Comments on: New Verizon Scifi-ish Ad Promotes Motorola’s DROID http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/11/04/new-verizon-scifi-ish-ad-promotes-motorolas-droid/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:53:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Geeks are Sexyhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/11/04/new-verizon-scifi-ish-ad-promotes-motorolas-droid/#comment-202389 Geeks are Sexy Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:07:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=19314#comment-202389 Absolutely nothing... we just thought the ad was cool, and the phone is actually very promising... for geeks anyways :) Absolutely nothing… we just thought the ad was cool, and the phone is actually very promising… for geeks anyways :)

]]> By: xxxxhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/11/04/new-verizon-scifi-ish-ad-promotes-motorolas-droid/#comment-202387 xxxx Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:58:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=19314#comment-202387 How much money is motorola paying you to go overboard about the droid ? Its just a phone... god damn it... How much money is motorola paying you to go overboard about the droid ?

Its just a phone… god damn it…

]]> By: Geeks are Sexyhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/11/04/new-verizon-scifi-ish-ad-promotes-motorolas-droid/#comment-273669 Geeks are Sexy Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:07:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=19314#comment-273669 Absolutely nothing... we just thought the ad was cool, and the phone is actually very promising... for geeks anyways :) Absolutely nothing… we just thought the ad was cool, and the phone is actually very promising… for geeks anyways :)

]]> By: xxxxhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/11/04/new-verizon-scifi-ish-ad-promotes-motorolas-droid/#comment-273668 xxxx Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:58:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=19314#comment-273668 How much money is motorola paying you to go overboard about the droid ?Its just a phone... god damn it... How much money is motorola paying you to go overboard about the droid ?

Its just a phone… god damn it…

]]> By: Andrewhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/11/04/new-verizon-scifi-ish-ad-promotes-motorolas-droid/#comment-202167 Andrew Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:51:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=19314#comment-202167 Ok, it's cool and all, but these ads irritate me. When an advert is just flashy and has little relevance to the product, it's the definition of form over function. Which damages the product as it's not boasting about the product at all, just the ad writers' ideas about what's cool. Imagine watching an advert set in a lush green field. Sheep are roaming about. One of them suddenly starts going a bit spazzo and runs about, trying to make a break for the gate. ramming itself into the gate until it opens and then the whole herd stampedes out of the gate. "Be free" is the slogan. I just made that up myself, and it'd definitely look cool. But it could advertise ANYTHING so long as they put the product at the end of it. This isn't a good advert, BECAUSE it could be advertising anything. An advert, by definition, is meant to advertise a product. This ad is even worse, because not only is it so interchangable with any product coming out right now, but it doesn't even show what the product is. People are gonna be looking out for some cool sci-fi film if they saw this on television or, especially, in the cinema. It sucks from an advertising standpoint. Apple might get some stick, but they've promoted their products flawlessly in the past five or so years. Each ad is highlighting the great things about the product, rather than randomly some stuff that just looks cool. Ok, it's cool and all, but these ads irritate me.

When an advert is just flashy and has little relevance to the product, it's the definition of form over function. Which damages the product as it's not boasting about the product at all, just the ad writers' ideas about what's cool.

Imagine watching an advert set in a lush green field. Sheep are roaming about. One of them suddenly starts going a bit spazzo and runs about, trying to make a break for the gate. ramming itself into the gate until it opens and then the whole herd stampedes out of the gate. "Be free" is the slogan.

I just made that up myself, and it'd definitely look cool. But it could advertise ANYTHING so long as they put the product at the end of it. This isn't a good advert, BECAUSE it could be advertising anything. An advert, by definition, is meant to advertise a product.

This ad is even worse, because not only is it so interchangable with any product coming out right now, but it doesn't even show what the product is. People are gonna be looking out for some cool sci-fi film if they saw this on television or, especially, in the cinema.

It sucks from an advertising standpoint.

Apple might get some stick, but they've promoted their products flawlessly in the past five or so years. Each ad is highlighting the great things about the product, rather than randomly some stuff that just looks cool.

]]> By: Andrewhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/11/04/new-verizon-scifi-ish-ad-promotes-motorolas-droid/#comment-273667 Andrew Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:51:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=19314#comment-273667 Ok, it's cool and all, but these ads irritate me.When an advert is just flashy and has little relevance to the product, it's the definition of form over function. Which damages the product as it's not boasting about the product at all, just the ad writers' ideas about what's cool.Imagine watching an advert set in a lush green field. Sheep are roaming about. One of them suddenly starts going a bit spazzo and runs about, trying to make a break for the gate. ramming itself into the gate until it opens and then the whole herd stampedes out of the gate. "Be free" is the slogan.I just made that up myself, and it'd definitely look cool. But it could advertise ANYTHING so long as they put the product at the end of it. This isn't a good advert, BECAUSE it could be advertising anything. An advert, by definition, is meant to advertise a product.This ad is even worse, because not only is it so interchangable with any product coming out right now, but it doesn't even show what the product is. People are gonna be looking out for some cool sci-fi film if they saw this on television or, especially, in the cinema.It sucks from an advertising standpoint.Apple might get some stick, but they've promoted their products flawlessly in the past five or so years. Each ad is highlighting the great things about the product, rather than randomly some stuff that just looks cool. Ok, it’s cool and all, but these ads irritate me.

When an advert is just flashy and has little relevance to the product, it’s the definition of form over function. Which damages the product as it’s not boasting about the product at all, just the ad writers’ ideas about what’s cool.

Imagine watching an advert set in a lush green field. Sheep are roaming about. One of them suddenly starts going a bit spazzo and runs about, trying to make a break for the gate. ramming itself into the gate until it opens and then the whole herd stampedes out of the gate. “Be free” is the slogan.

I just made that up myself, and it’d definitely look cool. But it could advertise ANYTHING so long as they put the product at the end of it. This isn’t a good advert, BECAUSE it could be advertising anything. An advert, by definition, is meant to advertise a product.

This ad is even worse, because not only is it so interchangable with any product coming out right now, but it doesn’t even show what the product is. People are gonna be looking out for some cool sci-fi film if they saw this on television or, especially, in the cinema.

It sucks from an advertising standpoint.

Apple might get some stick, but they’ve promoted their products flawlessly in the past five or so years. Each ad is highlighting the great things about the product, rather than randomly some stuff that just looks cool.

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