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"Apple good, PC bad" in Hollywood

updated 11:50 am EDT, Mon August 25, 2003

In his most recent Chicago Sun-Times article, Roger Ebert addresses a reader's observation that movie watchers can sometimes tell who the "bad guys" are in a movie or TV show by "." According to the reader, in "24," all the villains used PCs while the good guys all used Macs. The same holds true for "Austin Powers," "Legally Blonde," and other films. Ebert comments that "Since many Windows machines look alike, Apple is one of the few manufacturers that can gain by product placement, which accounts for some of the Macs."

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So true

I love this part: The novelist Tom Clancy sends e-mails with this signature line: "Never ask a man what computer he uses. If it's a Mac, he'll tell you. If it's not, why embarrass him?"

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what about Zoolander?

If you will recall... the "files are in the computer" and the computer was a tangerine iMac.

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Jay & Silent Bob SB

Banky was using a Mac with a flat-panel screen, right?

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Bad guys use PCs

It's funny how art imitates life, huh?

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RE: What about zoolander

and what about the phrase in the article:

"and other films"

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badguys use macs too

Lizzie McGuire Movie - evil little brother uses mac laptop.

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Advertising

Apple like many other brands pays to have its products shown in movies.

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Sesame Street, too.

Elmo and his friends like Macs. Except they always cover over the logo with tape.

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Some actors

also insist, that if they are shown using a computer,
that it should be a Mac.
For those who may be unaware, the Mac is the prefered platform in star homes.
Pick up MacDirectory sometime.

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Re: Lizzie MacGuire

People actually watched that?

Now you know why Ebert and Roper gave it 2 thumbs down.

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Good one

I just rent the movie, Showtime, which starring Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy. There was a scene which had the PowerBook G4 Titanium TV ad rolling on the TV for several time as well as the G4 Cube. Check it out.

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word up

Musicians also dig the mac, but no article yet about that.

Check out the 50 Cent video at the iTunes Music Store. It begins with the dude holding an iPod.

David Bowie is also an exclusive mac man, and does some photo shoots with iMacs in the background.

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Re: good one

I just rent the movie, Showtime, which starring Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy. There was a scene which had the PowerBook G4 Titanium TV ad rolling on the TV for several time as well as the G4 Cube. Check it out.

Woo! Spend $4 for a video to watch a mac commercial? I dont' think so.

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No surprise...

...that there are Macs in movies. Hollywood is full of faggots.

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Also

I hear the purple teletubby uses a Mac as well. Of course, that's pretty obvious, as he is the g** one. David Bowie. g**. Elmo and his friends. g**. (Esp. bert and ernie, those perverts!). Sure you see them alot, but Apple's losing out on the right-wing crowd who aren't going to be using no 'alternative lifestyle' computer. See this is what happens when you bring in Al Gore!

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Willow saved the day...

...many a day on her PowerBook and iBook...Oh, she's kinda g** too, huh.

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dont forget Rush Limbaugh

... as g** as the day is long.

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final destination 2

the entire movie was full of macs. it had imac g3's, imac g4's, powerbooks....

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Genius

A small benefit for Hollywood to do this is it gets all the crazy Mac Zealots happy and more willing to go see a lame movie for a glimpse at the Apple logo. That kind of stuff doesn't work on PC users. Or sane Mac users, but some of you guys spend a little too much time paying attention to what computer Tom Cruise is using. It's just product placement; ignore it.

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Re: final destination 2

yeah, in both Final Destination 2 and The Ring anyone using a Mac shortly ended up dead ;).

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Re: Lizzie MacGuire

> People actually watched that?

Well sure...to get a glimpse of Jenna Jameson Jr....er, I mean Hilary Duff.

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Re: Hilary Duff

Jail-bait

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Jealous PC f****

Your jealousness is the best. Keep it up; it makes my day. As for g** people using the Mac, so what? a****** pricks have been using PC's since the 80's so what�s your point? As for Al Gore, even Apple makes mistakes but don't fool yourself; the Mac isn't a bleeding heart liberal computer. It's a free thinkers computer and yes, sometimes there are moderate liberals who are free thinkers (but are really conservative but can't admit it for fear of hurting their career). I have an intense dislike for a liberals view but would take one over a PC f*** any day of the week. Now make like a tree and get out of here!

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p***?

I wanna know if there were ever Macs appearing in porno movies...

PS - Eff Al Gore and Tipper, too.

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Apple Pays?

When you see a Dell in movie the product shot is so blatently obvious. They paid for it of course. Do you think that Apple, with only ~5% of the market could seriously afford to pay for all the product placement that you see out there? How stupid can you be?

Apple would be broke if you counted how many times you see them in TV, movies, and even 80% of the cartoons. h***, the Simpsons, Sailor Moon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Futurama, and most of the others "draw" computers based on Apple designs.

Stop the insanity - who cares if Apple is in 80% of the movies or not. It is cool that they are and stop being a bunch of babies.

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Not just Hollywood

Look at the newer episodes of Absolutely Fabulous. Macs everywhere.

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Now I know...

Now I know why I switched to a PC...

"For those who may be unaware, the Mac is the prefered platform in star homes."

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"Apple good, PC bad" in Hollywood

updated 11:50 am EDT, Mon August 25, 2003

So true

what about Zoolander?

Jay & Silent Bob SB

Bad guys use PCs

RE: What about zoolander

badguys use macs too

Advertising

Sesame Street, too.

Some actors

Re: Lizzie MacGuire

Good one

word up

Re: good one

No surprise...

Also

Willow saved the day...

dont forget Rush Limbaugh

final destination 2

Genius

Re: final destination 2

Re: Lizzie MacGuire

Re: Hilary Duff

Jealous PC f****

p***?

Apple Pays?

Not just Hollywood

Now I know...

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Good one

word up

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No surprise...

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dont forget Rush Limbaugh

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