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Eggy Lippmann

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12-29-2003 16:00

mms://windowsmedia.dvlabs.com/adcritic/honda-cog.asf

When watching this bear in mind that it is ALL REAL, no camera tricks or CGI involved!!!!11

Dan Rhodes

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12-29-2003 16:04

I heard it took a long time get it right, that like everytime something minor happened they'd have to setup everything again lol.

Derek Jones

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12-29-2003 16:13

The topic about this has popped up several times in the forums. Why, you can find it at /120/65/7370/1.html

Also, it took 606 tries. If I remember correctly, only one little part was slightly fixed.

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Garoad Kuroda

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12-29-2003 20:52

The only "trick" they used is that they actually did it in two parts, and they used some skillful video editing to merge the end of the first part with the beginning of the second part seamlessly. But still, that's a crazy ad.

Gwydeon Nomad

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12-30-2003 09:39

So I get a bad view from work (need to watch this from home) but how do they get the tires to roll up hill and then stay up hill? I know Leonardo or Capernicus had some way to do that with angles but Im not seeing it in this video.

Eggy Lippmann

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12-30-2003 10:44

They have weights inside the tires.

David Cartier

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Re: Coolest ad evar!!!11

12-30-2003 13:45

AdAge says that they are not running it in the US because it will cost too much to run an ad that most people won't "get". What a shame, considering the crap that we DO get to see...

From: someone

Originally posted by Eggy Lippmann
mms://windowsmedia.dvlabs.com/adcritic/honda-cog.asf

When watching this bear in mind that it is ALL REAL, no camera tricks or CGI involved!!!!11

Gwydeon Nomad

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12-30-2003 16:20

Hey, there WERE camera tricks

Garoad Kuroda

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Re: Re: Coolest ad evar!!!11

12-31-2003 02:11

From: someone

Originally posted by David Cartier
AdAge says that they are not running it in the US because it will cost too much to run an ad that most people won't "get". What a shame, considering the crap that we DO get to see...

That's stupid....everyone here "got" the ad and most of us here (should be) in the US...

What exactly wouldn't people in the US "get"?

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Lordfly Digeridoo

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01-02-2004 06:42

The fear is they probably wouldn't "get' a honda civic

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Bhodi Silverman

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01-02-2004 06:55

Ach, AdAge loves to talk down to Americans. If it's not running here it is because either it didnt' test well, or it's too long and high concept car ads don't generate sales in the US. Feature-driven ads generate brand purchase intent, financing ads generate dealer choice purchase intent. It's hard to say that makes Americans less sophisticated... we want to see the nuts and bolts of what we're buying, and we want to know how much it's going to cost, instead of being won over by ads that are more abstract. It's a car, for gosh sakes!

Now, on the other hand, if they were selling the commercial, I'd buy it over any other commercial I've seen recently! Brilliant creative. Bet they get lots of awards for it.

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Devlin Gallant

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01-03-2004 02:48

Uhm, I saw that commercial on television here in Phoenix.

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Garoad Kuroda

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01-03-2004 04:28

From: someone

Originally posted by Devlin Gallant
Uhm, I saw that commercial on television here in Phoenix.

I guess "AdAge" is stupid, then. hahahahaha.....

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WTF is C3PO supposed to be USEFUL for anyway, besides whining? Stupid piece of scrap metal would be more useful recycled as a toaster. But even that would suck, because who would want to listen to a whining wussy toaster? Is he gold plated? If that's the case he should just be melted down into gold ingots. Help the economy some, and stop being so damn useless you stupid bucket of bolts! R2 is 1,000 times more useful than your tin man ass, and he's shaped like a salt and pepper shaker FFS!

Dusty Rhodes

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01-03-2004 09:10

From: someone

Originally posted by Bhodi Silverman
It's hard to say that makes Americans less sophisticated... we want to see the nuts and bolts of what we're buying, and we want to know how much it's going to cost, instead of being won over by ads that are more abstract.

I have to point out, when I see an ad for a PC, it talks about processor speed, memory, storage, etc. When I see an ad for a Mac, it talks about what colors you can get it in.

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Chip Midnight

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01-03-2004 10:17

From: someone

Originally posted by Bhodi Silverman
It's hard to say that makes Americans less sophisticated... we want to see the nuts and bolts of what we're buying, and we want to know how much it's going to cost, instead of being won over by ads that are more abstract.

I dunno Bhodi. Most of the car ads I see these days have absolutely no nuts and bolts information in them. They're all "lifestyle" ads. I don't know anything about Lexus cars, except that if I buy one I'll listen to jazz, have a gorgeous wife, and drive up and down the California coast a lot.

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Jim Lupis

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01-03-2004 10:20

From: someone

Originally posted by Dusty Rhodes
I have to point out, when I see an ad for a PC, it talks about processor speed, memory, storage, etc. When I see an ad for a Mac, it talks about what colors you can get it in.

<Throw pie><here>

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Apple generally does not put the specs in the ads, because they wants to sell you on the user experience. The fact that the hardware is a higher performance grade then the large majority of PCs is a side benefit. And with Panther, You can also run it as a general purpose unix system as well.

Yes, the clock speeds are slower. That stopped being a concern a year or two ago for the average user. You will always have the speed freak, who turns to exotic technoloies like running a Celeron 1.0 at 2.5 ghz in a tank of liquid nitrogen just for bragging rights.

I can go on, but I think the point has been taken.

Chip Midnight

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01-03-2004 10:22

An honest Mac ad...

http://www.happynowhere.net/mac_parody.htm

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Devlin Gallant

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01-03-2004 12:39

No matter how good Apple's hardware gets I will never buy. I don't trust the company. They already screwed me once.

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Eggy Lippmann

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01-03-2004 14:30

Haha Chip, the better I get to know you, the more I love ya

PC foreva babeh!

Dusty Rhodes

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01-04-2004 14:24

To be honest, I'm not really a hardcore Mac hater. They are great for certain things - graphics and music manipulation - and for people who do these functions and are not generally technophiles. The ads are designed to appeal to this customer base. Also, I know that that their lower clock speeds do not mean lower performance, since they use RISC technology. My main problem with Apple products is that they lock you into buying Apple products - once none, and now few, third party add-ons.

Coolest ad evar!!!11
Eggy Lippmann Wiktator Join date: 1 May 2003 Posts: 7,939	12-29-2003 16:00 mms://windowsmedia.dvlabs.com/adcritic/honda-cog.asf When watching this bear in mind that it is ALL REAL, no camera tricks or CGI involved!!!!11
Dan Rhodes hehe Join date: 5 Jul 2003 Posts: 268	12-29-2003 16:04 I heard it took a long time get it right, that like everytime something minor happened they'd have to setup everything again lol.
Derek Jones SL's Second Oldest Monkey Join date: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 668	12-29-2003 16:13 The topic about this has popped up several times in the forums. Why, you can find it at /120/65/7370/1.html Also, it took 606 tries. If I remember correctly, only one little part was slightly fixed. _____________________ The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact than a drunken man is happier than a sober one
Garoad Kuroda Prophet of Muppetry Join date: 5 Sep 2003 Posts: 2,989	12-29-2003 20:52 The only "trick" they used is that they actually did it in two parts, and they used some skillful video editing to merge the end of the first part with the beginning of the second part seamlessly. But still, that's a crazy ad.
Gwydeon Nomad Registered User Join date: 1 May 2003 Posts: 480	12-30-2003 09:39 So I get a bad view from work (need to watch this from home) but how do they get the tires to roll up hill and then stay up hill? I know Leonardo or Capernicus had some way to do that with angles but Im not seeing it in this video.
Eggy Lippmann Wiktator Join date: 1 May 2003 Posts: 7,939	12-30-2003 10:44 They have weights inside the tires.
David Cartier Registered User Join date: 8 Jun 2003 Posts: 1,018	Re: Coolest ad evar!!!11 12-30-2003 13:45 AdAge says that they are not running it in the US because it will cost too much to run an ad that most people won't "get". What a shame, considering the crap that we DO get to see... From: someone Originally posted by Eggy Lippmann mms://windowsmedia.dvlabs.com/adcritic/honda-cog.asf When watching this bear in mind that it is ALL REAL, no camera tricks or CGI involved!!!!11
Gwydeon Nomad Registered User Join date: 1 May 2003 Posts: 480	12-30-2003 16:20 Hey, there WERE camera tricks
Garoad Kuroda Prophet of Muppetry Join date: 5 Sep 2003 Posts: 2,989	Re: Re: Coolest ad evar!!!11 12-31-2003 02:11 From: someone Originally posted by David Cartier AdAge says that they are not running it in the US because it will cost too much to run an ad that most people won't "get". What a shame, considering the crap that we DO get to see... That's stupid....everyone here "got" the ad and most of us here (should be) in the US... What exactly wouldn't people in the US "get"? _____________________ BTW WTF is C3PO supposed to be USEFUL for anyway, besides whining? Stupid piece of scrap metal would be more useful recycled as a toaster. But even that would suck, because who would want to listen to a whining wussy toaster? Is he gold plated? If that's the case he should just be melted down into gold ingots. Help the economy some, and stop being so damn useless you stupid bucket of bolts! R2 is 1,000 times more useful than your tin man ass, and he's shaped like a salt and pepper shaker FFS!
Lordfly Digeridoo Prim Orchestrator Join date: 21 Jul 2003 Posts: 3,628	01-02-2004 06:42 The fear is they probably wouldn't "get' a honda civic LF _____________________ ---- http://www.lordfly.com/ http://www.twitter.com/lordfly http://www.plurk.com/lordfly
Bhodi Silverman Jaron Lanier Groupie Join date: 9 Sep 2003 Posts: 608	01-02-2004 06:55 Ach, AdAge loves to talk down to Americans. If it's not running here it is because either it didnt' test well, or it's too long and high concept car ads don't generate sales in the US. Feature-driven ads generate brand purchase intent, financing ads generate dealer choice purchase intent. It's hard to say that makes Americans less sophisticated... we want to see the nuts and bolts of what we're buying, and we want to know how much it's going to cost, instead of being won over by ads that are more abstract. It's a car, for gosh sakes! Now, on the other hand, if they were selling the commercial, I'd buy it over any other commercial I've seen recently! Brilliant creative. Bet they get lots of awards for it. Bhodi, who was Larry Tate at an ad agency in a former life
Devlin Gallant Thought Police Join date: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 5,948	01-03-2004 02:48 Uhm, I saw that commercial on television here in Phoenix. _____________________ I LIKE children, I've just never been able to finish a whole one.
Garoad Kuroda Prophet of Muppetry Join date: 5 Sep 2003 Posts: 2,989	01-03-2004 04:28 From: someone Originally posted by Devlin Gallant Uhm, I saw that commercial on television here in Phoenix. I guess "AdAge" is stupid, then. hahahahaha..... _____________________ BTW WTF is C3PO supposed to be USEFUL for anyway, besides whining? Stupid piece of scrap metal would be more useful recycled as a toaster. But even that would suck, because who would want to listen to a whining wussy toaster? Is he gold plated? If that's the case he should just be melted down into gold ingots. Help the economy some, and stop being so damn useless you stupid bucket of bolts! R2 is 1,000 times more useful than your tin man ass, and he's shaped like a salt and pepper shaker FFS!
Dusty Rhodes sick up and fed Join date: 3 Aug 2003 Posts: 147	01-03-2004 09:10 From: someone Originally posted by Bhodi Silverman It's hard to say that makes Americans less sophisticated... we want to see the nuts and bolts of what we're buying, and we want to know how much it's going to cost, instead of being won over by ads that are more abstract. I have to point out, when I see an ad for a PC, it talks about processor speed, memory, storage, etc. When I see an ad for a Mac, it talks about what colors you can get it in. <Throw pie><here>
Chip Midnight ate my baby! Join date: 1 May 2003 Posts: 10,231	01-03-2004 10:17 From: someone Originally posted by Bhodi Silverman It's hard to say that makes Americans less sophisticated... we want to see the nuts and bolts of what we're buying, and we want to know how much it's going to cost, instead of being won over by ads that are more abstract. I dunno Bhodi. Most of the car ads I see these days have absolutely no nuts and bolts information in them. They're all "lifestyle" ads. I don't know anything about Lexus cars, except that if I buy one I'll listen to jazz, have a gorgeous wife, and drive up and down the California coast a lot. _____________________ My other hobby: www.live365.com/stations/chip_midnight
Jim Lupis Fuzzy Taberite Join date: 8 Jul 2003 Posts: 78	01-03-2004 10:20 From: someone Originally posted by Dusty Rhodes I have to point out, when I see an ad for a PC, it talks about processor speed, memory, storage, etc. When I see an ad for a Mac, it talks about what colors you can get it in. <Throw pie><here> :: Aims pie skillfully :: Apple generally does not put the specs in the ads, because they wants to sell you on the user experience. The fact that the hardware is a higher performance grade then the large majority of PCs is a side benefit. And with Panther, You can also run it as a general purpose unix system as well. Yes, the clock speeds are slower. That stopped being a concern a year or two ago for the average user. You will always have the speed freak, who turns to exotic technoloies like running a Celeron 1.0 at 2.5 ghz in a tank of liquid nitrogen just for bragging rights. I can go on, but I think the point has been taken.
Chip Midnight ate my baby! Join date: 1 May 2003 Posts: 10,231	01-03-2004 10:22 An honest Mac ad... http://www.happynowhere.net/mac_parody.htm _____________________ My other hobby: www.live365.com/stations/chip_midnight
Devlin Gallant Thought Police Join date: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 5,948	01-03-2004 12:39 No matter how good Apple's hardware gets I will never buy. I don't trust the company. They already screwed me once. _____________________ I LIKE children, I've just never been able to finish a whole one.
Eggy Lippmann Wiktator Join date: 1 May 2003 Posts: 7,939	01-03-2004 14:30 Haha Chip, the better I get to know you, the more I love ya PC foreva babeh!
Dusty Rhodes sick up and fed Join date: 3 Aug 2003 Posts: 147	01-04-2004 14:24 To be honest, I'm not really a hardcore Mac hater. They are great for certain things - graphics and music manipulation - and for people who do these functions and are not generally technophiles. The ads are designed to appeal to this customer base. Also, I know that that their lower clock speeds do not mean lower performance, since they use RISC technology. My main problem with Apple products is that they lock you into buying Apple products - once none, and now few, third party add-ons.

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