Comments on Pointless Planet: Brinks Home Security "Popcorn"

Anyone who owns a chaise lounge deserves to be bur...

2009-10-17T11:35:04.690-04:00

Anyone who owns a chaise lounge deserves to be burglarized.

I do love the recent home security one, which I th...

2009-10-16T05:52:02.212-04:00

I do love the recent home security one, which I think is from ADT, about a woman coming home during a burglary. The guy, who is dressed just like every guy you'll see at the mall, just casually strolls out of there once she sees him with an insincere "sorry" type look on his face.

But the most amusing thing about it, which I see in many other home security ads, is that the guy apparently rampaged through the house randomly destroying things, as we see a number of broken (but sentimentally valuable!) objects that he apparently broke for no other reason than burglars are assholes.

They really ought to have gone all out with that, and showed a child being horrified at the lineup of her stuffed animals, all decapitated, before panning over to see the big steaming pile of shit the burglar left on the chaise lounge.

Brinks evidently is more concerned about racial st...

2009-09-27T11:50:41.748-04:00

Brinks evidently is more concerned about racial stereotyping than gender stereotyping; note that the intruders in all of their commercials are always white males.

Actually, I think all the Superman actors have bee...

2009-07-16T10:17:23.469-04:00

Actually, I think all the Superman actors have been kind of wimpy--what's up with that curl across the forehead? However, I did discover new respect for Ben Affleck after seeing Hollwoodland; he deserved an Oscar for that performance.

Oh, and btw, totally agree with you about the sexist thing! ;)

I find this ad to be incredibly sexist. The woman...

2009-07-14T09:27:17.061-04:00

I find this ad to be incredibly sexist. The woman must cower in a child's room, waiting for the man who looks vaguely like that wimpy tool that they got to play the last Superman to save her? A wise latina woman such as myself would tazer that guy's ass faster than you can say Wurzelbacher.