Jurassic World?

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Not going on that long, as I clearly remember when most movies and TV shows had to cover the brand names or use fakes…it is completely different today, I think it changed back in the early 90s.

Strange that for so long, they didnt want their brands to be seen, Im supposed to believe this was the norm, then all the sudden it changed, and now nearly every company would like their brands seen as often as possible, as many places as possible? LOL Why did it take them so long to recognize this I wonder? Plus, Id love to know what demographic Mercedes Benz is trying to appeal to , by showing their brands in a movie about dinosaurs?! LOL Most people anxious to see this movie, I doubt can afford one, or would even want one.

Personally, I would rather see fake brand names/ logos in movies and shows, too many commercials to contend with now, nice to have at least something they arent using for advertising…but I guess those are the times, all about GREED today!
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Well, I guess it depends on your definition of “not that long.” 😛 To me, the early 90s was a long time ago. 🙂 I think you’re probably right that it began around then. Though, offhand, I can recall the “Baby Ruth” candy bar being prominent in The Goonies back in 1985. It would make an interesting study to trace the history. 🙂

I guess it doesn’t upset me too much to see. It mostly makes me roll my eyes when it is super-obvious. I tend to notice it more often in TV shows. “Let’s stop the narrative for a moment to look at how my new car can park itself! Available at a dealership near you!” :rolleyes:
 
Sounds like several enjoyed the movie. My roommate and I have just re-watched the first three on DVD to refresh our memories in preparation for seeing the new one. RAWR! 😃
 
Here’s a question for those who have seen it. Is the new movie a continuation of the first three, or is it a “reboot”?
 
Joe_5859 said:
Here’s a question for those who have seen it. Is the new movie a continuation of the first three, or is it a “reboot”?
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It is a continuation. John Hammond is dead and his replacement is trying to reboot a new park on the old location.
 
mikekle said:
Not going on that long, as I clearly remember when most movies and TV shows had to cover the brand names or use fakes…it is completely different today, I think it changed back in the early 90s.

Strange that for so long, they didnt want their brands to be seen, Im supposed to believe this was the norm, then all the sudden it changed, and now nearly every company would like their brands seen as often as possible, as many places as possible? LOL Why did it take them so long to recognize this I wonder? Plus, Id love to know what demographic Mercedes Benz is trying to appeal to , by showing their brands in a movie about dinosaurs?! LOL Most people anxious to see this movie, I doubt can afford one, or would even want one.

Personally, I would rather see fake brand names/ logos in movies and shows, too many commercials to contend with now, nice to have at least something they arent using for advertising…but I guess those are the times, all about GREED today!
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Yeah that is a bit weird. I’ve read that product placement in television in now necessary because so many people have Tivo and they use it to skip over the commercials that interrupt the tv program. But I’m not sure why these companies wouldn’t let their brands be used in the past.

It reminds me of how there’s a television simulcast of a local sports commentator’s radio program here and he always has a bottle of soda sitting on the console with the label removed. He doesn’t want you to know or someone doesn’t want you to know whether he’s drinking Coke or Pepsi. Is he trying to avoid the appearance that he’s endorsing a brand for some specific reason or is he hoping that he can secure an endorsement in the future, and it might spoil the deal if he was seen drinking a rival brand? I really wish I knew what the thought process was behind that.
 
Joe_5859 said:
Well, I guess it depends on your definition of “not that long.” 😛 To me, the early 90s was a long time ago. 🙂 I think you’re probably right that it began around then. Though, offhand, I can recall the “Baby Ruth” candy bar being prominent in The Goonies back in 1985. It would make an interesting study to trace the history. 🙂
I guess it doesn’t upset me too much to see. It mostly makes me roll my eyes when it is super-obvious. I tend to notice it more often in TV shows. “Let’s stop the narrative for a moment to look at how my new car can park itself! Available at a dealership near you!” :rolleyes:
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The Wiki article that I linked in post #16 does that.
 
tomarin said:
Yeah that is a bit weird. I’ve read that product placement in television in now necessary because so many people have Tivo and they use it to skip over the commercials that interrupt the tv program. But I’m not sure why these companies wouldn’t let their brands be used in the past.

It reminds me of how there’s a television simulcast of a local sports commentator’s radio program here and he always has a bottle of soda sitting on the console with the label removed. He doesn’t want you to know or someone doesn’t want you to know whether he’s drinking Coke or Pepsi. Is he trying to avoid the appearance that he’s endorsing a brand for some specific reason or is he hoping that he can secure an endorsement in the future, and it might spoil the deal if he was seen drinking a rival brand? I really wish I knew what the thought process was behind that.
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My guess (and it is really only a guess) is that brands were simply more protective of their identity and wary about letting it be used by other people in contexts not entirely within their control. And those making the movies and TV shows didn’t want to get sued. Now they realize that it can be mutually beneficial: advertising for the product and extra revenue for the production of programming.

“Delayed viewing” is probably a big factor, too, as you say. Even in the age of VCRs, people could fast forward through the commercials. It wasn’t as widespread in those days, but it still happened. I can see it being all the more attractive today. Especially with things like Netflix where people have access to older movies and TV shows. Advertisers can count on people seeing those product placements for years and years to come rather than a one-off commercial.
 
tomarin said:
I just meant it as a light-hearted comment about ‘cool’ fake logos. (Although everyone knows blue is superior to red.)
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I had to look up your reference. I guess I am one of the few that dropped out of Lost early. (not because of fake logos though:D)
 
I saw it on a Sunday night and I rank it third in the series with Jurassic Park being one and The Lost World being two and Jurassic Park III being fourth. I felt that there should have been a slower build up to the outbreak just like in the first one.
 
I just watched it earlier. It was amazing! I love the references to the original movie. 😃

I also like the theme of the dangers of playing God in Jurassic World, not just in nature (especially in that seen when SPOILERS they went into the lab to discover weird hybrid animals and blueprints for hybrid dinosaurs) but in human relationships as well.
There’s this one scene where SPOILERS one of the boys was crying because his parents are getting through what supposedly seems to be a divorce, and it seemed inevitable, and how his brother’s friends’s parents had divorces as well. In a way it’s an example of how man has played God by breaking something that God has made permanent.
 
Product placement and commercialism notwithstanding I LOVED the final scene!
 
On a related note (and to break up all the heavy news), I was saddened this week by the loss of my Wii U control, preventing me (and my son)from going further in my Jurassic World Lego game. I never even got to the Indominus Rex. My** cat ** :mad:toppled a water glass onto it. I am having to send it off to the factory. The only bright side is I have been looking for an way to try out this new Chinese dish I read about using…
 
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