Two commercials

Post #388,031 by rcareaga 3/29/14 2:31:48 PM Reply	Two commercials I think the first of these may actually have aired during the Superbrawl last month, because I remember catching it on broadcast and being startled at its sheer...disagreeableness. Well, I flatter myself that I've never been and never will be Cadillac's target demographic, or at least that if I'm targeted, their pitches will continue to veer wildly outside the strike zone. Anyway, here it is in all its nasty, smug, insular and jingoistic ugliness (or perhaps I should say ugly n'est-ce pas?): https://www.youtube....tch?v=qGJSI48gkFc It's probably unlikely I'll ever buy a Ford either, but kudos to their ad agency for this riposte: https://www.youtube....m=gwt&app=desktop cordially,
Post #388,032 by drook 3/29/14 3:43:59 PM Reply	Can't watch the Ford one right now, but ... Look for the Daily Show segment on that Cadillac one. Sums it up nicely. -- Drew
Post #388,061 by crazy 3/30/14 1:52:02 PM Reply	link?
Post #388,068 by drook 3/30/14 4:47:25 PM Reply	Must be losing my mind I could have sworn it was on The Daily Show that I saw it, but I can't find it anywhere. -- Drew
Post #388,033 by gcareaga 3/29/14 4:15:31 PM Reply	Re: Two commercials The Cadillac commercial didn't make much of an impression during the Super Bowl. That is probably because I was in a good mood. But yeah, jingoistic crap.
Post #388,036 by Ashton 3/29/14 6:09:20 PM 3/29/14 6:15:20 PM Reply	Boffo Ford! Oddly too.. a certain Fiesta already has 'my name on it', in abeyance.. Ode to a Suit May 'Cadillac' brain-associations forever be attached to this (and Ayn's) icon, and each friend of a New owner, on being shown the Shiny, reply What? ... more Stuff?? My take, er earlier: http://forum.iwethey...iwt?postid=387421 Ed: Oh, there's this too--cottage industry? https://www.youtube....tch?v=u4L8QMNJyiU Edited by Ashton March 29, 2014, 06:15:20 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #388,040 by rcareaga 3/29/14 8:51:05 PM Reply	The parody at the second link ...lost me at the "Kubrick filmed the fake moon landing" bit. Pity: well done otherwise. cordially,
Post #388,041 by Ashton 3/29/14 9:07:30 PM Reply	Dissonance here, too. Snark is ubiquitous but here, maybe this guy thinks ...
Post #388,044 by drook 3/29/14 10:08:29 PM Reply	Now that I've watched it, yes, boffo Ford -- Drew
Post #388,058 by mmoffitt 3/30/14 12:02:53 PM 3/30/14 12:04:47 PM Reply	Shallow is as shallow does, sir. +10 for Ford. Edited by mmoffitt March 30, 2014, 12:04:47 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #388,059 by hnick 3/30/14 12:31:15 PM Reply	Unbelievable I watch very little television, but I can not believe that a major corporation would put out a "commercial" that was so tin-eared to most of the watching population. I have to believe that their corporate leadership think that there are enough people out there who would identify with that self centered asshole, or they wouldn't have spent the money on the commercial. If they are right, I'm scared for the country. If they are wrong, I am scared that much money (= power)can be so misdirected. I'd like an electric car though... "Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable." ~ AMBROSE BIERCE (1842-1914)
Post #388,064 by a6l6e6x 3/30/14 2:30:58 PM Reply	Corporate ads are not necessarily stupid. There are plenty of people "who would identify with that self centered asshole" but not recognize that he is a self-centered asshole. Why that "asshole" is a picture of success that is obvious to all! A person to be emulated. Alex ÂThere is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.Â -- Isaac Asimov
Post #388,067 by hnick 3/30/14 4:11:27 PM Reply	Ewww... That is even more scarey. "Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable." ~ AMBROSE BIERCE (1842-1914)
Post #388,070 by a6l6e6x 3/30/14 5:34:24 PM Reply	Here is a sample: http://www.ijreview....ican-cadillac-ad/ So, why do you hate America so much? :) Alex ÂThere is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.Â -- Isaac Asimov
Post #388,065 by Ashton 3/30/14 3:47:43 PM Reply	At the time, I read a [effort-at-a-riposte] from Ad-purveyor (IIRC) Implication was that they knew it was ..snarky (at best, of any premeditation?) but probably beyond such droids to see it was also obscene. Also a litmus. And this was Their Thing==it Did get 'attention' all right.. Still, with such panache as Ford's et al--one may still hope that the cumulative effect shall become the Corporate/devolved-effect of fucking karma. (I hope it isn't beneath the dignity of Cthulhu ... to turn a whole room-ful into toads, say. Just for omnipotent-Fun.)
Post #388,077 by mmoffitt 3/31/14 9:18:56 AM Reply	Don't forget about the Useful Idiots. I can see thousands of Tea Partiers (none of whom will ever have enough money to purchase a Cadillac) cheering the Cadillac ad. Can't you?
Post #388,080 by boxley 3/31/14 9:59:25 AM Reply	no, that car is gay Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep
Post #388,075 by pwhysall 3/31/14 7:56:35 AM Reply	Interesting. That Cadillac ad would never fly over here. "What a wanker!" would be the reaction of John Average-Wage. "What a cunt!" would be the reaction of John Lessthanaverage-Wage. "What an oik! What's a Cadillac? Dear, have you seen the keys for the Aston?" would be the reaction of John Morethan-Averagewage. Embarrassing.

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