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Another pop culture alteration idea.

What if ''The Black Cauldron'' ( 1985 ) was successful?

In the real world, TBC is commonly considered to be ''the movie that almost killed Disney animation''. Costing 40 million, it was the most expensive animated movie of its time but the movie only made back 21 million. Having a dramatic effect on Disney animation, hence the aforementioned title.

Let's say in an alternate timeline, TBC makes some $60,100,000 at the box office, replacing ''Spies Like Us'' as the 10th highest-grossing film of 1985, just below ''The Goonies''. How do you think this would affect Disney, pop culture, and American animation as a whole?
That show PG(when PG means like PG-13 or than children's have real criteria at the time) grade movies and later on PG-13 animation movies could work very well....umm wonder how would affect Disney Reinnasance later on
 
That's the whole point, Scooby Do works better with the supernatural.
No it doesn't. For every "Zombie Island" there is three seasons of the "Scooby and Scrappy show." Fake Monsters are kind of the point.
Even the well regarded mystery Inc is more sci-fi that supernatural ( explaining the funny and talking animals as alien influence) and played it more like a sci-fi horror, heck for the whole Nibiru the monster of the week were humans with humans grunges
 
No it doesn't. For every "Zombie Island" there is three seasons of the "Scooby and Scrappy show." Fake Monsters are kind of the point.
Funny teen romance is kinda the point of Archie and solving mysteries is kinda the point of Nancy Drew. That did stop either show from going into the supernatural. At least Scooby Do had fake ghosts.
 
Same Bonds, correct book order ...

Sean Connery:
1962 : Casino Royale
1963 : Live and Let Die
1964 : Moonraker
1965 : Diamonds are Forever
1967 : From Russia with Love

George Lazenby:
1969 : Dr No

Sean Connery:
1971 : From A View to a Kill

Roger Moore:
1973 : For Your Eyes Only
1974 : Quantum of Solace
1977 : Risico
1979 : The Hildebrand Rarity
1981 : Thunderball
1983 : The Spy Who Loved Me
1985 : The Living Daylights

Timothy Dalton:
1987 : OHMSS
1989 : The Property of a Lady

Pierce Brosnan:
1995 : 007 in New York
1997 : You Only Live Twice
1999 : The Man with the Golden Gun
2002 : Octopussy
 
Oh man, that is wild.

This is my very first post on this website, so hopefully I don’t botch things too spectacularly. Hello, lovely people!

Anyway, I’ve been thinking about a timeline where instead of Pierce Brosnan playing James Bond, the role goes to Sean Bean. At the very least, this means Sean doesn’t end up doing Lord of the Rings or the Richard Sharpe series. Additionally, Daniel Craig’s casting isn’t as spectacular since TTL’s already had a “James Blonde”. What do you guys think?
 
Oh man, that is wild.

This is my very first post on this website, so hopefully I don’t botch things too spectacularly. Hello, lovely people!

Anyway, I’ve been thinking about a timeline where instead of Pierce Brosnan playing James Bond, the role goes to Sean Bean. At the very least, this means Sean doesn’t end up doing Lord of the Rings or the Richard Sharpe series. Additionally, Daniel Craig’s casting isn’t as spectacular since TTL’s already had a “James Blonde”. What do you guys think?
Interesting!
I would pour cold water on the Sharpe bit though, as they were in production and being shown while the legal shenanigans were still going on with regards to Bond and the bankruptcy of MGM at the time. So what would probably happen in the last few installments would be shifted around Bean's availability.

You could absolutely have Bean as Bond, and in my opinion should do, but a small amount of finessing would be required.
 
If there was ever an IP with supernatural potential that should've appeared on the CW it was Scooby-Doo:
Brings me to another idea: what if Hanna-Barbera studios went into live action series, to cash in on the rise of cable television (in the US) and channels like WB and SciFi? I mean they already tried a couple of life-action Flintstones movies who were not significantly worse than everything else that hit the cinemas in the mid 90's.

So yes, Scooby Doo would be a prime candidate for a life-action treatment. Flintstones however would be dead on arrival. But what about the other shows? Wacky Racers? Captain Caveman? Dyna-mutt and the Blue Falcon? Or possibly Josie and the Pussycats with Millie Cyrus before she gets picked up by the Disney franchise?
 
Brings me to another idea: what if Hanna-Barbera studios went into live action series, to cash in on the rise of cable television (in the US) and channels like WB and SciFi? I mean they already tried a couple of life-action Flintstones movies who were not significantly worse than everything else that hit the cinemas in the mid 90's.

So yes, Scooby Doo would be a prime candidate for a life-action treatment. Flintstones however would be dead on arrival. But what about the other shows? Wacky Racers? Captain Caveman? Dyna-mutt and the Blue Falcon? Or possibly Josie and the Pussycats with Millie Cyrus before she gets picked up by the Disney franchise?
Well, they did have a division for that, called Bedrock Productions or something similar to that name, which means that Hocus Pocus is technically a Hanna-Barbera movie. I will not elaborate further on this.
 
Some pop culture stuff I did on Twitter/another forum I'm on, after giving the general prompt to be given pop cultural stuff to alter the trajectories of. These range in terms of plausibility.

KFC: Colonel Sanders instead creates a restaurant that serves versions of Thanksgiving food year round, with turkey instead of chicken. It's less successful, though it still has its niche, and Popeye's eventually is the most known fried chicken restaurant in this universe. Popeye is more generally culturally relevant, in the sense of how a mascot will usually be around for a while, though it's in different ways than how he could or would be relevant if he's only primarily known as a cartoon/comics character. [Not quite as wild as the one where the Colonel runs for office, or Hitler becomes a fast food magnate, I know.]

Looney Tunes: Daffy Duck retains his earlier manic personality for a few more shorts, and the reverberating wave leads to Bugs Bunny not existing, and Daffy being their top cartoon star. It's what Daffy wanted in canon, in a way. As a side result, Disney ramps up their marketing for their Duck characters, leading them to not only be heavily popular in Europe, but basically the most popular comics in America, as well, even outpacing Marvel and DC. (Although this early of butterflies probably has them still being called "Timely/Atlas Comics" and "National Publications" or what have you.) Comics are seen as a medium that goes hand in hand with cartoons, leading it to different associations in the cultural zeitgest. We do not see Watchmen or The Dark Knight Returns, but we do see greater success for Howard the Duck, as well as David Lynch's Woody Woodpecker.

Regular Show: 2 in the AM PM gets picked up earlier on as an [adult swim] show. Along with altered versions of Problem Solverz and King Star King, they end up leading [adult swim] on an altered path. Due to the Butterfly Effect, Rick and Morty ends up on FX alongside a Deadpool show. Shake-ups also effect several other Cartoon Network shows; Adventure Time ends up on Nickelodeon and Fanboy & Chum-Chum, somehow, ends up on CN. Adventure Time gets 1 or 2 seasons, but unfortunately falls to the SpongeBob curse. Fanboy & Chum-Chum becomes this timeline's version of Teen Titans Go. However, due to already having a hyperactive superhero comedy, DC Nation generally continues with different experiments in DC animation, and there's a broader variety in that regard. CN becomes more regarded for action shows, while Nick is more known for comedy, even w/Avatar: the Last Airbender. More on AM PM: similar show in tone, w/more mild swearing/adult themes. It's retooled from the short, Mordecai & Rigby working at a gas station instead of a park, with a lot of characters coming in and out of their lives, either through the job or their outside social lives.

Undertale: Shortly after Undertale's Kickstarter funding and the early signs of a passionate fanbase, Toby Fox gains the notice of Microsoft, and Undertale ends up under their umbrella, ending up as a multi-million dollar seller with more spin-off titles. This makes it essentially swap positions with Minecraft, which is still "indie" in this world. People are excited when Frisk ends up in Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, but almost as excited when Steve is a Mii Swordsman. Indie RPGs generally gain an even bigger boost from this, mostly because companies see $$$, but it does give some creators greater success and exposure. Nintendo is still slightly behind the times, but is angling for an official Western release of Mother 3 in early 2022.
 
So I’ve had a pop culture idea based on the Super Mario Bros series. Basically seeing how the Archie comics and shows like Sonic SatAM helped flesh out the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise a fair bit…

What if Nintendo decided to get in on the game with Super Mario? Comics and shows built with a similar but not directly copied theme and complete with a cartoon for children? Bonus points if you can find a decent voice for Bowser to rival Jim Cummings as Robotnik in Sonic Sat AM. My personal pick would be Tony Jay.
 
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