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Sleeveless posted:An episode with the gimmick that the entire thing was shot on phones and laptops has phones and laptops in it?! Yes? What's your point?
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Chamberk posted:And marketing! cebrail posted:Was this the gaudiest product placement in TV history? I'm trying to think of anything else, but I can't. I mean, there were things like the O.C. episode about the T-Mobile Sidekick which is hilarious when you watch it today, and Community had the Subway stuff, but even when they made fun of it and went super over the top it still wasn't as much as this Modern Family episode. Maybe I'm just naive but the marketing angle didn't even occur to me, but that's probably because I have an iPhone and Macbook and use the programs they were using on a regular basis. I still think it was a really creative way to shoot an episode. EDIT: EL BROMANCE posted:At least they didn't use Microsoft gear, nobody wants to sit through an episode of non stop system updates and stuttering Skype calls that drop every 3 minutes. Phil was playing Halo for half the episode 
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Feb 26, 2015 14:58
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Ha, I haven't watched it yet but plan to. MF can still hit it out the park a few times a season and was intrigued by this concept. And Apple aren't really known for paying for advertising, but happy to supply laptops etc as needed. If it was all about marketing it probably would've gone to someone who would've paid more money for the spotlight.
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LORD OF BUTT posted:Yeah basically get hype, Sex Criminals is loving amazing Not gonna lie, if you didn't have the NWS on that link I wouldn't've clicked it expecting to see some superhero titties. Glad you put it there
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timp posted:Maybe I'm just naive but the marketing angle didn't even occur to me, but that's probably because I have an iPhone and Macbook and use the programs they were using on a regular basis. I still think it was a really creative way to shoot an episode. I don't think it's product placement, a recent episode had the eldest daughter holding her phone upside down when she was using it (though that is arguably an in-character thing to do). If Apple had that much control over the show, they would have probably made sure she was holding it correctly. Apple didn't pay for product placement for the Secret Santa episode of The Office; in fact, they claim that they don't pay for product placement for anything. Instead, what they have is a consulting expert that probably hooks up set designers with free products. Think about how many times that you've seen MacBooks in use in TV shows--they almost always have the Apple logo covered up. Finally, there's always the possibility that it's as simple as "we need a computer for this scene, Andy can we borrow your laptop?" and 99% of what people use in Hollywood are Apple products. That's why so, so many TV shows and movies that show people using headphones for things like wiretaps or other non-music uses show them using Sony MDR V6s--all the sound guys have them and probably toss an actor an extra pair to use for the scene. As for the most egregious product placement, I'd say Microsoft is definitely guilty of that, from Felicity's Surface Pro on Arrow (though to their credit they did accommodate for some of the more egregious omissions from the hardware that any real hacker/IT professional would need, such as plugging in an USB ethernet adapter) to the episode of Suburgatory where Jane Levy gushes over the tablet's features for two minutes straight to the aforementioned NFL commentators using their Surfaces as iPad stands (which is kinda dumb, the Surface can more than serve what ever purpose they were using their iPads for, but I digress). It's gotten to the point where I'm more impressed when a show doesn't have product placement, such as Person of Interest, which you'd think would be rife with them. On the other hand, I got my first cellphone (a Motorola Pebl) based on the fact that HRG on Heroes used one, so product placement does in fact work sometimes. [Edit: Oh man I just remembered the episode of Community when suddenly everyone had new Droid Incredibles (only on Verizon!) for an episode for no explainable reason, despite Jeff being literally glued to his Blackberry for all previous and subsequent episodes.] asecondduck fucked around with this message at 15:52 on Feb 26, 2015 |
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cebrail posted:Was this the gaudiest product placement in TV history? I'm trying to think of anything else, but I can't. I mean, there were things like the O.C. episode about the T-Mobile Sidekick which is hilarious when you watch it today, and Community had the Subway stuff, but even when they made fun of it and went super over the top it still wasn't as much as this Modern Family episode. Nothing, and I mean nothing, will ever top the Avatar episode of Bones. The entire episode, three of the characters were talking about how much they wanted to see Avatar. One of those characters was a reoccurring character played by Joel David Moore, who is in loving Avatar (normally his character is clinically depressed, but he is super psyched to see Avatar). One character, when watching a preview (which we watch them do twice), remarks how we're getting to where you can't tell the difference from movies and real life anymore (they're blue people, we can tell the difference). One character, a psychiatrist, talks about how it appeals to him because it's a story about personality and has layers, man. The third character comments how "this is so much more than a movie." These characters spend most of the episode waiting in line all day to see it, camping out in a tent. In line, they meet a hot woman who wants to sleep with one character, but is totally down with sleeping with another when the first backs out. In a tent. In line. Because being obsessed with Avatar will get you laid by hot chicks with tattoos. The entire episode was built around these three characters and their hilarious high jinks going to see Avatar. And it was the god damned B plot. This was all, of course, in between actual commercials for Avatar during the breaks. It was an hour long commercial for Avatar, and was the idea of Avatar producer Jon Landau. It was unreal. thrawn527 fucked around with this message at 15:52 on Feb 26, 2015 |
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Let's not forget Heroes' Hiro's love for the Nissan Versa. I'm sure that the Modern Famiy episode is well done. It's generally a good show with occasional moments of genius (the Vegas episode from last season, for example), and I can see them doing a themed episode like that well. But the point stands that the episode is an Apple ad.
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Feb 26, 2015 16:42
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Chamberk posted:Let's not forget Heroes' Hiro's love for the Nissan Versa. I was about to say, how are we forgetting that? Versas are pretty lousy too. Also there was that crime procedural where someone had to play through prince of persia or god of war or one of those lovely action games to find the culprit.
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thrawn527 posted:Bones. One of those "Is that still on?" shows for me, along with Grey's Anatomy.
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"Is that a PlayStation Vita?" - House Majority Whip Francis Underwood (D-GA)
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Characters reacting or saying irl brands is a lot better than whatever fake brands/IPs writers come up with on a whim. Real people talk about consumer products all the time.
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lelandjs posted:in fact, they claim that they don't pay for product placement for anything. That might have been true in 2006 but it's certainly not true anymore. That seems to be an incomplete list too because for a while they were paying The Office.
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IRQ posted:I was about to say, how are we forgetting that? Versas are pretty lousy too. I will fight on that generation of Versa being the single best small car sold in North America what with it's head room and all.
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Chamberk posted:Let's not forget Heroes' Hiro's love for the Nissan Versa. No it can't be because we like Apple and think they're way too cool and good to do things like product placement, not like those shameless corporate whores over at Micro$oft! Wheat Loaf posted:One of those "Is that still on?" shows for me, along with Grey's Anatomy. The Middle is the ultimate "is that still on" show for me, which is followed up by "Why is that still on?"
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zoux posted:Characters reacting or saying irl brands is a lot better than whatever fake brands/IPs writers come up with on a whim. The joke is that no sane kid would want a Vita. If he had said "Is that a Nintendo 3DS?" instead the scene would have been a lot less weird. The whole exchange is great. Underwood asks Russo "What games does he have?" and Russo says "All of them." It's a Vita, so he probably does literally have all ten of them.
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raditts posted:\The Middle is the ultimate "is that still on" show for me, which is followed up by "Why is that still on?" Because it's charming and consistently funny. 
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precision posted:The joke is that no sane kid would want a Vita. If he had said "Is that a Nintendo 3DS?" instead the scene would have been a lot less weird. Frank Underwood isn't a kid. Kids don't watch House of Cards.
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zoux posted:Frank Underwood isn't a kid. Kids don't watch House of Cards. The Vita belonged to Russo's kid is my point. Worst Dad Ever.
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precision posted:The joke is that no sane kid would want a Vita. If he had said "Is that a Nintendo 3DS?" instead the scene would have been a lot less weird. It depends when. There was a whole year the 3DS was untouchable garbage. Chamberk posted:Let's not forget Heroes' Hiro's love for the Nissan Versa. That was actually kind of clever though. Hiro's future telling comic book has him in a Versa so he is extremely insistent that's exactly what they drive.
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I've been thinking about re-watching the first season of Heroes to see if it's really as good as I thought it was at the time, or if it just seemed better in light of the three subsequent seasons. Is there any series that had a worse sophomore slump than Heroes?
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Wheat Loaf posted:I've been thinking about re-watching the first season of Heroes to see if it's really as good as I thought it was at the time, or if it just seemed better in light of the three subsequent seasons. Friday Night Lights is certainly in contention.
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Wheat Loaf posted:I've been thinking about re-watching the first season of Heroes to see if it's really as good as I thought it was at the time, or if it just seemed better in light of the three subsequent seasons. Dark Angel
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Dark Angel Any show that has Jessica Alba go into heat is fine by me.
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Wheat Loaf posted:I've been thinking about re-watching the first season of Heroes to see if it's really as good as I thought it was at the time, or if it just seemed better in light of the three subsequent seasons. Homeland. Because the first season of that show was actually good.
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Not this season.
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GreenNight posted:Not this season. I really like the show, but there's usually not all that much to say about it. Threads in the past have been 4-5 posts the day after air that were just like "That was funny, I liked the part with Phil"
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zoux posted:I really really really hope this is good. The smirk makes me think we'll get more of a swashbuckling Daredevil than the "the universe keeps making GBS threads on my mouth constantly" Daredevil and I love it. Speaking of comic-book TV shows, anyone seen the Powers episodes? I have PS+ but my connection through the console is garbage so I'm hosed on that front. I'm hoping they put it on another service when the season ends.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Dark Angel I must be weird but I preferred the second season. Jensen Ackles and some beast-hybrid played by the "I make good eggs" guy from Lost (also Zipcna from Stargate SG-1.)? Hell yeah.
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It hasn't started yet, the first episode hits March 10th.
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Deadpool posted:Homeland. Because the first season of that show was actually good. You mean the only season.
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precision posted:You mean the only season. Just chop off the last 5 minutes of the last episode and read the One True Ending somewhere and it's the greatest show ever.
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Mo0 posted:Just chop off the last 5 minutes of the last episode and read the One True Ending somewhere and it's the greatest show ever. Showtime: Hey, change your ending, this show is getting huge press attention Homeland: ...We crafted a serious dramatic story and planned to end it in one season, that would ruin everything we did. Showtime: Tough poo poo, do what we say or don't get paid.
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pentyne posted:Showtime: Hey, change your ending, this show is getting huge press attention This never happened.
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pentyne posted:Showtime: Hey, change your ending, this show is getting huge press attention Yeah, none of which explains why Season Two was the adventures of The Brody Bunch.
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Vincent posted:The smirk makes me think we'll get more of a swashbuckling Daredevil than the "the universe keeps making GBS threads on my mouth constantly" Daredevil and I love it. 
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Vincent posted:The smirk makes me think we'll get more of a swashbuckling Daredevil than the "the universe keeps making GBS threads on my mouth constantly" Daredevil and I love it. They're going to be viewable through the website. They don't go up until March 10th.
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