the "Hollywood What-If" game

Then Sylvester Stallone would now be Governor of California.

What if Madonna's first acting role had been Oscar-worthy?

Then we'd never had heard Renee Zellweger utter the words "You had me at hello."

What if Ben had played the lead in Good Will Hunting?

I perish to even think of the ruination it would have eventually brought to my precious Bourne franchise. *shudder*

It would have taken longer for us to see Matt Damon become one of the most versatile and talented leading men working today (my opinion).

And, obviously, Good Will Hunting probably wouldn't have garnered quite as much critical acclaim.

What if Will Smith hadn't turned down the role of Neo for The Matrix?

There'd be a lot more guns.

What if 2001: A Space Odyssey took place in BC instead of AD?

Then Kubrick would be beaten to death by a furious Aurthur C. Clarke.

What if the Doom movie hadn't axed the daemons rather than going with the vomititious "genetic mutant" plot rout they went?

Then Zoombie would have been satisfied. No-one else would have noticed.


What if Indy hadn't retreived his fedora?

Then he'd have to a wear a baseball cap through the rest of the series, he wouldn't have looked as cool, and no one would have taken him seriously.

What if Hollywood was in Arkansas?

Then Jessica Alba would have played a witch, not a sleezy stripper.

What if Robert Dinero was cast in Beverly Hills Cop instead of Eddie Murphy?

Then Bronson Pinchot's character would have been bitch-slapped the moment he said, "Tweest."

What if George Lucas had cast David Spade as Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequels?

Then men everywhere would be accessorizing with whips and fedoras.

What if Alec Baldwin had done Patriot Games too?