Very Bad Product Placement in Movies

Raffine · August 17, 2010, 04:16:12 PM

I remember the gang in THE CONEHEADS all making a big fuss about Subway sandwiches.

You can get a Subway/CONEHEADS drink cups from ioffer for eight bucks.

Want one..?

Flick James · August 17, 2010, 04:36:40 PM

This would be either bad or awesome product placement depending on how you look at it, but how about Superman II when one of the villains gets thrown into a big Coca Cola sign by Superman during the big throwdown in Metropolis?

JaseSF · August 17, 2010, 04:39:43 PM

I believe Dr. Pepper was also prominently featured in the 1984 Godzilla film, was it not?

InformationGeek · August 17, 2010, 09:13:21 PM

Now that I think about it... there is one movie that really ranks up the product placement to a very annoying amount and that is Mac and Me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdvO0tmNjGo

Nukie 2 · August 18, 2010, 10:01:50 PM

Quote from: InformationGeek on August 17, 2010, 09:13:21 PM
Now that I think about it... there is one movie that really ranks up the product placement to a very annoying amount and that is Mac and Me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdvO0tmNjGo

Yeah that movie was one big screaming advertisement. Aliens withering and about to die, I know let's revitalize them back to life with Coca-Cola! After all those aliens mouths were only suited to consume things through straws, they were biological adapted to thrive on Coca-Cola and Skittles-- what other solid could fit into their mouths, only something small and semi-pellet shaped. I can never forget the scene in the car with Mac in that movie, the kid has some Skittles, then looks over at Mac and says to his friend "Let's see if he likes these" as if that was a rational thought that a person who would be in contact with aliens would think.

Which reminds me of a really crappy movie called 'Star Crystal", the scene where the astronauts drink Coca-Cola in space! This made me wonder if Coca-Cola knew they were being advertised in this craptacular monstrosity. It must've been some right of passage that all movies knocking-off "E.T." had to have some sort of product placement to be a respectable rip-off. Nukie even had product placement scenes with Michelob, Slice, Welches, not to mention the scene where nun gives an ape a bottle of Pepsi before talking about the ills of Americanization!

JPickettIII · August 18, 2010, 10:32:53 PM

I think that the movie the "Pod People" had a Pepsi logo on a barn. I will have to watch it again.

Later,

John

retrorussell · August 18, 2010, 11:12:01 PM

Yeah, Mac and Me was the first movie I thought of too.. but E.T. shamelessly plugged Reeses Pieces and Coke, so that was basically ANOTHER aspect Mac and Me ripped off of E.T.!

inframan · August 20, 2010, 08:45:30 AM

Godzilla 1984 - Dr Pepper, just embarassing.

Pilgermann · August 20, 2010, 10:53:49 AM

How about The Wizard? It's basically one giant commercial for Nintendo. I love it!

Not an example of bad product placement, but I've always liked the gag in Wayne's World:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIo61VyRyRo&feature=related

Mr. DS · August 20, 2010, 11:09:25 AM

Taco Bell in Demolition Man comes to mind.

BTM · August 20, 2010, 10:01:10 PM

Quote from: wyckednick on August 17, 2010, 06:14:42 AM
Thank you somebody else who thought Blade 3 was stupid. Yes Jessica Biel is hot, yes Ryan Reynolds is funny, the movie still didn't make any damn sense.

Oh, man, I could go on a good, long rant about all the things dumb in that film. Sad part is, the first two were pretty good, and it DID have a decent premise (Blade taking on Dracula, the FIRST vampire ever created), but it just wasted everything.

WildHoosier09 · August 20, 2010, 11:14:27 PM

My most annoying would be a Fantastic 4 fight scene between pyro and the thing where pyro hits a burger king "flame grilled" sign. Major groans at that one, must have cost BK a fortune.

Bmeansgood · August 22, 2010, 12:50:59 PM

Obviously not a movie, but in the show Pawn Starts they pimp Subway quite a bit.

Trekkie313 · November 02, 2010, 02:00:05 AM

Quote from: ChaosTheory on August 16, 2010, 11:21:59 AM
Twilight was pretty bad about splashing Google all over the screen. And this is kind of general, but ever notice how almost nobody in the movies ever uses PCs? Always Macs.

Because Steve Jobs pays them all off.

JPickettIII · November 02, 2010, 03:56:51 PM

Quote from: JPickettIII on August 18, 2010, 10:32:53 PM
I think that the movie the "Pod People" had a Pepsi logo on a barn. I will have to watch it again.

Later,

John

I have two movies:

The Pod People. There is a barn with a Pepsi logo on it.

Abraxxas, Guardian of the Universe. There is a lot of Pepsi being pimped out. There is a garage with some bottles are being dropped by Sucundas (I think that is how the name is spelled) and there is slow motion on the bottles breaking. There there is a convenience store scene, nothing but Pepsi signs and products. WOW.

Later,

John