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This article discusses various '''references to the [[Re-imagined Series]]''' made by other works of note in various mediums including, but not limited to, television, film, or literary publications. | |||
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== Film == | == Film == | ||
=== '' | |||
* | === ''Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner''=== | ||
* Mentioned once. | |||
===''Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard''=== | |||
* [[Edward James Olmos]] calls Deckard a Cylon instead of a Replicant. | |||
=== ''[[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:God Bless America (film)|God Bless America]]'' === | |||
*The main character Frank Murdoch assumes that his accomplice Chloe liked the "new ''Battlestar Galactica''". | |||
===''[[w:The House Bunny|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. | |||
===''Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers''=== | |||
* Cylons are mentioned as being influenced by Blade Runner | |||
=== ''[[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. | ||
=== ''[[w:The Terminators (film)|The Terminators]]'' === | |||
*Some robots are programmed to think there are human. (like [[Final Five]], [[Sharon Valerii]]) | |||
*There is [[Airlock]] in this film. | |||
=== Related imagery === | === Related imagery === | ||
<gallery> | <gallery mode="slideshow"> | ||
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-imagining" 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. | ||
=== ''[[ | === ''[[wookiepedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]]'' === | ||
*In the ''[[ | *In the ''[[wookiepedia:Legacy of the Force|Legacy of the Force]]'' novel ''[[wookiepedia:Invincible (novel)|Invincible]]'' on page 85, [[wookiepedia:Leia Organa Solo|Leia Solo]] suggests distracting [[wookiepedia:Darth Caedus|Darth Caedus]] during a battle by sending him an episode of ''[[wookiepedia: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". | ||
=== ''[[ | === ''[[wookiepedia:List of comics|Star Wars]]'' === | ||
*The swear word, frak, makes an appearance in the comic [[Wookiepedia:Star Wars Legacy 2: Broken, Part 2|Star Wars Legacy 2: Broken, Part 2]]. | |||
*The swear word, frak, makes an appearance in the comic [[ | |||
== Video games == | == Video games == | ||
=== ''[[w:FreeSpace 2]]'' === | === ''[[w:FreeSpace 2|FreeSpace 2]]'' === | ||
*One of the Vasudan pilots respond to orders with the phrase, "[[By your command]]". | *One of the Vasudan pilots respond to orders with the phrase, "[[By your command]]". | ||
== Webcomics/Comic strips == | == Webcomics/Comic strips == | ||
See [[References to the Re-imagined Series (Webcomics)]]. | See [[References to the Re-imagined Series (Webcomics)]]. | ||
== Podcasts == | |||
=== StarTalk Live === | |||
*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 | |||
| title = Holiday Lights | |||
| website = StarTalk Radio | |||
| host= http://startalkradio.net/ | |||
| date = 19 December 2010 | |||
| accessdate = 30 January | |||
| accessyear = 2011 | |||
| timestamp = 34:34 | |||
| totalrunning = 56:57 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
=== ''[[w:Thrilling Adventure Hour|Thrilling Adventure Hour]]'' === | |||
*In the [http://www.nerdist.com/2012/03/thrilling-adventure-hour-63-beyond-belief-teenagers-of-the-corn/ ''Beyond Belief'' episode "Teenagers of the Corn"], Frank Doyle agrees with "So say we all" in response to his wife Sadie's prettiness.<ref>{{cite podcast | |||
| url = http://traffic.libsyn.com/thrillingadventurehour/TAH63_Beyond_Belief__Teenagers_of_the_Corn_.mp3 | |||
| title = Teenagers of the Corn | |||
| website = Thrilling Adventure Hour | |||
| host= http://thrillingadventurehour.com/ | |||
| date = 19 March 2012 | |||
| accessdate = 11 November | |||
| accessyear = 2012 | |||
| timestamp = 6:42 | |||
| totalrunning = 21:36 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
== Radio == | |||
=== ''[[w:The Hour of Slack|The Hour of Slack]]'' === | |||
*In ''The Hour of Slack'' episode #1361, performance artist Zero Boy said Cylons overruled a Klingon criminal he was paid to follow.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.subgenius.com/ts/hos_logs/Hour_of_Slack_1361.html|title=Hour of Slack #1361 - The ASK DR. HAL Show with Drummond, Stang & Zero Boy Pt. 1 of 2|date=|accessdate=11 June 2012|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref> | |||
== Others == | == Others == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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This article discusses various references to the Re-imagined Series made by other works of note in various mediums including, but not limited to, television, film, or literary publications.
Film
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
- Mentioned once.
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
- Edward James Olmos calls Deckard a Cylon instead of a Replicant.
Futurama: Bender's Big Score
- Features a "Cylon War Memorial Makeout Point."
Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs
- 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.
God Bless America
- The main character Frank Murdoch assumes that his accomplice Chloe liked the "new Battlestar Galactica".
The House Bunny
- Natalie mentions this to Colby while eating a hot dog
Lucky Number Slevin
- A Battlestar Galactica poster is seen.
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
- Cylons are mentioned as being influenced by Blade Runner
Sydney White
- One of the characters is offended by the joke that Adama is a Cylon.
The Terminators
- Some robots are programmed to think there are human. (like Final Five, Sharon Valerii)
- There is Airlock in this film.
Related imagery
-
Robot with neck cowl and eye shape/color in Beast With A Billion Backs. -
Cylon War Memorial Makeout Point in Bender's Big Score.
Music
Battlestar
- Gabriel Hogan, son of Michael and Susan Hogan (Saul Tigh and Doyle Franks) is involved with a band named Battlestar in honor of his father's involvement on Battlestar Galactica.
Jonathan Coulton
- Jonathan Coulton wrote a song entitled "Battle of Galactica"[1], possibly named after the ride of the same name. It is sung to the theme of the original Battlestar Galactica or the Re-imagined Series' Colonial anthem.[2]
The Crashtones
- Samuel Witwer's rock band, the The Crashtones takes it name from the callsign of his character in the re-imagined series: Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo.
Depeche Mode Remix
- Remixes for their album Playing the Angel features one for the song "Precious" using dialogue from Number Six and Gaius Baltar from the episode "Six Degrees of Separation".
Incubus
- Incubus has made a song entitled "Battlestar Scralatchica".
Live Performances
Lewis Black: Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues
- On track six of the CD, entitled "Justin and Janet," Lewis Black describes Janet Jackson's costume at the controversial 2004 Halftime Show as being the uniform of the captain of the Battlestar Galactica.
Television
See References to the Re-imagined Series (Television).
Literature
Avatars Trilogy
- Several characters in the Avatars trilogy by Tui T. Sutherland reference Battlestar Galactica on several occasions. The brothers Gus and Andrew recall watching the entire series on DVD (which has been off the air for three years in the book's time frame of December 2012), Andrew wishes to name his first born daughter Kara, and Gus uses derivatives of frak on occasion.
More Information Than You Require
- John Hodgman claims that the original Battlestar Galactica was a "re-imagining" of the classic Battlestar Galactica radio program of the 1920s.[3]
Star Trek
- In the Vanguard novel Reap the Whirlwind by David Mack, two minor characters are named "Agent Verheiden" and "Agent Cofell". Moreover, a Captain Rymer is mentioned.
Star Wars
- In the Legacy of the Force novel Invincible on page 85, Leia Solo suggests distracting Darth Caedus during a battle by sending him an episode of BattleSun Odyssey.
Comics
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight
- In issue #18 of Time of Your Life, the swear word frak is used.
Deadpool
Star Wars
- The swear word, frak, makes an appearance in the comic Star Wars Legacy 2: Broken, Part 2.
Video games
FreeSpace 2
- One of the Vasudan pilots respond to orders with the phrase, "By your command".
Webcomics/Comic strips
See References to the Re-imagined Series (Webcomics).
Podcasts
StarTalk Live
- On Neil deGrasse Tyson's radio show StarTalk Radio, comedian Leighann Lord pretends to be a computer voice saying "Launch Colonial Viper 1."[4]
Thrilling Adventure Hour
- In the Beyond Belief episode "Teenagers of the Corn", Frank Doyle agrees with "So say we all" in response to his wife Sadie's prettiness.[5]
Radio
The Hour of Slack
- In The Hour of Slack episode #1361, performance artist Zero Boy said Cylons overruled a Klingon criminal he was paid to follow.[6]
Others
- Entering "about:robots" in the Firefox 3 address bar displays a few wise words about robots. After references to The Day the Earth Stood Still, Asimov's first law of robotics, Blade Runner, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Futurama it concludes with "And they have a plan."
- In the humorous browser-based MMORPG Kingdom of Loathing, the 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."
- The Onion's Friday 17th 2008 mock radio news broadcast announced the launch of Battlestar Galactica: Miami.
- Some episodes of the Star Trek audio series Star Trek: The Section 31 Files uses music from Battlestar Galactica, though no references to its story.
External links
- IMDb's Movie Connections for Battlestar Galactica (2003)
- IMDb's Movie Connections for Battlestar Galactica (2004)
- Depeche Mode's "Precious" (Disco Mix) mp3
References
- ↑ Battle of Galactica (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). (4 November 2008). Retrieved on 15 December 2008.
- ↑ thephoenix.com/. Live at the Coolidge Corner. The Phoenix. 22 October 2008. Podcast accessed on 15 December, 2008 Seek to: 37:00. Total running time: 1:01:10. (
POD)
- ↑ Hodgman, John. More Information Than You Require. ISBN 9780525950349, p. 232.
- ↑ http://startalkradio.net/. Holiday Lights. StarTalk Radio. 19 December 2010. Podcast accessed on 30 January, 2011 Seek to: 34:34. Total running time: 56:57. (POD)
- ↑ http://thrillingadventurehour.com/. Teenagers of the Corn. Thrilling Adventure Hour. 19 March 2012. Podcast accessed on 11 November, 2012 Seek to: 6:42. Total running time: 21:36. (POD)
- ↑ Hour of Slack #1361 - The ASK DR. HAL Show with Drummond, Stang & Zero Boy Pt. 1 of 2 (backup available on Archive.org) . Retrieved on 11 June 2012.
