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    Samsung's New 'Viral' Video Doesn't Even Try to Look Real

    Samsung Jet Actually Rocket Powered: 800MHz Processor, Six-Sided Cube Interface, Webkit Browser
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    07/21/09

    In reply to Samsung's New 'Viral' Video Doesn't Even Try to Look Real
    I think the ad is shit, but I suppose I'll play devil's advocate and try to defend it a bit?

    Maybe the point was with all these fake "viral videos" floating around, they would make one that was obviously fake and the oke would be that they still act like they're taking it seriously?

    I don't know, but it sucks either way.


    And I don't know if anyone else caught it, but at the end it says "Superfast Phone FTW!" I'm so sick of that term. Why not just go all out and say "EPIC WIN" while you're at it, you bunch of tossers.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    07/21/09

    In reply to Samsung's New 'Viral' Video Doesn't Even Try to Look Real
    The viral part lost it's meaning... that's the problem behind this video.

    Back when the term "viral ad" hadn't been created, it was all about creativity and having tons of authentic views in few hours.

    Now, viral ad means: Stupid artificial advertising we make to use blogs as marketing vehicles.

    As always, money and corporations ruined a good movement.

    On to the next trend...
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    07/21/09

    @Bokusatsu_Tenshi: I don't consider any of these videos to be viral ads anyway. They've ruined the term by slapping it onto their shitty misinterpretations, but there are still good viral videos by people who actually get it.

    The new trend is Twitter though, so I'm not sure which to hate more.
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    Image of fleebailey33 fleebailey33
    07/21/09

    In reply to Samsung's New 'Viral' Video Doesn't Even Try to Look Real
    anyone else think flight of the navigator ?
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    07/21/09

    In reply to Samsung's New 'Viral' Video Doesn't Even Try to Look Real
    The UFO wasn't too bad. The elephants were terrible.
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    07/21/09

    In reply to Samsung's New 'Viral' Video Doesn't Even Try to Look Real
    Obviously the point of this video was that you can take a photo on the Samsung phone REALLY fast instead of having to open an app, wait, focus, wait, snap.
    I think it made the point.
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    Image of electronymous electronymous
    07/21/09

    @Homerjay still mourning Billy Mays for some...: Yeah but, if it wasn't really there, then the camera didn't really take the picture so, what was the point.
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    07/21/09

    @electronymous:I'm lost....
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    Image of SysRq SysRq
    07/21/09

    @Homerjay still mourning Billy Mays for some...: So is Samsung.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    07/21/09

    In reply to Samsung's New 'Viral' Video Doesn't Even Try to Look Real
    I TRULY believe this is the worst Viral Video I have ever laid my two eyes upon. I mean, whoever thought this up should simply be murdered. That's how terrible it was.
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    Image of bornonbord bornonbord
    07/21/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: I feel so bad for the people at the Ad Agency, the production house, and the post production house.

    Ok, maybe not the ad agency so much.

    Too many companies think this "viral" thing is the way forward and put pressure on people to come up with 'new' and 'exciting' and 'hilarious' videos.

    The UFO didn't look real, for sure, but they probably had NO budget to make it any better. My guess is the 3D guy worked stupid hours for free to get this as good as it is.

    So, do we murder the creatives who came up with the UFO idea, the account person who sold a 'viral' to Samsung, or Samsung for insisting on this type of low-brow marketing?
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    Image of Magic Beans? Sure, I'll Buy Some!! Magic Beans? Sure, I'll Buy Some!!
    07/21/09

    @bornonbord: This video just makes me want to go smash something! I completely agree with you on this. So much work went into this silly idea and it's going to make the poor 3D guy look bad. Having been in those shoes before (watch Jurassic Park III DVD menus) you'll know what I mean. *sob
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    Image of lltaeho lltaeho
    07/21/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton:this was a crappy commercial, but an actually successful viral ad. nevertheless it got us to be talking about it.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/21/09

    In reply to Samsung's New 'Viral' Video Doesn't Even Try to Look Real
    Why not just have midget barbarians run around hacking at people's shins with axes, then shoving the phones into their hands?
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    Image of RoboChop RoboChop
    07/21/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Yeah...into their hands.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/21/09

    @RoboChop: Oh you sick cheeky monkey. You read my mind.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    07/21/09

    In reply to Samsung's New 'Viral' Video Doesn't Even Try to Look Real
    Wow, those hidden cameras have great PTZ capabilities, as well as being able to apparently move.

    And this is supposed to be viral? At least make it look a little blurry/fuzzy, like this one.
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    Image of Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus
    07/21/09

    In reply to Samsung's New 'Viral' Video Doesn't Even Try to Look Real
    So the elephants mean what?
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    07/21/09

    @Die Fledermaus: The elephants are the FCC.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    07/21/09

    @Die Fledermaus: Well clearly, the juxtaposition with the elephants and Picadilly "Circus"....ahh, who am I kidding; I just wanted to use the word juxtaposition.
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    Image of Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus
    07/21/09

    @Geisrud:
    So you are saying it is sort of like Vogon poetry?
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