‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Has a Not-So-Amazing Bing Product Placement




Peter Parker — also known as “The Amazing Spider-Man” — is many things: a science-loving nerd, social outcast and secret superhero. But is he a Bing user as well?

A scene in the new movie that shows Parker doing a Bing search is already being called out online as a challenge for viewers trying to suspend their disbelief. A Reddit post highlighting the placement hit the front page on Tuesday as many commenters evoked a similar scene in Hawaii Five-0. (See below.)

Some bloggers have called attention to the placement.

“The ubiquitous product placement was disgusting and absurd,” wrote Nigel Floyd on Letterboxcd. “Peter Parker, a science-loving nerd, uses Bing as his default se…
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