tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19067548.post3125924111250149660..comments2023-06-28T07:26:48.676-04:00Comments on the aspidistra: McDonald's Ad References... RoboCop!?Com$tockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758127726424789899noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19067548.post-29507234428462599332007-01-26T12:22:00.000-05:002007-01-26T12:22:00.000-05:00I'm lovin' it!I'm lovin' it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19067548.post-44884086860884421082007-01-26T10:59:00.000-05:002007-01-26T10:59:00.000-05:00Yeah, I've heard it too, but I always thought it w...Yeah, I've heard it too, but I always thought it was a winking reference to the movie. I wonder if McDonald's knows that, for some people, they will be associating their product with what is, in part, a satire of mass-market idiocy. I suppose the more cognizant among us already see McDonald's as a representative of such idiocy, though.Com$tockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758127726424789899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19067548.post-59666112398885684172007-01-26T10:45:00.000-05:002007-01-26T10:45:00.000-05:00I seem to remember that on the DVD commentary for ...I seem to remember that on the DVD commentary for RoboCop, the film's writer explains he created the line as a believably stupid and realistic catch-phrase. I'd say it worked: I know I've heard it plenty of times removed from its RoboCop context over the past 20 years. I'd say it has a life of its own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com