Not just movies but also TV and games. Some I knew, like the camera flash repurposed as lightsaber and Shatner mask in Halloween, but others are new. Some are cool, some clever, several just plain silly. Regardless, I always like this sort of thing.
I know of several items that aren’t mentioned, such as the steering controls for the APC “sport tank” in Aliens being the foot pedals from an airplane, and the tank itself is the vehicle used to push planes around at airports, so they have plenty of material for another article.
Common Items Transformed Into Unrecognizable Props For Their On-Screen Debut
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I know of several items that aren’t mentioned, such as the steering controls for the APC “sport tank” in Aliens being the foot pedals from an airplane, and the tank itself is the vehicle used to push planes around at airports, so they have plenty of material for another article.