Richard's Animorphs Forum
Animorphs Section => Animorphs Forum Classic => Topic started by: wolfev on June 25, 2008, 11:19:41 PM
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Did K.A. ever get money from all the product placement? I read in anibase that there are references to real brands in the books because she thought it was stupid to refer to fake brands.
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yeah its definatly stupid lol. but i love it in GTA...
i really doubt she got any money
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It wasn't really product placement since she never got any money for promoting anything. It's not like they actually got paid for mentioning Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Sega in their books or anything. K.A did it because it would be more relatable to kids rather than using fake brands, people, etc. The only time she actually used a fake famous person was in #12 where the guy was supposed to be like Jonathan Taylor Thomas.
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It just helps to show they live in the 'real' world. They're surrounded with familiar brands and products rather than fictitious ones. They hand out in McDonalds, they shop at gap just like everyone else. Well I say everyone else, not me, since my town had neither a McDonalds or a Gap, or a shopping mall, but you get the idea. It also helps to promote the idea that that it could be any town (even your town, as they used to say).
Either that or it's a commentary on globalisation.
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I can understand some books that use fake names/products for legal reasons, or that they simply don't want to offend people. I do agree with KA in this case though, that writers should use genuine brand names wherever possible, as they are easier to relate to and prevent confusion.
However, KA actually used at least two fake names in the series. The name in book 12 has already been mentioned, but she also made up the name of the millionaire software designer in book 16. It is widely believed that this man was supposed to be Bill Gates.
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Well in the Andalite Chronicles she mentions Bill Gates though. Because Elfangor in human morph helps explain things to his friend Bill using words like "window" to explain things.
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i kinda thought the guy in 16 could be jobs too cause she has stated that she likes macs alot better, idk whats with that
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No, they mentioned Steve in TAC. The company was an ISP based on AOL, so I always thought it was supposed to be whoever actually invented the internet.
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mmm the internet, i forgot he invented the internet
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Your town doesn't have a McDonalds? Where do you live, the antarctic? :P
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lol i was thinking that too
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You mean they don't have a McDonalds in the Antarctic? And yet they do have one opposite an ancient Egyptian temple in Luxor (And sadly, I'm not joking).
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why on earth did the egyptians let them do that
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Cause the chee weren't there to stop them.
Come on its capitalism, thats what happens, once the War in the books was over, there probably was a McDonalds on the Andalite home world.
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know how the french have diffrent stuff in their mc donalds? I wonder what kind of stuff the andalites would have
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Same as we have, but with more GREE-GREASE.
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lol like it needs anymore grease, i guess morphs cant get fat though :]
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Cause the chee weren't there to stop them.
Come on its capitalism, thats what happens, once the War in the books was over, there probably was a McDonalds on the Andalite home world.
I'm not sure about McDonalds, but they definitely opened a Cinnabon on the Andalite Homeworld. That's another brand name right there.
And in answer to your earlier question, I grew up in a small town in South Wales, we didn't have any fast food chains at all. And you know what, I consider myself lucky to have grown up somewhere like that.
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I live in a country town so no maccas here haha. there's one like 30 min away though.
I thought it was cool KA mentioned mcdonalds and shopping centres and stuff in her books like that, coz yeah it does just make everything seem like something you can relate to.
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I used to work at a McDonalds a long long time ago, when Animorphs was still running. The only thing that made it bearable to work there for the time that I did, was that I could pretend I was spying on them for the Animorphs (silly, I know :P). It was fun to imagine that there was a secret entrance in that store somewhere that led to the Yeerk Pool. And of course all the managers were evil because they were part of the conspiracy.
You don't know how many times I went into the walk-in-freezer looking for that secret door (I was 16, gimme a break :P)
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So, did you ever get the secrete password? Also, has anyone ever asked for a happy meal with extra happy ?
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LOL, someone did ask for it, but it was just my brother being an ass. He stopped finding it funny once he started working there too, and I kept asking him :P
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No, they mentioned Steve in TAC. The company was an ISP based on AOL, so I always thought it was supposed to be whoever actually invented the internet.
She mentions both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates in The Andalite Chronicles.
And I could definitely see a Cinnebon on the Andalite homeworld. They should be like starbucks and be on every corner. One can dream, eh?
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I can understand some books that use fake names/products for legal reasons, or that they simply don't want to offend people. I do agree with KA in this case though, that writers should use genuine brand names wherever possible, as they are easier to relate to and prevent confusion.
However, KA actually used at least two fake names in the series. The name in book 12 has already been mentioned, but she also made up the name of the millionaire software designer in book 16. It is widely believed that this man was supposed to be Bill Gates.
I take it that KA didn't actually use the name Bill Gates for fear that he might sue her for implying that he was a cannibalistic parasitic alien from outer space?
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know how the french have diffrent stuff in their mc donalds? I wonder what kind of stuff the andalites would have
Grass!
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I used to work at a McDonalds a long long time ago, when Animorphs was still running. The only thing that made it bearable to work there for the time that I did, was that I could pretend I was spying on them for the Animorphs (silly, I know :P). It was fun to imagine that there was a secret entrance in that store somewhere that led to the Yeerk Pool. And of course all the managers were evil because they were part of the conspiracy.
You don't know how many times I went into the walk-in-freezer looking for that secret door (I was 16, gimme a break :P)
Did you ever attempt to join the Sharing so that you would be shown the magic door?