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Title: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Dr. SEGA Monkey on March 04, 2010, 09:29:44 pm
I know there was a topic like this on SEGA Nerds, but I feel like bringing it back since I just saw something SEGA-related grace my TV screen. :P

I was just watching "Kitchen Nightmares" tonight, and during the commercial break there was a Hyundai commercial showing some kid playing Crazy Taxi! And it was featured pretty heavily too, which is why it's so surprising! (completely zoomed in on the game!)

Anyway, list other recent SEGA cameos you've seen in TV shows/movies/commercials here.
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: George on March 05, 2010, 01:02:32 am
We should dig up all the old stuff we had and make a mega list again. Fuck, I forgot about it.
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Waffle on March 05, 2010, 05:03:19 am
I saw SEGA on a banana once. Was kind of gay imho.
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Barry the Nomad on March 05, 2010, 07:40:45 am
Here are ones I remember from the old thread (from the top of my head):

Film:
Punch Drunk Love - Barry Egan has a Dreamcast in his apartment
Terminator 2  - After Burner II unit appears in the arcade scene
Black Mask - The games Tracy plays on the Sega Saturn while locked inside Black Mask's apartment are "Virtua Fighter 2" and "X-men: Children of the Atom."
Rumble in the Bronx - Jackie Chan gives wheelchair kid a Game Gear (without a cartridge and yet it plays games! Jackie modded it!)
Jurassic Park: The Lost World - Jeff Goldblum's daughter plays a Game Gear (they call it a Sega)
Surf Ninjas - One of the lead characters is shown playing the Surf Ninjas video game on a Sega Game Gear
Josie and the Pussycats - Sega and Space Channel 5 adverts are all over the place, this was due to Archie Comics connection with Sega and their Sonic series
Suburban Commando - After Burner is incorrectly misrepreseted as some sort of game with kings or wizards or aliens or some shit. Check the Nostalgia Critic's rant in his video review
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videol ... 4-suburban (http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/12184-suburban)

Television
X-Files: "D.P.O." - Virtua Fighter and Sonic the Hedgehog can be seen/heard in the arcade
The Drew Carey Show - Drew has a Sega Saturn on top his TV for much of the series
(http://http://www.defunctgames.com/pic/freezeframe016.jpg)

Music Videos:
No Doubt - Hella Good - JSRF footage features
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtTj4cramPM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtTj4cramPM)
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Dr. SEGA Monkey on March 07, 2010, 07:38:54 pm
Here's the original list and topic from SEGA Nerds:

http://http://seganerds.thekartel.com/go/thread/view/87386/21084750/Lets_Nerd_it_up:_Sega_in_the_media_%28updated:_49%29?pg=1
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Barry the Nomad on March 08, 2010, 03:41:54 pm
Episode 10, Season 4 of Dexter:

(http://http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/38/picture1vp.png)
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: SOUP on May 09, 2010, 12:08:03 am
Just got back from seeing Iron Man 2 for the second time.
Near the beginning there's a monitor in the background that has the SEGA logo on the bottom along with a couple other companies like Kodak.
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Barry the Nomad on May 09, 2010, 12:12:22 am
Guess Sega Studios San Francisco's work was good for something.
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: George on May 09, 2010, 03:22:28 am
I shall have to do some organizing ... >.>.
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Gagaman on May 10, 2010, 03:38:58 pm
A programmer from Sega was on Total Wipeout (BBC one) this Saturday. At one point Richard Hammond commentated "As this guy's company once said 'to be this good take ages'." :P
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Sharky on May 10, 2010, 05:02:04 pm
Quote from: "Gagaman"
A programmer from Sega was on Total Wipeout (BBC one) this Saturday. At one point Richard Hammond commentated "As this guy's company once said 'to be this good take ages'." :P

Ah man, I can't believe I missed this! I love Total Wipeout!

I wonder if it wil be put on youtube.
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Barry the Nomad on May 10, 2010, 05:21:52 pm
I've been wanting to make a video feature collecting all the Sega media references into one YouTube vid.
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Gagaman on May 10, 2010, 05:47:53 pm
Quote from: "Sharky"
Quote from: "Gagaman"
A programmer from Sega was on Total Wipeout (BBC one) this Saturday. At one point Richard Hammond commentated "As this guy's company once said 'to be this good take ages'." :P

Ah man, I can't believe I missed this! I love Total Wipeout!

I wonder if it wil be put on youtube.
I watched it on iplayer just as I posted that, it's still up on there if you wanna catch it. I think I misheard at the beginning though: the guy was a Sega marketing man rather than a programmer. He did mange to make it to the final though, so he'll be in this Saturdays episode too (the final...final).
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Sharky on May 10, 2010, 08:03:00 pm
awesome!
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Dr. SEGA Monkey on May 11, 2010, 08:55:39 am
Here is that commercial I mentioned in the first post:

[youtube:3agygrpf]5pdmBBFXksk[/youtube:3agygrpf]

Really recent commercial too. Which is why it's so surprising.
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Barry the Nomad on May 11, 2010, 09:06:36 am
Yeesh! He sucks at Crazy Taxi!

WHat was that car commercial in which the car changes into other cars includign a pixelated OutRun Ferrari?
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Sharky on May 11, 2010, 05:49:34 pm
Wait... you yanks pronounce 'Hyundai' as 'Hunday'... What the fuck is this shit.
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: George on May 11, 2010, 10:30:27 pm
Yes. The way it is pronounced.

Stop adding U's to it.
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Sega Uranus on May 11, 2010, 10:43:23 pm
Quote from: "Barry the Nomad"
Yeesh! He sucks at Crazy Taxi!

The kid was playing it in the most reckless-looking way possible because the commercial is about worrying about young drivers on the streets, obviously.
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Sharky on May 11, 2010, 10:49:25 pm
Quote from: "George"
Yes. The way it is pronounced.

Stop adding U's to it.
But there is a U in the word?

It is pronounced,
'Hy-un-dai' exactly how it is spelt!
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: ribbitking17 on May 11, 2010, 11:29:56 pm
Dont argue with the USA
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Orta on May 12, 2010, 04:56:05 am
Sharky stands correct. Don't argue with Sharky.
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Pao on May 12, 2010, 07:17:13 am
I pronounce it "Hey-win-die"

On-topic:
The anime, Gintama is full of SEGA references, at one point, they talked about the Genesis and how it's rare to find people in Japan with the Genesis compared to the SuperFamicom, they also talked about Altered Beast.

There was another episode where they made fun of Console wars and mentioned Shenmue and how much its fans been waiting.
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: George on May 12, 2010, 08:06:19 am
Seriously need to archive this stuff in a neat list. When I have free time I will make a cute list that will make all of you jealous...

Hopefully not too much
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Barry the Nomad on May 12, 2010, 08:33:37 am
Make me jealous George!
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: Centrale on September 28, 2010, 02:22:24 am
I was watching a Bollywood film this evening, "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge," and in one of the first scenes, a teenage daughter is talking with her mother.  There's a box of Sonic the Cereal in the foreground on the table.  The film is available for instant streaming on Netflix.
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: CosmicCastaway on September 28, 2010, 04:33:27 pm
I got two I haven't seen on here yet.

CSI-Season 1- Episode 1: Nick Stokes and Warrick Brown talk about the Sega Dreamcast and playing some sports games on it.

Happy-Go-Lucky(film): Suzy asks Jamie what games he has for his PS3 and he responds "We got Sonic the Hedgehog, Splinter Cell..."
Title: Re: SEGA in the media. Version 2.0
Post by: kozmo on September 10, 2012, 09:28:02 am
Seriously? 2 years and no-ones got any new ones?

Well this isn't really a new one, since this movie came out 10 years ago, but i only saw it yesterday, so its new to me. It's the swedish movie Lilja 4-ever, and it has a scene set in an arcade. The characters are shown playing Sega Touring Car Championship, and if you look in the background there's a Manx TT Superbike machine. Can't embed the video, so here's a link to a clip of it. Skip to 1:57

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkSkmTO_uNg