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I’m sure a decent sized chunk of the people reading this don’t watch Battlestar (why? don’t you love happiness?), so here’s the cliff notes: Battlestar Galactica is a show, it’s 35,000 surviving humans vs. millions of robots called Cylons, some of the Cylons look human and one is still hiding among us, some of the Cylons (called Hybrids) are submerged in tubs of goo, speak only in math and riddles and occasionally go nuts and tell the future, and one of those “goo tubs,” along with a shit-ton of other BSG props and swag, are going on sale soon (link to actual auction site).
I will simultaneously pitty and envy the dude that drops $30-40,000 on a full sized Cylon Raider. In other BSG news, the prequel series Caprica finally got a full season greelight with a 2 hour pilot/movie. Despite being set in the BSG universe (50 years earlier) it’s not supposed to feel like BSG at all. I will certainly give it a try, but I can see myself losing interest pretty quick if it ends up being “FAMILY DRAMA IN SPACE!” Will they maintain continuity and have the kid playing young Bill Adama fall face first into a meat grinder so that he can one day be played by Edward James Olmos?
So back to the props: if you could take any prop from a film or TV show and repurpose it for every day use, what would it be? Death Star chandelier? Planet of the Apes Statue of Liberty Coat Rack? Back to the Future DeLorean…Delorean (ya’ know, to drive and be awesome in)?
Tags: battlestar galactica, cylons, scifi, tv
December 5th, 2008 at 1:03 am
Is Joel wearing pants? Anyway…
. The Jaguar-Hearse from 'Harold and Maude' as my car
. Catbus from MNT again, as my car or, possibly, house
. Tigh as my butler
December 5th, 2008 at 1:04 am
Is Joel wearing pants? Anyway…
. The Jaguar-Hearse from 'Harold and Maude' as my car
. Catbus from MNT again, as my car or, possibly, house
. Tigh as my butler
Yes, Tigh is a prop…
December 5th, 2008 at 1:08 am
Incidentally, I'd like to buy the Time Tunnel set.
December 5th, 2008 at 1:39 am
This made me almost spit out my beer I was laughing so hard!!! Way to go. I love Hybrid!Josh
December 5th, 2008 at 2:07 am
Does that mean that Tory is a prop, too?
December 5th, 2008 at 3:26 am
The full-scale X-Wing mockup from Return of the Jedi. That shit would sit in my front lawn for 3 more years until my son is old enough to play on it.
December 5th, 2008 at 4:12 am
I'd like the holocamera and holoprojecter from Star Wars to use at work, at school, on annoying dates…It could be quite handy.
December 5th, 2008 at 4:23 am
Tardis for me, please! And Frank the bunny-suit from Donnie Darko would be the greatest Halloween costume ever.
-D
December 5th, 2008 at 4:24 am
Batmobile as a lawn ornament… I don't even care which Batmobile.
And yes, I live in hickville, where cars are lawn ornaments.
December 5th, 2008 at 4:55 am
I'd take the Handlink from Quantum Leap.
December 5th, 2008 at 5:26 am
Frak Halloween – the greatest pyjamas ever!
December 5th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Data's head to be my um…. my head that is Data's.
December 5th, 2008 at 5:53 am
this comic made me LOL pretty hard.
December 5th, 2008 at 6:03 am
The Batmobile, no question.
December 5th, 2008 at 6:24 am
/second on the Tardis
Could be a Tardis closet or a Tardis actual phone booth or an actual Tardis Tardis.
K-9 would be a good second choice – he could follow me around and laser beam people with his nose as they cut in front of me in candy lines at theaters, cut me off in traffic or just generally upset me.
Plus, the kids could ride him, he';s a no-poop pet AND there has to be a beer bottle opener in there somewhere.
December 5th, 2008 at 7:10 am
I love Josh's line in panel 4. also it would hafta be Serenity. as my house!
December 5th, 2008 at 7:25 am
Only the greenest of envies.
December 5th, 2008 at 7:26 am
I'd get his eyepatch as MY EYEPATCH! I bet it stinks though.
December 5th, 2008 at 7:27 am
You should half submerge it in a lake in your backyard and constantly taunt your son because he cant lift it with his mind. "There is no try, only do."
December 5th, 2008 at 7:28 am
I'd say rusted out Michael Keaton Bat Mobile on blocks, no tires.
December 5th, 2008 at 7:28 am
as? A PDA? an iPhone?
December 5th, 2008 at 7:29 am
HAHAHAHAHAH!
Crack open the back plate and serve dip out of it.
December 5th, 2008 at 7:29 am
cool, because Im sure it alienated half my audience.
December 5th, 2008 at 7:30 am
Seriously. I would have a big house facade built around it but as soon as you went in the front door it was all spaceship.
December 5th, 2008 at 7:39 am
I'll let you have the hoverboard for a foot stool.
December 5th, 2008 at 7:40 am
I read "stay in the bath all day and take shits"
Either way I suppose.
December 5th, 2008 at 7:56 am
Catbus YES. that's my answer too.
December 5th, 2008 at 7:56 am
Awesome comics man!
December 5th, 2008 at 8:44 am
i want one of those big rock faces from the labyrinth to guard the front of my house. "the path you will take will lead to certain destruction!"
December 5th, 2008 at 8:52 am
I'd take House's cane.
And well, you don't know what I'd repurpose it into.
December 5th, 2008 at 9:23 am
thank you.
December 5th, 2008 at 9:44 am
I still don't watch BSG and found it humorous enough anyhow. The concept is geeky enough and nothing that was BSG-specific is really all that specific to BSG; sfici is full of cyborgs, weird implants, vats of goo of indeterminate organic makeup, and jumping as a means of FTL travel.
December 5th, 2008 at 9:44 am
"sfici" would in fact supposed to be "scifi."
December 5th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Great comic Joel – it was ten flavors of awesome!
December 5th, 2008 at 10:45 am
"Do, or do not. There is no try."
how the fuck do you fuck this up you stupid motherfucker. THIS IS SCRIPTURE.
December 5th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Heresy!
December 5th, 2008 at 10:56 am
You gotta feel the love from Josh lol
December 5th, 2008 at 10:57 am
The original handset does kinda look like an oversized Samsung Omnia…
December 5th, 2008 at 10:58 am
I'd settle for Bowie's package.
December 5th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Maximilian from The Black Hole. He grinds coffee, trims the hedges, puts down insurrections.
December 5th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Hehe. I've never seen anyone so pissed off to be soaked in beer.
December 5th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Hmmm. The pigeon electrocuter from Fringe. As a security system.
December 5th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Nothing? Nothing?! Tra-La-La!!!
December 5th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I was going to say "Back to the future Delorian: Delorian, but then I read the rest of the post. Oh well.
Lightsaber Nightlight.
December 5th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I think being a cylon hybrid would be quite soothing. You get to stay in the bath all day and talk shit. It wasn't until I read this strip that I realised that's what I've been striving for all my life.
December 5th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
The Gate from Stargate SG-1 as the gate to my driveway.
PS: if you both pity and envy someone who bought a cylon raider then do you pity or envy someone who dropped almost a million on the original hero model of the Enterprise D
because its envy all the way for me
December 6th, 2008 at 1:59 am
I'd mod it into an iPhone or PDA. It's a little bulky to put to the ear, so I'd need a decent speakerphone speaker.
Unless of course, there really was an Imaging Chamber. In that case I'd be using it all the time for semi-nefarious purposes.
December 6th, 2008 at 2:19 am
Or his hair. They both grant magical powers.
December 6th, 2008 at 2:20 am
I'd take "Magic Voice" from MST3K, and make her answer all the freakin' phone spam I get. And then maybe pair her up with Tony Stark's sexy British AI magic voice to play opposite as sort of a romantic tension counter. I'd pretty much have the phone and all my enternainmnet needs covered at that point…
December 6th, 2008 at 2:20 am
How about a DRD from Farscape as a Roomba to vacuum the floors?
December 6th, 2008 at 2:21 am
So glad you like it. I actually havent seen one in person yet. Make sure you wash it on cold water (does Canada have hot water?) and not with your jeans like josh did. hes ruined all his HE shirts by washing them in lava against rocks.
Wear it over a thermal!
December 6th, 2008 at 2:24 am
Come to think of it, Kryten from Red Dwarf would be SO useful around the house. He does basically everything. Including making coffee with his groinal attatchment. Nuff said.
December 6th, 2008 at 2:31 am
you wouldnt even have to modify his programming. He already cooks and cleans.
December 6th, 2008 at 4:10 am
If it makes you feel any better, I linked your webcomic to my friend's BSG fan site and everyone there has been posting about how much they like it, often using the Caps Lock and !!!'s to describe it. Alienate half, gain a couple cylons. IF you're curious, here's the link to your link: http://www.colonialfleet.org/quorum/index.php?sho...
December 6th, 2008 at 4:54 am
Max Headroom to carry around, make humorous stuttering commentary, and occasionally hack into things.
December 6th, 2008 at 5:00 am
Wait, I know this one. It's from Karate Kid, right???
December 6th, 2008 at 5:01 am
That would be awesome, I'd want 1812 though.
December 6th, 2008 at 6:53 am
oh, i watch the HELL out of some BSG. the minute i heard about that auction is the minute i thought it would make a nice hot tub.
December 6th, 2008 at 6:54 am
oh, i watch the HELL out of some BSG. the minute i heard about that auction is the minute i thought it would make a nice hot tub.
and thanks for reminding me that scifi channel has yet to show the last half of the season .
December 6th, 2008 at 7:27 am
i Strongly suggest you download the catalog from their site and look at the all the drool worthy swag. They are selling basically everything that ever appeard on the show, from uniforms to props, to set pieces to vipers. Its fucking epic.
December 6th, 2008 at 8:39 am
ooof, joel, you got TOLD, son.
December 6th, 2008 at 9:19 am
You take the cane, I'll take Stripper Cuddy.
December 6th, 2008 at 9:21 am
It only grants intelligence when you drink or pop pills. They are the catalyst to understanding the ball.
December 6th, 2008 at 11:43 am
I sure as hell would take House, M.D.´s BOUO (Ball of unknown origin), the bid tennis ball on his desk because it would give me super power intelligence.
December 6th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
YES! I was trying to think of one and that is perfect!
I would turn it into a USB hub
December 6th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
I would probably want the Hatredcopter from Metalocalypse, I would probably use it as my house since it's certainly big enough. It would kick ass if it actually flew.
BTW Joel, my "Eh Team" shirt came by today and I love it!
It came at just the right time too, I just finished an exam today (Protein Structure yea!) and have two tomorrow (Immunology and Molecular Genetics wooo!) and it was great to have something cheer me up a bit from being so serious about studying.
I just wish it wasn't the winter up here so I could wear it outside. -15C with the wind up here in Ontario.
I think I'll wear it under a hoodie tomorrow for good luck.
December 7th, 2008 at 1:06 am
i would want SHIELD for levitating above my house and being awesome. also, great caravan!
December 7th, 2008 at 2:39 am
I want the little blue worm as a doorbell. People would come up and press the doorbell button, and a little light would go on in his little house, and he'd yell "OI! SOMEONE'S HERE FOR TEA!"
December 7th, 2008 at 2:44 am
The murderous, pneumatic piston from No Country For Old Men to use as a bottle/canned goods opener.
Oh, and that cow-punch he carries around too.
December 7th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
@rerun, I totally want the catbus too
Totoro ^_^
December 8th, 2008 at 3:34 am
Can we timeshare stripper cuddy?
December 8th, 2008 at 8:36 am
That is really funny.
Now I really want to watch that show. (And I recently found out that Robert Picardo was on there too- if I've got that right. One of the sexiest bald guys ever.)
Thanks a lot.
December 8th, 2008 at 10:12 am
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy…as my bathroom reading.
December 8th, 2008 at 10:50 am
I might sublease her out occasionally, but I won't share her equally. I'm thinking every 28 or so days, I'll lease her out for a few.
December 9th, 2008 at 1:36 am
*cough* Joel, I run the Battlestar Wiki *cough* Joe spent over 3 months @ B.C. Canada working on the descriptions. There is two parts. One from Season 1 to Season 4. A second book, which is just as big will come out after Season 4.5
December 9th, 2008 at 7:15 am
descriptions of what? Im missing something.
December 9th, 2008 at 7:16 am
I think he was on some flavor of Stargate, but you should still watch Battlestar.
December 9th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
I would want Dark Helmet's Dark Helmet.
December 9th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Maybe I could do some welding or something…
December 9th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Now that's not very nice… giving me the not helpful days.
I'll fight you for her, and lemme say, I fight to win, and I don't fight fair.
December 10th, 2008 at 8:33 am
I don't think you'd actually be able to see!
December 10th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Given that Serenity is already "taken", I'll just have to take the hover-mule to be my, well, hover-mule
December 10th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
your breakfast beer?
December 10th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I was taking artistic license. Thats actually how he drinks beer.
December 10th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
the whole floating base? Does it come with an eye patch?
December 10th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
WHAT IS THIS CATBUS YOU ALL KEEP TALKING ABOUT!?
December 10th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Beer isn't just for Breakfast you know!
December 10th, 2008 at 8:34 am
http://www.iit.edu/~stuact/images/catbus.jpg
It is the catbus and it is made of awesome. It is a cat, and it is a bus, and it is from the awesome awesome awesome movie My Neighbor Totoro, by Miazaki and put out by Studio Ghibli. (also the people responsible for Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke and others.) It is an awesome kids' film, originally japanese. It's dubbed /really/ well into english.
Um. Pardon the otaku rant. But yeah, catbus. ^_^
December 13th, 2008 at 6:43 am
Tardis as an outhouse!
September 12th, 2009 at 12:12 am
Hellboy's gun as (surprize) a gun, that thing is probably larger than my head, and the kickback would shatter half the bones in my skinny-ass torso, but it would be AWESOME to get to shoot it just once.
If Hellboy's gun is unavailable, I'd settle for the Hellsing ARMS Anti-Midian Cannon 'Harkonnen'. Kick ass.
November 4th, 2009 at 6:47 am
Jaynes hat! As… my hat!