While the game is still on, I'll offer up this one (a Classic) Star Trek IV, The Voyage Home Scotty tries talking to a Macintosh (128, 512, or so). When the owner hands him the mouse, he uses it as a microphone.
Also, News Radio: Late in the show's run, iMacs started popping up on everyone's desks. I think there was a Dalmation iMac on Beth's desk. > On 1/27/03 3:18 AM, "flawed jai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > lately I have become more and more aware of seeing macs being used as > > props on camera, all over the place in TV shows, as an integral part of > > the equipment they are relying on during the plotline of the show. This > > brings a smile to my face. I propose a game we can have, onrunning here, > > as a side note. To wit--any time you see a mac being used in a TV show > > or a movie, see if you can ID what it is and what it's being used for > > and pop it up here.. I beleive advertisers call this the all important > > 'product placement' visibility. > > > > I'll go first: > > the TV show > > "CSI"( las vegas) has macs all over the crime lab. most conspicuous is > > the new dome iMac, which so far I have seen at least once in every > > episode. > > "24" had one of the larger screen mac notebooks in the office of "Bob > > Warner", in the episode when 'Reza' goes in with the federal agent, to > > show him the company's records, searching for the electronic trail of > > who had access, and who was party to the mysterious transfers of money > > to the terrorist, at the heart of the season's plotline. The apple logo > > was clearly shown on the lid of the notebook on the expensive desk, and > > the startup chimes came out loud and clear when he booted up. I > > unfortunately don't know all my macs or their chimes yet, so I can't ID > > it, but it wasn't an 'icebook', I know that much. > > > > Now I'm looking closely at the props in every show I watch, watching for > > macs. > > If you watch TV, or movies, join the game. If you spot one, post it > > here! > > Apple Computer pays quite a bit of money to make sure that 95% of the > computers that you seen TV or film are Apples. :) > > > -- > Jblanton > Austin TX > > > -- > PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
