BEDA 3: Top 20 fictional gadgets

Hello everyone

Day three of the BEDA project (blogging every day for the entire month of april).

I found this piece of news yesterday on Digg, listing the top 20 fictional gadgets of all time. While some I thought was overly geeky and not something that I would find particularly interesting I found a few I wouldn't mind having.

Position 20:

Tricorder. First and foremost I had no idea what in the world that was and I still am not too sure. But when I saw the "as seen in star trek", I totally understood why I never heard of that. I am proud to say I never in my entire life watched start trek and I don't plan to anytime soon. I can be a little bit of a geek sometimes but not to that extreme, sorry.

Position 19:

Cornballer: This apparently is from a show called arrested development which I believe I might have watched once or perhaps twice but never really got that much into the show. This gadget iis not exactly useful. It is in the line of gag gifts if you want to get revenge on someone or are invited to a wedding you aren't particularly excited about. I would have to say "Meh" not that interesting to me.

Position 18:

Food replicator: Apparently that was seen in star trek and hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. Now as I mentioned I am not a fan of star trek but I quite enjoyed hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, the books more then the movies I must say but the movie wasn't all that bad, I believe I do remember, vaguely, this gadget from the hitchhiker's guide serie. Basically this gadget allows anyone to produce food at a whim of the user. It isn't really something I would want plus just what americans need to make it even easier to fat.

Postion 17:

Al Czervick' Golf Bag: Now that is something I am not that interested in, golf isn't totally my thing except if it is Wii golf. This was seen in caddyshack, can't say that I ever saw this movie. Seems liek a neat gadget for the golfer comes with a built in stereo.

Position 16:

Inspector gadget's hat: NOW we are getting somewhere! That is a fantastic gadget. I watched this cartoon and absolutely loved it for two reasons: the cool gadgets (the propellers, mechanical hands, an umbrella that doubles as a crappy parachute or the spring) and the detective work in order to catch the bad guy. That was a great cartoon, not sure if it is still on since I haven't watch a TV show regularly in a year I think. I wonder why I pay for cable sometimes.

Position 15;

Hypertime: Now I can honestly say I never heard of that. It was apparently seen on a show or movie called clockstoppers, whatever that is. Man I really don't watch a lot of tv or movies anymore. Basically it is a watch that allows you to stop time as the person's molecules speed up to the point where the world appears stand still. I can see the usefulness in that sometimes, couldn't you? Imagine all one could get done in a minimal amount of time. WOW! It reminds of of the time turner in harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban.

Position 14:

Interactive User Interface Computer: This was seen in minority report, never saw that movie but I am not the biggest tom cruise fan, that is my excuse. I find it interesting controlling the computer with the use of a keyboard or mouse.

Position 13:

The Lotus Esprit: Comes from themovie the spy who loved me, whatever that is. Basically that is a car that turns into a submarine, that isn't a bad idea if you are dealing with a villain who lives in an underwater lair. Although it could be cool to go underwater and admire sea life's in all its glory.

Position 12:

Transporter: Again from star trek or galaxy quest. Although I must admit this could be cool, no more being caught in traffic jams, avoiding -40 weather in winter. Get anywhere you want at the press of a button. But even though I said it could be cool, I AM NOT A STAR TREK GEEK!. :)

Position 11:

Remote control: Though I haven't seen this movie, this gadget I would love to have. I wonder why I haven't seen this, it is adam sandler and I find him so hilarious. Another gadget to freeze time, i see its usefulness. And who wouldn't want to be able to fast forward past or unpleasant experiences or rewind to a good experience to relive it. The volume control when someone might be yelling at you, just the possibly to mute that person would be great, woudln't it?

Position 10:

Orgazmorator: From a movie apparently called orgazmo, now I haven't seen this movie and judging from the picture I am not sure it would be the type of movie I would find intellectually challenging and interesting. No offense but it looks a little dumb. I guess the gadget could be useful.

Position 9:

Cloaking device: From the movie predator, again another one I haven't seen. The gadget sounds interesting with the possibility of being invisible though personally I would prefer Harry Potter's invisibility cloak. There are no self-destruct device on the invisibility cloak.

Position 8:

Sonic screwdriver: From doctor who again heard of this but never watched. Useful to open any lock without the need for keys anymore, I supposed it could be useful if you are a thief or if one forgets his/her keys. Magically fixing equipment is kind of cool especially for me since everything seem to break when I am around. Go figure. sigh.

Position 7:

Iron man's suit: I am not much into superhero or comic books so I don't really know about this. Basically it is a suit that can make anyone a superhero, all right I supposed it is cool if you hang out every weekend playing warcraft at the comic book shop and are a comic book enthusiast. Not for me though. I do love the boots to fly with idea, again a good way to avoid traffic jams. ;)

Position 6:

Holodeck: Again with the start trek stuff? Sigh. I supposed when you think gadget ultimately you think start trek. A simulated reality facility, you know I prefer real life to simulated things. The possibility of going anywhere or any place and be anyone, ok I can admit I would love to be able to go anywhere whenever I want but be anyone else, I may not be perfect but I prefer being me. Hmmm wait a second, fill the room with my wildest desire does that include filling the room with the new kids on the block there just for me, hmmm that is looking better and better or with johnny depp, orlando bloom or tom welling. Yeah, I think I see the use of this now! hehe

Position 5:

Hoverboard: From back to the future. Now if anyone ever hears that it does exist, please please please let me know. I WANT ONE. I have been wanting one of those ever since I saw back to the future 2.

Position 4:

Kitt: this one is from knight rider. I have vaguely heard of this but I don't believe I have watched. As much as a talkign car or the jumping over obstacles could be cool, just stop to thik about this for a minute, it could get pretty annoying after a while sometimes you just might not want to have anyone talking to you and want peace and quiet.

Position 3:

Neuralizer: I absolutely loved this when I watched men in black. The possibility of being able to forget bad things that happened and start over without that memory. Come on that can be awesome, though it might also make you forget some good things that happened in the process. The fact that it can cause brain cancer isn't so great though.

Position 2:

The tardis: Again from doctor who, I keep hearing about this show and I have no clue what it is about, I have to check this out at some point. With this gadget you can travel through space and time kind of like the dolerane (not sure if the spelling is right) in back to the future. Hey why wasn't that in this list? Boo. Thatis super cool unless you run into your past self and cause a break in the space time continuum as Doc would worry about. hehe But I would love to go back in time it would be awesome.

And finally in first position:

Lightsaber: As seen in star wars, now Star wars is a bit better than star trek, ok perhaps a lot. Piece of advice if you have never seen the star wars movies DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT, attempt to watched all the movies in one night, that is just brutal... way too long. I guess it could be cool if you really are into weapons which I am not.

The bottom line and moral of this blog is that as cool as gadgets like that can be there is always some downfall. A neuralizer can cause brain cancer, a talking car can get annoying at some point... though I have yet to find a downfall for the hoverboard, perhaps because I so desperately want one! Grrrr.

What I would like to know is why the wizard wand or broomstick or time turner (ok that one was sort of in the list) weren't on this list. Those are gadgets I would want to have.

BEDA day 3 done, I am on a roll, been keeping with it so far.

See you tomorrow.

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