Photos from Alternate Worlds II (read FAQ first)

[Ukron]

26 August 1945 --PCF (French Communist Party) members salute Red Army Soldiers as they "liberate" Reims from "Imperialist" US.

 

[Alpha-King98760]

Excerpts from the God Wars, Part IV: The Slavs

Perun – he is the highest god of the Slavic pantheon and the god of sky, thunder, lightning, storms, rain, law, war, fertility, and oak trees.
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When the Norse-Olympian War started,
the Slavic Pantheon under the leadership of Perun, remained uninvolved. Perun declared to all of the other gods within the Pantheon his policy of strict neutrality. In which none of the Gods were to get involved in the God Wars, unless another Pantheon invaded their realm. However the Norse trickster god Loki had plans of his own for the Slavs, he transformed into Veles (a major Slavic god of earth, waters, and the underworld).

Loki, the Norse trickster god (top). Veles, the Slavic god of earth, waters, and the underworld (centre). Lada, the Slavic goddess of beauty and fertility (bottom).​

Disguised as Veles, Loki kidnapped Lada — Slavic goddess of beauty and fertility which obviously got blamed on Veles. Angered by this, Perun sought out Veles and started to attack him. This prompted the other gods to quickly pick sides and soon the entire Slavic Pantheon was in chaotic divine civil war, much to Loki’s delight.

Perun and Veles do battle with one another (top). Belobog & Chernobog, the Gods of Light and Sun & Cursed Darkness (bottom).
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The Slavic Black God/Cursed God of Dark, Chernobog, and the Slavic White God/God of Light & Sun, Belobog, however didn’t get involve in the Slavic civil war outside of going to the Supreme Slavic God and the undisputed master of the entire Slavic Pantheon, Rod (meaning “First God”). Rod, having this been brought to his attention, was outraged and descended upon the Pantheon at once to settle the conflict. Once amongst the Pantheon Rod quickly revealed that the Norse Trickster God, Loki, had deceived all of them and was in fact Lada’s kidnapper. Perun & Veles quickly made up and headed off together towards Scandinavia to bring Lada home.

Rod, the supreme Slavic god.​

 

[THeaven]

Stan Winston's makeup test for the 1987 horror film Wolfman by Night
from Universal studios
Based on Werewolf by night from Marvel comics
Written by Fred Decker & Simon West
Directed by Fred Decker

 

[Deleted member 107125]

Wow, great to see some more speculative zoology over here! Am a big fan of that kind of stuff!

 

[RedBeetle]

The 1969 memorial for the two victims of the Apollo 11 disaster, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong.

 

[Danthefan28]

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The 1969 memorial for the two victims of the Apollo 11 disaster, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong.

What happened to Michael Collins?

 

[TheNixonator]

(top to bottom)
1. Nazi Soldiers surrendering to an American Militia in German Occupied Roanoke circa 1947
2. American Soldiers fighting against the oncoming Nazi Marines from Virginia Beach 1946
3. Soldiers from the American army holding a captured Nazi flag right after the Liberation of Richmond circa 1948

Oskar Groening, a German who deserted the German Marine Corps after it became obvious they were going to lose. He stayed in the United States under a different name. Recently he has been discovered to be a Nazi and has been sent to a death sentence, (hanging)

 

[Mysterion]

What happened to Michael Collins?

Not to step on RedBeetle's parade, but I had a thought about this awhile back:

(Excerpted with permission from "The Ultimate Movie Guide" by Roger Ebert (1999, Schuster & Simon, New Amsterdam)


A Kind of Homecoming (Universal, 1996)

Ron Howard directs Tom Hanks in a harrowing re-telling of the Apollo 11 disaster. The second half of the movies dominates as it tells the story of astronaut Michael Collins (Hanks) and his four-day journey back to Earth after the deaths of Armstrong and Aldrin on the moon's surface. Although he's the only actor on-screen for the majority of the film and he is interacting with voice-over transmissions from Mission Control, Hanks pulls off a landmark performance for which he earned the Best Actor Oscar(tm) in 1996. The most famous reaction to the film was from Collins himself who broke nearly forty years of reclusive silence to praise Hank's performance.

 

[RedBeetle]

What happened to Michael Collins?

He stayed in orbit around the moon, so he had to go back alone and was the only survivor

 

[Danthefan28]

He stayed in orbit around the moon, so he had to go back alone and was the only survivor

Makes sense... Must've been scary AF.

 

[RedBeetle]

Not to step on RedBeetle's parade, but I had a thought about this awhile back:

Oh you did? I just saw the speech Nixon was going to give if the moon landing failed, and I decided to make this

 

[RedBeetle]

 

[Mysterion]

Oh you did? I just saw the speech Nixon was going to give if the moon landing failed, and I decided to make this

Same speech inspired my little bit of stuff, too.

 

[ANARCHY_4_ALL]

Would they or could they retrieve the remains with a follow-up mission? And the leftover equipment.

 

[Mr.Gatsby]

Photos of the Hero known as Superman although it could been a bird or an plane this “Superman” has been sighted from Kansas to China

 

[Loulou]

Paul McCartney buying Denny Lane a copy of The Beach Boys' SMiLE LP as a gift, 1975

Jimi Hendrix blown away by Surf's Up, 1967

 

[Ukron]

New Dixie Army M113 during the battle of Baton Rouge against Federalists--2nd US Civil War (1966-1972).

 

[Ukron]

Black Panthers Militia into the ruins of Capitol-1971 (US Second Civil War).

 

[Ukron]

-August 1966-Klansman holds an M1 Carbine, he had a KKK ralley, and a cross burning on his private property in St. Landry-2nd US Civil War.

 

[James Ricker]

What happened to Michael Collins?

Apparently the LEM suffered a misfortune.
Michael Collins was in The command module orbiting the Moon