Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

[JRogyRogy]

Not sure how many people have seen this film, but I found it pretty cool. Has anybody ever tried there hand at an ATL based on Sky Captain? What's the PoD for its setting? Does Nazi Germany exist?

 

[Emote Control]

According to the novelization it is set before the rise of the Nazis, IIRC.

 

[KeeCoyote]

I thought Nazis existed cause they were showing Hindenburg II moring off of the Empire State building.

 

[New Cleo Genesis]

I think one of the newspapers shown after the giant robot attack shows an eagle-adorned swastika in what I guess is this picture or equivalent

 

[Born in the USSA]

Loved this movie. One of my absolute favorites. Assuming the King Kong/Godzilla references can be traced back to Totenkopf's experiments the POD would likely be his birth, with the timelines diverging more radically when the German Empire establishes a secret science unit to build superweapons during the Great War. The fact that it's called World War I (and the film is set in 1939) would lead me to believe there was another major conflict sometime in the 20's or early 30's. My money would be some sort of major escalation of the Spanish Civil War. This would inflame Totenkopf's pessimism, driving the plan he sets into motion in the movie.