Why is Burger King making such stupid & violent commercials?

[Ghost in the Machine]

I remember a while back that there was fuss here about the soccer moms plotting to kill the King because of the patty melts..

Tonight I saw 2 different commercials:

One has a driver in a drive thru lane ramming the car ahead of him and pushing it forward so he could get up to the window and get his Steakhouse Burger..

The other has a guy flying into the parking lot and rolling out of the car at the door, tumbling across the pavement and hitting the glass, while his car remains rolling forward, smashing into a parked car..

I don't know who came up with these ideas, but they'd make me want to stay away from BK to avoid a bunch of crazy fuckers....

Now I remember why I quit watching TV for a while... stupid freakin' commercials....

[Initech]

1. Their mascot creeps the shit out of me!

:scared:

[kenny blankenship]

9. And does he ever KNOCK ??? fuckinghell

Where did he learn his manners? Castle Interruptus? People could be doing anything in what they think is the privacy of their own homes -and suddenly here comes smilin' King Home Invader with his papier mache head and constipating food. No knock, no warrant, no Gee I'm sorry to interrupt nervous patter of excuses for sneaking into your place like a drunk coming home to wrong house. He's going to wind up getting stuffed through a plate glass door doing that some day.

Is it possible to join in a class action suit for a restraining order?

[FVZA_Colonel]

13. Well, that's what made him so popular on the internet.

To be honest, I like those; they're just so delightfuly creepy.

[trotsky]

25. An Internet sensation, no doubt.

[kenny blankenship]

29. I don't know what country he's king of but HERE we have a l'il thing called the 4th Amendment!

And also the 2nd Amendment, for cases when the 4th ain't being observed.

All I'm saying is, I catch him on my porch looking in MY windows, I won't be responsible for what happens next.

[Richard Steele]

16. Yup. The single greatest caption in the history of the internets sums it up for me:

[DRoseDARs]

17. Thanks for the nightmares, Dick.

;) :P

[krispos42]

31. I made this one for BiCenBaby...

:-)






She never responded, though...

:-(

[JuniperLea]

39. Please put your fist down my throat...

And push my heart back into my freaking chest!

That is almost as scary as the prospect of Four More Years McCain for President!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

30. Same here!

It's freaky. :scared:

[JuniperLea]

38. Me too!

Waking up in bed with him... looking out the window and seeing him peering back in at you... ugh!

Even the Hamburgler didn't freak me out that bad!

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. However, it worked on you. Here you are buzzing about it.

They don't care if it's good buzz particularly, as long as it gets people thinking/talking about burger king.

[Greyhound]

3. Didn't some hedge-fund buy BK a year or two ago? n/t

[Freddie Stubbs]

33. It is a publicly traded company:

http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=BKC

[devilgrrl]

4. Their food is as heinous as their advertising

Also add Carls Jr. to the list of fast food restaurants with unbelievably stupid commercials. :puke:

[Cant trust em]

5. They are terrible.

The "There's a name for people who don't like messy burgers....Losers." bit was totally lost on me. Terrible ad.

[WildEyedLiberal]

6. I avoid Hardee's (Carl's Jr in the east) because of their sexist stupid commercials

I would really like to punch whoever narrates their commercials in the face. Hard.

[Jamastiene]

19. You might have to get in line to do that.

My aunt and I both talk about how we'd like to do the same thing. Those commercials are gross and atrociously sexist. :puke:

[jmowreader]

45. Hardee's is in the east, Carl's Jr in the west

But they have the same shit no matter which coast you're on.

[Cant trust em]

7. I like the one set in the future.

Where the King brings the guy his breakfast and the girl says that he's good with his hands. Cracked me up.

[chknltl]

8. I'm holding out for the 'Angst driven, sanctimonious caveman....

...driving his Volvo station-wagon over a gecko with a bad English accent' advertisement!

[KT2000]

10. A lot of advertising

is just plain sick lately.
Many have wives ridiculing their husbands horribly - HR Block and a breakfast cereal come to mind.

Also - it is any wonder this country is so fat - constant food commercials showing close-ups of greasy junk food. I bet after a few minutes, a percentage of viewers get up from the chair and head into the kitchen for a snack, without realizing the trigger.

[MADem]

11. They think it appeals to the 13 through 26 year old male demographic? NT

[Nostradammit]

12. The powers that be want us at each other's throats

Don't let them.

Quit watching that shit. Plant a garden, read books.

/lecture

[Captain Sensible]

23. The powers that be? Burger King????????????? nt

[Echo In Light]

24. Corporate America has high $ psych teams that hone in on the public mind, steer it, coerce..

....all sorts of nefarious, evil shit going on there.

[Clintonista2]

28. Your "everyone is plotting against me" mentality scares me more than burger king does. n/t.

On the right, it's the gays and the blacks that are "plotting" against them. On the left, it's the corporations.

[Nostradammit]

36. Ummm,,, take a look at the board of directors

You'll notice the hand of Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs.


Yes - the powers that be.

[semillama]

41. Didn't realize how really bad it was, huh? n/t

[Freddie Stubbs]

35. Yes. Selling hamburgers is just a clever ruse to erode civil society

;)

[DRoseDARs]

14. It's not half as bad as what the Mars Company did during the Superbowl last year in a Snickers ad...

While what aired on tv was bad enough, the online alternate versions were worse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snickers#Super_Bowl_XLI_commercial_controversy

I've always said that if the roles were different, if the ad had been done with them obliviously walking into a synagogue and horrified by it, they start doing un-Jewish things, the Mars Company would've had its ass handed to it for months by a broad spectrum of people. But since the ad centered on bashing the icky, fucking faggots well then that's ok. Hell, have a Snickers bar while you're doing it, it's all just good-mannered fun.

[Jamastiene]

20. That was truly offensive.

I'm still surprised they got away with that, but then again, homophobia seems to be considered acceptable among certain groups of people who seem to control most everything. :eyes:

[DRoseDARs]

43. What's truly offensive is how many people DEFENDED the commercials, right here on DU. n/t

[Richard Steele]

15. Because they're advertising to one of the most stupid and violent SOCIETIES in recorded history?

Just a guess.

[Jamastiene]

18. Not to mention how CREEPY that Burger King guy is.

They should go ahead and put that mask in the next Scary Movie sequel. It's certainly creepy enough.

[Ilsa]

42. "The King?" Yeah, scary big head and teeth. Reminds me of

Stephen King's The Langoliers movie.

[noel711]

21. It's because they're selling 'swill...' non-food..

and those appalling ads distract attention from the
dreadful product they are shilling...

Fast food as we know it today, is past its prime as
an effective marketing phenomena.

The public has been educated as to the quality of the
'food' products, their ghastly production and processing,
and their detrimenal effect on our health.

Sure they have a market niche, but do not contribute to
the well being of humankind.

The growing trend in 'fast food'? The rise in 'prepare your
own dinners'... places that offer customer all the healthy
ingredients of meal preparation... you go in, make your own
'meals' to be cooked at home. Expensive, yes. But more healthy,
because the customer has the choice to use low fat, and healthy
ingredients.

My dream for fast 'food?' A chain of 'Vege-terias' where customers
can find a buffet of fresh veggies to be eaten raw, or cooked to
taste, supplemented by high quality plant protein, fresh fruits,
smoothies, fair trade coffees and teas..With the option to take
ingredients home to prepare for family. But this isn't sexy,
and probably would never appeal to the mass markets.

[Echo In Light]

22. All in keeping with conditioning the public mind to the Profits Over People ideal

[proud2BlibKansan]

26. Meanwhile, in real life,

Carhop at drive-in abducted

Four people in a car briefly abducted a woman at a Sonic drive-in restaurant Wednesday evening, and an attempted abduction was reported later at another drive-in.

The first incident occurred about 5:30 p.m. at the Sonic at 5440 Merriam Drive, Merriam police Cpl. Troy Duvanel said.

One of the suspects ordered food, and when the teenage carhop came out to deliver the order, the suspects displayed a weapon and pulled her into the backseat of the car, he said.

They took her money and dropped her off about 10 blocks away at County Line and Antioch roads, Duvanel said. She was not injured.

About an hour later, Kansas City, Kan., police responded to a call on an attempted abduction at another Sonic restaurant in Kansas City, Kan.

more . . . http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/589187.html

[RebelOne]

27. I am a vegetarian, but even in my non-vegetarian days,

I would never eat Burger King, McDonald's or any fast-food burger. I liked knowing what was in my meat, so I cooked my own hamburgers.

[krispos42]

32. I guess it's suppose to portray desperation for the burger

I actually had one last week, and it was pretty good.

But I haven't seen any of the commercials. I don't watch much TV anymore. I don't have cable and I work nights, so it's off in the daytime (no soaps, please) and on the weekend I have my kid, so usually I just watch "Cops" and "SNL".

I have NetFlix, though.

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Oh, and he's a mean fucker, that King is...

[tuckessee]

34. Because Americans are, in general, stupid and violent people. n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

37. 1. To get you to talk about them.

2. Because most people think cartoon style violence is funny.

[bluedawg12]

40. The dumbing down and desensitization to violence of the US

by corporate interests.

Wonder why?

[depakid]

44. I guess they appeal to sort of people who eat their garbage

[Cleita]

46. I suppose so we'll talk about it, but it certainly isn't

sending me there for burgers.