TV shows & movies with bonsai in them?

[JudyB]

Just watched the Christmas classic Die Hard and this was in Takagi's office when they break into the vault

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Yeh those are pretty bad, but they are visible. The ones in blade runner are pretty ugly too….

 

[NaoTK]

All these "indoor bonsai" examples are seen by millions and only further the bad information. I'm looking forward to a proper presentation of bonsai in popular media.

 

[plant_dr]

Just watched the Christmas classic Die Hard and this was in Takagi's office when they break into the vault

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I noticed that the other day too..

 

[Wulfskaar]

I noticed that the other day too..

Same here!

 

[Lorax7]

All these "indoor bonsai" examples are seen by millions and only further the bad information. I'm looking forward to a proper presentation of bonsai in popular media.

Of course, it’s a part of traditional Japanese culture to display bonsai in an tokonoma indoors for a brief period of a few days before taking the bonsai back outdoors where it belongs and swapping it for a different one.

The problem is that Westerners assume they’re just kept there all the time. Folks don’t realize it’s more like displaying cut flowers, where the display is a very temporary thing, not a permanent fixture.

 

[Tidal Bonsai]

Watching SpongeBob with the kids, I saw another one, lol!




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[Wulfskaar]

Watching SpongeBob with the kids, I saw another one, lol!

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Squidward seems like he'd be a bonsai guy.

 

[Hartinez]

Christmas classic Die Hard

bingo. Discussion over.

 

[NaoTK]

I feel the same way, Simpsons, the same way...

 

[Ruddigger]

New episode of Severance.

 

[Ruddigger]

New episode of Severance.

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And also a drawer full of bonsai supplies.

 

[NMbonsai]

Early in the first Dune movie, a slow panning shot inside the Aretrides home (palace?) catches a large conifer bonsai in the background, with characters talking in the foreground.

 

[pandacular]

And also a drawer full of bonsai supplies.
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I geeked hard when I saw this. Honestly made me feel like someone on the production really cares about bonsai, which is cool to get accurate representation in media outside of Japanese period pieces.

I wonder if anyone recognizes the tree. Looks like a ponderosa but I didn’t get the greatest look, and they block screenshots.

 

[pandacular]

All these "indoor bonsai" examples are seen by millions and only further the bad information. I'm looking forward to a proper presentation of bonsai in popular media.

I agree to an extent, but I think if it’s shown in a roughly display way, it can make sense. Die Hard has large trees scattered all around a huge office, so it looks silly, but if you see the Severance example above where it’s a single (and importantly, pretty good) tree indoors, it isn’t the same as it is conceivable as a temporary indoor display. This is an especially good example as it shows the tools, implying the care involved, and it seems to fit the context of the show/character.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

If you don’t have a velvet cutout in your tool drawer for cut paste, you ain’t serious about this stuff.

 

[Ruddigger]

I wonder if anyone recognizes the tree. Looks like a ponderosa but I didn’t get the greatest look, and they block screenshots.

Pretty sure its a JBP.

 

[pandacular]

If you don’t have a velvet cutout in your tool drawer for cut paste, you ain’t serious about this stuff.

make sure it’s cheap amazon shit in the toothpaste tube too

 

[Srt8madness]

New episode of Severance.

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Literally just saw this episode and jumped on to post. Nice to see a "real" bonsai on TV, a very nice JBP at that!

 

[pandacular]

I actually rewatched the season 1 finale of Severance, and there’s a brief shot of a procumbens whip inside under a growlight. Making up for past mistakes!