Stark's been in captivity for months, he wants a good American cheeseburger... So they take him to Burger King?! Gets me every time. Couldn't they get the poor guy a good burger? He is a billionaire. He could've spent more than 2$ on lunch.
Somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man
Product placement.
Or mabe in the movie universe Stark Industries own BK.
Product placement plus this...
Robert Downey Jr. has publicly thanked Burger King for helping him overcome his problems with addiction. The fast food chain, he says, also helped to resurrect his career.
The fast food epiphany happened in 2003 when the "Iron Man" star was driving a car piled with "tons of f---ing dope," Downey Jr. told Britain's Empire magazine. The actor decided to pull over for a burger and everything changed.
"I have to thank Burger King," he said. "It was such a disgusting burger I ordered. I had that, and this big soda, and I thought something really bad was going to happen." Downey Jr. says he then tossed all of his drugs into the ocean, deciding right then and there to clean up his act.
Downey Jr. hints that a fateful moment in "Iron Man," when his character Tony Stark requests a cheeseburger from Burger King after being released from his captors, is a reference to his own experiences.
Great f*cking story!!!! 🤩
shareWow.
shareThis suggests to me that Burger King was the highest bidder for a major, cleverly set up product placement opportunity. And it was more than product placement, there were tie-ins:
http://marvel-movies.wikia.com/wiki/Iron_Man_toys_(Burger_King)
However, I'm not sure who's paying whom with the tie-ins. Is the film studio paying for the BK give-aways, or is BK paying for the rights to use copyrighted entities to promote its fast food sales, or is an even trade off?
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The story is king.[royal]
I haven't noticed a lot of product placement in the MCU. TASM2 is the worst, with a Sony product appearing in literally every scene.
The dead are happier dead. They don't miss much here, poor devils -Harry Lime
@virgiltx I'm confident that BK would be the one doing the paying. They've got a built-in ad on every copy of the movie. That's worth a lot more than some crappy toys.
shareDo they really think that people are going to head to Burger King just because Iron Man ate a cheeseburger? And in reading RDJ's "something bad" I can't help but think he meant he'd have some...ahem....gastro issues?? from the food? Fast food is SO BAD for you, I assume that's what he meant.
shareI just re-watched Iron Man for the first time in several years and when I saw that scene I thought "Oooh, some BK sounds good." Guess what I'm about to go grab for lunch? Product placement works. That's why it's so common.
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I'm not sure product placement was ever all that subtle. Look at Superman II or Back to the Future! We excuse those now because they're sort of charming and it's fun to look back. And I'm sure future generations will watch today's product placements in the same way.
"Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind."
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Perhaps it's us who are more cynical today, not the product placement. We're just more aware of it because we're more aware of behind the scenes stuff in general and what it means.
"Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind."
Perhaps it's us who are more cynical today, not the product placement. We're just more aware of it because we're more aware of behind the scenes stuff in general and what it means.
The whopper is Amazing tho
shareGotta love the Whopper! It's a "clean" beef pattie w/no grease or oil on the pattie, since it's FLAME BROILED! That's the best way to cook a beer pattie, kinda like an open flame barbecue...... If I have a quarter pounder and/or Big Mac from McDonald's, I can't sleep that same night! I don't know much about the Wendy's Burgers but they are NOT flame broiled...... Besides, Burger King accepts coupons w/expired dates on them because they want your business!!! Their fries are not too bad either...... Alot less salt and less greasy w/a thicker cut........ Besides, gotta love the mascot "king" 🤩🤩🤩🤩
shareGod tier:
In-n-Out
Wendys
Good Tier:
5 guys
Jack in the Box
The Habit
Del Taco
Farmer Boys
OK Tier:
McD's
Carls Jr
Fatburger
White Castle
Checkers
Shit Tier:
Burger King
Sonic
Dairy Queen
A&W
Have not yet tried Whataburger, Wimpy's, nor Steak n Shake.
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You learn to appreciate the simple things in life when you have a near-death experience. Even a Burger King burger is a step up from whatever nasty gruel his captors were making him eat.
shareMaybe he just needed a good bowel movement after being held captive for so long?
Anyone here mentions Hotel California dies before the first line clears his lips.