Talk:Product placement

Meta-Reference?

Although this page mentions references on the page, it's not a reference itself. In other words, Heroes does not make reference to product placement. The page belongs in the reference category (since it talks about references on the show), but not in the portal (since it is not a reference itself). I would say it belongs in the production portal. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 06:20, 22 February 2007 (EST)

• How about if it was renamed "Companies and Products" or something? It just seems like this page and the Versa page are related :dunno: --Frantik (Talk) 06:27, 22 February 2007 (EST) Whatever production portal sounds good.. --Frantik (Talk) 06:29, 22 February 2007 (EST)
  • Well, that's essentially what the entire References Portal is, really, discluding literary works. Product placement is a production element. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk)

Lead Image

The lead image strikes me funny only because I focus on Ando, not on the product placement. I would think the picture of the iPod would be a better choice. I know it only shows one product, but it's much more illustrative of product placement, in my opinion. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 06:36, 22 February 2007 (EST)

• You're supposed to focus on Ando, because he's asking for a payment for all the product placement going on! I actually thought it was the perfect picture :D --Frantik (Talk) 06:39, 22 February 2007 (EST)

Format

This article follows a very different format than all our other articles. I wonder if it would be best to standardize it by episode, and then list each product that appears in that episode. Even a bulleted list would work. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 08:05, 22 February 2007 (EST)

• I think it makes more sense to group by company rather than episode, especially since it seems like there's a few recurring ones (eg greyhound, nissan). I do like the bulleted list idea and was thinking about that myself --Frantik (Talk) 08:50, 22 February 2007 (EST)

Gallery

I'm trying to figure out what order the gallery pics are in. They're not chronological or episodic. They're not alphabetical, or even grouped by product. Are they random? If so, they should probably be put in episodic order. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 00:45, 23 February 2007 (EST)

• They're in reverse alphabetical order by the last name of the first character to appear in the last scene of the episode. :D year you're right they should be chronological order --Frantik (Talk) 01:43, 23 February 2007 (EST)

Insinkerator

• Ok, one arguably badly placed product was the Insinkerator in Genesis, where Claire puts her hand in the garbage disposal and gets it all chopped up. Emerson, the manufacturer, has sued NBC (parent company is GE) to prevent rebroadcasts with the product placement. Does this merit a mention? --Orne 09:49, 23 February 2007 (EST)