#shortcircuit — Public Fediverse posts

Family Movie Night was my sibling's pick this weekend, and we watched Night At The Museum 1 & 2.

Rewatching them got me thinking and got my sibling & I talking.

Turns out Steve Coogan was also in The Indian In The Cupboard in 1995.

And that got me thinking even more, because now obviously I can say Indian In The Cupboard and Night At The Museum are obviously set in the same universe.

Inanimate object brought to life through magic or science.

And there must surely be other films, books, games that could expand this connected universe?

Yes!

Mannequin, from the 80s, the film where a mannequin comes to life, falls in love, etc.

Perfect.

Small Soldiers! Toys accidentally brought to life!

Frankenstein absolutely works for this.

The Mummy films just makes sense for this.

I was hesitant to fit the Toy Story films in, my argument at first being that they are simply living toys, they're not "brought" to life, they are just alive, until I remembered the 4th film! Forky, the living Spork, his whole character arc in that film is being brought to life and having an existential crisis about it. The toys aren't always alive, they are brought to life at some point through a magical power bestowed upon children. So that's the Toy Story films.

My mum recommend a book & film from the 30s called Nightlife of the Gods, about a scientist that creates a laser that turns humans into statues, and statues into living things. So that's definitely in there.

Short Circuit? You bet your ass that's in there.

Now I've just gotta make a timeline...

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