A Grander World: A Collaborative TL

DucNguyen0131

July 28, 2000: Jaime Cardiche has been recovered after doing complications during gall bladder surgery.

April 25, 2002: Lisa Lopes, member of TLC has been recovered after she decided to save an incident that sufefred trauma.

August 5, 2002: Josh Ryan Evans has been recovered in San Diego after doing congenital heart conditions (butterflying OTL's death away).
 
Otakuninja2006

Otakuninja2006

September 17, 1999: Adult Swim launches on the Cartoon Network. Running on Friday nights from 11PM-2AM, the block runs Space Ghost: Coast 2 Coast, Family Guy, Home Movies, Tenchi Muyo!, Cartoon Planet and The Moxy Show. At first, the block is called "AKA Cartoon Network" based off of this block:
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But come 2001, the block would add a Sunday edition, with adding a Saturday edition in 2002, by that point, the block was renamed as Adult Swim.
 

SomeGuyOnline

I just realized, if we’re saving so many real life dead celebrities ITTL, should we also kill off some other “still-alive” celebrities to provide some sort of balance? If so, I already have an idea of Spielberg’s car crash in 1997 going far worse than IRL…
 

DucNguyen0131

January 6, 1997: Following Fox's decision to save Space: Above and Beyond, the show was returned for a second season.

May 5, 1997: After a successful renewal of My So-Called Life for a fourth season, Fox renewed Space: Above and Beyond for a third season.
 

kaijudirector

SomeGuyOnline said:
I just realized, if we’re saving so many real life dead celebrities ITTL, should we also kill off some other “still-alive” celebrities to provide some sort of balance? If so, I already have an idea of Spielberg’s car crash in 1997 going far worse than IRL…
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Maybe some of the lesser-regarded ones? But if it could work well, maybe we might as well try stuff out.

Oh also since I'm on an Aladdin binge...

August 11, 2014: Robin Williams announces that he will take a sabbatical from acting to address his mental health issues. This break from acting ends when he gets cast as Dr. Robotnik in 2020's Sonic the Hedgehog. Needless to say, he will be returning for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in 2022.
 
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DucNguyen0131

March 22, 1999: Suddenly Susan actor David Strickland was recovered after an attempt to do suicide.

December 13, 2001: Chuck Schuldiner was recovered after being diagnosed with brain cancer.

December 3, 2002: Glenn Quinn has been recovered after an attempt to do drug overdose.

November 13, 2003: Actress Kellie Waymire has been recovered after doing their cardiac arrest.

June 10, 2016: Christina Grimmie has been recovered after doing an attempt to murder people.

December 11, 2018: Longtime Jeopardy! voiceover Johnny Gilbert passed away at the age of 90 because of a cardiac arrest.
 

DucNguyen0131

November 12, 2003: Jonathan Brandis has been recovered after an attempt to do suicide by hanging.

January 19, 2005: Lamont Bentley was survived by an attempt for injuries by attempting to kill with a single-car accident.

October 21, 2005: Tara Correa-McMullen has been rescued after an attempt to do murder by gunshot wounds.

December 10, 2011: Former TPIR host Bob Barker passed away at the age of 88 for brain tumor.
 

kaijudirector

SomeGuyOnline said:
How does this look? (Spielberg and Kanye's deaths are debatable, considering how popular they are)

September 23, 1997: Film director Steven Spielberg is killed in a car crash in Los Angeles while on his way to the premiere of Dreamworks KMG's first feature film, The Peacemaker.

May 24, 2000: Rapper 50 Cent is shot to death in South Jamaica by Darryl Baum.

April 29, 2001: Supermodel Niki Taylor is killed in a car crash in Atlanta, Georgia.

September 29, 2001: Actress Sharon Stone dies after suddenly suffering a subarachnoid hemorrhage.

October 23, 2002: Music producer Kanye West is killed in a car crash after falling asleep behind the wheel.
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Ooooof. I may need a second opinion on this.
 

kaijudirector

February 1999: The 1999 NBA season opens with the All-Star Weekend. Due to a player's strike that lasted for most of the 1998 off-season, only 50 games will be played this year.

June 1999: The New York Knicks, having battled their way as the 27-23 eighth seed during the 1999 NBA Playoffs, upset the 37-13 San Antonio Spurs to win the NBA Finals in seven games. Patrick Ewing is named Finals MVP. (OTL he was injured during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals and missed the Finals entirely).
 
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SomeGuyOnline

If anything, here’s another celebrity death butterflied away to at least make up for it (and potentially serve as a replacement for Kanye or 50 Cent if the whole “them dying thing” actually does get verified):

February 15, 1999: Rapper Lamont Coleman (aka Big L) barely survives an assassination attempt on him in Harlem, New York when someone, later identified as childhood friend Gerard Woodley, shoots at him with a gun, the bullets just missing their mark with only one bullet grazing the side of his head. Coleman is hospitalized while Woodley is later arrested.
 

DucNguyen0131

August 13, 2000: Nazia Hassan survives an attempt for a cancer battle, allowing her to survive.

February 18, 2001: Dale Earnhardt survived during the Daytona 500 in a final lap of a race, attempting to kill and decided not to collide.
 

SomeGuyOnline

Thanks to the gold mine that is notstarring.com, here is a list of potential movies from 1997 on that feature some alternate castings:

July 25, 1997: Air Force One, directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Kevin Costner as U.S. President James Marshall, is released in theaters.

September 19, 1997: L.A. Confidential, directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Michael Madsen as Wendell and Geena Davis as Lynn, is released in theaters.

October 31, 1997: Boogie Nights, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Jason Lee as Dirk, Patricia Arquette as Amber, and Warren Beatty as Jack, is released.

December 11, 1998: Shakespeare in Love, directed by John Madden and starring Daniel Day-Lewis as William and Nicole Kidman as Viola, is released in theaters.

November 3, 2000: Charlie's Angels, directed by McG and starring Jennifer Jason Leigh as Dylan, Kristin Davis as Natalie, and Robin Wright Penn as Alex, is released in theaters.

June 25, 2004: The Notebook, directed by Nick Cassavetes and starring James Holzier as Noah and Ashley Judd as Allie, is released in theaters.
 
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DucNguyen0131

SomeGuyOnline said:
Thanks to the gold mine that is notstarring.com, here is a list of potential movies from 1997 on that feature some alternate castings:

July 25, 1997: Air Force One, directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Kevin Costner as U.S. President James Marshall, is released in theaters.

September 19, 1997: L.A. Confidential, directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Michael Madsen as Wendell and Geena Davis as Lynn, is released in theaters.

October 31, 1997: Boogie Nights, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Jason Lee as Dirk, Patricia Arquette as Amber, and Warren Beatty as Jack, is released.

December 19, 1997: Titanic, directed by James Cameron and starring Christian Bale as Jack, Drew Barrymore as Rose, and Michael Biehn as Cal, is released in theaters, becoming the biggest box office hit in history (at the time).

May 20, 1998: Godzilla, directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Bill Paxton as Dr. Niko and Helen Hunt as Audrey, is released in theaters, becoming a critical flop and a box office disappointment to boot.

December 11, 1998: Shakespeare in Love, directed by John Madden and starring Daniel Day-Lewis as William and Nicole Kidman as Viola, is released in theaters.

November 3, 2000: Charlie's Angels, directed by McG and starring Jennifer Jason Leigh as Dylan, Kristin Davis as Natalie, and Robin Wright Penn as Alex, is released in theaters.

June 25, 2004: The Notebook, directed by Nick Cassavetes and starring James Holzier as Noah and Ashley Judd as Allie, is released in theaters.
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To @kaijudirector, oops, as Titanic came out in 2000, but Terminator 3 came out in 1997.
Don't forget to mention:
December 19, 2002: 25th Hour, directed by Spike Lee and starred Tobey Maguire as Monty Brogan, Alicia Keys as Naturelle and Brittany Murphy as Mary D'Annuzio.
 
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