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  1. L. Ron Hubbard's Lord of the Rings

    In 1969, United Artists took possession of the film rights for the Lord of the Rings. In the subsequent decade, a little religious group known as Scientology was making headway into Hollywood, bringing stars like John Travolta into their fold, and had enough connections to kick-start the careers...

  2. Tupac's acting career

    Let's say that in September 1996, Tupac Shakur manages to drive down through Vegas without incident. Let's say that eventually, a few years down the line maybe, with the rap genre starting to evolve, he looks to focus more on the acting side of things. How far could he go, how would he impact...

  3. New War of the Worlds: Goliath trailer

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBPn4WZfJnc Finally! Notes: -Airships are cool. -The Statue of Liberty now has a sword, for some reason. -Teddy Roosevelt can send someone flying back several meters with a punch--but we all know that. He even carries around a giant portable heat ray at one...

  4. Alternate invasive species

    What sort of changes would be required for different spreads of species in the 20th century onwards in a similar way to, say, the spread of African bees to Europe, or rabbits in Australia? Different ecological circumstances, or changes to human relations? Let's brainstorm.

  5. Challenge: Marvel and DC merge

    Your challenge is, at any point after their OTL foundings, to have DC and Marvel merge as companies. Or, if you wish, have them owned by the same benefactor.

  6. WI: A real-life Die Hard

    Suppose for the sake of arguement that European terrorists seize a skyscraper in Los Angeles or any other major city in the late 1980s. Assuming further that they are foiled, with high levels of property damage in the process, what effect would this have on American culture and politics?

  7. Glorification of 'Nam in Hollywood?

    What would it take for Vietnam-based films in general to take an approach closer to that of The Green Berets rather than Platoon? Feel free to go for either a different war itself or a different Hollywood.

  8. Challenge: Alternate History banned

    Your challenge is to have the whole genre of AH specifically banned somewhere and someplace in the last century--along with other genres if need be. Points if it's somewhere you wouldn't expect.

  9. Apollo 11 suffers as 13

    During its flight to the moon, Apollo 11 suffers a mechanical fault that renders the mission aborted. From there, what would happen if the astronauts came back safely, or otherwise did not?

  10. Alternate Christmas truces

    Where in other conflicts could there exist the chance for men to show goodwill to each other on Christmas, the most appropriate time for such things? An alternate Eastern front? Falklands? Let's see what we can come up with.

  11. Challenge: Videogaming in North Korea

    Your challenge is to make North Korea a hotspot for videogaming in the same way that the south is OTL, be it by making it go the way of China or vast illegal markets for them spreading up, or something else entirely. Go!

  12. London and Paris: Skyscraper cities?

    What are the chances from 1900 onwards that the cities of London and Paris will have their skylines dominated by Manhattan-esque towers, prior to 1990? Would it take more extensive war damage, or different politicians and leaders?

  13. British give up Hong Kong early

    What would it take for the British to yield Hong Kong prior to the Sino-British declaration? A different prior PRC, or possibly no PRC at all? Discuss.

  14. Alternate 80s toy brands thread

    A lot of toy brands we know and love--Transformers, GI Joe, etc--were either developed or popularized during the eighties. So here we come up with alternate toy brands, perhaps based on ones that were canned or even alternate versions of OTL ones. What sort of things could the likes of Hasbro...

  15. Architecture of a more prosperous USSR

    Spinning off from the 'Palace of the Soviets' thread, let's assume that through more competenant leadership or through better luck the Soviet Union does better than it did IRL, lasting until the present day. Would we see any Stalinist abominations rise up, and would we still see the drab grey...

  16. Saving Private Sealion

    Suppose that during the pre-production of Saving Private Ryan, a few ideas were changed for whatever reasons and the focus of the film was changed to an alternate history invasion of Britain, with a similar tone and same scale as the OTL film, complete with Spielberg directing. With such a...

  17. Challenge: Soviets on Mars before 2000

    Your challenge is to have the Soviet Union place a man on Mars any time before the 1st of January, 2000. Naturally, this can also involve an intact Soviet Union. Use any sorts of PODs that you wish. Go!

  18. Gene Roddenberry not in the armed forces

    Based on the Lucas thread, what would happen if for whatever reason Gene Roddenberry never partook in combat? How would this shape his personal life, future works and by extension science fiction, if at all?

  19. A Palace of Culture and Science in Berlin?

    Suppose that forever reason Stalin or the Soviet Union decided to offer a 'gift' in the form of the current Palace of Culture in Warsaw, or otherwise some other equivalent Stalinist architectural monstrosity not to the Poles, but to the citizens of East Berlin? How would it affect the...

  20. A sustained Hundred Flowers campaign?

    Suppose that the CCP and Mao were a bit more lax, or experienced some personality change, and thus decided to extend the Hundred Flowers campaign--to better themselves in the eyes of the West, say, or perhaps to genuinely encourage intellectuals to discuss how to better party policy. Regardless...
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