Paramount Pictures Sued for $27M in China Over 'Transformers 4' Product Placement

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  1. MetalicGrunt, Apr 27, 2016
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  2. TaurusOxford, Apr 27, 2016
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    Not sure why they're so mad. They should be glad their products weren't tarnished by being in the movie...
     
  3. Afterburner, Apr 27, 2016
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    This is just sad in both directions.
     
  4. Logic, Apr 27, 2016
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  5. Johntimus Prime, Apr 27, 2016
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    The headline is kinda clickbaity, considering Bayformers is 2.5 hours of product placement. :p 
     
  6. blackbirdblues, Apr 28, 2016
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    Yeah, I was going to say, some of the product placement was really, really blatant. I mean, that's just the nuts in a turd sandwich as far as complaints go, but still.
     
  7. pie125, Apr 28, 2016
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  9. griffn29, Apr 28, 2016
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    $ 27 million is a lot of money

    Edit: though $750,000 is also a substantial investment towards a movie production. Why is Wulong suing for so much money?
     
  10. Gordon_4, Apr 28, 2016
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    Possibly a projected loss due to improper/no credit failing to gain them a return on that investment.
     
  11. Autovolt 127, Apr 28, 2016
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    I hope this leads to less product placement in the 5th movie.
     
  15. FanimusMaximus, Apr 28, 2016
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    [​IMG]

    Here here.
     
  16. Exodus, Apr 28, 2016
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    Cause they're greedy mainlander is why :p  And yeah especially if you convert the USD into the RMB...good thing there are other Chinese partners involved, or else this would get shady real fast. Although it is already shady, someone's getting their heads loped off for sure!
     
  17. dragon, Apr 28, 2016
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    its strange how we about this year later? after movie has been on dvd for almost ten months
     
  18. griffn29, Apr 28, 2016
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    I heard that the team filmed the wrong logo, but thought it was the right one. Where does it say that the logo was left on the cutting room floor?
     
  19. griffn29, Apr 28, 2016
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    That makes sense

    What could this be if it wasn't a straightforward lawsuit?
     
  20. OP20XX, Apr 28, 2016
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    It‘s CNY( or RMB) ,NOT USD.....

    in chinese news said,it's CNY...

    武隆喀斯特景区诉《变形金刚4》合同纠纷案昨日开庭


    it's chinese article ,may be use google translate to english make understand
     
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