well obv everyone makes choices about what they feel ok providing free advertising to but there's a big difference between a small independent band and a tv show on a major network
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, July 26, 2012 1:15 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
i don't even look at people's t shirts anymore, i usually ignore them.
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I couldn't tell you what most people wear? Probably some garbagey tshirt from a fun run or blood drive?
― how's life, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
yeah so what's your point? people walk around with advertising for stuff on the front of their bodies. welcome to the 21st century.
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
xpost to n/a
would wear a tyrell corp tee
― goole, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:24 (eleven years ago) link
a Dunder Mifflin tee is more fun/funny than a Geico Gecko tee b/c it's meta obv
― the fucking deslongchamps (rip van wanko), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
i don't have a big point other than i think they are dumb and i don't understand the mentality of the people who wear them? not saying anything big about advertising, that was your deal, i think we are all behind the basic undergrad concept of "EVERYTHING IS ADVERTISING" this is an ilx thread, not a thesis
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
http://s1.liquidblue.com/products/_Medium/MTN_103089f.jpg
thinking about getting this one for wintertime tee wearing purposes (not from a tv show, obvs.)
― how's life, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
Band/tv show - creative endeavor that doesn't sell you anything directly. Geico Gecko - not so much
band t is a better comparison
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
dude at work has a schrute farms mousepad and an aperture science tshirt
― diamonddave85, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
this phenomenon reached its horrific apotheosis with "Bubba Gump Shrimp Co"
― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
^^ otm
http://www.feistees.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/cntpk2.jpg
― pplains, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
the mentality of the people who wear them is
"i dig jim and pam, that dwight is funny! now i will spend 25 bucks on this t-shirt."
vs.
"i dig vampire weekend's sweet sexy jams, I will now spend 25 bucks on this t-shirt."
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
if you buy a band t at a show, the band gets all the money; if you buy a tv show t shirt the money's probably mostly going to the network with very little of it going to the creative people behind the actual show ... i don't know seems like a big difference to me
I always assumed those t-shirts with fictional companies from TV shows profited only the t-shirt vendor, since the companies were nonexistant and probably not trademarked. Like I don't think NBC thought to trademark Vandelay Industries, etc.
― Lee626, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
It would still be their "intellectual property" though, wouldn't it?
― pplains, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
assuming NBC didn't bother to trademark something is a game you don't want to play
― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
yes
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
they don't have to trademark it i don't think
BTW, my guess is that copyright would extend to those things as well
yah, shit is automatic
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
Bubba Gump Shrimp Co
that's a real restaurant and not a fictional company, sadly
― dmr, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
Copyright = automatic (although can be registered)Trademark = not automatic, but can happen through usage in commerce even without registration
― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
i meant copyright not trademark
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
I wd only do this for something real old, like The Albacore Club
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
Tshirts can be more subcultural identifier than anything. Check out all the teefury/woot sites that make an entire industry out of such shirts. It works akin to having a pin/button for a band on your jacket. Cleverness doesn't necessarily enter into it.
For example, would I wear a Weyland-Yutani shirt? Yes. Would I think such a shirt is clever? No.
― Steam Sale Jonesin' (kingfish), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
my "Packard Sawmill 2x4s and 4x8s" shirt is awesome fuiud
― Dunn O)))))))) (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
people also just have dumb ideas in general for a t shirt
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
Copyright extends to a creative work and prohibits unlicensed "derivative works." Usually this includes stuff made based on characters from a fictional work, so I could see it also extending to fictional companies.
Fictional corporate personhood?
― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.80stees.com/products/Star-Wars-Cantina-Band-Shirt.asp?utm_source=goog-merch&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=SWARS298
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
They should make one of these for the convenience store in the Wire with some kind of joke about burners
― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
David Simon would be PISSED
― dmr, Thursday, July 26, 2012 2:30 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I couldn't believe it when I found this out. There's one in Times Square, right? So weird.
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
But I mean didn't it come after the movie?
― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
my pal - I promised I'd reacha huge audience for him
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanklemek-art/poison-dart-frog-t-shirt
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
Note: This is a collage made from multiple doodle pages.
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
then why wear it??
― the fucking deslongchamps (rip van wanko), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
no one should wear t-shirts with logos or writing on them, ever
― max, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
because it's a dope-ass logo and people would know you liked Aliens.
xp
― how's life, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
it's an artifact from inside the fictional universe, no? it's a kind of cosplay, maybe. like inside of the friends universe there's an actual central perk where you could buy one of their t-shirts and go around wearing it but there's no actual friends tv show so wearing that positions you outside of it.
― slugbuggy, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
update tv show for relevance if you wish.
― slugbuggy, Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I guess you're right they took it to the next level, creating a shitty restaurant to go along w/ the t-shirts and hats
― dmr, Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
Served a customer who had this tee the other day
http://i1.cpcache.com/product/371768231/white_tshirt.jpg?color=White&height=460&width=460
I miss Prop Joe.
― pandemic, Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
what's wrong with the classic "anus"?
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
i don't have any band t-shirts, but i would gladly own a crucifictorious shirthttp://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5351/picture3af4.png
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
(i wouldn't gladly pay for one, though)
YES!
― pandemic, Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
http://i1.cpcache.com/product/371768231/white_tshirt.jpg?color=White&height=460&width=460I miss Prop Joe.
― pandemic, Thursday, July 26, 2012 3:06 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
damnit!
― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
I would consider a Blues Hammer t-shirt
― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.cafepress.com/geeklife/5544312
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 26 July 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
why is that printed on a heather grey shirt, even
― real men have been preparing manly dishes for centuries (elmo argonaut), Friday, 27 July 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
with a stripe
― real men have been preparing manly dishes for centuries (elmo argonaut), Friday, 27 July 2012 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
man this fan-generated product design is BULLSHIT
heather grey tees are always a dud imo no matter what the design may be
― omar little, Friday, 27 July 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
I had a "WHATSAMATTA U" shirt in high school.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 27 July 2012 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
http://origin.kaboodle.com/hi/img/b/0/0/14e/5/AAAAC4ftpPsAAAAAAU5VHw.png?v=1303426525000
― °™ (Pillbox), Friday, 27 July 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
i actually live in fear of this happening and having to explain 'er no, actually it's from the novel by the deceased american writer david foster wallace', it is one of the reasons i do not wear this shirt much
I received this shirt as a gift because the gifter knew I was a fan of that book; it was an awkward moment. I wore it a couple times around the house. I get more IA re the kind of person who would MAKE AND SELL a shirt like this than the kind of person who would wear it, though.
― cwkiii, Friday, 27 July 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
I received this shirt as a gift because the gifter knew I was a fan of that book; it was an awkward moment
ayup
― thomp, Friday, 27 July 2012 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
I reckon about 90% of these are bought as gifts tbh
― kinder, Friday, 27 July 2012 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
lol Walter I have this onehttp://images.vendder.com/store/cinefilevideo/11132/jodorowsky.jpg
― Dunn O)))))))) (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 27 July 2012 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
http://store.startrek.com/images/products/4/62951-20.jpg
I have this shirt! The screenprinting on it is super cracked now tho
― Crabbits, Friday, 27 July 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
In Little Otik, the father wears this plain white tshirt that says "U.S. BURGER" in red and blue. I don't know if that's a real/fake Czech burger chain or not, but I would totally wear it.
― windjammer voyage (blank), Friday, 27 July 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
i want a cool battlestar t-shirt. i don't see any good ones online. gotta go to a mall or something.
― scott seward, Friday, 27 July 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/669/sterlingcooper434.gif
― pplains, Friday, 27 July 2012 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
I'd wear this:
http://www.yoyodyne.com/yoyodyne.jpg
And, on a related note, this:
http://image.spreadshirt.com/image-server/v1/products/19167921/views/1,width=378,height=378,appearanceId=17/LEGO-Space.png
― Steam Sale Jonesin' (kingfish), Friday, 27 July 2012 19:38 (eleven years ago) link
Are those from the big bang theory or something?
― pplains, Friday, 27 July 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
1.) buckaroo bonzai2.) legos from the 1980s
― how's life, Friday, 27 July 2012 19:40 (eleven years ago) link
these are cool:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Outland-Movie-Patches-Set-6-Divisions-2-S-H-/390234444036?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5adbc91104
― scott seward, Friday, 27 July 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
i have an outland security badge that i got when i went to the grand opening of forbidden planet in nyc. i put my picture in it!
― scott seward, Friday, 27 July 2012 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
yoyodine is originally a Thomas Pynchon invention, I believe
― Mr. Que, Friday, 27 July 2012 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
that same person on ebay has swanky starship troopers stuff. like this handsome beret:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Starship-Troopers-Mobile-Infantry-Beret-/360456410647?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53ece05617
― scott seward, Friday, 27 July 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
kingfish - I'd wear both those.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 27 July 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, Yoyodyne is Pynchon.
If we're expanding to patches, this:
http://starland.com/catalog/images/ptal06.jpg
http://www.scifistore.com/items/p/lspalogo.jpg
― Steam Sale Jonesin' (kingfish), Friday, 27 July 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
patches are secret kinda. geek morse code. thus cooler.
― scott seward, Friday, 27 July 2012 20:13 (eleven years ago) link
guess i don't see why this is a whole thread and not just a single post on the IA thread
― Mr. Que, Thursday, July 26, 2012 3:34 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
in hindsight this is probably where i should have gone with this
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 27 July 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
yoyodyne is orignially pynchon, but the yoyodyne image above is from buckaroo banzai
― how's life, Friday, 27 July 2012 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
I want a Hudson University shirt.
― tokyo rosemary, Saturday, 28 July 2012 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
Always wanted Robocop, Alien franchise or Infinite Jest ones.
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Saturday, 28 July 2012 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
i would wear a 6000 sux t-shirt
― big-mammed punisher (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Saturday, 28 July 2012 21:35 (eleven years ago) link
or the family heart center
Dude just walked past me wearing an Isotopes baseball team logo.
As for sports jerseys, I would wear this one:
http://i00.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/533723546/-17-HANSON-brothers-SLAP-SHOT-movie-Charlestown-CHIEFS-jersey-Blue-any-size-Mix-order.jpg
Or
http://www.dorholtcustomsports.com/images/fletch_back.jpg
The latter one I actually have seen worn at a Blazers game
― Steam Sale Jonesin' (kingfish), Saturday, 28 July 2012 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.tshirtbordello.com/images/tyrell-shirt-l2.jpg
http://www.bayimprint.com/inc/layout/faber_college.jpg
― Steam Sale Jonesin' (kingfish), Saturday, 28 July 2012 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.ubertorso.com/product_images/uploaded_images/brtriplepack.png
― ledge, Saturday, 28 July 2012 23:21 (eleven years ago) link
Absolutely nothing wrong with these kind of shirts.
― mythical mickey rourke jacket (latebloomer), Sunday, 29 July 2012 02:28 (eleven years ago) link
Except for Star Wars-related ones. Those should be confiscated by the gov't and burned IMO.
― mythical mickey rourke jacket (latebloomer), Sunday, 29 July 2012 02:37 (eleven years ago) link
in my office
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Sunday, 29 July 2012 02:45 (eleven years ago) link