Trying to Please Everyone: Or Converting multiple Pop Culture Utopias into a Timeline.
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Funny thing is I think that this post might have given me an idea on how to save Little Audrey if the Lulu cartoons continue. Basically it would be like what happened with Doom in the Alien post-Audrey is created because Famous wants their own version of Lulu.
Just a little joke but I was honestly thinking of saving the name Little Audrey as an inside Joke. Basically there's a Little House of Horrors muppet style show instead of a cartoon where the plan is named "Little Audrey".
James Bond(The Colin Salmon Films): 2002-2008
Die Another Day(2002)
An idea tossing around since the 1990's was making Bond a person of color. While a Black or female Bond would have not made sense in universe beforehand, the leaning into the Codename Idea meant that the Black Bond idea could be acknowledged in universe. The "New Era, New Beginnings" feelings. in the early 2000s convinced them that it was now time to try it. Colin Salmon was not the first choice, but most of the choices were occupied with Superhero franchises. Daniel Craig, he was Thor. Henry Cavill he saw himself as too young looking, which worked fine for playing a young Superman growing into the hero he would become but stretched the line of plausibility for such a young agent being sent into the field as Bond. Christian Bale was already playing a gadget equipped world saver but also didn't really want to play Bond, famously quipping "I've already played a Serial Killer " . The choice of Salmon actually came when they asked the candidates who they wanted to see in the Bond role. Both Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig independently suggested Colin Salmon.
Salmon would be the first black 007, however even in universe it was decided that the codename James Bond wouldn't make sense as previous Bond actors would at least match the description. So instead the film became about "007" making it clear that Salmon was taking the role of "007" not the role of James Bond. McGann's Bond had resigned. To enforce the choice of Salmon, Connery cameos as the original Bond and symbolically gives Salmon his approval, though he does display a small bit of racism by commenting looking at his credentials and commenting "and you're black, huh." which causes Salmon to frown and call him out on it, which Connery brushes off calmly.
The film also called for the role of Jinx, who was revealed to be a traitor(hence the name Jinx), played by Whitney Huston. Gala Brand from Moonraker returned not as a love interest but as a mentor figure. Another returning character was Wai Lin. Like Goldeneye the film had a video game adaptation. The film included a gravity defying matrix style fight scene. The film became about introducing the new 007, who is rescued by and teams up with Paul McGann's James Bond before being given his codename at the film's conclusion.
Salmon would be the first black 007, however even in universe it was decided that the codename James Bond wouldn't make sense as previous Bond actors would at least match the description. So instead the film became about "007" making it clear that Salmon was taking the role of "007" not the role of James Bond. McGann's Bond had resigned. To enforce the choice of Salmon, Connery cameos as the original Bond and symbolically gives Salmon his approval, though he does display a small bit of racism by commenting looking at his credentials and commenting "and you're black, huh." which causes Salmon to frown and call him out on it, which Connery brushes off calmly.
The film also called for the role of Jinx, who was revealed to be a traitor(hence the name Jinx), played by Whitney Huston. Gala Brand from Moonraker returned not as a love interest but as a mentor figure. Another returning character was Wai Lin. Like Goldeneye the film had a video game adaptation. The film included a gravity defying matrix style fight scene. The film became about introducing the new 007, who is rescued by and teams up with Paul McGann's James Bond before being given his codename at the film's conclusion.
007(2007)
Quentin Tarantino was brought in as Director. He had expressed interest in making the film and it would coincidentally by his 7th film. He radically changed the script and it was no longer a continuation but an alternate story. As Tarantino later stated "I'm not bringing Tarantino to James Bond's world. I'm bringing James Bond to Tarantino's World. It was now set in the 1960's and was in Black and White and was a hard reimagining, taking elements from many books and films but at its core was a remake of Casino Royale with Uma Thurman in the role of Vesper Lynd as Tarantinos' relationship with her was as strong as ever following the conclusion of Kill Bill. Martin Campbell played Le Chiffre. Samuel L.Jackson even appeared as Baron Samedi. As for Bond, Tarantino had freedom of choice for this non canonical adventure and he insisted he would only do the film with Pierce Brosnan as Bond. Tarantino met with Brosnan(over Martinis no less) and Brosnan agreed as he'd been a contender for the role since the 80's. This being a Tarantino film, the R rating was on full display with spurts of blood suddenly becoming more common as well as Bond smoking Red Apple Cigarettes. It also leans into hard Alternate History with Bond assassinating Fidel Castro. Tarantino of course cameos in a role of a henchman killed by Bond.
The Film was a huge hit. Many consider Brosnan to be the unofficial "7th Bond Actor"
The Film was a huge hit. Many consider Brosnan to be the unofficial "7th Bond Actor"
Quantum of Solace(2008)
Colin Salmon's first solo film. The film depicts a villain named Mr.White(which was the name in the original story and script, regardless of what certain critics of the film would claim). Mr.White is handed to the CIA for questioning but escapes with 007 following. White goes to the Palio in Siera but is killed by his own organization known as Quantum. 007 charges after the killer and kills in the hitman in rope fight, getting reprimanded by M for this due to losing a lead. Mr.White's money is stolen by the film's villain Dante, who is working with Yusuf Kabira. 007 impersonates the assassin he killed and infiltrates the organization, capturing and torturing Yusuf. 007 tracks the conspiracy to the Bregenz Opera where Quantum uses earpieces to hold their meeting. 007 catches Dante and finds Quantum has killed him, ending with 007 facing a giant eye and its only a silhouette again.
Roger Michell was brought on to direct. The title theme was the song "No Good About Goodbye" by Bond Series composer David Arnold and singer Shirley Bassey, who also sang Goldfinger, Moonraker and Diamonds Are Forever. Jessica Biel was cast as Strawberry Fields. Al Pacino was cast as General Medrano, Gal Gadot was cast as Camille
Sadly, this would be the last time Colin Salmon played 007. As the discontinuity from the James Bond name, Tarantino's Bond film, as well as the plot being seen as lackluster greatly harmed the film. This led to a shift in actors when the workload of one of the original Studio choices became available. Man have blamed EON of Racism due to the choice to shift focus, though the studio promised to compensate Salmon by continuing to include him as a character in the series, effectively as Bond's partner and equal.
Roger Michell was brought on to direct. The title theme was the song "No Good About Goodbye" by Bond Series composer David Arnold and singer Shirley Bassey, who also sang Goldfinger, Moonraker and Diamonds Are Forever. Jessica Biel was cast as Strawberry Fields. Al Pacino was cast as General Medrano, Gal Gadot was cast as Camille
Sadly, this would be the last time Colin Salmon played 007. As the discontinuity from the James Bond name, Tarantino's Bond film, as well as the plot being seen as lackluster greatly harmed the film. This led to a shift in actors when the workload of one of the original Studio choices became available. Man have blamed EON of Racism due to the choice to shift focus, though the studio promised to compensate Salmon by continuing to include him as a character in the series, effectively as Bond's partner and equal.
Hey, I know that I've already talked about plenty about the US presidents here before, but I just decided to make a Wikipedia page for TTL's United States Presidents list, specifically the 1968 and beyond edition.
Regarding McCain I thought that having access to presidential healthcare would extent his life for 1-2 years ITTL, so he dies in 2020 instead of 2018.
And as for Clinton, I decided between Tim Kaine, her OTL running mate, and Kamala Harris, the current vice president IOTL, so decided to go with Harris, since it seemed to meet with the trend of progressive milestones the US Government has been having ITTL, besides, since what's more Democratic than having the President be from New York and the Vice President be from California?
Regarding McCain I thought that having access to presidential healthcare would extent his life for 1-2 years ITTL, so he dies in 2020 instead of 2018.
And as for Clinton, I decided between Tim Kaine, her OTL running mate, and Kamala Harris, the current vice president IOTL, so decided to go with Harris, since it seemed to meet with the trend of progressive milestones the US Government has been having ITTL, besides, since what's more Democratic than having the President be from New York and the Vice President be from California?
Wow Nicely Done.Hey, I know that I've already talked about plenty about the US presidents here before, but I just decided to make a Wikipedia page for TTL's United States Presidents list, specifically the 1968 and beyond edition.
Regarding McCain I thought that having access to presidential healthcare would extent his life for 1-2 years ITTL, so he dies in 2020 instead of 2018.
And as for Clinton, I decided between Tim Kaine, her OTL running mate, and Kamala Harris, the current vice president IOTL, so decided to go with Harris, since it seemed to meet with the trend of progressive milestones the US Government has been having ITTL, besides, since what's more Democratic than having the President be from New York and the Vice President be from California?
Just an Update. I'm about to finish working on the Comics so I went back and am touching up the Anime sections. As such I will probably not be taking any more requests until I can cross off Comics as a whole and move on to Animated Movies, starting with Disney.
I will say though that I will decide the fate of the Eternals when it comes out, though reviews are not looking well. I was planning to put it up against a DC New Gods Movie which would lead fully into the Jack Kirby aesthetic while Eternals seems to have distanced itself from it. The plot of the Eternals ITTL is also closer to Avengers: Final Host with flashbacks showing the Eternals throughout history and the Avengers actually appearing to help.
Another thing is Deltarune, which I'm waiting to see where it will go, but my current plan is it is a direct sequel to Undertale in regards to it setting rather than an Alternate Universe.
I will say though that I will decide the fate of the Eternals when it comes out, though reviews are not looking well. I was planning to put it up against a DC New Gods Movie which would lead fully into the Jack Kirby aesthetic while Eternals seems to have distanced itself from it. The plot of the Eternals ITTL is also closer to Avengers: Final Host with flashbacks showing the Eternals throughout history and the Avengers actually appearing to help.
Another thing is Deltarune, which I'm waiting to see where it will go, but my current plan is it is a direct sequel to Undertale in regards to it setting rather than an Alternate Universe.
IDW Publishing(1999-2018)
IDW(Idea and Design Works) was founded in 1999 by comic book artists such as Ted Adams, Robbie Robbins, Alex Garner, and Kris Oprisko. Each owned an equal 25%. In the 200's the company developed TV Show projects including Una Fanta and the screenplay for the Film 30 Days of Night, which was produced by Sam Raimi after it was adapted into a comic, start a bidding war for the film rights. The company also won awards for their next title Popbot. After this IDW began to succeed Dark Horse as the King of Licensed comics, gaining the rights to Star Trek, CSI, Mars Attacks, Underworld, The Shield, 24, Angel, The Of the Dead series, Shaun of the Dead, Silent Hill, Castlevania, Metal Gear Solid, and Speed Racer. The company also gained the rights to several Hasbro licences with the agreement to cross them over as Hasbro wanted a Shared Movie Universe. This license included The Transformers, G.I. Joe, My Little Pony, and Jem. IDW frequently crossed over the characters they had the license to, this included the likes of Star Trek vs Mars Attacks, CSI and the Shield. Shaun of the Dead and the original Romero Zombie universe and so on.
In 2008, IDW was licensed Doctor Who from the BBC, and released Doctor Who Classics and Doctor Who Magazine. The former focused on the adventures of classic Doctors while the Latter told stories featuring the current Doctor. The first new story was Doctor Who: Agent Provocateur and then Doctor Who: The Forgotten which had the Doctor trapped in his own mind, forcing him to remember past adventures in different incarnations. IDW also released the sequel to Michael San Giacomo's "Phantom Jack" Image Comics series with "Phantom Jack: The Nowhere Man Agenda." The graphic novel is notable because it features the death of the main character, a reporter who can turn invisible. IDW also gained the rights to Army of Two, Dragon Age, and Dungeons & Dragons.
IDW released their first crossover Infestation. Done a bit differently than most crossovers. In this case, a zombie virus capable of infecting machinery as well spreads to the worlds of Transformers, G.I.Joe, Star Trek, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Ghostbusters, though each deal with the threats separately, however a few volumes has several of the casts meeting each other. There crossover was such as success that it led to others. IDW also gained the rights to Judge Dredd, The Crow, and My Little Pony Adventures.
IDW did Infestation 2, which dealt with a new threat, in this case the Old Ones from H.P.Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos attacking the worlds of Dungeons and Dragons, Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, G.I.Joe, Star trek, Ghostbusters, and Godzilla. A third Infestation Crossover was released with the antagonists being the Martians from Mars Attacks, which attacked the worlds of Popeye, Ghostbusters, Hasbro, KISS, and My Little Pony Adventures. The My Little Pony Adventures has Queen Celestia deactivate the Martian weapons with magic, forcing them to attack Ponies in other ways and eventually learn the Magic of Friendship, be sent back to their own universe to spread Love and Friendship only to terrify the other Martians, who proceed to kill them. Another moment had the Martians land in the world of the "Of the Dead" series and be attacked by Zombies for their Big Brains. Other minor crossovers occurred as well including Doctor Who/Star Trek: The Next Generation: Assimilation2, which featured the Borg and the Cybermen teaming up and the Doctor and Enterprise united against them), Transformers/Star Trek: The Prime Directive(which included a toy of Tiberius Prime, the Enterprise as a Transformers), and Ghostbusters/Transformers.
Popeye vs the Martians
Assimilation2
In February 2013, IDW Publishing announced a partnership with Cartoon Network to publish comics based on the network's television series and reprint older Cartoon Network comics. Since then IDW has released content based on all Comics Series under the Cartoon Network belt. This has included several crossovers between the various Cartoon network shows, the most recent announcement being an adaptation of Cartoon Network: Apocalypse coming in 2022.
Picture this but as a Crisis on Infinite Earths style crossover with all the Cartoon Network Characters
rather than a focus on one for Cartoon Network: Apocalypse
IDW also acquired Top Shelf Productions in 2015. That same year they made a deal with Disney to continue publishing comic books based on their staple of characters including Uncle Scrooge, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse and others.
In 2016, IDW launched the Hasbro Reconstruction Initiative, which brought together their Hasbro properties into one shared world, starting with the storyline Revolution.
The first part Revolution dealt with an alternate world in which the Cybertronians annexed Earth, while intended by Optimus Prime to be peaceful and to protect Earth, Humanity itself sees this as an invasion though the Cybertronians have attempted to improve the life of humans(including in a cameo, the musician Jem, who uses a Cybertronian AI named Synergy during her performance). Earth is not advanced enough to pose a direct threat.to the Cybertronians. This leads the President of the United States to reactivate the G.I.Joe mission force led by Joe Colton. Colton contacts his old teammate Miles Mannheim but is refused. It is revealed Mannheim is working with the evil alien conqueror Baron Karza and has formed his own team known as M.A.S.K. G.I.Joe becomes a resistance team on Earth opposing the Transformers(This version of the Transformers include every single Autobot in the franchise's history). Things get complicated when ROM shows up. Mistaken by the human forces he is attacking to be a smaller sleaker Cybertronian assassin. ROM actually reveals that he is targeting members of a magic using species known as Dire Wraiths, which have infiltrated humanity at the highest levels with Joe Colton being replaced by a Dire Wraith. A group of Autobots discover the mineral Ore-13, which the Cybertronians and Dire Wraiths are after but are ambushed by M.A.S.K. with the autobot Kup being taken prisoner.
Optimus Prime and Rom investigate, Rom being a human astronaut who's life was saved by Cybertronian technology, is able to use nanites to discover the properties of Ore-13. Prime and Rom shrink down and discover a small colony of Microscopic Cybertronians living on the mineral(Micronauts if you will). Prime and Rom debate over whether to use the power of the Ore-13 to end the war and save lives at the cost of the Micronauts, with Prime ultimately deciding not to sacrifice the Micronauts. A battle results in the villain Baron Karza taking the Ore-13 and the Micronauts prisoner when Prime refuses to destroy it to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands.
Forming a new strategy to combat the Dire Wraiths, Rom discovers that the Dire Wraiths have been infiltrating Earth for so long that many have had offspring. After destroying several towers used to suppress the mystical abilities of the Dire Wraith offspring, this causes several individuals to manifest magical abilities, making it easier to find them, though some are killed by their inability to control their new powers. This leads to large backlash when the presence of the Dire Wraiths is revealed and people with abilities are persecuted. While unnamed, a group of girls clearly intended to be the Equestria Girls versions of the My Little Pony: Adventures appear among the group of people with abilities being attacked.
With their cover blown, the Dire Wraiths attack the White House and the United Kingdom among other locations, with the Decepticons ironically having to aid the Autobots. Britain reactivates its "Action Man" Program, it's answer to G.I.Joe and sends its top agent Ian Noble on a mission to infiltrate the Dire Wraith compound, where he befriends and rescues Kup. The villain Baron Karza reveals himself and used the Ore-19 to gather Dire Wraith energy and become a giant powerful being while having the backing of M.A.S.K. and the Dire Wraith armies. This forces everyone including the Cybertronians and the G.I.Joe to attack him. With the help of the Micronauts and the repentant M.A.S.K. pilot Matt Tracker, the group is able to destroy the Ore-19 from within while saving the Micronauts, causing an explosion that seemingly destroys Baron Karza.
Revolution was followed by a sequel. First Strike in 2017. The sequel had Joe Colton vowing to destroy all Cybertronians. He takes the identity of Baron Ironblood and forms a team consisting of Doctor X, Storm Shadow, Destro, Miles Mayhem, Shazraella and Garrison Kreiger. A year after Revolutions, Humanity is preparing to join the Cybertronians as equals when the speech is interrupted by Colton's forces, who have technology capable of killing Cybertronians. G.I.Joe leader Scarlett is determined to save her mentor without killing him, while seeking to find his motivations for becoming evil. Colton's next move is to use a mystical talisman to poison the core of Cybertron, which would eventually destroy the planet. The team of Heroes assembled to combat Colton thwart a scheme by Destroy but are caught up in the legal politics and are berated by a beaucratic Starscream. When Ironhide struggles against Colton's team, Optimus Prime violates the law to bust out Scarlett's team. The tram and Colton's forces battle on Cybertron, which is complicated when the Cybertronian forces attempt to arrest both sides. In the final act Krieger reveals himself to be the wizard Merklynn, who reveals his intent to destroy technology and replace it with magic, which includes using the talisman to turn Cybertron in to a new version of his homeworld Prysmos. Both sides united to defeat Merklynn with Colton feeling deep regret for his actions. While Merklynn is defeated and seemingly destroyed, Cybertron has been partly transformed into a lush green planet inhabited by a race of magical sentient Equines with most Cybertronians now force to move to Earth and other colonized worlds. A Cybertronian signal is sent out to space, awakening the being Unicron.
Also in 2017, IDW claimed the rights to Sonic the Hedgehog, after the cancellation of the Archie Comics run. That same year as series of crossovers with Aliens were released including Star Trek: The Next Generation/Aliens: Acceptable Losses with Dark Horse Comics. The crew of the Enterprise encounter Xenomorphs with the story also featuring the Borg and the Romulans
In 2018, they released a crossover Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons. and United, the finale to the Hasbro shared Universe in which all the Hasbro licensed heroes united to save Earth from Unicron(Less detail due to this being largely a Transformers story OTL).
I've heard people say that Eternals should have been a Disney+ show as the pacing would have been better for flushing out the characters. I'm inclined to agree and make it one in this universe since my version includes flashbacks revealing how the Eternals influenced history, including the origin of Thanos and his connection to the Eternals. That's my current plan, though I'm not sure if that would mean turning a Disney + show into a movie. If so then I'd choose Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Wandavision, Loki and What If? work too well in the TV show format.
oh yeah a ton. What specifically are you interested in?
What happens to Pibby herself ITTL?
Picture this but as a Crisis on Infinite Earths style crossover with all the Cartoon Network Characters
rather than a focus on one for Cartoon Network: Apocalypse
^Did you mean to post three times in a row?
I'm not sure what Internet material would be worth covering. The only Internet franchise I can really think of that deserves its own post is Homestar Runner, but even then there's not much that really NEEDS changing.
Beyond that, uh...Happy Tree Friends? Youtube in general? There's not really a lot to work with here.
I'm not sure what Internet material would be worth covering. The only Internet franchise I can really think of that deserves its own post is Homestar Runner, but even then there's not much that really NEEDS changing.
Beyond that, uh...Happy Tree Friends? Youtube in general? There's not really a lot to work with here.