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| Author: | admiral_tee [ Thu Dec 27, 2012 4:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Enemy of the State - Games Workship plug |
So, I was (re)watching Enemy of the State, that so-so thriller featuring Will Smith/Gene Hackman. One of the last scenes, 2hrs in, shows Will Smiths character's son, reading a Golden Demon pamphlet. It could be a White Dwarf but it didn't look like it. So - wonder what the deal was there? Deliberate (you'd have to think so)? Paid for or some cast/film member handing the kid anything to read as part of the scene..?  Tee |
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| Author: | Spectrar Ghost [ Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Enemy of the State - Games Workship plug |
I've noticed and wondered about that myself. I suspect it was a matter of what the actor brought along to read anyway. |
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| Author: | lylekelm [ Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Enemy of the State - Games Workship plug |
product placement- companies pay good money to have their products placed in movies / TV shows etc. |
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| Author: | Dwarf Supreme [ Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Enemy of the State - Games Workship plug |
Spectrar Ghost wrote: I suspect it was a matter of what the actor brought along to read anyway. That's my guess, too. |
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| Author: | Moscovian [ Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Enemy of the State - Games Workship plug |
"You blew up a building? Why?" "Because you made a phone call!" |
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| Author: | Spectrar Ghost [ Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Enemy of the State - Games Workship plug |
lylekelm wrote: product placement- companies pay good money to have their products placed in movies / TV shows etc. Not GW, as far as I know. There's also the fact that only someone who is already familiar with GW product will connect GW with Golden Daemon, which makes it a piss poor product placement (ooh, alliteration) if it is one. |
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| Author: | admiral_tee [ Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Enemy of the State - Games Workship plug |
lylekelm wrote: product placement- companies pay good money to have their products placed in movies / TV shows etc. The issue with this is all about the demo graphic. Would "Enemy of the State" have war gamers, and typically the younger gamers as that's where the money is, as a large enough demographic to warrant whatever fee to pay to include it? I can't imagine so. Tee |
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| Author: | lylekelm [ Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Enemy of the State - Games Workship plug |
I have seen some surprising product placement from the mundane eg breakfast cereal to known brand names eg perfumes etc. The more subtle the less expensive. Anyones guess in this case. |
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| Author: | Moscovian [ Fri Dec 28, 2012 7:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Enemy of the State - Games Workship plug |
Wargamers watching movies about the government spying on its citizens with high tech gadgets, explosions, and espionage... Yeah, I'd say that is a target audience. |
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| Author: | Evil and Chaos [ Fri Dec 28, 2012 7:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Enemy of the State - Games Workship plug |
It's extremely unlikely to be product placement. GW don't have a regular advertising budget, for one thing. |
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| Author: | CyberShadow [ Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Enemy of the State - Games Workship plug |
Evil and Chaos wrote: It's extremely unlikely to be product placement. GW don't have a regular advertising budget, for one thing. Yeah, this. GW dont do regular advertising outside their own mag, so I seriously doubt that its deliberate product placement, and if it is it doesnt show the GW logo or anything that people unfamiliar with GW already would recognise or connect with. I suspect that this is a case of 'the kid needs something to read... anyone got something?'. This is coupled with the frequent rumour that Will Smith is a GW wargamer (and a rumour of a similar Easter Egg in I Am Legend). |
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| Author: | Spectrar Ghost [ Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Enemy of the State - Games Workship plug |
CyberShadow wrote: (and a rumour of a similar Easter Egg in I Am Legend). Really? I've got a movie to watch again. |
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| Author: | CyberShadow [ Sat Dec 29, 2012 8:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Enemy of the State - Games Workship plug |
Spectrar Ghost wrote: CyberShadow wrote: (and a rumour of a similar Easter Egg in I Am Legend). Really? I've got a movie to watch again. I am not a fan of that film, so I can neither confirm nor deny, and I wont be watching it for that. It may be people getting it confused with Enemy of the State, of course. |
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