Now that's Terrorism!

**USN_Squid** · 01-20-2005, 07:23 PM

Short movie, safe for all except terrorists driving VWs.

Nightfire · 01-20-2005, 07:58 PM

HAHAHHAHAHAHAAAA....YES!!! go terrorists!!!

TERRORISTS WIN!.......kind of :P

**Wyzcrak** · 01-20-2005, 08:44 PM

That's quality.

Panther · 01-20-2005, 09:20 PM

Newbe here and my first post......and I have to say "AWSOME HAHAHA!!!!!" What away to come into a forum.

**luna** · 01-20-2005, 11:43 PM

That's awesome, Squid! You guys need to see this.

**Scooper** · 01-21-2005, 12:40 AM

That's a good one!

**CingularDuality** · 01-21-2005, 01:07 AM

Oh, man, that's classic!

**TheFeniX** · 01-21-2005, 09:43 AM

That's even more funny considering I just bought my sister's VW Beetle.

**leejo** · 01-21-2005, 10:43 AM

of course such a racist and demeaning-to-arabs ad could never be shown in the USA, only Europe.

**USN_Squid** · 01-21-2005, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leejo

of course such a racist and demeaning-to-arabs ad could never be shown in the USA, only Europe.

Believe it or not the blog I found it on was discussing just how tasteless and insensitive the ad was

Turns out it was a fake, VW doesn't acknowledge making it.

**Wyzcrak** · 01-21-2005, 01:18 PM

Heh. I guess I just assumed it was a fake, as I can't imagine a company having to promote their products with something so many would view as racist and demeaning. I mean, comedy is comedy, but I can't see that ad doing more good than harm were it a real ad.

**GhostintheShell** · 01-21-2005, 06:50 PM

Don't forget that companies have been producing "fake commercial's" like this one for a couple years. Remember the Ford one where the cats head gets cut off?

What they do is, through back channels hire an obscure ad agency to produce it, then slip it onto the internet.

This is a type of guerilla marketing campaign, that generates a lot of buzz about your product, and allows the company to get huge exposure, all the while denying any connection to the "distasteful" ad.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was entirely but indirectly produced with VW money, but so buried in through multiple levels of ad agencies (and lawyers) so no one could ever connect the ad directly to them.

**TheFeniX** · 01-21-2005, 08:31 PM

Is there any evidence to back that claim up?

**GhostintheShell** · 01-21-2005, 09:56 PM

Read a bit about "guerrilla marketing", and "subviral marketing".

I watched a whole CBC episode about this stuff, advertising is absolutely unbelieveable.

The internet scam of the videos of a giant robot made from BMW Mini car parts is a good example, BMW Mini later admitted that they produced the ad's.

Mini Transformer

Article on the marketing scam

A lot of those Mastercard "priceless" comercials were actually put out by MC themselves and first they "denied any knowledge" of them only to admit later that they had some of them made up. Got their money's worth out of those I'd bet.

Excellent article about this stuff

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Wyzcrak Join Date: May 2003 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 14,148	Re: Now that's Terrorism! Heh. I guess I just assumed it was a fake, as I can't imagine a company having to promote their products with something so many would view as racist and demeaning. I mean, comedy is comedy, but I can't see that ad doing more good than harm were it a real ad. __________________ Steam Community? Add me. \| Join #tacticalgamer \| Search Results Legend \| New Posts Forum Filter \| Postbox Toggle \| Live Thread Review \| One Line Results \| Free Remote, Encrypted Backup Darkilla: In short, NS is pretty much really fast chess. With guns. Apophis: I haven't seen anyone say that SM's are better than non-SMs. Nordbomber: This is THE first server I've seen where either side can comeback from out of seemingly nowhere with the right teamwork. en4rcment: I have NEVER experienced the type of gameplay that I have found here. Nightly I am amazed at the personalities and gaming talent. Root: Welcome to TG. Feel free to punctuate your sentences correctly. Monkerz: Its gonna take all my skills to beat those boys off in the future.

01-21-2005, 06:50 PM	#12 (permalink)
GhostintheShell Join Date: May 2003 Location: Guelph, Ontario Age: 37 Posts: 963	Re: Now that's Terrorism! Don't forget that companies have been producing "fake commercial's" like this one for a couple years. Remember the Ford one where the cats head gets cut off? What they do is, through back channels hire an obscure ad agency to produce it, then slip it onto the internet. This is a type of guerilla marketing campaign, that generates a lot of buzz about your product, and allows the company to get huge exposure, all the while denying any connection to the "distasteful" ad. I wouldn't be surprised if it was entirely but indirectly produced with VW money, but so buried in through multiple levels of ad agencies (and lawyers) so no one could ever connect the ad directly to them. Last edited by GhostintheShell; 01-21-2005 at 10:11 PM.

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01-21-2005, 09:56 PM	#14 (permalink)
GhostintheShell Join Date: May 2003 Location: Guelph, Ontario Age: 37 Posts: 963	Re: Now that's Terrorism! Read a bit about "guerrilla marketing", and "subviral marketing". I watched a whole CBC episode about this stuff, advertising is absolutely unbelieveable. The internet scam of the videos of a giant robot made from BMW Mini car parts is a good example, BMW Mini later admitted that they produced the ad's. Mini Transformer Article on the marketing scam A lot of those Mastercard "priceless" comercials were actually put out by MC themselves and first they "denied any knowledge" of them only to admit later that they had some of them made up. Got their money's worth out of those I'd bet. Excellent article about this stuff Last edited by GhostintheShell; 01-21-2005 at 10:11 PM.

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