Commercials

As has been noted elsewhere, the tender was turned to accommodate the location of the apple in their logo.

Dale

@Pennsylover posted:

As has been noted elsewhere, the tender was turned to accommodate the location of the apple in their logo.

Dale

That's interesting, but i don't quite understand. The apple is on the coal side, so couldn't they Just film it from the opposite side, or run the train the other direction?

Madison Avenue, Hollywood,....  Let's face it, they need a lot of 'slack' when it comes to accuracy in using railroads...1:1 or 1:48, et alia...in their genres.  It's one of those ethereal "licenses" they invoke to save time and money.  Well, since 'time is money' to those folks, it's just the money, really.

Just be thankful they thought to use a train at all!  Then, light a candle or say a prayer for their future enlightenment...which probably won't work, but you'll feel better...maybe.

@Grampstrains posted:

It isn't model railroading, it's advertising.

It happens in all fields.  I spend much of my working life in aerospace, I cringe seeing some of the stuff that Hollywood produces!  The backwards tender is the tip of the iceberg!

This happens a lot if you view auctions set up by the auction crews.

Usually the explanation is simply laziness.  The person who initially set it up didn't know better.  Once they started down that road it became easier to just leave the tender reversed than to fix the problem.  In this instance though I think Dale got it right.

@Jeff B. Haertlein posted:

This happens a lot if you view auctions set up by the auction crews.

My thought is that novices think the lower long end of the tender should be tucked under the cab roof. With no regard as to how the coal is going to get fed into the firebox via the fire door that does not enter their equation.

This thread reminded me of something from a number of years back on the forum and some might recall it.

A woman who was a production assistant (I may have her title wrong) posted out of the blue that she needed "train assistance." She was working on a feature film (no clue on the name but Robin Williams was in it), and there was a quick scene with a model train. It was just a small carpet central type set up. She asked lots of questions and some forum members actually sent her various trains. I sent her a loop of Lionel classic O-27 tin track.

The movie got made but, again, the details escape me. But the point is she really did her homework, researched and asked questions, all for about a 15-20 second scene.

@Stinky1 posted:

Just saw an Applebee's commercial for some holiday specials they're having. In the commercial is an obvious Lionel train going around. I immediately had to do a face-palm. The tender is on backwards! You would think that with an entire production crew, SOMEONE would notice it's on backwards! This actually seems quite common in tv shows and such. What shows or commercials have you seen this common mistake?

Covered at length in another thread.

It makes a LOT of sense (boils down to "cents", or mega-dollars) once you understand that it's NOT an attempt to portray a "Christmas layout", but an eye catching, nostalgia driven device to promote the vendor: Applebee's.

Huge difference.

Personally, I love the commercial and applaud Applebee's for going with that theme and the presentation of same.

Andre

Isn't anyone going to complain about how the locomotive smoke forms into the Applebee logo shape as the engine leaves the tunnel?  It's certainly not correct!

Since the WeatherTech Christmas train commercials have ended, the Applebee commercials are welcome entertainment.

Dale