hello everyone this is running on empty Food review well hello ladies gentlemen
and everyone watching welcome one and all to this newest edition of The Running on
Empty Food review series I'm your host the report of the week thanks for checking in
so normally I don't go such a short period of time I should say these days from one upload to
the next but if you are a regular viewer I'm sure you've obviously noticed it's only been
a day since I've done a review I'm right back here at the camera because as soon as I saw the
news I was blown away I thought wow McDonald's you know they go big and this is no exception
they have dropped a new meal as they say and this one forget sleep forget everything else
I gotta try this out and that's exactly what I'm doing right now this isn't just any meal
yes it's a McDonald's meal but it's more than that this is the as featured in meal
you ever watch uh TV or movies or music videos and you see the product placement in them you see the
main character eating a Big Mac or uh conveniently snacking while they have the brand displayed right
well now you can go to McDonald's and you could buy the same thing that your favorite
movie star bought well probably actually didn't buy it probably sort of sort of like a branded
deal type of thing but forget that that your favorite movie star ate in a movie at some point
and now you could say wow I'm just like that person and I'm eating the same thing that they ate
so it's a special meal deal comprised of items that were featured in various pieces of media over
the years and you could select a couple of choices here you could have a Big Mac you could substitute
it so you've got three choices you could get the Big Mac meal which is what I got you can get the
quarter pounder meal or you can get the 10 piece Chicken McNugget meal it also comes with a medium
french fries a medium soft drink and sweet and sour sauce so all these items were featured in
various pieces of media over the years and now you can pay a bit extra and get them yourself
you might say what's so funny review bra are you having a mental breakdown on uh someone I'm not
I just can't help but laugh you see when I do these reviews especially for these sorts of
meal deals I try to assess these sorts of items from two different angles of course quality wise
but also conceptually and I've had a problem with McDonald's doing this before where they'll take
the same items and they'll just repackage them and then increase the price quite a bit but this is
the yeah this is the best one yet where it's like okay I I could have just gotten this meal I could
have gotten this a week ago I could have gotten this a year ago I could you could have gotten
this 25 years ago there was nothing special about this and there is nothing all right they have the
packaging a little a little themed I'll give them that but aside from that this is a regular Big Mac
this is a regular fries this is a regular soft drink and this is regular sweet and sour sauce
it's just a regular McDonald's meal but it's the as featured in meal so that makes it special
and I just can't get over that that's why I had such a hard time even even saying it because
I just find it so funny to me the fact that everyone's hyped up about this one I think but you
could have gotten this you could have gotten this decades ago there's nothing to this but anyway
for the sake of it I'll try it out anyway see how the quality is but just understand and I'm not
saying this you know it just is what it is this is just a regular McDonald's meal that you could have
gotten anytime there's nothing special about this aside from the packaging and you have to know that
I paid 14 for this for essentially what would be a medium a Big Mac meal
but it is what it is it's the as featured in meal and it comes with special packaging you
see this is the McDonald's fries I don't give them credit for this at least you know it's
I guess you know something as featured in Space Jam fallen angels Run DMC Coming to America
Etc all the all the films that's been featured in there Etc this is the Big Mac
I guess the Big Mac
is just the Big Mac
so you've got that this is the one thing people are hyped up for uh
promoting a new the low-key movie I guess what is that the low key
two I guess I'm not totally familiar so don't take my word for it but there you have it this is just
regular sweet and sour sauce just with a special sticker on it and then you've got the McDonald's
cup which was featured in all of this stuff so there you have it so fourteen dollars again is
what I paid for it but again I've seen Reports online that the price can fluctuate by Legion
I've seen folks say that the uh that they've only paid ten dollars other people said 12 I got 14.
some people said 15 so it really just depends so the price will vary all right I'm just going to
try out these components very very quickly because I've reviewed all of these before so uh I don't
think I really need to spend much time on this but let's just try out the quality McDonald's fries
oh
crispy salty a little greasy but not bad standard completely standard McDonald's fries right there
so those are fine next I'll take a sip of the Coca-Cola
fine as well sweet heavily carbonated nice little bite to it that's fine totally standard the Big
Mac let's see this let's see let's see not a lettuce by the looks of it that of course comes
with all the all the Fixins as they say the two beef patties the cheese the Special Sauce
pickles cheese lettuce on the sesame seed bun A little sloppy looking but you know it is what it
is I'm gonna try that out I will pause the camera while I eat just because I want this to be a quick
review so I'll be right back in a moment all right and I have returned as you could see
snacked on the Big Mac a bit it's a it's a messy sandwich uh that's just how it is of course I know
it's not totally in Focus there we go but it's a bit of a messy sandwich of course always gets
a little bit slippery perhaps and uh the middle bun you know it is what it is it slides around a
little bit but it's what I would describe as being a complete sandwich uh the only thing that I would
remark upon is that the quality of the beef in this case it was a little dry and just a little
saltier than it usually is maybe slightly slightly overcooked but not to the point where it detracts
at all from what I would say the enjoyment of the meal itself is it's still cheesy the lettuce is
crisp and uh fresh obviously nice little bite as well nice little zesty bite from the special
sauce on the Big Mac but overall it's a complete sandwich I'm happy with it and the quality of the
Big Mac itself is totally fine for what it is it is a standard Big Mac finally the sweet and sour
sauce again with the special low-key sticker right there when I unravel it you could see
there it is I'll try it out dip a fry in it
you remember when that guy in that movie ate these
and it's totally standard totally standard regular sweet and sour sauce from McDonald's
I know I get their sweet and sour sauce all the time it's one of my favorite sauces of
theirs and uh it's exactly the same so I have two things to say about this in conclusion number one
quality of this is acceptable it's a standard Big Mac meal essentially
from McDonald's fries are their fries the Big Mac is their Big Mac it's a sweet and sour sauce it's
their soft drinks everything is as it usually is there is nothing special about this aside from
the packaging now quality wise though perfectly acceptable and if you'd like a Big Mac meal and
you want the packaging Etc then go out get this or if you really want to support McDonald's or if
you're excited about the branding and you want to see one of the names on this or something
I mean it's you know it's there for you to get it's up to you it's a standard meal here's the
thing though like I said I like to assess these also as far as the actual concept is concerned
and I don't want to be the person that hates everything I know I've said that before but in the
end I will just say what's on my mind and in this case I am a bit disappointed I now I understand
the idea sounds like it could be something very promising on paper but the fact of the matter is
this is just a repackaged regular Big Mac meal from McDonald's that they decided oh which was
in this movie 25 years ago for five seconds where some guy uh ate a Big Mac Etc so now we
could make it a meal and make this more expensive than it usually is and make more money off of it
that's the name of the game and uh you know it disappoints me I would have wished that there
perhaps would have been a little more originality somehow you know I just would have uh I guess I
just would have hoped for more I'm sick and tired of seeing these it's just the same old same old
same items same everything nothing changed nothing new there's nothing there's nothing
new about this all right new packaging but that's it does that justify the hype
does that justify the price increase I don't think so there was just a time when it would have been
better than this you know there would have been more effort put into this there would have been
more originality more creativity more care instead this just feels like some sort of lazy you know
very lazy Ploy all right how could we make the most money by doing the absolute bare minimum
well just take everything that you have exact same meal put a couple stickers on it and uh there you
go and a lot of people you know they just they they buy that right up they'll think that this
is some sort of new special meal that you should just be thrilled about like you should be camped
out in front of a McDonald's waiting to for this for this thing to be released or something
but I don't know it just it bothers me in a way I guess when it's just like you see things as
stooping lower and lower you could have gotten this meal like I said earlier on a year ago
exact same thing exact same thing aside from the packaging you could have got this two years ago
10 15 20 years ago even 25 years ago exact same meal but now all of a sudden this is supposed
to be brand new and something that you're supposed to be waiting in line for and paying a premium for
I just don't like it when this stuff happens but it's the nature of the Beast
I get it these companies they you know they want to make the maximum profits it's the way it goes
you know that's all there is to it I just I guess I wish things could have been a little bit better
because I see meal after meal now this is like the fourth or fifth McDonald's meal that I've
tried that's the same repackaged stuff and uh I guarantee there will probably be more
so quality wise it's fine I enjoyed it the idea heck even the idea itself is all right
but the execution still disappoints me I just would have hoped for it to be a bit better and
it saddens me in a way that I just keep seeing the same thing over and over and over and the
price doesn't get any lower either and uh those are just my honest thoughts but you
could disregard them go up and get this if you want and uh again at least it's got the
packaging at least it has that going for it and at least the quality is all right too
but overall that's okay the originality or the act of Love still bothers me but I don't know am
I in the wrong there is this my problem what do you think leave a comment if you have any
thoughts on these sorts of repackaged meals and uh what you make of it all but I just feel how
I feel and that's all there is to it so out of 10 I'm going to be giving the as featured
in meal from McDonald's I'm going to give it a six out of 10. it's all right for what it
is I wish there could have been more to it but quality wise it's all right you know that's all
there is to it thank you for watching and until next time I'm your host the report of the week