"Time. Space. Reality. It’s more than a linear path. It’s a prism… of endless possibility… where a single choice can branch out into infinite realities… creating alternate worlds from the ones you know. I am the Watcher. I am your guide through these vast new realities. Follow me… and ponder the question… What If…?" - the opening narration from Marvel’s What If…?
Now that Marvel’s What If…? has wrapped up its first season, I thought it would be neat to turn its “alternate realities for events in the Marvel Cinematic Universe” premise towards the world of movies on MST3K.
So, let’s use this thread to come up with MST3K’s What If…? episode premises that toy around with and reimagine the events of the movies that the SOL gang has to endure.
For instance:
-What if Rowsdower from The Final Sacrifice stayed with Satoris’s cult?
-What if the poachers from Pod People got away with the egg containing Trumpy?
-What if the mutants from The Time Travelers escaped through the portal to Earth’s past?
Or maybe you could turn the What If…? format towards the world of MST3K itself? For example, what if Eddie Nelson continued to be the subject of Pearl Forrester’s movie-watching experiment?
What if Marv had asked Betty for a couple of her previous essays, so that he’d know what sort of spelling and grammatical goofs she regularly committed? That way, he could write it so that it wouldn’t be immediately obvious that he had written it.
Big Stupid overcame his name-based limitations and stuck around to make sure Jesse didn’t assault and murder his love interest?
What If?..
She was grateful enough to say “Thank you,” but also, after the near-death scare, acquired enough spine to send him and Danny back to that boxcar. Then she and Peggy could both pack their things, move to the big city, maybe get good jobs in the local brewery there…
