United Airlines Advert

[pagodapete]

I’m not sure if this is relevant to Pagoda Spotting but I thought I would give a heads up to everyone. I was on a United Airlines flight two days ago and the video monitor advertisement for one of their linked hotels featured a Pagoda prominently at the beginning of the clip. It seemed to be AI generated and of course lacked the Mercedes three-pointed star, but it was clearly, definitely a Pagoda representation. Perhaps on my return flight I’ll be able to note what hotel it is and maybe get a picture of the screen. Has anyone else seen this?

[EeVeeWee]

Was is for Marriott Hotels?

https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=38783.0

[pagodapete]

It may have been. I'll try to watch it on my return flight in a few weeks and note the details.

[mdsalemi]

I'm consistently amazed at the great lengths advertisers (or even show runners in the case of scripted television or perhaps even movies) or their agencies go through to disguise their cars.

I cannot tell you how many times an F150 is de-badged and the "blue oval" painted black. As if that were to fool us.
A Pagoda--as distinctive and unique as a car can get--with the three point star removed.
and the list goes on...

The most recent one I saw just this week was for one of those now-ubiquitous ads for drugs where the character is driving a 1964-1966 first generation Mustang...and the headlights were changed to those rectangular ones that began showing up on US cars in the mid-1970s. Of course there was no Mustang emblem on the front grill either, but the profile of those early Mustangs has no equal.

[pagodapete]

I think part of this behavior is for patent, copyright, logo other protected uses (I'm not sure then something like the three-pointed Mercedes star enters or has entered the public domain - or if it ever will).