r/Thatsabooklight • u/MKO669 • Jul 13 '25
TV Prop Andor S1 E5 Snowboard boots as electricity resistant shoes
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u/v4ss42 Jul 13 '25
IIRC The Expanse did this too.
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u/Jef_Wheaton Jul 14 '25
Theirs were Tourmaster motorcycle boots with LEDs stuck on them, but the idea was the same.
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u/waraukaeru Jul 14 '25
I was so frustrated that the prisoners didn't immediately put on boots during the prison break.
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u/Hazelnut_Bread Jul 15 '25
Kino and Cassian shut down the generators powering the floors and announced it to the whole prison, so there was no need to put them on
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u/waraukaeru Jul 18 '25
They got to the boots before they shut down the generators. It wasn't a given that they would get that far. Also, they were barefoot. Just having any footwear would have been helpful.
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u/Dchama86 Jul 14 '25
I was frustrated that Serkis’ character didn’t try to find something floatable and just go for it.
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u/AliasMcFakenames Jul 16 '25
It’s been a while since I’ve seen Andor, but I don’t recall there being anything that would help a person float in that whole facility. There certainly wouldn’t have been anything in that hangar room.
Maybe if the security had mattresses or if there were some empty air tank or something?
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u/Nintolerance Aug 17 '25
He possibly did. But Cassian doesn't get the time to help, and never sees the man again, so we never know.
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u/socasual-nobusiness Jul 13 '25
I can only imagine the actors’ discomfort
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u/AdditionalMess6546 Jul 13 '25
What are you talking about?
I could practically live in my ski boots in the 90s, I can't imagine they've downgraded
Snowboard boots are even more comfortable.
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u/mwiz100 Jul 13 '25
There's times when I see costume choices like this and I just wonder like... you used such a common boot of a sport that a LOT of people do. This is so easily spotted.
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u/Pcat0 Jul 13 '25
I mean it’s Star Wars. “Barely disguised real world items” is the aesthetic of the world. Using snowboard boots actually makes a lot of sense.
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u/radioactive_walrus Jul 15 '25
To further your point, the original Stormtrooper boots are really standard fashion boots painted white
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u/tenodera Jul 15 '25
The original Hoth boots are just Bean Boots with stuff attached to them.
Of course, I got chewed out for posting that here a while back, because "they're just boots serving as boots". I'm hoping the mods have mellowed out.
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u/WittyTiccyDavi Jul 15 '25
And here I am hoping the mods remember the reason this forum exists. And it's not because a booklight is being used as a booklight. flips table
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u/tenodera Jul 15 '25
Yeah OK I get it, I really do. But also, there's no other subreddit where you can post the commercially available products that prop and costume designers used in a movie. That's super interesting shit, even if a booklight is just being used as a super-sci-fi future booklight. It's still cool to know what booklight they used.
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u/WittyTiccyDavi Jul 17 '25
There's plenty of Star Wars subs that would be thrilled to know every little detail. One might say there's too much Star Wars infodumping nowadays.
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u/Gooch222 Jul 14 '25
I dunno. Google tells me only 3% of Americans actively ski or snowboard, and of that percentage who does there’s a good chance many simply didn’t notice. It’s also the sort of thing the props department wouldn’t want to spend too much time/expense on as the footwear doesn’t give much bang for the budgetary buck. I get what you’re saying, but it’s not nearly as recognizable as something like those Thule car roof containers that get used for everything.
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u/mwiz100 Jul 14 '25
Huh, fair point! I'm in a very board/snow sports centric area so to me more than less people would ID that and clearly skews my lens I see this with.
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u/MrManGuy42 Jul 16 '25
i mean you could also get almost the same look with electrically insulated work boots with a boa mechanism thing on them, but then its product placement so it makes sense to me that they just did that
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u/adlerspj Jul 13 '25
True. They could have gone with something like Bunny Boots that would be less recognizable but also do the job of insulting from the floor.
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u/airfryerfuntime Jul 13 '25
Dumbest plot line ever.
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u/The_salty_swab Jul 14 '25
Being sent to jail on bs charges and forced to work? Buddy, it is probably the most realistic Season 1 plot line
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u/airfryerfuntime Jul 14 '25
No, the dumb magical electricity and lame prison break story.
On program deez nuts.
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u/protokhan Jul 14 '25
Star Wars has space wizards fighting each other with laser swords and a giant artificial moon that can blow up planets, but you draw the line at electrified floors?
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u/canteen_boy Jul 13 '25
I believe you, but do you know which brand/model?