It would be pretty hard to do product placement on BSG.
OK, Starbuck did drive what was obviously a Hummer, but I think they just wanted her to have a military-type truck and didn't have the time or $ to make something unique.
Xander: How? What? How? Giles: Three excellent questions.
Xander/Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Dec 12, 2005 7:15:29 am PST #1286 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2005 7:16:34 am PST #1287 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
the O.C. ep this year which they should have just called "The Sidekick."
Christ, yes. There was absolutely no reason for the plot to hinge so hard on a freaking Sidekick. We even got to see the box.
I like the subtle incorporations, or when it's relevant to the plot (like whatever fancy bag Logan gave Rory in Gilmore Girls) -- the world without brands is weird as hell.
sumi - Dec 12, 2005 7:18:12 am PST #1288 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Oh, yeah. I'm so out of the loop that I'd never even heard of that bag 'til I saw that episode.
Oh, and Happy Belated Birthday, Consuela! I hope it was a good one.
tommyrot - Dec 12, 2005 7:20:29 am PST #1289 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Do I want a $50 cash bonus from a client, or do I want a raffle ticket for a new Ford Mustang?
Jesse - Dec 12, 2005 7:20:53 am PST #1290 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It would be pretty hard to do product placement on BSG.
OK, Starbuck did ...
Obvious!!
Dana - Dec 12, 2005 7:22:32 am PST #1291 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Take the cash, Tom.
Jessica - Dec 12, 2005 7:23:13 am PST #1292 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
like whatever [omitted] in Gilmore Girls
Yup -- it made such total sense for the plot and characters to mention it by brand name, it didn't even ping me as product placement until you mentioned it.
It would be pretty hard to do product placement on BSG.
I wonder if this is why most network sci-fi shows take place in alternate-nows, rather than on spaceships (Star Trek being the obvious exception). Without product placement, all the revenue has to come from ads, making it tougher to make money off them.
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2005 7:24:59 am PST #1293 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wonder if this is why most network sci-fi shows take place in alternate-nows, rather than on spaceships
It probably also keeps production costs down, what with costuming and sets being less...uh, some word like "unique" except that you can be less it.
Jessica - Dec 12, 2005 7:26:33 am PST #1294 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It probably also keeps production costs down
Oh, definitely that too. But I wonder if the lack of product placement adds to the financial stress on the network in any appreciable way.
tommyrot - Dec 12, 2005 7:27:25 am PST #1295 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Take the cash, Tom.
Yeah, I'm not that much of a gambling man....
I wonder if this is why most network sci-fi shows take place in alternate-nows, rather than on spaceships (Star Trek being the obvious exception).
Well, special effects and set construction would add a lot of costs to a sci-fi in space show. (eta: xpost)
BSG recently purchased the sets from a cancelled pilot - it was the only way they could afford to, um... do some stuff this season (too lazy to whitefont).