Seriously WTF!!!!!!!!!
 

I'm all for pushing the envelope but really. Who signed off on this?

The setup, a photographer doing a spot for Dell computers.

Scrub to 2 minutes in.

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/37168265?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/37168265">Clayton Sotos - Visual Innovators</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/visualinnovators">Visual Innovators</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

I think it's a terrible idea as an ad, but hillarious as a random video. Skip to 2:30.

Hahahhaahaaaaaaaaaa! Thar be whales!

What is this ad supposed to make me want to do?

Good question.

That is a WFT for sure.

Its weird, but thats the point. They are poking fun at the phony baloney 'passionate artist' ads technology companies come up with. Its meant to appeal to hipster computer professionals on the coasts, not middle America.

As I read this thread on my Dell laptop I have trouble making the connection between selling Dell products and the adv. Products sold 0, entertainment 5 out of 10. More and more ads. I wonder what is being sold. :eek:

Jackass already did it....

Ol' mid-America Bob found this link.

Ridiculous Mockumentary on Imaginary Photographer Clayton Sotos

Could I interest you in wearing a fart helmet as well.

that cant be real

cracked me up, another reason why I scrubbed my stupid Dell and went back to Apple.

Steve

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My take on this is that crappy computers work well for processing farts. Makes sense :).

It's not. I tol' 'em in post #9 but they didn't listen. Nobody listens to the Bobster.

Seriously, the fake "ad" is about two days old and has gone viral. I can't find the real Dell ads that this is making fun of. I would like to compare them.

"poking fun at the phony baloney 'passionate artist' ads"

YUP

It wasn't even entertaining.

I think it was a reason for some twisted person to focus on a fat man's butt.

No one in their right mind would think it would sell computers except as a parody of Apple's artsy community of buyers. How many people who would get it are willing to invest 3 minutes into getting the message and then buying a Dell? None.