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  1. Explain the AH Quote

    As the production of Peter Pan ramped up, Walt Disney had several ideas for another big animated movie floating around in his head, Cinderella and Alice had done quite well, Peter would probably succeed too, so why not follow it with something? The question was what the something would be, for a...

  2. Explain the AH Quote

    Life can take many strange and sharp twists and that was doubly true for young hopeful would-be actor Ronald Reagan, finding himself struck by a "perfect storm" of troubles, in dire financial straits, and forced to put his acting dreams aside just after arriving in Hollywood. Thankfully he found...

  3. the best movies never made

    Lords of Midnight A couple of fantasy movies by HBO and a good adaption of the classic computer game, very well received and benefiting from good production values. Ok, the game provided a fairly basic story, definitely not high literature nor an instantly recognisable best seller, but it was...

  4. Can the Avro Arrow be saved?

    I remember watching a movie about the Arrow a long time ago (with Dan Aykroyd I think), and one of the uses that they talked about was launching satellites, basically a high altitude version of the Arrow would climb all the way up, flip over, and launch a rocket from it's weapons bay. Could the...

  5. Alternate Aircraft of Nations

    Another guest of our airshow in sunny Haiti, the Polish "Zero". Like Haiti, the Polish Commonwealth rose amid the troubles and the aftershocks of the French revolution, and like Haiti it fought alongside France for republican ideals and freedom. I think we can ignore that little authoritarian...

  6. GW lets Blizzard use Warhammer

    Interesting idea, let's give it a try... Warhammer: Orks and Empire A well received and quite successful RTS developed by Blizzard, it takes place in the Warhammer universe and sees the Empire facing an Ork Waaagh in its borders. The game takes the basic RTS formula of building up a base and...

  7. Alternate Aircraft of Nations

    Welcome to sunny Haiti, today's independence day celebrations will have a few special treats, courtesy of the French Directorate's Garde Consulaire. Later on the evening their world famous orchestra will give a special concert with several classic revolutionary songs, including "La guillotine...

  8. the best movies never made

    Kramer vs Kramer The one and only "Seinfeld" movie, it sees the cast deal with Kramer's evil twin, an alter ego that has escaped his dreams and turns out to be even more troublesome than the original Kramer. Yes, it's outlandish and crazy, even in the movie everybody laughs and dismisses the...

  9. Lasers and Tigers and Spaceships, Oh my! - The Wing Commander franchise
    Threadmarks: The series - Star Tigers - Season 2

    Season 2 begins with the Tiger's Claw task force setting out in pursuit of Baltar's ragtag fleet. Tolwyn gives out a little exposition with a briefing, Baltar's objective is clear, it's Kobol. It might seem that he is chasing dusty old tales and legends but that isn't the case, for the Kilrathi...

  10. Lasers and Tigers and Spaceships, Oh my! - The Wing Commander franchise
    Threadmarks: The series - Star Tigers - Season 1

    As the series starts the Tiger's Claw is docked for repairs and resupply while admiral Tolwyn chairs a meeting to complete the plans for a new campaign. With the space close to Caprica secured and the threat of invasion dispelled it's time to look at the rest of the sector. The outer reaches...

  11. Kirk Kerkorian buys Columbia Pictures and Disney

    I actually spent a moment wondering how Kervokian would be able to buy Disney... 🤦‍♂️ Anyway, senior moment, never mind, carry on...

  12. AHQ: Alternate unit designations?

    Thinking about a few... Cuirassier, heavy cavalry, ritter - tanks or other armor units Hussar - armoured cars or other motorised recon units Velites - anti-tank infantry with rockets and etc Autocannon - self-propeled artillery, or it could be a tank in a world in which the first "tanks"...

  13. Lasers and Tigers and Spaceships, Oh my! - The Wing Commander franchise
    Threadmarks: The second movie - Claws of the Tiger

    Onwards to the second movie. Baltar is ordered to prepare a list of targets among Caprica's industrial infrastructure, the Kilrathi will strike closer and closer to the colony until either the human fleet comes out to battle or Caprica's industry is wrecked. Baltar's suggestions to lure and lead...

  14. Lasers and Tigers and Spaceships, Oh my! - The Wing Commander franchise

    I didn't think too much about the remake yet, but I have some ideas for the games... Basically, this TL will have a series of space sims looking very much like OTL's Wing Commander but it's going to be called "Strike Commander", there is going to be a series called "Wing Commander" but earlier...

  15. Lasers and Tigers and Spaceships, Oh my! - The Wing Commander franchise
    Threadmarks: The first movie - Heart of the Tiger

    In the beginning the plan was to release a couple of fairly big budget space adventure movies both in theatres and TV and then repurpose the cast, props, and etc for a TV series. And it proved to be quite successful, sure, the TV series ended up having only a couple of seasons due to production...

  16. Lasers and Tigers and Spaceships, Oh my! - The Wing Commander franchise
    Threadmarks: Meet the cast, or at least some of it

    Richard Hatch plays veteran pilot Christopher Blair, aka "Maverick", recently put in command of the Tiger's Claw fighter wing. Pragmatic and resourceful, he's determined to do whatever it takes to turn his pilots into a well-oiled team. And he can always count on "Maniac" (Dirk Benedict), the...

  17. Lasers and Tigers and Spaceships, Oh my! - The Wing Commander franchise
    Threadmarks: Carriers and starfighters

    The space carrier TCS Tiger's Claw, the centerpiece of the task force dispatched to rescue the Caprica colony and push back the Kilrathi offensive. Rumours persist that it was meant to be called the "Galactica" in a very early concept draft, even before the Kilrathi were thought out, and that...

  18. Lasers and Tigers and Spaceships, Oh my! - The Wing Commander franchise
    Threadmarks: Intro

    Several big budget sci-fi projects were launched in the wake of Star Wars, some better than others, and we are to take a quick look at probably the most successful one. Ok, it had it's faults and it didn't made quite the same mountains of money, but it still made a good return overall and it...

  19. La Guillotine Permanente: A French Revolutionary Timeline

    Thinking about this, what if the British losses are greater than what would be expected due to overconfidence? Let's say that British captains have a low opinion of the French and have confidence in their ships and crews, so while they put on a hard fight they are unable to overcome the French...

  20. the best movies never made

    Neue Raumpatrouille Orion The success of the "Orion" franchise made a sequel inevitable even if it did take some time to show up. And with the countries of the former neo-tsarist now open for democratic reforms and moving away from authoritarianism the new series updated the settlng to go...
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