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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Terminator the Series
« on: May 5, 2009, 01:09 PM »
I'm surprised ratings don't automatically count DVR views. But then I guess you can't count on anybody watching commercials when they DVR. I sure don't.
To counter that trend they're switching to product placement. I've noticed more natural product placement recently. On Smallville they did an AcuView thing a year or so back that was just cringe-worthy. I think Chloe had dirty contacts and ended with the line "Acuview to the rescue!" I almost puked. You could tell the actress had to struggle to even spit the line out. But last week Jimmy Olsen and Green Arrow were talking about how Jimmy's career experiences weren't exactly the sort of thing you punch in to CareerBuilder.com and it came across as something people would say in regular conversation. They got their plug in without detracting at all from the show. The Office does a really good job of that as well. But for something like Terminator you'd be challenged, especially if the series moves to the future.
To counter that trend they're switching to product placement. I've noticed more natural product placement recently. On Smallville they did an AcuView thing a year or so back that was just cringe-worthy. I think Chloe had dirty contacts and ended with the line "Acuview to the rescue!" I almost puked. You could tell the actress had to struggle to even spit the line out. But last week Jimmy Olsen and Green Arrow were talking about how Jimmy's career experiences weren't exactly the sort of thing you punch in to CareerBuilder.com and it came across as something people would say in regular conversation. They got their plug in without detracting at all from the show. The Office does a really good job of that as well. But for something like Terminator you'd be challenged, especially if the series moves to the future.