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Franchises that could exist in the same universe

captainkirk

captainkirk

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I just started watching Warehouse 13 recently and had a thought that I'm sure many people have already had, that theoretically the warehouse at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark could be Warehouse 13. There's probably a line at some point in the show that makes that impossible, but it did get me thinking about what sci-fi/fantasy franchises could co-exist.

For example, some months ago there was a thread in the Doctor Who board about shows you'd like to see DW cross-over with, and I mentioned Primeval. They're both British time-travel series, the same raptor model was used in both, the weapons used in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship were very similar to the ones from Primeval which were based on technology from the future, a device in Primeval used to exert limited control over the time anomalies was also seen as part of the 11th Doctor's TARDIS console, and the DW serial Invasion of the Dinosaurs had a very similar plot to Primeval with holes in time transporting prehistoric creatures into the present day. Obviously Primeval had no mention of alien invasions, but Doctor Who has shown parallel universes where not all events are the same, so theoretically the two could take place in the same continuity.

What other examples are out there?
 
This goes into video games, but the worlds of the original Final Fantasy 2 and Final Fantasy 4 and its sequel (The After Years) could very easily be the same.
 
Fringe directly references its "predeceessor, the X Designation" in its Season 2 premiere.

At one point years ago, I had a whole chart and timeline of how Fringe, Heroes and the X Files could co exist... right down to the characters of Robert "Bobby" Bishop on Heroes being related to Dr. Walter Bishop and his father, Robert Bishop, on Fringe. The Flash has made allusions to an alternate universe very much like the Fringe alter-verse. X Files paranormal episodes don't really contradict the show Supernatural too often. As mentioned, Warehouse 13 could align itself with any of those shows, or the Indy movies. It could be one megaverse of weirdness.
 
Sharpe and Horatio Hornblower co-exist in the same universe as War and Peace, as far as I'm concerned. Not to mention Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey and Maturin novels.
 
You could probably create a world of about 30 sitcoms if you chain-link the cameos.

Pretty much any sitcoms could exist in the same world. The world of the status quo where the world works exactly the way the consumer majority wishes it did.
 
Mr. Adventure said:
How? I really can't see it.
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TOS seemed like it had enough cosmic horrors that a Xenomorph would fit right in, I mean the first aired episode once the salt vampire gets aboard plays like the sort of horror movie Alien was. Plus its not like freighters poking around unexplored planets and running into bad things isn't unusual as thats what the Antares was doing when it ran into Charlie. Really if you rearrange a few things it might work.
 
I have a weird headcanon since I watched all of BSG. To me both nu-BSG and BSG:TOS are set in the same Universe. Even that aberration called Galactica 1980 could fit into all of this.

In Nu-BSG it's established that "it all happened before" on Kobol. Humans create Skinjobs and Centurions, the Centurions rebel and destroy their homeplanet. They flee to the 12 Colonies and Skinjobs to Cylon Earth. After thousands of years, Humans create the Cylons again and it all happens like it did on Kobol. Those are the events of Nu-BSG.

Of course I know the "and it will happen again" line is a real-life commentary to the possibility of Humanity's advancements on robotics getting out of hand.

To me, however, what will happen again is what happened in The Original Series. At the end of Nu-BSG both Skinjobs and Colonials become our half-parents giving us their language, a great deal of our genetics and a lot of the Culture we have. That's the Earth we see on Galactica 1980 and the Earth they seek in BSG:TOS. The very end of the Nu-BSG with Caprica Six and Baltar projections walking around New York is set 30 years after the events of Galactica 1980 and 60 years after BSG:TOS.

Let me explain it.

The remnant Skinjobs that don't settle on Earth box the Cavils and go somewhere else to look for life's meaning. They decide to settle on the deserted Kobol, since it has a pretty OK environment and nobody is left alive to care anyway. Like Adama's Fleet did, they free their Centurions too. Eventually the Skinjobs forget about being Skinjobs. They have the capability of reproducing among themselves. They start thinking themselves as Humans, even though they keep the name Kobol for their planet. Those are actually the Lords of Kobol from TOS. Something happens on Skinjob Kobol several Millennia later and by a coincidence or not, they are forced to flee Kobol like the Humans did. They settle on the 12 Colonies. Which, of course, have no Humans since they got nuked 150,000 years prior. The Twelve Colonies of Man from TOS flourish here.

The freed Nu-BSG Centurions also go elsewhere to find some sort of meaning for life. They feel very conflicted. Even though some Skinjobs were nice to them, the truth is that they were enslaved by them too. They have a pretty unanimous understanding that the Skinjobs were horrible because they tried to emulate Humanity. Some think Humanity's problem is the Flesh others think it's the Programming (aka the Soul). For some time they start experimenting on the Flesh that fills the Nu-BSG Basestars and Raiders. They create the Aliens we see in TOS, from the Ovions to the Borays. Since those experiments start showing the same vices of Humanity, they give up and start building machine Cylons again like the IL Series. Perhaps even the Imperious Leader. They create some hogwash story about the original Cylons being Serpent creatures, since they felt ashamed of admitting they were created by Humans.

Basically, all Colonials from TOS are Cylons. That's why they are so physiologically different from Earth and Terran Humans. The Centurions revert to their "original" and "purest" form. Again they wage a war to get rid of Humanity. Perhaps they know, perhaps they don't know TOS Humans are Skinjobs. The 13th Tribe story that is the main quest for TOS Galactica would also be a load of bollocks to keep them alive. It's like a 150,000+ years old meme that keeps Battlestars called Galactica fleeing from Cylon tyranny again and again and again... :)

Now... Something that requires less mental gymnastics on my part is that, besides from Alphas and Eureka, I like to think Warehouse 13 also shared a Universe with Sanctuary and Lost Girl. I mean, I can picture Helen Magnus sharing a drink with Helena Wells in some secret Fae Pub. I would even throw Haven in the mix since it's also centered around magic and the stories seem to have no big ramifications outside the city. However, it's a Stephen King thing... ;) Maybe it's made to fit his own little Universe.
 
Warehause 13 and Sanctuary were explicit in sharing a universe. Lindsay Wagner was on both shows, playing the same character.
 
I know these movies aren't franchises but i always thought that the movies 'No Blade of Grass' and 'The Ultimate Warrior' were in the same universe.
In my head 'No Blade of Grass', which could be a contemporary or slightly near future setting to when the film was made, shows the beginnings of the disease/virus that wipes out all the grass/wheat; while 'The Ultimate Warrior' set in the then future of 2012, shows the Earth after the virus has wiped out all the grass and vegetable life.
The Baron makes reference to the last car rolling off the assembly line in '78, so 'No Blade of Grass' could be set slightly before that.
The other two movies that I've thought shared the same universe are 'Soylent Green' and 'Z.P.G.'
Soylent Green of course being set in an overcrowded/poluted Manhatten with scarse resources and 'Z.P.G.' being set an indeterminate amount of time later, where the government is forced to take the step of forcing couples to stop having children for 25 years.
I just always figured that the Soylent Corp found a way to silence Thorne, that or the population was so despirate/apathetic that they didn't care.
You could also throw 'Silent Running' into the mix if you believe the governments of the world would fund a multi-billion dollar project to send the forests into space to escape the overcrowding/polution back on Earth.
Edit to add: I also have always thought that 'Outland' and the first two 'Alien' movies were in the same universe as the shared the same look/design.
 
Okay Ladies and Gents, I am going to jump in here and take a stab at this. Since I have been thinking about the late 1960s Cartoon series in a more realistic way, I always thought the Alex Toth Series Galaxy Trio would fit quite nicely into the Star Trek Universe. Of course I would make at least one of the Trio be a Human with augmented powers. I would then make the others a more fleshed out back story for both their planets of origin, and their acquiring the powers they achieved. That said, In one of the episodes, you clearly see what looks Similar like the UFP symbol in use.

Given the Cartoon was introduced and Aired in 1967, it would appear there was a certain affinity for the classic TOS Star Trek Series in the writers and animators minds. In that vein, and with examining various propulsion aspects of the craft used in that Cartoon, I decided to go ahead and make a proper schematic sheet detailing the Fabulous superhero trio's Space cruiser, the legendary CONDOR ONE!

Now the ship itself uses a form of Gravity cancellation and repulsion system that negates it's mass, inertia, and allows it to supersede the light speed limits without any time dilation effects. (See Bob Lazaar Element 115) This also allows the ship to use a lower powered propulsion drive system, which can increase the speed of the craft gradually using an Ion Rocket Drive system, similar to impulse drive technology. This type of speed is a build up method, but with no mass, inertia, or gravity to hinder the ship itself, the low propulsion aspect can drive the ship above light speeds with ease. I will be detailing how the engines work, but this effect is the only way I can explain how the ship would work in the confines of trying to bring some physics to it's cartoon interpretation. Also, within it's primary hull section, there is a device called the Lazon Cube.

it causes a displacement and can essentially teleport the heroes to their destination, and then recall them back to their ship. In this type of technology unlike Star Trek, the Lazon Cube essentially bends space-time like a twisting effect or wormhole like effect. it then deposits the crew by displacing the spacetime around them locally to the targeted destination, thereby not needing to atomize their bodies and reassemble them within the constraints of Star Trek. I will have more sheets up soon, but I wonder if that old cartoon wouldn't have made a great TV series much like Star Trek..but within the confines of a police agency, rather then exploratory type driven stories.

Here is the first of a series of Schematics that will only be posted here...I hope you like my efforts.

~Cheers
 
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