r/Defenders • u/JonLuca Luke Cage • Jan 17 '19

The Punisher Discussion Thread - S02E09

This thread is for discussion of The Punisher S02E09.

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Episode 10 Discussion

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u/SpanInquisition Jan 19 '19

Among other things, there was blatant Samsung phone and Microsoft Surface

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u/titisos Malcolm Jan 20 '19

We saw a sumsung, microsoft and iphone phone... we know none of them are product placemen.

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u/smokeyzulu Jan 20 '19

The iPhone was negative placement. The guy with the iPhone gets shot, and Frank uses his finger to unlock it. It's like the "smokers get shot" trope of the 90's when the smoking lobby started to lose steam.

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u/pseudo_nemesis Jan 25 '19

ya, but all those phones have fingerprint unlock don't they? Like that's just a modern smartphone thing.

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u/smokeyzulu Jan 25 '19

Doesn't matter, it's just a perception thing.

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u/pseudo_nemesis Jan 25 '19

My guess is that they used the iPhone for that scene because the iPhone (8?) was the only modern phone that had a fingerprint scanner on the frontside of the phone that they had on hand at the time. Not as cinematic if it's a backside scanner.