7/10
David vs Goliath. Goliath won.
28 January 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Its difficult to pad this out to the required 600 characters. Why can't a pithy review do?

OK. Well the plot is well known. The Pepsi Co pitched the adds at teenagers but the corporate, cold blooded judge disallowed the plaintiff to depose Pepsi executives, then disallowed a jury trial which might have allowed real people, targets of the advertising, to judge the misleading conduct of the company. She determined that a 'reasonable' person, clearly a clear thinking infomed adult (not the ads target audience) would conclude that the ad was a joke.

While it's most unlikely that the young guy woud actually get a then US$39 million military jet, Pepsi got away scott free. Wrong.

I'm surprised it was not appealed to the US Supreme Court. But hey, small guys don't have the budget of giant corporations, do they.

As a rider, demilitarised Harriers can now be bought from the bone yard at a knock down price. Some are actually now in private hands. Multi millionaire hands! The cost of getting them airborne, fuel and maintenance costs are only for the super rich, and corporations using them for air shows and movies.
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