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[Alphahawk]

I was at the doctor's office yesterday and they had a tv playing various shows and clips and one of them was the trailer for Despicable Me 3 (.Link) and it features a song by Eminem, it's not a new one either it's from 2010 so it's not like he wrote a watered down song for it or anything. Despicable Me 2, also, if I remembere correctly, used "Without Me" from 2002 in it's marketing. This just to me seems like a total sign of the times thing, I remember back in 2002 Eminem was downright dangerous, and a kids movie would never even think of using his song in the trailer, but now apparently it's per the course.

Just interesting I thought.

 

[Jimnymebob]

I remember Toonami in the UK using Lose Yourself for some promos, maybe for Batman of the Future.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

That's a pretty good trailer and yeah, never thought I'd see the day where a Eminem song was in a kids movie.

 

[The Kree]

Fuck you, Debbie.

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

Eminem is making a comeback

I don't think I've ever talk about a celebrity having a beard as much as people are talking about Em

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Nah, while a lot of his stuff during his prime was not kid safe, his big crossover hits were so pervasive that I wouldn't be surprised if they managed to find their way into children's entertainment during that time, though the only clear memory I have of that happening from my youth was that time All That! parodied Without Me.

 

[RipperGrim]

Despicable Me has always had a hip hop songs in it, mainly because of Pharrel Williams association with it. Not really sure if it's a sign of the times but hey it could be.

 

[Weetrick]

Haha, I totally understand you OP. Like you said, his music was considered dangerous at the time. When the Slim Shady LP came out in 1999, I was 13 and it was some of the most offensive music I'd ever heard. I loved it. My parents definitely had no clue what was on that album.

Obviously Descicable Me isn't going to use the lyrics referencing drugs, murder or rape, but it's still weird to see in the promotional material.

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

Oh, god! They bleeped out fucking! "What you mean we ain't fucking, you take me for e a friend?"

 

[Faiz]

Eminem is making a comeback

I don't think I've ever talk about a celebrity having a beard as much as people are talking about Em

Wait what?

*googles*

Ok was expecting something more drastic, like Tim Armstrongs.

 

[thepenguin55]

Haha, I totally understand you OP. Like you said, his music was considered dangerous at the time. When the Slim Shady LP came out in 1999, I was 13 and it was some of the most offensive music I'd ever heard. I loved it. My parents definitely had no clue what was on that album.

Obviously Descicable Me isn't going to use the lyrics referencing drugs, murder or rape, but it's still weird to see in the promotional material.

Yeah, I find it very weird. I realize that this isn't at all a new thing in marketing for children's stuff. It seems like the sort of thing that would go away immediately the moment a fuss was made but (surprisingly) no one has yet (at least not that I'm really aware of).

 

[Alphahawk]

Yeah, I find it very weird. I realize that this isn't at all a new thing in marketing for children's stuff. It seems like the sort of thing that would go away immediately the moment a fuss was made but (surprisingly) no one has yet (at least not that I'm really aware of).

It's because we're far enough away from the controversy that people literally don't care. It's similar to The Simpsons in the respect, in the early seasons coverage of it was about how controversial it was, but now it's essentially a comedy all-ages show.