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An interesting note, RySenkari (and take this with a grain of salt): when Russell Yates was on the Today show IOTL, he learned that Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon were there (I forget why; maybe it was his reality show) and told Ozzy's agent that he was a big fan of Osbourne and wanted to take a picture with him. When Ozzy and Sharon found out, they were appalled, with Ozzy saying that Yates was profiting off the deaths of his children, eventually stating that he would burn his eyes out with a red-hot poker (seriously). They didn't take the picture, obviously...

Is America's Got Talent still on the air? (It was my late mom's favorite show--she passed away last year.)
 

RySenkari

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An interesting note, RySenkari (and take this with a grain of salt): when Russell Yates was on the Today show IOTL, he learned that Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon were there (I forget why; maybe it was his reality show) and told Ozzy's agent that he was a big fan of Osbourne and wanted to take a picture with him. When Ozzy and Sharon found out, they were appalled, with Ozzy saying that Yates was profiting off the deaths of his children, eventually stating that he would burn his eyes out with a red-hot poker (seriously). They didn't take the picture, obviously...

Is America's Got Talent still on the air? (It was my late mom's favorite show--she passed away last year.)
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Speaking of Ozzy, The Osbournes still happens ITTL. It's still really successful.

And America's Got Talent hasn't started airing yet, but I imagine it or something like it will show up at some point.
 

ANARCHY_4_ALL

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An interesting note, RySenkari (and take this with a grain of salt): when Russell Yates was on the Today show IOTL, he learned that Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon were there (I forget why; maybe it was his reality show) and told Ozzy's agent that he was a big fan of Osbourne and wanted to take a picture with him. When Ozzy and Sharon found out, they were appalled, with Ozzy saying that Yates was profiting off the deaths of his children, eventually stating that he would burn his eyes out with a red-hot poker (seriously). They didn't take the picture, obviously...

Is America's Got Talent still on the air? (It was my late mom's favorite show--she passed away last year.)
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Interestingly enough I just recently watched Rob Dyke's video on the Yates case.

And Unknown, my mother recently passed and AGT was one of the main shows we watched. I can't help but think of her watching the new season. But I'm sorry for your loss Unknown.
 

BP Booker

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How is South Park doing? are they freaking out about Al Gore freacking out about Global Warming?. Speaking of that, I wonder if they will be an film that fills the cultural niche of An Inconvient Truth
 

Nivek

BP Booker said:
How is South Park doing? are they freaking out about Al Gore freacking out about Global Warming?. Speaking of that, I wonder if they will be an film that fills the cultural niche of An Inconvient Truth
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Well OTL Gore was heavily spoofed with the whole Manbearpig(as a way about climatic change) so maybe they would keep that spoof for a while, the rest the show might be like OTL but maybe more focus with the gang.

An Inconvenient Truth esque film might happen, maybe not, maybe from someone from OTL, someone ITTL Unique Characther, is possible, the studies are there and someone might pust that angle. but that might come later....
 

BP Booker

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An Inconvenient Truth esque film might happen, maybe not, maybe from someone from OTL, someone ITTL Unique Characther, is possible, the studies are there and someone might pust that angle. but that might come later....
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An Inconvinint Truth didnt get made just because the studies backed Man made global warming, but also because of the percived inaction (and denial) of the then republican administartion, Al Gore was passionate and outspoken about the dangers of Global Warming so theres also that to take into acount. I wonder what the state of Global Warming denial in the US will be. There could be a backlash against it by the right because the federal government would be pushing hard against it, OR there could be a widder acceptance of it because there wouldnt be a normalization of indifference
 

Nivek

BP Booker said:
An Inconvinint Truth didnt get made just because the studies backed Man made global warming, but also because of the percived inaction (and denial) of the then republican administartion, Al Gore was passionate and outspoken about the dangers of Global Warming so theres also that to take into acount. I wonder what the state of Global Warming denial in the US will be. There could be a backlash against it by the right because the federal government would be pushing hard against it, OR there could be a widder acceptance of it because there wouldnt be a normalization of indifference
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Something to remind with a worse Huricanne Season in the 90's(for Americans, some carribeans are grateftul dodge a bullet or other, other did got some hurricane never got otl) and (Spoilers) people is not is denial as OTL but there always 'scepticst' and maybe that one might propel a film like that, maybe in a far different tone for that we can properly say if the film will or not will happen.
 

thekingsguard

If anything, butterflying away An Inconvenient Truth might help global warming - An Inconvenient Truth played extremely fast and loose with the truth, and included a number of outright lies, ranging from claiming glacial loss on Kilimanjaro was a result of global warming as opposed to deforestation, to claiming hurricanes would happen with greater frequency and intensity so it could capitalize on the post-Katrina fears. It did more to create global warming skeptics than decades of dismissals ever did - and worse, by sticking Al Gore in the mix of it, the movie politicized what should have been a non-partisan issue.

Avoiding it entirely would be a boon in my book.

Moving on, in addition to Lobo and Hitman, there is another gem from DC comics I wonder might have gotten more attention ITTL: Starman. One of DC's most beloved titles in the 90s, won a few Eisner awards, sold well, only to end up as yet another causality of the change in editorial and management at DC comics at the turn of the Millennium (just like Lobo and Hitman, among others).

So add him to the list of wondering how they did ITTL, and given how he and Lobo were successful enough in the OTL 90s for WB to consider movies, given the ongoing DC movie universe, he may be worth a look. While not as much wasted potential as Lobo - who was pretty much Deadpool, only with the bad luck to take off a decade before the Internet did - Starman seems like one one of those characters who, had it not been for office politics, could have become one of DC Comics mainstays.
 

Pyro

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So add him to the list of wondering how they did ITTL, and given how he and Lobo were successful enough in the OTL 90s for WB to consider movies, given the ongoing DC movie universe, he may be worth a look. While not as much wasted potential as Lobo - who was pretty much Deadpool, only with the bad luck to take off a decade before the Internet did - Starman seems like one one of those characters who, had it not been for office politics, could have become one of DC Comics mainstays.
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I did make a mention of a Lobo film in one of my Superman updates, but it got lost in the shuffle somewhere. In my mind, there is a completed screenplay for a Lobo film at this point in the TL (early 2004), but it's stuck in pre-prodction limbo. If you have any suggestions for a screenwriter and/or director, @thekingsguard, go ahead and fire away with suggestions. I welcome any input. WB will likely gauge the public's appetite for R-rated comic-related films on TTL's version of Suicide Squad before giving Lobo the green light. The good news is for what I have planned for Suicide Squad has very little in common with OTL's and will shy away from an supernatural elements and by that, I mean no Enchantress or "gateway in the sky."

As for Starman, Jack Knight was practically a creator-owned character and when James Robinson left the series TTL, DC retired the series and ended that run.
 

thekingsguard

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I did make a mention of a Lobo film in one of my Superman updates, but it got lost in the shuffle somewhere. In my mind, there is a completed screenplay for a Lobo film at this point in the TL (early 2004), but it's stuck in pre-prodction limbo. If you have any suggestions for a screenwriter and/or director, @thekingsguard, go ahead and fire away with suggestions. I welcome any input. WB will likely gauge the public's appetite for R-rated comic-related films on TTL's version of Suicide Squad before giving Lobo the green light. The good news is for what I have planned for Suicide Squad has very little in common with OTL's and will shy away from an supernatural elements and by that, I mean no Enchantress or "gateway in the sky."

As for Starman, Jack Knight was practically a creator-owned character and when James Robinson left the series TTL, DC retired the series and ended that run.
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Didn't know Starman was creator owned - I thought it was a reboot of a Golden Age character.

As for a Lobo movie:

James Gunn would be perfect for writing the script, and possibly for directing, though in OTL, he was just a screenwriter at this point. I don't know if you butterflied away the Scooby Doo movies, but if not, Gunn already has a working relationship with WB, has even at this point, his filmography is just the right amount of colorful, zany and at times hyper violent to make him a near perfect fit for a Lobo movie.

If you don't want to put Gunn in the director's seat, you could always pair him up with the director who helmed the Dawn of the Dead remake that Gunn scripted - Zack Snyder. Snyder has the right amount of visual flare and hyperviolence, and so long as his scripts are solid, he puts out decent work. Thus why I'd absolutely have Gunn doing scriptwork. As with Gunn, this would be his debut movie ITTL, and it could end up being TTL's answer to 300.

Other possible directors include Neil Marshall, who at this point is either coming off of Dog Soldiers or almost done with The Decent, Alex Garland, who has had a half dozen screenplays optioned at this point including 28 Days Later, Alex Proyas, director of The Crow and Dark City who was between films at this point, and Guillermo Del Toro, who is coming off of Blade II and is about to release Hellboy. Del Toro would be another interesting choice, given Ron Pearlman would be one of my choices to play Lobo.

As far as casting - Ron Pearlman, Mickey Rourke, Ray Liotta or Kurt Russell would all make solid choices for Lobo, but another off the wall choice, depending on how he looks with hair and white makeup: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The one good thing is that if you nail Lobo, the rest is pretty loose - his only important supporting character is Jonas Glim, the rest come and go pretty often.
 

Pyro

I'm partial to Gunn writing and directing with Perlman in the titular role. Looking at a 2007 or 08 release. How does that sound?

With Ry and Nivek's permission, I might reveal the slate up to 2008.
 

RySenkari

Pyro said:
I'm partial to Gunn writing and directing with Perlman in the titular role. Looking at a 2007 or 08 release. How does that sound?

With Ry and Nivek's permission, I might reveal the slate up to 2008.
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That sounds fine to me, and I'd be okay with you revealing the slate.
 

Nivek

Pyro said:
I'm partial to Gunn writing and directing with Perlman in the titular role. Looking at a 2007 or 08 release. How does that sound?

With Ry and Nivek's permission, I might reveal the slate up to 2008.
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Those are your collaboration, if want to give that surprise do it, would be interesting to see it.
 

Pyro

This is the (incomplete) slate I will confirm so far:

2004
Justice League (DC Comics/Warner Bros.)
The Incredible Hulk (Marvel Comics/20th Century Fox)
Captain America: War of the Patriots (Marvel/20th Century Fox)
Quantum & Woody: World's Worst Superhero Team (Valiant Comics/Columbia Pictures)

2005
The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel/20th Century Fox)
Aquaman (DC/Warner Bros.)
X-Men: The Dark Phoenix, Part 1 (Marvel/20th Century Fox)
Harbinger (Valiant/Columbia)

2006
X-Men: The Dark Phoenix, Part 2 (Marvel/20th Century Fox)
Suicide Squad (DC/Warner Bros.)
Shadowman (Valiant/Columbia)
Fantastic Four 2 (Marvel/20th Century Fox)

This is what the various studios have in the planning stages, but will not commit to any release dates as of yet

DC/Warner Bros.
Lobo, Shazam (Animated Film), The Blue and Gold, The Legion of Super-Heroes, a Hal Jordan-centric Green Lantern prequel, and a few obvious sequels.

Marvel/20th Century Fox
The Mighty Thor, Daredevil, the Avengers (mayyyyyybe...:p) and a couple unnamed projects until the Searchlight label. You guys can guess, but I will can neither confirm nor deny.

Valiant/Columbia
???

Wildstorm/Disney
Your guess is as good as mine...
 
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In terms of Mario Kart tracks, is Rainbow Road classified as one of the difficult tracks in the game? and what others join on that particular list.
 
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