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| Author: | shinobipopcorn [ 27 Apr 2020, 01:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
xtempo wrote: I don't think it's real but here https://mobile.twitter.com/NanoRaptor/status/1246246795782410240/photo/1  Something tells me Apple wouldn't make something as "ugly" as that. Too much wasted space on the right side. Looking at it too hard might make it topple over. |
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| Author: | tweeg [ 20 Jul 2020, 07:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
My guess is that is a photo-shopped image of a Power Macintosh G3 Desktop and a Power Macintosh G3 Mini Tower merged and a LD player drive added. But it looks rather clean, so who knows for sure. |
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| Author: | admin [ 20 Jul 2020, 15:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
tweeg wrote: My guess is that is a photo-shopped image of a Power Macintosh G3 Desktop and a Power Macintosh G3 Mini Tower merged and a LD player drive added. But it looks rather clean, so who knows for sure. I'd say the give away is that the desktop is not deep enough to load a full LD and there would be no space for the optical block to move around... The author seems to be famous for photo-shopping impossible/funny Apple/Mac devices: @NanoRaptor Still, a nice fake  Julien |
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| Author: | laserpaal [ 05 Aug 2020, 09:41 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
Probably not mentioned before. In Pacific Blue S2 / EP13, Outlaw Extreme, near the end of the episode around the 40 minutes mark, you can see a criminal guy carrying stolen merchandise, a boxed Sony MDP-200 gets put into the back of a trailer. Later on the same guy in the back of the trailer throws boxes at the bike cops. Maybe he already knew at that time that Sony players were junk?  Could not see the MDP-200 gets thrown out, though.
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| Author: | jakeheke [ 05 Aug 2020, 09:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
Should be the place to ask. I remember a movie where a bunch of people could not get into club/movie and decided to go home to watch laserdiscs, One suggests a movie which the female says 'if only its in Pan and Scan' which everyone looks dissapointed. One person boasts he has imported the Japanese Planet of apes in widescreen. Ring any bells for someone? 
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| Author: | rein-o [ 05 Aug 2020, 14:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
Not really but I do remember them talking about LDs in SLC Punk, the German has an LD player. Could be the same film or different? |
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| Author: | hippiedalek [ 17 Aug 2020, 11:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
jakeheke wrote: Should be the place to ask. I remember a movie where a bunch of people could not get into club/movie and decided to go home to watch laserdiscs, One suggests a movie which the female says 'if only its in Pan and Scan' which everyone looks dissapointed. One person boasts he has imported the Japanese Planet of apes in widescreen. Ring any bells for someone? Sounds like "Free Enterprise" to me. One of the characters mentions his Japanese "Planet of the Apes" laserdisc set when trying to pick up a girl, and later they all get kicked out of a 70mm screening of "Wrath of Khan," I can't remember if they suggest going home and watching laserdiscs or not (been too long since I last saw it). I actually posted about the film back in one of the early pages of this thread. Here's the "Planet of the Apes" scene I often talk to the director, Robert Meyer Burnett, on Twitter; he's a great guy with a massive love of laserdiscs. He used to work in a LD store and fought to get the film released on LD right at the end of the format's life. |
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| Author: | odotb3 [ 17 Aug 2020, 13:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
Haha, that clip was quite entertaining. When he mentioned the Japanese Planet of the Apes laserdisc boxset I laughed out loud.
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| Author: | hippiedalek [ 17 Aug 2020, 14:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
It's the way he emphasises "letterboxed." You can almost hear the wiggling eyebrows. |
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| Author: | takeshi666 [ 18 Aug 2020, 01:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
"I saved it just for you" says the clerk, and then sells it to some rando. 
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| Author: | je280 [ 18 Aug 2020, 09:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
hippiedalek wrote: jakeheke wrote: Should be the place to ask. I remember a movie where a bunch of people could not get into club/movie and decided to go home to watch laserdiscs, One suggests a movie which the female says 'if only its in Pan and Scan' which everyone looks dissapointed. One person boasts he has imported the Japanese Planet of apes in widescreen. Ring any bells for someone? Sounds like "Free Enterprise" to me. One of the characters mentions his Japanese "Planet of the Apes" laserdisc set when trying to pick up a girl, and later they all get kicked out of a 70mm screening of "Wrath of Khan," I can't remember if they suggest going home and watching laserdiscs or not (been too long since I last saw it). I actually posted about the film back in one of the early pages of this thread. Here's the "Planet of the Apes" scene I often talk to the director, Robert Meyer Burnett, on Twitter; he's a great guy with a massive love of laserdiscs. He used to work in a LD store and fought to get the film released on LD right at the end of the format's life. Thanks for that  .
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| Author: | saeba [ 27 Aug 2020, 15:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
I just noticed a brief mention of the format, in The Terminator, when Kyle Reese awakens from his first future nightmare, in the car he just stole, there is a guy talking about some newly available Laserdiscs on the radio. |
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| Author: | je280 [ 27 Aug 2020, 22:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
saeba wrote: I just noticed a brief mention of the format, in The Terminator, when Kyle Reese awakens from his first future nightmare, in the car he just stole, there is a guy talking about some newly available Laserdiscs on the radio. I must have seen this film many many times, as an exhibitor back in the day when it first was released in the UK (showing my age now) & at late shows for a few years after & on various home media formats plus TV showings but never noted that. Will look out for that the next time I am watching it. Thanks
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| Author: | admin [ 28 Aug 2020, 03:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
saeba wrote: I just noticed a brief mention of the format, in The Terminator, when Kyle Reese awakens from his first future nightmare, in the car he just stole, there is a guy talking about some newly available Laserdiscs on the radio. Right at the end! Julien |
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| Author: | takeshi666 [ 28 Aug 2020, 13:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
admin wrote: saeba wrote: I just noticed a brief mention of the format, in The Terminator, when Kyle Reese awakens from his first future nightmare, in the car he just stole, there is a guy talking about some newly available Laserdiscs on the radio. Right at the end! Julien Notice the word he says before it though. He says compact laserdisc. |
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| Author: | Guest [ 04 Oct 2020, 16:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
There was a Regular Show Episode dedicated to Laserdiscs https://regularshow.fandom.com/wiki/The_Last_Laserdisc_Player Maybe was named before, but didnt see it skimping over the thread The show was in a pretty akward space airing wise. The intended Target Audience was supposed to be Adults, but it wasnt edgy enough for Adult Swim, so it got moved into Cartoon Networks Kids Program |
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| Author: | admin [ 25 Nov 2020, 13:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
LaserDisc on Jimmy Kimmel Live https://youtu.be/YnKgzXwAcWk?t=511 Attachment: JK.jpg [ 79.57 KiB | Viewed 10633 times ] Julien |
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| Author: | takeshi666 [ 25 Nov 2020, 17:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
Meh, I still think the Jimmy Fallon & Tom Cruise one was better. |
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| Author: | signofzeta [ 25 Nov 2020, 18:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
racersinful wrote: There was a Regular Show Episode dedicated to Laserdiscs https://regularshow.fandom.com/wiki/The_Last_Laserdisc_Player Maybe was named before, but didnt see it skimping over the thread The show was in a pretty akward space airing wise. The intended Target Audience was supposed to be Adults, but it wasnt edgy enough for Adult Swim, so it got moved into Cartoon Networks Kids Program There is at least one thread here about Regular Show. |
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| Author: | admin [ 05 Dec 2020, 08:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places... |
Someone made a new LD Player! Well... sort of, miniature, as a playable toy https://9to5toys.com/2020/12/04/dragons-lair-x-replicade-review/ Julien |
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