The What If Game

[Incandenza]

Alright, so pose a good what if question. It can be about anything: politics, movies, sports, even your own personal life, anything that could prompt a witty response. The next poster speculates what might have been, and then posts their own what if, etc.

What if Tom Selleck, who was Spielberg's first choice, didn't turn down the role of Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark?

And for your amusement, here's a dancing elephant, which I continue to find peculiarly funny: :elefant:

 

[Badorties]

If Tom Selleck were Indy, the series would have died after the 2nd one. And later revived in our current era of revival as Illinois Jones, starting Zack Galifinakis.

What roles would James Earl Jones play if he were white?

 

[ghost]

If James Earl Jones was white.. seriously, i can't even imagine him as anything but a brotha. but if he 'was' white.. his voice would be the polar opposite of what it is now, so it would likely be high pitched.. in which case, i see him making an excellent pee wee herman.

If the world of vampires was real, would you want to sparkle like Edward Cullen from Twilight, or kick ass like Blade?

 

[asunder]

Sparkle like Edward. I've always wanted to sparkle. And evidently he's quite kick ass also.

What if Dreams were Reality, and Reality were Dreams?

 

[ghost]

if dreams were reality, and reality were dreams.. i'd be a vampire.. in more then just the 'stays up all night' sense.

what if when you were 10 yrs old everyone you know and don't know became a zombie and wanted to kill you?

 

[Incandenza]

Then I suspect I'd shortly become a 10-year-old zombie.

What if you were suddenly granted the power of head-explody?

 

[ghost]

if i was suddenly granted the power of 'head-explody' as you put it.. some people i know, would be headless.

what if you woke up tomorrow morning and were no longer yourself.. for example: you look in the mirror and see a person of the opposite sex of yourself. or at least, who you were when you went to sleep...?

 

[Incandenza]

Hmm, if I woke up the opposite sex? I suspect I'd spend some quality time engaging in an exhaustive topological survey of my boobies.

What if, sometime in the next couple of weeks, an alien ship came into orbit around earth and politely requested that they be taken to our leader?

 

[ghost]

2 years ago, i might say that would be a really big problem..now, i'm not so sure.

what if you stumbled upon a cottage in the woods filled with lolita porn?

 

[asunder]

2 years ago, i might say that would be a really big problem..now, i'm not so sure.

what if you stumbled upon a cottage in the woods filled with lolita porn?

I would think "This WOULD happen to me, i couldn't just have a nice normal stumble upon a cottage in the woods."

What if From this moment forward, everything you ever wanted to happen, ONLY HAPPENED, and nothing else! : )

 

[ghost]

hahaha....

If from this moment forward, everything i wanted to have happen in my life, happened.. i would indeed have the perfect life, and would live well into my old age, due to my life being so completely stress-free.


What if at this very moment, somebody somewhere was concocting an evil plan to destroy you?

 

[ashr]

Someone is concocting (what a great word, never notice how many c's there are in that work, plus it has the word coc in it, without actually spelling it 10+ points for concocting) anyway, someone is concocting an evil plan to destroy me....lots of someones, everyone in every game I am playing right now.

And I guess I am trying to figure out how to convince them not to destroy me, but to destroy someone else instead.

What if a hired assassin offered to kill someone else instead of you, but you had to choose the target?

 

[ashr]

This just came in my twitter feed:

RT @johnpoz: Hypothetical question for vegetarians: What if I gave you a chicken and said if you didn't eat it, I'd kill another chicken?

 

[ghost]

What if a hired assassin offered to kill someone else instead of you, but you had to choose the target?

i'd say it was my lucky day?

What if you could be any character from any film or piece of literature in the world, who would you be? (and for bonus points: and why?)

 

[Spazm]

What if you could be any character from any film or piece of literature in the world, who would you be? (and for bonus points: and why?)

James Bond. Fast cars, hot women, unlimited bank accounts, guns and gadgets...why not?

What if you were able to become President for a single day, what would you do?

 

[Shepherd]

What if you were able to become President for a single day, what would you do?

Get my picture taken and step aside. Obama is proof that even an intelligent and savvy president can't get much done in 18 months, so i doubt i could do much in a day. Maybe I'd pardon some people who were serving life sentences for minor drug possession offenses.

What if you were walking down the street in Arizona, and a cop asked you to present proof of citizenship or they were going to deport you on the spot?

 

[Incandenza]

What if you were walking down the street in Arizona, and a cop asked you to present proof of citizenship or they were going to deport you on the spot?

I'd probably be hosed, since I don't tend to carry around my passport. But hopefully I get deported somewhere nice, like Fiji.

What if the price of gas shot up to 10 bucks a gallon?

 

[MrBenn]

What if the price of gas shot up to 10 bucks a gallon?

Petrol/diesel here in the UK is now more than twice the price it was when I first passed my driving test... Right now it's around £1.20 a litre. There's slightly more than 4 litres to a gallon, and £1 is about $1.60... Give or take a little, a gallon of fuel in the UK costs around $8.50, which isn't far off the mark. If the price was to shoot up a bit more, I'd probably experience accelerated ageing or something.

What if you could only walk around backwards?

 

[Shepherd]

What if you could only walk around backwards?

I guess everything in life would come as surprise! And I'd probably fall down a lot.

What if the internet stopped working tomorrow?

 

[Spazm]

What if the internet stopped working tomorrow?

I would massively short every single internet company around.

What if you were sent to colonize an unpopulated island...what type of leadership structure would you chose?