22 examples of film-makers caught using ordinary objects as props

What you see on the screen can easily end up in your own home! We're talking about movie props now. As it turns out, many of the cool pieces we see in science fiction movies and shows are hastily modified everyday items.

The Reddit community r/Thatsabooklight collects cases when attentive viewers recognized everyday objects in the frames of films and TV series and could not help but share it with everyone.

"In season 3 of the series „Space " cryopods were cargo boxes on the roof [of the car] Thule»

"In an episode of Mutants X, Jesse uses a painfully familiar 'device'. It looks like a high-tech gadget, but I recognized it as an eye shadow palette that I once had at school."

One of young Anakin's tools is a silver-painted dog toy

"In the movie" Star Wars. Episode I: The Hidden Menace " Qui-Gon Jinn's Transmitter Is a Gillette Women's Razor»

"The robber's rifle in the film The Fifth Element is a Cold War-era Polish grenade launcher with two AK-47 magazines glued to the barrel»

"The Hag's Neck Buckle is a cheap folding knife»

"The transmitter used to crack the access codes in the movie "Resident Evil" (2002) is a blood glucose meter with an antenna attached to it»

"The Batman boots in the movie Batman Returns are just Air Jordan 6s sneakers with an elongated top and glued foam. There's even a company logo on the sole."

"The jav in the Mandalorian has Volkswagen fuel rails. I recognized them immediately (and jumped up from the couch, surprising my wife). During the draft from the reserve in 2013, I replaced dozens of them."

"In the movie Back to the Future (1985), the Krups coffee machine became the" home nuclear reactor " (Mr Fusion) on the Delorean»

"The automatic trash can in Firefly runs on Windows 2000»

"In the final scene of the movie" Guardians of the Galaxy", Taneliir Tivan (Collector) drinks a martini from the Alessi cremanca " Big Love»

"In episode 1 of season 4 of the series „Space " oxygen mask — a converted mask for scuba diving»

"In the TV series "Detective Monk", an intercom was used as a signal keyboard»

Max's muzzle at the beginning of "Fury Road" is a gardening tool without a handle.

"In Episode 10 of The Masked Rider series, one of Shocker's devilish machines is an egg cutter»

"The baby in the Mandalorian is in a US Army food container with light bulbs stuck on it»

"In the TV series" Lost in Space " (2019), military personnel wear Airsoft tactical airsoft gear for $ 65»

"Season 1 of The Mandalorian. A friend just started looking and sent me proof that this mechanic's tool is actually just a thermometer" (caption on the photo: "We have exactly the same tool that they use in the Mandalorian. Ha-ha-ha! In reality, this is a thermometer»)

"In the series "Guardians", the remote control for the interrogation chamber is a controller from a Dyson fan»

"The weapons in the Terra Nova series are painted Nerf blasters»

"Charging for mining in the series „Space“ is just a small camping lantern on a tripod»