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March 6, 2011
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And here I thought The King's Speech was a two-hour PSA against smoking.
Yes, it was a two hour long commercial for tea. Haha. Drank tea immediately after watching, effective gits.
That is actually a great idea! (Can you copyright it? And become as rich as you deserve) The product placement could be in the context of a self-referential parody so as to bypass the "This is such simplistic crass marketing" reaction. I would through the credits and block exiting patrons with my knees in order to watch it.
And you guys *should* see "The King's Speech", it is a 'good feeling' movie, inspired mostly by events that might possibly have happened in this universe (or one that is not too dissimilar).
Dale
Might I suggest Rocket Hat stopping the Moon Men from stealing Moon Pies?
Makes me hungry for a fruit pie :(
Continual awesomeness Scott
Not bad, but not your best. But then, I didn't see "The King's Speech."
Tea did get mentioned quite a bit, you're right.
First?
first!
You're going to love me for this, but Hostess™ needs a trade mark. (sorry, just trying to protect you)
It did not come across mean-spirited, but I do wish folks who find a comic somehow "less" and do not have any advice to make it "more" would simply remain silent.
Mr Meyer produces great comics. Some I enjoy immensely, some I miss completely. I enjoy many more comics of Mr Meyer's than I don't.
I have also demonstrated with my wallet, i.e. buying his books, that I find his comics completly worth my time and money.
Hilarious, as usual. However, I was hoping for an extra scene at the end (fifth frame) featuring omnipresent man and laden with product placement.
As I was reading this in my Hanes underwear and wearing my Nike tennis shoes, I had to spit out my Lucky Charms as I couldn't keep the laughs in, then something occurred to me. Advertising has become very intrusive lately.
I love Sam Elliott!
its fun you mention this, I recently got my hands on some batman and superman comics from 1980-1982 and they did this a lot.
They would have a 1-2 page mini-story that involved the superhero saving the day by bribing the villain with pastry treats.
How long before people realize that "First" is useless on a moderated log? Just because you don't see any comments doesn't mean there aren't any, it just means none have been released yet. Go take your hyperactive competitive typing skills elsewhere - begone I say! BEGONE!
I'm surprised that there are not more product placements within Basic Instructions... seems only logical.
Wasn't "Social Network" just a 2-hour ad for Facebook?
why can't you make a movie called something like "Web Comic". It'll feature have you fretting over why Missy isn't posing for your photo of her properly, or why you are having the strips posted on both Cracked and BI.net, because the "Bigwigs" of Cracked have you under their thumb or some other dramatic crap.
and then Rocket hat shows up after the credits and prevents the villain from stealing fruit pies. with Spiderman for some reason.
So when do we get to see this Twinkie the Kid? And will he... uh... she... er... IT be officially welcomed as a villain or hero? Personally, I'd love to see a duel between Knifeketeer and Twinkie the Kid.
I am so glad Twinkie the Kid got mentioned in BI! That is one of my favorite random trivia questions because EVERYONE has seen a twinkie and you would be surprised how many do not even notice the cowboy twinkie on the box or that it has his name written on his cowboy hat.
Wow... super heroes hawking Hostess fruit pies. That actually did happen, in the comic books of my youth. Thanks for reminding me.