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    Image of David Cooper David Cooper
    11/05/09

    In reply to Subway Ad Makes It Look Like the Tunnel Is About to Collapse

    Should've gone with this guy... #advertising
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    uptown promoted this comment David Cooper was starred David Cooper was unstarred
    Image of Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo
    11/05/09

    In reply to Subway Ad Makes It Look Like the Tunnel Is About to Collapse
    If that were a real subway then that tidal wave would be made out of pee. #advertising
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    Image of Duckspwn:Loves Approving Reds Duckspwn:Loves Approving Reds
    11/05/09

    In reply to Subway Ad Makes It Look Like the Tunnel Is About to Collapse
    Disaster porn. Almost beats Brian's cross species homosexual technophilia. Actually, it doesn't even come close. The competition is on Frucci! :) #advertising
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/04/09

    In reply to New Droid Commercial Turns to All-Out Sci-Fi
    This is nice... but I miss the sexy-creepy Palm Pre girl. She was cooler than the phone itself. Maybe Android/Droid could steal her? #droid
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/04/09

    @met2art: I think the last thing the red-eyed robot needs to do is kidnap a young woman of questionable mental stability.

    Next thing you know, the Pre lady starts warning everyone of the coming judgment day... #droid
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    OCEntertainment was starred OCEntertainment was unstarred
    Image of met2art met2art
    11/04/09

    @OCEntertainment: Damn, that's so hot!

    ...

    I'll be in my bunk... #droid
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    Image of aerospaceman aerospaceman
    11/04/09

    @met2art: I thought your bunk was dedicated to metart. #droid
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    met2art promoted this comment aerospaceman was starred aerospaceman was unstarred
    Image of vinod1978 vinod1978
    11/04/09

    @met2art: Funny you should mention that you liked those ads. I actually wrote an entire blog post about the Pre - 1/2 of it was dedicated to those terrible ads.

    If you are interested you can check it out here: [blog.tonangi.com] #droid
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    met2art promoted this comment vinod1978 was starred vinod1978 was unstarred
    Image of met2art met2art
    11/04/09

    @vinod1978: I agree the ads themselves were terrible (as was the phone)... but, weird as it sounds, I think Tamara Hope was the hottest thing since plasma blades in those ads. What can I say? I have a thing for nearly-albino-pale, monotone, dreamy-glazed-eyed chicks who talk about how a phone has changed their life, albeit in an abstract an indirect fashion.

    I admit, it's a very narrow niche, as fetishes go. #droid
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/04/09

    @aerospaceman: Ha! Close, (and absolute no objections, there) but nope. My initials are "met2" and "art" because I am an artist. You're not the first to come to that conclusion, however. #droid
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    Image of ak ak
    11/04/09

    In reply to New Droid Commercial Turns to All-Out Sci-Fi
    Thought it was a pretty cool ad with some sexah futuristic jets, but I keep wondering... When something crashes to the ground and you have no idea what it is, you don't run towards it, you run as fast as you can the other way! Haven't movies taught us anything?? #droid
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    met2art promoted this comment ak was starred ak was unstarred
    Image of met2art met2art
    11/04/09

    @ak: It's either gonna give you super powers, or eat your face on its way to world domination. Really, either one sounds pretty cool... I mean, don't you wanna be part of something? #droid
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    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    11/04/09

    @met2art: If you mean part of an alien's digestive tract, then...no. #droid
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment The5thElephant was starred The5thElephant was unstarred
    Image of Slyd3z Slyd3z
    11/04/09

    In reply to New Droid Commercial Turns to All-Out Sci-Fi
    Way to actually, you know, mention:

    - what the product is
    - what it does
    - which provider it's on
    - why you need it
    - etc, etc, etc #droid
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    EBone promoted this comment Slyd3z was starred Slyd3z was unstarred
    Image of EBone EBone
    11/04/09

    @Slyd3z: That will be in follow-up ads. It's a two-step marketing approach.

    And they did a great job of creating interest and buzz. Great production values. #droid
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    11/04/09

    In reply to New Droid Commercial Turns to All-Out Sci-Fi
    Sheesh, the self-aggrandizing insinuations that the Droid is a gift from the heavens, that Motorola/the US military occupy said heavens, and that They bestow the Droid upon us mere mortals, are just ridiculous. #droid
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    Image of 32ndnote 32ndnote
    11/04/09

    In reply to New Droid Commercial Turns to All-Out Sci-Fi
    Oh, sweet! Free shipping! #droid
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    Image of MosesMonster MosesMonster
    11/04/09

    @32ndnote: Granted you don't live in an apartment complex. #droid
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    Image of e-friend: I'm an armchair lawyer.: e-friend: I'm an armchair lawyer.:
    11/04/09

    @MosesMonster: Your neighbors are douche bags anyway, order away! Overnight that phone right through that pretentious dick head's wall! #droid
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    MosesMonster promoted this comment e-friend: I'm an armchair lawyer.: was starred e-friend: I'm an armchair lawyer.: was unstarred
    Image of powerball powerball
    11/04/09

    In reply to New Droid Commercial Turns to All-Out Sci-Fi
    they should have skipped the huge ad budgets and cut the price of their data plan, that would really make people switch. #droid
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    Image of D.LYTE D.LYTE
    11/04/09

    In reply to New Droid Commercial Turns to All-Out Sci-Fi
    i walked into my parents' house when the "iDoesn't" commercial was on one night. after the commercial, they looked at me and said, "do you know what that commercial is for?"

    verizon/motorola is not winning any customers with confusion. sure, the tech savvy crowd knows what's going on, but i don't think tilted heads and furrowed brows are going to lead to mass adoption of the droid.

    they need to tie in some simple advertising showing the actual product and how it shows pictures of friends and grandkids, simple communication, ease of use, simplicity, and a cheap alternative to AT&T.

    my opinion. #droid
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    BergenCountyJC promoted this comment D.LYTE was starred D.LYTE was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/04/09

    In reply to New Droid Commercial Turns to All-Out Sci-Fi
    Maybe Motorola and Verizon were inspired by Gizmodo's use of the flaming Motorola meteor. #droid
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    Image of Amir Oulad Amir Oulad
    11/04/09

    In reply to New Droid Commercial Turns to All-Out Sci-Fi
    Michael bay started doing commercials too !? #droid
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment Amir Oulad was starred Amir Oulad was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/04/09

    @Amir Oulad: Michael Bay actually started off directing commercials. Given the style of his work in cinema, it's pretty apparent where he belongs. #droid
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    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of tex1ntux tex1ntux
    11/04/09

    In reply to New Droid Commercial Turns to All-Out Sci-Fi
    Oh fuck, something more clever than a white background and just a phone?

    Who came up with this shit? #droid
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment tex1ntux was starred tex1ntux was unstarred
    Image of Aetius Aetius
    11/04/09

    @tex1ntux: +1

    If this was an iPhone ad, Gizmodo would do a post-show special, going over every frame. #droid
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment Aetius was starred Aetius was unstarred
    Image of Eulatos Eulatos
    11/04/09

    @tex1ntux: Those commercials with just a white background and someone running a phone actually DOING SOMETHING are the best cellphone commercials ever produced. Because they show the phone actually doing something that it really does.

    Palm tried to copy them and almost got it right, but screwed it up with the creepy girl who makes you forget everything about the commercial but the creepiness of her face.

    I dont need to see a cell phone driving a monster truck through space while djing an asteroid dance party and shooting rainbow colored music trails out its ass. That tells me nothing about the phone. #droid
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    Image of tex1ntux tex1ntux
    11/04/09

    @Eulatos: Can you actually speak with Steve Jobs' balls so far down your throat, or can you just type comments on tech blogs? #droid
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment tex1ntux was starred tex1ntux was unstarred
    Image of Toastie Toastie
    11/04/09

    @Eulatos: "best cellphone commercials ever produced." Cause the competition has been so fierce in that area. #droid
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment Toastie was starred Toastie was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/04/09

    @tex1ntux: I didn't think this commercial was very clever at all. Granted, the iPhone commercials don't do much for the imagination (none), but sometimes, simply showing off the phone works a great deal more than whiz-bang, higher budget eye candy. #droid
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    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of tex1ntux tex1ntux
    11/04/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: As far as teasers for a phone go, this one is pretty damn cool.

    It isn't the greatest commercial ever, but I won't bitch about a teaser not revealing anything.

    If Apple released a 3 second teaser today that was a white background that said, "iTablet. Coming 11/9/09.", Giz would post a page long article about how amazing the iTablet will be. #droid
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    Image of asten77 asten77
    11/04/09

    @tex1ntux: And the fanbois would post 900 glowing comments inside of an hour. #droid
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment asten77 was starred asten77 was unstarred
    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    11/04/09

    @tex1ntux: And a heart click for you. #droid
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    Image of Eulatos Eulatos
    11/04/09

    @Toastie: That is my point. #droid
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    Image of bizzo98 bizzo98
    11/04/09

    In reply to New Droid Commercial Turns to All-Out Sci-Fi
    And when did Verizon hire Michael Bay? #droid
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    weatherman promoted this comment bizzo98 was starred bizzo98 was unstarred
    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/04/09

    @bizzo98: if they're trying to market to 14 year old boys, they're doing a great job. Though they clearly missed by not throwing in some #droid
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    11/04/09

    @bizzo98: In 2008

    [newscenter.verizon.com] #droid
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    weatherman promoted this comment PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: was starred PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: was unstarred
    Image of bizzo98 bizzo98
    11/04/09

    @weatherman: Yeah, if they threw in the 14 year old boys they would not only be marketing to the teens but to the middle aged priests as well. Win-Win! #droid
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/04/09

    In reply to New Droid Commercial Turns to All-Out Sci-Fi
    When iDon't came out, I begged Verizon to stop the obvious pander...

    ....Well, I suppose I got what I asked for. Just didn't realize it meant robot apocalypse. #droid
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