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Product Placement! (GE is the only company I'd buy a oven from)

posted 17 years ago by adam534
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I went on to iTunes and downloaded the entire "The Hire" series. I then took my perfectly designed Apple laptop to my compfy Lazyboy recliner. To fully enjoyed the experience I popped open an amazingly refreshing can of Pepsi, and prepared a Digiorno frozen pizza, a feist that no human can resist. All the while I enhanced my comfort level even further by putting on the underwear that has no competition on this planet: Fruit of the Loom, one of the most trusted and revered brands of apparel for the entire family. Could my night get any better? I made sure it did when I put on my Bose headphones. I was ready to watch the first film!.... But wait! I have terrible vision! I needed the best contact lenses around: Acuvue, the world leader in contacts and vision care...Ok, now I was ready to begin my night.

FIRST OF ALL:

Was it that OBVIOUS to anyone else or was it just me?!?!?!??!!!!! Everywhere I looked it was BMW, BMW, BM freaking W!!

there are 8 "The Hire" films and in EVERY one Clive Owen is drving a BMW. I really think that drives down the integrity of the otherwise very well done film(s).
I figured since they got big actors and big directors whatever low-budget studio had to find a way to pay for making these films somehow, but come on!! Keep your pride intact for goodness sake!!

[–] putter_b 17 years ago

Hey um dumbass, its a BMW film series, they sponsored The Hire series. So of course their cars are going to be used.

[–] adam534 17 years ago

Hello, you're riding the Irony Express, to you're left you'll see the beautiful scenery, and riiiight about now we are going directly over putter_b's head.

You, see... I used irony... It's funny. I even made a symbolical "Irony Express" to authenticate said irony.

[–] putter_b 17 years ago

what ever helps you sleep at night.

[–] yamakazi_banzai 17 years ago

You're an I-ron!

That wasn't exactly irony, I doubt you know what irony is. You were using sarcasm.

Irony would be if you got flatted by a train with "Irony Express" written in 6 foot tall letter on the side, which was carrying a delivery of Pepsi, Lay-Z-Boys, and Acuvue lenses, and where then driven to the hospital BY Clive Owen IN a brand new, fabulously sleek, top-of-the-range BMW M5 Coupe.

[–] tuffguy98 17 years ago

One big difference between sarcasm is that irony is unintentional. For some reason, I doubt the "coincidences" in the original post were that at all.

[–] adam534 17 years ago

Ha ha, I forgot about that post.

Thats the thing about my post, I had kinda created irony by pretending to be oblivious to what I was writing. If you saw that unfold in the context of a scene on a TV show you would view it as irony and not sarcasm, right?

I also have nothing against the The Hire films as they were made quite well.

[–] jpedroneves 16 years ago

Mate... No such thing as an M5 coupé :P

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