10 Movies You Didn't Know Were In The Same Universe

Firefly

It seems like every motion picture franchise is trying to create a cinematic universe these days . From the monolithicMCUto M. Knight Shyamalan’sGlasstrilogy to Universal ’s fail Dark Universe , sight of moving-picture show are mean to connect to one another .

Not every link up movie is quite so obvious though . Sometimes it is only a schism - minute clue or a casual throwaway joke that tie them together , but the result is the same . From obscure data link to bizarre cameos , these pic are more attached than one might think .

Alien and Blade Runner

Fans have argued that Ridley Scott ’s masterpiecesAlienandBlade Runnertake place in the same existence for decades , but with each novel installment of theAlienfranchise , the connection seem to grow . The necktie are somewhat thin , but many consider they are undeniable .

Alien and Serenity

Blade Runneris not the only fabled sci - fi serial publication to partake a universe of discourse withAlien , as Joss Whedon ’s classic TV showFireflyand its follow - up filmSerenityreference the franchise as well . DuringFirefly’sopening battle , Malcolm Reynolds operates a gun turret bear a very familiar logo .

The " W " icon of the Weyland - Yutani Corporation fromAlienis clearly seeable in the turret ’s interface , implying that the fellowship is still going strong century after their encounters with the xenomorphs . The villainous Operative inSerenityeven let loose a line interchangeable to Weyland ’s slogan about " induce good worlds . “IfFireflyhadn’t been offset , perhaps this connecter could have been explore .

Trading Places and Coming To America

John Landis enjoys frame little nods to his other work in his moving-picture show , but one scene inComing To Americaproves to go a minuscule further than just a simple reference . Landis ' filmTrading Placescenters around Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd coming together to outmanoeuvre two corrupt businessman , the Duke brothers .

A few years later , in Landis ' other filmComing To America , Eddie Murphy ’s Prince Akeem munificently hold two dispossessed men a vast wad of bill , only for them to reveal themselves as the nefarious duke fromTrading Places . They even address each other by name , prove thatTrading PlacesandComing To Americashare more than just a theatre director .

Rules of Attraction and American Psycho

BothRules of AttractionandAmerican Psychoare based on novels by Bret Easton Ellis , and despite having very unlike premises , they are connect by more than just the writer . The protagonists of both films , Sean and Patrick , are really brother .

Sean , the young , drug dealer agonist ofRules of Attraction , is canonically the new brother ofAmerican Psycho’spossibly murderous Patrick Bateman . Patrick is briefly reference in the film , andwas supposed to appear , but his scenes were after blue-pencil .

Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him To The Greek

2010 comedyGet Him To The Greekwas a decent winner , but has somewhat strike by the wayside since its release . What some fans may not realize is that it is really a whirl - off of another Judd Apatow produced movie , Forgetting Sarah Marshall .

Russell Brand plays Aldous Snow , British rock star and former boyfriend ofForgetting Sarah Marshall’stitular actress . Get Him To The Greekgives Snow a more starring role as he tries to restart his musical career . A twisting - off may be an obvious tie between picture show , but for those not as familiar with the films , they may not have known they were part of the same series .

Back To The Future and Django Unchained

In one vista in the plastic film , protagonist Albert hit upon Doc Brown , who promptly covers up the noted DeLorean he is working on . The destruction of the film also contains a stinger whereDjango Unchained’seponymous hero sandwich appears to shoot down the owner of a anti-Semite circus plot . Both are distinctly portray their famous role , bringing the franchises together , albeit a flake loosely .

Die Hard 2 and Commando

give way Hard 2did not reach the heights of its landmark first installment orthe overlookedDie Hard With A Vengeance , but it was a fun gash of over - the - top action , much like the Arnold Schwarzenegger - ledCommando . astonishingly , the central plot of both moving picture also bring them into the same world .

BothCommandoandDie Hard 2have their lead characters face off against dictator from the fictitious country of Val Verde , which the United States evidently has a long - stand feud with . Not only this , but Val Verde is also the context for the originalPredatortoo , implying a whole Val Verde cinematic cosmos .

Wayne’s World and Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Terminator 2is one of the most acclaimed action flick of all time , andWayne ’s Worldis a beloved comedy adaption of aSaturday Night Livesketch . Despite their very different origins , a single cameo show actually pose them firmly in the same universe .

belatedly inWayne ’s World , Wayne is stopped by a police ship’s officer while drive . When he opens the window however , the officer is revealed to be none other than the T-1000 himself , who asks Wayne if he has seen John Connor . Robert Patrick reprises his part , although Wayne thankfully get off being terminated himself .

Spy Kids and Machete

Danny Trejo ’s famous assassinMacheteis a decidedly not family - friendly grapheme , due to his penchant for extremist - wildness , but his first visual aspect is actually in Robert Rodriguez ’s children ’s seriesSpy Kids . After a joke dawdler in theGrindhousedouble feature , Machete has since gone on to engender his own serial of films .

Despite having two films of his own , Machete has come along in everySpy Kidsmovie as the uncle of the two leads , even referred to as " Uncle Machete " , to proffer help or utile gadgets . While Robert Rodriguezsuggeststhat they are two alternate universes , many rooter and Danny Trejo himself discord .

Animal House and The Twilight Zone: The Movie

National Lampoon’sAnimal Houseand the moving picture adaptation ofThe Twilight Zoneare about as unlike as two films can get . One is a slapstick comedy about the earthly concern ’s worst sodality , and the other is a repugnance anthology based on a legendary telly show .

Believe it or not though , the two films actually take place in the same universe , and apportion a fictitious character . Doug Neidermeyer , one ofAnimal House’santagonists , is revealed in the credits to have been shot by his own troops during the Vietnam War , and during John Landis ' Vietnam section ofTwilight Zone , a soldier can be overhear keen their murder of Neidermeyer , as they now have no commanding police officer . It could be a simple reference to Landis ' early film , but it implies that the two actually portion out a universe .

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