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NBC's Chuck is very Mac-heavy
I'm not sure what happened to the memo from top NBC brass, after the iTunes negotiations broke down, saying that Apple was firma non grata... but it clearly didn't make it to the Warner Bros. production offices of Chuck in time to excise all the Mac gear from the geek-themed spy comedy's pilot episode. The corporate rage may have found some outlet, however, in the sheer destructive energy expended on the show's poor, defenseless Macs. Even the presence of a nasty Windows virus (the kind that causes laptops to emit smoke and sparks!) as a plot point doesn't make up for the carnage.
There's the protagonist's doomed home machine, a G5 tower with a convenient sticker over the side logo -- which a) must be a lot lighter than a production model, seeing how it got tossed about; and b) suffers a grim fate as a gravity-test victim/close-combat weapon -- and earlier, there's another Mac that makes a key appearance in the opening sequence before getting blown to smithereens. (OK, seriously now, the CIA and NSA keep all their classified information -- all of it -- on one lonely Mac Plus? I sincerely doubt it.)
You can review the carnage at NBC's full-episode playback page; the Mac Plus detonation is in the first four minutes, and the G5 breakdown is at about 16 minutes in. Too bad you can't watch it on your iPhone, unless of course you EyeTV'ed it last night. Also spotted during this week's premieres: Emmy-nominee
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Sketh said 6:11PM on 9-25-2007
In the season premiere of Heroes on NBC (I don't want to give away and spoilers here? In case someone missed it)but, three robers find Peter Petrelli in a storage unit instead of the iPods they planned on looting.
"Where are the iPods?"
NBC, that's low.
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Maynard Handley said 7:08PM on 9-25-2007
The otherwise vile (and I expect soon-to-be-cancelled) _Back To You_ pilot last Wednesday featured a very obvious PowerBook Pro (without the sticker covering the Apple logo that we usually see).
Also featured a prominent reference to YouTube.
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Troy Banther said 7:27PM on 9-25-2007
How sad. I am struggling to purchase my next Mac for my kids and these people just trash them.
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Mike said 8:40PM on 9-25-2007
Pretty sure they also have a cinema display, on which they happened to cover up the Apple logo with a convenient sticky note.
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CV said 9:53PM on 9-25-2007
House - formerly a Dell shop, using Apple Cinema Displays tonight. Of course, he previously had an iPod.
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Chris (Amateur Travler podcast) said 2:03AM on 9-26-2007
I liked the show also.
Maybe they got great enjoyment from trashing a Mac ;-)
Chris Christensen
Amateur Traveler podcast
http://AmateurTraveler.com
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RajSmith said 1:32AM on 9-26-2007
The premiere of House had its share of fancy new iMacs int eh MRI suite as well as at some other points in the show.
I recall that House had big Dell monitors on his desk and wall in previous seasons.
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dan said 3:58AM on 9-26-2007
can't watch nbc episodes from outta europe, says: "...Video Playback not available for your Location."
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Bram said 10:33PM on 9-26-2007
Where can I buy one of these "Mac Plus" computers? They sound pretty cool.
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Michael Rose said 1:55PM on 9-30-2007
http://macplus.mia.net/
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JadedRogue said 8:59AM on 10-02-2007
There was a Mac on the show?
JadedRogue
chuck.myfandoms.com
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