[hobbit punk]

So far I have seen or my friends have seen LoTR ads for pringles, duracel, burger king, some kind of chocolate bar, a win-it card in a box of cookies, and of course the lovely kfc. The kfc one really got to me. First off, I hate kfc for their promotion of greasy, digusting, unhealthy food and for the amount of chickens slaughtered each day just for their establishment. But anyway, when I saw the kfc ad I thought it was a preview at first then it said .."at kfc" or something. I yelled at the tv! I was so angry that something as precious and beautiful as LoTR had been sold to kfc of all places. Do the people running the ad campaign have no shame? What about Tolkien's children? Do they approve such promotion of un-related products? What do the actors think e.g. Viggo about having their face slapped on a greasy chicken container which will only be thrown out anyway causing huge waste. Anyways, sorry to go off on such a rant but the amount of advertising these days drives me a bit crazy sometimes. It's like the world only cares about money and how much more can we squeeze out of this movie. Cat in the Hat and the Hulk were big examples of this. They are, however, terrible films so it's almost like it the people working on them covered their behinds by making so many ad placements. Lord of the Rings does not need this. I find the more it is sold out to products, the less integrity it has. By the way, the gummies do exist, they are on tolkientown.com I think.<p>[ 2:11 PM November 30, 2003: Message edited by: hobbit punk ]