NBC is finding out that it's not a good idea to piss off the under-sink garbage disposal industry. According to Zap2It, the parent company of disposal manufacturer In-Sink-Erator is suing NBC to block re-airings of the pilot of Heroes. Apparently, they're not happy with the scene where cheerleader Claire tests her power of indestructability by sticking her hand in an In-Sink-Erator disposal and flipping it on. Emerson, the parent company, claims that it casts their disposals in a bad light, telling audiences that a person could actually get injured if they accidentally stuck their hand inside a moving disposal. Yeah, I'm sure those spinning chopping blades are completely safe.But a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch got the real scoop from a company spokesman: they're mainly suing because NBC never got permission to use the product name on the show. "It's a trademark thing," the spokesman told the paper. What they're saying is, "Pay us a licensing fee and you can show our product mangle as many hands as you want."
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10-03-2006 @ 11:08PM
Sergo said...
I didn't notice but was the product's name even mentioned if it wasn't and that company actually wins this will spread and soon either their will be many lawsuits filed for lack of licencing to put company products into movies or TV shows.
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10-04-2006 @ 2:56AM
Nerds said...
I thought it was also clear that she accidentally stuck her hand in. She had turned on the disposal while washing dishes, dropped something (ring?) while talking to her mother, then stuck her hand in. I think her look was of shock more than Let me try and test my power, since the rest of her tests were more at trying to kill herself, not just mangle up her hand.
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10-04-2006 @ 6:33AM
Joe said...
She deliberately took off her ring and put it into the In-Sink-Erator, and stuck her hand in and got it severely mangled.
She's a fairly masochistic character, that's for sure. The only wierd thing is that she still gets hurt, it just heals. For her to go ripping herself to shreds is a bit extreme, unless she had a history of self-mutilation prior to 'Genesis'. Maybe it's a possibility. It would certainly answer most of my questions.
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10-04-2006 @ 10:04AM
John Howard said...
Garbage disposals don't have spinning, chopping blades. They have very dull things spinning to help push the food to the edge, where it's ground up, not chopped. I'm sure it's not a good idea to stick your hand in there, but describing it as "spinning chopping blades" just isn't accurate.
I also thought she put her hand in without thinking after accidentally dropping her ring. Why would she purposely do that in front of her mother, when she is so intent on hiding her power from people?
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10-20-2006 @ 12:51AM
scififan9009 said...
http://www.superhiro.org/infamous-heroes-claire-garbage-disposal-scene-vt70.html
Totally stupid. Like anyone would expect different if they stuck their frickin hand in a garbage disposla
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11-20-2006 @ 9:24AM
swrogue57 said...
The key to this whole lawsuit is this. In-Sink-Erator is owned by Emerson. NBC is owned by their biggest competitor, General Electric. Nuff said!
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