I gotta keep my eye out for this commercial. Haven't seen it yet. All regularly scheduled programs have been replaced by breaking news of the blizzard we're getting. I just spent a couple of hours shoveling 2+ feet of snow.
here's your L I V E action news chopper picture of the blizzard... at this point, we can still get the hanger door open an inch, and the snow is, as you can see, just over the lens of the camera.
here's a live cut-in of feathers in a fan because we can't get the Live Or Else van downtown... and we have this breaking report of snow at arlington.
after seeing that Ion commercial with the "Forever Young" song going and all the kids at prom.
Who is that supposed to appeal to? Kids going to prom nowdays, or ones that went to prom when the song came out back in 198-? I fail to see someone in the mid 30s thinking "what a great song it sure brings back memories...Hon, round up the kids we're going to the Saturn dealership!"
Funny thing, I hated that song as a kid. Now when it comes on it stays in my head half the day.
by showing cars speeding along recklessly with utter disregard for basic driving laws. People without brains of their own emulate that kind of garbage. In letters too small to read they may add a disclaimer such as "professional driver on closed course" or something.
To be honest, I love that song by Alphaville, and those stupid Saturn commercials ruined it for me.
One thing odd I noticed about those Ion commercials: the subject of the commercial (the boy who is staring in wonderment at the "childhood" or whatever) is the backseat passenger of the car, not the driver.
What exactly is Saturn trying to say? Forget all those cars made for the DRIVER. Now here we have a car that is truly made for the passenger.
"What would you do if I gave you the keys to this Pontiac Grand Am for the weekend!?!?" Sheesh....these people act like you just handed over the keys to a freakin' Carerra or something! I know what I'd do....I'd drive it into a ditch and collect the insurance money and use it as a down payment on a Carerra :~P
I like your sense of humor! I particularly like the third option....LOL!
How about putting fake plastique explosives in it and parking it in the underground garage of a federal building? (In case the FBI is monitoring this thread...which I'm sure they are...notice I said FAKE :~P)
As much an ad for taking care of the environment and not littering as for the car. A convoy of three Porsches speed down the road. The first kicks up a piece of litter, the aerodynamics of the second wafts the litter into the air where the third driver can roll down his window and grab it.
Anyone seen the Chrysler commercial where this one guy drives a new BMW 3 serie car while all of his friends drive Chrysler cars? He has to take a second job as the pizza delivery boy to pay for his car while his friends are out partying. It was funny to me for half a second then I realize how stupid commercial was in so many way.
the Lincoln LS kicking butt in the slaloms against a 540i....yeah right? In the first place I wonder if the 540i had the sports package, and even if it didn't, phtttt! , second why would you want to slalom in either car?
I didn't understand it in high school, either. if you want a pizza, the delivery guy is doing you a favor bringing it out. you want the trash out of the yard, the guy with the truck that beeps and bangs is somebody you wanted to come around. I don't see why Buddy is cool in the day and scum at night when he's working for something quite less than $25 an hour.
not quite in the Honda ad humanism category, but closing in. bring back the kid on the window ad.
I laugh everytime I see that commercial. The young woman is the classic find something good to say about everyone we all were happy to have known in high school. Now if only I had been smart enough to ask her out...
reminds me of that Lexus RX300 commercial where it's sitting in a snow drift completely covered with snow, then powers out and the snow all magically slides off. This is just what we need - a commercial that convinces people they don't need to brush the snow off their car before they drive it.
What negativity are you talking about? The point is, the guy has to work a second job to afford his more expensive car, while his friends are out partying.
that's negative. positive would be, "DUDE! hey, grab a slice and check this chick out before you head back!"
oh, hey, by the way... just to type the crowd here, just like high school again, in the spirit of the ad... how many of us are doing two or more jobs, working OT if it's availiable, pushing roadkill hubcaps on eBay, trying to get through the current economy ourselves? just like that pizza guy with the low-end beemer.....
In the 21st century you are not going to see too many car companies air commercials where females are treated as commodities. Maybe that is still the case with beer. But females buy too many cars for the mfgs to want to turn them off.
I do not think I will ever buy a Dodge, but I like the commercial a lot.
As the ad with the ladies fighting in the pool and mud will attest.... with all of the hubbub that one has caused, it has to be considered a rousing success.
Toyota's recent jingle to push their products. Could they pick a more played-out song?
Another dumb Toyota commercial. It employs the idea that Corollas are only for young, hip people. It says something to the effect of "it will last an eternity, ya know, until your 30." I have rarely seen anybody less than, say, 70 driving these new, "hip" Corollas.
Pushing the new 2003 Accord. Guy 1 pulls up next to an older (96/97) Accord. Guy 2 in older Accord stares up and down the lines of Guy 1's new Accord, coming *this* close to salivating. Cut to next scene. Guy 2 pulls up to an older Accord, again a 96/97 model, but this time he's in a new Accord, while Guy 3 is drooling all over Guy 2's new Accord. Guy 2 then proceeds to drive off into the sunset gleefully behind the wheel of his new Accord.
This pattern probably continues on, and on and on.....
IMHO, this is a great way to show make/model loyalty.
over rapids, down mountains, and doing other stupid things that the sensitive, caring Honda owners could shrug over, turn away, and drive off into the sunset.
may they never do another "hey, watch this guy die!" ad again.
The Ballad of the Highlander - Sbowing the owner doing typical Saturday chores, but sung as an adventure ballad. I love it, Isn't that what most people do with their trucks?
Yes, that is what most people do with their trucks. Except that the Highlander is not a truck, but a new Camry wagon.
Sorry, but I hate both the car and the commercial. Like most Toyota commericials, this one drives me insane... almost as much as the dreadful "Hey Now You're An All Star" sales event commercial.
Hate the brand, but love the commercial, where the guy with the new Optima is "taking over". Won't even come close to getting me to consider the car, but it's cute.
Starts with young couple in the front seat of a car becoming increasingly annoyed with the amorous sounds coming from the unseen couple in the back seat. When they pull up to their destination, the young man driving says in an aggravated voice "Mom, dad, we're here", and they cue to the slogan "When life keeps getting better, you win."
It was refreshing to see a truck presented in the real world. Advertisers may show them leaping sand dunes and climbing rocky hills, but I suspect that the majority of them spend more time slogging through slush on their runs to the hardware store or daycare center.
the new Saturn commercial. The cars ride around (with no one driving them) shopping for owners. They pull into the People Dealership... one car circles in the showroom where there is a young man on a platform in an athletic stance, while the sign on the wall behind him proclaims "The New Malcolm!" The other cars "stroll" through the used people lot, with people standing in rows, each holding a balloon. Finally, the blue Saturn coupe pulls up & stops in front of a young woman while the announcer says "it's almost as if the car finds you!"
Pretty funny commercial.... but I still would not buy a Saturn.
BTW, I did not see the "salesman" Saturn coming out to "up" the customer with a 4-square on the hood.... LOL..... :-)
I understand that the Highlander is an SUV and most people would consider it a truck. I'm pretty sure the government considers it a light truck, too. And I also agree that most people never take their SUVs off road.
I hope I didn't offend you with my semi-sarcastic Camry wagon remark. I just really dislike the Highlander, and its the only thing I meant to put down.
That Highlander commercial is stupid. I think it's about time Toyota gets someone else to do their advertising.
And it's true, the Highlander is basically a Camry station wagon. The farthest offroad a Highlander will go is to a grass median at an over-packed mall.
Well, while the Highlander commercial is pretty silly, at least give Toyota credit for having the guts to admit most of the new generation of SUVs have nothing to do with off-roading.
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here's a live cut-in of feathers in a fan because we can't get the Live Or Else van downtown... and we have this breaking report of snow at arlington.
dang! this has to be must-see TV :-D
Who is that supposed to appeal to? Kids going to prom nowdays, or ones that went to prom when the song came out back in 198-? I fail to see someone in the mid 30s thinking "what a great song it sure brings back memories...Hon, round up the kids we're going to the Saturn dealership!"
Funny thing, I hated that song as a kid. Now when it comes on it stays in my head half the day.
Scott
One thing odd I noticed about those Ion commercials: the subject of the commercial (the boy who is staring in wonderment at the "childhood" or whatever) is the backseat passenger of the car, not the driver.
What exactly is Saturn trying to say? Forget all those cars made for the DRIVER. Now here we have a car that is truly made for the passenger.
Sheesh....these people act like you just handed over the keys to a freakin' Carerra or something!
I know what I'd do....I'd drive it into a ditch and collect the insurance money and use it as a down payment on a Carerra :~P
put "hatboxes" with the nuclear symbol in the back seat and leave it in front of the cop shop?
wait for the big doors to open at a honda or BMW dealer and drive it onto the sales floor?
so many options, so little bail money...... smile, you're on webcam
How about putting fake plastique explosives in it and parking it in the underground garage of a federal building? (In case the FBI is monitoring this thread...which I'm sure they are...notice I said FAKE :~P)
Torch off the roof and return it as a convertible?
Hmmm, maybe we need to open up a new thread for this discussion :-)
-Andrew L
How about replacing the CEO's Mercedes...rip off his hood ornament and weld it to the Grand Am and wheel that sucker into his parking space!
Vipers, Porsches, Geos, bikes, bicycles, baby carriages.... anything goes.
(I admit it; I'm biased against Pontiac, but it's just so easy to be.)
Or, get a huge "AVIS POWER" sticker and put that across the windshield.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
not quite in the Honda ad humanism category, but closing in. bring back the kid on the window ad.
-Jason
it HAS to be true, it's on TV...
The point is, the guy has to work a second job to afford his more expensive car, while his friends are out partying.
oh, hey, by the way... just to type the crowd here, just like high school again, in the spirit of the ad... how many of us are doing two or more jobs, working OT if it's availiable, pushing roadkill hubcaps on eBay, trying to get through the current economy ourselves? just like that pizza guy with the low-end beemer.....
In the 21st century you are not going to see too many car companies air commercials where females are treated as commodities. Maybe that is still the case with beer. But females buy too many cars for the mfgs to want to turn them off.
I do not think I will ever buy a Dodge, but I like the commercial a lot.
Maybe it's just a matter of perspective.
Cars are getting close to 50/50 male female these days. So machismo car commercials are going the way of the dinosaur.
Another dumb Toyota commercial. It employs the idea that Corollas are only for young, hip people. It says something to the effect of "it will last an eternity, ya know, until your 30."
I have rarely seen anybody less than, say, 70 driving these new, "hip" Corollas.
This pattern probably continues on, and on and on.....
IMHO, this is a great way to show make/model loyalty.
may they never do another "hey, watch this guy die!" ad again.
Sorry, but I hate both the car and the commercial. Like most Toyota commericials, this one drives me insane... almost as much as the dreadful "Hey Now You're An All Star" sales event commercial.
Wouldn't make me buy a Hyundai, but it's cute.
svevar: Truck, car, so what?
Pretty funny commercial.... but I still would not buy a Saturn.
BTW, I did not see the "salesman" Saturn coming out to "up" the customer with a 4-square on the hood.... LOL..... :-)
I hope I didn't offend you with my semi-sarcastic Camry wagon remark. I just really dislike the Highlander, and its the only thing I meant to put down.
-Svevar
And it's true, the Highlander is basically a Camry station wagon. The farthest offroad a Highlander will go is to a grass median at an over-packed mall.
you want out of GUV range, let's see ya tow.
Another macho comment. Ho hum.
Many of us don't need to tow, or want to.
We don't feel the need to project a macho image, either.