Mac Spotting

[TheShortTimer]

An infamous product placement sequence from the 2009 film It's Complicated featuring a MacBook Pro.

Fast forward a few years and we have Alec Baldwin again with a Mac during a scene from the TV series 30 Rock.

 

[ojfd]

First picture!

 

[B S Magnet]

An infamous product placement sequence from the 2009 film It's Complicated featuring a MacBook Pro.

Fast forward a few years and we have Alec Baldwin again with a Mac during a scene from the TV series 30 Rock.

That 17-inch aluminium MBP is wicked overcompensation where an 11-inch MBA would have sufficed — had, of course, the 11-inch MBA existed in 2009.

 

[TheShortTimer]

First picture!

That was my reaction when I saw it in the original trailer.

Check out some more shots below...

That 17-inch aluminium MBP is wicked overcompensation where an 11-inch MBA would have sufficed — had, of course, the 11-inch MBA existed in 2009.

I suspect that anything smaller than the 17-inch model wouldn't have been sufficient enough to obscure Baldwin's nether regions.

It's almost certain that this scene was originally shot with a 15" or 13" model and Apple warned the film-makers "You're gonna need a bigger Mac."*

*With apologies to Roy Scheider.

 

[ojfd]

It reminded me of this one
Sorry, no Macs back then..

 

[TheShortTimer]

It reminded me of this one
Sorry, no Macs back then..

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On reflection, it was probably a homage to the earlier film... Remind me, which entry in the Pink Panther series is that from? The one where Clouseau goes undercover at the nudist colony? I've not watched any of them in decades.

Another example of Baldwin starring alongside a Mac - and this time he's joined by Julianne Moore in the 2014 film Still Alice.

Moore with a Mac whose model I cannot identify. Perhaps others can hazard a guess?

A behind-the-scenes shot.

 

[ojfd]

On reflection, it was probably a homage to the earlier film... Remind me, which entry in the Pink Panther series is that from? The one where Clouseau goes undercover at the nudist colony? I've not watched any of them in decades.

Yes, that one. "A shot in the dark" 1964

 

[Mark.g4]

if you watch the movie "Steve Jobs" very, very carefully
you will notice that there is a Macintosh.

 

[TheShortTimer]

Yes, that one. "A shot in the dark" 1964

Thanks. I always preferred this representation of Clousseau.

 

[AdamBuker]

That 17-inch aluminium MBP is wicked overcompensation where an 11-inch MBA would have sufficed — had, of course, the 11-inch MBA existed in 2009.

IMHO, the last gen iPod shuffle would have more than sufficed.

 

[B S Magnet]

IMHO, the last gen iPod shuffle would have more than sufficed.

Truer words never…

 

[G4fanboy]

Just readed all this post to find that not a single fan of Law and Order is here. Original series had a lot of them.

PS: It seems Original had less Apple computers than SVU.

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Season 1, Episode 3: In the early years of Law & Order, computers were in the background, and usually turned off. And Law & Order is among the most popular television shows of all time. But nobody has binged on a show the way Jeffrey Thompson gorged himself on Law & Order. He also meticulously...

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[TheShortTimer]

Playwright and Spielberg collaborator, Tony Kushner works away on a Mac.

 

[ojfd]

I am surprised that nobody have posted Jeebs' De-Neuralyzer scene from Men in Black II

 

[TheShortTimer]

I am surprised that nobody have posted Jeebs' De-Neuralyzer scene from Men in Black II...

You have now.

I've not watched MIB II so I wouldn't have been aware of it. Thanks for sharing.

 

[ojfd]

I've not watched MIB II so I wouldn't have been aware of it.

WHAAAT?

 

[B S Magnet]

WHAAAT?

I’ve never seen any of the Men in Black.

For that matter, I’ve also never seen any of the Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, or Harry Potter films, and probably a few other franchises I can’t recall at the moment.

 

[TheShortTimer]

WHAAAT?

I’ve never seen any of the Men in Black.

I'm validated.

For that matter, I’ve also never seen any of the Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, or Harry Potter films, and probably a few other franchises I can’t recall at the moment.

Could I tempt you to at least check out Raiders of the Lost Ark?

(On a side note, I prefer to watch alternative and non-Hollywood films/TV programmes because I find them more interesting than the endless remakes/reboots/sequels that proliferate so much of what's churned out by the U.S. studios.)

 

[B S Magnet]

I'm validated.



Could I tempt you to at least check out Raiders of the Lost Ark?

(On a side note, I prefer to watch alternative and non-Hollywood films/TV programmes because I find them more interesting than the endless remakes/reboots/sequels that proliferate so much of what's churned out by the U.S. studios.)

I mean, maybe eventually before I die I might, but it has never once been a theme/franchise/genre to resonate with me.

Jurassic Park, much the same. As for Harry Potter, I never cared much for the books and I especially don’t care for the author.

 

[ojfd]

I’ve never seen any of the Men in Black.

For that matter, I’ve also never seen any of the Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, or Harry Potter films, and probably a few other franchises I can’t recall at the moment.

No way! Now tell me that you haven't seen original StarTrek series or Planet of the Apes

(And yes, I love indie and foreign films and everything inbetween. Just in case you were going to point me in that direction )

 

[ojfd]

(On a side note, I prefer to watch alternative and non-Hollywood films/TV programmes because I find them more interesting than the endless remakes/reboots/sequels that proliferate so much of what's churned out by the U.S. studios.)

Completely agree on endless remakes, reboots and sequels. Better stick to originals.
I even kept the Star Wars trilogy box set on LaserDisc, because it has no added SGI animation.

 

[B S Magnet]

No way! Now tell me that you haven't seen original StarTrek series or Planet of the Apes

I grew up on Star Trek: The Original Series (which would air locally late in the evening on weeknights, on a local, independent TV station). I also watched the Star Trek movies, in order, as they were released (well, except for Star Trek V, which was just awful).

But no, Planet of the Apes never made sense to me. Charleton Heston never did anything for me. And cheap/bad ape makeup looked, well, silly, to my young eyes.

I did, however, grow up watching In Search Of… with Leonard Nimoy on Saturday afternoons, possibly on the same local independent station. It usually came on after Big Blue Marble (which I enjoyed) or, later, some Hong Kong kung-fu action movie (also not up my alley).

(And yes, I love indie and foreign films and everything inbetween. Just in case you're going to point me in that direction )

I reckon I’m somewhere between an independent film dilettante and film nerd.

My friends and I have a film circle wherein each regular gets to make a pick in the rotation, which makes for a really fascinating breadth of picks (given how we’re very different people with different interests, ages, and backgrounds).

My picks this year have included Tampopo, Miracle Mile, Harold & Maude, and Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (with plans to maybe add My Life As a Dog, The Quiet Earth, Blood & Donuts, Night on Earth, and maybe eventually Real Genius to the upcoming pile).

 

[B S Magnet]

Completely agree on endless remakes, reboots and sequels. Better stick to originals.
I even kept the Star Wars trilogy box set on LaserDisc, because it has no added SGI animation.

The unaltered trilogy is the only version I will look at. I went to the cinema in early 1997 to see the digitally embellished trainwreck and that was far more than enough for me. (Curiously, I sort of like how Lucas digitally enhanced THX 1138, but that’s another discussion).

There used to be a 4K raw digital transfer of the original 35mm print of A New Hope (i.e., the version sent to cinema houses, not the original archive stock) floating about on the nethernet a few years back. I have that in my archives. It’s not retouched, and the colours are also left as-is, but fortunately, the print doesn’t show traces of emulsion hue-shift. It does, however, reveal the occasional scratches and artefacts on that source print.

 

[ojfd]

Tampopo.. I'm surprised that only now. I'm a fan of that movie since I first saw it in the early '90s.

Re. 4K raw digital transfer of the original 35mm print of A New Hope - how big (in GBs) is it?

EDIT & OT. Have you seen The Pointsman by Jos Stelling?

 

[B S Magnet]

Tampopo.. I'm surprised that only now. I'm a fan of that movie since I first saw it in the early '90s.

Yah, I first watched it in ’98. I come back to it every six to eight years with fresh eyes.

Re. 4K raw digital transfer of the original 35mm print of A New Hope - how big (in GBs) is it?

It was… substantial. As memory serves, it ran somewhere north of 80GB. What I archived to my network was a Handbrake custom rip to 1080p, since I don’t have an urgent need for 4K. The 4K rip is on some spinner tucked away in an anti-static bag, located inside a cardboard box.

EDIT & OT. Have you seen The Pointsman by Jos Stelling?

It doesn’t ring a bell, no.