11th June 2007, 12:13 PM
11th June 2007, 1:15 PM
11th June 2007, 2:56 PM
That about sums up the reaction to this thing.
11th June 2007, 3:59 PM
I FEEL LIKE PLAYING POLE POSITION! MY SOUL IS LACKING SKID MARKS!
11th June 2007, 5:46 PM
I can't remember what tune that riff is lifted from and it's driving me nuts. Great ad though.
- Hey you! You look like a real jerk!
- Well, I am a corporate executive!
- He stops exciting things from happening!
- Hey you! You look like a real jerk!
- Well, I am a corporate executive!
- He stops exciting things from happening!
12th June 2007, 11:02 AM
I love how the real world and the game world merge in to one using trippy psychedelics and ......a mph indicator.
Best commercial ever? The family falling from the sky in stiff doll-form is easily one of those moments where you reach an understanding that thank fucking GOD the 80's are gone.
Well... atleast the special effects anyway. Long live commercials with budgets!
Best commercial ever? The family falling from the sky in stiff doll-form is easily one of those moments where you reach an understanding that thank fucking GOD the 80's are gone.
Well... atleast the special effects anyway. Long live commercials with budgets!
12th June 2007, 11:42 AM
Budget aside budget aside! That commercial was right up in yo GRILL, making DEMANDS and threatening you with VIOLENCE and FIERY DEATH if you don't comply with POLE POSITION.
Combine that with the cheesy post apocalyptic crash with them fused with their cars and that "skid marks on your SOUL" comment and you have everything that is over the top METAL, and then you have the premise of a typical uptight preppy family that doesn't really exist (as far as I can tell, never met any families like that myself) which is the ENEMY of all things PUNK and you have the most EXTREME thing ever. Yes, best (worst) commercial ever!
Combine that with the cheesy post apocalyptic crash with them fused with their cars and that "skid marks on your SOUL" comment and you have everything that is over the top METAL, and then you have the premise of a typical uptight preppy family that doesn't really exist (as far as I can tell, never met any families like that myself) which is the ENEMY of all things PUNK and you have the most EXTREME thing ever. Yes, best (worst) commercial ever!
13th June 2007, 10:58 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Om84Zc4-KcQ
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Here's a youtube link to the same commercial, so you can embed it if you wish. I'll leave that link up there since it has other terrible commercials.
I'M READY!
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Here's a youtube link to the same commercial, so you can embed it if you wish. I'll leave that link up there since it has other terrible commercials.
I'M READY!
13th June 2007, 11:19 PM
Wow... now that's an AD!
14th June 2007, 6:36 AM
You know, the more I think about the Pole Position commerical, the more irritates me. It's like the people who made it didn't even think about what they were saying in the commercial for more than ZERO seconds.
"Hey! You look like a real jerk!"
"Well, I am a corporate executive."
"He stops exciting things from happening!"
Now, it really should go without saying that if exciting things were happening all the time in the workplace, that not a lot of work would actually get done. Without work getting down we're talking about nation-wide production stoppages. And that, in turn, leads to socio-economic collapse on an unprecedented level. In other words, people aren't going to have the money to purchase luxury goods like videogames [i.e. Pole Position].
But wait! What if Atari, out of the goodness of their hearts, provided Pole Position for free?
1. They don't have the production capacity to construct more units.
2. They have no way to ship those units from one place to another.
3. People probably have bigger concerns like SURVIVAL.
So, yeah, next time you think about bashing those "jerks" that "keep exciting things from happening", just remember that THOSE GUYS MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO PLAY YOUR SILLY LITTLE GAMES, YOU TWITS!!
"Hey! You look like a real jerk!"
"Well, I am a corporate executive."
"He stops exciting things from happening!"
Now, it really should go without saying that if exciting things were happening all the time in the workplace, that not a lot of work would actually get done. Without work getting down we're talking about nation-wide production stoppages. And that, in turn, leads to socio-economic collapse on an unprecedented level. In other words, people aren't going to have the money to purchase luxury goods like videogames [i.e. Pole Position].
But wait! What if Atari, out of the goodness of their hearts, provided Pole Position for free?
1. They don't have the production capacity to construct more units.
2. They have no way to ship those units from one place to another.
3. People probably have bigger concerns like SURVIVAL.
So, yeah, next time you think about bashing those "jerks" that "keep exciting things from happening", just remember that THOSE GUYS MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO PLAY YOUR SILLY LITTLE GAMES, YOU TWITS!!
14th June 2007, 8:35 AM
I see you're a real jerk as well.
14th June 2007, 9:44 AM
And don't you forget it!
14th June 2007, 9:45 AM
That was weird.
Besides, lots of sites do just give out their games for free. Apparently it works for some people. Not even sure why you went into the whole "free" thing.
What does a corporate executive ever actually DO though? I've heard stories of these guys being entirelly ignorant of the technical issues their engineers actually go through on a daily basis and don't realize just how stupid this or that decision actually is in relation to that. I say ALL higher ups need to have at least a functional level of technical knowledge on par with their subordinates.
Besides, lots of sites do just give out their games for free. Apparently it works for some people. Not even sure why you went into the whole "free" thing.
What does a corporate executive ever actually DO though? I've heard stories of these guys being entirelly ignorant of the technical issues their engineers actually go through on a daily basis and don't realize just how stupid this or that decision actually is in relation to that. I say ALL higher ups need to have at least a functional level of technical knowledge on par with their subordinates.
14th June 2007, 11:43 AM
Yeah that'll happen, while we're at it I wish for dragon wings and all the ice cream in the world.
14th June 2007, 12:13 PM
Dark Jaguar Wrote:That was weird.
Besides, lots of sites do just give out their games for free. Apparently it works for some people. Not even sure why you went into the whole "free" thing.
What does a corporate executive ever actually DO though? I've heard stories of these guys being entirelly ignorant of the technical issues their engineers actually go through on a daily basis and don't realize just how stupid this or that decision actually is in relation to that. I say ALL higher ups need to have at least a functional level of technical knowledge on par with their subordinates.
They keep exciting things from happening. Duh.