====== Points of Divergence : Popular Culture ====== Points of divergence pertaining to various topics and works of popular culture. ==== General alternate popular culture discussions ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=229198|Pop-culture Timelines Core Thread]]** - Dicussion thread that explores potential popular culture PODs, links to other discussion threads about such PODs and allows members to plug their own timelines with a primary focus on pop culture. **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=229188|The Culture Club: Alternate Pop Culture]]** - A medley of different projects, the first one being an exploration on a different history of the Flash Gordon franchise (note: other members are encouraged to contribute short ideas). **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5578050|Let's broaden our minds - Cultural mini-TLs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=96450|If fads lived up to the hype !]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=199254|What would you like to see in a 20th century cultural ATL ?]]** ---- ==== Motion picture (film) PODs ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=260299|Earliest possible film ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=130418|AH challenge: Tinseltown, Arizona, as an alternate Hollywood]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261302|WI No Hollywood ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=350391|Cinema without Russian Revolution ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=288082|Rudolph Valentino lived after 1926]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=257381|Western Animation PODs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=470|No Disney (1)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=119650|No Disney (2)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=184932|A world without Disney]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=309059|Challenge: Dali's Giraffes on Horseback Salads gets made]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=174757|WI: No Wizard of Oz film]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=154193|Films in a Nazi victory or predominantly Fascist dictatorship world]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=255162|WI: Clark Gable captured for Hitler ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=252834|Orson Wells' Batman movie POD]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=67150|Orson Wells presents "The Batman"]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=257929|Challenge: Ed Wood, the master of cinema]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5736432|WI Elizabeth Taylor is killed with Mike Todd in that plane crash in 1958 ? (OTL she had a persistent cold)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=255132|WI: Marilyn Monroe Lives]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=319447|WI: Studios still owned theaters]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=156519|Alternate big movie stars in more conservative version of the 1960s]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=231486|WI both Patton and M*A*S*H* had bombed ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=310539|WI Jean Luc Godard less influential]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5638227|Francis Ford Coppola and Stanley Kubrick WI ideas]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=256137|Challenge: The Godfather bombs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=257965|1970s The Expendables]]** **[[pods:Star Wars PODs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=249633|Challenge: Improve George Lucas' Career]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=271176|WI: Batman in Outer Space]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=254138|No 66' Batman series, The Batman film released in '79 or '80]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=254134|WI: David Prowse plays Superman]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=321975|Superman 1978 sets off superhero movies early]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=339882|Plausibility check: A DC Cinematic Universe in 1978]]** **[[Star Trek PODs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=252864|WI: Walt Disney lives to 80 (1981) ?]]** **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=164194|WI: John Landis and Steven Spielberg jailed due to an OTL filming accident in the early 1980s]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=146666|The End of the "Animation Age Ghetto"]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5830581|Alternate fate of New World Films]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=141592|WI "Back To The Future" stuck with the original concepts ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=300895|WI: Back To The Future series without Michael J. Fox]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=349970|To pull a Bruce Willis: Other comedic actors become action heroes]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=260707|A Spiderman movie in the late 1980s]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=316490|WI Sony did not buy Columbia Pictures Entertainment ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=272302|WI: Indiana Jones IV Gets Made Earlier ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=361621|WI: Return to the Planet of the Apes gets made]]** **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=7006|Sam Neill as James Bond]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5693118|Earliest possible darker Batman movies and alternate Batman movies]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=283411|WI: 80s Batman Comedy Film]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=279986|Jack Nicholson doesn't sign on to "Batman"]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=384119|TL Idea: Batman Alternate Actors/Films]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5720511|Alternate 1990s film ideas]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261841|Challenge: Eddie Murphy Has a Better Career]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259353|An Alternate Disney Rennaissance]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=264075|WI: Superhero Film Boom in the 90s]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=131830|Who should've directed 'Watchmen' circa 1990 ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=234273|Frank Miller's Robocop 2]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=253932|WI: Tim Burton doesn't make Batman Returns]]** **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=286243|Challenge: Save Alien 3 (and the franchise)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=337068|DBWI : If William Gibson hadn't written Alien 3]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=83900|More accurate dinosaurs in Jurassic Park]]** **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=48974|Jurassic Park WIs]]** **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=357291|Better Jurassic Park sequels]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=352607|WI: Tim Burton as the director of Batman Forever]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=182668|DBWI: Joel Schumacher Directs Batman Lives?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=314986|WI: Batman Forever, Neither Burton nor Schumacher]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=312379|WI: Iron Man movie in the 90s]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=233603|Challenge: James Cameron's Titanic (1997) not as huge]]** **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=281743|Paul Verhoeven adapts "The Forever War" instead of "Starship Troopers"]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=255915|WI: Kevin Costner not in The Postman]]** **[[pods:Star Wars PODs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=285767|Challenge: Save the Pierce Brosnan era James Bond franchise]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=255957|Challenge: Save Titan A.E.]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=133038|British response to U-571]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-better-x-men-movies.302970/|Challenge: Better (original trilogy) X-Men movies ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-mcgs-flyby-and-singers-x-men-3.308273/|WI McG's Flyby and Singer's X-Men 3 ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=292028|Challenge: Save Cuba Gooding Jr.'s Career]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=112330|Terry Gilliam directing Batman Begins...]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-batman-begins-failed-at-the-box-office.305567/|WI Batman Begins failed at the box-office ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=299638|DBWI: Clive Owen not playing James Bond]]** **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=344799|Chalenge: Make a stronger fourth Indiana Jones film]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=257905|The Dark Knight if Heath Ledger was still alive]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=254048|Challenge: Save Green Lantern]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=323356|A Green Lantern movie more in the vein of Guardians of the Galaxy ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=279394|WI: Iron Man flopped ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=254283|Challenge: Save Dragonball Evolution]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-marvel-had-the-x-men-and-fox-had-the-avengers.353643/|WI Marvel had the X-Men and Fox had the Avengers ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/pop-culture-wi-impact-on-mcu-if-marvel-acquired-x-men-film-rights.391013/|Impact on MCU if Marvel acquired X-men film rights]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=254332|Challenge: Make The Dark Knight Rises as bad as Batman and Robin]]** **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=327848|Challenge: Make the 2014 Godzilla movie better]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=301201|Turning infamous flops into succesful hits or blockbusters Core Thread]]** **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=412|WI: Certain movies not made]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=116951|DBWI: The Worst Sequels Ever Made]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=245648|Challenge: Some of your favorite films premade into classics]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/a-very-british-filmography.456210/|A Very British Filmography]]** (American works remade in a UK context) Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Television broadcasting PODs ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=281421|Challenge: Kill television (as a broadcast medium)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=330952|WI : Delayed massive use of television]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=162328|Alternate histories of TV shows]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=216255|Different Actors starring in TV shows]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=281163|Challenge: Make bad TV shows good]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=27310|Challenge: Alternate US TV networks]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=264065|WI the DuMont television network had survived ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=312606|CBC adopted the state-based suppertime bulletins from their Aussie counterparts]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=283107|List of TV networks from ATL countries I]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=328307|List of TV networks from ATL countries II]]** **[[Doctor Who PODs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=263846|Challenge: Make Lost in Space good]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=90559|Gene Roddenberry's "Firefly"]]** **[[Star Trek PODs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=250177|WI No Batman (1966-68) series ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=256664|WI: 1960s Batman not cancelled]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259035|WI: Serious Batman TV Show in the 1960s]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=284884|Challenge: Darkest 1960s Batman TV series possible]]** **[[Battlestar Galactica PODs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=342620|WI no Action for Children’s Television ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=272455|Better 1980s cartoons]]** **[[Star Trek PODs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=256860|Challenge: Save the variety show TV genre]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=284957|Challenge: Soap opera about the space programme]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=231486|What if both Patton and M*A*S*H* had bombed ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259683|WI: Japanese Batman show in the 70s]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=146666|The End of the "Animation Age Ghetto"]]** **[[Doctor Who PODs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/alternate-series-of-blackadder.257317/|Alternate Series of Blackadder]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5666717|WI No Simpsons]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=286282|WI The Simpsons flops]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=282256|What if FR3 was privatized, instead of TF1?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=238286|DBWI: What if "Empire of Dying Suns" (BBC-TV) never aired ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=157595|WI: Tim Burton's "Batman" Series?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=245163|WI: Disney's Superheroes]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=102843|You are given control of the BBC]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=231629|Buffy the Vampire Slayer starts seven years earlier]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=295238|The NHK as the sole national broadcaster of Japan for many years]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=281707|The ABC retained its monopoly on Australian television]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=66766|WI Mexico's Imevisión remained a public broadcaster]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=115703|DBWI: WI "Plymouth" (ABC-TV) never aired ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259509|Challenge: Kill reality television]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=266543|1990s Live Action Batman TV Show Casting]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=243905|Steampunk movie or TV show with a mid 1990s POD]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=266118|The West Wing PODs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=254463|Harry Potter and the Small Screen]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=182685|WI Seth MacFarlane hadn't missed Flight 11 and died during 9/11 ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=170581|Challenge: Keep Firefly flying]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=156258|WI Firefly was an NBC Show ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=313638|WI the Sci-Fi Channel saved "Firefly"]]** **[[Battlestar Galactica PODs]]** **[[Doctor Who PODs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=266549|Challenge: Save the History Channel]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=260693|WI: The Big Bang Theory picked up on its first pilot ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=124871|A feel good DBWI: The Final season of Firefly !]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=161857|Episodes of a successful Firefly ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=379134|Popculture WI: The BBC making a better Robin Hood series in the 2000s and/or 2010s]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=248736|DBWI: A retrospective on the TV series The Difference Engine]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=256162|Inception: The TV Series]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265733|An ideal modern Batman TV series]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Radio broadcasting PODs ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=229663|British radio PODs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=67666|Jewels of Taiwan: Chinese-Taiwanese radio broadcasting PODs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265983|Early radio broadcasting with recording technology (allowing for reruns/rebroadcasts of radio shows)]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Theatre PODs ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=130978|AH musicals]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=145070|Star Wars : The Musical]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=225884|A musical world]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Popular music PODs ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=356212|What If-s in Music]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=141953|Plausible suggestions for alternate names of modern music genres]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=287463|WI: No 'British Invasion' ?]]** **[[The Beatles|The Beatles PODs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265980|WI: The Rolling Stones break up in 1970, the Beatles keep going]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=226309|Paul McCartney joins the Electric Light Orchestra]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261444|WI: No Alice Cooper]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259495|Vinyl remains dominant]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=158960|Music and pop culture WIs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261638|Rock and roll never coming into existence]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=268043|Challenge: How long can you keep The Sex Pistols together]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=300612|DBWI: Aerosmith hadn't died in 1977]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=266272|WI: Van Halen goes thrash metal]]** **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=291655|WI Michael Jackson was a rock singer ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=347991|Challenge: Longer Disco Backlash]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=269371|Challenge: Make Shoegaze a dominant genre]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=293843|WI no Oasis ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=258310|Challenge: Make Hole more popular than Nirvana]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=258121|Challenge : Flunk Sting's career in the 1990s]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=305469|Challenge: Asian counterpart of Eurovision (aka Asiavision Song Contest)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=176028|Music & Youth/Pop Culture in a "No-9/11 World"]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=195987|WI recent songs in earlier times ?]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Comic book PODs ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=183914|A World Without Superheroes: What if Superman had never existed ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=116828|AH superheroes with a European twist]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=298319|WI: No Batman]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=303699|WI Batman Less Popular]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=187319|WI no comic book hearings ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=236678|Gangway for Captain Marvel]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261020|WI: Comic books never get serious]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/alternate-original-team-x-men.347470/|Alternate original team X-Men]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/a-world-without-x-men-comics-does-not-please-asbs.93109/|A world without X-men comics]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/marvel-wi-gwen-stacy-gets-spider-powers-instead-of-peter-parker.269063/|Marvel WI: Gwen Stacy gets spider powers instead of Peter Parker]]** - Developed into [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-spectacular-spinnerette-a-marvel-timeline.317193/|a TL]]. **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/comics-wi-no-new-x-men.98444/|Comics WI: No New X-Men]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/challenge-save-the-floppy-comic-book.272630/|Challenge: Save the floppy comic book]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=91348|Comics industry collapses in 1978]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=201491|Comic WI: Peter Parker had a very special brother...]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=186151|Several Comic Book What Ifs and What If Seeds]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=77685|Comic book characters created in different eras]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/redesign-the-sentinel-from-x-men.165938/|Redesign the Sentinel from X-Men]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=272433|WI: No Watchmen and no The Dark Knight Returns]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259170|Challenge: Prevent the "dark age of comic books"]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-no-image-comics.397375/|WI: No Image Comics ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=300568|Challenge: Keep Disney Comics big in America]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=279131|WI Kevin Smith became Editor-In-Chief of Marvel ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-marvel-had-the-x-men-and-fox-had-the-avengers.353643/|WI Marvel had the X-Men and Fox had the Avengers ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/hypothetical-marvel-splits-off-fantastic-four-x-men.391902/|Hypothetical: Marvel splits off Fantastic Four/X-Men ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/pop-culture-wi-impact-on-mcu-if-marvel-acquired-x-men-film-rights.391013/|Impact on MCU if Marvel acquired X-men film rights]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Board games and tabletop gaming PODs ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=335932|Tabletop gaming POD: Different fate of Mensch ärgere Dich nicht]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259595|WI: TSR merges with Games Workshop]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=133502|Battletech As It Should Have Been]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-a-rather-british-dungeons-dragons.417248/|WI: A rather British Dungeons & Dragons]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-1980s-backlash-runs-d-d-and-fantasy-out-of-business.411036/|WI: 1980s backlash runs D&D and fantasy out of business]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Videogaming and Internet culture PODs ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=345241|Internet never invented]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=137434|Challenge: Girl-dominated geek culture (or "No boyz on teh interwebz")]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=92797|Internet in a continued Cold War]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=171509|Challenge: Delay video game development]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=346763|Challenge: The Video Arcade remains popular]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-the-video-game-crash-of-the-80s-never-happened.179475/#post-4014161|WI the video game crash of the 80's never happened?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=319946|Challenge: Make a failed game console successful]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=215322|Popeye instead of Mario and Donkey Kong ?!]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=234981|Challenge: With a post-1980 POD, make the Canadian video game industry dominate the market]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265080|Come on, Apple ! A 1980s Computers and Video Games ISOT idea]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=73929|Nintendo keeps its deal with Sony]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=315512|Challenge: Keep Sega in the console game market]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=263744|DBWI: 8th-Gen Console Roundup]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=263910|Gaming WI : The "tycoon" subgenre without the contributions of Chris Sawyer]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=98952|A Tale of an AH Gaming Console War]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=297797|Challenge/WI: Sonic the Hedgehog does better in the 3D Era]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=297487|Plausibility check: Fallout "Van Buren" gets released]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-alternate-rickroll.407208/|Challenge: Alternate Rickroll]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5821138|Alternate Rick-Roll meme]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=268860|Challenge: Xbox 360 outsells the Wii and PS3]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=133503|What if the 360 had a Blu-ray player, and the PS3 a HD-DVD player ?]]** **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=268940|Challenge: Make terrible games good !]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Various combined popcultural PODs ==== **[[Harry Potter]]** **[[tolkien|Tolkien's legendarium (LOTR, Silmarillion, etc.)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=169060|The Trojan Cycle survives]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=268485|WI Robin Hood actually existed ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=324437|Science Fiction genre PODs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=24997|WI no sucessful fantasy genre ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259906|WI: Fantasy genre not based on Norse mythology ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=210212|Effects of a failed Operation Sealion on British popular culture ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=120743|Alternative pop culture in the 2000s]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=63138|Alternate Subcultures]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=176028|Music & Youth/Pop Culture in a "No-9/11 World"]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=227094|American culture with no 9/11]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=168197|Pop culture icons not dead before their time]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=199254|What would you like to see in a 20th century cultural ATL ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=257718|Analogues of the Western genre in alternate timelines ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=264232|Plausibility check: Spy Craze without James Bond ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=14822|WI: Frank Herbert never writes Dune]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=121285|Books and TV shows effect on history]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=231350|The cultural effects of Robert F. Kennedy getting elected for US president in 1968]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=195096|WI: George Orwell lives until 1993]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259651|WI: Laserdisc doesn't have a bad launch]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=292958|Cyberpunk without the influence of Blade Runner]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=85709|21st century popular culture in a Nazi victory timeline ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=211061|WI: Blue skin seen as fashionable]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259652|Challenge: Make Halloween a regional holiday in the US]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=176115|Alternate endings for films, TV series, books and other works]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=306234|If modern day films were ISOTed to 1936, which would leave the biggest impression ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=230660|Challenge: Make hard sci-fi popular]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=263550|Challenge: Keep Canada from being dominated by US and/or UK pop-culture]]** **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=321195|Challenge: Dragon fad in popculture]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/tekumel-becomes-mainstream.418450/|WI Tekumel becomes mainstream ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/challenge-alternative-fictional-detectives.127453/|Challenge: Alternate fictional detectives]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/alternate-private-eye-prime-ministerial-parodies.239038/|Alternate Private Eye Prime Ministerial Parodies]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=352755|Challenge: Video Game movies become as big as Comic Book movies]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=251160|The Butterfly Effect and Popular Culture (various small popculture PODs)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=116951|DBWI: The Worst Sequels Ever Made]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== See Also === **[[pods:Language and Linguistics|Points of Divergence : Language and Linguistics]]** **[[pods:society and societal norms|Points of Divergence : Society and Societal Norms]]** **[[pods:Sports|Points of Divergence : Sports]]** **[[timelines:popular culture|Popular culture timelines]]** ---- ==== Navigation ==== **[[pods:pods|Points of Divergence Main Directory]]**