Objects/ Gadgets from Fiction - Wishlist

Sundae · 11-28-2008, 02:41 PM

Okay, you won't get these from Santa. But then not even Bill Gates can buy them.
What objects or gadgets from fiction (movies, TV, books - the whole gamut) would you like in your Christmas stocking.
Reasons preferred to make it more interesting and to help those not aware of the item, but not essential.

Pheremone Spray, Torchwood (season one, episode one) - do I need to explain why I want something I can spray in someone's face that makes them want to have sex with me? Thought not.

House Elf, Harry Potter - I so need someone to clean up after me. If I was offered true and everlasting love or a house elf it would be a close run thing.

Replicator, Star Trek - ask for whatever food I want, whenever I want it? OMG! Pizza and synth ale till I was sick of it, then instantly prepared healthy dishes til I slimmed down. Repeat as necessary.

The Culture's Drug Glands, various Iain M Banks novels - artificial glands that secrete drugs into the system. Can calm you down, enhance your sex drive, sharpen your senses, make you euphoric. Oh yes please!

A Babel Fish, Hitchhikers' - to be able to order food in Cantonese, or hear what the chap in the kebab shop is really saying about me? Hell, yeah!

Water Slide Home, Barclays advert - chap gets to go home on his own water-slide (really, really long one too). Damn I'd love to get places that way. I'd even be seen in public in a swimming costume for the privilege. Don't know if it's a worldwide ad.*

Done for now. I'm sure other people's suggestions will shake some more loose for me.

* Here is the link. I didn't want to embed it because I think it's distracting in a thread about imaginary things.

TheMercenary · 11-28-2008, 02:43 PM

The thing in Men in Black that makes people forget. It would be fun just to screw with.

Nirvana · 11-28-2008, 02:50 PM

The "Keep 'Em Alive" kit from the glove box of 007's car in Casino Royale

wolf · 11-28-2008, 03:06 PM

I want all the stuff from Star Trek ... transporter, phaser, the medical doodads, the replicator, the starship, the whole nine yards.

And a lightsaber from Star Wars.

And Larry Niven's teleport.

And a bunch of other stuff that I'll get back to later, but it's later than I thought and I have to get heading for work.

Flint · 11-28-2008, 03:17 PM

Holodeck.

lumberjim · 11-28-2008, 03:23 PM

light saber.....yeah, baybay.

vvvvwwwwrrrrrooowwrrr

lookout123 · 11-28-2008, 03:39 PM

lightsaber.

technology to replicate limbs lost while playing with said lightsaber.

Juniper · 11-28-2008, 04:05 PM

Oh, GOD yes, I want a holodeck. I've been wishing for one of those for a loooooong time.

I also want a wand like Harry Potter's. (no, not like THAT.)

wolf · 11-28-2008, 05:12 PM

I would also like:

Wonder Woman's Invisible Plane, Magic Lasso, and her wristbands.

The Witchblade

From Narnia, Lucy's Cordial and Susan's Bow

There are any number of magic items from D&D campaigns that I've been in that I would like. The one the comes immediately to mind is the everflowing tankard one of my Clerics used to have ... It was always full of really, really good beer.

Elspode · 11-28-2008, 05:55 PM

Gay Deceiver from Heinlein's "Number of the Beast".

An Improbability Drive from "HHGTTG".

The brain recording/playback system from "Brainstorm".

Sundae · 11-28-2008, 06:28 PM

I believe that Gay Deceiver is actually Dora? Am I right?

ZenGum · 11-28-2008, 07:32 PM

Hoverboard from Back to the Future II.

Sonic screwdriver from Dr Who (plus several of his traveling companions).

And most of the things already mentioned.

From D&D ... hey baby, wanna see my Rod of Lordly Might?

TheMercenary · 11-28-2008, 07:37 PM

Oh, and I forgot to mention. I want all of these. Thanks Santa, you're the bomb.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_James_Bond_gadgets

ZenGum · 11-29-2008, 03:46 AM

I want to be able to do all the kinds of stuff McGyver can do, and have it work.

11-29-2008, 04:21 AM

Death Star for shooting fish in a barrel.

K-9 to retrieve the fish.

Gort to walk K-9.

Tricorder to keep tabs on Gort.

11-28-2008, 02:41 PM	#1
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Objects/ Gadgets from Fiction - Wishlist Okay, you won't get these from Santa. But then not even Bill Gates can buy them. What objects or gadgets from fiction (movies, TV, books - the whole gamut) would you like in your Christmas stocking. Reasons preferred to make it more interesting and to help those not aware of the item, but not essential. Pheremone Spray, Torchwood (season one, episode one) - do I need to explain why I want something I can spray in someone's face that makes them want to have sex with me? Thought not. House Elf, Harry Potter - I so need someone to clean up after me. If I was offered true and everlasting love or a house elf it would be a close run thing. Replicator, Star Trek - ask for whatever food I want, whenever I want it? OMG! Pizza and synth ale till I was sick of it, then instantly prepared healthy dishes til I slimmed down. Repeat as necessary. The Culture's Drug Glands, various Iain M Banks novels - artificial glands that secrete drugs into the system. Can calm you down, enhance your sex drive, sharpen your senses, make you euphoric. Oh yes please! A Babel Fish, Hitchhikers' - to be able to order food in Cantonese, or hear what the chap in the kebab shop is really saying about me? Hell, yeah! Water Slide Home, Barclays advert - chap gets to go home on his own water-slide (really, really long one too). Damn I'd love to get places that way. I'd even be seen in public in a swimming costume for the privilege. Don't know if it's a worldwide ad.* Done for now. I'm sure other people's suggestions will shake some more loose for me. * Here is the link. I didn't want to embed it because I think it's distracting in a thread about imaginary things.

11-28-2008, 02:43 PM	#2
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	The thing in Men in Black that makes people forget. It would be fun just to screw with. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-28-2008, 02:50 PM	#3
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	The "Keep 'Em Alive" kit from the glove box of 007's car in Casino Royale __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

11-28-2008, 03:06 PM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I want all the stuff from Star Trek ... transporter, phaser, the medical doodads, the replicator, the starship, the whole nine yards. And a lightsaber from Star Wars. And Larry Niven's teleport. And a bunch of other stuff that I'll get back to later, but it's later than I thought and I have to get heading for work. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis Last edited by wolf; 11-28-2008 at 05:05 PM.

11-28-2008, 03:17 PM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Holodeck. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-28-2008, 03:23 PM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	light saber.....yeah, baybay. vvvvwwwwrrrrrooowwrrr __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-28-2008, 03:39 PM	#7
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	lightsaber. technology to replicate limbs lost while playing with said lightsaber. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

11-28-2008, 04:05 PM	#8
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	Oh, GOD yes, I want a holodeck. I've been wishing for one of those for a loooooong time. I also want a wand like Harry Potter's. (no, not like THAT.)

11-28-2008, 05:12 PM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I would also like: Wonder Woman's Invisible Plane, Magic Lasso, and her wristbands. The Witchblade From Narnia, Lucy's Cordial and Susan's Bow There are any number of magic items from D&D campaigns that I've been in that I would like. The one the comes immediately to mind is the everflowing tankard one of my Clerics used to have ... It was always full of really, really good beer. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-28-2008, 05:55 PM	#10
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Gay Deceiver from Heinlein's "Number of the Beast". An Improbability Drive from "HHGTTG". The brain recording/playback system from "Brainstorm". __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-28-2008, 06:28 PM	#11
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I believe that Gay Deceiver is actually Dora? Am I right?

11-28-2008, 07:32 PM	#12
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Hoverboard from Back to the Future II. Sonic screwdriver from Dr Who (plus several of his traveling companions). And most of the things already mentioned. From D&D ... hey baby, wanna see my Rod of Lordly Might? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-28-2008, 07:37 PM	#13
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Oh, and I forgot to mention. I want all of these. Thanks Santa, you're the bomb. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_James_Bond_gadgets __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-29-2008, 03:46 AM	#14
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I want to be able to do all the kinds of stuff McGyver can do, and have it work. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-29-2008, 04:21 AM	#15
NoBoxes Guest Posts: n/a	Death Star for shooting fish in a barrel. K-9 to retrieve the fish. Gort to walk K-9. Tricorder to keep tabs on Gort.

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