[LeoPanthera]

Since everyone is now thinking of Star Trek IV:

The computer that Scotty uses in the Plexicorp scene appears to be a Macintosh Plus, but its internals were completely changed for filming. Its screen was replaced with one from an IBM PC to make it easier to synchronize its video refresh rate with the film camera's frame rate, and the "transparent aluminum" animation was created on an IBM PC by computer graphics company Video Image.

At one hour and one minute into the film, when Dr. McCoy hands Scotty the computer's mouse, is one of the few times James Doohan's missing right middle finger is visible in the entire franchise. The finger was shot off during the invasion of Juno Beach on D-Day.

The computer that Scotty uses to show transparent aluminum was originally going to be an Amiga, but Commodore would only give permission if they bought their own. Apple Computer was willing to give them a Mac for free.

[jksmith]

>The computer that Scotty uses to show transparent aluminum was originally going to be an Amiga, but Commodore would only give permission if they bought their own. Apple Computer was willing to give them a Mac for free.

Without knowing all the details, that seems like a dumb move by Commodore. Too bad though that some geeks weren't consulted, since they might have fixed up a Symbolics machine for the scene, which was a movie prop during the 80's.

[LocalH]

Sounds like typical Commodore handling of the Amiga. They bungled the shit out of it.

[bigmattystyles]

I like this scene a lot but my favorite one is McCoy in the hospital, especially the scene in the elevator where he is horrified we’re still using chemotherapy.

[sidpatil]

"Dialysis? What is this, the Dark Ages?"

[jhpaul]

“Doctor gave me a pill, and I grew a new kidney!”

[MattDemers]

>The finger was shot off during the invasion of Juno Beach on D-Day.

By friendly fire, apparently!