the studio so they could use them for additional scenes. And for some reason Godzilla would not be called Godzilla and both kaiju would just be unpowered awakened dinosaurs. The study went bankrupt just before they could start filming. Rights went somewhere else and they just decided to release an English dub of Raids Again instead of making a mostly new movie.
|
|
Magnus the Magnificent
King Koopa
didn't want one.
I could write a book about what you don't know!
Posts: 12,632
|
Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Aug 5, 2023 9:44:40 GMT -5
What if Hulk Hogan became the bassist for Metalica That’s laughable, but Kirk Hammett did make a push to have his high school buddy join the band as their bassist. That high school buddy? None other than Les Claypool of Primus and The Claypool Lennon Delirium. That’d been interesting. Les auditioned, and while they thought he was an amazing player, also a bit too far out there to really fit in the band.
|
|
Renslayer
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
every time i come around your city...
Posts: 17,273
|
Post by Renslayer on Aug 5, 2023 10:22:35 GMT -5
What if Tupac or Biggie never died? Would they still be considered the goats? Because most people don’t think of Snoop or Puff Daddy as the absolute goats. I think Big certainly would've. He was managing to get even better as a rapper by 97 and could adapt to any style (him doing bone thugs' fast flow effortlessly I'd still a marvel). He was branching his sound out and still had that edge about him even as bad boy was all in on the expensive, shiny suit sound. I think pac would've been great too.
|
|
|
Post by BorneAgain on Aug 5, 2023 12:17:16 GMT -5
Another big domino effect scenario is "What if Jim Shooter was successful in his bid to buy Marvel?"
The implications of that are incredible. Do the likes of Lee & McFarlane leave when they do? Does in the industry still end up going toward a crash without Ron Perelman's decisions? Do the likes of Ike Perlmutter get a position at Marvel? How do the Marvel film rights go in the mid to late 90s? Does Disney buy Marvel like they do (and if so at the same time?)
|
|
Dr. T is an alien
Patti Mayonnaise
Knows when to hold them, knows when to fold them
I've been found out!
Posts: 31,514
|
Post by Dr. T is an alien on Aug 5, 2023 23:28:23 GMT -5
That’s laughable, but Kirk Hammett did make a push to have his high school buddy join the band as their bassist. That high school buddy? None other than Les Claypool of Primus and The Claypool Lennon Delirium. That’d been interesting. Les auditioned, and while they thought he was an amazing player, also a bit too far out there to really fit in the band. Oh, I know. This is a “what if?” thread though. My “what if?” is “what if he actually joined?”
|
|
|
Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Aug 6, 2023 18:37:11 GMT -5
What if Aaliyah hadn't died in a plane crash in 2001? How big of a star would she be now?
|
|