Bad props?

[Darth Lars]

Off-topic:

Buckaroo Banzai's Oscillation Overthruster could be seen in an ep of Trek TNG, but that was more of a homage by the fans working there than just grabbing something out of the "prop box".

LeVar Burton also made Peter Weller use a replica of the prop in an episode of Enterprise.

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[Robot Monster]

Off-topic:

LeVar Burton also made Peter Weller use a replica of the prop in an episode of Enterprise.

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That prop gets used at least 4 times in STNG. Somewhere around here was a list of where it shows up.

Ah here is is

1. Pen Pals: As the spectral analyzer in the geology lab
2. 11001001: Wesley Crusher uses it as an isolinear chip reader

Star Trek: First Contact: Hanging between Riker and Geordi during the flight of the Phoenix.

I know its been in several other TNG and DS9 episodes but I can't remember which ones at the moment.

and the link

http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=10769&highlight=overthruster&page=2

 

[jts1031]

Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country, the tube holding the marshmallows.

I mean come on, do you really need a "hi-tech" gadget to hold marshmallows?

It was V:The Final Frontier, and I always viewed that prop as not a marshmallow holder, but as a small replicator that produced a marshmallow. What bothered me much more about that scene is they refer to it as a marshmelon. Is that a regional thing maybe? Dunno, but I'd never heard it called that until then...

 

[Zombie_61]

What bothered me much more about that scene is they refer to it as a marshmelon. Is that a regional thing maybe? Dunno, but I'd never heard it called that until then...

I wondered about that for years until someone finally explained it. Spock is the first of the three to call them "marshmelons"; Kirk and McCoy are just playing along, thinking Spock is still a bit "off" from having his Katra restored. They continue to use the term throughout the film as a bit of an inside joke at Spock's expense.

 

[Coz]

Great stuff guys!

Got another one - Was watching 'Escape From New York' again last night, and Snakes' goggles (I guess they're supposed to be for night vision) appear to be made from welding goggles:

C.

 

[Deric]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I never noticed that before.

.....Mr. Sulu I brought a gift back for you......

Especially this questionable cock..er..rock:

 

[Treadwell]

"Christine, is that you?"

Not Kirk's brightest moment.

 

[Knightjar]

Excellent! - I have a pair of those goggles and I'd never noticed that before!

C.

 

[spcglider@aol.com]

Wayyyy back, Time Magazine gave away cheap little battery op alarm clocks as incentives to subscribe to the magazine.

One of those very same clocks was used as a gadget in Edward James Olmos' flying police car in BladeRunner. It's in the cluster in the middle of the windshield.

Not excatly a "bad" prop, but something I noticed.

-Gordon

 

[TridCloudwalker]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I never noticed that before.

.....Mr. Sulu I brought a gift back for you......

:lol lmao! Oh, you dirty, dirty man!

 

[Hecubus114]

Especially this questionable cock..er..rock:

HA HA HA HA H AHA kjb;kjb/ ...

Just this picture alone is hilarious - especially the confused look on his face...

 

[Robot Monster]

Wayyyy back, Time Magazine gave away cheap little battery op alarm clocks as incentives to subscribe to the magazine.

One of those very same clocks was used as a gadget in Edward James Olmos' flying police car in BladeRunner. It's in the cluster in the middle of the windshield.

Not excatly a "bad" prop, but something I noticed.

-Gordon

On the new BSG in the first Ep Baltar is using a little computer which happens to be the same one we also got for a magazine subscription. it's a silver calculator that unfolds when you it the button. Sorry no pics.

 

[adamata]

Ok, how about the original TV series "Lost In Space"

*every* prop was crap. They had borrowed whatever they could find to make aliens, monsters, etc.

I had also heard that to save money, main cast members would become the masked monsters when not in scene.

 

[glim999]

In the novel for ST:V it explains that McCoy rewrote an entry on camping in the computer so that when Spock researched it, the computer told him about marsh melons and how they were grown in the swamps of Louisiana (or something like that. Been a decade or so since I read it though) Pretty funny $hit, I thought

It was V:The Final Frontier, and I always viewed that prop as not a marshmallow holder, but as a small replicator that produced a marshmallow. What bothered me much more about that scene is they refer to it as a marshmelon. Is that a regional thing maybe? Dunno, but I'd never heard it called that until then...

I wondered about that for years until someone finally explained it. Spock is the first of the three to call them "marshmelons"; Kirk and McCoy are just playing along, thinking Spock is still a bit "off" from having his Katra restored. They continue to use the term throughout the film as a bit of an inside joke at Spock's expense.

 

[Zombie_61]

In the novel for ST:V it explains that McCoy rewrote an entry on camping in the computer so that when Spock researched it, the computer told him about marsh melons and how they were grown in the swamps of Louisiana (or something like that. Been a decade or so since I read it though) Pretty funny $hit, I thought

I've read there was a brief scene in the original script in which McCoy reprograms the marshmallow dispenser/replicator to read "marshmelon", but it was never filmed.

 

[dropshipbob]

On the new BSG in the first Ep Baltar is using a little computer which happens to be the same one we also got for a magazine subscription. it's a silver calculator that unfolds when you it the button. Sorry no pics.

You know, I think I have that same calculator/clock in my desk right now! One of the companies we do business with sent them out to all their clients as a small Christmas gift!

Just dug the box out of my desk and scanned it, is this the one?

 

[Neon Sentry]

Ah, never seen the new BSG, but I love Nerf; in an episode of BSG a grenade was just the cylinder from a Nerf Maverick repainted. I've got three of the things for customization.

 

[Robot Monster]

You know, I think I have that same calculator/clock in my desk right now! One of the companies we do business with sent them out to all their clients as a small Christmas gift!

Just dug the box out of my desk and scanned it, is this the one?

You got it.

 

[dropshipbob]

Cool!
*does a happy dance*


Now what do I do with it?:lol

 

[Robot Monster]

Cool!
*does a happy dance*


Now what do I do with it?:lol

No idea but if your looking for the image take a look in the first ep when baltar is on a shuttle and look at the table. You will see it there.