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This is one of my favourite distractions when watching Sci-Fi films set in the future - spotting objects from now. For example: - In Luke's home in Star Wars I

by bjpirt 3y ago

This is one of my favourite distractions when watching Sci-Fi films set in the future - spotting objects from now. For example: - In Luke's home in Star Wars IV there's a lot of Tupperware - https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2014/02/in-praise-of-tupperware-and-star-wars.html https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2014/02/in-praise-of-t... - In Alien, Ripley drinks from a Tupperware mug - https://twitter.com/EverRotating/status/1156650673972363264 https://twitter.com/EverRotating/status/1156650673972363264

russdill 3y ago
One of my favorites was seeing my toy chest from when I was a kid in Wrath of Khan "Little Tikes kid’s Apollo Space Capsule Toy Chest." - https://third-wave-design.com/2018/11/30/houston-we-dont-have-a-problem/ https://third-wave-design.com/2018/11/30/houston-we-dont-hav... It also pops up in a ton of other places.
ebergen 3y ago
I love these to. The manual control for Moya in Farscape is a Logitech TrackMan.
slg 3y ago
I think the most famous/beloved/notorious version of this is the guy in Star Wars running around with a completely unaltered off the shelf ice cream maker. https://www.reddit.com/r/Thatsabooklight/comments/bf20dp/i_present_to_you_willrow_hoods_aka_ice_cream_man/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Thatsabooklight/comments/bf20dp/i_p... I just found that link through Google, but that is apparently a whole subreddit devoted to this type of use of modern objects getting repurposed as some fantastical movie/TV props.
- jonah 3y ago
  Sure looks like an electric ice cream maker but it's not the exact model pictured. Look at the pattern of vents on top of the motor, how far the "arms" overhang the pot, and the thickness of the pot lip for example. ;)
  - zdragnar 3y ago
    That's addressed in the comments, it's probably a Sunbeam rather than a Hamilton Beach
- deleted 3y ago
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- FuriouslyAdrift 3y ago
  https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Egbert_Sen https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Egbert_Sen
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
  You mean a camtono? https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Camtono https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Camtono
CollinEMac 3y ago
I can't really imagine a future without Tupperware to be honest.
QuercusMax 3y ago
The Galactica miniseries had a scene near the beginning with a futuristic looking alarm clock on a nightstand. I had that exact same alarm clock, as it was given as a cheapo christmas present to all the student employees in my department at the university.
- adastra22 3y ago
  Were you guys habitually late to work?
  - QuercusMax 3y ago
    Not especially, I worked in an IT support lab and most of the guys set their own schedules.
coumbaya 3y ago
In The Expanse, a painted Ikea "washcloth hanger" that looks like an octopus is actually a game for special childrens. Also a 3d connexion space mouse is used to control the rocci. I kind of hate spotting them tho.
- duskwuff 3y ago
  The Expanse used a ton of off-the-shelf props; most of them were used cleverly enough that they didn't stand out too badly. My personal favorite was a couple of laptop coolers used as "vents" in a maintenance passage: https://i.redd.it/rn2iac41t8h51.jpg https://i.redd.it/rn2iac41t8h51.jpg
  - Beltalowda 3y ago
    A good Belter never wastes anything.
  - aardvark179 3y ago
    One of the real skills of commercial model and prop making is know all the corners you can cut, and things you can reuse. To take an example from Aliens, the ship is only seen from one side, so the model only has one finished painted side, and the interior sets scavenge loads of bits and pieces from computer cases and whatever. You also shouldn’t underestimate the tradition of hiding Easter eggs in models and sets.
  - karakot 3y ago
    they used a Thule or Yakima (don't remember) car roof box (something like that) https://www.thule.com/en-us/cargo-carrier/car-top-carrier/thule-motion-xt-l-_-629706 https://www.thule.com/en-us/cargo-carrier/car-top-carrier/th... as a casket :D
    - wkat4242 3y ago
      Yeah that one was a little bit too obvious IMO. A bit immersion breaking
- flanbiscuit 3y ago
dboreham 3y ago
Vintage Tupperware mug.
- jareklupinski 3y ago
  pre-space retro chic! 50 credits, transportable anywhere in the Sol cluster
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cryptoz 3y ago
FWIW Star Wars is set a long time ago, not in the future ;) I've always liked to imagine any similarities between Star Wars and humanity on Earth is because Star Wars is set so indeterminately long ago that it seems 'plausible' that Star Wars is all really true, and if we build the right telescope and point it at the right galaxy, perhaps we can watch the Rebels fight the Empire IRL!
- Heyso 3y ago
  Maybe it depicts a part of this galaxy history. I like to believe that work of art that touches us, stay in our memory, has some truth into it that fascinate us. We are strongly led to believe we are alone in the universe, and that we are the first human like specie in the whole universe and our solar system to ever have existed. Believing otherwise is pure heresy. What is left for us to contact part of the world that we know exist but that "can't be real because that would be heresy" ? Science-fiction, fantasy.
Stratoscope 3y ago
My favorite example is in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, where one of Captain Pike's hobbies is cooking. Real cooking with fresh ingredients, not replicated food. Pike grew up on a ranch in Montana, where his family used Lodge cast iron pans. Cast iron isn't perfect for cooking - the heat distribution is mediocre - but one thing you can say about it is that it will outlive you. Even if it gets rusty from neglect, you can sand it down, re-season it, and it will be as good as new! I don't know if they make it explicit in the show, but I have a feeling that Captain Pike's pans were handed down from generation to generation, so naturally he brought his family's old cast iron pans with him on the Enterprise. https://www.foodandwine.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-kitchen-products-7580272 https://www.foodandwine.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-kit...
- teruakohatu 3y ago
  I would think induction tech and power delivery would be so good by that era, you could heat a cast iron pan in no time!
  - mr_toad 3y ago
    Set phasers to “fry”.
    - teruakohatu 3y ago
      Probably something to do with warp plasma conduits.
  - jazzyjackson 3y ago
    now that you mention it, I can't think of anything more futuristic than using magnetic flux to induce current into an iron pan a sous vide bath of vacuum sealed meat is rather dull in comparison to a good sear
- BillSaysThis 3y ago
  Forget the pans, well, okay, they are cool, but where is Pike getting fresh, non-replicated ingredients to use?

by bjpirt 3y ago

russdill 3y ago

One of my favorites was seeing my toy chest from when I was a kid in Wrath of Khan "Little Tikes kid’s Apollo Space Capsule Toy Chest." - https://third-wave-design.com/2018/11/30/houston-we-dont-have-a-problem/ https://third-wave-design.com/2018/11/30/houston-we-dont-hav... It also pops up in a ton of other places.

ebergen 3y ago

I love these to. The manual control for Moya in Farscape is a Logitech TrackMan.

slg 3y ago

I think the most famous/beloved/notorious version of this is the guy in Star Wars running around with a completely unaltered off the shelf ice cream maker. https://www.reddit.com/r/Thatsabooklight/comments/bf20dp/i_present_to_you_willrow_hoods_aka_ice_cream_man/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Thatsabooklight/comments/bf20dp/i_p... I just found that link through Google, but that is apparently a whole subreddit devoted to this type of use of modern objects getting repurposed as some fantastical movie/TV props.

jonah 3y ago
Sure looks like an electric ice cream maker but it's not the exact model pictured. Look at the pattern of vents on top of the motor, how far the "arms" overhang the pot, and the thickness of the pot lip for example. ;)
- zdragnar 3y ago
  That's addressed in the comments, it's probably a Sunbeam rather than a Hamilton Beach
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FuriouslyAdrift 3y ago
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Egbert_Sen https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Egbert_Sen
2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
You mean a camtono? https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Camtono https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Camtono

CollinEMac 3y ago

I can't really imagine a future without Tupperware to be honest.

QuercusMax 3y ago

The Galactica miniseries had a scene near the beginning with a futuristic looking alarm clock on a nightstand. I had that exact same alarm clock, as it was given as a cheapo christmas present to all the student employees in my department at the university.

adastra22 3y ago
Were you guys habitually late to work?
- QuercusMax 3y ago
  Not especially, I worked in an IT support lab and most of the guys set their own schedules.

coumbaya 3y ago

In The Expanse, a painted Ikea "washcloth hanger" that looks like an octopus is actually a game for special childrens. Also a 3d connexion space mouse is used to control the rocci. I kind of hate spotting them tho.

duskwuff 3y ago
The Expanse used a ton of off-the-shelf props; most of them were used cleverly enough that they didn't stand out too badly. My personal favorite was a couple of laptop coolers used as "vents" in a maintenance passage: https://i.redd.it/rn2iac41t8h51.jpg https://i.redd.it/rn2iac41t8h51.jpg
- Beltalowda 3y ago
  A good Belter never wastes anything.
- aardvark179 3y ago
  One of the real skills of commercial model and prop making is know all the corners you can cut, and things you can reuse. To take an example from Aliens, the ship is only seen from one side, so the model only has one finished painted side, and the interior sets scavenge loads of bits and pieces from computer cases and whatever. You also shouldn’t underestimate the tradition of hiding Easter eggs in models and sets.
- karakot 3y ago
  they used a Thule or Yakima (don't remember) car roof box (something like that) https://www.thule.com/en-us/cargo-carrier/car-top-carrier/thule-motion-xt-l-_-629706 https://www.thule.com/en-us/cargo-carrier/car-top-carrier/th... as a casket :D
  - wkat4242 3y ago
    Yeah that one was a little bit too obvious IMO. A bit immersion breaking
flanbiscuit 3y ago

dboreham 3y ago

Vintage Tupperware mug.

jareklupinski 3y ago
pre-space retro chic! 50 credits, transportable anywhere in the Sol cluster

deleted 3y ago

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cryptoz 3y ago

FWIW Star Wars is set a long time ago, not in the future ;) I've always liked to imagine any similarities between Star Wars and humanity on Earth is because Star Wars is set so indeterminately long ago that it seems 'plausible' that Star Wars is all really true, and if we build the right telescope and point it at the right galaxy, perhaps we can watch the Rebels fight the Empire IRL!

Heyso 3y ago
Maybe it depicts a part of this galaxy history. I like to believe that work of art that touches us, stay in our memory, has some truth into it that fascinate us. We are strongly led to believe we are alone in the universe, and that we are the first human like specie in the whole universe and our solar system to ever have existed. Believing otherwise is pure heresy. What is left for us to contact part of the world that we know exist but that "can't be real because that would be heresy" ? Science-fiction, fantasy.

Stratoscope 3y ago

My favorite example is in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, where one of Captain Pike's hobbies is cooking. Real cooking with fresh ingredients, not replicated food. Pike grew up on a ranch in Montana, where his family used Lodge cast iron pans. Cast iron isn't perfect for cooking - the heat distribution is mediocre - but one thing you can say about it is that it will outlive you. Even if it gets rusty from neglect, you can sand it down, re-season it, and it will be as good as new! I don't know if they make it explicit in the show, but I have a feeling that Captain Pike's pans were handed down from generation to generation, so naturally he brought his family's old cast iron pans with him on the Enterprise. https://www.foodandwine.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-kitchen-products-7580272 https://www.foodandwine.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-kit...

teruakohatu 3y ago
I would think induction tech and power delivery would be so good by that era, you could heat a cast iron pan in no time!
- mr_toad 3y ago
  Set phasers to “fry”.
  - teruakohatu 3y ago
    Probably something to do with warp plasma conduits.
- jazzyjackson 3y ago
  now that you mention it, I can't think of anything more futuristic than using magnetic flux to induce current into an iron pan a sous vide bath of vacuum sealed meat is rather dull in comparison to a good sear
BillSaysThis 3y ago
Forget the pans, well, okay, they are cool, but where is Pike getting fresh, non-replicated ingredients to use?