Fast Food Ads vs. Reality

lokiju

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Man that's the truth.

Funny enough I was talking to my wife about this today, we went to a Red Robbin for lunch and I noted how their food actually looks like the pictures when you get it unlike most places.
 

Jeff7

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I doubt it takes them 60 seconds to prepare the things in the commercials. If you want food to look perfect, go to a regular restaurant.
It all winds up looking the same anyway.
 

EarthwormJim

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I've found that Jack 'n the Box is always pretty damn close to looking like the pictures.
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
The real Arby's Beef 'n' Cheddar looks repulsive. :laugh:
Yeah it does, I actually LOL'd at that one.. hahaha.
 

ShadowOfMyself

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Lots of them actually look very close to the real thing, specially considering they were prepared in a hurry AND all the pics are underexposed with crappy quality... IF I augmented just the colors and exposure of one of them it would look 90% like the real thing
 

Chiropteran

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The sausage McMuffin real picture is better than the ad. The eggs in the ad looks like a plastic circle, I wouldn't dare eat anything that looked like that.
 

RaistlinZ

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Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself
Lots of them actually look very close to the real thing, specially considering they were prepared in a hurry AND all the pics are underexposed with crappy quality... IF I augmented just the colors and exposure of one of them it would look 90% like the real thing

What the hell are you talking about?! "Lots of them actually look very close to the real thing..." Are you smoking crack? How can you possibly say that augmenting just the colors and exposure on THIS would make it look 90% like THIS?

Or about about applying the same to make THIS look like THIS?

And I'm sorry but by no stretch of the imagination will adjusting the color and exposure make THIS look like THIS.

You're either blind or a complete idiot. :roll:
 

RandomFool

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Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself
Lots of them actually look very close to the real thing, specially considering they were prepared in a hurry AND all the pics are underexposed with crappy quality... IF I augmented just the colors and exposure of one of them it would look 90% like the real thing

What the hell are you talking about?! "Lots of them actually look very close to the real thing..." Are you smoking crack? How can you possibly say that augmenting just the colors and exposure on THIS would make it look 90% like THIS?

Or about about applying the same to make THIS look like THIS?

And I'm sorry but by no stretch of the imagination will adjusting the color and exposure make THIS look like THIS.

You're either blind or a complete idiot. :roll:

He said a couple, not all.
 

andylawcc

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Originally posted by: RandomFool
Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself
Lots of them actually look very close to the real thing, specially considering they were prepared in a hurry AND all the pics are underexposed with crappy quality... IF I augmented just the colors and exposure of one of them it would look 90% like the real thing

What the hell are you talking about?! "Lots of them actually look very close to the real thing..." Are you smoking crack? How can you possibly say that augmenting just the colors and exposure on THIS would make it look 90% like THIS?

Or about about applying the same to make THIS look like THIS?

And I'm sorry but by no stretch of the imagination will adjusting the color and exposure make THIS look like THIS.

You're either blind or a complete idiot. :roll:

He said a couple, not all.

boy, he really went out of the way to right click pic, copy URL, paste, repeat 6 times, and write up his hate, and compose this reply.
 

JM Aggie08

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Originally posted by: lokiju
Man that's the truth.

Funny enough I was talking to my wife about this today, we went to a Red Robbin for lunch and I noted how their food actually looks like the pictures when you get it unlike most places.

We take great pride in our Smiling Burgers® :)
 

biggestmuff

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Originally posted by: Jeff7
I doubt it takes them 60 seconds to prepare the things in the commercials. If you want food to look perfect, go to a regular restaurant.
It all winds up looking the same anyway.

It's probably not even food in some of those shots. A cereal bowl half full of white glue instead of milk and mashed potatoes vice ice cream.
 

Dangerer

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everything on that website looks fcuking delicious and i wouldn't hesitate to eat any of it
 

feralkid

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Originally posted by: Chiropteran
The sausage McMuffin real picture is better than the ad. The eggs in the ad looks like a plastic circle, I wouldn't dare eat anything that looked like that.

That was my impression as well; the ad picture looks like anime.
 

sierrita

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Originally posted by: RandomFool
Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself
Lots of them actually look very close to the real thing, specially considering they were prepared in a hurry AND all the pics are underexposed with crappy quality... IF I augmented just the colors and exposure of one of them it would look 90% like the real thing

What the hell are you talking about?! "Lots of them actually look very close to the real thing..." Are you smoking crack? How can you possibly say that augmenting just the colors and exposure on THIS would make it look 90% like THIS?

Or about about applying the same to make THIS look like THIS?

And I'm sorry but by no stretch of the imagination will adjusting the color and exposure make THIS look like THIS.

You're either blind or a complete idiot. :roll:

He said a couple, not all.

And his point stands...they look like they were shot with a low grade cell phone camera.
 

gsethi

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Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself
Lots of them actually look very close to the real thing, specially considering they were prepared in a hurry AND all the pics are underexposed with crappy quality... IF I augmented just the colors and exposure of one of them it would look 90% like the real thing

What the hell are you talking about?! "Lots of them actually look very close to the real thing..." Are you smoking crack? How can you possibly say that augmenting just the colors and exposure on THIS would make it look 90% like THIS?

Or about about applying the same to make THIS look like THIS?

And I'm sorry but by no stretch of the imagination will adjusting the color and exposure make THIS look like THIS.

You're either blind or a complete idiot. :roll:

The picture on the left is of Italian BMT (Salami, Pepperoni & Ham) while the picture on the right of actual sandwich is Turkey & Ham (2 completly different sandwiches). ;)