Blue Skies in Camelot (Continued): An Alternate 80s and Beyond
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Oh yeah definitely and I like that idea. Maybe it could be part main story and part short story.
Isn’t there a BSiC thread in Shared Worlds for stuff like this?
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If the 5200 is not a failure, Atari have zero Need for the famicom, OTL Nintendo was offering it in the CES and Kassar, desesperated after 5200 failure was the one to give it a preliminary offer..that become a disaster as the atari engineers were desperate to push their hardware(what would become the 7800) and stalling the deal, Kassar being fired killed the deal
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I like these ideas a lot as well. When deciding what to have happen in TTL, I try to strike a balance between historical determinism and wide-eyed idealism, realism, so to speak. Too much of the former and you have a (in my opinion) fairly boring timeline where only the window dressing changes from OTL. Too much of the latter, however, and you end up in ASB territory, where you hand waive problems and say things work out of sheer rule of cool. I do believe that the collapse of the USSR was a disaster not just for Russia, but for much of the world in the sense that it created instability and the conditions which allowed for the rise of a revanchist Russia (that's all I'll say about that to avoid current politics).
Even if Gorbachev can't fix everything (which, let's face it, would be impossible), if he can manage the transition of the USSR into the Union State, with increased openness and desperately needed economic reform, then that will be a more hopeful outcome in my view. Perhaps he can prevent the takeover of Russia's economy by the oligarchs and make a somewhat more equitable society.
This sounds awesome. I am totally here for it.
I fully agree with you, sir. A fine balance is needed. Despite my own skepticism of the USSR's chance of survival, I wish Gorbachev all the good luck and best wishes in his attempt to reform the Soviet Union, given how incredibly difficult it is.
Judging from what you stated, Mr. President, it seems the more likely scenario in this timeline is that once Gorbachev took power and, against all odds, managed to reform the USSR, a cautious detente would ensue between the West and the East. My guess is that a series of several international summits would take place throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, originally intended to discuss arms control but later on became heavily focused on normalizing East-West tensions and allowing the United States and quickly-liberalizing Soviet Union to work jointly as global leaders. This would culminate in a summit, in which representatives from both global superpowers would declare a total reset of their diplomatic relations and an official end to the Cold War.
Well crap. I'll tell you out of everybody I did not expect that from Francis Ford Coppola.
People Mentioned that Megalopolis would be FFC grave..but not in this way..now i understand with Nicolas Cage use a different surname
God almighty, it seems like there are so many famous celebrities and public figures who became famous in the late 60s - 80s who are shady and do a lot of questionable things. Let's hope the TTL "So Have I" movement helps shed light on this issue.
While we're on this subject, I'm kind of curious about how this would affect Roger Corman. While his movies were often considered cheap and sleazy (and nudity was often inserted into scripts to help sell them), I've never heard anything about there being any accusations against Roger Corman. Hell, while his movies did tend to have a lot of nudity, he would be willing to find workarounds if actress weren't willing to do it. So weirdly, I feel like he could survive the movement with little more than a few think pieces being written.
True. I mean Corman is well respected and known to be an excellent employer, he just caters to what people want.
Honestly, I could see his reputation possibly getting better as this goes on. I mean, IOTL it was actually considered somewhat shameful to work for him, but I don't think that's going be the case when more mainstream producers are outed as creeps.
I was playing with a timeline for the Imperial Federation which might apply here.
The Imperial Federation's Government Structure.
Legislative:
Dominions: Each dominion has its own assembly. Dominions with royalty (Britain, India and many Dominions in Africa) have Bicameral Houses with a full house of Lords.
Federation: The Imperial Parliament in London houses representatives from all parts of the Empire, in which all the parties that contest the dominion elections are eligible to stand. There is proportional representation per dominion.
The Important Dominions have a proportion akin to something like this:
Britain: 10 seats
India: 5 seats
Australia: 4 seats
South Africa: 3 seats
Ireland: 3 seats
Canada: 3 seats
New Zealand: 2 seats
The same applies to other dominions.
Crown Colonies: Territories too small to be granted full dominion status, ruled directly by the Imperial Parliament with only local issues handled on site. They may petition a dominion for their issues to be heard on the Imperial Parliament.
Examples include Gibraltar, Hong Kong and the Falkland Islands.
Executive:
Dominions: Each dominion has a Premier, who is the head of Government and handles issues and passes laws on the Dominion level. (Imperial law supersedes dominion law if they clash.)
Each dominion has a Governor-General who is the monarch's representative in said dominion.
Royals, where applicable, do have extensive British titles and pay allegiance to the House of Windsor.
Federation: The Prime Minister (mostly British, but there have been a few Indians and Australians) is the head of government and the Monarch is the head of state. The Federation is presented as one on the International stage.
Judicial:
The Imperial Court in London is the highest court in the federation with each dominion having Supreme Courts and lower courts to go with it.
Any verdict passed by the Imperial Court is final.
Its duty is to interpret the Imperial Constitution and check the other branches.
This can be modified to fit a Soviet, non-monarchical context I think.