Recent content by thomas raven

  1. If Japan was firebombed to near oblivion would that have been viewed as more moral to the public than the atom bombs?

    There's a bunch of factors involved depending on where the POD is, too. Do the Allies have the bomb and decide not to use it? Are there no nukes? Does Russia split the atom first? I think the nuke was uniquely horrific and traumatizing, at least to an extent - look at the effect it had on...
  2. A Hippie in the House of Mouse (Jim Henson at Disney, 1980)

    Great story, and I’m really happy to see that Henson came around on some of the toy cartoons! Having said that, as a long-time Transformers fan and a nitpicker, I have to question the “47 dead” number. I’m probably putting too much thought into this, but I’m going to run through the movie’s...
  3. Pop Culture Timelines Go-To Thread

    Thank you so, so much!
  4. Pop Culture Timelines Go-To Thread

    So, this may not be the right place for this, but there's a pop culture ISOT timeline that I've been trying and failing to re-find. The premise was that a whole list of creators, artists, actors, musicians, and so on receive copies of their future work, isoted back in time from the mid-2010s (I...
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