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| That Venza commercial | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 26 2011, 09:41 AM (1,073 Views) | |
| plays88keys | Jul 26 2011, 09:41 AM Post #1 |
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Pisa-Carp
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Anyone care to comment on this? Personally, I am put off by it. Buy this car and avoid being antisocial? Gimme a break. Toyota Venza commercial |
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| Red Rice | Jul 26 2011, 12:37 PM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I think it's hilarious. I think it's more like "this car allows you to lead a more active lifestyle". "That's not a real puppy."
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Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool. I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss! - Cecil Lewis | |
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| ivorythumper | Jul 26 2011, 01:06 PM Post #3 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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I think its just witty social commentary. What bothers you about it? You're in the generation that knows what socializing is really about. Edited by ivorythumper, Jul 26 2011, 01:33 PM.
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| jon-nyc | Jul 26 2011, 03:10 PM Post #4 |
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Cheers
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What RR and IT said. |
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| Aqua Letifer | Jul 28 2011, 11:37 PM Post #5 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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I think it's awesome. Seems the point of the ad is that things aren't always as they appear, and the older folks have a far better idea of what "real living" consists of than the younger Facebook addict. How this fits into a car commercial I have no idea. But you can say that about every car commercial. |
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| sue | Jul 29 2011, 06:15 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I'm with plays. That's a huge turn off. |
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| ivorythumper | Jul 29 2011, 08:09 AM Post #7 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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Then it's a really bad commercial. Those creepy Burger King commercials turned me off from their brand. |
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| The 89th Key | Jul 29 2011, 08:25 AM Post #8 |
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Wait I thought car commercials were realistic...are you telling me seemingly driverless cars don't normally drive on empty, recently-washed, windy roads with energy music blaring in the background, and then stop in the middle of an airport tarmac after doing a 180? |
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| Kincaid | Jul 29 2011, 10:48 AM Post #9 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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The message I got was "buy this car and live a more active, real life". Doesn't bother me, even though I've been accused of spending too much time on FB at the expense of my family. I thought it was funny. |
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| RosemaryTwo | Jul 29 2011, 11:17 AM Post #10 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I like the ad. I agree with the idea of getting away from the computer and being active. I think they had to do the generational thing to make their point. |
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| kenny | Jul 29 2011, 12:05 PM Post #11 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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They'll do anything to get your attention since we get more jaded and ignore commercials. It worked. You are even spreading the word for them. I didn't even know Venza was the name of a car before this thread. For quite a while now they've been using stuff that has nothing to do with cars to sell cars.
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| sue | Jul 29 2011, 08:58 PM Post #12 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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No, they didn't have to. They chose to. And to some people, I guess it makes their point. To others, like myself, it's an insult to intelligence, a roll of the eyeballs, and a mental note to cross that company off a list I might buy from. Which just means I'm not part of their target market. And so it goes. La de da. |
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| jodi | Jul 29 2011, 09:47 PM Post #13 |
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Fulla-Carp
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I also thought it was hilarious.
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| ivorythumper | Jul 29 2011, 11:55 PM Post #14 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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If you don't understand the relationship between beautiful women and cars, you might be gay.... |
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| blondie | Jul 30 2011, 08:13 AM Post #15 |
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Bull-Carp
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Okay, the twit-lette is getting to me. The commercials are miffing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUiA3vO563g&NR=1 This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCUQYORDYIw&feature=relmfu . Oh, & this too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8IqYijKurc&NR=1 |
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| kluurs | Jul 31 2011, 08:01 AM Post #16 |
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Fulla-Carp
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I don't think that's the message. I thought the message was that the younger woman was judging people based on how much on-line activity a person had (i.e. FB friends) - while her parents were really living their lives. It was poking fun at the young woman and showing her parents as active and outgoing - the kinds of people who would like this car. |
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| somebody else's sock | Jul 31 2011, 08:13 AM Post #17 |
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Middle Aged Carp
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I interpreted it the same way kluurs did. Edited by somebody else's sock, Jul 31 2011, 08:13 AM.
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| Mark | Jul 31 2011, 09:50 AM Post #18 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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+1 |
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| sue | Jul 31 2011, 11:35 AM Post #19 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Still really stupid and annoying, anyway you look at it. To me, anyhows. |
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