Comments on: Product Placement http://weblog.probablynot.com/2007/08/23/product-placement/ -emptying my brain onto the internet since 1998... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:34:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: kevin tupy http://weblog.probablynot.com/2007/08/23/product-placement/comment-page-1/#comment-67335 kevin tupy Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:30:27 +0000 http://weblog.probablynot.com/2007/08/23/product-placement/#comment-67335 I too watched that stupid episode of Flash Gordon. I saw the snifferbot.com reference and immediately bought the domain name. Anybody want it? Yeah...enough said. I too watched that stupid episode of Flash Gordon. I saw the snifferbot.com reference and immediately bought the domain name. Anybody want it? Yeah…enough said.

]]> By: Corvus http://weblog.probablynot.com/2007/08/23/product-placement/comment-page-1/#comment-40498 Corvus Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:39:33 +0000 http://weblog.probablynot.com/2007/08/23/product-placement/#comment-40498 Yeah, I'm a nation of one. Well, two--my wife is similarly sensitive. I suspect that most people as bothered by it as I am don't expose themselves to much media. Yeah, I’m a nation of one. Well, two–my wife is similarly sensitive.

I suspect that most people as bothered by it as I am don’t expose themselves to much media.

]]> By: jason http://weblog.probablynot.com/2007/08/23/product-placement/comment-page-1/#comment-40496 jason Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:11:19 +0000 http://weblog.probablynot.com/2007/08/23/product-placement/#comment-40496 Wow. I couldn't imagine being that sensitive to it. I would suspect you are in a very small minority though. Heck, I think even I'm in a minority because most people I've talked to don't seem to mind the totally overt advertising. Wow. I couldn’t imagine being that sensitive to it. I would suspect you are in a very small minority though. Heck, I think even I’m in a minority because most people I’ve talked to don’t seem to mind the totally overt advertising.

]]> By: Corvus http://weblog.probablynot.com/2007/08/23/product-placement/comment-page-1/#comment-40494 Corvus Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:03:07 +0000 http://weblog.probablynot.com/2007/08/23/product-placement/#comment-40494 No, I've become so hypersensitive to pervasive advertising that a character simply holding a Coke, label-out-or-no, is enough to scrape across the surface of my consciousness in a distracting fashion. Even if I clearly see an automobile name or emblem, I am similarly distracted. I cut filmmakers more slack there, though. I figure it's highly impractical to whip up mock cars. No, I’ve become so hypersensitive to pervasive advertising that a character simply holding a Coke, label-out-or-no, is enough to scrape across the surface of my consciousness in a distracting fashion.

Even if I clearly see an automobile name or emblem, I am similarly distracted. I cut filmmakers more slack there, though. I figure it’s highly impractical to whip up mock cars.

]]> By: jason http://weblog.probablynot.com/2007/08/23/product-placement/comment-page-1/#comment-40488 jason Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:48:06 +0000 http://weblog.probablynot.com/2007/08/23/product-placement/#comment-40488 I think you are distracted by the focus on pointless inclusion, not the inclusion itself. A guy drinking a Coke wouldn't distract you... but when he awkwardly holds the Coke to maximize label presentation, it is distracting. I'd rather they just use real products the way people use real products. I drink a Coke, I don't turn my body and display the label as I drink a Coke. People recognize the can's colors, they don't need to see the words to know its a Coke. I think you are distracted by the focus on pointless inclusion, not the inclusion itself. A guy drinking a Coke wouldn’t distract you… but when he awkwardly holds the Coke to maximize label presentation, it is distracting. I’d rather they just use real products the way people use real products. I drink a Coke, I don’t turn my body and display the label as I drink a Coke. People recognize the can’s colors, they don’t need to see the words to know its a Coke.

]]> By: Corvus http://weblog.probablynot.com/2007/08/23/product-placement/comment-page-1/#comment-40483 Corvus Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:16:09 +0000 http://weblog.probablynot.com/2007/08/23/product-placement/#comment-40483 That line is different for different people. Pointless inclusion of real brands in a show distract me from the entertainment of the show and remind me I'm actually watching a brainwashing tool proven quite useful in producing generation after generation of loyal consumers. I'd rather character's use fictional brands. If I want to be sold to in everything I do, I'll leave the house and drive around for a bit. That line is different for different people. Pointless inclusion of real brands in a show distract me from the entertainment of the show and remind me I’m actually watching a brainwashing tool proven quite useful in producing generation after generation of loyal consumers.

I’d rather character’s use fictional brands. If I want to be sold to in everything I do, I’ll leave the house and drive around for a bit.

]]>