Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

[InTheSand]

As James T. Kirk said in that same film, "double dumb-ass on you"... Describes Commodore very well!

A similar thing happened with The Italian Job - British Leyland wouldn't give any Minis to the film company (or even loan them) - and all of the cars had to be bought, despite the HUGE publicity that the film generated...

 - Ali

[InTheSand]

It's not quite Star Trek, and I'm sure the BBC would have bought (and perhaps used?) its own Amigas, but on Red Dwarf series five, in the "Terrorform" episode, I'm 99% sure there's an Amiga keyboard in use.

It's shown in the scene where Lister and Rimmer are typing to each other, just after the "tarantula" has crawled up Lister's leg.

It looks like it might be an A3000 keyboard. Given that series five was filmed in 1991, that might be about right. Can anyone else confirm?

 - Ali

[InTheSand]

Hi,

The Shatner advert can be found here.

 - Ali

[InTheSand]

Hi,

I have uploaded a pic showing the Amiga keyboard in Red Dwarf here, in the photo section.

As for Leyland: yes, BL's ineptitude has many parallels with Commodore... However, at least Commodore had a decent product to start with!

Anyone fancy a drive in the Commodore Allegro?

Or how about an Austin Amiga that crashes every five seconds?!

 - Ali

[InTheSand]

Heh! It was only last week that I noticed whilst part way through a Red Dwarf DVD marathon!

Saw the "Del" and "Help" keys on their own and in darker brown, and thought "hang on a minute"!!!

Thought it was an A3000 keyboard to start with, but it's missing the plastic stripes along the top, so it does appear to be an A2000 one.

 - Ali