Stories by @maxhedroom

Star Wars: Episodio II - L'attacco dei cloni (1967)

If Attack of the Clones was an Italian movie from the 60s

Quentin Tarantino's First Blood (2022)

First came the man: a young wanderer in a fatigue coat and long hair. Then came the legend, as John Rambo sprang from the pages of FIRST BLOOD to take his place in the American cultural landscape. This remarkable novel pits a young Vietnam veteran against a small-town cop who doesn't know whom he's dealing with -- or how far Rambo will take him into a life-and-death struggle through the woods, hills, and caves of rural Kentucky.

Sergio Leone's Escape from New York

In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country’s worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash lands on the island, the authorities turn to a former soldier and current convict to rescue him.

HBO's Watchmen (1990)

Set in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel of the same name, while attempting to break new ground of its own.

Ken Russell's Dracula (1979)

If Ken Russell had been able to make the Dracula film he wanted to.

The Ninth Gate

A rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones.

Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (1990)

A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles. If made in 1990.

Eastern Promises (1985)

A teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

Wolfgang Petersen's Batman vs. Superman (2004)

If the canceled Batman vs. Superman film had happened

Casino Royale (1980)

If Casino Royale was made in 1980

Casino Royale (1970)

If Casino Royale was made in 1970

We Own the Night (1970s)

If We Own the Night was made in the 70s

Robin and Marian

Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.

Carlito's Way (2021)

A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.

Zack Snyder's Star Wars: The Force Awakens

If Zack Snyder made Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Robert Rodriguez's The Avengers

If Robert Rodriguez had made The Avengers

George Lucas' Apocalypse Now (1977)

If the original plan for George Lucas to direct Apocalypse Now had gone through

Firefly (1970s)

If the cult television show Firefly had been made as a movie in the 70s

Steven Spielberg's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (1990)

If Spielberg had directed Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl in 1990

Francis Ford Coppola's Star Wars (1983)

What if Francis Ford Coppola directed Star Wars instead of George Lucas?