I touched it up a bit, adding a throwaway reference to the Korin Tribe from Dragonball. Since we have Goku as a superhero, I like to the entire series should be integrated a bit more with stuff like that. Y'know? The show, if you look as a whole, could actually fit in pretty well. None of this really matters but I've been tossing it around in my head, so, may as well put it out for anyone who cares.
Now that I think of it, touch that up and it could make a good Pedia entry for Goku. Maybe I'll get around to that.
Let's see - a few other ideas and shows and such.
The Venture Bros. - A good sector of the show is a bureaucratic "arching" between heroes and villains; the Guild of Calamitous Intent, founded in 1910, was formed as a way to protect villains and lay down guidelines for hero/villain interaction. While I'd imagine, as time goes on, a majority of villain would prefer to do things their way, a sector of superheroes and supervillains would continue to battle for the "art" of it.
Also, there's Team Venture, which is like a royalty-free League of Extraordinary Gentlement. You can read about that HERE, though I can't picture any real way to make it relevant.
Portal - GLaDos, we currently have as another name for Skynet. However, in the game, Aperture Science had created GLaDOS in 1996 - I think it would make sense to have the same (defective) technology being sold to the US Government. They would then base Skynet, the HAL-series (from 2001), and whatever other crazy robots you'd like on the same prototype.
Castle in the Sky: Laputa - I'd imagine this takes between WWI and WWII, somwhere in Britain. There's a lot of aerial technology - blimps and planes and giant, crazy stuff - in it, being used to hunt down Laputa. Now, I could EASILY picture this stuff as experimental weapons (like Goliath, which is pretty much a zeppelin) and attempts to find it. Like, y'know, the superweapon within Laputa itself. Of course, after the movie's events (wherein Air Destroyer Goliath is destroyed in, like, less than a minute), and the events of Kiki's Delivery Service (where, at one point, a big zeppelin blows up in the middle of a city), the British army would abandon its experimental air force and return to traditional planes.
Death Note - In the early 21st century, Japan (and later the entire world) is "held hostage" by Kira, who, using the Death Note, attempts to rule the world and shape it in his own imagine. After a decade Kira disappears, but it has lasting effects on Japan and many other countries.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Willy Wonka. There's three "real" ways to take him, from the original novel, the Gene Wilder version, and the Johnny Depp version. As there's very little backstory presented for him in any but the Depp/Burton version, so I think that should be his main story, and - no disrespect or anything intended, y'know, just in case, - the Michael Jackson angle should add a great bookend to the story.
Wonka's born in the 1958, his father's a dentist, they have a bad relationship until he makes it on his own with a candy store - parallel to Jackson's early family relationships and eventual solo career. Wonka becomes extremely popular, and becomes the #1 confectioner in the world, from the late 70s to the early 90s, again, just like Jackson. At this point the tabloid media starts to focus on his eccentricies, and scandals break - unsafe working environment (many accidents are mentioned in the books and movies), allegations of slave labor (the Oompa Loompas), and so forth. So, he locks up the factory and hides away from the public eye. He re-emerges as more controversy - and a gold rush - with the Golden Ticket thingamajig, which takes place in 2005 (the date of the Burton film). After the trip, where Wonka names Charlie Bucket to take over the factory after his death, the other children attempt to sue Wonka. BIG story, just like the child molestation thing from 2003-2005. He ends up reconciling with his father and is quite happy, but dies suddenly in 2009. Charlie takes over the factory and, despite his youth, it continues to be the #1 chocolate producer in the world.
...but, that's just an idea.
Also, a few other throwaway thoughts, that don't really mean anything, but add bits of flavor on a small scale.
In The Boondocks, Martin Luther King Jr. was never killed, but instead slipped into a coma. He woke up early in the 21st Century, but couldn't reclaim his influential position. According to Bubbahotep, Elvis didn't die, but an impersonator did - the real Elvis switched places with him months before his death, to escape showbusiness. He lived into his old age. Also, instead of William Jennings Bryan we should use Matthew Harrison Brady; instead of Clarence Darrow, Henry Drummond. From Inherit the Wind.
...alright, glad I got all of that out there. I've been very thinky lately.
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Now that I think of it, touch that up and it could make a good Pedia entry for Goku. Maybe I'll get around to that.
Let's see - a few other ideas and shows and such.
The Venture Bros. - A good sector of the show is a bureaucratic "arching" between heroes and villains; the Guild of Calamitous Intent, founded in 1910, was formed as a way to protect villains and lay down guidelines for hero/villain interaction. While I'd imagine, as time goes on, a majority of villain would prefer to do things their way, a sector of superheroes and supervillains would continue to battle for the "art" of it.
Also, there's Team Venture, which is like a royalty-free League of Extraordinary Gentlement. You can read about that HERE, though I can't picture any real way to make it relevant.
Portal - GLaDos, we currently have as another name for Skynet. However, in the game, Aperture Science had created GLaDOS in 1996 - I think it would make sense to have the same (defective) technology being sold to the US Government. They would then base Skynet, the HAL-series (from 2001), and whatever other crazy robots you'd like on the same prototype.
Castle in the Sky: Laputa - I'd imagine this takes between WWI and WWII, somwhere in Britain. There's a lot of aerial technology - blimps and planes and giant, crazy stuff - in it, being used to hunt down Laputa. Now, I could EASILY picture this stuff as experimental weapons (like Goliath, which is pretty much a zeppelin) and attempts to find it. Like, y'know, the superweapon within Laputa itself. Of course, after the movie's events (wherein Air Destroyer Goliath is destroyed in, like, less than a minute), and the events of Kiki's Delivery Service (where, at one point, a big zeppelin blows up in the middle of a city), the British army would abandon its experimental air force and return to traditional planes.
Death Note - In the early 21st century, Japan (and later the entire world) is "held hostage" by Kira, who, using the Death Note, attempts to rule the world and shape it in his own imagine. After a decade Kira disappears, but it has lasting effects on Japan and many other countries.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Willy Wonka. There's three "real" ways to take him, from the original novel, the Gene Wilder version, and the Johnny Depp version. As there's very little backstory presented for him in any but the Depp/Burton version, so I think that should be his main story, and - no disrespect or anything intended, y'know, just in case, - the Michael Jackson angle should add a great bookend to the story.
Wonka's born in the 1958, his father's a dentist, they have a bad relationship until he makes it on his own with a candy store - parallel to Jackson's early family relationships and eventual solo career. Wonka becomes extremely popular, and becomes the #1 confectioner in the world, from the late 70s to the early 90s, again, just like Jackson. At this point the tabloid media starts to focus on his eccentricies, and scandals break - unsafe working environment (many accidents are mentioned in the books and movies), allegations of slave labor (the Oompa Loompas), and so forth. So, he locks up the factory and hides away from the public eye. He re-emerges as more controversy - and a gold rush - with the Golden Ticket thingamajig, which takes place in 2005 (the date of the Burton film). After the trip, where Wonka names Charlie Bucket to take over the factory after his death, the other children attempt to sue Wonka. BIG story, just like the child molestation thing from 2003-2005. He ends up reconciling with his father and is quite happy, but dies suddenly in 2009. Charlie takes over the factory and, despite his youth, it continues to be the #1 chocolate producer in the world.
...but, that's just an idea.
Also, a few other throwaway thoughts, that don't really mean anything, but add bits of flavor on a small scale.
In The Boondocks, Martin Luther King Jr. was never killed, but instead slipped into a coma. He woke up early in the 21st Century, but couldn't reclaim his influential position. According to Bubbahotep, Elvis didn't die, but an impersonator did - the real Elvis switched places with him months before his death, to escape showbusiness. He lived into his old age. Also, instead of William Jennings Bryan we should use Matthew Harrison Brady; instead of Clarence Darrow, Henry Drummond. From Inherit the Wind.
...alright, glad I got all of that out there. I've been very thinky lately.
