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I have some Fuji Film on my desk right now, I'll have you know! But I get what you are saying. :) I always thought the Total Recall product placement was inte

I have some Fuji Film on my desk right now, I'll have you know! But I get what you are saying. :) I always thought the Total Recall product placement was intentional and looking around our present future it was spot on.

DonHopkins 8y ago
Well I guess it succeeded artistically in giving me the impression that it was totally shameless marketing and not just another PKD conspiracy theory. In this universe, maybe Fuji Film instead of Kodak is in still business and on your desk today, if only because of that shrewd giant blinking billboard of a product placement, that made them seem "futuristic" to generations of Schwarzenegger fans. (Not exactly the butterfly effect, but the stockholders will take it.) https://imgur.com/a/3jHzwl6 https://imgur.com/a/3jHzwl6 Here are some Blade Runner product placements: https://productplacementblog.com/tag/blade-runner-1982/ https://productplacementblog.com/tag/blade-runner-1982/ I love the Atari placements: https://productplacementblog.com/movies/atari-in-blade-runner-1982/ https://productplacementblog.com/movies/atari-in-blade-runne... Apparently product placement in Blade Runner is a curse: http://mentalfloss.com/article/67956/10-fascinating-facts-about-blade-runner http://mentalfloss.com/article/67956/10-fascinating-facts-ab... 10. IT’S CURSED. It might not be quite as hardcore-cursed as Poltergeist or The Omen, but Blade Runner has a curse of its own … on the businesses whose logos appear in the film. Atari, Pan Am, RCA, Cuisinart, and Bell Phones all suffered severe business problems in the years shortly after Blade Runner’s release, as did Coca-Cola, whose 1985 “New Coke” experiment was less than successful. Members of the Blade Runner production team refer to this as the “product-placement Blade Runner curse.”
qbrass 8y ago
It's both satirical and profitable. That's marketing synergy.

DonHopkins 8y ago

Well I guess it succeeded artistically in giving me the impression that it was totally shameless marketing and not just another PKD conspiracy theory. In this universe, maybe Fuji Film instead of Kodak is in still business and on your desk today, if only because of that shrewd giant blinking billboard of a product placement, that made them seem "futuristic" to generations of Schwarzenegger fans. (Not exactly the butterfly effect, but the stockholders will take it.) https://imgur.com/a/3jHzwl6 https://imgur.com/a/3jHzwl6 Here are some Blade Runner product placements: https://productplacementblog.com/tag/blade-runner-1982/ https://productplacementblog.com/tag/blade-runner-1982/ I love the Atari placements: https://productplacementblog.com/movies/atari-in-blade-runner-1982/ https://productplacementblog.com/movies/atari-in-blade-runne... Apparently product placement in Blade Runner is a curse: http://mentalfloss.com/article/67956/10-fascinating-facts-about-blade-runner http://mentalfloss.com/article/67956/10-fascinating-facts-ab... 10. IT’S CURSED. It might not be quite as hardcore-cursed as Poltergeist or The Omen, but Blade Runner has a curse of its own … on the businesses whose logos appear in the film. Atari, Pan Am, RCA, Cuisinart, and Bell Phones all suffered severe business problems in the years shortly after Blade Runner’s release, as did Coca-Cola, whose 1985 “New Coke” experiment was less than successful. Members of the Blade Runner production team refer to this as the “product-placement Blade Runner curse.”

qbrass 8y ago

It's both satirical and profitable. That's marketing synergy.