Attack of the Wii OR Do you like Go Karts?

[thebitterguy]

Man. This is an... interesting commercial parody of the Apple vs Windows commercials for the Wii vs P3.

It's a bit... It's a bit. Really, if it weren't for the fact I think thetathx1138 will find it interesting ("Blu-Ray! IT's the way of the future!") I might not have linked to it.

I don't know what the POV of the originating producer is. I don't get G4, so I don't know if it's a joke or some sort of structures satire/parody; that is, it parodies the Mac/Windows ads, but is it attempting to point out some deeper social issue? Or is it just a joke at the expense of fat chicks/Playstation 3 owners?

That last sentence was only there to keep nottheterritory from getting angry at me.

Oh, man. I think the bacon on my BLT had started to go. I think I may die. Tell my wife I love her.

Oh, yes: All blame should go to linkmedia as he showed it first. Honest.

Comments

[thebitterguy]

See, I didn't know it was tha told. Of course, it may be a really old bit from G4.

In a tangential note, did you ever think Lead and Iron were a bit TOO close? A bit too buddy buddy?

I mean, not that there's anything wrong with that.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Well, the clip's a month old, but either way...you have to wonder why G4, which is perpetually in the red and is constantly the butt of jokes in the community it's supposed to cater to, is still on the air.

As for Iron and Lead, from what I've read you've got a point. It'd be funny if, in the constant effort to one-up Marvel, DC was the first comic company to have a series featuring a gay robot couple. Me, I'm wondering if there wasn't ever a night where Will Magnus, missing his fiance, had a little too much to drink and discovered the joys of going Platinum.

[thebitterguy]

I presume that it's cheap enough to produce that it beats putting anything else in the slot. I mean, I can't really see how a cheesy chat show could lost money. You need two monkeys in front of the camera and a studio.

Hell, if Tommy Tallarico is still taking up broadcast bandwidth, there's no justice in the world anyway.

I think the Magnus/Platinum relationship is best served by her constant infatuation being offput only by his complete disgust at the mere thought.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

You'd be surprised. Apparently G4 finally IS imploding, and not a moment too soon. Still, you have to wonder what marketing exec thought a VIDEO GAME channel was a great idea. Because gamers watch TV when?

[thebitterguy]

I just assume that digital channels have much lower targets to reach for profit. I mean, there's a channel up here that consists solely of crappy web videos. It's like someone saw a crappy website and thought "this would be great on TV!"

Take 'low goals' and "hey, video games are a billion dollar industry" and it must have made sense to someone.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

That channel sounds more like "shit, we've got a blank channel; quick, find some filler!" If G4 was just crappy web videos and reruns of "The Wizard" it'd make more sense.