[CUBE] G5 TV Ad Distasteful & Disturbing

phoenix phoenix at cybernothing.org
Wed Jul 16 17:21:35 PDT 2003


>From david

> Well, when I saw it, the commercial reminded me a little of the long
> standing Memorex logo.  The guy in the chair whose hair is being blown
> backwards by the force of the music coming from his speakers.

        That was the Maxell ad.  I still have the t-shirt  :)

        Memorex was the glass breaking:  "Was it live, or was it Memorex?"

> But as a person who had two family members slaughtered in the World
> Trade Center, I am not insulted by an ad depicting an explosion that
> blows some guy out of his house.  I don't think that anyone should
> trivialize 9/11, or make us insensitive to terrorist attacks, suicide
> bombers, etc. But I don't think that the G5 commercial rises to that
level.

        My sympathies to you and your family.  Well said.

/phoenix





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