Norma Rae is an interesting selection! I must say, Kramer vs. Kramer did not deserve to win Best Picture that year.
You're more than welcome to the 1940s, although I would advise you to be far more cautious in any re-imagining of the progress of World War II![]()
By the way, would anyone like to suggest who might play the role of Prime Minister Whiffle in Prepare for War? I already have President Blaster (Gregory Peck), President Gloverrain (Rene Auberjonois), and Prime Minister Stamford (Leslie Nielsen) cast, so I feel I should finish out the set. I was going to cast Nicholas Smith (whom I've just learned passed away a couple of months ago - may the last of the Grace Bros. originals RIP) from Are You Being Served, as he did fit the description, but I feel Spielberg would probably cast an actor with greater transatlantic fame. So, whom should he pick?
Could we get another hint?Other than Harry Potter and the Small Screen, probably the POD which interests me the most is one which - perhaps appropriately enough - begins almost as TWR ends. It would certainly be thematically appropriate, and it would probably be the closest I would ever come to writing a true sequel. (Of course, the POD would be in the mid-to-late-1980s, so it wouldn't be an actual sequel.)
Other than Harry Potter and the Small Screen, probably the POD which interests me the most is one which - perhaps appropriately enough - begins almost as TWR ends. It would certainly be thematically appropriate, and it would probably be the closest I would ever come to writing a true sequel. (Of course, the POD would be in the mid-to-late-1980s, so it wouldn't be an actual sequel.)
Alternate Star Trek: The Next Generation?Could we get another hint?
Alternate Star Trek: The Next Generation?
Alternate Star Wars sequels?
Back to the Future gets made as "The Saucer Men From Pluto"?
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Some studio exec (with enough clout that no-one could directly gain-say him) wanted them to completely re-write the movie to accommodate the name change. The only reason they finally got him off their case was because Spielberg sent the guy a note saying "We all got a kick out of that hilarious joke" (or something to that effect), and the guy was too proud to go back and tell them that he was serious (which Spielberg knew would be the case).I think the POD is either in late 1985 or 1986. By then, most of Back to the Future is complete. Could affect the sequels though.
By the way, who thought that was a good title for a film about time travel? It just references a single joke in the film.
Some studio exec (with enough clout that no-one could directly gain-say him) wanted them to completely re-write the movie to accommodate the name change. The only reason they finally got him off their case was because Spielberg sent the guy a note saying "We all got a kick out of that hilarious joke" (or something to that effect), and the guy was too proud to go back and tell them that he was serious (which Spielberg knew would be the case).
...what if (assuming the POD is "Back to the Future" related) it involves the ending?I think the POD is either in late 1985 or 1986. By then, most of Back to the Future is complete. Could affect the sequels though.
...what if (assuming the POD is "Back to the Future" related) it involves the ending?
Like, instead of the clocktower ending, they went with the nuclear test site ending?
Sidney Sheinberg. Under him, Universal sued Nintendo in famed Donkey Kong case
No, no, not that, LORD no... No, what I was referencing was the third draft of the film: where they hadn't quite yet dropped the idea of Marty using a nuclear test to power the trip home, but the time machine was the DeLorean.We could end up with Marty getting back to 1985 by climbing into a lead lined Refrigerator to survive the nuclear blast.![]()