QuoteOriginally posted by: CrashedMintQuoteOriginally posted by: outrunQuoteOriginally posted by: CrashedMintQuoteOriginally posted by: outrunI think they try to be the underdog. .. however, if they really have BMX tricks in their commercial, then I'll have to adjust my expectationBMX tricks in the commercialI really really don't understand these marketing people that come up wit these type op clips.I interned at a midsize advertisement agency some time ago when I was 20. These things are basically decided by old people who really want to be young and who have been tricked into believing that this is what young and hip people want by other old people. I'm pretty sure at least half of the firm thinks that this ad is shit but they are afraid to appear old or lame when they express this opinion.http://clientsfromhell.net/post/1186957 ... er-for-our -- trendy!

QuoteOriginally posted by: PolterQuoteOriginally posted by: CrashedMintQuoteOriginally posted by: outrunQuoteOriginally posted by: CrashedMintQuoteOriginally posted by: outrunI think they try to be the underdog. .. however, if they really have BMX tricks in their commercial, then I'll have to adjust my expectationBMX tricks in the commercialI really really don't understand these marketing people that come up wit these type op clips.I interned at a midsize advertisement agency some time ago when I was 20. These things are basically decided by old people who really want to be young and who have been tricked into believing that this is what young and hip people want by other old people. I'm pretty sure at least half of the firm thinks that this ad is shit but they are afraid to appear old or lame when they express this opinion.http://clientsfromhell.net/post/1186957 ... er-for-our -- trendy!QuoteCLIENT: ?I need this campaign to change direction completely, spin around in the other direction. I know 360 degrees makes you point the same way again, so I guess I?m asking for a 359 degree change.?ME: ?So you want us to exert the most amount of effort for the least amount of change??CLIENT: ?What? No. 359 degrees! Big change!?

http://gizmodo.com/5853898/is-this-the- ... -video-yet

QuoteOriginally posted by: outrunQuoteOriginally posted by: CrashedMinthttp://gizmodo.com/5853898/is-this-the-strangest-microsoft-video-yet"when you want to save it, simply click the save button, then export, then export one more time"it's fantastic. remember this is a new commercial, merely days (!) old. i couldn't be done any better by the onion, in fact if it was by the onion, people would probably complain that the retarded chanting "THISSSS IS A HIT SOOOONNNGGGGG!!" was over the top. then they end the whole thing with a reference to the zune, a device not even available anymore. it's simply bizarre.

QuoteOriginally posted by: CrashedMintQuoteOriginally posted by: outrunQuoteOriginally posted by: CrashedMinthttp://gizmodo.com/5853898/is-this-the-strangest-microsoft-video-yet"when you want to save it, simply click the save button, then export, then export one more time"it's fantastic. remember this is a new commercial, merely days (!) old. i couldn't be done any better by the onion, in fact if it was by the onion, people would probably complain that the retarded chanting "THISSSS IS A HIT SOOOONNNGGGGG!!" was over the top. then they end the whole thing with a reference to the zune, a device not even available anymore. it's simply bizarre.QuoteOriginally posted by: MicrosoftQ. This video is really cheezy. Did you mean for this to be funny, or have you watched so many late-night public service announcements that you take yourselves really seriously?A. We're going for over-the-top comic irony.Mission Accomplished?

QuoteOriginally posted by: PolterQuoteOriginally posted by: CrashedMintQuoteOriginally posted by: outrunQuoteOriginally posted by: CrashedMinthttp://gizmodo.com/5853898/is-this-the-strangest-microsoft-video-yet"when you want to save it, simply click the save button, then export, then export one more time"it's fantastic. remember this is a new commercial, merely days (!) old. i couldn't be done any better by the onion, in fact if it was by the onion, people would probably complain that the retarded chanting "THISSSS IS A HIT SOOOONNNGGGGG!!" was over the top. then they end the whole thing with a reference to the zune, a device not even available anymore. it's simply bizarre.QuoteOriginally posted by: MicrosoftQ. This video is really cheezy. Did you mean for this to be funny, or have you watched so many late-night public service announcements that you take yourselves really seriously?A. We're going for over-the-top comic irony.Mission Accomplished?firms like MS, RIM and Nokia really deserve no sympathy. their marketing departments are obviously run by idiots.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell

the russians still love nokia for some reason !

Bendy phonemeh?

QuoteOriginally posted by: outrunQuoteOriginally posted by: DevonFangsBendy phonemeh?meh.A pressure sensitive border around the phone would be a better input-enhancing improvementThere is also that actually.