I'm going to *promote the annoying as hell product placement.

This does not demonstrate just how intrusive they can get. For instance, the Chuck examples of Subway include characters waxing lyrical about the ingredients of said sandwich... it's like the show stops for a while to have a full on ad...

And the Toyota people mover sections include the titulature character going on about all the features of the vehicle, and even demonstrating them... it's painful

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The Glee thing was a commercial rather than product placement. But I guess the fact you can barely tell the difference between the two anymore is kind of the point.

*money

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Chuck and the Subway stuff was because Subway basically kept that show on the air through at least one and maybe two cancellations.

Subway I believe also saved Community, they were funny with it in some ways, but still lots of "Subway" mentions.

I really can't fault those when they actually keep the show on the air that would have otherwise been canceled. Though, yes they do go overboard.

What I am getting tired of is EVERY show using the GPS, Phone answer, etc features on cars and then explaining it to other characters in the show for a sizable amount of time. This has been happening more and more. They do it with phones too, but I swear the car ones are like cut and paste...not disguised at all or deviated from much at all on a show by show basis.

>> ^Porksandwich:

Chuck and the Subway stuff was because Subway basically kept that show on the air through at least one and maybe two cancellations.


Oh, I know that Subway saved Chuck, and for characters to eat the product is fine... but when they stop to list the ingredients, or have whole scenes set in a subway restaurant... it really lessons the show and makes you think it might have been better letting it die.

The Google Wallet product placement in Fringe was completely out of place, didn't fit in with the story, made you think there'd be some plot point to do with using that form of payment... but no, just a big old close up of a guy paying using Google Wallet and then a couple of characters talking about it later, trying to suggest 'it's how people pay for things now'... urgh, so painful

>> ^spoco2:

>> ^Porksandwich:
Chuck and the Subway stuff was because Subway basically kept that show on the air through at least one and maybe two cancellations.

Oh, I know that Subway saved Chuck, and for characters to eat the product is fine... but when they stop to list the ingredients, or have whole scenes set in a subway restaurant... it really lessons the show and makes you think it might have been better letting it die.
The Google Wallet product placement in Fringe was completely out of place, didn't fit in with the story, made you think there'd be some plot point to do with using that form of payment... but no, just a big old close up of a guy paying using Google Wallet and then a couple of characters talking about it later, trying to suggest 'it's how people pay for things now'... urgh, so painful


Yeah the stuff in Fringe really bugs me, especially since it's a good show and they keep threatening to cancel the good shows. So the story line is all screwed up and confusing because they keep having to come back from these "the end of series........maybe" shows.

Chuck......I knew the story behind it..so them giving Subway time didn't bug me as much. It was a goofy show.

Community did a much better job of putting Subway in the show and making it funny with the "Subway" character.

Wait, was that laptop with the Apple on it even an actual Mac? I'm pretty sure the apple was upside down.

@Porksandwich

I've only just started watching community, still in the first season, so haven't really hit the product placement stuff.

We really need to stop watching shows that are so close to being cancelled that they need to have such blatant placement in them just to pay the bills!

>> ^Morganth:

Wait, was that laptop with the Apple on it even an actual Mac? I'm pretty sure the apple was upside down.


Oh you youngster: it's how they used to be!

@spoco2

Anything worth watching gets canceled or threatened anymore. And they wonder why they have trouble keeping certain demographics when they only keep the teen-angst drama stuff, CSI, and game shows.

Ever notice they also have big surges of similar TV shows debuted every year? One year it's lots of cop shows. Next year it's medical. I've always wondered why they don't try .....alternative their releases so they aren't all putting out the same "new" themed shows.

That Pepsi placement in Game of Thrones made me stop watching the show.



I hate Pepsi.

It's like people only do things because they get paid... and that's just really sad.

Ford in 24 and Alias.

Oh and Norton in many TV shows and movies: http://www.flickr.com/photos/antd00d2/sets/72157623240652724/ ...

Made me Google search for it


>> ^Payback:

That Pepsi placement in Game of Thrones made me stop watching the show.

I hate Pepsi.

>> ^PHJF:

It's like people only do things because they get paid... and that's just really sad.


I can't talk about it anymore, it's giving me a headache.

what's with the elevator version of Cee Lo??

Like watching the London Olympics opening ceremony.

>> ^ant:

Ford in 24 and Alias.
Oh and Norton in many TV shows and movies: http://www.flickr.com/photos/antd00d2/sets/72157623240652724/ ...


Yeah, see, I don't mind things like that so much. It's not so bad when it's just products being IN the show. It's when the characters start spouting marketing rubbish about the products, OR the placement of the product is SO pronounced that it makes you pause. If it's just that a character is using computer brand X or driving car brand Y, that's fine.

It's crap like this that is really becoming WAY too prevalent in shows that makes me really sad.

File under "things that were funny once but are now concerning".