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== Film == | == Film == | ||
=== ''Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner''=== | === ''Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner''=== | ||
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===''Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard''=== | ===''Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard''=== | ||
* [[Edward James Olmos]] calls Deckard a Cylon instead of a Replicant. | * [[Edward James Olmos]] calls Deckard a Cylon instead of a Replicant | ||
===''Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers''=== | |||
* Cylons are mentioned as being influenced by Blade Runner | |||
===''The House Bunny''=== | |||
* Natalie mentions this to Colby while eating a hot dog | |||
=== ''[[w:Lucky Number Slevin|Lucky Number Slevin]]'' === | |||
*A ''Battlestar Galactica'' poster is seen. | |||
=== ''[[w:Futurama: Bender's Big Score|Futurama: Bender's Big Score]]'' === | === ''[[w:Futurama: Bender's Big Score|Futurama: Bender's Big Score]]'' === | ||
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*A robot with features from the re-imagined Centurion works the capstan on the pirate spaceship during Bender's attack on the alien Yivo. Later the same robot is seen fighting in the background, using needle/razor fingered hands as on the re-imagined Centurion.'' | *A robot with features from the re-imagined Centurion works the capstan on the pirate spaceship during Bender's attack on the alien Yivo. Later the same robot is seen fighting in the background, using needle/razor fingered hands as on the re-imagined Centurion.'' | ||
=== ''[[w:Sydney White|Sydney White]]'' === | === ''[[w:Sydney White|Sydney White]]'' === | ||
*One of the characters is offended by the joke that [[William Adama|Adama]] is a Cylon. | *One of the characters is offended by the joke that [[William Adama|Adama]] is a Cylon. | ||
=== Related imagery === | === Related imagery === | ||
<gallery | <gallery> | ||
Image:BeastBillionBacksCylon.jpg|Robot with neck cowl and eye shape/color in ''Beast With A Billion Backs''. | Image:BeastBillionBacksCylon.jpg|Robot with neck cowl and eye shape/color in ''Beast With A Billion Backs''. | ||
Image:CylonWarMemorialMakeoutPoint.png|Cylon War Memorial Makeout Point in ''Bender's Big Score''. | Image:CylonWarMemorialMakeoutPoint.png|Cylon War Memorial Makeout Point in ''Bender's Big Score''. | ||
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=== [[amazon:B000784WDG|Lewis Black: ''Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues'']] === | === [[amazon:B000784WDG|Lewis Black: ''Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues'']] === | ||
*On track six of the CD, entitled "Justin and Janet, | *On track six of the CD, entitled "Justin and Janet", [[w:Lewis Black|Lewis Black]] describes [[w:Janet Jackson|Janet Jackson]]'s costume at the [[w:Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy|controversial 2004 Halftime Show]] as being the uniform of the captain of the ''Battlestar Galactica''. | ||
== Television == | == Television == | ||
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=== ''[[w:More Information Than You Require|More Information Than You Require]]'' === | === ''[[w:More Information Than You Require|More Information Than You Require]]'' === | ||
*[[John Hodgman]] claims that the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' was a "re- | *[[John Hodgman]] claims that the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' was a "re-imaging" of the classic ''Battlestar Galactica'' radio program of the 1920s.<ref>{{cite book | ||
| last = Hodgman | | last = Hodgman | ||
| first = John | | first = John | ||
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*In the ''[[memoryalpha:Vanguard|Vanguard]]'' novel ''[[memoryalpha:Reap the Whirlwind|Reap the Whirlwind]]'' by [[memoryalpha:David Mack|David Mack]], two minor characters are named "Agent [[Mark Verheiden|Verheiden]]" and "Agent [[Anne Cofell Saunders|Cofell]]". Moreover, a Captain [[Michael Rymer|Rymer]] is mentioned. | *In the ''[[memoryalpha:Vanguard|Vanguard]]'' novel ''[[memoryalpha:Reap the Whirlwind|Reap the Whirlwind]]'' by [[memoryalpha:David Mack|David Mack]], two minor characters are named "Agent [[Mark Verheiden|Verheiden]]" and "Agent [[Anne Cofell Saunders|Cofell]]". Moreover, a Captain [[Michael Rymer|Rymer]] is mentioned. | ||
=== ''[[ | === ''[[wookieepedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]]'' === | ||
*In the ''[[ | *In the ''[[wookieepedia:Legacy of the Force|Legacy of the Force]]'' novel ''[[wookieepedia:Invincible (novel)|Invincible]]'' on page 85, [[wookieepedia:Leia Organa Solo|Leia Solo]] suggests distracting [[wookieepedia:Darth Caedus|Darth Caedus]] during a battle by sending him an episode of ''[[wookieepedia:BattleSun Odyssey|BattleSun Odyssey]]''. | ||
== Comics == | == Comics == | ||
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*Deadpool and [[w:Weasel (comics)|Weasel]] catch up as friends by watching [[w:TiVo|TiVo'd]] episodes of "Battlestar Galactica". | *Deadpool and [[w:Weasel (comics)|Weasel]] catch up as friends by watching [[w:TiVo|TiVo'd]] episodes of "Battlestar Galactica". | ||
=== ''[[ | === ''[[w:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' === | ||
*The swear word, frak, makes an appearance in the comic [[ | *In the ''[[w:Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic strip ''Ophidius'' (republished in the graphic novel ''[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Oblivion-Complete-Eighth/dp/1905239459 Oblivion]'') when the [[w:Eighth Doctor|Doctor]] shows [[w:Izzy Sinclair|Izzy Sinclair]] the overhead scanner view, she mentions that the view she sees looks like the [[opening credits]] of ''Battlestar Galactica''. | ||
=== ''[[wookieepedia:List of comics|Star Wars]]'' === | |||
*The swear word, frak, makes an appearance in the comic [[Wookieepedia:Star Wars Legacy 2: Broken, Part 2|Star Wars Legacy 2: Broken, Part 2]]. | |||
== Video games == | == Video games == | ||
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See [[References to the Re-imagined Series (Webcomics)]]. | See [[References to the Re-imagined Series (Webcomics)]]. | ||
== | == Others == | ||
*Entering "about:robots" in the [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ Firefox 3] address bar displays a few wise words about robots. After references to ''[[w:The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'', [[w:Three Laws of Robotics|Asimov's first law of robotics]], ''[[w:Blade Runner|Blade Runner]]'', ''[[w:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' and ''[[w:Futurama|Futurama]]'' it concludes with "And they have a plan." | |||
*In the humorous browser-based MMORPG [[w:Kingdom of Loathing|Kingdom of Loathing]], the [http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/El_Vibrato_helmet El Vibrato helmet] is described as allowing "a weird blue light sweeping back and forth where your eyes should be, like some sort of depressed Cylon." | |||
*[[w:The Onion|The Onion's]] [http://www.theonion.com/content/node/88218 Friday 17th 2008 mock radio news broadcast] announced the launch of ''Battlestar Galactica: Miami.'' | |||
*Some episodes of the ''Star Trek'' audio series [http://www.darkerprojects.com/section31.php ''Star Trek: The Section 31 Files''] uses music from ''Battlestar Galactica'', though no references to its story. | |||
*On [[w:Neil deGrasse Tyson|Neil deGrasse Tyson]]'s radio show ''StarTalk Radio'', comedian Leighann Lord pretends to be a computer voice saying "Launch Colonial Viper 1."<ref>{{cite podcast | *On [[w:Neil deGrasse Tyson|Neil deGrasse Tyson]]'s radio show ''StarTalk Radio'', comedian Leighann Lord pretends to be a computer voice saying "Launch Colonial Viper 1."<ref>{{cite podcast | ||
| url = http://startalkradio.net/media/audio/ST203SethMacFarlane.mp3 | | url = http://startalkradio.net/media/audio/ST203SethMacFarlane.mp3 | ||
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| totalrunning = 56:57 | | totalrunning = 56:57 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:A to Z]] | [[Category:A to Z]] | ||