Futurama "Law and Oracle" BSG reference

Lyon_Wonder · November 30 2012, 04:11 AM

I watched the Futurama episode "Law and Oracle" where Fry quits Planet Express and gets a job with the New New York City police and a couple things in this episode are reminiscent of BSG. Fry's assigned to the NNYPD's future crimes division. The future crimes division's room housing the future predicting "oracle" Pickles looks a bit like the control center in a Cylon basestar, and Pickles is actually a robotic cyborg with a brain who sits in a tub.

Christopher · November 30 2012, 05:00 AM

^Uhh, the whole plot of "Law and Oracle" is a pastiche of the movie Minority Report. In that movie, the PreCrime division used psychics who floated in a tub of liquid. The reference is to that, not BSG.

That Weirdo In The Corner · December 3 2012, 12:11 AM

Cylon and Garfunkel from Bendin' in the Wind always makes me laugh.

Wereghost · December 3 2012, 12:31 AM

^ On a slightly tangential note...

November 30 2012, 04:11 AM	#1
Lyon_Wonder Commander	Futurama "Law and Oracle" BSG reference I watched the Futurama episode "Law and Oracle" where Fry quits Planet Express and gets a job with the New New York City police and a couple things in this episode are reminiscent of BSG. Fry's assigned to the NNYPD's future crimes division. The future crimes division's room housing the future predicting "oracle" Pickles looks a bit like the control center in a Cylon basestar, and Pickles is actually a robotic cyborg with a brain who sits in a tub.

November 30 2012, 05:00 AM	#2
Christopher Writer	Re: Futurama "Law and Oracle" BSG reference ^Uhh, the whole plot of "Law and Oracle" is a pastiche of the movie Minority Report. In that movie, the PreCrime division used psychics who floated in a tub of liquid. The reference is to that, not BSG. __________________ Christopher L. Bennett Homepage -- Includes purchasing links for Only Superhuman, on sale now! Updated 12/30/12 with annotations for the novel. Written Worlds -- My blog

December 3 2012, 12:11 AM	#3
That Weirdo In The Corner Commander Location: Scotland	Re: Futurama "Law and Oracle" BSG reference Cylon and Garfunkel from Bendin' in the Wind always makes me laugh. __________________ "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings" Optimus Prime Last edited by That Weirdo In The Corner; December 3 2012 at 11:15 AM.

December 3 2012, 12:31 AM	#4
Wereghost Commodore Location: Ireland.	Re: Futurama "Law and Oracle" BSG reference ^ On a slightly tangential note... __________________ "As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular." Oscar Wilde

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