Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Spaceopoly Kill This Thread IX: The 24-Hour Version (Fifth Time)

You know who had a crappy job? The Ty-D-Bol Man. Not only was he just a few inches tall, he had to sail that little boat in and out of toilet tanks.

Yes, and there's no place to go inside those tanks.

Except down the drain.

I've been linking to a lot of old commercials, but "drain" reminds me of this famous jingle.

The vintage commercial I remember most fondly is "Spicy Meatball"

That's my parents favorite, and by default, my favorite as well!

The problem with that commercial, which is brilliant in almost every way, is what people remember about it is "spicy meatball" comment rather than the product it advertises.

Sometimes advertising does its job too well.

Almost every time I reference a funny commercial, I end up saying, "I can't remember the product, which gives you some idea how effective it is".

I've also said "Quick, 'ring-around-the-collar', what's the product?" and very few can answer in under ten seconds. If ever.

But I've since realized that you don't need to be able to name the product from the commercial, you only need to recognize the name in the store.

And if I said "Wisk" to you, you'd know what it's for, even if you couldn't think of the name two paragraphs ago.

Damn, that was too thoughtful a post for a killthread wasn't it? Well this is the first killthread I've contributed to, so I'm new.

(Did I just invent the term "killthread"?)

Another good example is the old Chiffon Margarine commercials with Dena Dietrich playng Mother Nature. Everyone remembered Mother Nature, but no one remembered what it was that kept fooling her. Eventually, Chiffon was discontinued.

Yes, I recognize Chiffon instantly, but wouldn't have been able to name it.

I would however have been able to name Dena Dietrich.

Recall and recognition are two different things. With recall, you need to be able to remember the name o the object. With recognition, you merely need to know that you've encountered a certain object before.

In my university, the tougher professors consciously make their tests all about recall rather than about recognition.

I didn't see the "Total Recall" remake a year or two ago. I wonder if it was any good?

The original with Ahnold was cheesy and ultra-violent but pretty fun. It hasn't aged well, though. The remake, I hear, kept the essential ingredient of the three-boobed mutant woman, though!

I enjoyed the original Total Recall, but have no particular desire to see it again - original or remake.

Kent! Two words: "three" & "boobs"!

C'MON!

I've never seen it. I'm not crazy about the ultra-violent blow-'em-up genre, though I make exceptions if super-heroes or Starfleet are involved.

Then I bet you enjoyed Man of Steel despite all the destroyed buildings in the movie?

I didn't like that aspect of it, but I enjoyed the movie very much overall.

Same here. Too many movies these days are like video games: just blow things up and call it a plot.

I'm surprised at how many people and critics I'm hearing agree on the collateral damage issue. Happy too.

If only we could have gotten THIS DAMN THREAD into one of those buildings.

With our luck, this thread would have neatly survived all the explosions. Oh Superman, you careless hero you.

Dammit, this thread is the sequel's villain.

Man of Steel's star, Henry Cavill, is probably the best casting of the character ever, in my opinion, even better (barely) than Chris Reeve. Superman is very hard to cast. Brandon Routh didn't work too well. Tom Welling, Dean Cain, Kirk Allyn, George Reeves and Gerard Christopher were all decent. I will always have a very special spot in my heart for John Haymes Newton who played the role in the Superboy TV series in the late '80s. He had played the role with just a bit of cockiness. Except for Cavill, I would say Newton was the sexiest Kal-El.

I agree, I think Henry Cavill got Superman perfectly especially in the scenes where he deals with Earth's authorities. He has that sort of "I'm just indulging you but don't for one second think you can control me, you silly and stubborn man" attitude.

While I can see why you didn't care for Routh, he worked for me (perhaps more on subsequent viewings when it comes on cable so often). Even then though I like him better in other roles, so I've decided it wasn't his fault, but the director's.

That's it exactly, Ibby. Superman has to be a little bit cocky. He's Superman, for cryin' out loud. Cavill had it down. Newton, who was not the best actor, did cocky well. Dean Cain had his moments. Tom Welling was there occasionally, but there was too much WB/CW angst in that show. Chris Reeve was awesome, but his portrayal was just a little too self-effacing.