Epic Geek Battle: A Pop Culture TL
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I'm not creating a Godzilla monopoly. Anyone interested in collaborating on the series and other Toho tokusatsu?
BTW, I'm reading through the new edition of John LeMay's
The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films
I highly recommend and his other books on unmade films and tv shows.
October 29, 1994: President William J. Clinton is killed by Francisco Martin Duran who used an AK-47 to break into the White House and kill 3 Secret Service agents and the the president; Al Gore is sworn in as president; Duran claims that he was influenced by FOX-TV and the broadcasts of Rush Limbaugh; NRA officials claim the assassination is a false flag operation to undermine gun rights,...
November 1, 1994: President Bill Clinton is laid to rest at Arlington Cemetery; President Al Gore calls for passage of the Unified Healthcare Act and the Brady Gun Control Act, to be cited "not just as his legacy, but as tribute to all of us. As a people and as a nation ..."
November 8, 1994: Democratic Psrty take both the House and Senate, amidst growing sympathy after the Clinton assassination according to TIME/ CNN polls,...
November 1, 1994: President Bill Clinton is laid to rest at Arlington Cemetery; President Al Gore calls for passage of the Unified Healthcare Act and the Brady Gun Control Act, to be cited "not just as his legacy, but as tribute to all of us. As a people and as a nation ..."
November 8, 1994: Democratic Psrty take both the House and Senate, amidst growing sympathy after the Clinton assassination according to TIME/ CNN polls,...
Here's what I have so far. I'll post more tomorrow...
May 26th 1961: Thunderball opens spectacularly, easily becoming the top film in Britain and the US for over two weeks straight. A second film is kicked into production, this one based off the novel Moonraker.
July 8th 1961- Hammer studios releases I am Legend, the film adaptation of the Richard Matheson novella of the same name. The apocalyptic thriller is a massive hit and will be distributed through out the US by UPA.
September 20th 1961- After the agreement between Daniel O’Shea, Iwao Mori, and Henry G. Saperstein; Toho Studios uses the influx of cash and their distribution deal to bring back Godzilla in Bride of Godzilla. Based on the late Hideo Unagami’s screenplay; scientists and miners find an entrance to a hollow world filled with prehistoric and mythological creatures and gigantic beasts including another Anguirus (the opponent of Godzilla in the second movie), a new Rodan, and a third Godzilla. The kaiju make it to the surface and assault the Japanese home island of Kyushu. Dr. Shida, an unhinged yet brilliant scientist, deploys a gigantic robot humanoid (the “bride”, actually an actress with makeup and costume resembling something like that of the robot in Fritz Lang’s Metropolis.) to fight the attackers. One by one, the Bride kills off the monsters before Godzilla badly damages “her”. The kaiju drags her back into the hollow earth just when Shida activates a hidden hydrogen bomb that destroys the entrance and presumably ends the threat of these monsters again.
June 25th 1962: Toho Studios, with the cooperation of RKO pictures, releases King Kong vs. Godzilla in Japan to great success. A sequel to RKO’s King Kong vs. Frankenstein (which had been released in Japan on a double bill with Bride of Godzilla.), Kong is found alive on a south pacific island, healing and growing to over a hundred feet tall. A scheming businessman orders his employees to capture Kong and bring him to Japan while simultaneously Godzilla (the one from the first sequel Godzilla Raids Again) is freed when an atomic submarine collides with and fractures the iceberg he was trapped in. Kong escapes en route to Japan and duels with Godzilla while the Japanese government frantically tries to destroy them. The crossover event is a major hit and UPA will distribute, with RKO, in the US and other English-speaking countries in the fall of 1962.
May 31st 1964: Hammer Studios releases And Frankenstein Created Woman in the UK, soon to be followed by UPA releasing it in the US. Terence Fisher directs Peter Cushing (as Baron Victor Frankenstein) who resurrects a suicide victim (Elke Sommer) along with the soul of her wrongfully accused lover, whom then carries out a vendetta against the men whom framed him. The film is controversial, but widely acclaimed and goes to be a success in the UK and the states.
May 26th 1961: Thunderball opens spectacularly, easily becoming the top film in Britain and the US for over two weeks straight. A second film is kicked into production, this one based off the novel Moonraker.
July 8th 1961- Hammer studios releases I am Legend, the film adaptation of the Richard Matheson novella of the same name. The apocalyptic thriller is a massive hit and will be distributed through out the US by UPA.
September 20th 1961- After the agreement between Daniel O’Shea, Iwao Mori, and Henry G. Saperstein; Toho Studios uses the influx of cash and their distribution deal to bring back Godzilla in Bride of Godzilla. Based on the late Hideo Unagami’s screenplay; scientists and miners find an entrance to a hollow world filled with prehistoric and mythological creatures and gigantic beasts including another Anguirus (the opponent of Godzilla in the second movie), a new Rodan, and a third Godzilla. The kaiju make it to the surface and assault the Japanese home island of Kyushu. Dr. Shida, an unhinged yet brilliant scientist, deploys a gigantic robot humanoid (the “bride”, actually an actress with makeup and costume resembling something like that of the robot in Fritz Lang’s Metropolis.) to fight the attackers. One by one, the Bride kills off the monsters before Godzilla badly damages “her”. The kaiju drags her back into the hollow earth just when Shida activates a hidden hydrogen bomb that destroys the entrance and presumably ends the threat of these monsters again.
June 25th 1962: Toho Studios, with the cooperation of RKO pictures, releases King Kong vs. Godzilla in Japan to great success. A sequel to RKO’s King Kong vs. Frankenstein (which had been released in Japan on a double bill with Bride of Godzilla.), Kong is found alive on a south pacific island, healing and growing to over a hundred feet tall. A scheming businessman orders his employees to capture Kong and bring him to Japan while simultaneously Godzilla (the one from the first sequel Godzilla Raids Again) is freed when an atomic submarine collides with and fractures the iceberg he was trapped in. Kong escapes en route to Japan and duels with Godzilla while the Japanese government frantically tries to destroy them. The crossover event is a major hit and UPA will distribute, with RKO, in the US and other English-speaking countries in the fall of 1962.
May 31st 1964: Hammer Studios releases And Frankenstein Created Woman in the UK, soon to be followed by UPA releasing it in the US. Terence Fisher directs Peter Cushing (as Baron Victor Frankenstein) who resurrects a suicide victim (Elke Sommer) along with the soul of her wrongfully accused lover, whom then carries out a vendetta against the men whom framed him. The film is controversial, but widely acclaimed and goes to be a success in the UK and the states.
Here are a few PODs to flag that the other networks changed:
January 10, 1987: The Return of Sherlock Holmes (CBS-TV) starring Margaret Colin and Michael Pennington, with Sherlock Holmes emerging after being placed in cryogenic freeze by Moriarty,...
June 27, 1989: B-Men (CBS-TV) high school teen/ police drama starring James McDaniel and Kimberly Foster, is launched to compete against 21 Jump Street (FOX-TV), ....
January 18, 1992: Two-Fisted Tales (HBO-TV) action anthology series based on the EC Comics series, hosted by William Sadler, guest-starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt, makes its hit debut,...
February 13, 1994: Knight Rider 2010 (NBC-TV) starring Richard Jose Paul and Hudson Leick, in a sequel to the original series,...
April 21, 1994: Doorways (ABC-TV) written and produced by George R.R. Martin, starring Carrie Anne-Moss and Kurtwood Smith makes its hit debut,...
January 1, 2003: Young Macgyver (ABC-TV) starring Jared Padelecki, written and produced by Richard Dean Anderson, makes its hit debut,...
April 19, 2013: Zombieland: The Series (NBC-TV) starring Tyler Ross and Kirk Ward makes its hit series debut,....
February 17, 2015: Chevy (NBC-TV) sitcom starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo following the lives of retired comedians in Hollywood,...
January 10, 1987: The Return of Sherlock Holmes (CBS-TV) starring Margaret Colin and Michael Pennington, with Sherlock Holmes emerging after being placed in cryogenic freeze by Moriarty,...
June 27, 1989: B-Men (CBS-TV) high school teen/ police drama starring James McDaniel and Kimberly Foster, is launched to compete against 21 Jump Street (FOX-TV), ....
January 18, 1992: Two-Fisted Tales (HBO-TV) action anthology series based on the EC Comics series, hosted by William Sadler, guest-starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt, makes its hit debut,...
February 13, 1994: Knight Rider 2010 (NBC-TV) starring Richard Jose Paul and Hudson Leick, in a sequel to the original series,...
April 21, 1994: Doorways (ABC-TV) written and produced by George R.R. Martin, starring Carrie Anne-Moss and Kurtwood Smith makes its hit debut,...
January 1, 2003: Young Macgyver (ABC-TV) starring Jared Padelecki, written and produced by Richard Dean Anderson, makes its hit debut,...
April 19, 2013: Zombieland: The Series (NBC-TV) starring Tyler Ross and Kirk Ward makes its hit series debut,....
February 17, 2015: Chevy (NBC-TV) sitcom starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo following the lives of retired comedians in Hollywood,...
Here are a few more TV shows to flag how the other networks have changed:
February 21, 1973: The Norliss Tapes (CBS-TV) horror series where monster target a small California coastal town, starring Angie Dickinson and Claude Akins, makes its hit debut,....
October 7, 1979: Vampire (ABC-TV) horror series starring Richard Lynch and E.G. Marshall, makes its hit debut,...
August 15, 1988: Remo Williams: The Series (ABC-TV) adventure series starring Roddy McDowell and Jeffrey Meek,
August 20, 1989: Nick Night (CBS-TV) vampire horror series starring Rick Springfield, makes its hit debut,..
July 28, 2000: Doctor Jekyll & Mister Hyde (SyFy-TV) horror series starring Adam Baldwin, transfers Robert Louis Stevenson's characters to modern Hong Kong,...
July 24, 2006: Aquaman (PTN-TV) based on the DC Comics series starring Justin Hartley, Lou Diamond Philips, and Ving Rhames makes its hit debut,...
December 30, 2011: 17th Precinct (NBC-TV) fantasy series on an alternate world starring Stockard Channing, Tricia Helfer, and Esai Morales, makes its hit debut,...
February 21, 1973: The Norliss Tapes (CBS-TV) horror series where monster target a small California coastal town, starring Angie Dickinson and Claude Akins, makes its hit debut,....
October 7, 1979: Vampire (ABC-TV) horror series starring Richard Lynch and E.G. Marshall, makes its hit debut,...
August 15, 1988: Remo Williams: The Series (ABC-TV) adventure series starring Roddy McDowell and Jeffrey Meek,
August 20, 1989: Nick Night (CBS-TV) vampire horror series starring Rick Springfield, makes its hit debut,..
July 28, 2000: Doctor Jekyll & Mister Hyde (SyFy-TV) horror series starring Adam Baldwin, transfers Robert Louis Stevenson's characters to modern Hong Kong,...
July 24, 2006: Aquaman (PTN-TV) based on the DC Comics series starring Justin Hartley, Lou Diamond Philips, and Ving Rhames makes its hit debut,...
December 30, 2011: 17th Precinct (NBC-TV) fantasy series on an alternate world starring Stockard Channing, Tricia Helfer, and Esai Morales, makes its hit debut,...
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October 18, 1985: Atari releases the Japanese video game entertainment console, the Nintendo Famicom, internationally as the Tengen Entertainment System (TES) and becomes an instant success,...
March 19, 1987: Atari releases the Family Computer Disk System peripheral worldwide as the Tengen Disk System (TDS), which made Atari gain suspicion from parents and Moral Guardians due to its capabilities and the timing of its release. Atari later released a two-in-one console (called the Tengen Double Dip) and a standalone Disk System (called the Tengen Disk Drive)
August 23, 1991: Super Famicom (SFC) is released worldwide as the Atari Panther with little fanfare due to Atari focusing on the Tengen and its Disk System peripheral, which competed with the Sony MSX, Apple Macintosh, ColecoVision II, and Sega Gaia,...
[You can do the other consoles if you want to]
October 18, 1985: Atari releases the Japanese video game entertainment console, the Nintendo Famicom, internationally as the Tengen Entertainment System (TES) and becomes an instant success,...
March 19, 1987: Atari releases the Family Computer Disk System peripheral worldwide as the Tengen Disk System (TDS), which made Atari gain suspicion from parents and Moral Guardians due to its capabilities and the timing of its release. Atari later released a two-in-one console (called the Tengen Double Dip) and a standalone Disk System (called the Tengen Disk Drive)
August 23, 1991: Super Famicom (SFC) is released worldwide as the Atari Panther with little fanfare due to Atari focusing on the Tengen and its Disk System peripheral, which competed with the Sony MSX, Apple Macintosh, ColecoVision II, and Sega Gaia,...
[You can do the other consoles if you want to]
Here are a few random PODs to show that history is different:
November 2, 1994: Tom Daschle (D-SD) is named Vice-President by Al Gore, who promises to help push Gore's legislation in the Senate,....
January 24, 1995: President Al Gore delivers the State of the Union Address in Washington D.C., citing both gun control and universal health care as major items on the national agenda; Former First Lady Hillary Clinton is appointed part of the task force to develop a plan for universal health care,...
April 19, 1995: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols bomb the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing c. 175+ people, injuring c. 680 people in the largest act of domestic terrorism up to this point; NRA and conservatives led by Rush Limbaugh, claim the "false flag" action of the "George Soros wing of the Democratic Party",...
October 3, 2007: Babylon Fields (CBS-TV) zombie series starring Ray Stevenson, Amber Tamblyn, Skeet Ulrich and Virginia Madsen, makes its hit debut,...
November 2, 1994: Tom Daschle (D-SD) is named Vice-President by Al Gore, who promises to help push Gore's legislation in the Senate,....
January 24, 1995: President Al Gore delivers the State of the Union Address in Washington D.C., citing both gun control and universal health care as major items on the national agenda; Former First Lady Hillary Clinton is appointed part of the task force to develop a plan for universal health care,...
April 19, 1995: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols bomb the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing c. 175+ people, injuring c. 680 people in the largest act of domestic terrorism up to this point; NRA and conservatives led by Rush Limbaugh, claim the "false flag" action of the "George Soros wing of the Democratic Party",...
October 3, 2007: Babylon Fields (CBS-TV) zombie series starring Ray Stevenson, Amber Tamblyn, Skeet Ulrich and Virginia Madsen, makes its hit debut,...
Here are a few potpourri items I had to throw in:
September 11, 1988: Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide is assassinated in Port au-Prince, Haiti, triggering civil unrest and panic nationwide,...
March 31, 1998: Actor Brandon Lee is hospitalized after a shooting accident on the set of "The Crow" in Wilmington, North Carolina, sparking
October 25, 2002: Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN) narrowly survives a plane crash in Eveleth, Minnesota, sparking national attention,...
March 17, 2005: Russian politician Anatoly Chubais is assassinated in Moscow, highlighting the severe political unrest and violence nationwide,...
September 25, 2009: Third Bloc leaders led by Libyan President Moammar Gaddafi call for a massive arms buildup against the Northern Hemisphere in Caracas, Venezuela sparking international attention,..
September 11, 1988: Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide is assassinated in Port au-Prince, Haiti, triggering civil unrest and panic nationwide,...
March 31, 1998: Actor Brandon Lee is hospitalized after a shooting accident on the set of "The Crow" in Wilmington, North Carolina, sparking
October 25, 2002: Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN) narrowly survives a plane crash in Eveleth, Minnesota, sparking national attention,...
March 17, 2005: Russian politician Anatoly Chubais is assassinated in Moscow, highlighting the severe political unrest and violence nationwide,...
September 25, 2009: Third Bloc leaders led by Libyan President Moammar Gaddafi call for a massive arms buildup against the Northern Hemisphere in Caracas, Venezuela sparking international attention,..
Who likes the idea of alternate history games?:
October 31, 1999: Medal of Honor (Codemasters) is released; the game introduces the concept of alternate history to the mainstream with the realistic scenario of Nazi Germany winning World War II,...
October 31, 1999: Medal of Honor (Codemasters) is released; the game introduces the concept of alternate history to the mainstream with the realistic scenario of Nazi Germany winning World War II,...
That could work. There were even talks about a "Asteroids" video game to be directed by Michael Bay in the early 2000s.
Oh God not Michael Bay! Speaking of which, what happened to him ITTL?
A victim of a mysterious explosion at a fireworks shop in Missouri.
What if to flag that not all changes are good, have Michael Bay and Uwe Boll create the "Atari-verse" complete with the B-grade actors from SyFy/Asylum pictures...
Or have Michael Bay and Uwe Boll start a major film company together.
Yes, but have him survive and make a movie based on the event.
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