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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:01 pm    Post subject: BR Money - A Hypothesis Reply with quote

The observation:



Those are cropped frames from when Deckard is buying the bottle of Tsing Tao. They have been enhanced in Photoshop.

The hypothesis:



The argument for:




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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll buy into it.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think Nick already busted this on the RPF...too bad I was about to buy it too. I was about to watch the movie again too. I may still do that when I have time. I am spending too much time rebuilding my computer and working for my Boss while he is in Peru.

About the money though it appears to be background seen through his arm. The money is crumpled up and mostly not seen in frame.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:31 pm    Post subject: $ Reply with quote

looks great ....covincing argument as far as I am concerned,Are ya gonna make this money and offer it ?.....
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, I think Nick's right...

Not that this isn't something anyone with Photoshop could do quite easily...


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Where were those screen shots taken from? All the widescreen versions do not show him holding the money at all. I know the origional DC had the pan and scan version on the flip side. I don't have a copy of that to review. I do think Nick is right by how the supposed money stays put while his arm seems to move and his hand still seems to be holding something else. I just wish I could see it in the context of the moving film.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, that certainly looks "enhanced" alright! Wink

I thought it was confirmed by one of the prop guys that the chinese paper money was used for the film. But the bills had a dingy look to them.

I'm probably just spreading false information!! Ignore me!!
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As far as I know, the only reason anyone thinks it's Chinese money is beacuse of Phil's project.

I'm open to any independent information.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree.
Having real info from the person that made the actual prop or someone that actually worked on the film is the only way to confirm this.

Besides, as I had pointed out to ELTEE some time back, all the magazines in the backgounds still have USD on them.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So now that we have the information thanks to spinner, has anyone found any interesting cookie tisue wrapers?
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is that a modern Chinese 5 Yuan note?
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I found a source for good images of what People's Republic of China money looks like:

http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Money/China-PRC-money-choices.html

This page has some interesting Hong Kong bank notes, along with some other odd bank notes that might look interesting in one's BR wallet. Nansha Islands special Yuan notes, anyone?

http://www.joelscoins.com/catpm.htm
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And even cooler...modern Japanese bills. I think that's what I might put in my neck-hanging ID wallet. I can just go down to Little Tokyo and change 20 or 30 bucks for the purpose.

http://www.boj.or.jp/en/type/release/zuiji/kako03/bnnew3.htm

It might not be screen-accurate, but it's accurate in spirit, I think.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think you missed the discovery from the other thread MSGeek... we are talking about finding cookie wrappers.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BeastMaster, I tried a few quick Google image searches – didn't get anywhere.

Ms. Geek, that's correct. Back when we all thought they were Chinese money. You can get those bills on eBay for quite cheap.

Here's another resource for images of money: http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/notedir/mappage.html


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PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cool site SSB!

Yeah my google search didn't turn up anything. looks like I might have to take a trip down chinatown and shop around.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What about the post in another thread from spinner44, about one of the designers saying the money being made from tissue paper?

Makes me wonder.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"[T]he money was made by using a tissue type wrapper off of a cookie."

That's Art Shipee's quote, from Spinner.44.

... Other than going to the local asian groceries and buying every cookie they have, I have no idea how to approach this ...

... One could always substitute some joss paper or hell money for the currency, for the time being.


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've looked at all kinds of asian wrappers(wasn't sure it was Japanese),there actually are collectors....but didn't see cookie wrappers.I also didn't see anything that looked like currency of any kind.Google search it you will come up with interesting stuff(Japanese wrappers/wrapper collections/Chinese wrappers are things I searched)
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