Epic Fail

I don't watch Downton Abbey.  I've been told hundreds of times that it's right up my alley. But I've also been told it's a big old cry fest which is totally not my thing.  However, this today, made me sort of want to watch it.

I'm also not a marketer.  I work for a company that's been starting an aggressive ad campaign, so I've been listening to the marketing spiel for the last few days.  I get what you have to do and what you need to say to get people excited about a product.  I'm pretty sure what you're not supposed to do is leave an item in a picture, say a plastic water bottle for instance, that hadn't been invented yet in the time-period the photo was taken.  You know, sort of like the one just over her left shoulder. : )

How exactly does that happen?  I can picture some poor marketing genius all sorts of excited about these brand new promo shots to get everyone excited about the new season; only to go online the morning they're released and see the tweets laughing at their hard work.  In the long run, it's not such a big deal. It's not hurting anyone at all, but it is pretty funny.

**In other media questions I have  - How in the world does the Ice Bucket Challenge make any money for ALS research when everyone is actually completing the challenge?