Things that look like alternate history, but aren't

[Orville_third]

From the Star Wars/Marvel Crossover movie.

http://christophercummings.com/image...ulkYoda-sm.jpg

[Orville_third]

Another official Star Wars poster...

http://christophercummings.com/image...peItaly-sm.jpg

[Beedok]

Italian version?

[Orville_third]

Originally Posted by Beedok

Italian version?

Yes...which is weird on several levels... Who's the blonde shirtless guy?

[Beedok]

Originally Posted by Orville_third

Yes...which is weird on several levels... Who's the blonde shirtless guy?

I would guess Luke.

[TurkishCapybara]

Bhutan apparently uses large green Mechs as it army.

[False Dmitri]

Originally Posted by Sumeragi

Never mind that in East Asia, being an "Empire" with an Emperor meant that there was no one higher in the social hierarchy except Heaven. By proclaiming to be an Empire, Korea was effectively saying it stands on the same level as China or Japan, instead of being a mere vassal.

I think that was Daztur's point originally - during the period in question, Korea effectively was a "mere vassal."

[Beedok]

So, lots of interesting UN members.

[LSCatilina]

Originally Posted by Beedok

So, lots of interesting UN members.

They must have looked for the first flags they found in a google search "United Nations" Flags" etc, and put them after that.

[Klisz]

Originally Posted by Beedok

So, lots of interesting UN members.

I like how England is apparently separate from the UK.

[Martin23230]

Originally Posted by Beedok

So, lots of interesting UN members.

I WANT THAT! Just so I could wear it to tell apart vexillologists from normal people - they'll be the ones having seizures...

[JJDXB]

Originally Posted by Beedok

So, lots of interesting UN members.

Perchance, is that from an MUN summit?

[wilcoxchar]

Originally Posted by Orville_third

Yes...which is weird on several levels... Who's the blonde shirtless guy?

Flash Gordon?

[Polish Eagle]

The United States took the threat of Apollo astronauts bringing back "Moon Germs" very seriously. Too seriously, perhaps...

Originally Posted by Dwayne Day, in "The Space Review"

Lieutenant Commander Patrick L. “Red” Boyle had one of the crappier jobs aboard the USS Hornet one July day in 1969. He had to sit on top of his C-1A Greyhound transport aircraft on the forward catapult next to the open cockpit hatch. When the Apollo 11 astronauts came on board he could not participate in any of the fun, none of the gawking, none of the partying. If by some chance the NASA decontamination procedure was broken and extraterrestrial “moon germs” escaped into the ship, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet Admiral John McCain was supposed to run to the Greyhound and Boyle would rev up the engines and zoom off the ship. As the germs turned the Hornet’s crewmen to dust, like in a Star Trek episode or The Andromeda Strain, or transformed them all into zombies while a few brave crewmen fought for their lives until the Navy eventually sent a Skyhawk overhead to drop a nuke on the carrier and wipe out the infestation, McCain would fly off to safety. Unless, of course, he too was infected and spread the evil germs to the mainland, in which case all bets were off.

Now there's an idea for a film.

[jkarr]

Originally Posted by Sarastro42

Came across this image on Gizmodo the other day.
Here is the story behind the picture.
http://gizmodo.com/5833135/f+15-esca...air-force-base

or...what happens if Palin did win the presidency

[vultan]

Originally Posted by Beedok

So, lots of interesting UN members.

I love how the FDR flag is right next to the Nazi flag... fascist rump state in Bavaria and/or East Prussia?

[Thande]

Originally Posted by Beedok

So, lots of interesting UN members.

I'd like to be at the UN committee meeting that includes both Israel and Nazi Germany...

[Polish Eagle]

Originally Posted by Orville_third

From the TVTropes thread linked earlier... A Star Wars poster depicting Vader's head self-destructing.
http://christophercummings.com/image...derBoom-sm.jpg

As Cracked can attest to, Communist-era Polish film posters were never very well thought out.

For example, Raiders of the Lost Ark:



The Soviets, though, were no better:



Yes. That's supposed to be Vader.

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[TurkishCapybara]

Originally Posted by Martin23230

I WANT THAT! Just so I could wear it to tell apart vexillologists from normal people - they'll be the ones having seizures...

No, Germans from normal people.

[Klisz]

Originally Posted by vultan

I love how the FDR flag is right next to the Nazi flag... fascist rump state in Bavaria and/or East Prussia?

Not to mention the English flag next to the British one.