Rubies Stormtrooper Armor on SNL last night

[Jaintly]

Anyone catch the opening monologue on Saturday Night Live last night? Host Ashton Kutcher was trying to keep from saying 'Awesome!' as various awesome sights happened to show up next to him in the studio. One sight was a stormtrooper bartender serving a fruity drink to Superman at a bar. It looked to me that the armor he was wearing was Rubie's deluxe (read crappy) armor. It had an ill-fitting chest plate and the helmet was pure Rubies.

Check it out here:

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/clips/kutcher-monologue/1199694/

 

[slave1pilot]

I saw it last night too.
pretty sure it was a rubies.

 

[dbuck]

Yup, Rubies.

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

Excuse me.

 

[obiwan2]

Yeah, definitely Rubies. I saw the episode last night. Funny!! But crappy garbage armor

 

[Eopie Herder]

Yeah, it really looked bad.

 

[rickrickrick]

The Rubies stuff is being used for this kind of thing all over. Saw videos on funnyordie.com using it, too. And other places that I can't remember offhand.

Since it's licensed, people are using it without fear of being sued, and since it's ready to wear, not a kit, producers can just have their props/costume people pop into a store and buy it. It's immediately recognizable for what it's supposed to be - no producer of a comedy show will care if it's screen accurate!

R

 

[slave1pilot]

I agree,
The days of us 501st nerds gettin sweet hi-profile gigs are coming to an end.
We'll still get some, but overall it's ending.

 

[obiwan2]

Yeah, but it was fun while it lasted

 

[phase pistol]

Destroyed... by the Empire. :sleep

 

[rickrickrick]

Well, I was gonna mention that it was a smart move by ol' Flannelshirt, but didn't want to seem too snarky...

R

 

[phase pistol]

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Man that stuff hurts to look at! They could have at least had the chest plate sit right over the ab .

 

[HadronMM]

That clip was awesome, even if the armor sucked.

 

[vicsouders]

Luckily, there are still some out there in TV land who know the difference and will opt for a more accurate look.

 

[PadawanLearner]

yeah, for a bit that quick might as well just do a Rubies.
It was a pretty funny opening though, thanks for the link