Franchises that could exist in the same universe

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I always wondered if the planet on which Westeros (from Game of Thrones) exists, is one of the Twelve Colonies of Man from BSG. Before OR after the destruction of the colonies - either would work.

I mean, Westeros' home planet has never been actually named, has it? It's obviously not Earth, but it could be any other planet.

Although I definitely like @O_Kav's theory about the relationship between nuBSG and BSG-TOS. Obviously TOS can't take place first, as it features footage of Apollo 11. But the other way around? I like it.

Indeed, I suspect that every version of BSG that has ever existed, and ever WILL exist (even the feature film version to come), all share a single universe.

 

[Kor]

Anything Tim Burton ever worked on takes place in the same universe. Even Batman and Batman Returns.

Kor

 

[dahj]

I mean, Westeros' home planet has never been actually named, has it? It's obviously not Earth

It is Earth... before it sped up it's revolution around the sun and shapeshifted into Middle-Earth, which shapeshifted into Hyborian Earth, which eventually turned into regular Earth...

 

[O_Kav]

I always wondered if the planet on which Westeros (from Game of Thrones) exists, is one of the Twelve Colonies of Man from BSG. Before OR after the destruction of the colonies - either would work.

There's definitely a lot of lore yet to be expanded on the Twelve Colonies. If I'm not mistaken Nu-BSG only talked with some depth about 4 or 5 Colonies. TOS barely talked about any. Most of them could be any Fantasy/Sci-Fi planet, really.

In TOS there seems to be even other significant Planets outside the Twelve Colonies that still are linked to Colonial Society like Borella.

Indeed, I suspect that every version of BSG that has ever existed, and ever WILL exist (even the feature film version to come), all share a single universe.

That's my hope. Instead of parallel universes, a never ending cycle of war between Humans and Cylons could be BSG's "own thing". Galactica 1980 is the weirdest part to explain, though, because of the Time Travel Episodes. Maybe the Beings of Light got tired of that and confiscated the technology at the end.

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To be honest, Nu-BSG's ending with Caprica Six and Baltar projections walking around Modern Day Earth kinda implies some sort of Time Travel shenanigans. Starbuck's resurrection always smelled like Time Travel to me until it was confirmed she just was a projection on everyone's head.

 

[F. King Daniel]

JJ Abrams once claimed all his projects were part of the same universe - Lost, Alias, Fringe, Cloverfield, Super 8 etc. Even his first Trek movie references his other stuff - like Uhura ordering Slusho at the Shipyard Bar.

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

JJ Abrams once claimed all his projects were part of the same universe - Lost, Alias, Fringe, Cloverfield, Super 8 etc. Even his first Trek movie references his other stuff - like Uhura ordering Slusho at the Shipyard Bar.

Does that include Star Wars as well then?

 

[F. King Daniel]

Does that include Star Wars as well then?

There was a "Kelvin ridge" on the desert planet near the start...

 

[Redfern]

I wish I could find the relevant posts so the following won't sound as though I'm simply talking outa' my, uh, ahem, backside. But I swear I read somewhere, maybe it was upon TPF (The Prop Forum), that the fedoras Harrison Ford wore as Indiana Jones and Tom Baker wore as the 4th Doctor were not only the same style and the same company, but the "masters" or "hero" items were purchased from the same haberdashery in London.

So, in my silly lil' mind, they are actually the same hat. At some random point before he regenerated into Tom Baker, the Doctor met Indiana, maybe in his senior years. After a rousing adventure, Dr. Jones bestows his favorite head-wear to the Doctor as a humble "thank you". The Doctor, alas, easily distracted, "loses" it shortly after returning to the TARDIS. Fast forward to the incident with Ketterwell's robot. The newly regenerated Doctor is deciding what he should now wear to fit his newest persona. After several "false starts", the Doctor stumbles upon the safari jacket, the scarf from Madam Nostradamus, and...Indy's prized fedora. Pressed for time, the Brigadier cuts short the rapid wardrobe changes, effectively forcing the Doctor to stick with what has is currently wearing.

And the rest, as they say, is history.

 

[tharpdevenport]

I think "SeaQuest" and "Time Trax" could exist in the same universe. TT is further in the future and it's possible the world could have become that by then, but I don't know the intimate details of each series well enough to know if there are contradictions.

Could "The Critic" and "Family Guy" exist in the same universe?

 

[Turtletrekker]

I wish I could find the relevant posts so the following won't sound as though I'm simply talking outa' my, uh, ahem, backside. But I swear I read somewhere, maybe it was upon TPF (The Prop Forum), that the fedoras Harrison Ford wore as Indiana Jones and Tom Baker wore as the 4th Doctor were not only the same style and the same company, but the "masters" or "hero" items were purchased from the same haberdashery in London.

So, in my silly lil' mind, they are actually the same hat. At some random point before he regenerated into Tom Baker, the Doctor met Indiana, maybe in his senior years. After a rousing adventure, Dr. Jones bestows his favorite head-wear to the Doctor as a humble "thank you". The Doctor, alas, easily distracted, "loses" it shortly after returning to the TARDIS. Fast forward to the incident with Ketterwell's robot. The newly regenerated Doctor is deciding what he should now wear to fit his newest persona. After several "false starts", the Doctor stumbles upon the safari jacket, the scarf from Madam Nostradamus, and...Indy's prized fedora. Pressed for time, the Brigadier cuts short the rapid wardrobe changes, effectively forcing the Doctor to stick with what has is currently wearing.

And the rest, as they say, is history.

This is now officially part of my head canon.

 

[captainkirk]

Does that include Star Wars as well then?

Well since Star Wars takes place in another galaxy there's nothing to stop it from coexisting with Star Trek.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I mean, Westeros' home planet has never been actually named, has it? It's obviously not Earth, but it could be any other planet.

It's Pern.

 

[Solariabsg25]

There's definitely a lot of lore yet to be expanded on the Twelve Colonies. If I'm not mistaken Nu-BSG only talked with some depth about 4 or 5 Colonies. TOS barely talked about any. Most of them could be any Fantasy/Sci-Fi planet, really.

The closest we get to real information on The Colonies was from The Hybrid in "The Plan"

The farms of Aerilon are burning.
The beaches of Canceron are burning.
The plains of Leonis are burning.
The jungles of Scorpia are burning.
The pastures of Tauron are burning.
The harbors of Picon are burning.
The cities of Caprica are burning.
The oceans of Aquaria are burning.
The courthouses of Libran are burning.
The forests of Virgon are burning.
The Colonies of Man lie trampled at our feet.

Even this only gives a hint - Caprica is probably the most populated planet due to being the capitol of the Colonies, Aerilon is agricultural, Libran appears to be the centre of the legal system, while Canceron, Picon and Aquaria appear to be mostly water worlds. Other than that, yeah pretty scarce info which gave the makers of Caprica a broad canvas to paint on, that was unfortunately barely explored.

As for TOS, they didn't even seem to mention any Colony apart from Caprica after Saga of a Star World.

 

[Redfern]

This is now officially part of my head canon.

Why, thank you! You are very kind!

 

[Kemaiku]

I always wondered if the planet on which Westeros (from Game of Thrones) exists, is one of the Twelve Colonies of Man from BSG. Before OR after the destruction of the colonies - either would work.

Or take the opening credits a little more literally, with the inward curve and sustained star being a Dyson shell, with most of the rest of the surface area no longer habitable, and the weird seasons and lifeforms a result of a degrading structure.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ The Dyson sphere from TNG's Relics, then?

 

[Trekker4747]

The punker listening to his boom-box loudly on the bus in "The Voyage Home" makes an appearance in "Spider-man: Homecoming" (played by the same actor, carrying a bombox on his shoulder in the background of a scene.) So, Star Trek is part of the MCU.

 

[F. King Daniel]

It's not a franchise, but A Million Ways to Die in the West is set in the same universe as Back to the Future: Part III

 

[Ketrick]

Does that include Star Wars as well then?

There was a "Kelvin ridge" on the desert planet near the start...

Also, R2-D2 is in both Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness so there's no reason they couldn't be. My head canon theory is that in the midst of the battle with the Borg in Star Trek: First Contact the Millennium Falcon was damaged and in the debris were technical readouts and schematics of R2-D2 and this debris was brought into the past along with the Borg Sphere and the Enterprise. Anyway, in the Alternate Reality/Kelvin Timeline the readouts and schematics are found and used to make the R2-D2s in Star Trek and Into Darkness.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

It's Pern.

Funny, I was considering proposing that too.