30-10-2011, 05:25 PM
Hej didriksmidt
lad os endelig blive i "periferien af topic"
- Billedet stammer ganske korrekt fra filmen "Minority Report" og er velegnet til at "tænde X-33 ejere fuldstændigt af"....
.... hvilket Omega osse gjorde, jfr. historien citeret fra Ryan Rooney's glimrende artikel om X-33
The Omega Speedmaster Professional X-33 also had a famously uncredited (and unpaid!) cameo product placement role in the 2002 movie "Minority Report" starring Tom Cruise and directed by Steven Spielberg.
Several important plot points hang upon countdown timing from protagonist Chief John Anderton’s wristwatch and apparently the producers wanted an especially futuristic-looking watch for the conspicuous role.
The existing Gen 1 X-33 (the Gen 2 version had been released by the time of the premiere but the Gen 1 was the most easily available during production) was of course a logical basis with its already very modern-looking appearance, especially if it were to be even further enhanced with CGI special effects.
However, for reasons that are still not well established the watch was modified to appear as if it were a Bulgari product.
Perhaps Bulgari simply won a product placement bid or perhaps Omega was simply never consulted about the modification.
Or perhaps Omega would not agree to the CGI modification of their product, preferring instead to publicize an actual retail model vs. a fictitious watch consumers could not purchase in stores.
In any case Bulgari seems to have been entirely willing to go along with the deal and in the final production “Bulgari” was CGI-printed on the modified dial display.
It was later rumored that Omega/Swatch Group sued the studio over the transgression. While the outcome was never publicized the matter was likely quietly settled behind closed doors.
Here we can see Minority Report’s “Bulgari X-33”. It’s very clearly an Omega X-33 and yet "BVLGARI" features quite proudly on the dial:
På et senere tidspunkt i filmen, vises uret uden "maskering". - (Den fordømte fotoredigering kan jo glippe )
... egentligt er jeg ganske tilfreds med det nuværende skive layout på min X-33
Med venlig hilsen - Geodoc
lad os endelig blive i "periferien af topic"
- Billedet stammer ganske korrekt fra filmen "Minority Report" og er velegnet til at "tænde X-33 ejere fuldstændigt af"....
.... hvilket Omega osse gjorde, jfr. historien citeret fra Ryan Rooney's glimrende artikel om X-33
The Omega Speedmaster Professional X-33 also had a famously uncredited (and unpaid!) cameo product placement role in the 2002 movie "Minority Report" starring Tom Cruise and directed by Steven Spielberg.
Several important plot points hang upon countdown timing from protagonist Chief John Anderton’s wristwatch and apparently the producers wanted an especially futuristic-looking watch for the conspicuous role.
The existing Gen 1 X-33 (the Gen 2 version had been released by the time of the premiere but the Gen 1 was the most easily available during production) was of course a logical basis with its already very modern-looking appearance, especially if it were to be even further enhanced with CGI special effects.
However, for reasons that are still not well established the watch was modified to appear as if it were a Bulgari product.
Perhaps Bulgari simply won a product placement bid or perhaps Omega was simply never consulted about the modification.
Or perhaps Omega would not agree to the CGI modification of their product, preferring instead to publicize an actual retail model vs. a fictitious watch consumers could not purchase in stores.
In any case Bulgari seems to have been entirely willing to go along with the deal and in the final production “Bulgari” was CGI-printed on the modified dial display.
It was later rumored that Omega/Swatch Group sued the studio over the transgression. While the outcome was never publicized the matter was likely quietly settled behind closed doors.
Here we can see Minority Report’s “Bulgari X-33”. It’s very clearly an Omega X-33 and yet "BVLGARI" features quite proudly on the dial:
På et senere tidspunkt i filmen, vises uret uden "maskering". - (Den fordømte fotoredigering kan jo glippe )
... egentligt er jeg ganske tilfreds med det nuværende skive layout på min X-33
Med venlig hilsen - Geodoc