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Michel Van

Michel Van

Gillian Anderson as Capitan Janeway in Startrek Voyager 1995-2002
Do her pregnancy she was fired from The X-Files in 1993.
She replaced Geneviève Bujold in 1995 for Voyager and the rest is History

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John_MC

Michel Van said:
Gillian Anderson as Capitan Janeway in Startrek Voyager 1995-2002
Do her pregnancy she was fired from The X-Files in 1993.
She replaced Geneviève Bujold in 1995 for Voyager and the rest is History

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I suspect she would demand better scripts.

I also think she would sue over being fired.
 
MNM041

MNM041

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Gary Busey and Tommy Lee Jones as Captain Peter Krill and Agent William Strannix in 1993's Under Siege. Originally intended as a vehicle for then up-and-coming action star, Steven Seagal, production halted due to Seagal being a nightmare on set, culminating in an altercation between him, Jones and Busey which the latter two both alleged was because Seagal had created an unsafe work environment, particularly for the film's female lead Erika Eleniak, who later sued Seagal for sexual harassment. As a result, Seagal was fired and the film ended up being heavily rewritten with Jones and Busey's characters being turned from the villains into the heroes. While the original script of the film has never been released, Seagal alleged that the name of his character was given to the new villain in an act of spite.
 
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John_MC

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Gary Busey and Tommy Lee Jones as Captain Peter Krill and Agent William Strannix in 1993's Under Siege. Originally intended as a vehicle then up-and-coming action star, Steven Seagal, production halted when Seagal due to being a nightmare on set, culminating in an altercation between him, Jones and Busey both which the latter two alleged was because Seagal had created an unsafe work environment, particularly for the film's female lead Erika Eleniak, who later sued Seagal for sexual harassment. As a result, the film ended up being rewritten with Jones and Busey's characters being turned from the villains into the heroes. While the original script of the film has never been released, Seagal alleged that the name of his character was given to the new villain in an act of spite.
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I believe it.
 

Guy712

On another note, it's time for some alternate history: what if Sega and Microsoft didn't split up and kept being a collaborative force? Sure, they kinda in their own hubris threw away their partnerships, but what if they didn't? Well, here's my thoughts on that..
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At E3 2000, Sega announces the Dreamcast Xpansion Unit, courtesy of their partners at Microsoft. Built in with a hard-drive, a Broadband adapter and extra processing power through a DirectX-based chip that supports higher polygon count (a "high-performance" mode) and proto-HD resolution gaming (up to 720p); it is a $100 add-on that comes in a translucent, retro-futuristic shell. While Sega themselves has had a bad history of selling add-on peripherals to their machine, it is made clear that this addition is not necessary to experience Dreamcast, but rather just to expand what you can do with it if you're willing to pay extra. It is announced alongside Phantasy Star Online, the first game to utilize it's features by allowing the game to be updated over time (removing the need for purchasing new update discs, such as PSO Version 2). The Xpansion also added an updated menu that allowed customization in wallpapers and bootscreens, as well as a new icon used to access a new hub for SegaNet, making it easier to set up lobbies for games, or download demos of upcoming releases.

Of course, this is not the end; as at E3 2001 they arrive with a whole new announcement:
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Introducing Dreamcast X and Dreamcast S.

Dreamcast X is a new, larger model DC. It has all the features of the Xpansion Unit built in but now with an 8GB hard drive, marketed with a new logo and color scheme (centering on a lime green instead of the orange-red) to push forward an aggressive marketing campaign aimed at older, more western audiences; an initiative pushed forward by Microsoft as they read the tides of where their audiences were looking in the coming years. The machine itself was released with a launch title, Halo: Combat Evolved, a title Microsoft acquired for Sega by purchasing Bungie the previous year. It was sold for $299.99, coming in deep navy (shown) or sold white.

Also announced, possibly a year or two later (let's say E3 2003) is Dreamcast S. A much smaller model of the DC, meant to enhance portability and market itself as the cuter alternative, meant to appeal to more feminine or younger audiences. It comes in four colors, all resembling the slightly-pastel face buttons, and a light blue logo (orange in Europe). It features a built-in Broadband adapter and a 1GB hard drive as well as the new menus, but with no modular pieces like the original console, and without the X's ability to display at higher performance or resolutions. It was sold for $149.99 at launch, possibly alongside Billy Hatcher or a Sonic game.

The original model (now known as the O for Original, as well as it's circular logo) was, during the X's release, reduced in price to be sold for $149.99, often sold for $250 in a bundle deal with the Xpansion Unit; and down to $99 at the release of the S. Early adopters of Dreamcast and hardcore Sega fans found themselves sticking to the original model + the Xpansion Unit, American audiences were more into the idea of greater hard drive space or the more "mature" presentation went for the Dreamcast X, and the Dreamcast S sold well in Japan and amongst children due to it's colorful cute design and simplistic, no-frills approach.

Sega's partnership with Microsoft proves a success, as Microsoft helps keep Sega's name relevant in the 2000s with a combination of their business decisions and endless supply of money to cover their losses, and Sega helps Microsoft's name and status (outside of Windows) reach to international waters, particularly in the Japanese market. Halo becomes a classic Sega IP which alongside other titles like Fable are contributed to a bigger, better Sega of America now supported and funded by Microsoft, while Sega of Japan doesn't struggle so hard hemorrhaging money and thus doesn't feel the need to drop out of the race, fizzle out their IPs one by one, or milk Sonic til he's dead.

While still failing to keep up with Sony's Playstation 2 as it continues to shellshock the entire 6th generation of consoles, Sega together with Microsoft finally have a chance to strike back.. with the Sega 360.

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Or at least, that's how it could've gone down. Haha. A lot of it is idealistic, and very much to think of it as if Sega or Microsoft wouldn't get too cocky and mess something up between each other (kinda like they did irl), but hey. I can dream. And what better console to do it for, you know?
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JCC the Alt Historian

JCC the Alt Historian

Not a photo, but a video:

Video made by Maximized Animation on YouTube.

A clip for the 2001 SpongeBob SquarePants episode Jellyfish Hunter (Season 2, Episode 19) showing Mr. Krabs in three out of model and creepy versions of himself. Said three versions of Mr. Krabs would become internet memes years later.

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Context: Apparently, according to this Twitter post, there were two extra versions of the "Moar Krabs" that were used in the storyboards but didn't make it to the final version of the episode. This video is basically a what if those versions actually did make it.
 
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I took the reference to the brilliant No 9/11 TL by @Iwanh and abandoned John Titor TL by @Anarcho-Occultist
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YouTube home page, 2006

YouTube was a short lived online video sharing website which was launched on Feb 14 2005, it was very popular during 2005-2007,a period of intense domestic turmoil, while US army were still fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and Sudan, more and more domestic chaos, riots and far left/far right terror attack happening in US, people needs a place like Youtube for solace seeking. However, simce late 2006, many anti war activist, opposition of President Cheney, soldiers at the warzone keep uploading their videos on YouTube, such as the horrifying images on the warzone, attack onj Cheney administration and personal attack on Cheney personally, the most infamous one was the channel "JibJab". In summer 2007, YouTube was mandatory shutdown by US government, this caused the outraged across the internet, things was getting worse and unhinged......
 
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THeaven

THeaven

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Production photo for Republic pictures controversial serial Mary Marvel.
The serial gained controversy because of the heavy promotion of casting Judy Garland in the starring role even to the point taking production photos with her in the costume (above) truth was she was cast as Mary's secret identity of Mary Branford while Frances Gifford do the acting/Stunts of Mary Marvel.
 
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shearsforest

THeaven said:
The serial gained controversy because of the heavy promotion of casting Judy Garland in the starring role even to the point taking production photos with her in the costume (above) truth was she was cast as Mary's secret identity of Mary Branford while Frances Gifford do the acting/Stunts of Mary Marvel.
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Gotta hope they do a Fury of the Gods and have Garland also portray Mary Marvel in the next one.
 

Kloka

Spacelab 12V (tentative number,subject to change), call sign Explorateur, launched from LC-37A at Cape Canaveral on November 11,1976 at 12:28 pm. It was crewed by Eugene Cernan and Cara Walker of NASA and European “guestronaut” Laurent Stieltjes,who made history by becoming the first space flyer not from either the US or USSR.

actual pic, featuring the Apollo 7 launch:

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linky for attribution:
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Guy712

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The derelict Overlook Hotel in 1982, which had closed two years prior following series of unfortunate events which involves murder dating back to the 1920s.​
 
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