Comments on: Ad-flicks — coming your way online

By: Rekrul

Rekrul — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:51:43 +0000

I’ve read that not only do they want to start including real ads in games, they want to make the ads replaceable so that new ads can be downloaded over time to keep the ads in the game current!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:08:37 +0000

“But with “product-centered” programming, there’s no attempt to pretend whatever it is that’s being promoted is just an incidental part of an overall scene.”

This is already the case with most flicks. Blatant advertising is present in most scenes in spite of charging egregiously high prices for admissions and dvds. It is indicative of the rapacious nature of the entertainment cartels, for we should be fortune for the privilege of paying to view sagaciously placed advertisements should we not?.

By: Stray Mongrel

Stray Mongrel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:33:45 +0000

My question is:What happens when eventually, a movie is filmed, and natural billboards occurring on, let’s say Market St. SF (a recognizable area), are digitally replaced by editors. Will the original advertiser have a problem with this?. I don’t mean replaced with a gag advert aimed at advancing the plot, but replaced with, perhaps, a competing product line (Coke vs. Pepsi for example).

I was also surprised to see the words Marlboro cigarettes and “marketing” in the same sentence. I wonder if this is a way to sideskirt the laws regarding cigarette advertising. It’s hard to argue blatant advertising when the main character happens to like Marlboro Reds, and chokes them down frequently throughout the film, and can arguably be a quirky character point.

By: Rekrul

Rekrul — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:48:35 +0000

Sure, that posts…

By: Rekrul

Rekrul — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:48:12 +0000

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By: Rekrul

Rekrul — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:47:56 +0000

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By: Rekrul

Rekrul — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:46:00 +0000

There are two types of ads that I watch; Those that are funny, and those that have attractive women in them (I prefer girl-next-door types rather than supermodels). If such an ad comes on, I will usually stop and watch it, unless it’s over-played to the point where I get sick of seeing it.

Most ads just aren’t funny, or don’t have anyone I want to watch in them. Also, I would be less inclined to tune out advertising if there wasn’t so damn much of it! Back when TV shows used to only 2-4 commercials per break, I never bothered to change the channel (of course most TVs didn’t have remotes back then). Now commercial breaks last around 4-5 minutes, so I just switch to something else. Or record it and fast forward over the ads.