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So you get ads, and unlimited product placement? Whole episodes of Stranger Things revolving around Seven Eleven and Slurpees? You'd be a fool to say no! > Unl

So you get ads, and unlimited product placement? Whole episodes of Stranger Things revolving around Seven Eleven and Slurpees? You'd be a fool to say no! > Unlimited ad-free movies, TV shows, and mobile games I wish the USA believed in consumer protection, or had false advertising laws that were enforced, because most shows and movies are full of ads, they're just hidden. Ubiquitous computer logos, coca-cola bottles, car brands, etc Maybe they meant unlimited-ad, free movies, tv shows, and mobile games and messed up the punctuation

lotsofpulp 3y ago
They are not even hidden, many times the characters in the show talk about the products and its features they are advertising as if in a commercial.
- gorlilla 3y ago
  There was a show where you can kinda hear some low quality audio that sounded like a song ringtone. It's basically the end of the show, credits are rolling as this dude (high on edibles) is fumbling around his living room looking for the source of the music. After a good while he finally finda a pair of iconic red Beats headphones and puts them on and the music cuts to high quality and he starts vibing to the beat as the scene fades out. I can't remember what the show was, but i remembet how pissed i was for getting hooked into a clever product placement ad.
Semaphor 3y ago
> Whole episodes of Stranger Things revolving around Seven Eleven and Slurpees? It’s kinda funny, as we don’t have 7-11 here, I simply associate them with TV ;)
- WorldMaker 3y ago
  Being from "flyover country closer to the East Coast" I've also loved that feeling of visiting the West Coast sometimes and the surprise of seeing businesses I know from TV or movies really exist. 7-11 was definitely on that list for me. It came up for me the other day because Heathers was set in small-town Ohio and yet prominently featured a 7-11 in multiple plot points which didn't fit my mental image of (mostly Southern) Ohio. Curiosity turned up that apparently there are a few 7-11s in Ohio if you travel north enough, so it isn't entirely anachronistic.

lotsofpulp 3y ago

They are not even hidden, many times the characters in the show talk about the products and its features they are advertising as if in a commercial.

gorlilla 3y ago
There was a show where you can kinda hear some low quality audio that sounded like a song ringtone. It's basically the end of the show, credits are rolling as this dude (high on edibles) is fumbling around his living room looking for the source of the music. After a good while he finally finda a pair of iconic red Beats headphones and puts them on and the music cuts to high quality and he starts vibing to the beat as the scene fades out. I can't remember what the show was, but i remembet how pissed i was for getting hooked into a clever product placement ad.

Semaphor 3y ago

> Whole episodes of Stranger Things revolving around Seven Eleven and Slurpees? It’s kinda funny, as we don’t have 7-11 here, I simply associate them with TV ;)

WorldMaker 3y ago
Being from "flyover country closer to the East Coast" I've also loved that feeling of visiting the West Coast sometimes and the surprise of seeing businesses I know from TV or movies really exist. 7-11 was definitely on that list for me. It came up for me the other day because Heathers was set in small-town Ohio and yet prominently featured a 7-11 in multiple plot points which didn't fit my mental image of (mostly Southern) Ohio. Curiosity turned up that apparently there are a few 7-11s in Ohio if you travel north enough, so it isn't entirely anachronistic.