Your average anime/manga junkie, I'm one sadistic and cynical bastard who will make your life hell(behind you anyway)if you get on the wrong side of me. grumpy and emo at times, i can be a real bitch but a pretty good friend(i suppose) and brother. meow.
i went for the premiere of 'The Island' yesterday night- it was a pretty good movie and its definately worth a second watch.
how long do you think adverts have been around for?from the business studies i did in year 9, i remember along the lines of early 1900s.it was in the form of flyers or something, and i remember it was advertising about a tanning bed of some sort....(did they even HAVE tanning beds during that time??)
fast forwarded to our time,we are being bombarded with adverts left right center.flyers, banners, hot air balloons, the internet, mass media- we can get enough of them.one of the few holy suci places we could get ALMOST no adverts are when we watch a movie.2.30 hours of pure entertainment.
however, i have seen to notice a very annoying trend of advertising going on in the movies.i believe it started with Minority Report- starring Tom Cruise and his red Lexus
then it was I, robot, where Will Smith displayed his 'vintage 2000 Converse'
and just lately, one of the best films about cloning degrades itself by having the most amount of advertisements yet.i can proctically rattle off the brand names for you- and mind you, they're products stand out- go watch the movie and you'll understand. there was MSN Search Chevrolet Cadillac Nokia Puma cK Tag Huer(you know that watch brand)
it was sad.just very sad.i mean HELLO if i wanted to see some advertisements all i had to do is turn on the TV to get some of those, i dont have to drive from my place all the way to 1utama and waste my time watching your movie just to be bombarded with advertisements right?i think it is high time movie producers toe the line on all these product promotions.i mean heck dont you get enough profits from the movies and all already?why do you have to slot in these meaningless advertising and ruin a good movie for us?
maybe it doesnt seem like a big thing now, but heck, what happens if this goes further?when acting people minght be prompted to say something like ' hey wheres my Puma shoes?' instead of 'where did my shoes go?' or 'Roy dont waste anymore time, take my Sony Ericsson S700i and go!' instead of 'Roy dont waste anymore time, just take my phone and go!'
or what if they decide to take a step further and want their product to be heard even more?imagine this- Mission Impossible 4: starring Tom Cruise and Ray Ban.the movie will feature Tom Cruise- and he will be wearing that pair of Ray Ban sunglasses throughout the whole movie.
wouldnt that sound completely stupid?it might sound impossible to believe now, but hey, Leceister City has already named their stadium after their main sponsor- Walker stadium.Walker may not ring a bell to us, but i believe it is a brand of a packet of chips.
can you imagine what would come later?what if Durex decides to sponsor the Theater of Dreams?will we call it 'Old Durex' or 'Theater of Durex'?will we place a huge 20m tall inflatable Durex condom in front of the stadium?
its understandable that people try to find better and other ways to market their products, but i think there should be a limit to where the can market them and how they do it, so we dont see a future LOTR where Aragon walks around in Nike shoes.
