Topic: Commodore sneaks into amateur movies

[RobertB]

     I've been into amateur film-making since 1970 (the good, old days with Super 8, film splicers, and splicing tape and glue), and since 1979, my students have made movies as a class project.  In the late 70's-early 80's, it was Super 8, then it was VHS-C/VHS, then it was Digital 8, and now it is hi-def DV.
     Back in the mid to late 80's, the students would sometimes have my SX-64 in their movies (hey, there it is as the control console of their spaceship).  Well, this year I've snuck the Commodore again into their movies!  In "The Robbery", the Jersey Shore characters close out the movie by playing Decathlon on a brown C64.  In "Solo te mueres una vez" (You Only Die Once), the film-noir detective has a Commodore Plus/4 box peering from the back seat of his car.

          No more students until August,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          http://videocam.net.au/fcug
          July 28-29 Commodore Vegas Expo v8 -
          http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

[Hydrophilic]

Yeah! No more students!
 
I had gathered from your prior posts that you worked in education.  Just never knew it involved video.  Would be nice if you could find the time to review MP128.  I plan on working on it some more later this summer.
 
Right now I've been working on the Commodore BASIC wiki.  Got most of the boring stuff done.  However I just got a pop-up from Microsoft:
 

Updating your computer is almost complete.  Your computer needs to be restarted for the updates to take effect.  Windows will restart your computer automatically in 4:41 minutes.
 
Do you want to restart your computer now?
[ Restart Now ]  [ Restart Later ]

But the option "Restart Later" is grayed out and can not be selected.  Why?  Somebody should drop a nuke on Redmond.
 
My fault for connecting to the Internet, I suppose.

[RobertB]

Would be nice if you could find the time to review MP128.  I plan on working on it some more later this summer.

     Ah, thanks for the push.  After I come back from Oregon, I'll try to get around to it.

          Leaving on Wednesday,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          http://videocam.net.au/fcug
          July 28-29 Commodore Vegas Expo v8 -
          http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

[RobertB]

\Well, this year I've snuck the Commodore again into their movies!

     I have posted screenshots from the two movies.  Go to

          http://retro-link.blogspot.com/2012/07/commodore-in-student-movies.html

               Spot the Commodores!
               Robert Bernardo
               Fresno Commodore User Group
               http://videocam.net.au/fcug
               July 28-29 Commodore Vegas Expo v8 -
               http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex