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Posted August 25, 2007 at 23:51 GMT
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I feel like a B&O Jason Bourne..
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Almost EVERY movie i see has B&O slipped into one of the scenes. It's so inconspicuous, that only a beofan could see it! I recently noticed an old beosystem in 'notes on a scandal', but the speakers weren't visible.
Like most of you i always have my B&O radar on, so i do see beo products in several movies; apple too, but i'm also a fan so i guess it's normal.
Sometimes i just ask myself what's normal... my friends say that i'm a B&O and Apple "junkie"... eheheheh
Another that i've started to notice is the presence of B&O and Apple product in some portuguese series, did anyone notice that in other countries?
Actually there is a article in a danish magazine adressing the issue of B&O appearing in movies.The author explains that B&O actually recieves so many requests to have their products in different movies/musicvideos etc. that they have to reject most of them. So compared to ordinary product placement where the producer pays the maker of the film, with B&O it is actually the other way around. Furthermore the article says that you will never see B&O equimpent in political uncorrect movies or movies with a lot of violence or sex, as they do not like to be identified with theese situations. Think about this the next time you see B&O in movies.
I always spot the B&O stuff both in movies and in real life, and then i have to tell my friends about it. The good thing is they dont seem to be annoyed by it, instead (if we're watching a dvd) they want to rewind it and check it out themselfs. I'm creating B&O fans 🙂 some of them are even getting pretty good at spotting B&O on their own hehe
Wish my friends were like that. They yell at me when I without hesitation loudly announces that I have spotted a BeoSomething during an action scene, or a scene with good looking girls etc.
I must admit that subconsciously scan every room I enter for B&O, and also every scene on TV.
I drive my wife nuts with my B&O product radar!
I was always told by B&O staff thet B&O never offers their products for placement. Whether they appear in TV shows or movies they are purchased and not just offered for advertising via product placement. I would assume that if they are indeed purchased, then the buyer can use them as they see fit and not be restricted to "politically correct" programming.
I have seen B&O products in several shows which some may consider politically incorrect.
Roger
My favourite examples of b&o-on-the-telly is when it is vintage b&o that is shown. One example of this is an episode of Dexter, where an old Beogram TX (I think) turns up.
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