0160 Vegas, Baby! (3/23/2007)

[sparrow]

I don't think the private transmissions will have to be confusing.

All it would have to say at the top was "Pt: To the Fans" or "PT: To Jonas". My guess, though, is that it might work out something like the "private" boxes on shows like Big Brother, where the rest of the set can't hear, but all the fans hear everything going on. I'm hoping it won't have exactly that type of feel to it, though.

[LadyBugGirl]

First, I agree with those who said they thought the music was playing in
Vegas and not edited in.

Second, I was really surprised that one of them didn't throw up from
running, especially since they were drunk! LOL

Third, Loving DB still!! He's a Cutie!

Forth, great video! I would love to see the water show at that hotel.
I've heard its pretty awesome.

Fifth (haha this is it I swear!) I actually like the idea of private
videos because it gives the characters more freedom to share
information and would probably move the story along more.

[longlostposter]

LadyBug, whoever doesn't love 'em some DB is nuts!

[JustAnotherLonelyGirl.]

First post. I just found out about LG this week and spent 5 days catching up on 8 months of footage! What I love about this show is that we, the audience, never know whom to trust! It's what makes it interesting and keeps you guessing.

That having been said, I think the trio was TOO obvious about where they were to REALLY be hiding. They want someone to KNOW that they were in VEGAS, and they want that person/group to THINK that the order has followed them there. The fact that they never show who's chasing them makes me think that they weren't REALLY being chased. They may or may not have REALLY been drunk for that matter.

The real question is: Who was this video for? . . . or for whom was this video????

Bree has lied to her audience before. See "I completed the ceremony" and "Me for Daniel." I LOVE the fact that we can't trust anyone -- even the good guys! It's what makes this medium unique!

I LOVE this idea. A lot.

Welcome to the forum.

[LolaJC]

The creators would tell us if it was advertising.

On their radio show this week, they were taking suggestions re: products that they could go after for ads. "Hotels" was one suggestion, and they said it was a good idea. They did not say anything about having a hotel deal in process.

By contrast, on the gum deal, they asked us months in advance how we felt about product placement, and told us explicitly that a candy placement was coming up.

So:

1) The advertising industry doesn't work that way.

2) The creators don't work that way.

Therefore, there is no logical reason to think that this vid was advertising.

All very good points, but I'm still sticking to my original opinion; it's an advertisement.

And if it was an ad it served it's purpose. The Bellagio is being talked about, on this board atleast.

[Lurker]

All very good points, but I'm still sticking to my original opinion; it's an advertisement.

And if it was an ad it served it's purpose. The Bellagio is being talked about, on this board atleast.

That you stick with your original opinion is fine, but you're not really giving a solid reason for holding it. Just pointing a camera at a building doesn't advertise for it.

Even with that Bellagio sign appearing near the end of the video it doesn't help because it appears for less than a second, and you can only get a non-shaky look at it if you pause the video. The sign also has no obvious connection to the hotel since a viewer who isn't already familiar with the Bellagio isn't going to make the association between a sign (which could have appeared anywhere in Vegas for all they know) and a hotel that Bree was standing in front of (which she neglected to name).

Without the name of the product - or service provider - coming up, there's no product being placed. It's like the candy back in "Truth Or Dare" - that might have been M&M's and it may not. Looked like them, but since nobody said so and no label was identified, it doesn't matter to Mars Inc.

And, really, generating discussion - such as whether product placement occurred at all - about something like this isn't the goal of somebody paying for it, so I can't see how you'd say it achieved its purpose. The goal is to get people to - if nothing else - remember the name, and to hopefully associate it with the product/service. You don't want people to have to think about going on Google and typing in "Las Vegas hotel water show." You want them to think "Let's see... I'm going to Vegas soon... What's a hotel I know there... 'Bellagio'? Oh, yeah... I think it had a water show. I remember that from somewhere."

If only 5% or less of the total audience for the show is going to even be guaranteed to know that was the Bellagio then this would have been a marketing misstep that would make that hotel a laughingstock.

If nothing else, compare to when Ice Breakers was placed: Its name was actually said and the candy's label clearly shown for several seconds. If somebody watched the video - even if they were deaf - then they were guaranteed to know what the product was.

[giddeanx]

Bill's across the street had more screen time than Bellagio. Don't worry if there is another commercial it won't be suttle.

[longlostposter]

I guess any vid in a city would be an advertisement for something, then, right?

[joygasm]

First post. I just found out about LG this week and spent 5 days catching up on 8 months of footage! What I love about this show is that we, the audience, never know whom to trust! It's what makes it interesting and keeps you guessing.

That having been said, I think the trio was TOO obvious about where they were to REALLY be hiding. They want someone to KNOW that they were in VEGAS, and they want that person/group to THINK that the order has followed them there. The fact that they never show who's chasing them makes me think that they weren't REALLY being chased. They may or may not have REALLY been drunk for that matter.

The real question is: Who was this video for? . . . or for whom was this video????

Bree has lied to her audience before. See "I completed the ceremony" and "Me for Daniel." I LOVE the fact that we can't trust anyone -- even the good guys! It's what makes this medium unique!

I LOVE this idea. A lot.

Welcome to the forum.

Great post for thier first one!

[JustAnotherLonelyGirl.]

First post. I just found out about LG this week and spent 5 days catching up on 8 months of footage! What I love about this show is that we, the audience, never know whom to trust! It's what makes it interesting and keeps you guessing.

That having been said, I think the trio was TOO obvious about where they were to REALLY be hiding. They want someone to KNOW that they were in VEGAS, and they want that person/group to THINK that the order has followed them there. The fact that they never show who's chasing them makes me think that they weren't REALLY being chased. They may or may not have REALLY been drunk for that matter.

The real question is: Who was this video for? . . . or for whom was this video????

Bree has lied to her audience before. See "I completed the ceremony" and "Me for Daniel." I LOVE the fact that we can't trust anyone -- even the good guys! It's what makes this medium unique!

I LOVE this idea. A lot.

Welcome to the forum.

Great post for thier first one!

Seriously. My first post was probably like "Hey guys.. did you hear LG15 is fake? I'm so sad!"

[joygasm]

I LOVE this idea. A lot.

Welcome to the forum.

Great post for thier first one!

Seriously. My first post was probably like "Hey guys.. did you hear LG15 is fake? I'm so sad!"

I don't even remember mine. In the beginning my were few and far between. I was scared!!

[aideen]

Yeah, I remember them saying that too. If they border them with colours (yes I insert a 'u' there, I'm an Aussie ),

Woo! Go the oh so intricate Australian language!
Ooh, dare I say it?
GDAY MATE
And because I'm Australian, I'm allowed to say it! Wooo
-motion sickness dance after watching the 'chase' scene from the vid-

Aideen you make me laff!

Heehee! One tries.
-twirly bow-
Or should that be a curtsy?
Hmm.

Is it just me or does the scream from Bree after she hauls Jonas on her back sound like a playful "scream"? Because to me, the whole running from someone from The Order seemed completely random and out of nowhere at first. At least Jonas and Daniel are happy/dorky drunks and not angry/abusive drunks.

But I'm continually loving the whole Jonas & Bree thing.

And watching the water show reminds me of the whole fireworks show at Disneyland. *-*
With the music and all. xD

I thought it was one of those screams where you think you're going to drop the person on your back. It was more of a yelp really.

-sob- I WANNA GO TO DISNEYLAND :'(

First post. I just found out about LG this week and spent 5 days catching up on 8 months of footage! What I love about this show is that we, the audience, never know whom to trust! It's what makes it interesting and keeps you guessing.

That having been said, I think the trio was TOO obvious about where they were to REALLY be hiding. They want someone to KNOW that they were in VEGAS, and they want that person/group to THINK that the order has followed them there. The fact that they never show who's chasing them makes me think that they weren't REALLY being chased. They may or may not have REALLY been drunk for that matter.

The real question is: Who was this video for? . . . or for whom was this video????

Bree has lied to her audience before. See "I completed the ceremony" and "Me for Daniel." I LOVE the fact that we can't trust anyone -- even the good guys! It's what makes this medium unique!

I absolutely love your idea. It's one I always sort of have in the back of my mind when I see a video that seems different to me, but it really fits for this one. Welcome to the forums!

Seriously. My first post was probably like "Hey guys.. did you hear LG15 is fake? I'm so sad!"

Bahahahahaha! This quote made me roflmao

[longlostposter]

Ha ha ha, aideen. Did you get the signature from the thread, or from LGPedia?

[JustAnotherLonelyGirl.]

Seriously. My first post was probably like "Hey guys.. did you hear LG15 is fake? I'm so sad!"

Bahahahahaha! This quote made me roflmao

Glad you enjoyed it.

[aideen]

~Juli~
Well, I got the idea from this thread, coz everyone kept quoting those two lines (which are my favourites ) and I thiiink it was you? who was like, seriously, wth does you guys stuck a fish in the face mean?!!
Then I checked in LGPedia that I wasn't just hearing cool lines coz I wanted some, and yeah...

That was a completely unnecessary explanaton when I could have just said -

This thread.

:/ Meh. me likes my writings

-es

~LORETTA~
I more than enjoyed it.

I wanted to hug it until it was imprinted on me!