Of Crossovers and Fictional Universes

[Aquehonga]

Apparently, all of the David Kelly shows - L.A. Law, Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Boston Legal, Legally Mad, and others - exist in a shared universe.

The Buffalo Muffins woman that lived in the trailer park with Jay on Wonderfalls was in one of the last episodes of Pushing Daisies - the cook-off episode.

I've sometimes thought it would be incredibly neat if the networks could cooperate on a project to have Scott Bakula take the place of one actor in a role on various shows on different channels, ala Quantum Leap, as a lead up to a Quantum Leap movie.

But what if he leapt into T'Pol or Mayweather or even Phlox?

I've always admired the David Kelly-verse. The way all DK's shows are in the same space/time continuum.

It'd be to have Quantum Leap back again too

QL's Series Finale being open-ended & all.

Be great to see Scott Bakula & Dean Spockwell reunited

Especially after DS's disappointing ENT visit

What if Doc Beckett leaped into Cap'n Archer's body?

 

[Star Wolf]

Apparently, all of the David Kelly shows - L.A. Law, Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Boston Legal, Legally Mad, and others - exist in a shared universe.

And, IIRC, Picket Fences did a crossover episode with The X-Files, which would also set all of those David E. Kelly shows into a common universe with The Lone Gunmen, Millennium, Homicide, and Law & Order.

The story on the Picket Fences, X-Files crossover is up thread. I remember that night well. I was a Picket Fences fan and the cow episode made that show one of my all time favorites. It is on my list of best hour of television

On the X-Files Sculley and Muldar were in Wisconsin investigating some sort of cult with cows envovled. Then Picket Fences came on. The plot of using cows as surrogate mothers as the Christmas episode was as far out as anything they did. But then the regional FBI agent who had a reoccuring role because of the weird happenings in Rome was called in. And Carter the M.E. suggested asking in a couple of Special Agents who recently worked a case linked with cows somewhere else in the state and I spit out my tea.

Almost a crossover, but not

 

[Nardpuncher]

Oh yeah, I like to think that since Reginald ValJohnson (sp?) played a cop on both "Family Matters" and in "Die Hard" that maybe they were the same guy.
Imagine John McClane meeting Steve Erkel!

 

[Gojirob]

Mclane would just have Steve walk in and talk to the terrorists de jure. Either way, he wins.

BTW, something I just recalled. On a technical level, many of the heroes we regard as early DC actually came from different companies : National and All-American also had differing viewpoints on the war in Europe, prior to Pearl Harbor. So it is that one of the first true crossovers in comics resulted in the creation of the Justice Society!

 

[Deckerd]

Back to the OP, I think Sigourney Weaver summed up the idea of an Alien / Predator movie the best and most succinctly; "I think it's a horrible idea".

And she was right.

 

[Level 2 Diagnostic]

Apparently, all of the David Kelly shows - L.A. Law, Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Boston Legal, Legally Mad, and others - exist in a shared universe.

Except when they don't. I seem to recall an episode of Ally McBeal where a character was watching an episode of The Practice. Also, on The Practice, I remember a witness establishing the time of a murder by saying she had to get home to see Boston Public.

 

[Aragorn]

That problem crops up all the time. Similarly, we've seen episodes of The X-Files where The Simpsons is on in the background. Yet Mulder & Scully were once on The Simpsons. Also, there was a Mad About You episode in which we learned that Kramer from Seinfeld moved into Paul's old apartment. And yet, in Seinfeld, there are references to Mad About You as a TV show.

The movie SWAT is based on the TV show SWAT and the characters are the same ones from the TV show. Yet they also know the SWAT theme song and one of them was even watching the old TV series.

I'm still waiting for the ultimate CBS crossover where a storyline goes through every single one of their crime dramas -- Cold Case, CSI: Miami, NCIS, The Mentalist, Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, CSI: NY, CSI, Flashpoint and Numbers.

Maybe you could even throw in The Unit and Ghost Whisperer.

 

[Bishbot]

Back to the OP, I think Sigourney Weaver summed up the idea of an Alien / Predator movie the best and most succinctly; "I think it's a horrible idea".

And she was right.

I'm inclined to agree, but really its a horrible movie (two movies) not necessarily a horrible idea. It could have worked - it did in the comic.

 

[Skywalker]

I'm still waiting for the ultimate CBS crossover where a storyline goes through every single one of their crime dramas -- Cold Case, CSI: Miami, NCIS, The Mentalist, Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, CSI: NY, CSI, Flashpoint and Numbers.

Maybe you could even throw in The Unit and Ghost Whisperer.

That would be epic.