Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
Obviously there's a geek on that production staff somewhere. I wonder
if it would be possible to find out who.
Peace... Sridhar
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Well... maybe. Far more likely that it is part of the warehouse stock that
most studios keep. For longer than I can remember, they have set people who
go around to the auctions and buy up anything that looks like it might fit
in a movie. I've run into them at flea markets and some of the scrap yards.
I've been told by one of them, that there are literally warehouses full of
stuff that looks "sci-fi-ish" - ie, blinking lights. I know of at least two
large CDC sites that were bought at auction just for the tapes and consoles.
Of course, they then add a lot of lights and install the flash and smoke
bombs for the inevitable "computer goes insane and explodes" clich?. One of
their current sources of baubles is:
http://www.apexelectronic.com/
Billy