Product Placement

[Soup DeVille]

I quite enjoyed Live and Let Die's use of the Corvorado and that delightful Fleetwood.

I doubt the Corvorado could be called product placement. There were only six of the damned things built.

[93JC]

Absolute worst example of product placement is in that classic Sylvester Stallone / Wesley Snipes movie, Demolition Man.  "Taco Bell was the only restaurant to survive the Franchise Wars. Now all restaurants are Taco Bell."

Don't diss Demolition Man, man.

Must... enhance... my calm...

[Soup DeVille]

I cannot imagine a more repulsive martini than one made with Smirnoff vodka.

Popov Vodka is the bargain brand smirnoff.

[omicron]

I doubt the Corvorado could be called product placement. There were only six of the damned things built.

Oh, who gives a toss about product placement, then!

[omicron]

Popov Vodka is the bargain brand smirnoff.

Stop! Stop that now!

[Soup DeVille]

Stop! Stop that now!

There's a brand I can't quite remember that's sold in plastic 1.5 liter bottles....

[Raza]

There's a brand I can't quite remember that's sold in plastic 1.5 liter bottles....

Banker's Club?  Vladimir?

[Eye of the Tiger]

Orloff Vodka. It's made in Maine! And it's about $5/liter.

[sandertheshark]

I cannot imagine a more repulsive martini than one made with Smirnoff vodka.

You're not trying hard enough.

And it's not straight Smirnoff anyway.  The proper James Bond Vodka Martini is: "three measures of Gordon's; one of vodka; half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it over ice, and add a thin slice of lemon peel."

[3.0L V6]

Anything in I, Robot. You could hear Will Smith chuckling to the bank.

[93JC]

I didn't notice particularly obvious product placement in I, Robot other than the Audi and... whatever the hell kind of bike he drove later.

To me, the Audi fit. It's set in the future, but a car from a recognisable brand ground it with a touch of realism.

[3.0L V6]

And the JVC Cd player, and the Converse All Stars (vintage 2004)

Actually,

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=i_robot

[Raza]

I didn't notice particularly obvious product placement in I, Robot other than the Audi and... whatever the hell kind of bike he drove later.

To me, the Audi fit. It's set in the future, but a car from a recognisable brand ground it with a touch of realism.

Although it was clearly a "See, Lexus?  We can make future cars too!" moment.

[93JC]

I understand your perspective, but it's not like they were zooming in and out, focusing on the products, adding flashy graphics ("Only $19.95!" and so forth), etc.

If he'd had some no-name beer, driven some no-name car, etc. I think it would have looked far more out of place.


Take Back To The Future. In every time period the Stadtler family sells vehicles. In 1885 they sold wagons, in 1955 they sold Studebakers, in 1985 they were a Toyota dealership and in 2015 they were a Pontiac dealer. On one hand you could consider that blatant product placement, but in my mind it's a nice touch that connects the fantasy world of Hill Valley with reality.

Consider the hoverboard in Parts II and III: big Mattel logo on it. Product placement? Maybe. Mattel probably paid for it. But it fits, it was a little girl's toy!

[Northlands]

Minority Report had enormous product placement. I remember all the features in the news about the Lexus they used in the movie. Then there were the "interactive ads" in the movie when Cruise's character walked by, they would do an ad about a product ( Aquafina, Guinness , Lexus , GAP , AMEX...etc ) and then insert his name into the audio portion as he walked by.

Hell, what about " Harold and Kumar go to White Castle ? "

I gotta agree with Robocop too. Fords everywhere.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Boyz in the Hood. 40oz of St.Ides from start to finish. 

[Byteme]

Minority Report had enormous product placement. I remember all the features in the news about the Lexus they used in the movie. Then there were the "interactive ads" in the movie when Cruise's character walked by, they would do an ad about a product ( Aquafina, Guinness , Lexus , GAP , AMEX...etc ) and then insert his name into the audio portion as he walked by.

Hell, what about " Harold and Kumar go to White Castle ? "

I gotta agree with Robocop too. Fords everywhere.

Don't forget the Mercedes SUVs in Jurassic Park II.  The VHS and DVD versions even carried Mercedes ads in front of the movie.

[SVT666]

Don't forget the Mercedes SUVs in Jurassic Park II.  The VHS and DVD versions even carried Mercedes ads in front of the movie.

...and the original Jurassic Park had Ford Explorers.

[Raza]

I just watched I, Robot again.  It was better this time than when I first watched it.

The bike he rides, I'm pretty sure, is an MV Agusta.  Most people don't know what that is.  So I wouldn't really call that blatant product placement.  Honda or Suzuki, even Yamaha, sure, but most people haven't even heard of MV Agusta. 

[280Z Turbo]

Matrix II was pretty bad with their GM commercial.

[Raza]

Matrix II was pretty bad with their GM commercial.

Matrix II was bad, full stop.

[TheIntrepid]

Matrix II was bad, full stop.

I wasn't a fan of the first one, either.

[Raza]

I wasn't a fan of the first one, either.

I didn't like it either, but the first one was at least relatively new.  The second one was SFX over plot and script.

[Tave]

There's a brand I can't quite remember that's sold in plastic 1.5 liter bottles....

You can get Popov in a jug like that, can't you? Karkov and Potters too?

[Raza]

I was at the liquor store on Friday, behind two kids buying 8 1.75L bottles of Vladimir vodka.

[Tave]

I guess if you know you'll come back for it anyway, why not?

Still, I bet they were mixing some sort of mass cocktail.

[Raza]

I guess if you know you'll come back for it anyway, why not?

Still, I bet they were mixing some sort of mass cocktail.

Still, it's a Vladi base.  Ugh.

[Tave]

You just made that up.

[Raza]

You just made that up.

What?

[Tave]

What is a vladi base vodka?