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The Dark Knight Product Placement?

Discussion in 'The Dark Knight Trilogy' started by WalterKovacs, Jan 15, 2008.

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  1. WalterKovacs

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    OK, nolan is basically the kubrick of his time in terms of keeping his soul. He's not the type of guy who'd have product placement. (IE the bat-boots having the nike logo, commercials of alfred drinking diet pepsi, the dodge logo on the fantasticar, peter parker web slinging some dr. pepper.)

    Or is he? Product placement can seriously kill a movie (See: I, robot)

    Pause this video at 1:46.
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    DId anybody notice this little bad boy behind the joker? [​IMG]
    Nothing like a little Starbucks pick-me-up in the middle of a superhero battle, amirite? Maybe joker is saying "Hit Me" because he wants a doubleshot expresso...
     
    #1 WalterKovacs, Jan 15, 2008
  2. WalterKovacs

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    Its like that rolling stones song where theyre like "...But he cant be a man 'cause he doesnt smoke the same cigarettes as me..."

    When i showed my sister that lyric her jaw dropped, lolz.
     
    #2 WalterKovacs, Jan 15, 2008
  3. Darkness Falls

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    how much product placement did you see in batman begins
    none?
    tdk won't have any product placement ethier
     
    #3 Darkness Falls, Jan 15, 2008
  4. Gilpesh

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    I can't wait to take on the Joker and Two-Face when they start attacking the city. That's why I use Preparation-H.
     
    #4 Gilpesh, Jan 15, 2008
  5. Mito88

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    ummmm... its just a starbucks...
     
    #5 Mito88, Jan 15, 2008
  6. The Shape

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    This doesn't belong here. It belongs in the Nobody Cares Forum, in the Official List of the World's Most Trivial Things Thread.
     
    #6 The Shape, Jan 15, 2008
  7. bkey

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    They may edit it out in the final cut.
     
    #7 bkey, Jan 15, 2008
  8. WalterKovacs

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    Right. They did that in the first fantastic four.
     
    #8 WalterKovacs, Jan 15, 2008
  9. WalterKovacs

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    sorry repost
     
    #9 WalterKovacs, Jan 15, 2008
  10. Darkness Falls

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    sig worthy
     
    #10 Darkness Falls, Jan 15, 2008
  11. sasquatchs

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    LOL, it's not product placement if a Starbucks happens to be on the street they're filming. In a city it's pretty impossible not to have one in shot :oldrazz:
     
    #11 sasquatchs, Jan 15, 2008
  12. I-T-B

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    Wow. I would never have noticed that if you hadn't pointed it out. Who cares? There's Starbucks in real life, there's Starbucks in the film. You can't even read it... :huh:
     
    #12 I-T-B, Jan 15, 2008
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    my god youve wasted my life
     
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  14. Bright Knight

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    To be fair, it's impossible to film in any city without getting a starbucks into a shot at least once.
     
    #14 Bright Knight, Jan 15, 2008
  15. Darkness Falls

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    anyone got a screencap
    cause i never take that much notice to the buildings not that i really care about a building when the freakin joker is in the same shot
     
    #15 Darkness Falls, Jan 15, 2008
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    Apply directly to the forehead...
     
    #16 Green Goblin 1964, Jan 15, 2008
  17. Mito88

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    thread backfire
     
    #17 Mito88, Jan 15, 2008
  18. WalterKovacs

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    all i'm saying is that unless people are indoors hiding from the joker or watching the battle, star bucks wouldnt be open for business. And it's gona be like 10' tall on the big screen. I dont know, I'm bored. And i noticed it.

    Plus, Dodge Hemis exist in real life, doesnt mean that a shout out to them in fantastic four isn't 100% out of place.

    But I'm sorry if i wasted your lives. :o :-)huh: )
     
    #18 WalterKovacs, Jan 15, 2008
  19. Bright Knight

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    I don't care what anyone says. I don't like starbucks. The service sucks and i just genuinely don't think a regular coffee should come in a litre mug.
     
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  20. Mito88

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    so.. because the joker showed up in the middle of the street outta nowere.... starbucks has to close and kill the lights?
     
    #20 Mito88, Jan 15, 2008
  21. Bright Knight

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    Insurance reasons.
     
    #21 Bright Knight, Jan 15, 2008
  22. WalterKovacs

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    Well its a pretty busy city, i dont know why Gotham would just turn into a ghost town randomly unless there was a reason. I mean other than starbucks, the rest of the city looks pretty desolate and empty.
     
    #22 WalterKovacs, Jan 15, 2008
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    A little subliminal advertising is good for ya!!! :cmad:
     
    #23 BubbaGump, Jan 15, 2008
  24. I-T-B

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    Dude, bad comparison. He happened to pan by a building with a Starbucks sign on it. If nobody had pointed it out, I would honestly NEVER have noticed it. I was looking at Heath, as I'm sure will the majority of movie-goers will be come July. It's such a non-issue that I haven't given it anything even closely resembling thought. My hopes and dreams for the future rest firmly in Nolan's ever-capable, soft, creamy hands. That is all.



    Never been to Starbucks, so...that's a banjo I don't care to strum. :up:
     
    #24 I-T-B, Jan 15, 2008
  25. sasquatchs

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    What are the rules when showing registered trademarks in films without permission? Are there any?
     
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