tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972588591329925648.post2014429502428029690..comments2023-10-20T04:42:12.175-07:00Comments on Magnum P.I. Set Decorator: Set decorating then vs. set decorating now....opinionsMagnum Decoratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03148857678317907267noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972588591329925648.post-70682843599459011082009-05-30T12:40:18.257-07:002009-05-30T12:40:18.257-07:00I have to agree with you. No home has all items fr...I have to agree with you. No home has all items from just one year or one decade. Homes, real homes, even office buildings, all have items that were made and bought in different years or decades. <br /><br />It's a shame that set and all the work put into it was not used on the television show. It looks great!Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12088169276440895113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972588591329925648.post-44101564182651855242009-03-01T12:53:00.000-08:002009-03-01T12:53:00.000-08:00Yes,I do have some things related to the show I ho...Yes,I do have some things related to the show I hope to list on ebay. Tomorrow is the 10th month anniversary of unemployment so I will be listing soon! What better place to advertise than here on this blog? At least mine will be legitimate and not some monkey pod nut dish that claims to be.Magnum Decoratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148857678317907267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972588591329925648.post-52361381787416704522009-03-01T09:54:00.000-08:002009-03-01T09:54:00.000-08:00Hi Rick -In an earlier post, you mentioned that yo...Hi Rick -<BR/><BR/>In an earlier post, you mentioned that you're going to be selling some Magnum items on Ebay.<BR/><BR/>Can you please post your Ebay username so I can have Ebay alert me to when you put items up for auction? I'm very interested in your Magnum items.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972588591329925648.post-32319321206925642009-02-26T12:23:00.000-08:002009-02-26T12:23:00.000-08:00I have to agree. Magnum was a quality show and, w...I have to agree. Magnum was a quality show and, while it may be a bit "naive" by today's standards, it does still holdup.<BR/><BR/>As to the quality of the picture on TV today, I always have to laugh at "feature" decorators who look down on "TV" decorators. Film screens have gotten smaller and TV screens have gotten much bigger.<BR/><BR/>Wow, thanks Private Investigator for your wonderful comments! (Mom, is that you??)Magnum Decoratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148857678317907267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972588591329925648.post-11695783903710747592009-02-26T01:09:00.000-08:002009-02-26T01:09:00.000-08:00One more thing I love about this blog is the very ...One more thing I love about this blog is the very fine level of detail you go into about the history of your job and which things drive specific decisions in the set dressing etc.<BR/><BR/>I guess one factor is the better picture quality of today's TV sets for example. Where in first reruns of "Bonanza" for example never noticed the fake walls etc. on the old, smaller TV sets today with digital TV sources and larger screens are very obvious. I think the same is true for "modern" shows where they require a higher level of detail due to the fact we can just "see more" these days.<BR/><BR/>But Magnum never looks "old" or "cheap" in comparison to other 80s shows IMHOMarcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02383330899990240753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972588591329925648.post-84817295435910947242009-02-25T18:20:00.000-08:002009-02-25T18:20:00.000-08:00Mahalo!I've posted once as anonymous but was too l...Mahalo!<BR/><BR/>I've posted once as anonymous but was too lazy to register, until now.<BR/><BR/>I appreciate your efforts and I also think that more people read this blog than you know. Besides that, people will come to this blog over time, even if you stop posting. So, post to your hearts content and know that it is work that others cherish. At least until you really have reasons of your own to stop.<BR/><BR/>Until then, please continue to share with so many grasshoppers!Private Investigator!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18106335652099870813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972588591329925648.post-4255651486633693112009-02-25T12:05:00.000-08:002009-02-25T12:05:00.000-08:00I guess to some degree what we are somewhat manipu...I guess to some degree what we are somewhat manipulated by what we see, when we see it, and how we see it. I'm not a media conspiracy theorist, but popular trends do dictate much of television. "Popular" as in what the masses do watch which then translates into advertising dollars which ultimately IS commercial television. I know I've said this before, but TV shows really are the filler between commercials. Popularity determines the show's ratings. Ratings determine what the show can charge for commercial advertising time. Advertising income (combined with syndication plus seasonal DVD sales) is why we have television, what we watch and how long the show is runs--13 episodes or 13 years. Just another fact of life.<BR/><BR/>As far as moral and violence ratings, American television is more violent than European and theirs more "liberal" than American. As the world becomes smaller with our communication abilities, these differences become smaller as well. Historically, attempts to regulate morality, content, or taste, ultimately seem to fail. I don't think it's the end of civilization, it's just that times do change. There is a quote (I can't remember who or exactly what it said) but it was basically about the decline of morality in our children "today." The "today" was something like 400 B.C. in Greece and we are still here and still declining in some opinions. Ok, let's not start going in THAT direction with this blog!<BR/><BR/>It's a beautiful day here in paradise...........<BR/><BR/>Aloha, Rick<BR/><BR/>P.S. Thanks again for the positive comments!Magnum Decoratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148857678317907267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972588591329925648.post-23990807678438626582009-02-24T20:21:00.000-08:002009-02-24T20:21:00.000-08:00Nice post Rick, lots of good things said.The "MTV ...Nice post Rick, lots of good things said.<BR/><BR/>The "MTV style of camera / editing" etc. you mentioned is one reason I don't watch much television anymore. I feel that it controls the way a viewer can experience a show - it's almost aggressive - and it makes me wonder if they're afraid I'd be bored if they didn't use their whole bag of tricks in the attempt to put me into a trance. It could be called the Dictator style of television making.<BR/><BR/>It's interesting about the real life tenement building being used on stage, that was original thinking. This is somewhat related... just by coincidence, today I saw a Turner Classic Movies documentary called "Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood". Leonard Maltin made the comment that after the Production Code was enforced in 1934, slums for instance were cleaner slums. They weren't nearly as realistic as before 1934. The people in charge of the code didn't want movie-goers to be rolling around in the gutters. Or perhaps thought movie-goers themselves didn't want that, although it had worked pretty well up to that time. Either way, maybe there were set decorators back then complaining that they couldn't make sets the way they wanted to!rubber chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05080706577449157526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972588591329925648.post-23379304795874294312009-02-24T17:27:00.000-08:002009-02-24T17:27:00.000-08:00Hi Rick,it's so great to see you're keeping up wit...Hi Rick,<BR/>it's so great to see you're keeping up with the blog. A rare insider's glimpse of the mechanics of television production. Am I correct in thinking these photos are from the "LOST" set? I admit that I've never seen the show, but the walls look a lot like the interior shots of Omega Station. Anyway, I'm quite sure that in the days of Magnum, people didn't give much thought to every milimeter of tape being studied for an eternity from the DVDs. Muchless having whole websites dedicated to discussing the shows, flubs and all. A classic example of the period sets you mentioned is "That 70's Show" which it seemed had mostly items from the 70s in the sets. They did however slip in some items from current times. Most notably food wrappers, and paint cans etc. Did the advent of DVDs and internet forums change the way set dressing, and continuity in general are addressed? <BR/>Thanks again for the blog. <BR/>Mike (N1095A)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com