Recent content by MatthewZD

Watching this, mostly to see where CountDVB takes northern Georgia. No disrespect intended to Joe Bonkers, but I grew up in Calhoun, about an hour from Cumming.

Force Sensitive. Essentially finding a way to give herself the abilities that Anakin, Obi-Wan, and other Jedi are born with.

Change Padme's fate at the end of ROTS. She doesn't die giving birth, but does agree with Yoda and Obi-wan to separate the twins. Luke is taken to Owen and Beru but she helps raise Leia on Alderaan for 2-3 years, hence the memories Leia references in ROTJ. She eventually leaves to find a way...

Carter AND McDonald?? Two Georgians on the Democratic side, from vastly different wings, no less? Oh, this ought to make the GA primary interesting, to say the least.

Norton, that is almost enough to make me willing to watch Batman and Robin again.

Her outfit looks like the one worn by Shadow Lass of the Legion of Super-Heroes back in the 1970s.

Would a different king have been more open to granting the colonies more autonomy? There are a couple of scenarios - (1) George III's father Frederick doesn't die in 1751 at the age of 44 and survives another 30 years or so. (2) George III, born 2 months premature, dies in infancy...

This year if the Dems nominate Hillary, the GOP nominates Trump ::shudder::, and Bloomberg runs a third party bid, that's three high profile New Yorkers in one year.

Cuomo as Hillary's VP can't happen unless one of them changes their state of residence. If something happens to Hillary at the last minute - health or legal problems - and the Dems need a replacement, Cuomo would be a contender. I think Biden or Tim Kaine of VA would be more likely. This...

So in a 10-year span we would have had Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Ford again? That sounds more chaotic that the presidency on 24. Plus it would have made Gerald Ford the Ted McGinley of politics.

Reagan dies in office in 1983. George HW Bush becomes president and wins in 1984 and in 1988. Building a ten-year presidency TL would be difficult. You need the right mix of popular personalities in office and a historical period calling for steady leadership with public support.

Bin Laden and al Qaeda were behind both the Cole attack and 9/11. The Cole happened during the Clinton administration, when Gore was VP. If 9/11 happens under Gore's watch less than a year later, and he's slow to take action or takes no action, he'll be seen as weak an ineffective. I'm not...

Gore HAS to take action against al Qaeda and OBL. Don't forget, 9/11 took place less than a year after the USS Cole attack. If 9/11 still happens, there will be heavy pressure for Gore to act militarily. If he doesn't or is slow to act, the GOP takes Congress in 2002 and most likely the White...

What about a western like Gunsmoke or Bonanza? It would definitely be grittier than the original, and the basic concepts would allow for season-long story arcs.

Keeping in mind the source materials for Walt Disney's other works - fairy tales, folk stories, historical figures - Disney superheroes might follow the same path. Updated versions or pastiches of Gilgamesh, William Tell, Jim Bowie, or others would be likely.