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Old 12-09-2005, 12:58 PM
callydrias callydrias is offline
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very common in poland to order "a brewski"

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Old 12-09-2005, 02:47 PM
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did FedEx at least donate the plane etc for filming? I mean how did they get all the shirts and stuff?

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Yeah, all of the props were donated by FedEx. They knew they were getting good publicity out of it, so they'd ordinarily pay -- but Zemeckis/Fox would have none of it. So no money was exchanged, but they just helped each other out; FedEx gave Fox planes and props, while Fox gave FedEx free advertising.

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I prefer this to the beer discussion so I'll run with it...

It may have been "advertising" but how good was the exposure they got? Sure, FedEx was all over the screen, but they weren't exactly portrayed wonderfully.
"We can not afford the luxury of not looking at the clock" (or whatever the exact quote is) as TomHanks is shouting down the employees in the Asian start up office.

Just a thought...
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Old 12-09-2005, 03:13 PM
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is that really how you spell ludacris
ludicrous

ok thought i was going crazy
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Old 12-09-2005, 05:34 PM
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On TV all the time you hear people sit at the bar and ask for "a beer". This is ludacris, as myself, and anyone I've ever seen in bars, clubs, restaurants, etc orders "a newcastle" "a corona" "a bud light" and so forth.

However, in casinos, when playing poker, I often notice a player just ask for "a beer". I know of no other setting where people ask for "a beer" without specifiying a brand.

Does anyone else notice this?

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I think asking for "a beer" might also be sort of a relic from the past, as well. I was talking to a American beer company exec, and he said that thye still pay for tap placement on the end of the row of taps for when patrons just ask for "a beer."
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Old 12-09-2005, 05:49 PM
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I prefer this to the beer discussion so I'll run with it...

It may have been "advertising" but how good was the exposure they got? Sure, FedEx was all over the screen, but they weren't exactly portrayed wonderfully.

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You're right in some regards, but I guess I would point out that their plane crashed, its sole surviving employee was stranded on a desert island for 4 years, he was eventually rescued, and he Sill Delivered The Package To Texas!

That's service.
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Old 12-09-2005, 10:08 PM
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I prefer this to the beer discussion so I'll run with it...

It may have been "advertising" but how good was the exposure they got? Sure, FedEx was all over the screen, but they weren't exactly portrayed wonderfully.

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You're right in some regards, but I guess I would point out that their plane crashed, its sole surviving employee was stranded on a desert island for 4 years, he was eventually rescued, and he Sill Delivered The Package To Texas!

That's service.

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Four years for an overnight package is service? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
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