Commodore PET in a Movie?

[psquare75]

This may have been mentioned thousands of times before, but I was watching Star Trek II with Khan. (the best IMO), And during the scene in Kirk's house, there is a very distinctly shaped PET computer with the screen sitting waiting for a command. It's visible in the blu-ray ed of the movie quite clearly. Never noticed it, and I've watched this movie dozens of times. Anyone else confirm?

[erd]

... I was watching Star Trek II with Khan. (the best IMO), And during the scene in Kirk's house, there is a very distinctly shaped PET computer... Never noticed it, and I've watched this movie dozens of times. Anyone else confirm?

Yep. I confirm. The PET makes an appearance in a number of places, even the second season of "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century", when Buck is in the sickbay with a fever - he uses a PET (with a cheezy 1980s video overlay) to watch events unfold in the docking bay. There's also a 12" PET in "Terminator 3" in a pile of old computers at the end of the movie.

[psquare75]

Huh, I have Buck Rogers on DVD but I haven't made it to season 2 yet. Kinda cool. It fit in nicely with all his other 'antiques'.

[lastkill3r]

Yeah, i noticed C64 and PET in T3 at the end ;D

[high voltage]

This may have been mentioned thousands of times before, but I was watching Star Trek II with Khan. (the best IMO), And during the scene in Kirk's house, there is a very distinctly shaped PET computer with the screen sitting waiting for a command. It's visible in the blu-ray ed of the movie quite clearly. Never noticed it, and I've watched this movie dozens of times. Anyone else confirm?

 

Many Commodore PETs in Battlestar Galatica (the original), with the Commodore logo taped over.

[Lendorien]

This may have been mentioned thousands of times before, but I was watching Star Trek II with Khan. (the best IMO), And during the scene in Kirk's house, there is a very distinctly shaped PET computer with the screen sitting waiting for a command. It's visible in the blu-ray ed of the movie quite clearly. Never noticed it, and I've watched this movie dozens of times. Anyone else confirm?

 

I thought that was a great addition to that scene. Kirk clearly liked antiques... but that he was also a vintage computer collector makes him all the cooler.

[+SpiceWare]

Red Dwarf had C= 64s as keyboards for the first season or two. They were replaced with Amiga keyboards.

 

from http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cip/article/item/spot_the_commodore_2 - they also have a capture of the PET in ST 2.

[AtariLeaf]

Since I'm a big coco fan, I thought I'd post this:

 

[+MattelAquarius]

Since I'm a big coco fan, I thought I'd post this:

 

 

Cool! Thanks for that one.

[marlinlee]

This may have been mentioned thousands of times before, but I was watching Star Trek II with Khan. (the best IMO), And during the scene in Kirk's house, there is a very distinctly shaped PET computer with the screen sitting waiting for a command. It's visible in the blu-ray ed of the movie quite clearly. Never noticed it, and I've watched this movie dozens of times. Anyone else confirm?

 

I thought that was a great addition to that scene. Kirk clearly liked antiques... but that he was also a vintage computer collector makes him all the cooler.

 

Everybody knows Kirk is a Commodore fanboy.

 

[madmax2069]

I always found the Staring the computers site quite interesting http://www.starringthecomputer.com

 

they have a nice list but does not have it all. its updated but i do not know how often (or is it when someone provides proof or something).

[OldAtarian]

... I was watching Star Trek II with Khan. (the best IMO), And during the scene in Kirk's house, there is a very distinctly shaped PET computer... Never noticed it, and I've watched this movie dozens of times. Anyone else confirm?

Yep. I confirm. The PET makes an appearance in a number of places, even the second season of "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century", when Buck is in the sickbay with a fever - he uses a PET (with a cheezy 1980s video overlay) to watch events unfold in the docking bay. There's also a 12" PET in "Terminator 3" in a pile of old computers at the end of the movie.

 

Which is ironic since Gil Gerard was a known Atari 800 user.