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Examples of blatant, unironical advertising in pop culture
- Thread starter AnansiThePersona
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I normally dont care about or even notice product placement but this scene was just..
Just like that similarly terrible scene in World War Z.
Just like that similarly terrible scene in World War Z.
I haven't read the whole thread but Modern Family with Apple, fuck me it's annoying.
They've dedicated whole episodes and plot points to Apple products and services.
They've dedicated whole episodes and plot points to Apple products and services.
Remember in that Jumanji sequel where the main nerdy kid has like several posters of the same PS4 games (mostly Uncharted 4 and Last Guardian) placed around his room? Also then cut to popular social girl using her Sony Ericsson.
Watch Netflix's Rim of the World.
It has a 2 minute ad for Addidas in the middle of the movie for no reason at all. And the kids have the clothes for the entire last 3rd of the movie.
It has a 2 minute ad for Addidas in the middle of the movie for no reason at all. And the kids have the clothes for the entire last 3rd of the movie.
I think it was in that show "Flashforward" or sth, one of those trying to ride the Lost popularity wave, that they showed more than once a kid playing Heavenly sword. Of course he wasn't fucking playing, it was a video. It's pain when they show somebody "playing" and they are not btw
This one in particular is pretty ironic I feel. It's an ad for a monumentally failed coke that lasted a few months and the only person there who likes it is Lucas. Everyone else is looking at him like he's insane.
Which might have been funny if they weren't also selling a limited-run of New Coke on their site to tie into the show.
I recall that the first Iron Man movie had a super awkward product placement for some car right in the middle of the final fight between Iron Man and the villain. The segment had a completely different cinematic look and feel than the surrounding scene which made it so extremely blatant and jarring.
Is it really a good idea to have an extremely overweight guy advertise your product? To me, this screams "don't eat at Subway if you don't want to become like him!".
The new Queer Eye season has some pretty obvious product placement at times even beyond the stores and the like that are featured. I don't think it ever feels out of place, I just noticed it more than I normally do this go round. I'm so sad we've already watched it all. :*(
In Season 2 of Designated Survivor, there's a moment where Maggie Q and her FBI boss are heading back to her car. They stop like 20 feet away.
She pulls out her phone and they zoom in on the Ford App which she uses to remote-start her car. Then they show the front of the car as it starts up and headlights turn on. Then they walk over to it and get in.
Like, it would have been a lot faster if you had just gotten in the damn car.
She pulls out her phone and they zoom in on the Ford App which she uses to remote-start her car. Then they show the front of the car as it starts up and headlights turn on. Then they walk over to it and get in.
Like, it would have been a lot faster if you had just gotten in the damn car.
Wasn't there a game where the health stations were soda vending machines? Ballz, or something like that? (edit: Run Like Hell and Bawls!)
I happened to catch a few minutes of Jack & Jill and it was a scene littered with product placement. I thought it was a joke a la Wayne's World, but no, just straight product whoring.
I happened to catch a few minutes of Jack & Jill and it was a scene littered with product placement. I thought it was a joke a la Wayne's World, but no, just straight product whoring.
What I'm here to say. Product placement in itself is eh fine but that scene had the thematic consistency of a Grammarly ad on YouTube
Bones was really bad about their product placement with Toyota (and in general). The last straw was when Booth and Bones were driving someplace and had a whole conversation about how street parking was tough in DC- but not with the new Toyota Camry and its backup camera and parking assist. Bones then proceeds to let the car park while she narrates and Booth chimes in with "wows" and grunts of approval. I didn't make it too much further with the show after that.
Another weird one from Final Fantasy XV that is a bit less obvious but still just as weird:
Half the places I go to don't accept American Express but you're saying they accept it at gas stations in Eos?
Half the places I go to don't accept American Express but you're saying they accept it at gas stations in Eos?
Does the Wizard count, though? That was basically a Nintendo movie. They didn't "get away with it."
Somewhat tangential, but I still find it amazing how much advertising 2K puts into their NBA games. It's all related (well, except for Reeses Puffs) but they have people spending VC on shoes that you can barely see.
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Another weird one from Final Fantasy XV that is a bit less obvious but still just as weird:
Half the places I go to don't accept American Express but you're saying they accept it at gas stations in Eos?
American Express advertises a TON in the UK, but I don't think I've ever been to a single place that accepts it lol
Sopranos and gobble-ghoul. They never shouted out a brand but I never heard of this meat before the show and spent money trying it twice to see what Tony and them were raving about.
Oh shit I remember this. It looked bad on release and looks bad now.
That movie was horrible.
It can be done well. Sometimes there's a point in showing a closeup of a phone because something is happening on it, the only problem is phones all look the same now so they have to make a point of showing the logo. And I don't mind characters like Tony Stark or Bruce Wayne driving around in sports cars (the Murcielago was a stroke of genius) if they don't have a "low angle-car drives up to a perfect five second view of the front" shot. But anytime a character takes their time discussing a product - fuck that.
I think that's subconciously why most of my favourite movies are fantasy and/or animated. It's pretty damn hard to fit an ad in Lord of the Rings or Princess Mononoke. I don't think Cameron films generally have them either?
I think that's subconciously why most of my favourite movies are fantasy and/or animated. It's pretty damn hard to fit an ad in Lord of the Rings or Princess Mononoke. I don't think Cameron films generally have them either?
I remember on the Terminator 2 laserdisc that this chapter was called "Pepsi time"
I'm conflicted on this one. It's definitely ironically used but its unironic in its usage if that makes sense?
Like, "we need to show these cars off this episode so why not do it in the most insanely obvious way possible that we can use as a cold opening and then get on with the show"
Like, "we need to show these cars off this episode so why not do it in the most insanely obvious way possible that we can use as a cold opening and then get on with the show"
I don't mind stuff like the Subway insertions in Community or (especially) Chuck, as they generally make a joke out of it or do something silly, like Jeff's party sub eating contest.
Being Erica is a barely known little show and basically beyond obscure at this point, but the later season scene with the Ford test drive and auto-park demonstration was a literal commercial in the show, with no attempt to do anything to lighten it up or disguise it. It was gross.
Being Erica is a barely known little show and basically beyond obscure at this point, but the later season scene with the Ford test drive and auto-park demonstration was a literal commercial in the show, with no attempt to do anything to lighten it up or disguise it. It was gross.
Do you know what episode that's from? I binged the show last year and sorta' remember this. Looks like it was from season 4?
I don't remember which episode, to be honest - it's been a while since I've seen the show. It's also kind of sad one of my most memorable scenes was a bad Ford commercial.
I confess my main motivation to watch the show was a continued crush on Erin Karpluk that I developed when I met her at my university.
Oh right, I forgot about that, it's been a while! Well I guess someone in the Empire invented Pizza Hut, it's all good.
Blatant advertisement for Head & Shoulders
Good movie just for shits and giggles tho, since they shove a firetruck up a giant alien's ass among other things
Edit: Found the clip
I like how the signs are pointing the wrong way (they would be backwards for anyone outside of the building, which is who those signs are SUPPOSED to be for).I know, intentional, but still
It really is a nice little background touch. That show really rewards background watchers.
Somebody mentioned Microsoft, so let me One-up that.
One of the recent Ghost in the Shell anime movies had a Microsoft Surface tie in.
One of the recent Ghost in the Shell anime movies had a Microsoft Surface tie in.
Was going to post this. It seemed like E.T. was the grandfather of modern product placement. Once it did that, it seemed to open the floodgates for that symbiotic relationship between movies and advertising, and the possibilities exploded from there.
I think the difference is that Spielberg arrived at the idea organically and needed some candy that he could use to leave leave a trail without getting Elliot's hands filthy with chocolate in the process of leaving it. I think that is why it worked so well here, rather than when they have to force a product into a production because of a contractual obligation agreed to prior to production by everyone but the actual storyteller.