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  1. Alternate States in a larger USA

    While it's likely that the government will prefer a certain size for states, each state admission, territory organization and land ordinance is a different event in the timeline. Each one is a result of what's already happened in the timeline, and each one can cause further events in the...

  2. AHC: Star Wars Episode I is Good

    Okay, in the other thread on the effect of a good prequel, I just said: https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=5856261#post5856261 To add to this, I can think of a few that might get this done: You could completely overhaul the style of the film. For example: have the...

  3. Effects: Good Star Wars Prequels

    Back on subject... I wouldn't see that huge of an impact by a few Sci-Fi movies in the late 90's, early 00's. My Opinion: The primary reason that the original Star Wars had the impact it did was because it was sooo different from what was in the theaters at the time. By the time of the...

  4. William Henry Harrison Wears a Coat?

    The WI should really be "William Henry Harrison Doesn't Die Of Pneumonia." The lack of a coat on inauguration couldn't have had much to do with his getting sick three weeks later -- this isn't the way infections work. He more likely caught a cold or flu the same way most people catch upper...

  5. BBC television Lord of the Rings

    You mean, other than the Broadway musical and the Disney cartoon? Or, do you mean a BBC produced version? Although, it certainly would be nice to have a closer adaptation. I wonder why no one's ever tried to turn it into a Mini-series. That would be really cool...

  6. Which commercial airline accidents had the greatest impact?

    I'd go with Korean Air 007, which triggered Reagan to push GPS into civilian usage. Or Pan Am 103.

  7. DBWI: AMerica reaches the moon by Kennedy's deadline

    I wonder if an extended space race could have brought us more or earlier technology as well. For example, it's my understanding that the military was talking about using satellites to create some sort of global navigation system, all the way back in the early '70's. Heck, for all I know, they...

  8. AHC: A Three-way cold war -- with the Middle East

    This is based on a strange dream I had, and it made me curious if there were some parts that were possible. Essentially, the challenge is this: A three-way cold war by the end of the 20th century/early 21st century, between the United States, Russia and some sort of unified Middle Eastern...

  9. AHC: High Fantasy TV Series

    How about Irwin Allen -- instead of taking up Disaster Films in the 1970's, he decides to try out a fantasy TV Series. Suppose he's given a copy of the Lord of the Rings, or another early fantasy novel, and gets inspired.

  10. Some alt.hist for the Iowans...

    And, considering how long it took them to walk from one end of the border to the other, if they were drunk the entire time...I'll leave that image up to you. (Not just walk, but walk a few yards, stop to take measurements, walk a few more yards, repeat)

  11. Some alt.hist for the Iowans...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_River#Water_rights_and_border_dispute_with_Georgia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Bend There was also a huge dispute between Kentucky and Tennessee, due to the surveyors being allegedly drunk while figuring out their border (which from the eastern...

  12. AHC: Star Wars Episode I is...even worse!

    During the almost the entirety of Episode's I-III, Threepio and Artoo do not appear, and no mention is made of them. Instead, Jar Jar's scenes take the place of most of their comic relief. Bear with me, now. To help with this, somewhere during episode II they introduce another comic relief...

  13. AHC: High Fantasy TV Series

    The OP's definition of High Fantasy, from TV Tropes, requires the world to be completely disconnected from Earth, so this wouldn't really work.

  14. AHC: High Fantasy TV Series

    In the case of Shadow Wars, which is Lucas's story, Martin's novels might still be happening, maybe he's working on them on the side at the same time. But, since he's busy the first one might come out quite a bit later, with slightly different plot... hopefully for the better rather than the...

  15. AHC: High Fantasy TV Series

    Another possibility: Sam Raimi comes out with an adaptation of some popular fantasy series (other than LOTR) in the mid-90's, alongside Hercules and Xena. He did do Legend of the Seeker in 2008-2010. If he does do one in the '90's, when the syndication business is still good, then he probably...

  16. America's fighting women:A search for good POD's.

    Agreed, although you can remove the "without change" and I'd still agree. However, my point was that the Selective Service records would supposedly be what they build the draft lists out of if there were a draft post-Vietnam. Therefore, if the only change were a war post-Vietnam in which a...

  17. AHC: Star Wars Episode I is...even worse!

    They open the cargo ships of the Trade Federation after the war and find their full of crystal skulls, destined for the tourist trade in a distant galaxy, and a small Blue-Green planet known as Urth -- said to be Anakin's mother's home planet. Okay, maybe that's a bit of a farce, but if Lucas...

  18. Did James Blunt prevent World War 3 ?

    Frankly, that isn't the first time I've heard that sentence. Although most of the times it's been said were in regards to his political campaign.

  19. America's fighting women:A search for good POD's.

    But, Selective Service still only requires men to register, even in 2012.

  20. AHC: High Fantasy TV Series

    I have trouble believing that this could happen. Until the past decade or so, fantasy has been in the geek niche, even more so than science fiction. Although it's big enough to make the occasional movie, I guess. There's also the problem with special effects prior to the digital era. Spaceships...
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