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There was that hilarious Alias episode, where they were shilling the Ford F-150. Hilarious because, in the middle of a chase sequence, when Sydney was at her breathlessest, she was like, "Get into the splendiferous power-charged Ford F-150!"
The best part (aside from the fact that I still laugh whenever I see a Ford F-150), was that Lauren and Stark were driving a shiny new Mustang as the getaway car. I can't remember, however, if Syd followed things up with a, "And follow that blah blah blah V8 convertable Mustang with blah blah blah horsepower." but she really should have.
Bless Alias. Product placement at its most sublime and ridiculous.
I seem to remember that the cell phones on X Files were recognisable, because they seemed to be half a year ahead of what was available or popular. But certainly not flaunting it.
(They also never said hello or goodbye in their calls. It was a thing.)
They also never identified themselves to each other on the phone. It was always "Mulder, it's me."
Ah. I watched so little of it first run that that would've gone right by me.
Did we mostly hear both sides of the phone conversations? I'm wondering if they avoided the stilted "So you're saying we're going to the creek near the house?" repetition thing.
Mostly wondering because I'm trying to think of well-written and informative one-sided phone conversations, but it occurs to me I just wouldn't notice them.
Did we mostly hear both sides of the phone conversations? I'm wondering if they avoided the stilted "So you're saying we're going to the creek near the house?" repetition thing.
I think we always heard both sides of the conversation, mostly by cutting back and forth, but sometimes we'd hear the other person's voice while whoever was on the screen was on the phone with them.
But I don't think you'd have wanted your name associated with the shoe-box size phone XF had in the early years.
The only time I recall a shoe-box size phone was as a sort of sight gag during the origin of the Lone Gunmen episode set in the 80s.
On the other hand, all the hip teenagers on Veronica Mars use Treos, the big clumsy ones. As IF.
They're Sidekicks, not Treos.
I think Sci-Fi's rationalization(in as much as they have one) for showing wrestling is "Science fiction's audience is mainly young men. Wrestling's audience is mainly young men. Therefore wrestling belongs on the SciFi Channel!"
all the hip teenagers on Veronica Mars use Treos, the big clumsy ones. As IF.
Didn't they have a big...no, that was The OC, IIRC. Sidekick, named, and used in the plot as if it was the only device that could fulfill those functions. Not sure if they had it used being more subtly.
