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Mustard

posted 8 years ago by samwise9
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What was up with all the mustard in the Tagomi alternate San Fran? I think there were two jars in the fridge and at least one in the cupboard. Then they were prominently seen on the shelves when he went grocery shopping.

[–] NotASpeckOfCereal 8 years ago

There were other repeats. It was just period-correct placement. If they had to pay for the use of brands, then they probably picked a finite number of labels and used some of them repeatedly.

Do you have a cupboard with canned / jarred goods? Are there only one of each?

Brevity is the soul of wit.

[–] angeljunegordon 8 years ago

Somebody had to make each of those vintage labels, etc. It takes a lot of time for several seconds of screen time.

[–] NotASpeckOfCereal 8 years ago

True, but your point being?

Brevity is the soul of wit.

[–] angeljunegordon 8 years ago

Must I spell it out for you?

Instead of spending days replicating a hundred vintage products for a three second scene, they re-used a handful.

[–] mikexmene 8 years ago

I thought it was just to keep reinforcing the idea that it's the alternate San Francisco.

[–] ryanr-1 8 years ago

I also see a lot of Tabasco sauce in various scenes.

[–] nathanbolstad 8 years ago

He was in an alternate mustard universe, very similar to our own timeline but with more mustard

[–] NotASpeckOfCereal 8 years ago

Juliane might have been able to chock down that sauerkraut if only she had more mustard!

Brevity is the soul of wit.

[–] ryanr-1 8 years ago

I want to live in this alternative mustard world.

[–] kbwatkins3 8 years ago

I wouldn't mind being in one with more mayo

[–] yoelaquarius 8 years ago

They also had Hellmann's mayonnaise in the San Francisco refrigerator, though Hellmann's is known as Best Foods Mayonnaise west of the Rockies.

[–] annlevtex 8 years ago

Is that still true? How funny. I rarely buy mayo but when I do there is always Hellmans on the shelf.

[–] rbrogersg 8 years ago

Mustard is the catalyst required to switch between realities. It's a well known fact.