Inspiration 2.0

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Seriously though, I'm interested - "Wallmark", yet "Colonel Sanders". In light of what you've said in the movie thread, what made you decide to go not-exact-brand on one but exact on the other?

It's funny, now that I think about it, I don't think I mention brands often in my stuff, but I don't do fake brands either...

I think you bring up a good point. The answer is, I don't know. I wrote it in like five minutes this morning. Not only that, but I loathe Hallmark. (Hallmark is anti-gay when it comes to benefits for their employees and their lack of gay themed card bug me. But that's my own baggage.) I guess I could have made it an American Greetings card...
I also didn't want to have to explain out who the person on the bill was. I wanted the piece to be short and to the point.
I also don't put my work on the same level as a multi-million dollar film. My work is for fun and for art. Fed Ex in a film about something powerful makes it seem like the director sold out and sold his soul. (But again, that's just me.)
Thanks for the critique, CP!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Thanks for the critique, CP!

Ouch, you saw that as critique? I didn't mean it that way, I was just intrigued by the cross-pollination of threads giving me a chance to understand your motivations.

I did enjoy the piece, it felt spontaneous and I always love the time travel concept.

[wendybeth]

The first thing I though of was that Wallmark was a merging of Hallmark and Walmart, both places worthy of disdain from many people. At any rate, I loved it! I'll apologise in advance for my personal contributions to the KFC takeover......

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Ouch, you saw that as critique? I didn't mean it that way, I was just intrigued by the cross-pollination of threads giving me a chance to understand your motivations.

I don't see critiquing as something bad. I don't think I could misinterpret anything you post as something notorious either. Not after 5 years, CP.

I also thought of another example of real versus not real in a film. Kahuna Burger in 'Pulp Fiction'. That's fake but then they talk about McDonalds in another scene...