I've stumbled across a web site specialising in pinball machines and video games in movies, but it does cover some computer as well. They mention an appearance of a Spectrum in Spanish film called "El orfanato" (http://www.tepg.se/showtitle.php?id=385).
Can I just say that El Orfanato (aka The Orphanage) is an amazing film? Definitely one to watch if you like creepy/psychological horror films.
there were some Spectrum effects at the beginning of 5-10-15. It's show for children broadcasted in polish national television TVP1 every saturday morning since late 80's.
One of the authors of "Kung-Fu" (Bug-Byte), Dusko Dimitrijevic talking about the creation of game in TV show "Computer school" on Serbian (ex-Yugoslavian) channel 1 in 1984.
Can I just say that El Orfanato (aka The Orphanage) is an amazing film? Definitely one to watch if you like creepy/psychological horror films.
Me and the GF watched this several months ago it was indeed a good film,i do not recall seeing a speccy though i would of remembered that i think.But apparently the spectrum did have a large following in Spain ,so i will look out for the speccy next time i watch it :-)
Me and the GF watched this several months ago it was indeed a good film,i do not recall seeing a speccy though i would of remembered that i think.But apparently the spectrum did have a large following in Spain ,so i will look out for the speccy next time i watch it :-)
I didn't notice it the first time I watched it either (on the big screen, no less!) but spotted it when I watched the DVD at home :)
Not really a Spectrum appearance, but one of the typefaces used in the video for Oblivion by Mastodon looks an awful lot like the default ROM typeface:
(first clear appearance around 2:00, then sporadically throughout)
Wow! They're pretty obscure - well done for spotting those!
I believe they used Acorns - the Tardis used a BBC micro keyboard for a while I think, although this is from memory - I've not watched any eighties vintage Dr Who since, well, the eighties!
The Tardis console featured a BBC/Acorn computer for several years, complete with built in monitor. This would have been from about 1984 - 1989.
I do know a Spectrum was used to generate a number in a kind of lottery on Portuguese TV. The number was showed on a 5 or 6 digit device, not on a screen.
Another one a ZX Spectrum appeared in Ruth Jones's "A Childs Christmas in Wales". In this tele film, is a 48k rubber key and remade fake box, both of which are in my possession.
I believe that in the spanish film "Nadie conoce a nadie", the sound of a ZX spectrum loading appears. I have been looking for it on the net, but no luck. I am not sure.
I remember watching a childrens TV show called Harry's Mad, would of been around the early 1990's. It was bit of a comedy if I remember rightly which featured a really clever talking parrot, but not a real one.
In one episode I vaguely remember the parrot typing a message on a rubberkey Speccy which belonged to Harry the son of the family. I remember they set the border and paper colour to blue, and I think the ink colour was yellow or white. Maybe did this so the TV picture showed better on the TV cameras as they were filming.
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Can I just say that El Orfanato (aka The Orphanage) is an amazing film? Definitely one to watch if you like creepy/psychological horror films.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ-A--ablC8
There's even some Deathchase gameplay in it !
buggy blast :D
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000744
Particularly interesting is the part where you see the Digital Tracer, which converts drawings directly on the screen:
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=1000333
http://zx-pk.ru/
Me and the GF watched this several months ago it was indeed a good film,i do not recall seeing a speccy though i would of remembered that i think.But apparently the spectrum did have a large following in Spain ,so i will look out for the speccy next time i watch it :-)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00x23b2/Russell_Howards_Good_News_Extra_Series_3_Compilation/
I didn't notice it the first time I watched it either (on the big screen, no less!) but spotted it when I watched the DVD at home :)
(first clear appearance around 2:00, then sporadically throughout)
The Tardis console featured a BBC/Acorn computer for several years, complete with built in monitor. This would have been from about 1984 - 1989.
I always knew teh VIC 20 was underrated.
What is this thou dost speak of, pray tell.
See here.
If you watch all parts its actually quite good.
http://youtu.be/HgFpWO4vfCY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FABws2p5uLc
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209174/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH_8kej6lu8 (Part 2/4 shown on prizes for the episode)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqcqUSyGF6A (Part 4/4 Shown when the lady wins it, featuring the Joke)
In one episode I vaguely remember the parrot typing a message on a rubberkey Speccy which belonged to Harry the son of the family. I remember they set the border and paper colour to blue, and I think the ink colour was yellow or white. Maybe did this so the TV picture showed better on the TV cameras as they were filming.