Franchises that could exist in the same universe

[Allyn Gibson]

Both Rick and Evelyn O'Connell (from The Mummy '99) and Indiana Jones fought in WW2; I'd love to see a comic telling of a shared adventure with a paranormal twist. Could even throw in a Tintin cameo!

I can see Indiana Jones and Hellboy (and the BPRD) co-existing quite easily.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

The Aliens movie continuity and the Blade Runner movie continuity seem to be made for each other. All those colonies "off-world" being advertised in BR? Run by Weyand-Yutani, of course. The synthetic humans in the Alines movies - from a design orginated by the Tyrell Corp, maybe?

A friend once suggested that Amazon Prime's The Man in the High Castle could coexist with Blade Runner. I can sort of see that.

Going back to the literature, I personally connect Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles with Philip K. Dick's Martian Time-Slip. The visions of Mars shown aren't terribly incompatible.

Apparently at the time there was serious discussions of doing a Magnum PI feature with Tom Selleck. Selleck felt a QL appearance would somehow detract or diminish those efforts.

If I remember correctly, the Magnum movie was being written (at least the plot) by Tom Clancy, and the story involved North Korea in some fashion. That leads me to wonder if Magnum connects to the Clancyverse, at least the literary one; might Thomas Magnum and Jack Ryan (or John Clark) have crossed paths at some point?

 

[Gov Kodos]

The Aliens movie continuity and the Blade Runner movie continuity seem to be made for each other. All those colonies "off-world" being advertised in BR? Run by Weyand-Yutani, of course. The synthetic humans in the Alines movies - from a design orginated by the Tyrell Corp, maybe?

They fit together well. The literature of Lovecraft and Thomas Ligotti would fit in it.

 

[Mage]

Episode: "Harm's Way"

There's commercial for Wolfram & Hart that mentions during it companies that it is a part of; quote excerpt:

Damn, I was totally unaware of that!

 

[John Clark]

Damn, I was totally unaware of that!

I just found out that the Xeno itself popped up in one of the Buffy comics (Though with a title of "In Space No One Can Hear You Slay" that probably isn't a surprise)

also - thanks @tharpdevenport for finding the episode title

 

[Ketrick]

Team Knightrider and Star Trek both have an episode in which a scientist named Jackson Roykirk either appears or is mentioned so they may be in the same universe. Also, nu-BSG, Firefly, and Star Wars could fit within the same universe. Serenity and a Constitution-class starship appeared in the 2003 BSG miniseries. Ships from Star Trek: Voyager appeared in Firefly. Also, the Millennium Falcon appeared in Star Trek: First Contact.

 

[JD]

Nu-BSG is so long ago, and Star Wars is so far far away, and long ago that they could really take place in the same universe as pretty much any show.

 

[Solariabsg25]

The Aliens movie continuity and the Blade Runner movie continuity seem to be made for each other. All those colonies "off-world" being advertised in BR? Run by Weyand-Yutani, of course. The synthetic humans in the Alines movies - from a design orginated by the Tyrell Corp, maybe?

There was as part of the background information where Weyland was discussing Tyrell's death due to the replicants in the Blu Ray special features for Prometheus.

http://collider.com/prometheus-blade-runner-connection/

Pretty sure that Outland also fits in the same universe as Alien and Blade Runner too, and IIRC in Soldier, the main character is listed as being a veteran of the Tan Hauser Gate battle and also proficient in the M41-A Pulse Rifle.

Dunno why, but I've always imagined Jack Harkness turning up at Warehouse 13 and discussing with Mrs Frederick that although man-made artefacts are the provision of the Warehouse, alien artefacts are the responsibility of Torchwood.

 

[tharpdevenport]

That almost happened. I read about it when QL was on the air but never realized how close until recently. There is a new book called "Quantum Leap: Beyond the Mirror Image" gives the most detailed well researched account of the making of the show.

As I am sure you know Donald Bellisario created both series. He wanted Sam to leap into Magnum at the end of season 4. Instead of Lee Harvey Oswald. The teaser was shot of Scott Bakula in a Hawaiian shirt and turning to the camera and copying Magnum's trademark wink. There is a screen grab in the book. It was shown at a convention years ago.

Bellisario says Tom Selleck declined reprising the role so it never happened. Apparently at the time there was serious discussions of doing a Magnum PI feature with Tom Selleck. Selleck felt a QL appearance would somehow detract or diminish those efforts.

So if the creator of those shows was willing to ignore an earlier throwaway reference to Magnum PI being a tv show, I think fans can.

That is not uncommon either. Before Green Hornet appeared on the 66 Batman series, an earlier episode showed Bruce and Dick watching the GH series on TV in Wayne Manor.

Yes, but my inner nerd refuses to accept it.


It would have been neat to have "Ghostbusters" and "Ghost" in the same universe. Could have spared Whop-pie so much trouble.

 

[DigificWriter]

With the concept of the Multiverse as it's been set up in The Flash, you could easily slot Superman Returns, Lois and Clark, and Smallville into place as being "Alternate Earths" for the Arrowverse as a whole.

 

[Ketrick]

With the concept of the Multiverse as it's been set up in The Flash, you could easily slot Superman Returns, Lois and Clark, and Smallville into place as being "Alternate Earths" for the Arrowverse as a whole.

For that matter, you could fit all DC Comics media within it: live action tv series and films, animated films and shows, video games, et cetera.

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

Space: 1999 fits right in visually with 2001: A Space Odyssey. Heck, Moonbase Alpha is identical with Clavius Base. And the Discovery One appeared in five 1999 episodes! Not surprisingly perhaps since Brian Johnson worked on both.

Outland (1981) works seamlessly as a prequel to Alien. Not only in its 'future realism' production design which reflects a dark, claustrophobic and isolated neo-industrial environment in deep space, but also in the portrayal of future 'megacorporations' as sinister and ruthless organisations pursuing profit at any cost, with their employees' lives being expendable.

Sword of the Valiant (1984) was deliberately made to look like a sidequel/spin-off of Excalibur (1981).

 

[DigificWriter]

For that matter, you could fit all DC Comics media within it: live action tv series and films, animated films and shows, video games, et cetera.

Yes, and no.

The main reason linking L&C, SR, and SV to the Arrowverse makes sense is because of the fact that those realities feature characters played by actors who have appeared in the Arrowverse in some capacity and the fact that The Flash has established that the "alternate universe doppelganger" is a legitimate thing, making it possible to think of Superman Returns' Clark Kent, Lois and Clark's titular characters, and Smallville's Ella Lane, Curtis Knox, and Supergirl as being legitimate doppelgangers for the Arrowverse's Ray Palmer, Jeremiah Danvers, Queen Rhea, and Indigo/Brainiac 8.

The same principle applies to the Donnerverse Supergirl and the series Eli Stone, Ally McBeal, Grey's Anatomy, Reunion, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers and Sisters as well, actually, which is kind of funny.

Trying to link series (DC-related or otherwise) that don't share actors with the Arrowverse kind of breaks the concept/conceit.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Star Trek and the MCU?

http://www.startrek.com/article/trek-ivs-punk-on-bus-returns-in-spider-man-homecoming

 

[tharpdevenport]

"Nowhere Man" and "The X-Files". I think NM was the series that had a brief mention at the end that he could contact his friend in the F.B.I., Mulder. Yes, I know, technically I'm still using things that aren't a "franchise". So e-sue me.

I wrote a "Firefly" / "Star Trek: The Next Generation" crossover:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3163158/1/FIREFLY-Where-the-Hell-Is-My-Sky

 

[Markonian]

Didn't the writer of that episode joke that he's wanted a police box to appear in Daniels' holographic database? Of course if they did an actual cross-over you'd have the problem of Star Trek being referenced several times in Doctor Who as a TV show.

Not a big deal. For the Doctor, Trek might both me an entertainment franchise and a genuine universe.

 

[Ketrick]

Yes, and no.

The main reason linking L&C, SR, and SV to the Arrowverse makes sense is because of the fact that those realities feature characters played by actors who have appeared in the Arrowverse in some capacity and the fact that The Flash has established that the "alternate universe doppelganger" is a legitimate thing, making it possible to think of Superman Returns' Clark Kent, Lois and Clark's titular characters, and Smallville's Ella Lane, Curtis Knox, and Supergirl as being legitimate doppelgangers for the Arrowverse's Ray Palmer, Jeremiah Danvers, Queen Rhea, and Indigo/Brainiac 8.

The same principle applies to the Donnerverse Supergirl and the series Eli Stone, Ally McBeal, Grey's Anatomy, Reunion, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers and Sisters as well, actually, which is kind of funny.

Trying to link series (DC-related or otherwise) that don't share actors with the Arrowverse kind of breaks the concept/conceit.

The multiverse as a concept can be as open or closed as The Powers That Be desire. Saying this, there are ways to give doppelgangers to characters from universes actors from the shows haven't played in, such as inserting a picture of a doppelganger in a newspaper or something.

 

[captainkirk]

Not a big deal. For the Doctor, Trek might both me an entertainment franchise and a genuine universe.

Gene Roddenberry was a historian from the Star Trek universe who was stranded in the 20th century Doctor Who universe and made a TV series based on what he could remember of his history.

 

[Markonian]

Gene Roddenberry was a historian from the Star Trek universe who was stranded in the 20th century Doctor Who universe and made a TV series based on what he could remember of his history.

Not that complicated. Maybe what is fiction in one reality exists for real in another. (Not a credible assumption in real life but good enough for entertainment).

It's like the Enterprise makes first contact with a new species and finds that ship is already in the database from an old Tellarite soap opera. Or Spock meeting Sherlock Holmes, Robin Hood, Dracula.

Anything goes.

 

[captainkirk]

Not that complicated. Maybe what is fiction in one reality exists for real in another. (Not a credible assumption in real life but good enough for entertainment).

That actually sounds like a Doctor Who plot.