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09-05-2008, 10:56 AM
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It's a Commercial About Nothing
This is the first ad for Microsoft featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Sienfeld. They're intended to be Microsoft's answer to the smug Apple "I'm a Mac" adds, but quite frankly this commercial makes no sense. |
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09-05-2008, 11:01 AM
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I saw it yesterday on TV and didn't know what the fuck the message was. If that's their retaliation, it failed.
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09-05-2008, 11:44 AM
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 And several other forums as well. It works, if only for that reason, alone. |
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09-05-2008, 12:21 PM
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Eat your vegetables
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mmmmmmmm yummy. Edible. I think Mr. Gates wanted an excuse to be in a commercial with Sienfeld. This is the result.
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09-05-2008, 12:56 PM
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I saw it last night, too. Like Craven said, it gets people talking. That's all it needs to do.
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09-05-2008, 05:25 PM
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I've searched around, and finally found a positive review of the ad: Today @ PC World Talk Nerdy To Me: Seinfeld + Gates = Underrated?. After reading that review... well, I'm just as lost as before.
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09-05-2008, 06:25 PM
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09-05-2008, 06:52 PM
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Meh.
I mean, if it were anybody else besides Bill Gates, I could see it working. But the simple fact that Gates isn't an actor, let alone a comedian. Plus, it's not advertising anything, just M$. Unlike the "I'm A Mac, I'm A PC" commercials, which actually, you know, sell stuff, these just say "Hey look, we have Seinfeld."
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09-05-2008, 07:02 PM
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it makes almost as much sense as Larry David's squeaky shoes.
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09-05-2008, 07:23 PM
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its the anti-advertising ad. it's mildly amusing. I suspect Microsoft's idea here is to go (or appear to go) in the opposite direction of their perceived "hardcore world domination" business model.
I kinda doubt it'll be very effective.
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09-05-2008, 07:23 PM
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I'm guessing this is a series.
Seinfeld was a series, right? We'll have to see. There's no way they paid $300 million for this one clip. Is there? Microsoft is taking a risk and is trying to go viral. It can appeal to a wide audience at the same time. If it pans out well, it just might pay off. I'm not disappointed in it yet. I'm intrigued.
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