Like Joss Whedon reusing the science uniform from Alien Resurrection for Dr. Horrible
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I have that same lab coat. It is made by Historical Emporium, they make a lot of historical replica clothing. Everything I own from them is extremely well made.
Obligatory "Dr. Steel was better."
Cool that they used the same costume though!
Might be the same actual costume pieces tbh
I believe it is, at least for Firefly. Low budget and existing sci-fi armor the team had access to.
For anyone who doesn't know, a deep dive into re-used props and costumes in movies can be a pretty cool and uselessly informative way to kill an afternoon
Reused set prices are fun too. You never notice any of that stuff.
The Matrix reused the rooftop sets of Dark City.
If anyone hasn’t seen Dark City, you should immediately watch the Director’s Cut. You must watch no other cut. It is criminal that we haven’t gotten a 4K Blu Ray release.
Amen to that! You can also watch the regular cut but skip ahead to the first close-up of an eye opening
I mean, I guess 🙄
That reminds me, I'm on vacation today! Do you happen to know the way to Shell Beach?
You're kidding! Me and the Mrs. spent our honeymoon there. All you gotta do is take Main Street West to... or is it the Cross... You know, that's funny, I can't remember if it's Main Street West or the Crosstown.
That's exactly what i was thinking of!
The alien skull being reused as wall art at the end of predator 2 is widely credited as to why those universes crossed over.
Apparently the reason Firefly and quite a lot of other productions used it was that it was the last large set of decent quality sci-fi costume armor produced that wasn't TOO iconic like with storm and clone troopers.
Basically immediately after Starship Troopers if you needed more a few sets you'd just do it digitally, so all the down stream productions just traded that set between them and modified it bit by bit.
Supposedly some bits and pieces are still in use but they've been cut down into components.
Honestly, most of this stuff gets thrown in the dumpsters behind studios in Hollywood after filming. The fact that some prop maker's stuff lived on for multiple productions is just amazing. They must be beaming with pride every time they show up.
More than likely this is the case. A lot of costume designers on a production will rent stuff from a costume house, or they may own their own costumes and rent those to the production.
When I did locations for the industry I rented my heaters, trash cans, trash trailer, and generators to productions so they did not have to buy their own.
The DVD commentary of Firefly confirms it.
Nice
Now do the Oscillation Over thruster from Buckaroo Banzai appearing dozens of times in Star Trek.
The number of times the Camelbak appears as SF armour is hilarious.