Mr. President, you've done yet another wonderful update on the Pop Culture of 1980 ITTL. Paul McCartney is still arrested in Japan for Marijuana Possession as IOTL, but with The Beatles on a tour ITTL. While the band would go on hiatus later in December 9th, they're now having a healthy relationship with each other with both the guidance of their band manager Brian Epstein and music producer George Martin. Now I wonder what are the album titles of The Beatles between 1970-1980 ITTL? I'm still looking forward for a huge collaboration of Michael Jackson's Thriller later in 1982 with The Beatles, Elvis Presley, and Bee Gees. Bon Scott surviving ITTL was a wonderful news with him going on a rehab to clean himself up and releasing AC/DC's Back in Black later in August would enter into the mainstream indeed and continue to lead the band throughout the decade and beyond ITTL. With Joy Division continues to the music industry as the decade dawned ITTL with their album Closer, I'm hoping for their best success. Led Zeppelin is finally refounded with Paul Rodgers as their new lead vocalist ITTL, now I'm wondering how and what would be their new track in the music industry as the 80's ITTL keeps rolling. Where's Kate Bush, Irene Cara, Pat Benatar, Earth Wind & Fire, Donna Summer, Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen; and Andy Gibb ITTL? Still no collaboration between Barry Gibb and Olivia Newton-John for "Guilty"; and between Elvis Presley and Queen for "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" ITTL? That's also I'm looking forward too as well if these music collaborations that I suggested would happen or not ITTL? Does Elton John got already in the rehab to clean himself up ITTL?
As always for the movies, The Empire Strikes Back (later known today as Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back) is already a standard of how a sequel could be just as IOTL. Still looking forward with Steven Spielberg as the director of Return of the Jedi (later known today as Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi) later in 1983 ITTL. 9 to 5 is already a comedy classic just as IOTL. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee was now a surprise for me and I already loving it with the direction of Martin Scorsese and produced by Marlon Brando. With the movie winning an Academy Award for Best Picture ITTL? Impressive genius! Who are the cast in this movie anyway? Friday the 13th is already a horror classic of the decade just as IOTL as well. Airplane! was now starring David Letterman and Shelley Long in their debut film together ITTL? I would gladly to pay this movie version than IOTL! While is still a comedy classic just as IOTL, it also gave a career renaissance for Leslie Nielsen in the field of comedy after this movie. Would we ever see Airplane II happened ITTL? Flash Gordon ITTL was now an interesting movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger as the titular hero and Bruce Lee as Ming the Merciless? I'm already loving this damn timeline too much! So Bruce Lee didn't done any movies between 1973-1980 ITTL until this movie? So, let's just say this is his comeback movie? Good enough for me!
The Elephant Man is truly a hit with both critics and audiences indeed genius just as IOTL, now winning Best Director for David Lynch, Best Actor for John Hurt, and Best Adapted Screenplay at The Academy Awards ITTL. Popoye is also another 80's comedy classic just as IOTL with Robin Williams in his film debut as the titular sailor and Shelley Duvall as Olive Oly. Without her trauma on the set of The Shining IOTL, I'm assuming she's in a better situation ITTL and continue to have more movie projects, along with Williams as decade continues ITTL. Tristan and Isolde by Ridley Scott and starring Jeremy Irons (in his film debut) and Charlotte Rampling? I would pay to see this movie adaptation ITTL genius indeed. Along with Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave, and Judi Dench? I'm too impressed with this impressive cast! Caddyshack and Urban Cowboy were just as the same IOTL, and both of them were already a classic. Hoping for John Travolta and Al Pacino to have a successful movie career for this decade ITTL, they got what it takes when it comes to acting. The Blues Brothers is truly have a star-studded cast just as IOTL, but no mention of Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson as being part of the movie, along with others that I've suggested here earlier on what could be their roles in this movie? Hoping for John Landis to prevent the disaster on the set of The Twilight Zone: The Movie ITTL. Xanadu has now a different plot ITTL and still has the same cast? That's a fine with me geniuses.
Just keep Johnny Carson as the host of The Academy Awards throughout the 80's ITTL, he really knows how to handle with his style of comedy indeed genius. Hoping for Carl Sagan to live longer ITTL to continue his show Cosmos, as well a being an advocate of astronomy and space travel. And finally, US President-Elect RFK as Time Magazine's Person of the Year is already the beginning of what was to come for his new administration soon on January 20th, 1981 ITTL. We're looking forward in the next chapter update on Kennedy-Bentsen 1980: Leadership for the Decade! It's Kennedy Time Again America!
As always for the movies, The Empire Strikes Back (later known today as Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back) is already a standard of how a sequel could be just as IOTL. Still looking forward with Steven Spielberg as the director of Return of the Jedi (later known today as Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi) later in 1983 ITTL. 9 to 5 is already a comedy classic just as IOTL. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee was now a surprise for me and I already loving it with the direction of Martin Scorsese and produced by Marlon Brando. With the movie winning an Academy Award for Best Picture ITTL? Impressive genius! Who are the cast in this movie anyway? Friday the 13th is already a horror classic of the decade just as IOTL as well. Airplane! was now starring David Letterman and Shelley Long in their debut film together ITTL? I would gladly to pay this movie version than IOTL! While is still a comedy classic just as IOTL, it also gave a career renaissance for Leslie Nielsen in the field of comedy after this movie. Would we ever see Airplane II happened ITTL? Flash Gordon ITTL was now an interesting movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger as the titular hero and Bruce Lee as Ming the Merciless? I'm already loving this damn timeline too much! So Bruce Lee didn't done any movies between 1973-1980 ITTL until this movie? So, let's just say this is his comeback movie? Good enough for me!
The Elephant Man is truly a hit with both critics and audiences indeed genius just as IOTL, now winning Best Director for David Lynch, Best Actor for John Hurt, and Best Adapted Screenplay at The Academy Awards ITTL. Popoye is also another 80's comedy classic just as IOTL with Robin Williams in his film debut as the titular sailor and Shelley Duvall as Olive Oly. Without her trauma on the set of The Shining IOTL, I'm assuming she's in a better situation ITTL and continue to have more movie projects, along with Williams as decade continues ITTL. Tristan and Isolde by Ridley Scott and starring Jeremy Irons (in his film debut) and Charlotte Rampling? I would pay to see this movie adaptation ITTL genius indeed. Along with Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave, and Judi Dench? I'm too impressed with this impressive cast! Caddyshack and Urban Cowboy were just as the same IOTL, and both of them were already a classic. Hoping for John Travolta and Al Pacino to have a successful movie career for this decade ITTL, they got what it takes when it comes to acting. The Blues Brothers is truly have a star-studded cast just as IOTL, but no mention of Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson as being part of the movie, along with others that I've suggested here earlier on what could be their roles in this movie? Hoping for John Landis to prevent the disaster on the set of The Twilight Zone: The Movie ITTL. Xanadu has now a different plot ITTL and still has the same cast? That's a fine with me geniuses.
This suggestion of mine is for the Bee Gees and Andy Gibb in the 80's ITTL.Mr. President, I know that we're still far off from the 1980 Pop Culture but I have a question and suggestion. IOTL, Barry Gibb collaborate with Barbra Streisand on making a duet song for "Guilty". ITTL, with Barbra Streisand already dead in 1969, what if we make him a duet with Olivia Newton-John instead? It might give us a new perspective since Barry Gibb is starting to write songs during this decade for other singers and musicians like "Islands in the Stream" for Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, "Heartbreaker" for Dionne Warwick, and "Chain Reaction" for Diana Ross.
I still do hope that the Bee Gees and Andy Gibb quickly recover from their music careers now that Disco and the 70's is already over. Their album Living Eyes later in 1981 was to make a distance from their falsettos that they've been doing between Main Course in 1975 and Spirits Having Flown in 1979, I do hope that it gets more praise and recognition ITTL because it's really good and show us that they can adapt to the music environment of the 80's. I've read that by 1988 IOTL, their youngest brother Andy Gibb is finally joining the Bee Gees months before his untimely death from his drug overdose at the age of just 30, and that was days after his birthday geniuses! ITTL, I hope he can finally overcome his addictions by getting into rehabilitation, he might get married again because I've heard his first marriage didn't last long, and he finally be with his older brothers for good. Now that we're in the 80's ITTL, I've heard that Michael Jackson got the inspiration for his album Thriller from the movie soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever, and that's why he's friends with the Gibb Brothers. To repeat on what I've said here weeks ago, if The Beatles would reunite, along with Elvis Presley, and the Bee Gees, would collaborate with Jackson for his album Thriller in 1982 ITTL, it would make it shall we say "The Best of the Best" in the history of music. The stars are perfectly aligned for this one genius, who wouldn't pass this one?
Lastly, since I've mentioned Olivia Newton-John here genius, would she will make the movie Xanadu, along with the great Gene Kelly and Michael Beck? The Movie Soundtrack with the Electric Light Orchestra were I would say another classic. While the movie wasn't a hit, it later became a cult classic IOTL. I hope ITTL, they've done a better script, let the choreography remain because they've done great, and I know it's been associated with the elements of Disco now that it's already over.
This one is that I've suggested earlier for The Blues Brothers ITTL.I just thought about The Blues Brothers with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd when it premiered in 1980. The all-star cast would've been better if we include Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Sammy Davis, Jr., Barry White, Chuck Berry, Johnny and June Carter Cash, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tina Turner, Dionne Warwick, Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Donna Summer, Frank Sinatra, and Diana Ross. If you geniuses like my idea, this would surely be one of the greatest movie musicals ever made and truly a love letter and tribute to their contribution to the music indeed!
So where's Superman II, along with other movies here that I've mentioned here earlier? Would they have stayed the same as IOTL or different ITTL?Pop Culture of 1980 is mostly I'm looking forward to, especially movies. Of course you've already mentioned The Empire Strikes Back, Superman II, and The Elephant Man. I'm sure there's going to be Raging Bull, Somewhere In Time, Ordinary People, Stir Crazy, The Blue Lagoon, American Gigolo, Cruising, Smokey and the Bandit II, Fame, Private Benjamin, Little Darlings, The Final Countdown, and Melvin and Howard. I'm hoping that Kate Bush and Irene Cara are both having their successful music careers as the 80's rolls in ITTL.
Just keep Johnny Carson as the host of The Academy Awards throughout the 80's ITTL, he really knows how to handle with his style of comedy indeed genius. Hoping for Carl Sagan to live longer ITTL to continue his show Cosmos, as well a being an advocate of astronomy and space travel. And finally, US President-Elect RFK as Time Magazine's Person of the Year is already the beginning of what was to come for his new administration soon on January 20th, 1981 ITTL. We're looking forward in the next chapter update on Kennedy-Bentsen 1980: Leadership for the Decade! It's Kennedy Time Again America!
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