Most Obnoxious Product Placement?

[AJBryant]

Bond movies have never exactly been subtle about product placement, though.

True -- to the point that one film will forever be known as "Buy Another Day."

Oh...yeah, and "Thunderbirds." My God, that movie was a Ford whore.

 

[Kirkman1987]

whille The Cheerios box in Superman has been mentioned, I just remembered the scene in II where Zod is thrown into a massive coca-cola sign.

 

[OdoWanKenobi]

The "Converse All Starts Vintage 2006" line at the beggining of I, Robot takes the cake for me.

 

[Prince of Space]

Although I like the movie, Cast Away is little more than an extended commercial for FedEx and Wilson Sporting Goods.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

And then there was "Minority Report", a terrifying vision where the future isn't dark, but brightly-lit with commercials and "personalised ads" in-your-face and burned into your retinas wherever you go, placing products into the minds of the characters as well as the audience. Not so much obnoxious as self-referential.

Now, time to dust off my GAP trousers and enjoy a pint of Guinness before polishing the Lexus later this afternoon...

 

[Samurai8472]

Once again a bond movie set a product placement record
http://filmonic.com/quantum-solace-sets-product-placement-record

According to The Scotsman, various company’s have spent a massive £50 million ($79 million) on placing their products in the latest Bond film, Quantum of Solace.
It seems 007 now has more than a licence to kill; he has a licence to sell, and a very lucrative one. Quantum of Solace, the 22nd “official” outing of Britain’s best known secret agent, released this week, has reportedly earned a record £50 million from manufacturers for “product placement”, as these subtle, and sometimes not so subtle, adverts are known. It tops the previous record of £44 million for Die Another Day, a film so laden with plugs for 20 products that it sometimes resembled a big-budget Argos advert and was retitled by critics “Buy Another Day”.
If you are thinking of going to see the film, look out for:
Ford Motor Co., Heineken beer, Smirnoff vodka, Omega watches, Virgin Atlantic planes, Sony Ericsson cell phones and other Sony electronics.

 

[Kirkman1987]

Once again a bond movie set a product placement record
http://filmonic.com/quantum-solace-sets-product-placement-record

According to The Scotsman, various company’s have spent a massive £50 million ($79 million) on placing their products in the latest Bond film, Quantum of Solace.
It seems 007 now has more than a licence to kill; he has a licence to sell, and a very lucrative one. Quantum of Solace, the 22nd “official” outing of Britain’s best known secret agent, released this week, has reportedly earned a record £50 million from manufacturers for “product placement”, as these subtle, and sometimes not so subtle, adverts are known. It tops the previous record of £44 million for Die Another Day, a film so laden with plugs for 20 products that it sometimes resembled a big-budget Argos advert and was retitled by critics “Buy Another Day”.
If you are thinking of going to see the film, look out for:
Ford Motor Co., Heineken beer, Smirnoff vodka, Omega watches, Virgin Atlantic planes, Sony Ericsson cell phones and other Sony electronics.

...And Hostess cupcakes, James Bond's favorite snack.

 

[FordSVT]

How about most obnoxious during-show pop-up ad? In this case, TBS froze Family Guy in the middle of the scene to have a guy pop up and pitch his show.

Ok, yeah. That one wins.

Pop-up ads and banner ads have gotten more and more obvious, distracting and disruptive over the years. (I guess a side-effect to DVRs)

I read an article recently about the future of TV ads, and it was quite horrifying. Digitally inserted advertisements that could be replaced on the fly and inserted anywhere, from a character's t-shirt to a sign on the sidewalk to a billboard or truck driving by. It makes sense from a business POV I guess, if people are downloading shows and using DVRs to record they've got to make advertising revenue some place. I can only imagine how obnoxious some of these will end up being once product placement is taken completely out of the hands of the director.

 

[MyCylon]

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Check out computer and video games. That's exactly what they're doign right now. I usually think it's not too bad thought it really, really depends on the game re. the genre (e.g. advertising and product placement fits very well in sports games whereas it's hard to imagine in a fantasy setting).