Comments on: On the Air http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2009/01/on-the-air/ Chuck Jordan's Personal Weblog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:23:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chuck http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2009/01/on-the-air/comment-page-1/#comment-13771 Chuck Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:19:40 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/?p=1070#comment-13771 That reminds me, the only product placement that I've noticed in the past few years has been the ridiculously overdone Sony stuff in the last two James Bond movies. I think they managed to incorporate every possible Sony-branded product except for a PlayStation. That reminds me, the only product placement that I’ve noticed in the past few years has been the ridiculously overdone Sony stuff in the last two James Bond movies. I think they managed to incorporate every possible Sony-branded product except for a PlayStation.

]]> By: Jackson West http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2009/01/on-the-air/comment-page-1/#comment-13770 Jackson West Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:14:39 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/?p=1070#comment-13770 True, but you can pack so many more of them into your life! Kinda like those mini, applicator-free tampons. There's so much more room in my murse thanks to those. That said, with DVRs, pirates, DVD releases and the like, the product placement has become ever more heavy handed, which I admit takes me out of the story in a way a commercial break which is easier to tune out doesn't. DAMSEL IN DISTRESS MacGyver, the bad guys have locked us in this rugged Viking restaurant-grade, sub-zero freezer featuring plate steel construction that will turn our fresh meat into ice in under twenty minutes or your money back. How are we ever going to escape? MACGYVER I'm gonna need some Wrigley's Doublemint gum, a delicious Diet Dr. Pepper and four OB tampons. I have a crazy idea, and it just might work -- but only if those are applicator-free, OB-brand tampons! True, but you can pack so many more of them into your life! Kinda like those mini, applicator-free tampons. There’s so much more room in my murse thanks to those. That said, with DVRs, pirates, DVD releases and the like, the product placement has become ever more heavy handed, which I admit takes me out of the story in a way a commercial break which is easier to tune out doesn’t.

DAMSEL IN DISTRESS
MacGyver, the bad guys have locked us in this rugged Viking restaurant-grade, sub-zero freezer featuring plate steel construction that will turn our fresh meat into ice in under twenty minutes or your money back. How are we ever going to escape?

MACGYVER
I’m gonna need some Wrigley’s Doublemint gum, a delicious Diet Dr. Pepper and four OB tampons. I have a crazy idea, and it just might work — but only if those are applicator-free, OB-brand tampons!

]]> By: Chuck http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2009/01/on-the-air/comment-page-1/#comment-13767 Chuck Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:00:45 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/?p=1070#comment-13767 I don't see why you've got to be so hung up about feminine hygiene products, Jackson. It's a perfectly natural part of the human reproductive system. It should be celebrated, not feared. But one thing I've noticed since watching stuff repackaged for downloads and DVDs, is how much of the pacing and structure of these shows depends on commercial breaks. Even if it's just long enough to fast-forward through the commercials on a DVR. Without them, the shows feel oddly rushed and "smaller." I don’t see why you’ve got to be so hung up about feminine hygiene products, Jackson. It’s a perfectly natural part of the human reproductive system. It should be celebrated, not feared.

But one thing I’ve noticed since watching stuff repackaged for downloads and DVDs, is how much of the pacing and structure of these shows depends on commercial breaks. Even if it’s just long enough to fast-forward through the commercials on a DVR. Without them, the shows feel oddly rushed and “smaller.”

]]> By: Jackson West http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2009/01/on-the-air/comment-page-1/#comment-13766 Jackson West Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:58:02 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/?p=1070#comment-13766 As someone who hasn't cable or satellite in years, watching regular television now gives me headaches. I mean, who ever thought it was a good idea to interrupt a story for two minutes, turn up the volume, and bombard me with pitches for feminine hygiene products and tips on getting deals at government auctions? That may make me sound like an elitist jerk, and one may wonder at how entertainment will survive without millions in sweet, sweet cash from Procter and Gamble, but I am officially spoiled. As someone who hasn’t cable or satellite in years, watching regular television now gives me headaches. I mean, who ever thought it was a good idea to interrupt a story for two minutes, turn up the volume, and bombard me with pitches for feminine hygiene products and tips on getting deals at government auctions? That may make me sound like an elitist jerk, and one may wonder at how entertainment will survive without millions in sweet, sweet cash from Procter and Gamble, but I am officially spoiled.

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