Products are out there being advertised in everyday life EVERYWHERE that you can see. If i look around my room nearly everything I see is branded. People need to get over this.
I watched the movie a couple minutes ago. Didn't once notice any product placement - because that's how the world is - logos everywhere. Who cares? Does it really matter? Do you feel the need to buy an iPod or eat at BK anymore than you did before you watched the movie? Didn't think so.
This comment is a bit of a fail; you acknowledge advertising as a constant, yet don't acknowledge the response to advertising will be a constant
companies pay large sums of money for product placement, they do this for a reason, because it generates more profit than the money they pay for the placement, meaning that yes people will buy products due to exposure to product placements. I wonder do you own a ipod, have you ate at BK?
4. In the beginning Bumblebee has Goodwrench Tires.
5. That Fat Guy had a Nokia Cell Phone
The product placement was not bad in this movie, since in my opinion, it did not take away from the movie. These products actually helped make the movie more relatable since we all use most of these products.
@7OIlI It was based on a true story where the guy worked for FedEx, don't you think it would've been a bit weired if it didn't show...FedEx? They also didn't pay anything towards it so it's not that bad.
The 'Wilson' volleyball on the other hand, well, that's just shameless.
Except for the panasonic one, I don't see any of these as a problem. You can't make a "serious" movie and put black duct-tape over anything showing a brand either. If you want to see what product placement nightmare-mode is, try searching "i robot shoes". That shit is going too far. Ruined the whole movie.
Thats because of the loses in DVD/BlueRays selling... Now its like in Normal TV... Advertesing everywhere... But advertising is not all... Good Jobs and a good payment... But nowadays everybody is thrown into debt...
I dont belive in a Consum Society, it only creates stupid and poor people and a lot of Waste... Use things three days and throw it away... How can our planet survive this mentality?
Some of these coments about the song make me want to cry lol. Jk jk. But it is a shame that every friend I've ever tried to introduce flying lotus' music to also hated it. Open up your mind. Just because it's not cookie cutter, doesn't mean it's no good.
I dont want them to blur the logo or something,but some of them are obvious. Like how the panasonic thing is shown for like to seconds so that everyone notices the logo. Thats when it becomes a commercial instead of a movie. The other ones only make the movie more realistic.
@vdrinker08 i understand that some of it was stupid like the panasonic one, but i have to agree with Azimex overall, i mean what are they supposed to use in some cases? should he sell the stuff on sell-your-sh*t .com? and the ipod, should they use the coby mp 301? no one would know what the hell it was! as for HP, that might have to do with the contract they have with the US Army to provide laptops and netbooks to the army. and a lot of these examples are only because they are well known
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Come on - To a certain degree these movies have to display the reality - And the reality is that AT THIS VERY MOMENT, I got Logitech, Fujitsu, Nokia, Alanya Pizza, 7N, Ruko, Medion, Converse, Antec logoes in my face - I believe that some movies over do this, but I dont have a problem with it - Besides, why shouldn't they get money for airtime.. Now rage
Not necessarily product placement. I'd rather have real brands than obviously fake brands. There are Porsche dealerships in real life, and people go on eBay in real life too.
Not a big deal. All the money for getting those labels in the movie funded this movie. The only tasteless one was the Panasonic one. It was out of place and the insert was edited lazily. And a lot of those I didn't even notice on a giant theater screen so that means the DP and actors did a good job shooting this thing
In the two opening scenes you missed two. Cisco and Oldsmobile. Cisco during the HP advertisement (logo in the upper left corner) and I believe Oldsmobile. Look at the magazine he's holding during the porche advertisement.
Why you guys moaning for , fucks sakkee, didnt michael bay say the companies that owned all the cars wanted them to be shown off becuase they were brand new range??? idiots
My only problem with criticizing product placement like this is that 21st century life is one giant product placement. Bowl games, ampitheaters, every square inch of flat surface on every road in almost every city in America. All of them are trying to sell me something.
Um.. guys? The TRANSFORMERS were themselves nothing BUT a product placement for the Transformers toys! Which is what is so funny about someone complaining about product placement in a movie about creating a story around product placement.. namely the title characters themselves.
Now I don't have a problem with PP if it is done with some subtlety or blended into the movie... but when it becomes obvious to the point of annoyance (and taking you out of the movie), then it becomes a problem.
Okay. The difference between product placement and product /usage/ is making the product seem EXTREMEMLY AWESOME OMG compared to it just being there because it's unavoidable (like a fast food place may be Burger King, but that doesn't necessarily promote it) or it establishes the setting. The cars were definitely, obviously product placement, and the Panasonic card, but it's not the worst example ever....
We get logos shoved in our face everywhere, why should a movie that is set in a modern society be any different. And besides, this isnt the wost case of product placement out there, at least it's lots of different logos instead of one over and over again. Although, the panasonic SD card one did bug me a little...
i can understand using 'actual' brand names in high budget films for 'realism' and marketing scemes etc, (of course mainly centralized towards movies based reflecting modern society obviously) but dont the film making companies also have to pay for this to an extent aswell? is it not just cheaper to come up with a stupid fake name for a brand or blur it in the distance unless the movies actually based on that specifc product?
GMC is the big person there. They have their cars on a bunch of shows. I seems the GMC Terrain on the CBS show "Medium" and I saw the GMC Acadia on "Ghost Whisperer" and I saw them on a few other shows and movies. HP also plays a big role in product placement. I usually see their laptops in VEVO music videos but I think it's more of the Beats by Dr Dre.
The BBC (in Britain) makes lots of shows. The rules here are very strict about there being no product placement (unfortunately these might change soon!) and so in all the dramas they make like doctor who, there is no subtle advertising at all. It's really not that hard to do, you'd be surprised how easy it is for there to be a scene with some1 on a laptop WITHOUT the camera constantly zooming in on it....
Are you serious? Did you really just use your anger at product placement as a tie in towards racism? Denomination has absolutely nothing to do with film giants wanting to turn a profit. It's just business. AND it's the reason I haven't seen either of the two most recent Transformers movies (aside from the bad acting and plot). You want to make a statement, make it with your wallet.
what do you excpect them to do its a big movie and companies wanted them to put there products in and atleast they werent obvious in the whole movie they were in the background
I would only say it's product placement if someone gave the product a compliment or something, like saying "Wow, Chevrolet Camaro's are the BEST!" Most of this isn't actual product placement, they should be allowed to drive past a Porsche showroom for gods sakes!
i honestly dont see anything wrong. for a movie over an hour long, a few brands aint much of a deal. and it cant be helped that car brands are in the film. its transformers dammit...
Greed is what drives this country, it always has been that and always will. I don't mind product placement, it adds a certain level of realism, but in some of the shots it seemed like a car commercial. And yeah, all this advertising and we still have to pay $10+ for a damn ticket.
@Dearayne Hey films cost money....alot of money. As I'm typing on my MacBook Pro that you can find on Apple.com or the Apple store and if you're hungry stop by Panera Bread and have lunch hah.....where's my check?
Some of you people are acting as if the entire movie was one big commercial!
Understood there was some clear angle shots of the yellow car, but what do you want to do with the rest, blur out the logo? Or use generic products made from China? Would you prefer Megan Fox sit in front of Burger Queen, or for them to use a laptop called Pineapple?
Will it make you feel better, and sleep more easily at night, or are you whining because you just didn't like the movie?
@AziMeX Ok ok. Fair point Mr Azimex. I am a person who dislikes most product placement. I personally believe that their is enough advertising in our society already without it entering the movie theater. I can accept advertising when its say, on TV. Because that's free to air television. That's how they pay for making the shows. But when i'm paying $17 a ticket to see a movie and i get a panasonic logo shoved in my face. Thats just ridiculous.
@vdrinker08 Don't get me started on advertisements. When I buy my ferry tickets to go across the strait to Vancouver, there are Coca Cola ads, on the back of the ticket! How much more ridiculous will they get? Putting ads inside of ads or something?
We get logos shoved in our face everywhere, why should a movie that is set in a modern society be any different. And besides, this isnt the wost case of product placement out there, at least it's lots of different logos instead of one over and over again. Although, the panasonic SD card one did bug me a little...
@AziMeX And people say that its what pays to make the movie. Do they really need that extra 50 million dollars? Well no they don't. Michael bay got paid 75million dollars for transformers 2... And do you see any product placement in Avatar? The highest budget film ever made.
@vdrinker08 If you're asking do they need the extra $50 million then absolutely....why not? If your job offered you a bonus, are you going to turn it down on the grounds of not REALLY needing it?
The product placement looks unsightly when shown together in a clip like this, but in the move, its so far spread out and brief that most people won't notice it. After all, if it was just a big commercial with some movie scattered in between, then it would not have done well in the box office.
@vdrinker08 you're a real hater of product placement. as well as making the film more personal to the viewer, it also helps to finance the movie. so what if you don't want to have it shoved in your face, it doesn't make the film crap does it.
and i must admit, some films do make them too obvious, like with the panasonic logo, but they needed it to be on screen some how. and whats this about them showing the car from too many angles?! it's called effect douche, it makes the character look swish!!
@vdrinker08 It would be a bit weird seeing the equivalent of a lanky smurf walking into Burger King, would it? Add that to the fact, Avatar is filmed on another "planet", Transformers is filmed in America. Which, you'll be shocked to hear has shops and restaurants...
@AziMeX - Your comments made me laugh. "Acting as if the entire movie was one big commercial"? That's the point: it was! I'm guessing you're young and haven't spent much time watching classic movies, or you'd realize that product placement is a fairly new phenomenon. Until recent years, filmmakers DID remove logos. They DID use generic products (but not "made from China" unless they were plates or teacups).
@AziMeX - And it did NOT make the moviegoing experience any less enjoyable; in fact, you knew that when you shelled out your hard-earned money for a movie ticket, you wouldn't be annoyed by advertising like you are when watching TV. Moviegoing used to be an escape from advertising. Product placement makes advertising pervasive. It has nothing to do with whether we liked the movie or not or with sleeping more easily at night.
@AziMeX Sadly, a lot of stuff you use today are made in China lol And there is also a way, how big budget movie can survive, through all the sponsorship, capiche? lol
Well it's too bad for those idiots who can't shut off and watch a film.Product Placement is smart. So if you all wanna' cry about how it effets your viweing privleges then thats too bad.
Product placement might make the movie more real, but when the focus is placed on certain products to give it a specific emphasis, panasonic in this video clip (at :41 seconds), it gives unnatural emphasis to the product and takes the viewer out of the movie. the porsche or burger king placements are fine and do not distract from the movie.
Hell even the pepto bismol is bad and takes from the movie. How often is someone going to have an open bottle on the table where the only other liquids are a cup of milk (something they wanted to associate with the pink stuff) and a cup of water. And leaving it open? Who would do that.
If it's so important to have product placement in movies for the sake of finance, then how do you finance a movie about the past, or a movie set in the future? You just don't need product placements.
Product Placement is good, it makes the movie more real, because we see in them things that we use or see everyday and also give more budget for make the movie bigger. And if there were no Product Placement then, they have to invent a brand for the things in the film. For example, should the invent a car or a computer to could show that in the movie? I dont think so.
@DobleDeDigital That's what Quentin Tarantino does. Brands don't necessarily make a film more 'real'. I don't think it's that bold of a statement to say that the product placement in Transformers was for profit, and not for 'realism'. Film is supposed to be art, not a long commercial.
@Bigdadda20 I think Tarantino is such a bad director Michael Bays Rocks and also the Product Placement, thanks to it we can watch awesome films like Transformers and The Island
@DobleDeDigital Product Placement is bad. It ruins movies. You don't go to movies to see commercials, yet there they are, laughing in your fucking face. Like the Panasonic one for instance. It ruins the entire feeling and destroys whatever shred of art there's involved.
Motherfuck PP!!!
As if there's not enough mind control around us all the time, now we can't even watch a movie in peace. They're jabbing their shitty products down our throats while laughing and rubbing there greedy hands.
its good if you´re the CEO of General Motors. its good if you´re a Hollywood producer not wanting to spend money on a movie. its NOT SO good if you´re the poor sap thats paid to watch a movie and is given a commercial.
@DobleDeDigital You are partially correct. But the issue is when the placement of said product is obviously contrived, and shoe-horned in. - the best example of this is Sony products in the last two James Bond films.
Know where they get all their millions from to make these movies?
Corporations paying for advertising. I find it disturbing, I find it underhanded, I find it a violation of democratic rights, I find it to be instilling commercialism. I find it to be a sure fine way to give a lot of money to directors who suck at making movies thus contributing millions to make a piece of crap movie which is just a giant advertising gimmick filled with special effects and explosions to get the dim hooked.
product placement is kind of a very tricky and badass way to get people to buy stuff without them knowing they have been influenced to buy it on a film... but as it happens unconciously it doesnt disturb or annoy us and therefore... it doesnt affect the quality of the film.
Seriously... if i was a movie producer... i'd do the exact same but i would prolly ask for loads of money for the product placement.
Transformers is not a movie. it's more of an ad.
shotta0121 4 days ago
Of course there's product placement. You know how much money that movie cost?
arandomperson3 1 week ago
I love the transformers!
TomReneu 2 weeks ago
way cool guys!
JasonBorn262 2 weeks ago
When I first saw the movie, the only one that irritated me was the Panasonic memory card.
MrJustinMiner 2 weeks ago
i know! in Transformers: Dark Of The Moon, i had 'lenovo' screaming in my at face for 10 minutes!!
achmeds72virgins 1 month ago
How many of you would have actually noticed the "Burger King" from behind Megan Fox without this video? Good f***ing product placement right there!
Thozbule 1 month ago 2
I heard the new Mission Impossible movie a big Apple advertisement.
phatmanxxxl 1 month ago
To me Transformers was a big Chevy Comaro commercial.
phatmanxxxl 1 month ago
Products are out there being advertised in everyday life EVERYWHERE that you can see. If i look around my room nearly everything I see is branded. People need to get over this.
JamezRedmore 1 month ago
God damn it. They`re just trying to make it realistic
meshachmh 1 month ago
@meshachmh
lol, it's very a big business
radroatch 1 month ago
the fucking strokes!!! ahh
bkiknorite 1 month ago
This movie doesn't do the song any justice you know...
PublicEnemy04 2 months ago
I watched the movie a couple minutes ago. Didn't once notice any product placement - because that's how the world is - logos everywhere. Who cares? Does it really matter? Do you feel the need to buy an iPod or eat at BK anymore than you did before you watched the movie? Didn't think so.
themyclovesyou 3 months ago
@themyclovesyou
This comment is a bit of a fail; you acknowledge advertising as a constant, yet don't acknowledge the response to advertising will be a constant
companies pay large sums of money for product placement, they do this for a reason, because it generates more profit than the money they pay for the placement, meaning that yes people will buy products due to exposure to product placements. I wonder do you own a ipod, have you ate at BK?
radroatch 1 month ago
@eltrut96 you spelled america wrong... Dumbass.
The21CenturyFox 3 months ago
You missed a couple...
1. At 0:10 on the top right of the computer screen it says CISCO
2. Barricade (Decepticon Police Car) was a Mustang Seleen
3. At 1:00 "The Strokes" are a band....
4. In the beginning Bumblebee has Goodwrench Tires.
5. That Fat Guy had a Nokia Cell Phone
The product placement was not bad in this movie, since in my opinion, it did not take away from the movie. These products actually helped make the movie more relatable since we all use most of these products.
mmagymratreviews 3 months ago
What a great song. What an amazing taste in music you have. What an interesting person you must be.
sparkyinbath 3 months ago
song pisses me off
MegaRsforlife 3 months ago 7
What do you expect? Michael Bay is the biggest product whore in the business.
octoman511 3 months ago
forgot cisco with hp prod placment
totorhcp 3 months ago
Shockwave /watch?v=iwj1LsjWE74
NOOJAMESBONDNOINOI 3 months ago
Puts!!!
Sealskin1078 3 months ago
@7OIlI It was based on a true story where the guy worked for FedEx, don't you think it would've been a bit weired if it didn't show...FedEx? They also didn't pay anything towards it so it's not that bad.
The 'Wilson' volleyball on the other hand, well, that's just shameless.
rockermanmatt 4 months ago
Amerika! Full of dumb/numb minded fucks!
eltrut96 4 months ago
Consumerism is Satan.
MrMonsemblable 4 months ago
Transformers was a two hour toy and car commercial
ALEJ4ND2O 4 months ago
xbox transforms now to so much better then ps3
thegreatblarg 4 months ago
haha, the iPod was the worst one
AlvarWahle 4 months ago
Except for the panasonic one, I don't see any of these as a problem. You can't make a "serious" movie and put black duct-tape over anything showing a brand either. If you want to see what product placement nightmare-mode is, try searching "i robot shoes". That shit is going too far. Ruined the whole movie.
BIasphemer 4 months ago
Bumblebee himself is a freakin' product placement (He has a Chevy logo on his grill)
SnowLapras 4 months ago
History of Product placement is pretty interesting....
justtheinfo84 5 months ago
i dont think product placement even works anyways :P
if i notice it i just laugh [:
HeavenlyClassic 5 months ago
ITS NOT PRODUCT PLACEMENT ITS REAL LIFE ITEMS AND BRANDS. Are you supposed to make your own products and brands so no one complains on your movie ?
RECUTMedia 5 months ago
wow, Panasonic really stole the movie
foopiez 5 months ago
So much Advertisement. The Cinema Cards should be for free....
Boykott this junk... I Hate Advertisement...
OnlyTheTruthIsTrue 5 months ago
Thats because of the loses in DVD/BlueRays selling... Now its like in Normal TV... Advertesing everywhere... But advertising is not all... Good Jobs and a good payment... But nowadays everybody is thrown into debt...
I dont belive in a Consum Society, it only creates stupid and poor people and a lot of Waste... Use things three days and throw it away... How can our planet survive this mentality?
OnlyTheTruthIsTrue 5 months ago
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OnlyTheTruthIsTrue 5 months ago
Some of these coments about the song make me want to cry lol. Jk jk. But it is a shame that every friend I've ever tried to introduce flying lotus' music to also hated it. Open up your mind. Just because it's not cookie cutter, doesn't mean it's no good.
fusionelements 5 months ago
U missed Cisco! 0:09
harsh231 5 months ago
Thats definitly too much!
Ricky185 6 months ago
U forgot to mention Cisco 0:10 .... Its present in all the three parts of the movie
ahhmar 6 months ago
I dont want them to blur the logo or something,but some of them are obvious. Like how the panasonic thing is shown for like to seconds so that everyone notices the logo. Thats when it becomes a commercial instead of a movie. The other ones only make the movie more realistic.
Niller165 6 months ago
I noticed only a couple of these before you pointed them out.
tinydude2 6 months ago
whats funny is you should've just said GM for like the 3 ones before you actually said GM
xXLuMiNuSXx 7 months ago
I don't care if I see a logo in a movie or a tv show, it only annoys me when they are talking about a product in a commercial. A logo doesn't matter.
And also, how else are they supposed to pay for trillion dollar movies like this one?
Dininiful 7 months ago
@vdrinker08 i understand that some of it was stupid like the panasonic one, but i have to agree with Azimex overall, i mean what are they supposed to use in some cases? should he sell the stuff on sell-your-sh*t .com? and the ipod, should they use the coby mp 301? no one would know what the hell it was! as for HP, that might have to do with the contract they have with the US Army to provide laptops and netbooks to the army. and a lot of these examples are only because they are well known
RokkerBoyy 7 months ago
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lol, those two comments right on top of each other made me really laugh!^^
1) "better without the fucking song"
2) "what the name of the song you used? i love it! it goes soo well with the video"
...lovely opposites^^
the0other 7 months ago
I wish I never got the internet. Then I would never know about how much hate goes into my favourite film
Teeheehee093 7 months ago
can everyone just stop freaking bitchin' about product placement. Jeez!
afroman255 7 months ago
That Panasonic one is pretty damn bad.
MegaDeclara 8 months ago
what's the name of the song from 1:03 to 1:14?
frostsealber08 8 months ago
Why did you say hummer, when it was Pontiac?
KwyatMan 8 months ago
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KwyatMan 8 months ago
Come on - To a certain degree these movies have to display the reality - And the reality is that AT THIS VERY MOMENT, I got Logitech, Fujitsu, Nokia, Alanya Pizza, 7N, Ruko, Medion, Converse, Antec logoes in my face - I believe that some movies over do this, but I dont have a problem with it - Besides, why shouldn't they get money for airtime.. Now rage
B1aDK 8 months ago 15
@B1aDK Oh, and I even forgot about those on screen: Skype, Youtube, Windows Live Messenger, iTunes, Steam, Facebook..
B1aDK 8 months ago
@B1aDK Because cars transforming into giant robots are very realistic.
Transmissionaire 2 weeks ago
@Transmissionaire You're so funny and original
B1aDK 2 weeks ago
@B1aDK Oh, I was just being serious.
Transmissionaire 2 weeks ago
@Transmissionaire And not being smart at the same time - Do I need to refer to "To a certain degree(...)".
B1aDK 2 weeks ago
i thought you pay to see a movie because its better than televion but it seems like everything is just a bigger fucking commercial in a lot of films
human0un 8 months ago
Not necessarily product placement. I'd rather have real brands than obviously fake brands. There are Porsche dealerships in real life, and people go on eBay in real life too.
hitlermustache 8 months ago
@hitlermustache WTF? Are you serious? There are no brands in movie scripts. Brands pay for that.
montotosk 8 months ago
Not a big deal. All the money for getting those labels in the movie funded this movie. The only tasteless one was the Panasonic one. It was out of place and the insert was edited lazily. And a lot of those I didn't even notice on a giant theater screen so that means the DP and actors did a good job shooting this thing
jmxbox 9 months ago
In the two opening scenes you missed two. Cisco and Oldsmobile. Cisco during the HP advertisement (logo in the upper left corner) and I believe Oldsmobile. Look at the magazine he's holding during the porche advertisement.
Ngushur 9 months ago
you forgot Malaysian Airlines at the near beginning of the movie.
Cant really blame them on the vehicles as the robots need to transform from some brand of a vehicle.
harikays1992 9 months ago
this guy has done his homework.
williamdurkacz 9 months ago
Why you guys moaning for , fucks sakkee, didnt michael bay say the companies that owned all the cars wanted them to be shown off becuase they were brand new range??? idiots
BennAndIzzy 9 months ago
@BennAndIzzy Yes, that's product placement...
homsarshat 9 months ago
@homsarshat ohh O__________o erm yeh im jus guna shut up and keep moving on haha :/
BennAndIzzy 9 months ago
OK, yeah there was a lot of product placement, but in my opinion, product placement can actually make a film more realistic/relatable...
priceboy3 9 months ago 3
you forgot cisco at 0:09
oleg1981 10 months ago
Im sorry but tht song really is AWFUL
lozcansingxx 10 months ago
better without the fucking song
TheFanta913 10 months ago 85
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@TheFanta913 then don't watch it...
vdrinker08 10 months ago
@vdrinker08 or turn off the shitty sound
RokkerBoyy 7 months ago
@vdrinker08 "Dont you like to wait in line? then dont buy product :D" is your reply to every critisism to just ignore the issue?
haradin1337 6 months ago
@vdrinker08 or remove the song
ghul10 1 month ago
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what the name of the song you used? i love it! it goes soo well with the video :)
Good job!
Aria924 10 months ago
@Aria924 Flying lotus - Comet Course.
Strongly Recommend you check out The entire album called Los Angeles. great stuff.
vdrinker08 10 months ago
@vdrinker08 wow. you caufght the sarcasm so well! a regular sherlock!
8ballsix27 9 months ago
My only problem with criticizing product placement like this is that 21st century life is one giant product placement. Bowl games, ampitheaters, every square inch of flat surface on every road in almost every city in America. All of them are trying to sell me something.
stthomasaquarius 10 months ago
Cadillac...yummy.
MrThestig8 10 months ago
wow the panasonic one was just sad...clearly showed it to the camera
jcarranza209 10 months ago
Um.. guys? The TRANSFORMERS were themselves nothing BUT a product placement for the Transformers toys! Which is what is so funny about someone complaining about product placement in a movie about creating a story around product placement.. namely the title characters themselves.
Now I don't have a problem with PP if it is done with some subtlety or blended into the movie... but when it becomes obvious to the point of annoyance (and taking you out of the movie), then it becomes a problem.
TheRealNormanBates 10 months ago
Okay. The difference between product placement and product /usage/ is making the product seem EXTREMEMLY AWESOME OMG compared to it just being there because it's unavoidable (like a fast food place may be Burger King, but that doesn't necessarily promote it) or it establishes the setting. The cars were definitely, obviously product placement, and the Panasonic card, but it's not the worst example ever....
flauterfli 10 months ago
I can live with the cars, and wouldn't expect the logos to be blurred out.
But when there's a full zoom shot of a PANASONIC sd card straight in my face, that's another story.
Richyhello 10 months ago
When Product Endorsement in Movies Goes Too Far...
Gorillas in the Sierra Mist
A Box of Raisinets in the Sun
Dial M&Ms for Murderous Munchin'
Lord of the Onion Rings
Logan's Snack Bar Run
Mars Bars Attack!
Refreshment Stand By Me
Raiders of the Last Clark Bar
MegaJetJaguar 10 months ago
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We get logos shoved in our face everywhere, why should a movie that is set in a modern society be any different. And besides, this isnt the wost case of product placement out there, at least it's lots of different logos instead of one over and over again. Although, the panasonic SD card one did bug me a little...
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TransformersAdmin 11 months ago
i can understand using 'actual' brand names in high budget films for 'realism' and marketing scemes etc, (of course mainly centralized towards movies based reflecting modern society obviously) but dont the film making companies also have to pay for this to an extent aswell? is it not just cheaper to come up with a stupid fake name for a brand or blur it in the distance unless the movies actually based on that specifc product?
Whyrweherereally 11 months ago
*and i do realize that the movie companies can get paid waay more this, too, but im just trying to way this idea out
Whyrweherereally 11 months ago
I suddenly have an uncontrollable urge to buy a GM car...
JammastaJ23 11 months ago
Idk if you would count cadilac as a product placement cause hes destroying the cadilac sign
TomDaFighter 11 months ago
pretty much all the cars in the movie are by GM
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LanIost 1 year ago
#1 should have EASILY been "The Wizard"
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OptimusPrime21577 1 year ago
Now if they'd only do more product placement and less advertising commercials I'd be happy.
Draconicrose 1 year ago
how else do you think michael bay affords the budget for his movies
kooldog98 1 year ago
GMC is the big person there. They have their cars on a bunch of shows. I seems the GMC Terrain on the CBS show "Medium" and I saw the GMC Acadia on "Ghost Whisperer" and I saw them on a few other shows and movies. HP also plays a big role in product placement. I usually see their laptops in VEVO music videos but I think it's more of the Beats by Dr Dre.
ericwagoner13 1 year ago
If a scene changes just because they want to show a product, its bad. If its just in the flow of the movie. Who cares!?
Linder0th 1 year ago
The BBC (in Britain) makes lots of shows. The rules here are very strict about there being no product placement (unfortunately these might change soon!) and so in all the dramas they make like doctor who, there is no subtle advertising at all. It's really not that hard to do, you'd be surprised how easy it is for there to be a scene with some1 on a laptop WITHOUT the camera constantly zooming in on it....
Minidrags 1 year ago
What a surprise, when Jews run Hollywood this is the result.
KiloByte69 1 year ago
@KiloByte69
Are you serious? Did you really just use your anger at product placement as a tie in towards racism? Denomination has absolutely nothing to do with film giants wanting to turn a profit. It's just business. AND it's the reason I haven't seen either of the two most recent Transformers movies (aside from the bad acting and plot). You want to make a statement, make it with your wallet.
wytrokit 1 year ago
what do you excpect them to do its a big movie and companies wanted them to put there products in and atleast they werent obvious in the whole movie they were in the background
dipodhelper 1 year ago
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TheRobbi3 1 year ago
product placement pays for the movie to be made.
if there was none they wouldnt be able to spend as much and the movie would be crappy and low budget
OhNoNotMyPenis 1 year ago
I would only say it's product placement if someone gave the product a compliment or something, like saying "Wow, Chevrolet Camaro's are the BEST!" Most of this isn't actual product placement, they should be allowed to drive past a Porsche showroom for gods sakes!
GODMONSTERRARGH 1 year ago
It's a good thing in my house I don't have to look at product placement. From my Mintendo Pii to my Getaway laptop.
xGRIZLYadams 1 year ago
what was that big yellow car? at the 1 minute mark? does any one know lol
gooferman609 1 year ago
@gooferman609 Chevrolet camaro are you new?
xGRIZLYadams 1 year ago
@xGRIZLYadams no it was sarcasm
gooferman609 1 year ago
On the computer
zakoura123 1 year ago
What u forgot was panasonic and windows vista
zakoura123 1 year ago
i honestly dont see anything wrong. for a movie over an hour long, a few brands aint much of a deal. and it cant be helped that car brands are in the film. its transformers dammit...
90Prabhu 1 year ago
song??
Zkrudriverz 1 year ago
What about oakley?
TheCheeno 1 year ago
Greed is what drives this country, it always has been that and always will. I don't mind product placement, it adds a certain level of realism, but in some of the shots it seemed like a car commercial. And yeah, all this advertising and we still have to pay $10+ for a damn ticket.
Dearayne 1 year ago
@Dearayne Hey films cost money....alot of money. As I'm typing on my MacBook Pro that you can find on Apple.com or the Apple store and if you're hungry stop by Panera Bread and have lunch hah.....where's my check?
AcademyMixtapes 1 year ago
Crikey, Thats alot
b0r02 1 year ago
Kind of hard to complain about product placement when the entire movie is based off a Hasbro toyline.
ConchoDreamer 1 year ago 2
Some of these seemed no big deal. But others..Seriously, Pepto Bismal? Furby? Mountain Dew and Xboxes?
ThePickledTheif 1 year ago
Who gives a shit, it's better than when they hide it and you notice that.
hattrickster33 1 year ago
you missed the cisco networking logo on the HP computer screen.
101111101101 1 year ago 7
Some of you people are acting as if the entire movie was one big commercial!
Understood there was some clear angle shots of the yellow car, but what do you want to do with the rest, blur out the logo? Or use generic products made from China? Would you prefer Megan Fox sit in front of Burger Queen, or for them to use a laptop called Pineapple?
Will it make you feel better, and sleep more easily at night, or are you whining because you just didn't like the movie?
AziMeX 1 year ago 6
@AziMeX Ok ok. Fair point Mr Azimex. I am a person who dislikes most product placement. I personally believe that their is enough advertising in our society already without it entering the movie theater. I can accept advertising when its say, on TV. Because that's free to air television. That's how they pay for making the shows. But when i'm paying $17 a ticket to see a movie and i get a panasonic logo shoved in my face. Thats just ridiculous.
vdrinker08 1 year ago 35
@vdrinker08 Stop being such a cry baby... you complain more than my mother...
Pninja885 1 year ago
@vdrinker08 Don't get me started on advertisements. When I buy my ferry tickets to go across the strait to Vancouver, there are Coca Cola ads, on the back of the ticket! How much more ridiculous will they get? Putting ads inside of ads or something?
omamder5 1 year ago
We get logos shoved in our face everywhere, why should a movie that is set in a modern society be any different. And besides, this isnt the wost case of product placement out there, at least it's lots of different logos instead of one over and over again. Although, the panasonic SD card one did bug me a little...
wonkinson 10 months ago
@vdrinker08 damn you paid 17 bucks for a movie ticket? youre crazy lol. the 3d movies are like 13.50 and thats expensive!
R0JIBLANC0 6 months ago
@AziMeX And people say that its what pays to make the movie. Do they really need that extra 50 million dollars? Well no they don't. Michael bay got paid 75million dollars for transformers 2... And do you see any product placement in Avatar? The highest budget film ever made.
vdrinker08 1 year ago 31
@vdrinker08 If you're asking do they need the extra $50 million then absolutely....why not? If your job offered you a bonus, are you going to turn it down on the grounds of not REALLY needing it?
The product placement looks unsightly when shown together in a clip like this, but in the move, its so far spread out and brief that most people won't notice it. After all, if it was just a big commercial with some movie scattered in between, then it would not have done well in the box office.
AziMeX 1 year ago 3
@vdrinker08 That's because Avatar is set in the far future in a distant world, where you wouldn't expect to see Coke or Adidas.
AndrewFaulds 1 year ago
@vdrinker08
avatar is set on another planet in the future clown.
gdguyman 1 year ago
@vdrinker08 you're a real hater of product placement. as well as making the film more personal to the viewer, it also helps to finance the movie. so what if you don't want to have it shoved in your face, it doesn't make the film crap does it.
and i must admit, some films do make them too obvious, like with the panasonic logo, but they needed it to be on screen some how. and whats this about them showing the car from too many angles?! it's called effect douche, it makes the character look swish!!
fatgit1993 1 year ago
@vdrinker08 there ain't no porsches in the jungle, brah
eightball8008 10 months ago
@vdrinker08
Avatar was not the highest budget film ever made. Trying to make a point? Fail.
TheMirrorEyes 9 months ago
@vdrinker08 It would be a bit weird seeing the equivalent of a lanky smurf walking into Burger King, would it? Add that to the fact, Avatar is filmed on another "planet", Transformers is filmed in America. Which, you'll be shocked to hear has shops and restaurants...
azasmith 6 months ago
@AziMeX - Your comments made me laugh. "Acting as if the entire movie was one big commercial"? That's the point: it was! I'm guessing you're young and haven't spent much time watching classic movies, or you'd realize that product placement is a fairly new phenomenon. Until recent years, filmmakers DID remove logos. They DID use generic products (but not "made from China" unless they were plates or teacups).
dwjensen 1 year ago
@AziMeX - And it did NOT make the moviegoing experience any less enjoyable; in fact, you knew that when you shelled out your hard-earned money for a movie ticket, you wouldn't be annoyed by advertising like you are when watching TV. Moviegoing used to be an escape from advertising. Product placement makes advertising pervasive. It has nothing to do with whether we liked the movie or not or with sleeping more easily at night.
dwjensen 1 year ago
@AziMeX Sadly, a lot of stuff you use today are made in China lol And there is also a way, how big budget movie can survive, through all the sponsorship, capiche? lol
FRANKORILLA 1 year ago
@AziMeX
You got that right!!
I think branding is an excellent way to get more fund in movies!
it's even more authentic
ma3joog007 11 months ago
You forgot Chevrolet!
PlayActiv 1 year ago
Guess I'm never watching Adverti- I mean Transformers.
AsellusPrimus 1 year ago
You forgot the most important product placement. Megan Fox. Did a lot to sell the movie.
jandgmassey 1 year ago
micheal bay is the whore of the movie business
smcauley600 1 year ago
Well it's too bad for those idiots who can't shut off and watch a film.Product Placement is smart. So if you all wanna' cry about how it effets your viweing privleges then thats too bad.
glowingshortfilms 1 year ago
Product placement might make the movie more real, but when the focus is placed on certain products to give it a specific emphasis, panasonic in this video clip (at :41 seconds), it gives unnatural emphasis to the product and takes the viewer out of the movie. the porsche or burger king placements are fine and do not distract from the movie.
jaldred1 1 year ago
Hell even the pepto bismol is bad and takes from the movie. How often is someone going to have an open bottle on the table where the only other liquids are a cup of milk (something they wanted to associate with the pink stuff) and a cup of water. And leaving it open? Who would do that.
jaldred1 1 year ago
This kinda isnt really bad, it makes the movie more identifiable for the audience
Davers23 1 year ago
nothing really wround with product placement in some movies
but i just hate it when its very obvious and in your face
mastergradeone 1 year ago
You forgot chevrolet???
Frans000003 1 year ago
The Panasonic and Ebay one were just the most obvious ones in the movie.
MarkArandjus 1 year ago
If it's so important to have product placement in movies for the sake of finance, then how do you finance a movie about the past, or a movie set in the future? You just don't need product placements.
ninjacowboy32 1 year ago
Product Placement is good, it makes the movie more real, because we see in them things that we use or see everyday and also give more budget for make the movie bigger. And if there were no Product Placement then, they have to invent a brand for the things in the film. For example, should the invent a car or a computer to could show that in the movie? I dont think so.
DobleDeDigital 1 year ago 2
@DobleDeDigital they don't have to show the car logo from a million different angles. And make it look like a commercial.
vdrinker08 1 year ago 19
@DobleDeDigital That's what Quentin Tarantino does. Brands don't necessarily make a film more 'real'. I don't think it's that bold of a statement to say that the product placement in Transformers was for profit, and not for 'realism'. Film is supposed to be art, not a long commercial.
Bigdadda20 1 year ago
@Bigdadda20 I think Tarantino is such a bad director Michael Bays Rocks and also the Product Placement, thanks to it we can watch awesome films like Transformers and The Island
DobleDeDigital 1 year ago
@DobleDeDigital Product Placement is bad. It ruins movies. You don't go to movies to see commercials, yet there they are, laughing in your fucking face. Like the Panasonic one for instance. It ruins the entire feeling and destroys whatever shred of art there's involved.
Motherfuck PP!!!
As if there's not enough mind control around us all the time, now we can't even watch a movie in peace. They're jabbing their shitty products down our throats while laughing and rubbing there greedy hands.
holm81 1 year ago
@holm81 Sometimes Product Placement ARE The Show Stealers, NOT The Star of the Movie.
conradojavier 1 month ago
its good if you´re the CEO of General Motors. its good if you´re a Hollywood producer not wanting to spend money on a movie. its NOT SO good if you´re the poor sap thats paid to watch a movie and is given a commercial.
castlekingside28 1 year ago
@DobleDeDigital You are partially correct. But the issue is when the placement of said product is obviously contrived, and shoe-horned in. - the best example of this is Sony products in the last two James Bond films.
phatchocostarfish 1 year ago
logitech webcam on the hp
bobsamurai 1 year ago
Wow!!! Some many product placement!!!
billschoe43 1 year ago
Know where they get all their millions from to make these movies?
Corporations paying for advertising. I find it disturbing, I find it underhanded, I find it a violation of democratic rights, I find it to be instilling commercialism. I find it to be a sure fine way to give a lot of money to directors who suck at making movies thus contributing millions to make a piece of crap movie which is just a giant advertising gimmick filled with special effects and explosions to get the dim hooked.
MrSplademan 1 year ago
you forgot the lockheed martin, bushmaster, and practically any Industrial MIllitary complex product placement in the movie.
wizzzer1337 1 year ago
eBay sucks. In central and east Europe we have Allegro. Much better.
You know what's funny? In Poland Mac is 1% of all computers, but in TV it's about 90%. Everyone sees it, nobody has it.
Chmielok 1 year ago 4
I think product placement makes movies more real, because they use things that everyone sees in a normal day.
DobleDeDigital 1 year ago
PLEASE what artist made the music?
416Spark 1 year ago
@416Spark flying lotus
vdrinker08 1 year ago 2
@vdrinker08 whats the song name?
416Spark 1 year ago
@416Spark
flying lotus - comet course. Off the album Los Angeles. HIGHLY recommend
vdrinker08 1 year ago 3
You can put products in your film, but don't make stupid scenes like the old Camaro turning into a new Camaro.
FrosChannel 1 year ago
product placement is kind of a very tricky and badass way to get people to buy stuff without them knowing they have been influenced to buy it on a film... but as it happens unconciously it doesnt disturb or annoy us and therefore... it doesnt affect the quality of the film.
Seriously... if i was a movie producer... i'd do the exact same but i would prolly ask for loads of money for the product placement.
benZZZgomeZZZ 1 year ago
still an amazing movie
Spitknot420 1 year ago
unbelieveable! no wonder they cash up soo much!
kittyala213 1 year ago