Simon ,'Jaynestown'
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.
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.
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.
Do I want a $50 cash bonus from a client, or do I want a raffle ticket for a new Ford Mustang?
It would be pretty hard to do product placement on BSG.
OK, Starbuck did ...
Obvious!!
Take the cash, Tom.
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.
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.
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.
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).
There was also a Ford Fusion featured in a recent episode of Smallville. Given that the town is probably the car crash capitol of the US (if not the world -- how many cars have the Kents gone through in the run of the show?), really was this a good placement?