Movies/TV programs with amiga's in em!

ElectroBlaster · 19 January 2003, 17:44

Watched this film last night called "Prince of Darkness" and it had an a1000 being used for serious work! made me wonder what other films had amiga's in them....

CodyJarrett · 19 January 2003, 17:51

A rubbish film with Tom Berenger, called Betrayed has an Amiga in it.

On the TV side, Red Dwarf and Neighbours featured Amigas.

ElectroBlaster · 19 January 2003, 18:00

yeh red dwarf has a few in them! Holoship springs to mind.. when rimmer does the mind test thingy they are using what looks like amiga 2000's?

Galahad/FLT · 19 January 2003, 18:59

The Rachael Papers with Dexter Fletcher

Steve · 19 January 2003, 19:54

TV - Rolf's Cartoon Club (Rolf Harris)

I remember this kids CITV show used Amiga's.

ElectroBlaster · 19 January 2003, 20:19

Oh yeh

rolf's cartoon club! they used summin called Take2? or maybe Hanna Barbera's Animation studio... i think thats was what it was called?

anyway it allowed you to hook up a camera and take pictures!
drawings were used to build up animations on a lightbox thing...

Djay · 19 January 2003, 20:53

i saw a documentry on Piracy (UkHorizons), a guy got busted, the police were removing hardware and CDs, and the camera shows an Amiga Monitor box for a few seconds

Severin · 19 January 2003, 22:23

The film 'The High Crusade' doesn't actually have an amiga in it but has a big credit for amiga in the end credits for special effects...

and of course the gfx used in babylon 5 and most disney films of the late 80's onwards...

I remeber one of the neighbours episodes, where they were trying to kill a virus but the screen showed a graphics ripper from an early hacker tools compilation disk

ElectroBlaster · 19 January 2003, 22:26

yeh neighbours had an a500 in it for ages!

i think the same one was wheeled around the set for the scene's?
the docters surgery springs to mind!

Severin · 19 January 2003, 22:30

just another quick thought...

Look for amiga monitors in tv programs, they might be sat next to a pc but there was actually an amiga under the desk (as the pal screens were easier to sync to the cameras), any 85 - 95 programme that shows a computer display that is 'steady' and doesn't have a 'dark bar' slowly scrolling down the screen will probably be amiga generated. The BBC used this alot...

'the chart show' (on ITV in the uk) used entirely amiga generated graphics too...

BippyM · 19 January 2003, 22:47

Krypton factor used A1200's at one point for a test!

ElectroBlaster · 19 January 2003, 23:26

I remember not long ago there seemed to be tons of Philips 8833II's on telly!

Mr Softy · 20 January 2003, 00:10

Don't laugh at me like mean arses if I am utterly wrong with this one, guys, but I *think* that in the early stages of making Jurassic Park's dinos amiga where used... Is that true?

whiteb · 20 January 2003, 00:21

Dont forget Seaquest-DSV guys.

Ash · 20 January 2003, 08:17

Didn't Babylon 5 use amigas for graphics for the first few seasons too?

20 January 2003, 09:28

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Didn't Babylon 5 use amigas for graphics for the first few seasons too?

Definately. I'm not an expert but they used toasters, which I assume boosted the Amiga's graphical power. I saw a couple of toasters go for hundreds on eBay the other day so they are probably quite good and rare. Somebody can probably explain toasters better. Without resorting to a cheap 'they toast bread' pun :suspiciou

Titler · 20 January 2003, 16:34

Saturday morning telly on ITV used to use Amiga games; slightly modified Starglider I, and later Weird Dreams for contests. But I can't remember what the programs were called... probably because they weren't as good as our fav. machine. "Get Fresh" it might have been... or "Number 73?"?

MethodGit · 22 January 2003, 20:39

Dunno about on-screen Amigas, but later seasons of Knightmare used Amiga 2000's to make and display the status panels for teams!

Twistin'Ghost · 22 January 2003, 20:43

In the 90's, the US kids show "Nick Arcade" on Nickelodeon (back when it was a cool channel) not only used Amigas for the games and for visual effects, but was even sponsored by CBM who gave away A500 setups to contestants.

Lockrobster · 22 January 2003, 21:54

Just a few days ago I zapped into another dumb propaganda report on how great the US military is. There they were using an Amiga (flickerfree monitor, topaz-8 font and red mouse pointer) for some kind of shooting range where they were stresstesting sleep-deprived soldiers. There seemed to be a kind of lightgun on the rifles and the Amiga was gathering the hit statistics, it was only a few seconds snippet though.

19 January 2003, 17:44	#1
ElectroBlaster Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Exeter, Devon, UK Age: 49 Posts: 1,705	Movies/TV programs with amiga's in em! Watched this film last night called "Prince of Darkness" and it had an a1000 being used for serious work! made me wonder what other films had amiga's in them....

19 January 2003, 18:59	#4
Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 8,986	... The Rachael Papers with Dexter Fletcher

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19 January 2003, 17:51	#2
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	A rubbish film with Tom Berenger, called Betrayed has an Amiga in it. On the TV side, Red Dwarf and Neighbours featured Amigas.

19 January 2003, 18:00	#3
ElectroBlaster Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Exeter, Devon, UK Age: 49 Posts: 1,705	yeh red dwarf has a few in them! Holoship springs to mind.. when rimmer does the mind test thingy they are using what looks like amiga 2000's?

19 January 2003, 19:54	#5
Steve I Identify as an Ewok Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: North Lincolnshire Age: 45 Posts: 2,356	TV - Rolf's Cartoon Club (Rolf Harris) I remember this kids CITV show used Amiga's.

19 January 2003, 20:19	#6
ElectroBlaster Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Exeter, Devon, UK Age: 49 Posts: 1,705	Oh yeh rolf's cartoon club! they used summin called Take2? or maybe Hanna Barbera's Animation studio... i think thats was what it was called? anyway it allowed you to hook up a camera and take pictures! drawings were used to build up animations on a lightbox thing...

19 January 2003, 20:53	#7
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	i saw a documentry on Piracy (UkHorizons), a guy got busted, the police were removing hardware and CDs, and the camera shows an Amiga Monitor box for a few seconds

19 January 2003, 22:23	#8
Severin Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gloucester / UK Posts: 700	The film 'The High Crusade' doesn't actually have an amiga in it but has a big credit for amiga in the end credits for special effects... and of course the gfx used in babylon 5 and most disney films of the late 80's onwards... I remeber one of the neighbours episodes, where they were trying to kill a virus but the screen showed a graphics ripper from an early hacker tools compilation disk

19 January 2003, 22:26	#9
ElectroBlaster Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Exeter, Devon, UK Age: 49 Posts: 1,705	yeh neighbours had an a500 in it for ages! i think the same one was wheeled around the set for the scene's? the docters surgery springs to mind!

19 January 2003, 22:30	#10
Severin Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gloucester / UK Posts: 700	just another quick thought... Look for amiga monitors in tv programs, they might be sat next to a pc but there was actually an amiga under the desk (as the pal screens were easier to sync to the cameras), any 85 - 95 programme that shows a computer display that is 'steady' and doesn't have a 'dark bar' slowly scrolling down the screen will probably be amiga generated. The BBC used this alot... 'the chart show' (on ITV in the uk) used entirely amiga generated graphics too...

19 January 2003, 22:47	#11
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	Krypton factor used A1200's at one point for a test!

19 January 2003, 23:26	#12
ElectroBlaster Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Exeter, Devon, UK Age: 49 Posts: 1,705	I remember not long ago there seemed to be tons of Philips 8833II's on telly!

20 January 2003, 00:10	#13
Mr Softy Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweedzerland Age: 44 Posts: 329	Don't laugh at me like mean arses if I am utterly wrong with this one, guys, but I think that in the early stages of making Jurassic Park's dinos amiga where used... Is that true?

20 January 2003, 00:21	#14
whiteb Fanatically Amiga. Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Age: 54 Posts: 1,557	Dont forget Seaquest-DSV guys.

20 January 2003, 08:17	#15
Ash Zone Friend Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Aus Posts: 175	Didn't Babylon 5 use amigas for graphics for the first few seasons too?

20 January 2003, 16:34	#17
Titler Zone Friend Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: UK Posts: 303	Saturday morning telly on ITV used to use Amiga games; slightly modified Starglider I, and later Weird Dreams for contests. But I can't remember what the programs were called... probably because they weren't as good as our fav. machine. "Get Fresh" it might have been... or "Number 73?"?

22 January 2003, 20:39	#18
MethodGit Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Streets Age: 39 Posts: 2,731	Dunno about on-screen Amigas, but later seasons of Knightmare used Amiga 2000's to make and display the status panels for teams!

22 January 2003, 20:43	#19
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	In the 90's, the US kids show "Nick Arcade" on Nickelodeon (back when it was a cool channel) not only used Amigas for the games and for visual effects, but was even sponsored by CBM who gave away A500 setups to contestants.

22 January 2003, 21:54	#20
Lockrobster Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Old Europe Posts: 22	Just a few days ago I zapped into another dumb propaganda report on how great the US military is. There they were using an Amiga (flickerfree monitor, topaz-8 font and red mouse pointer) for some kind of shooting range where they were stresstesting sleep-deprived soldiers. There seemed to be a kind of lightgun on the rifles and the Amiga was gathering the hit statistics, it was only a few seconds snippet though.

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