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Old 05-28-2003, 04:56 PM   #18 (permalink)
Conclamo Ludus
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As silly of a movie as it is, Last Action Hero handles the product placement parody pretty well.

I think its great that according to Hollywood the only computers in the world are Apple computers. Every TV show I see where someone has a laptop, or a home PC, its always an Apple. Intel's & Microsoft have been black-listed.

I'm surprised the Matrix doesn't have apple logos on their flat panels in the Nebuchadnezzar.

A sidenote: I like what Baz Luhrmann did in Romeo + Juliet with the Shakespearean style product placements. He used fake products with tag lines from other pieces of Shakespeare. Almost everything was a product of either the Montagues or the Capulets, even the cars bore no specific brand. Are there any other recent brand-free movies like that?

Tarantino generally did pretty well with making his own brands: Kahuna Burger, Red Apple Cigarettes, etc.
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