Tieno
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRFZxIX2O3I
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Epic 9/11 video ad
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Pfft, everyone knows American lives are worth more.
yankeeforever2
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That ad makes me want to cut down trees.
mobnauseum
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Pretty visuals, but massively bad taste.
A poor attempt at a 'hard-hitting' ad, and the message is seriously messed up - pollution doesn't cause natural disasters you big sillies!
A poor attempt at a 'hard-hitting' ad, and the message is seriously messed up - pollution doesn't cause natural disasters you big sillies!
Dabookerman
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Why not show the beauty of nature to try to get people to protect it.
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Dabookerman said:
As if that angle hadn't been tried before.
bengraven
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Actually, the message of this ad is:
"9/11 wasn't NOTHING compared to the destructive power of the tsunami, but you selfish Americans are more obsessed with the few thousand that died in that man-made attack than the horrible, unpredictable nature of Nature that killed many times more Asian lives, which then again aren't worth 1/5 of an American life, amirite America?"
Just saying.
"9/11 wasn't NOTHING compared to the destructive power of the tsunami, but you selfish Americans are more obsessed with the few thousand that died in that man-made attack than the horrible, unpredictable nature of Nature that killed many times more Asian lives, which then again aren't worth 1/5 of an American life, amirite America?"
Just saying.
yankeeforever2
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How do you stop natural disasters?bengraven said:
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yankeeforever2 said:
The point of the ad isn't in prevention, it's about the lives lost and the support given for these people. Most Americans have forgotten the massive amount of lives lost by the tsunami because they're so obsessed with the couple thousand lost on 9/11.
No American I've seen has a tsunami remembrance tattoo.
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yankeeforever2 said:
You can... and you can't.
Obviously, you can identify risk areas and prepare contingency plans in anticipation of a catastrophy. That's a minimum.
And while you can't stop a volcano or earthquake from happening, certain natural disasters like floods, landslides or fires can be man-made in origin or made worse by human activity.
But that is not really the point of the ad...
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May16 said:
You've pointed out a typo. It's been corrected. Thanks!
bengraven said:
It happened 5 years ago. And not on American soil to Americans. You can't possibly understand why 9/11 would mean more to Americans that a flood on the other side of the planet? The only attack on the US mainland ever to happen? Plus we gave more money than anyone else in the world did to tsunami relief. What else are we suppose to do?
Winterblink
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Everyone understands that, and I think that's the point of the advertisement. It's intentionally inflammatory.R2D4 said:
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stevie said:
bengraven said:
I still don't understand why it's suppose to mean more to me than 9/11. I have no personal associating with a tsumani in Thailand. I have personal association with 9/11. It's like having your father get murdered and then someone telling you that you shouldn't feel bad about that when some stranger had both his children murdered.
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wut ter'ists done shoulda sent us a tycoon way dese panda fuckers talkin
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I've heard arguments that us fucking the planet and warming it up will cause a rise in natural disasters.yankeeforever2 said:
I'm not claiming these claims are right. Could be the drive of the ad I guess.
Pristine_Condition
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catfish said:
Except tsunamis, like the one mentioned in the ad, aren't caused by, or affected by, global warming. They are a product of earthquakes (and much much more rarely) massive volcanic eruptions. Man doesn't contribute to those phenomena at all.
This ad is stupid. People who defend this ad are defending it for overriding political reasons, not because it's good or effective as an ad.
It cannot be defended as educational or scientific, because it is absolutely misleading, confusing and unscientific. This actually goes against the true goals of educating the public on the subject of real climate change issues, which are the goals of the client, the World Wildlife Fund. If your ad skewers your clients goals as an organization, you fail.
Scare-mongering is what this is, nothing more. When environmental or scientific groups are seen as lying to people, that's downright dangerous. This ad is absolutely counter-productive to the cause it is trying to promote. It ultimately does way more harm for the cause than good.
The ad is an absolute failure. You people who somehow say it's good are foolishly missing the point of advertising. The message doesn't work, and it makes the client looks bad, and it causes them to spend money on PR to fix the damage. That's a complete failure.
I have worked with a few agencies within the Omnicom Group here in the US, and they come across as top-notch creatives who are very thoughtful. I've formed some real friendships with some of those guys over the years. This is not indicative of anything but the stupidity of DDB Brazil. Obviously, they were looking to make a big splash (bad tsunami pun not intended) but failed miserably, because the message doesn't work, and the controversy now taints the client and the agency.
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