I do like to rock my Freddy Perry's, Ben Sherman's and Doc Martins. > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:07 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Annoying Advertisements > > You know, this used to bother me too until I realized that > I'm just as bad in real life. Coke vs Pepsi? You better > believe it's Coke. Audi logo on the car? I'd LOVE to be > sporting an Audi logo. I love my Kenneth Cole watch and I've > gotten complements on it when I'm out. I just purchased a new > food processor and I'm actually excited that it's KitchenAid > so that I can put it next to my great KitchenAid blender. > If I had the bling I'd be all over a SubZero refigerator. I > see guys in the home improvement store and I tell them how > much I like my DeWalt 12" sliding compound miter saw. Hand > tools? Only buy Craftsman with a lifetime replacement > warranty if anything goes wrong. > > So yeah, product placement actually happens in my real life. > Heck, it's worse in real life because I pimp shit without > getting paid. I do generally draw the line at logo-wear > though. A guy's gotta have standards. > > On 1/11/06, James Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The one thing that does annoy me is over done product > placement in movies... > > I-Robot is the perfect example of this. > > > > That could have been a good movie if not for the adverts. > The apple > > logo on the laptops I don't care about, people in movies > use computers > > and they have to be manufactured by some company and most of those > > companies have their logo on the laptop so it isn't too intrusive. > > However the converse trainers were in that movie for NO > REASON other > > than the advertising and they wasted > > 2-3 minutes of screen time on that scene, and by the time I > got half > > way through the movie I was so sick of seeing the Audi logo on the > > bonnet, wheels, even the headrest for gods sake, that I > could have killed someone. > > That movie was ruined by adverts. > > > > -- > > Jay > > > > > > > >
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