History Quotes / WhatCouldHaveBeen

->'''Question:''' WHY DIDN'T YOU GET TEAMFOURSTAR TO VOICE THIS? \\

-->--'''Newgrounds FAQ''' for ''WebAnimation/{{Ducktalez}} episode 7''

-->--'''{{WebVideo/SCXCR}}''' talking about unused character artwork for VideoGame/BloodyRoar

-->--'''Atton Rand''', ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords''

-->--'''Mr. Michael Haigney interview''' for Anime Boredom. He claims ''Chaotic'' was originally planned to be animated by Gonzo just like ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeSigma6'' but for some reason, it was switched to Creator/BardelEntertainment in season one and later Creator/DongWooAnimation for the last two seasons most likely due to the failure of the said show for the latter.

-> '''David Rasmussen:''' What can you tell us about [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4KidsTV]]'s upcoming Fall 2006 series "''WesternAnimation/{{Chaotic}}''"? I know you can't reveal much since it's probably going to be hush hush for the time being, but is there anything you can tell us about it?

-->--'''Mr. Michael Haigney interview''' for Anime Boredom. He claims ''Chaotic'' was originally planned to be animated by Gonzo just like ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeSigma6'' but for some reason, it was switched to Creator/BardelEntertainment in season one and later Creator/DongWooAnimation for the last two seasons most likely due to the failure of the latter aforementioned show.

-->--'''Mr. Michael Haigney interview''' for Anime Boredom. He claims ''Chaotic'' was originally planned to be animated by Gonzo just like ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeSigma6'' but for some reason, it was switched to
Creator/BardelEntertainment in season one and later Creator/DongWooAnimation for the last two seasons most likely due to the failure of the later aforementioned show.

->'''Question''': WHY DIDN'T YOU GET TEAMFOURSTAR TO VOICE THIS? \\
'''Answer''': They didn't return my messages.

->''Tickets please, thanks; walk through the door\\
Into the Halls Of Illusions, visit yours\\
And see what coulda and shoulda and woulda been real\\
But you had to fuck up tha whole deal!''
-->-- '"''The Great Milenko"'', ''Music/InsaneClownPosse''

-->--'''Atton Rand,''' ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic II: The Sith Lords''

->''"Why pretend and cry, for something that might have been?\\
No I'd rather have nothing at all."''
-->-- '''Music/FrankSinatra''', "All or Nothing At All"
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->There was a brief blip where and it probably was never true, but there was a rumor I remember where they were going to cast Creator/RobertRedford, and I want to say Creator/PaulNewman, as Kirk and Spock. It was a big rumor in the mid-‘70s that they would [[TheOtherDarrin recast the roles]] with them and do it as a movie. It probably had no basis in reality. But people were just foaming at the mouth in fan circles. It was just madness, madness! ‘YOU CAN’T DO THAT!’ If they had done that, everything would have been different. It might have worked, but we’ll never know.
-->--'''Ron D. Moore''' [[http://www.lcarscom.net/rdm1000118.htm on]] ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''

->I heard a rumor one time that Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos was considered as a Captain for ''Voyager''. I'm almost certain that's not true, but it does raise an interesting question of what Commander Adama of ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' would have done in Janeway's place. Well first, I think it's pretty damn obvious we'd see a lot more of Neelix being [[TakeThatScrappy bludgeoned with a flashlight.]]
-->-- '''{{Website/SFDebris}}'''

->That god damn ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2223990/ Draft Day]]'' movie was supposed to be about the Bills but then movie producers decided to go with the Browns. I guess even the execs in Hollywood thought that a movie about the Bills having a good draft [[YankTheDogsChain was too unbelievable]].
-->--'''''Deadspin''''', "[[http://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2014-buffalo-bills-1628452314 Why Your Team Sucks 2014: Buffalo Bills]]"

->I mean, really. ''Only'' {{Creator/Konami}} could have [[Creator/HideoKojima Kojima]], [[Creator/GuillermoDelToro del Toro]], Creator/NormanReedus, '''and''' ''Franchise/SilentHill'' all in one project and still somehow ''fuck it up.''
-->--'''Creator/JimSterling''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynl4sIFazmM#t=609 "Konami is Konami"]]

->You know, I'd give good money if this version of the movie could be erased, and I could see the original concept; From what I've heard, it was supposed to be much darker, and Data was [[ICannotSelfTerminate supposed to be killed off]], [[WeUsedToBeFriends by Picard himself]]. Granted, that would have made it an even bigger ''[[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay T2]]'' ripoff, but at least we'd be spared [[SuckinessIsPainful the pain that is soon to come]].
-->--'''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' on ''Film/StarTrekInsurrection''

->'''[[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee]]:''' ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', popularly considered the best ''Star Wars'' film, wasn't even directed by [[Creator/GeorgeLucas Lucas]].\\
'''Gabriel:''' Y'know, there was a possibility that Creator/DavidLynch was gonna direct [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi the third one]], and ''God'' I'd like to visit that dimension for a day.
-->--''LetsPlay/LetsDrownOut VideoGame/JustCause2''

->'''Jay:''' Creator/JamesCameron was putting together a script for a fifth ''{{Film/Alien}}'' movie that Creator/SigourneyWeaver was attached to be in, and Creator/RidleyScott was interested in directing, and then...\\
'''Rich:''' ''(groans)'' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Oh no.]]\\
'''Jay:''' ...''Film/FreddyVsJason'' was a big hit...\\
'''Rich:''' Oh '' no!''\\
'''Jay:''' ...and then 20th Century Fox decided they were going to abandon [[DreamTeam the James Cameron/Ridley Scott movie]]...\\
'''Rich:''' Oh '''[[BigNo noooo!]]'''\\
'''Jay:''' ...and slap together ''[[Film/AVPAlienVsPredator Alien vs. Predator]]''. This movie had a two-month shoot and four-month post-production, and then it was [[FollowTheLeader quickly rushed out into theaters.]]\\
'''Rich:''' That is the most depressing thing I've ever heard! I was ambivalent about this movie; ''now'' I hate it!
-->-- ''[[WebVideo/HalfInTheBag Half in the Bag]]'', ''Film/AVPAlienVsPredator'' rifftrack

->'''Chris''': ...''[[http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Batman_Triumphant Batman Triumphant]]'' was rumored to involve [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart1 Harley Quinn]] as the Joker’s daughter played by {{Music/Madonna}} and the Joker coming back in an extended hallucination sequence, it’s probably for the best that it never happened.\\
'''David''': Was the plan to have [[Creator/JackNicholson Nicholson]] reprise his role?\\
'''Chris''': I’m not sure if they were planning on getting Nicholson back or not. I imagine they probably were, though. I mean, it’s not like there could ever be another actor who could do such a [[Creator/MarkHamill great, definitive take]] [[Creator/HeathLedger with that role, right?]]\\
'''David''': Knowing this franchise at this point, they’d have gotten, like, Creator/AdamSandler.
-->--Chris Sims and David Uzumeri [[http://comicsalliance.com/batman-and-robin-movie-review/ on]] ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''

->Years before the version of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' that we know and love, there was another version, [[DevelopmentHell scrapped by Disney]] in 1983 until Creator/RobertZemeckis revived the concept, building on some of what had come before...Had this version been made, Jessica Rabbit would probably have been the villain and not the toon-fetish we all know today, and ''[Paul]'' Reubens might have focused on voice-over work to the detriment of [[Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse that other bow-tied character]] he was working on as part of a stage show at the time. So we're probably better off -- but it's fascinating to see what could have been.
-->--'''''Blog/ToplessRobot''''', [[http://www.toplessrobot.com/2014/09 "The 1983 Version of ''Roger Rabbit'', With Paul Reubens"]]

->What makes this role particularly sad is the fact that Creator/RaulJulia only agreed to be in ''Film/StreetFighter'' because [[SoMyKidsCanWatch his kids were fans of the game]]. He had a couple of automatic-awesome movies lined up afterward, including the role of the main villain in Creator/RobertRodriguez's ''{{Film/Desperado}}''. But he died very suddenly and never got to do any of them, so his last contribution to the world of cinema ended up being ''Street Fighter'' the goddamned movie.
-->--'''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-inappropriately-awful-final-movies-great-actors_p2/ "4 Inappropriately Awful Final Movies of Great Actors"]]

->For all that it is hailed as the greatest Creator/PeterDavison story and one of the greatest ever, almost nobody suggests including it as the representative story for the Davison era. The consensus seems to be that its greatness is only properly appreciated when you’ve [[SlowPacedBeginning seen the rest of the Davison era]]...Yes, the story looks great in contrast with everything around it, but that’s not because it pays off any buildup from them. It’s because they were often a complete mess and this story isn’t. Yes, this story [[DamnedByFaintPraise looks like an absolute giant]] compared to the rest of the Davison era, but that’s as much because of their flaws as its merits.\\\
The fact of the matter is that they couldn’t get the Davison era to work until his last story. They drove the best actor they’d had since [[Creator/PatrickTroughton Troughton]] away with the crap scripts of Season 20, and by the time they gave him a truly brilliant script he’d [[ArtistDisillusionment already decided to leave.]]
-->--'''Dr. El Sandifer''' [[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2012/04/grinding-engines-of-universe-caves-of.html on]] ''Series/DoctorWho'' ([[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani}} "The Caves of Androzani"]])

->The thought of Wrestling/{{W|orldWrestlingFederation}}WF vs. Wrestling/{{WCW}} was something that fans had wanted since the two companies became the standard bearers for the wrestling industry in North America. Fans would debate [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny who would win a world title showdown]] between {{Wrestling/Goldberg}} and [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]... Perhaps it was because [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince (MacMahon)]] never really wanted to acknowledge that WCW was [[Wrestling/MondayNightWars on equal ground]] with his own creation. He had, after all, refused to even acknowledge their existence on WWF television until the late [=1990s=], when ''[[Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro Nitro]]'' was beating ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]]''[='s=] ass in the ratings. They were the only wrestling company to successfully compete with him, and not only that, beat him at his own game. It was a humiliation that a man of Vince’s fragile ego seemed unable to endure. Therefore, it probably shouldn’t have come as much of a shock that when he finally got the chance to pit the two companies “against” each other, that he had the WWF side [[SquashMatch completely annihilate]] WCW.
-->--'''''{{Website/Wrestlecrap}}''''', [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/the-invasion-2001-gooker-award-winner/ "The InVasion: 2001 Gooker Award Winner"]]

->I heard a rumor one time that Edward James Olmos was considered as a Captain for ''Voyager''. I'm almost certain that's not true, but it does raise an interesting question of what Commander Adama of ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' would have done in Janeway's place. Well first, I think it's pretty damn obvious we'd see a lot more of Neelix being [[TakeThatScrappy bludgeoned with a flashlight.]]

->Years before the version of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' that we know and love, there was another version, [[DevelopmentHell scrapped by Disney]] in 1983 until Robert Zemeckis revived the concept, building on some of what had come before...Had this version been made, Jessica Rabbit would probably have been the villain and not the toon-fetish we all know today, and ''[Paul]'' Reubens might have focused on voice-over work to the detriment of [[Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse that other bow-tied character]] he was working on as part of a stage show at the time. So we're probably better off -- but it's fascinating to see what could have been.

->What makes this role particularly sad is the fact that Raul Julia only agreed to be in ''Film/StreetFighter'' because [[SoMyKidsCanWatch his kids were fans of the game]]. He had a couple of automatic-awesome movies lined up afterward, including the role of the main villain in Robert Rodriguez's ''{{Film/Desperado}}''. But he died very suddenly and never got to do any of them, so his last contribution to the world of cinema ended up being Street Fighter the goddamned movie.

->''I'm Atton. I actually wasn't supposed to make it into the final game, but I was created at the last minute. Blame my agent. I was actually slated for a spin-off to ''[[DarkForcesSaga Jedi Knight]],'' but I don't want to talk about what happened '''there'''.''
-->--'''Atton Rand,''' ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic II: The Sith Lords''

->'''Chris''': ...''[[http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Batman_Triumphant Batman Triumphant]]'' was rumored to involve HarleyQuinn as the Joker’s daughter played by {{Music/Madonna}} and the Joker coming back in an extended hallucination sequence, it’s probably for the best that it never happened.\\

->Years before the version of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' that we know and love, there was another version, [[DevelopmentHell scrapped by Disney]] in 1983 until Robert Zemeckis revived the concept, building on some of what had come before...Had this version been made, Jessica Rabbit would probably have been the villain and not the toon-fetish we all know today, and ''[Paul]'' Reubens might have focused on voice-over work to the detriment of [[Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse that other bow-tied character]] he was working on as part of a stage show at the time. So we're probably better off --- but it's fascinating to see what could have been.

-->--'''Dr. Phil Sandifer''' [[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2012/04/grinding-engines-of-universe-caves-of.html on]] ''Series/DoctorWho'' ([[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani}} "The Caves of Androzani"]])

->Years before the version of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' that we know and love, there was another version, [[DevelopmentHell scrapped by Disney]] in 1983 until Robert Zemeckis revived the concept, building on some of what had come before...Had this version been made, Jessica Rabbit would probably have been the villain and not the toon-fetish we all know today, and ''[Paul]'' Reubens might have focused on voice-over work to the detriment of [[PeeWeesPlayhouse that other bow-tied character]] he was working on as part of a stage show at the time. So we're probably better off --- but it's fascinating to see what could have been.

->There was a brief blip where and it probably was never true, but there was a rumor I remember where they were going to cast RobertRedford, and I want to say PaulNewman, as Kirk and Spock. It was a big rumor in the mid-‘70s that they would [[TheOtherDarrin recast the roles]] with them and do it as a movie. It probably had no basis in reality. But people were just foaming at the mouth in fan circles. It was just madness, madness! ‘YOU CAN’T DO THAT!’ If they had done that, everything would have been different. It might have worked, but we’ll never know.

->You know, I'd give good money if this version of the movie could be erased, and I could see the original concept; From what I've heard, it was supposed to be much darker, and Data was [[ICannotSelfTerminate supposed to be killed off]], [[WeUsedToBeFriends by Picard himself]]. Granted, that would have made it an even bigger ''[[{{Film/Terminator}} T2]]'' ripoff, but at least we'd be spared [[SuckinessIsPainful the pain that is soon to come]].

->For all that it is hailed as the greatest Creator/PeterDavison story and one of the greatest ever, almost nobody suggests including it as the representative story for the Davison era. The consensus seems to be that its greatness is only properly appreciated when you’ve [[ItGetsBetter seen the rest of the Davison era]]...Yes, the story looks great in contrast with everything around it, but that’s not because it pays off any buildup from them. It’s because they were often a complete mess and this story isn’t. Yes, this story [[DamnedByFaintPraise looks like an absolute giant]] compared to the rest of the Davison era, but that’s as much because of their flaws as its merits.\\\

->'''[[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee]]:''' ''Film/EmpireStrikesBack'', popularly considered the best ''Star Wars'' film, wasn't even directed by [[Creator/GeorgeLucas Lucas]].\\

'''Jay:''' ...and slap together ''Film/AlienVsPredator''. This movie had a two-month shoot and four-month post-production, and then it was [[FollowTheLeader quickly rushed out into theaters.]]\\

-->--''[[WebVideo/HalfInTheBag Half in the Bag]]'', ''Alien Vs. Predator'' rifftrack

->I heard a rumor one time that Edward James Olmos was considered as a Captain for ''Voyager''. I'm almost certain that's not true, but it does raise an interesting question of what Commander Adama of ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]'' would have done in Janeway's place. Well first, I think it's pretty damn obvious we'd see a lot more of Neelix being [[TakeThatScrappy bludgeoned with a flashlight.]]