Author Topic: EP270: Advertising at the End of the World  (Read 25622 times)

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Reply #50 on: January 05, 2011, 06:33:15 AM
Also, my contribution to the weird commercial thread (from Thailand I think):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfxSWIBvEYE

Too funny!!
Now I have to retaliate :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGFvcAM-nEg



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Reply #51 on: January 05, 2011, 03:54:34 PM
Also, my contribution to the weird commercial thread (from Thailand I think):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfxSWIBvEYE

Too funny!!
Now I have to retaliate :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGFvcAM-nEg
Ach! That needed a health warning!

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Reply #52 on: January 15, 2011, 03:26:09 AM
"There Will Come Soft Rains" - yes, that's the story it reminded me of, but throw in a bunch of spam messages that automatically downloaded themselves daily.

One thing that I thought was interesting was the notion that she came to fulfill the "needs" of all the surviving ads, and that they were drawn to her. She put up with them, and in return got a type of companionship. Was she a psychopomp to them?

More like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR-Iz1fts5M
Now, that one (oddly) reminds me of Butoh dance performances, such as this one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxT-v9cxf7g&feature=related - which is one of my favourites. I wouldn't be surprised if Butoh was one of the influences of the producer.
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Reply #53 on: March 15, 2011, 04:25:13 PM
I found this one more sad than creepy. The stereotype of the woman didn't bother me much. I found myself thinking that she would be one of those upper middle class white women who shop at Whole Foods stores, having a higher standard of education, and then taking off to do gourmet farming in the middle of nowhere at the first sign of trouble in the cities.

::blink:: Huh. That came out more bitter than I expected.

Anyway, I did like this story, only for the loneliness I felt exuding from her, and the apocalyptic feel of her possibly being the last person in the world with only broken ads to keep her company, and even that winding down. Sort of like the Discovery series "Life after death".

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Reply #54 on: December 16, 2012, 08:40:46 AM
consider my mind bent.