the saddest commercial i've ever seen

Rexmons · 09-29-2007, 04:09 PM

BigV · 09-29-2007, 04:50 PM

Thank you Rexmons.

Very, very beautiful and touching.

Pass the tissues.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-29-2007, 05:22 PM

Pretty risky behavior for the baby.

09-29-2007, 06:22 PM

in tha rice paddy with tha whooosh whooosh, pickn tha rice with tha mom...

09-29-2007, 06:23 PM

I need to make that video for my son. I meant to after the last stroke.

SteveDallas · 09-29-2007, 09:50 PM

Ummm... maybe I missed the translation.. what was the commercial for? Some kind of insurance?

xoxoxoBruce · 09-29-2007, 11:13 PM

Yeah, a life insurance company.

09-29-2007, 11:30 PM

I did not find it sad at all.

DanaC · 09-30-2007, 07:44 AM

I found it horribly manipulative. Hate ads like that.

TheMercenary · 09-30-2007, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

I found it horribly manipulative. Hate ads like that.

I must agree. Same goes for anti-war ads that use flag drapped coffins or tshirts with the names of someone elses loved one on them. I have no problem with frank discussions about the people who have been killed, but don't use someone elses images without explicit permission from the dead guy or his/her family.

DanaC · 09-30-2007, 04:40 PM

I think that depends on whether or not the dead soldier has been identified. So, using their names on t-shirts surely cannot be right unless permission has been given. Flag draped coffins though have a potential anonymity. If what's being shown is a coffin with a flag over it and there's no way anybody could tell whose coffin it is, then it becomes a purely representative picture.

What I really dislike is people using consumers' fears as a means of persuading them to part with their cash.

innsaneink · 09-30-2007, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

I think that depends on whether or not the dead soldier has been identified. So, using their names on t-shirts surely cannot be right unless permission has been given. Flag draped coffins though have a potential anonymity. If what's being shown is a coffin with a flag over it and there's no way anybody could tell whose coffin it is, then it becomes a purely representative picture.

What I really dislike is people using consumers' fears as a means of persuading them to part with their cash.

If youre persuded by advertising to part with you cash, you deserve to lose the lot of it.
The choice is ultimately YOURS, the advertising is only to get you thinking.

TheMercenary · 09-30-2007, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by innsaneink

If youre persuded by advertising to part with you cash, you deserve to lose the lot of it.
The choice is ultimately YOURS, the advertising is only to get you thinking.

Come on, adverts are designed to get you thinking that you will gladly part with your cash, for what ever the reason. It's all about the money.

innsaneink · 09-30-2007, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Come on, adverts are designed to get you thinking that you will gladly part with your cash, for what ever the reason. It's all about the money.

Pretty much what I said.....though the adverts themselves arent what ultimatley makes our decisions, its ourselves.
Well in my case personally, anyway.

toranokaze · 10-06-2007, 02:10 PM

We are not subjects nor citizens but consumers

09-29-2007, 04:09 PM	#1
Rexmons - Kavkaz United - Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 613	the saddest commercial i've ever seen __________________ "Life's a bitch but God forbid the bitch divorce me..."

09-29-2007, 04:50 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Thank you Rexmons. Very, very beautiful and touching. Pass the tissues. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-29-2007, 05:22 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Pretty risky behavior for the baby.

09-29-2007, 06:22 PM	#4
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	in tha rice paddy with tha whooosh whooosh, pickn tha rice with tha mom...

09-29-2007, 06:23 PM	#5
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	I need to make that video for my son. I meant to after the last stroke.

09-29-2007, 09:50 PM	#6
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Ummm... maybe I missed the translation.. what was the commercial for? Some kind of insurance?

09-29-2007, 11:13 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah, a life insurance company.

09-29-2007, 11:30 PM	#8
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	I did not find it sad at all.

09-30-2007, 07:44 AM	#9
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I found it horribly manipulative. Hate ads like that.

09-30-2007, 04:40 PM	#11
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I think that depends on whether or not the dead soldier has been identified. So, using their names on t-shirts surely cannot be right unless permission has been given. Flag draped coffins though have a potential anonymity. If what's being shown is a coffin with a flag over it and there's no way anybody could tell whose coffin it is, then it becomes a purely representative picture. What I really dislike is people using consumers' fears as a means of persuading them to part with their cash.

10-06-2007, 02:10 PM	#15
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	We are not subjects nor citizens but consumers

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