Amiga mentioned in Orange Is The New Black?

dirkies · 30 June 2016, 17:52

A bit confused how to interpret this, but I just saw S04E07 "It Sounded Nicer In My Head", and there is a scene at minute 5 where a woman comes to a cubicle of another woman at the 'Seattle Eagle' newspaper office, who has an already very old PC on her desk as main machine. She is complaining to the other woman that she is always transcribing her articles for hand-in on an old typewriter, and now comes the sentence that puzzles me:

"I know banging it out on an old typewriter has a certain mystique, but do us all a favor and get a computer... Buy an Amiga... Live in the now."

Is she really referring to our favourite girlfriend?

Amiga1992 · 30 June 2016, 18:02

Yup she does, but it's weird that she points at her computer which is an IBM PS/2. Hopefully they didn't imply that was an Amiga, or the "scene" will surely throw pitchforks at them

voyager · 01 July 2016, 15:12

Lol, I skipped back a few times just to hear what seems to be the word amiga. But indeed see points to a PS/2

ransom1122 · 01 July 2016, 15:41

Haha gotta see this not up to that episode yet though.

B14ck W01f · 10 July 2016, 08:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by dirkies

Is she really referring to our favourite girlfriend?

Who cares?

ma693541 · 10 July 2016, 10:09

We do! It's a huge difference between a standard IBM PS/2 and our beloved Amiga. Remember that, because I have used both.

IvanEBC · 15 July 2016, 14:50

Yeah, picked this up last night, i kept looking at the machine and thinking, that's not any Amiga i know of, i guess script writers knew their shit but the props guys said .. too expensive to put one there, just grab any old white box, noone will notice on their 60" ultra hi def screens.

Pyromania · 16 July 2016, 14:05

Maybe the writer of the scene has an Amiga or used to own one but whoever setup the set with the crap computer in it does not know what an Amiga is?

30 June 2016, 17:52	#1
dirkies Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Belgium Age: 51 Posts: 1,296	Amiga mentioned in Orange Is The New Black? A bit confused how to interpret this, but I just saw S04E07 "It Sounded Nicer In My Head", and there is a scene at minute 5 where a woman comes to a cubicle of another woman at the 'Seattle Eagle' newspaper office, who has an already very old PC on her desk as main machine. She is complaining to the other woman that she is always transcribing her articles for hand-in on an old typewriter, and now comes the sentence that puzzles me: "I know banging it out on an old typewriter has a certain mystique, but do us all a favor and get a computer... Buy an Amiga... Live in the now." Is she really referring to our favourite girlfriend?

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30 June 2016, 18:02	#2
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Yup she does, but it's weird that she points at her computer which is an IBM PS/2. Hopefully they didn't imply that was an Amiga, or the "scene" will surely throw pitchforks at them

01 July 2016, 15:12	#3
voyager The show must go on. Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Alkmaar Nederland Posts: 269	Lol, I skipped back a few times just to hear what seems to be the word amiga. But indeed see points to a PS/2

01 July 2016, 15:41	#4
ransom1122 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Omnicorp Age: 45 Posts: 5,813	Haha gotta see this not up to that episode yet though.

10 July 2016, 10:09	#6
ma693541 Computer Wizard Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ramberg/Norway Posts: 928	We do! It's a huge difference between a standard IBM PS/2 and our beloved Amiga. Remember that, because I have used both.

15 July 2016, 14:50	#7
IvanEBC Registered User Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Adelaide / Australia Posts: 565	Yeah, picked this up last night, i kept looking at the machine and thinking, that's not any Amiga i know of, i guess script writers knew their shit but the props guys said .. too expensive to put one there, just grab any old white box, noone will notice on their 60" ultra hi def screens.

16 July 2016, 14:05	#8
Pyromania Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 3,375	Maybe the writer of the scene has an Amiga or used to own one but whoever setup the set with the crap computer in it does not know what an Amiga is?

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