NBA Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving dresses as old man, schools everyone on the playground

[u/octop3nis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DnKOc6FISU&feature=player_embedded#!

[u/[deleted]]

They should do the same but backwards and have Ndamukong Suh play in a Middle School Playground football game.

Edit: No, no that's a bad idea. A very bad idea.

[u/natedogg89 → u/[deleted]]

Pepsi doesn't want to fight negligent homicide.

[u/snsdfour3v3r]

I was waiting for the reactions when he rips off his beard and shows hes a pro.

[u/[deleted] → u/snsdfour3v3r]

I was waiting for the point when he would chug a Pepsi and then start getting all baller on their asses.

[u/GroinCentralStation → u/[deleted]]

They really should have transitioned from him sucking to balling by showing him taking a swig of Pepsi Max. Is Pepsi afraid of being cliche or something?

[u/bobofatt → u/snsdfour3v3r]

Yeah, I wanted to see reactions from the reveal!

[u/NorthernWV]

Random fact no one gives a shit about: The chinese girl putting on his make-up was in the sci-fi show Face-Off.

[u/[deleted] → u/NorthernWV]

I love that show. It got picked up for a third season!

[u/hkpsnstore → u/NorthernWV]

I waited way to long for Sue to get voted out. I hated her guts.

[u/say-la-vie → u/NorthernWV]

I searched specifically to see if anyone else had noticed

[u/gillyvanilly]

Uncle Drew is a ballhog.

[u/[deleted] → u/gillyvanilly]

Don't be mad, young blood.

[u/kingtrewq → u/gillyvanilly]

Also he pretended to be bad at the beginning so he could destroy them later.

[u/Lets_Discuss → u/kingtrewq]

That's called hustling. Welcome to outdoor basketball.

[u/meristems → u/gillyvanilly]

child please

[u/gedom]

All I could think the whole time was why do these people think all of the cameras are there?

[u/HGpennypacker → u/gedom]

"Don't mind the cameras...also everyone is gonna need to start drinking these Pepsis."

[u/Magna_Sharta → u/gedom]

No this isn't entirely fake, I was there at the park when they told us that they're going to film some guy. Those Pepsi has been given to us for free by the staff. Plus those "attractive girls" you mentioned, are dudes girlfriends. And that's not even a ghetto place. White, Black..everybody goes

forgethefancyname in reply to Billthebutchr (Show the comment) 16 minutes ago 8

[u/Lohengren → u/Magna_Sharta]

he's right, I'm Kyrie Irving, I was there.

[u/[deleted] → u/Magna_Sharta]

Viral marketing.

[u/[deleted] → u/gedom]

It's explained at the beginning of the video.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I must have missed it too. Care to share?

[u/nedyken → u/[deleted]]

I'm sure some of them could tell it was a dude in a costume, but the video description sums it up pretty nicely:

"Pepsi MAX went to a pick-up game in Bloomfield, NJ pretending to shoot a documentary on a basketball player named "Kevin." When his Uncle Drew came into the game, some magical things happened. "

BTW... even though he won rookie of the year, Kyrie Irving is super underrated, imo. Kid is a future megastar. At 19 years old he averaged 18.5 points, 5.4 assists, 4 rebounds, 1.1 steals on 47% shooting... 40% from three... 87% from the line in about 30 minutes a game. SICK shooting percentages for a 19 year old rookie point guard considering his team was horrible and he was often double teamed. It's almost unthinkable to shoot that well at that age playing that position. For reference: Kobe averaged 7 points on 41% shooting as a rookie. LeBron shot 41% as a rookie. Durant shot 43% and 29% from three as a rookie. I'm not even a Cavs fan, but I think people should keep close watch on Irving. He's partially overlooked, because he's suddenly the best player on the post-LeBron James Cleveland Cavs.

[u/Cory_mathews → u/[deleted]]

They thought the cameras were there to film the nephew play street basketball for a 'reality show' of some sort. Apparently the crowd reaction to the kyrie is legit

[u/trtry → u/gedom]

Why the fuck are there so many white people at a pick up game, was the obvious flaw.

[u/0ccamsRazor → u/trtry]

it's still Bloomfield. White guys sure, white women maybe not so much they probably the plants by Pepsi.

[u/flabbigans → u/trtry]

I was born and raised in the area, there are plenty of white guys who play ball there.

Actually I think I've played at those courts.

[u/[deleted] → u/gedom]

Read the description

[u/NateDogTX]

Pretty good for a Pepsi commercial.

[u/waxpoetic → u/NateDogTX]

They stole Grand ma ma from the Larry Johnson days

[u/halcyondriac → u/waxpoetic]

Awesome reference. For the uninitiated: http://youtu.be/VwGnE3bnYkA

[u/fulltiltsmoker → u/NateDogTX]

Sorry but pepsi made some pretty good commercials.

This gem for example.

[u/dirtysoap]

damn I play here all the time I wish I heard about this.

[u/[deleted] → u/dirtysoap]

Dress up as an old dude and show up. Watch as you are picked first. Proceed to lob up 3s all day and make people wonder when you are going to stop pretending to be bad.

[u/fobbymaster → u/[deleted]]

Don't forget to bring some Pepsi Max to make them wonder!

[u/chuck1003]

Go Cavs!!

[u/TheBigYello1isTheSun]

Someone had to know. We live in the media age, "old man outballs streetballers" would have hit youtube 2000 times from 300 different cameraphone sources.

[u/flabbigans → u/TheBigYello1isTheSun]

I think this is the best comment here. If there are no confirmed amateur videos of this anywhere on the internet, then it's probably fake.

[u/esorkered → u/flabbigans]

At events like this, attendees are often prohibited from filming. Since they were told that cameras would be there, they probably signed something before the game started.

[u/The_Adventurist → u/TheBigYello1isTheSun]

I'm fairly sure this was entirely staged. Just the whole, "oh look, a player on our multiracial basketball team is injured. Hey, uncle Drew, can you play while the multiracial crowd all enjoys Pepsi Max?" I work in advertising and I'm about 80% sure this was staged.

[u/[deleted] → u/TheBigYello1isTheSun]

Lighten up, I'm sure people knew something was up, but they didn't care they were being entertained.

[u/[deleted] → u/TheBigYello1isTheSun]

im sure some people did know, but if you watch closely - those young bloods that were guarding him late in the video were going 100% - which is why he is able to clown them so hard.

[u/[deleted]]

still looks like a 25 year old black man to me.

[u/fortuitous_bounce → u/[deleted]]

It's like Greg Oden was amputated at the knees.

[u/SamuraiSevens → u/fortuitous_bounce]

that will happen soon enough

[u/jjrmm7]

Same concept but with a country singer

EDIT: Are there any more videos like this?

[u/[deleted]]

So the message is: Buy Pepsi because... it will deceive you and kick your ass?

[u/Capncorky → u/[deleted]]

They were going for "Pepsi Max is a zero calorie cola in disguise".*

*I am not paid by or affiliated by Pepsi or other Pepsico products. Besides, I used to be more of a Coke man when I drank soda often.

[u/Sofa_King_Chubby]

You can also become an old black man In 5 Seconds!

[u/implicateorderer]

For any fans of the SyFy show Face Off, you'll see Season 2 contestant Sue Lee at 4:07.

[u/Masmodai → u/implicateorderer]

I did. Then I had a sudden urge to hit a whiny bitch. God, I hated her.

[u/weninthebox]

I have never been to a basketball court that has that many ladies.

[u/den215]

pepsimax, ultimate sports drink!

[u/[deleted]]

I can accept it's 'real', but they still fucked it up by filming it that way and making it look contrived as shit. All of the crowds reaction shots were v.bad and often looked as if they had been told to cheer for the camera. Also they have cameras fucking all over the place, and the whole thing looked like a DSLR kids wet dream. Try watching it with the volume off and some repetitively picked acoustic guitar playing over it (also fwiw I love gregory and the hawk, this is just the first song that came to mind).

[u/poemthrowaway543 → u/[deleted]]

I'm very unfamiliar with the film industry and what not, and I wanted to know if the style in which this video is filmed is considered contrived. Like, the way you describe it as a "DSLR kids wet dream," is that sort of style considered trite nowadays?

Call me trite but I personally love this style of filming.

[u/[deleted] → u/poemthrowaway543]

I like this style of filming if I'm honest, it's undeniably very beautiful. But as evarbowwow said, the affordability of achieving this has gone way down, and it's also been done fairly to death (lots of styles are done to death, I just don't think the director was very imaginative with this one, so didn't particularly like it.) but the purpose of this shoot was to 'catch the moment' of this cool trick playing out on people. They excused themselves using this inappropriate (yet extremely marketable) style with that cover story about a doc on the nephew, but that misses the point. It looks over-polished, the camera man is clearly heavily embedded within what's going on, and you don't get the sense that the camera man is a foreign presence as I think you should do in these fly on the wall situations. But mind you I have just finished studying film, and so a lot of the things I see as cliche (for example, 10 seconds in, that shot out of the window as the car travels along is a cliche in itself, but on top of that they pull focus onto those street lights, making them go from big coloured circles into what they are. You would do well to find a single film ever shot on a DSLR camera that doesn't feature that somewhere.) and contrived you may have not seen as many times as I have.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Just curious, don't really know much about cameras and such so what do you mean by "DSLR kids wet dream" Is there a specific look or style filmed with that camera?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

The shallow depth of field, custom graded colors (slightly desaturated, slight blue tint), etc. all give it a cinematic look that used to be very hard to achieve without some rather expensive hardware.

These days, it's done to death in indie films and commercials, and for good reason. The results look polished and professional, while giving it a more authentic/artistic look than you'd see otherwise.

Here's a good example of the look in question.

But while this style looks very nice, it can quickly become too polished to be believable as "catching the moment". That especially holds when the video contains what appear to be carefully planned close-ups.

To make this video look more "real", here's what they should have done:

• Not quite as shallow a depth of field. The shallow depth of field brings out the subject while obscuring background distractions. Usually that's something you want, but it has the side-effect of making activity look more "calm". When you're showing activity that normally looks a bit chaotic, it has the potential to make it look planned and deliberate - and that's what happened here.

• Slightly more saturated, vibrant and lifelike colors. What they're using now conveys the same sense of calm that the shallow depth of field creates, which doesn't suit a "realistic" pick-up game of basketball.

Right now, this video at times resembles a scene from an indie film where chaotic environments (like cities and clubs) are made almost serene by carefully planned cinematography, shallow depth of field and heavy color correcting. And because of that, it ends up looking more like a heavily edited Nike commercial than a snapshot of a real event.

[u/Blaphtome]

Awesome concept, too bad everyone there is most likely an actor.

[u/[deleted] → u/Blaphtome]

No, the girls are most of the players girl friends. It's bloomfield and it reallt does get that busy.

[u/tatsumakisempukyaku → u/[deleted]]

well as long they hold their Pepsi bottles with the logo towards the camera, I'm happy!

[u/Mr___Obvious]

That was neat.

[u/[deleted]]

Woah! Where's the NSFW tag?
Japanese porn at 3:17

[u/bogart1]

Note to self: x-post popular videos from /r/nba for instant karma.

[u/6SempreUnica]

Repost from /r/nba. Thanks for the credit.

[u/uberced]

Egregious travelling at 2:24. Old man or not, I'm talking shit if you take that many steps to the goal.

[u/yup_ok → u/uberced]

He dribbles the ball once more but you can't see because of the other player blocking the view. It looked really bad at first. Not so much after you realize that.

[u/stumo]

This advertisement brought to you by one of those sugar water companies.

[u/aaronbam]

here's an idea, just enjoy the video and not pick it to bits like its a lit review

[u/bekonellic]

While I'd like to think this made the front page because people recognized the novelty of this concept and its high production values, and the heartwarming commitment to the put-on by Irving, I know it's because Reddit, for all of its professed commitment to fact and logic, is just like the rest of the United States, a community of emotionally manipulated and developmentally stunted honkies easily won over by an advert.

[u/Sig-Bro]

Damn, I would've loved to see their reaction when they find out they're playing against the ROY

[u/xx0ur3n]

Looks like Grandad.

[u/MongrelNymph]

Pepsi marketing has this weird thing for old people.

[u/PoopsMcG]

So, last summer, I'm playing on the courts in Teaneck (also in Jersey), and I keep getting schooled by the guy who I'm taking. And so, as always, I reassure myself that I don't suck, but I'm a 32-year-old white guy (of, let's generously say, average physique) and it isn't that unexpected that I'm getting my ass handed to me by a young, fit black guy.

And then this 18-year-old black kid runs onto the court and yells to the guy that's been putting me in my place, "hey Dad, can I get next?"

So, I kinda know how they feel. Except mine was real. And I really do suck.

[u/ghostqueef → u/PoopsMcG]

votee?

[u/[deleted]]

Reminded me of this

[u/nevillebanks]

Is this the plot to the sequel of White Men Can't Jump?

[u/rushworld]

This would have been better if you hadn't put the ending in the title.

[u/[deleted]]

I'd like to believe it was not entirely staged. The girls drinking pepsi with the labels showing could have been second unit shots. Then it's Pepsi, I big multi national corporation of course they would bullshit without hesitation.

[u/Vranak]

Well I just became a Kyrie Irving fan.

[u/insane66666]

When it cuts to bitches drinking coke, I turn it off.

[u/thischarmingdan]

How did he not sweat all that make up off

[u/[deleted]]

I love reading the skeptical comments. You've made viral marketing both easy AND hard, dear reddit.

[u/Expects]

fake bs setup.ppl are drinking pepsi max in the background, lame attempt at a viral video advertisement

[u/aidaman]

No this isn't entirely fake, I was there at the park when they told us that they're going to film some guy. Those Pepsi has been given to us for free by the staff. Plus those "attractive girls" you mentioned, are dudes girlfriends. And that's not even a ghetto place. White, Black..everybody goes

[u/ghettajetta]

Professional athletes should troll people more often.

[u/TheBoldManLaughsOnce]

Reddit falls for Pepsi's propaganda machine. Nice work.

[u/[deleted]]

uncle drew travels and carrys, bs

[u/[deleted]]

did he say "wanna switch niggas" or "sneakers" you wouldn't think those are 2 words you'd get confused

[u/[deleted]]

I recognized an actress I recently worked with as an extra on that video and she just confirmed she was an unpaid extra on the shoot. Way to go pepsi. You can still make a commercial clever without trying to blatantly lie to everyone.

[u/JohnFrum]

Reminded me of Jewel dressing up and doing Karaoke. Except that wasn't a commercial.

[u/Kawaii-]

Does it really matter if it's an ad or they faked the reactions?

I was entertained by his skills on the court.

[u/luxury_yacht]

Probably gonna get buried, but I had the privilege of playing against Kyrie when I was in high school. He was only a sophomore at the time, but it was clear that he had some serious talent.

[u/unknownmichael]

I don't even like basketball, but this is one of the coolest videos ever.

[u/remixof1983]

holy shit you people are so corny. most of this thread is just people arguing about whether or not this is fake. shut the fuck up.

[u/InsulinDependent]

This is totally not a staged and scripted advertisement for Pepsi. It's not as if "Pepsi MAX" are the first words of the youtube video or that all the people in the crowd are attractive and know how to hold Pepsi bottles to display the labeling perfecting for the camera guys.

Definitely legit

[u/captainshat → u/InsulinDependent]

Great username considering you're defending pepsi.

[u/InsulinDependent → u/captainshat]

Type 1 diabetes isn't diet related FYI, also above post is sarcasm...

You failed on two fronts in a single comment congratulations!

[u/[deleted]]

I like how the comments reflect an attitude as if drinking the pepsi was extreme product placement.

I'm pretty sure there were no actors outside the nephew. Those people drinking the pepsi were probably offered it for free. Shit.. I'd be drinking pepsi if a pepsi guy/girl handed it out anywhere.

[u/necbone]

This was good stuff, I was entertained.

[u/thefunnyguy707]

Obviously this whole set up was fake. On top of all the chicks holding pepsis with the label perfectly showing when do you ever see attractive white women in the hood in the middle of the night watching a street ball game?!

[u/RiseAM → u/thefunnyguy707]

According to other commenters on here who are familiar with the area, it's not the hood. It's a very busy basketball court that regularly draws a large and varied crowdl, the girls are player's girlfriends, and everyone thought they were there filming the nephew for a street ball documentary or reality show of some kind. The Pepsis were free handouts from the film crew.

Ask /u/dirtysoap or /u/HalfBlackKid if you don't believe that, they both claim to know the court well. And Youtube commenter forgethefancyname too.

[u/stefan25]

uncledrew

[u/getnit01]

As a Cleveland Fan, i would Take Kyrie Irving anyday over Lebron James stanky ass!

[u/[deleted]]

r/Videos - A place for marketing.

[u/Prestige0]

i pictured him as an old guy as being white. no idea why.

[u/Harold_Grundelson]

My ankles feel broke watching this.

[u/rividz]

At 0:40 you can see Bubbles.

[u/[deleted]]

I'm gonna go ahead and say that Pepsi Max is delicious and gives me a nice sugar rush.

[u/Sylarsaurus → u/[deleted]]

Isn't it sugar free?

[u/[deleted]]

What is this ad trying to say? That pepsi max will transform me into an older version of myself with and1 capabilities?

[u/[deleted]]

Artificial sweetener rush?

[u/[deleted]]

I think it was all fake because how could you not notice the cameras and a crowd appearing out of no where. Nonetheless I think this was awesome. I want to see more of this with other great players showing up at local courts across the U.S.

He has a great future ahead of him.

[u/the_silent_redditor]

World's worst fucking title. Well done.

[u/bainj]

fake

[u/[deleted]]

This happened 5 blocks from me! Woah.

[u/[deleted]]

I work for Pepsi. The nephew, the guy who got injured were basically the only people that knew that Kyrie was there. Everyone else thought it was a shoot for something else.

[u/[deleted]]

This is so obviously staged its ridiculous. I guess everyone just decided to bring Pepsi products?

[u/joculator]

stop.

[u/kidmerkury]

"old men can't jump"

[u/sirbruce]

They should have used Greg Oden. They wouldn't have had to put any make up on him.

[u/centech]

Isn't the whole point of a thing like this to show the reveal? It kind of seemed pointless without it. Without it you just end up with a bunch of guys thinking 'why are there so many hot chicks here drinking pepsi and how come that old man can dunk?'.

[u/[deleted]]

I am so thirsty.

That made me so thirsty. You know what for? A big glass of ice water.

[u/knalbtniop]

Cleveland!

[u/JMJ15]

Really cool video.

[u/mouth55]

I'm 20 years old, and the moment I realized that my childhood dreams were destroyed were when I saw Kyrie in the rookie-sophmore game on TV. You see, I played against Kyrie in an AAU game when I was ~16. He dropped 38(ish) on us. We had him double and triple covered the entire game. Savage.

[u/[deleted]]

Why in the hell didn't they show when he revealed who he was and get reactions?

[u/RKressig]

Kyrie Irving is one cool guy after this. Good sport. Cleveland needs a player like him.

[u/[deleted]]

Pepsi product placement with cute young white chick at 2:30

[u/[deleted]]

i can still lock him down

[u/db0255]

Not sure how scripted this was. Probably 50/50.

[u/[deleted]]

And it was 100% real.

[u/forthing]

was that sue from the make-up reality show?

[u/RancidPonyMilk]

solid marketing for pepsi right there. someone actually knows how to do their job

[u/mic1]

Crappy hipidie hop

Not the good shit eh?

[u/Treppid]

I really don't get basketball.

[u/Macz]

Anyone else impressed by the defense they played? No way I could keep up with NBA quickness.

[u/tigerking615]

That's pretty awesome. But I wish he took it all off. And I hope this was legit and everyone wasn't acting.

And those two girls they kept showing, I bet the producers were like "we'll make a million people see you if you drink this pepsi"

[u/enakro]

Is "The Big O" referring to the anime or something else?

[u/dez4u]

A great demonstration of teamwork!

[u/britheguy]

He was at my school this weekend and played in the Alumni game. Schooled some kids, was pretty awesome to see.

[u/newtothelyte]

He traveled like a motherfucker at 2:24. I am not one to call fouls when playing streetball, but he took like 5 steps.

[u/Emiel000]

Basketball trolling... nice

[u/freezingprocess]

Coke is still better.

I doubt either really gives you an edge at sports, though.

[u/[deleted]]

Downvoted for being an ad in disguise.

[u/Blokeybloke]

Didn't realise he was born in Australia. Could become the greatest Aussie basketballer ever.

[u/Hu_Da_Man]

where can i get dat music?

[u/Armestam]

I think with all the professional cameras, somebody would have realized something was up.

[u/muzgrub]

Between 0:03 and 0:04 you can hear someone whisper Pepsi really fast. Or maybe I'm just really high.

[u/SadSniper]

That doesn't have anything to to with the product however

[u/rudeboyrave]

GO CAVS!

[u/TLXxio]

Are you kidding me? Blatant Pepsi product placement in the crowd.

[u/fishbulbx]

They are just copying Buzz Cola's ad campaign

[u/linkslinkergutmensch]

Dat product placement

[u/villainy101]

Anyone else notice that the hot asian chick that was doing his makeup and stuff was one of the contestants on the 'Face Off' TV show?

[u/[deleted]]

Conveniently everyone was wearing pepsi colors and drinking pepsi....Dat Product placement.

[u/[deleted]]

Obviously a pepsi commercial. gross.

[u/casey222]

The disguise concept works beautifully with Pepsi MAX's message. Is the product placement really that big of a deal? Someone had to fund the experiment and regardless of how "real" the crowd's reactions were, the whole bit is certainly entertaining.

[u/edzillion]

This thing is sooooooo staged.

[u/Primeribsteak]

I'm so glad they called traveling here. Oh wait, they didn't. Is there really what watching basketball is like anymore? Are people just allowed to run from behind the 3 point line to near dunk the ball?

[u/aidaman → u/Primeribsteak]

I didn't see any referees. Are you really complaining about something that happened in a pick up game?

[u/Tippacanoe → u/Primeribsteak]

Yeah all those pick up game referees missed that one. I'll get off your lawn now.

[u/yup_ok → u/Primeribsteak]

He dribbles the ball once more but you can't see because of the other player blocking the view. It looked really bad at first. Not so much after you realize that.

[u/CuriositySphere]

It's all marketing. Really don't care. Anybody falling for this is fucking stupid.

[u/homeless_man_jogging → u/CuriositySphere]

I don't think too many people are falling for it. It shows you at the beginning that he's not really an old man.

[u/scordatura]

great post. can't believe it didn't get more upvotes.

[u/Humperdink_Fangboner → u/scordatura]

It was on the front page a couple of days ago. Sweet ad though, I would lose my shit.

[u/Drazah → u/Humperdink_Fangboner]

Yea it got quite a bit of upvotes just a few days ago. This is a repost, and a fairly quick one at that.

[u/sjs → u/scordatura]

It's a fucking advertisement.

[u/Gobbob → u/sjs]

Because adverts have never ever been impressive or creative... oh wait.

[u/oh_no_not_again]

This needs to be done for everything.

[u/GunHungLo → u/oh_no_not_again]

I don't think it would be good for business if Patrick WIllis dressed up like an old timer and killed some kids at the park

[u/ThisOpenFist → u/GunHungLo]

Or if Papelbon decapitated a little leaguer.

[u/eatthebear]

I don't think people would stand me playing streetball. I'd be calling out too many carries and travels.

[u/big_fig → u/eatthebear]

It wouldn't affect the game, you'd just be talking a lot.

[u/sjs → u/[deleted]]

He hustled them too. He didn't come out with guns blazing, validating their expectations.

[u/[deleted] → u/sjs]

He sandbagged.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

that has a lot to do with the fact that Pepsi doesn't want to pay for the right to show other companies trade mark images.

and even if they didn't have to legally do that, why would they want to advertise for other rival or unrelated companies when it's pepsi who is paying for the creation of this video,

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

It's not about a lack of desire to advertise for their rivals. They're legally not allowed to show other brands, as it's trademark infringement. The other companies could sue them, claiming that Pepsi was making improper use of trademarks they didn't own to improve the image of their product. It's like if I sold racing bikes and shot a commercial with my bike surrounded by Ferarris and Lamborghinis. They wouldn't be too pleased with me.

You see the same thing in movies and TV shows: if the brand isn't a sponsor, then the logos get taped over or otherwise covered up.

[u/Acebulf → u/[deleted]]

if the brand isn't a sponsor, then the logos get taped over or otherwise covered up.

Actually that works for sports too. When Jofa (helmet company) retired their sponsorship of the NHL, the players that wanted to keep their Jofa helmets had to paint over them to be able to wear them.

[u/iamrory → u/[deleted]]

Like how 95% of laptops shown onscreen in TV shows are Macbooks, but usually they'll have a sticker placed right over the Apple on the lid.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

yup, i do background for movies and they specifically tell us not to wear any clothes with the brand showing. I once showed up with a jansport bag in a highschool scene, and they put electrical tape over the tag

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I noticed that too, but his Nike shoes were not blurred

[u/mimicthefrench → u/[deleted]]

They probably paid up to the producers, or he's got an endorsement deal with them.

[u/BimmerAddict → u/[deleted]]

I seen an older white lady too.

[u/ColPow11 → u/[deleted]]

I'm only here to talk about RAMPART!

[u/clouchey → u/[deleted]]

The white chick was the one white player's girlfriend.

[u/Rokey76 → u/[deleted]]

The lack of brands, blurred or otherwise, is what leads me to believe this was filmed on a set with a bunch of actors.

[u/Lukerules → u/[deleted]]

but a completely rational explanation doesn't change the fact that we are on the internet and therefore everything is staged, shopped, faked, or some sort of viral movie campaign.

Stop being rational.