Product placement

"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove) 03/12/2018 at 14:57 • Filed to: I should probably stop watching TV

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In my bouts of Netflix/Marvel series binge-watching, I have, of course, noticed the car placements. When I was watching Daredevil, everyone drove a Genesis. Funny to see a police detective driving a brand new luxury Korean car, but hey.

Then, I watch The Iron Fist (don’t judge me), and everyone was driven around exclusively in Lincolns. Now, I’m into the second season of Jessica Jones, and all of a sudden, everyone who drives in the show has a Toyota. The morning talk show host has an Avalon, and the super-high powered attorney character drives...a Camry. Not a Lexus, but a Camry. Weird placement there.

The title character herself doesn’t drive. What’s weird is that, in spite of her being a worn-jeans-wearing, iPhone-toting chick in her thirties with lingering elements of her goth teenage years, she always takes cabs everywhere. I thought everyone in that demographic does Uber or Lyft now.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Chariotoflove 03/12/2018 at 15:11

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There were 5 4Runners in Black Panther.

Chariotoflove > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/12/2018 at 15:13

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I love that you counted.

HammerheadFistpunch > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/12/2018 at 15:13

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Black Panther was a Toyota commercial, but in a good way

Chariotoflove > HammerheadFistpunch 03/12/2018 at 15:15

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Very few trailers would make me want a Toyota, but this would be one of them.

HammerheadFistpunch > Chariotoflove 03/12/2018 at 15:16

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Very few movies have made me want a 4runner as much as this one did. Andy Serkis’ 4runners were perfect.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Chariotoflove 03/12/2018 at 15:16

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I just started season 2 last night. I swear the lawyer picked up the party in a LS460 but yeah it was a Hyundai Genesis last season for the cops and the talk show host. Netflix has done a great job with all of these movies anyhow. This is the only but I have not seen but started working on Agents of Shield(surprise there are more Toyotas).

Textured Soy Protein > Chariotoflove 03/12/2018 at 15:17

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The phone which was heavily featured in Get Out was a Windows phone. In 2017, after Microsoft had long since given up on Windows phones!

Chariotoflove > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 03/12/2018 at 15:21

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Maybe she did. I recall a day scene where she definitely had a Camry. She could have both, although I don’t know why anyone living in the city alone would have more than one car.

I haven’t seen Agents of Shield yet. The most obvious product series was Viper back in the 90s. Remember that one?

Chariotoflove > Textured Soy Protein 03/12/2018 at 15:23

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That’s funny, and curious.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Chariotoflove 03/12/2018 at 15:24

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I just got into the Marvel stuff since my wife works 3 nights a week and I get bored. I was born in ‘94 so no Viper for me.

Chariotoflove > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 03/12/2018 at 15:33

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You didn’t miss too much, except it was cool stuff for young kids.

Azrek > Chariotoflove 03/12/2018 at 15:34

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Jessica, despite always being broke, had Tincup whiskey when there are a ton of cheaper choices?

Nibbles > Azrek 03/12/2018 at 15:51

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Priorities, man. Priorities

Chariotoflove > Azrek 03/12/2018 at 16:07

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She seems to make a lot of questionable economic choices for someone so low on cash. Getting drunk in bars, for instance. Very expensive.

I was just thinking there don’t seem to be a lot of obvious liquor product placements on the show, but sometimes there are. One guy specifically talked about breaking out the McCallan, 18 vs. 25 year.

punkgoose17 > Chariotoflove 03/12/2018 at 17:20

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The cheapest bar I know does 2 dollar shots of bourbon during happy hours otherwise it usually costs me 4-6 dollars per shot at other bars.

feather-throttle-not-hair > Azrek 03/12/2018 at 19:00

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Isn’t she kind of low key flush in season 2? The first episode makes a point of her having more work than she can really handle.

feather-throttle-not-hair > Textured Soy Protein 03/12/2018 at 19:03

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I work in a microsoft building, at one point one, a weed whacker threw a rock at a window shattering it (but it stayed standing thanks to safety glass.) Regardless, it didn’t get fixed for like 3+ months.

Lesson learned: Microsoft is really bad at fixing windows.