Is this the most adorable commercial ever?

fuiud, tbh

no

i love you but you've chosen heartless

the answer is this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F_G2zp-opg

from the board that brought you "dear vevo, get ur corporate asses off of utube! thumbz up if u agree!"

I know I wasn't a part of that particular cabal. So I'm a sucker for gigantic corporations pillaging my youthful nostalgia? So what? Who cares?

Weeeeeeeee! Wee Wee Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

i like this commercial!

i definitely have serious nostalgia for Death Vader because its been like a good 30 years since i saw someone on TV reference him

its darth

Whiney do you seriously need to shit on absolutely everything?

It's in his dna.

Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader Death Vader

The one in the original post contains content from Sony Music Entertainment, and it's blocked in my country because of that. Not adorable at all :-(

Sorry! Didn't realize Sony was all hardcore about the Imperial March that is used in tons of stuff.

haaaaate that piggy commercial

JORDAN OTM

this commmercial is adorbs tho

Whiney do you seriously need to shit on absolutely everything?

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, February 4, 2011 12:09 AM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

how dare i speak ill of volkwagen's 60-second snorg tee

http://i51.tinypic.com/1237cc9.jpg

Whiney, you'd probably be more fun if you lived some place like North Carolina or Idaho, where your righteous fury could rest and not be provoked every five minutes like it surely is in Brooklyn.

deep thoughts

do they not have the internet in idaho, hahaha

that whiney post was so funny in the sense that his first post itt was like a kid throwing a handful of sand in your face for no reason and you going "don't do that again" and then he looks at you and smiles and throws two handfuls of sand in your face

lol!

Yeah, that pretty much sums up Whiney, a huge asshole for no apparent reason.

I mean, I understand its Whiney's whole persona at this point, what I don't get is why so many people think he's such a swell poster.

i meant the snorg post btw

i recommend that people stop being such butthurt regarding whineys posts

otm

Like I totally picture Whiney walking down a Brooklyn street and seeing a little kid smiling and eating an ice cream cone, then walking up and slapping it out of the kid's hand, shouting "oh yeah kid, I liked ice cream too once, before every fucking hipster in the world ruined it", and walking on his merry way, whistling, and deciding how to best torment deej on a goon thread when he makes it back home.

i recommend that people stop being such butthurt regarding whineys posts

Or Whiney could just stop being a needling asshole? This logic is kind of like, "people should stop being so butthurt about someone kicking their kittens".

http://i55.tinypic.com/24zhdgh.jpg

it's like that

xp

http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/speculator.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z-pFGnLSy_M/TRCX2LqMSAI/AAAAAAAABQI/ADqqsE4MupA/s1600/155327_110409889031849_110408242365347_84438_8352598_n.jpg

is that a lobster claw attacking that guy

This is definitely a top 10 cutest commercial ever.

haaaaate that piggy commercial
― polyphonic, Thursday, February 3, 2011 9:18 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

^ this

People don't kick kittens in real life.

this one works in Belgium at the moment, btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55e-uHQna0

Like I totally picture Whiney walking down a Brooklyn street and seeing a little kid smiling and eating an ice cream cone, then walking up and slapping it out of the kid's hand, shouting "oh yeah kid, I liked ice cream too once, before every fucking hipster in the world ruined it"

Ha. Though let's face it the title and subject of this thread are like a batsignal for Whiney. "Hurry, whimsical-nostalgia-hater, we need you to come and shit on something."

whimsical.. http://images.bizrate.com/resize?sq=80&uid=2103725418

Ha. Though let's face it the title and subject of this thread are like a batsignal for Whiney. "Hurry, whimsical-nostalgia-hater, we need you to come and shit on something."

Yeah, I guess I didn't take him into consideration when I was trying to be positive and excited about something. But I guess we should all bow down to the sweeping general bitterness and hatred.

I guess I'm just frustrated by this tone of "oh we should all just stop being offended by Whiney being an asshole". It just makes much more logical sense to say, "Whiney should stop trying to be such an asshole and shitting all over everything".

Anyway, I'm going to watch this commerical again, smile, dream of a world in which Whiney's over-inflated ego actually explodes and he becomes a tolerable human being once again.

jon, normally I think you are being a big wuss when you get upset about trolls/challenging opinions, but in this case I agree that WGW needs to get his dick out of his ass.

Whiney, much love but you are a sped.

I don't feel like I've gotten upset about "challenging opinions" ever. I'll cop to markers, Whiney, and Bill Magill pissing me off though.

and suzy.

Glad you are keeping track.

but that's far from the point. I'm with you on this one.

hey jon, i'm sorry i made fun of a car commercial you liked?

alright getting upset by markers seems a bit ridiculous tho

Dude, its not just this, its your whole approach to posting (and I'm sincerely hoping not your approach to real life) where you constantly shit on other things. I mean, you seriously went through the trouble to dig up an old Gilmore Girls thread just to express your hatred? That kind of sounds like a problem to me. You don't have to like stuff, but you actually go out of your way to be an asshole and idgi.

alright getting upset by markers seems a bit ridiculous tho

In my (very slight) defense, it came after an episode in which he was following me into various threads to post a picture of Jeff Tweedy after everything I said.

markers loves jeff tweedy!

the dude basically belongs in this commercial

jon ur soliciting opinions on this fucking commercial, if it makes whiney come out in hives i'm not sure that makes him an asshole

lmfao @ at his typing death vader tho

Is reading comprehension really that difficult?

lol what are u saying, he's not an asshole here but u just picked this thread to go off on him?

n my (very slight) defense, it came after an episode in which he was following me into various threads to post a picture of Jeff Tweedy after everything I said.

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, February 4, 2011 10:26 AM

u srs

jon seriously if you are this earnest and enthusiastic about things all the time, i'm not sure you're doing the internet right

lol what are u saying, he's not an asshole here but u just picked this thread to go off on him?

As I explained like twice upthread, this is just symptomatic of how he goes out of his way to be negative about things.

jon seriously if you are this earnest and enthusiastic about things all the time, i'm not sure you're doing the internet right

Well, I'm not sure you are doing "life" right, but hey if being a jaded, bitter asshole is your goal - go for it, you're doing a great job!

http://www.rowjimmy.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/tweedy.jpg

Also huge fucking lol at needing to be nasty and bitter to do the internet "right".

Jesus fucking christ. Point taken, you all hate me. Have fun with Whiney ILX, I'm out.

How do kids of that age know about star wars? Is there still new star wars stuff coming out? Or did the nostalgic parents force it upon him (or her).

Haven't watched it yet, but presence of Star Wars makes me not want to like it. Note: I also haven't read the thread yet, but based on the most recent response, I would like to emphasize that my opinion has nothing to do with my feelings about Jon.

there was prob some sort of glue on the helmet

xxp
http://starwarsclonewarsfan.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/star-wars-clone-wars.jpg

wait, sorry. I meant this one:

http://okeytvblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Star-wars-tv31.jpg

I see, had no idea.

Having now watched it, it is kinda cute.

http://i56.tinypic.com/in4hhw.jpg

^ 4 kids clearly

There needs to be more star trek for modern day kids.

Also, the commercial was sufficiently cute.

they made a star trek for teens. i'm not sure star trek was ever all that much of a kids thing.

http://dvdmedia.ign.com/dvd/image/article/751/751836/star-trek-the-animated-series-20061220095733621-000.jpg

It was when I was a kid.

(Orig series, 1969)

Jesus Christ some of you are really insufferable sometimes.

Darth Vadar commercial.

Geico Piggy is ridiculously cute. <3

oh wait that should have said Darth Vadar commercial is good.

death vado

smh @ all this

xpost,

slime, i am your father

http://i39.tinypic.com/2n86l34.gif

jon seriously if you are this earnest and enthusiastic about things all the time, i'm not sure you're doing the internet right

yeah what we need are more people "doing the internet right" please

The little darth pushing past his father was pretty funny.

jon seems super sensitive but i agree Whiney is kind of a http://blog.mrhacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/comic_book_guy.jpg version of the cool police here.

I feel like I temporarily lock half the threads I post in.

ppl are probably just burnt out on this thread

yeah i mean mixed feelings, obviously whiney can be utterly insufferable when he gets on some "this is the internet, son" ish, but otoh u start a poll thread about a car commercial with a leading title, you gotta be prepared for some heat.

christ @ this commercial. it's hard to believe anyone still has any fondness for the Star Wars brand (which is all it is) anymore. the costume the kid is wearing is probably like a $400 replica - that's the kind of shit that will get a kid's ass kicked by other kids. spoiled rich kid. and... wouldn't a kid that age be into something other than star wars? whatever little kids are into right now. oh yeah, i guess i'm supposed to be the little kid AND the parents, huh?

slime, i am your father

― odd taran wild'n gang killam all (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, February 4, 2011 11:37 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

loll

Uh, I've seen pretty much that exact kid's Darth Vader costume at Target for like $30. And kids are VERY into Star Wars, like you would not believe. Everyone I know who has kids, those kids have "Clone Wars" toys and video games up the wazoo.

damn, rockapads -- did C3PO bang your mom or something?

lol

it's more that george lucas banged my childhood memories, i guess

to channel patton oswalt

I don't think there is that much an emphasis on the Star Wars brand in this ad- it could be a kid playing pirate or cowboy or something else, but obviously it is about him using the "force" to control things, and how silly it looks to have a tiny kid decked out in a full Darth costume.

btw, what feature of the 2012 passat is this commercial specifically advertising? that you can make the lights flash remotely? or did i miss something?

That you can turn it on remotely.

oh i guess the car turns on? haven't cars been doing that for like 5 years

yeah

i would just like to point out that whiney has been otm on this thread

carry the torch, brother

it kind of writes itself

some guy thinks a volkswagen ad that references 'star wars' is the cutest shit ever...

Seriously, wtf is with the Whiney defenders? I mean, really, is this how you want the internet to be handled? This place is turning into a gigantic fucking circle jerk of bitterness and trying to out-"clown" each other. If thats what people want this place to be, so be it, I'm obviously the one out of step here. I think its time I bowed away from ILX, which is a shame, because there is quite a few people and ongoing threads here I will actively miss. It just seems like the balance has tipped from a cool place where lots of intelligent people talk about music to some insular world where we all need to constantly clown earnestness and excitement to make sure exude the proper aura of "doing the internet right".

Fwiw, I'm not calling Whiney an asshole because of this thread, it just happened to be a place to vent about his rampant shitty attitude in general, short of starting a whole new thread about it. I'm sure you guys will consider this some sort of victory for having chased off someone who doesn't "post right" or whatever, so enjoy it, I guess.

Btw I think the commercial's "adorableness" has nothing to do with Star Wars, I love the kids gestures and excitement at role-playing.

xxpost: ... some other guy with a "hipster puppies" tumblr claims that passing around links to cute shit is 'doing the internet wrong'...

lit's true whiney vomits bile on a timer but he didn't like this commercial & u took it personally. why are ppl who like cute things so often eggshells armed with hammers?

ps whiney is banned now

Again, because you can't seem to understand, this whole issue has next to noghing to do with this thread - it just happens to be the location where an ongoing issue came to a head.

pick yr battles imo

you should just stick around and try to not engage with what you consider to be the hostile aspects of ilx. i would like to imagine that folks would tone it down a notch tbh but even if they don't it's not difficult to avoid 'em.

Whiney doesn't bother me that much. He's never approached s1ocki levels of shitting on threads. But it's all on a continuum. Annoyance at all levels.

Also, j/v/c, please don't leave.

ha, jon's post reminds me of something from like 08 when watercooler types were campaigning to get dom permabanned

To be clear, I don't want to ban Whiney. I just want him to stop being so willfully dickish to people. Considering his book, he's obviously a smart guy with great things to say. I just wish he'd approach posting here with the same attitude.

It just seems like the balance has tipped from a cool place where lots of intelligent people talk about music to some insular world where we all need to constantly clown earnestness and excitement to make sure exude the proper aura of "doing the internet right".

not really sure when this golden age was

anyway, bye!!!! have fun!!!!!

when a thread titled: "Is this the most adorable commercial ever?" gets no snark it is time to leave ilx/the internet/the planet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZvCP25ka3E

j/v/c - hang out on the sports and vinyl boards, more chill

If you honestly thought I was on some Jean Teasdale type shit with this thread title, well, I don't know what to tell you other than to maybe look up "tongue-in-cheek" on wikipedia.

#
you guys are goddamn assholes, the snuggle bear is one of the most cutest and cuddliest fellas ever to be on tv advertisements so please show some respect for that good ol' buddy.
retroman84 10 months ago

maybe we need to revive the "Don't post here if you hate me" tag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdT8R3TBW8s

Thats what happened to this thread

Jon, try and just tune out the people you don't like. Whiney has a schtick, and sometimes it's funny and useful, and sometimes it's boring and prickish, but don't get aggravated by it - it's pretty harmless. Easy for me to say, maybe, because the only two posters I genuinely hated have both gone, but good advice nonetheless.

He's never approached s1ocki levels of shitting on threads.

I'm assuming this is a very deadpan joke.

In my (very slight) defense, it came after an episode in which he was following me into various threads to post a picture of Jeff Tweedy after everything I said.

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, February 4, 2011 10:26 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^this is genius.

this was a pretty cute commercial

for what it's worth, i wasn't trying to defend anybody with my post, I just didn't like the commercial. I don't mind that other people like it or anything.

lol Bill

i never did that, btw

I actually got a kick out of this commercial. I'm sure JVC (RIP) would be surprised to hear me say that, because i'm apparently on his shit-list.

at this point I more or less wish all things Star Wars-related never even existed in the first place

Putting the star wars thing aside, the fact that the kid actually believed that he caused the lights going on was pretty funny. A little hammy on the reaction by the junior thespian, but thumbs up overall.

hammy? he's in a mask!! the kid's a master, come on.

the piggy thing is way better tho, love that shit

dude seriously you need to take this http://jetstwit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/chillpill2.jpg watching you rant all the time about posters you dont like is nagl killfile bro

wait who are you talking to cuz your post could apply to like 80% of ilx posters

yeah goole has been outta control as of late

sorry everybody, it's been really tense at home

I liked the commercial, but I used to have a little kid who did adorable things.

im speaking to /the reader/

cute ad that resonates w me cuz my kid got a closeout dv costume at target for like $15 and walks around tryna use the force on our cats, just like that.

it's cool goole, i didn't want to bring up the chillwave probs you've been having in your personal life, i figured that was your story to tell

cute ad that resonates w me cuz my kid got a closeout dv costume at target for like $15 and walks around tryna use the force on our cats, just like that.

― end aggro business now (Hunt3r), Friday, February 4, 2011 4:50 PM (3 minutes ago)

aw

paul douglas forecasts: serious chillwave

well, he also insists on posing for ANY pic doing the "force move," which is a strange look while wearing a christmas sweater or what have you

http://www.20x200.com/art/2010/04/untitled-sad-vader.html
http://images.20x200.com/art/images/2305_artworkimage.jpg

Wilco's Jeff Tweedy Shows He's a 'Star Wars' Fan at London Show

http://www.spinner.com/2010/09/15/wilco-jeff-tweedy-london-review/

cute ad that resonates w me cuz my kid got a closeout dv costume at target for like $15 and walks around tryna use the force on our cats, just like that.

well, I've learned my lesson about spouting off about what kids like these days

Nothing can move a cat...

I'm assuming this is a very deadpan joke.

No way, serious.

man the fuck came ever so close to clustering here.

good thread!

To be clear, I don't want to ban Whiney. I just want him to stop being so willfully dickish to people. Considering his book, he's obviously a smart guy with great things to say. I just wish he'd approach posting here with the same attitude.

― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, February 4, 2011 9:59 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

honest question j/v/c: did you click "suggest ban"?

I SBed whiney for real after that awful ILM thread he started recently abt indie-latepass-whatever — figured it probly wouldn't amount to much, but on the off chance that 50 other ppl on this board had gotten as fed-up with him as I was at that moment, I wasn't really gonna lose any sleep over it

post here if you favor replacing our Suggest Ban system with a Killfile system

ppl make that observation all the time. algerian goalkeeper made it in the album poll thread and nobody batted an eyelid. xp

???

???

what observation?

it's kind of a truism on here that uh, generalists, shall we say, catch onto acts the album after the album genre dudes go gooey eyed for, and commonly overpraise said album. i;ve heard this put forward countless times, but because whiney said "indie dudes" and not p4k, stereogum, paste or whatever, ppl caught feelings, somewhat hilariously imo.

yeah exactly, it's a truism — i.e. a thing that EVERYONE KNOWS and thus something that is NOT VERY INTERESTING TO TALK ABOUT. it seemed like a thread whose sole purpose was to stir shit up, and even if that's not the case, doesn't it maybe say something about Whiney that his default snarky outlook is often indistinguishable from deliberate trolling?

"whose sole purpose was to stir shit up and/or pat ourselves on the back" I should add

"lol pitchfork herbs be likin' hell hath, all the TRUE clipse lifers know the album before the one everyone liked is better than the one everyone liked"

yeah guess what, the modest mouse album before the one with "float on" on it was way better, and the one before that one was even better, etc etc who gives a shit

tru gz ride 4 lonesome crowded west iirc

that's the one I'm talking about! unless I did my "ones before" math wrong

i think it says something about something.

i mean i'm not really sure how u can have this thing that everyone knows is true, but it's disgusting for a critic to be interested in cataloging exactly what records are being talked abt

this thread is now a kid in a darth vader lid making force gestures at ilx

isn't the latepassapedia argument basically "herbs be liking what I like and diluting my brand"

no

elucidating

"herbs be liking the less-good things after the things I like. why weren't they paying attention to what I liked back when I was liking it? so fucking disappointed in y'all."

blech omg i refuse to find such tools of capitalism cute jeez

ok so u guys think this alleged phenomenon is a charade, i guess, rather than something actual? even so, i don't know why u'd be instantly angry abt it, or don't sb other ppl out when they allude to it.

nah it's real but idg what the big deal is or why you should be unhappy that other people like the same stuff you like

it's investing the reception & reputation of records against a measure of their quality, the kind of thing ppl do all the time here, prob coz there are so many crits

*investigating

lol is it so hard to believe that people with different aesthetic sensibilities than yours might find this one record more appealing and/or are not invested in a historical appreciation of music

no

elucidating

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lempp6IW8G1qed7kfo1_500.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/sexymollusk/gickrcom_a8b91c09-d7a6-a504-15d7-5a1cddf8bc6a.gif

dying

wld make that kessel run in record time

actually whoops i think i just did

honest question j/v/c: did you click "suggest ban"?

Nope. For two main reasons. First of all, as I explained before, I didn't want Whiney to be banned. He definitely can bring something worthwhile to the table when he's not deliberately trying to push buttons or get attention for himself and I hoped (rather stupidly, as it turns out) that maybe if more people actually called him out for it rather than silently hitting 'suggest ban', he might possibly tone down his antics. But, obviously, that was wrong of me to think, because its pretty apparent by the twitter feed he started just after his banning, that he feeds off this kind of negative attention. The other reason I didn't click it - he's been banned before and that didn't do a single thing to change his attitude.

Banned have two responses

1) Barstards, you banned me
or
2) lol they can't handle the TRUTH!!!

Wait, what's Whiney's new twitter feed?

http://twitter.com/GhostOfOldILX

GhostOfOldILX The Ghost Of Old ILX
Just had the email from Hasbro, they're definitely doing an ILx range of Shrinky Dinks. First design is gonna be either kkvgz or Kanye West.

I can't parse this, to be honest.

Whiney doesn't bother me that much. He's never approached s1ocki levels of shitting on threads. But it's all on a continuum. Annoyance at all levels.

― Jeff, Friday, February 4, 2011 2:55 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol

i voted 'no' btw

still not the most adorable ad ever, but it was a breath of fresh air compared to the other Super Bowl ads

pretty mediocre ad imo - this type of ad has existed before of the parent making the kid think he has powers. they just put a coat of star wars paint on it

It's much more precious than adorable. I reserve my adoration for wonderful, magical animals, such as pigs.

the ad is "cute" but doesn't really sell the product and is basically star wars dorkbait

Well, yeah, of course it is. But it was miles ahead of most of the other crap last night like flinging babies into glass walls and a woman knocking another woman unconscious by throwing a can of soda at her head. I used to be all r my d e at all those hand-wringing "why are Super Bowl ads so violent" commentaries that seemed to appear every year, but man, I don't know, I think they might have a fair point this year. They were ridiculous. Can't forget the one where the guy is encouraging a dog to smash into a glass door (yes, I know the tables get turned, but still) or the FOX race car one with the ferris wheel going on a rampage.

the look on the dad's face is what makes this

still:

when a thread titled: "Is this the most adorable commercial ever?" gets no snark it is time to leave ilx/the internet/the planet.

― bnw, Friday, February 4, 2011 8:03 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

is a truth bomb

if you ask for opinions, you gotta take what comes with a little grace

I'm a little confused as to why I have to keep explaining this, but my tirade against Whiney was a reaction to his general approach as of late and this thread just happened to be where I put it. To clear it up, hopefully for the final time, I was not butthurt by Whiney or anyone else hating this commercial and I made this title 100% on purpose and with tongue planted firmly in cheek.

he's gone now. the healing can begin. it's gonna be ok.

I don't know you are just purposefully trying to troll me itt or what, but trying to clear up some misconception /= still butthurt about whiney.

i was just joking around.

and nothing of value was lost

.... this thread...

still waiting for slocki to come shit up this thread

the crimes of george lucas parodists (2011 on)

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00Ev9WCf9UcFa/x610.jpg
2 hours ago

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 07: Driving Miss Daisy star James Earl Jones poses with six year-old Max Page, star of Vokswagen's Darth Vader-themed Super Bowl commercial at 'Driving Miss Daisy' on broadway at The Golden Theatre on February 7, 2011 in New York City.

wauwauwauwauwau

(literally the sound i just made, with my mouth, at my computer monitor)

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09OF06XdRAaJt/x610.jpg

"That's right, I'm that kid..."

"Making Of" outtakes and bloopers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM3s37fZZts

Love the roomba shot.

lol, love the ending in that one with the parents bowing down

This commercial is much better, and has more of whatever made the original Star Wars magic, than anything in the prequels.

MEESA MEESA!

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

FREE WHINEY

bumping this thread was NOT COOL, System.

sb System

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he's more machine than man now

from 60 second snorg tee to heart surgery. what a life.

Clearly not a joking matter, but I'm so tempted to post vadernoooooo.jpg here.