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Re: B&O placement; fun for a change

whitefang — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:52:55 GMT

I'll have to watch more "Smallville".

I'm relieved to hear no "real" Beocenter is destroyed in "Christmas Vacation". I organize my movies by genre and alphabetically, so now I can take that one out of "Horror", and back in "Holiday".

Whitefang

Re: B&O placement; fun for a change

Steffen — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:22:08 GMT

In the series "Smallville" there's a lot of B&O. I've seen: BeoSound Ouverture, BS 4, BS 9000, Beolab 1, BL 8000 + some BeoCom's.

The 4500 system in "Christmas Vacation" is luckily not destroyed in real life. I've watched it on DVD and set it on "still" after the System blows up. I can tell you that the debris is not from a 4500 system. It's just some mirror-splinters, plastic pieces and some electronic parts (looks like a piece of a PC-motherboard). As we all know the top of the 4500 system is aluminum-plates, and they will not splinter like a mirror.

Steffen

Re: B&O placement; fun for a change

Dave — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:18:00 GMT

whitefang:

1. In that movie(title forgotten) where Brendan Fraser is locked in a '60's bomb shelter for 40 years, he winds up in the house Alicia Silverstone stays at which shows a pair of Beolab 6000 speakers. They don't show and system they might be hooked up to.

"Blast from the Past" - was in fact BL8000 with a BS9000 laying flat on a bench... i saw this film a couple of months ago, and remember the scene of him putting his ear up to the speakers being fascinated by the advance in technology since he'd been in the bomb shelter.

I too suffer from blurting out as soon as i spot anything B&O on TV/movies... nobody seems to get it, which is a right shame - i'm sure you can all relate to that feeling!! :( I just appear to be a bit of an obsessive haha! Oh well don't care, i love B&O :)

Re: B&O placement; fun for a change

soundproof — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:53:35 GMT

We should do as good a job as this. http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles_make-SAAB.html?PHPSESSID=ff33c7e478ae45b0b780f12026755a4a

Breakdown by model of which SAAB cars have been in which movies ... SAAB cars have been used since forever to portray individualism, sophistication, going it alone, doing my own thing. You'd be amazed to see the number of film stars who have stuck with the brand, through various movies - and all for free, because they liked what the brand said about them. Much more frequent appearances before, not as common today - though what's fun is that they'll be using old models. Consider Sideways, for instance.

Whitefang is right, there's a reason why B&O keeps popping up in movies. Yesterday I learned, from The Jarman Brothers' Book (sounds like a band - The Jarman Brothers, they must have heard that before) - anyway, I learned that Beolab 5/Beomaster 5 was used by Kubrick in Clockwork Orange because of their futuristic look. Guess that's why Steven Spielberg used the A8-in-ear in Minority Report.

Ari in Entourage has a crush on B&O, and there are oodles of other references. I've been told that sales of BL5s went up after Dark Knight premiered!

Re: B&O placement; fun for a change

whitefang — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:44:10 GMT

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to BORE any of you with this thread. Just trying to contribute SOMEthing.

But isn't it funny that when a movie or TV show wants to portray an air of class, style or taste, they throw in some kind of Bang & Olufsen product?

And thanks for the link to the old thread. Should have guessed this topic was done before. I have DVDs of a few of the films mentioned, and will keep a sharper eye.

Whitefang

Re: B&O placement; fun for a change

Nickyg63 — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:35:07 GMT

I often shreak at the tv when I spot B&O products! Did anyone spot a few in the apprentice?

Re: B&O placement; fun for a change

tournedos — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:44:04 GMT

Here's an old thread, which almost immediately refers to an older thread

Re: B&O placement; fun for a change

Opman — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:32:37 GMT

In many episodes of Friends, you can see an Ouverture/Lab2500 system at the back of the apartment. Then in a plot line where Monica was dating a business mogul, his office was very well furnished with Bang & Olufsen, including BeoSound9000.

Apologies if this duplicates any posts in the thread that Peter mentioned. I didn't see that thread. I get lots of stick from the family if we are watching a programme/movie and I spot Bang & Olufsen products.

The "I should be so lucky" video by Kylie also featured a pair Penta speakers as well as the BeoCentre2200 Peter.

The store in Liverpool, loaned BeoSound9000, Lab8000's, Beo4 and BeoCom2 to the production company who make Hollyoaks for Channel4. The BeoCom2 ring tone was recorded by their sound engineers and featured in the plot line of last Christmas' special which was filmed at Knowsley Hall on Merseyside.

Opman

Re: B&O placement; fun for a change

Peter — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:23:15 GMT

There was a thread on this somewhere but I cannot find it. Products vary from a Beocenter 2200 in a Kylie Minogue video to an Ouverture in a version of the Simpsons!

B&O placement; fun for a change

whitefang — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:02:09 GMT

This may seem like a silly game to some, but let's rack our brain and pass the time.

I noticed over the years, that B&O components have showed up as "props" or "product placement" in a few movies and TV shows. Have any of you? My examples are:

1. In that movie(title forgotten) where Brendan Fraser is locked in a '60's bomb shelter for 40 years, he winds up in the house Alicia Silverstone stays at which shows a pair of Beolab 6000 speakers. They don't show and system they might be hooked up to.

2. In an episode of "Willand Grace", guest Kevin Bacon is staying in a house that shows a Beosound 9000 propped up on the fireplace mantle. No loudspeakers are shown.

And the horrifying Third example...

3. In Chevy Chase's "Christmas Vacation", A spear of ice from his gutter flies into his next door neighbor's window completely destroying what looks like a Beosystem 4500! (SOB!) I said "looks like". You know me!;)

Have any of you spotted any other examples?

Whitefang