[G4] G5 TV Ad Distasteful & Disturbing

[DILLOMAN at aol.com]

Hey folks, I just saw the ad - IT WAS TREMENDOUS!!!

This guy just got blown out of his house  by the G5!  That was amazement in his eyes & on his face.  He couldn't believe what he just experienced.

Chalk another one up for Apple.

In a message dated 7/16/2003 5:51:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, VS <vs1 at dax.nu> writes:

>At 01.13 -0700 03-07-16, Kunga wrote:
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>>I'm not sure I agree with this sort of effect being a very 
>>constructive analogy to convey the positive power and strength of 
>>this next generation Mac. Quite frankly, I find it distasteful and 
>>disturbing - not funny. I'm very disappointed in this approach. We 
>>do not need computers to create more destruction than 9/11 has 
>>already rendered. This is a tasteless and insensitive approach to 
>>the G5 introduction. I think this ad should be pulled ASAP.
>>
>>kunga10 (AIM)
>
>
>Thanks for letting us non-US-listmembers see this ad. I sort of agree 
>with you on your point. I can understand the point of "power" but 
>what I think the ad lacks is how this power affects the user. He 
>should have had a _happy smile_ on his face when he was pressed 
>against that tree, he should have been _lucky_ to have all that 
>power. Then all the destruction in the house wouldn't be a problem, 
>it was "worth it". Now when we see the destruction we feel sorry for 
>the family, and that feeling linger in the mind when the movie shows 
>the computer. If he had smiled in the beginning we would have been 
>more positively curious, and the smile would have gotten it's 
>explanation when we saw the computer. The ad misses it's point.
>
>/ Vicki (from Sweden)
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>Vicki Schalin
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