As many people know, Pulp Fiction, while not being Quentin Tarantino's first feature film was the film that put him on the map, it more or less made him a household name. Now in it's pre-production phase at tri-star the studio decided to cut the film due to the controversial themes in the film as well as the unconventional narrative style, however the producer; Lawrence Bender, managed to sell it to Miramax where the film finished being made. So let us assume that Bender is unable to make the sale, not terribly hard to do, considering how unconventional the film sounds on paper Miramax may decide that the title is too hot to touch, or that the narrative is too convoluted to follow. As such it stays at Tri-Star and either A.) doesn't get produced, or B.) has so much fighting between the studio and Tarantino that it either ends up in development hell or C.)Does get produced but suffers from too much interference a la Alien 3 style and flops at the box office.
With these possibilities, what do you think happens? What becomes of Uma Thurman, and John Travolta? Do their careers sink into obscurity? Or do they somehow manage to find a way to acheive fame and fortune some other way? Does Tarantino still become popular or does he sink into obscurity also? Or does he do what David Fincher did and stay away from hollywood for a while only to return later? Does this have any effect on Robert Rodriguez' career or does he still become as successful without his partnerships with Tarantino? How about the film industry in general, do dark antihero's still become as popular as they did OTL?
So what do you see as the butterflies from this POD?