OT: Movie Based Products

[dean]

I was just casually watching Castaway while it was on TV tonight, and it got me thinking about movie advertising and product placement via the 'character' Wilson.

I'm also sure that people have done this to a degree before, but wouldn't it be great [yet also incredibly stupid at the same time] to have products made directly inspired by cinema?

Of course the purpose of these items can be for either collectibles or even actually made for mass, everyday use.

So I propose that we come up with some ideas for some filmic-based products, or even tell us of some of the stupid marketing products you have seen for certain movies.

Of course, my brother [who inspired me by asking this question] wanted to know whether they actually made a 'Wilson' brand volleyball, decked out with a blood-like handprint on it.  That could work well enough [or at least when the film was initially released.]

Other products I would like to see, especially for it's potentially subvertive nature, is Paper St Soap, of course inspired by 'Fight Club.'




One actual product I've come across in stores, which is possibly one of the stupidist things I've ever seen, is a Spiderman toy shaving kit.  Yes, you heard right, a TOY shaving kit...

This isn't even a real shaving kit, but is just a plastic, no-bladed 'shaver' and shaving gel with Spiderman logos all over it, which little kids can use to shave, 'just like Spiderman!' [ok so I added in the 'just like' part, but you see where I'm going with this...]  

Sometimes I wonder where the hell people come up with these completely idiotic ideas...

And then I realised that this site would be a great place for us to come up with some really silly products.  So let's imagine some really inappropriate products, or even ones which could potentially actually work, like the Wilson ball [which I know my brother would buy in a flash.]


Maybe a Hattori Hanzo knife set, which we can sell on infomercials which can cut through a can of peaches, or a human skull, in the blink of an eye.

Or how about your very own Necrominicon recipe book for the undead who likes to cook, but just doesn't know how?


So let the ideas fly!

[ThadC]

How about a nude woman milk machine like the one from clockwork orange. Fun way to get a cold glass of milk, and a neat way to decorate any bachelor pad. Also how about the electronic book from hitchikers guide to the galaxy exactly like the one from the movie. I think either would go over well.

[Georgie Boy]

Indiana Jones / Cool Whip cross promo
Star Wars laser pointers shaped like lightsabers
Planet of the Apes winter gear in faux leather
A Star Trek line of alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages...mmmm Tronia
Hellraiser Rubic's Cube
Mallrats shopping bag

The possibilities............................are endless.

[ulthar]

One of the biggest movie/tv products from my childhood was the venerable lunchbox.  Probably not so common today, at least in the US, in the early 70's, you learned a lot about your classmates and friends from the lunchbox they carried.  Every year, when school started, part of the excitement of seeing friends you haven't seen all summer was to see what their lunchbox would be that year.

There was always a few with the plain grey (or black) boxes.  But if you think about it, what is the point of a lunchbox all decorated like movie/tv characters?

I remember having: Scoobie Doo, Adam12 and Speed Buggy.  I'm sure I had others, too.

[Scottie]

Regarding Lunchboxes, I had a Mario Bros. lunchbox, a Dick Tracy lunchbox, and a Zelda lunchbox. I ruled the school with those. Nobody knew how cool I was. I regret ever letting those boxes leave my sight, for they have succumbed to the ultimate power in the universe.... the dishwasher. They are completely indistinguishable today.

As for cross-over movie products, we have HULK HANDS here in the States. You slip them on and when you punch something, an electronic voice sounds off a "Grrr, HULK SMASH!" or something along those lines.

First off, I need to get this off my chest. I've been dying to see Monk brand-gasoline. Perfect for any war protest, monk brand-gasoline has been blessed by Buddhist monks high in the Tibetan mountains for violent protesting. If you want to set yourself on fire, or just need some gas for a molotov cocktail, monk-brand gasoline is perfect. Nothing says protest like a flaming pile of ash.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest brand toboggans.
Twleve Angry Men brand stationery
Blade Runner noodles
Annie Hall endorsed psychiatry
and of course
The Stuff brand yogurt!







Post Edited (11-25-05 16:33)

[dean]

Scottie wrote:

 
> As for cross-over movie products, we have HULK HANDS here in
> the States. You slip them on and when you punch something, an
> electronic voice sounds off a "Grrr, HULK SMASH!" or something
> along those lines.

Yeah I remember them, something which was also made, to promote the Fantastic Four, was 'The Thing' hands which do the same thing, except they say 'its clobberin' time' and you could also by The Thing Feet if you wanted to as well.  Not too sure what they did other than make big stomping noises.


As for some other products that could be made:

A Naked Lunch branded Typewriter.

An Eyes Wide Shut mask and cloak set for costume parties and your average everday mansion-orgy.

[Shadowphile]

How about American Psycho business card holders with new exciting 'windomatic' sound?

[Ash]

How 'bout a "Robert Loggia Driver's Manual"?

(from Lost Highway)

[Mofo Rising]

Georgie Boy wrote:

> A Star Trek line of alcoholic and non alcoholic
> beverages...mmmm Tronia

You can buy a bottle of Klingon Blood Wine at the store outside the Star Trek Experience in Las Vegas.

> Hellraiser Rubic's Cube

They're going to have to put a consumer warning on this one.  I mean, when people place place a nice chocky in their mouth, they don't expect to get their cheeks pierced.

I racked my brain trying to come up with a product, but all I can think of is a line of REQUIEM FOR A DREAM brand sex toys.  So instead I'll share this: I've always wanted to create a dish called Texas Chainsaw Chicken.  I think that would be a big seller.