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Old 02-08-16, 09:59 AM
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Thumbs up Audi R8 Superbowl 50 commercial

i thought this was epic...

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Old 02-08-16, 11:15 AM
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Amazing commercial. Unbelievable car. Well done Audi!!!
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Old 02-09-16, 12:10 PM
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Yep, one of my favorites...
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Brilliant commercial
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Like a mini movie.
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Old 02-09-16, 12:37 PM
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that was awesome.... and the David Bowie music in there was a nice touch too.

187 people thumbs down on Youtube?? wtf?

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Originally Posted by bagwell
that was awesome.... and the David Bowie music in there was a nice touch too.

187 people thumbs down on Youtube?? wtf?
Probably because the YT generation can't afford this car and Bowie wasn't even close to the demographic that the car is marketed to. It's a distortion of 1960's space culture and Bowie's somewhat anti-establishment scolding.

Audi's much better commercial for its TTS:

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Old 02-09-16, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by MattyG
Audi's much better commercial for its TTS:
Meh, R8 is much better IMO. No story, no emotion in the (lame) TTS ad.
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Respectfully disagree.

Generally story and emotion are often subsumed by sappy tearful looks, nostalgia and a strange re-telling of history.

What does the R8 commercial tell its audience? That a bunch of guys went to the moon in the 1960's and played golf and collected rocks. Kinda like going to Phoenix.

No real action or excitement. But hey if you like an ole silver haired guy lookin at pictures and jumping into a car like it's some sort of space machine, have at it
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Old 02-09-16, 07:30 PM
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well the majority seems to love it... 10,290 thumbs up to 193 thumbs down.
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Old 02-09-16, 07:45 PM
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If the car is marketed to 50+ year old folks, then Bowie absolutely is the right music.

The young guy with the fob is there because old folks don't want to be perceived as looking old.
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young people not liking the r8 commercial is probably because they can't afford one and are voting for bernie sanders and thus resent anyone who can.
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Wired ranks it third after the Avocado commercial and the Jeff Goldblum apartments spot. I don't like the apartments commercial that much although the cgi is pretty good. Love the Avocado bit though.

http://www.wired.com/2016/02/best-wo...l-commercials/
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Old 02-10-16, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
young people not liking the r8 commercial is probably because they can't afford one and are voting for bernie sanders and thus resent anyone who can.
Haha. Something surprising about this forum. Everybody on here a Republican and a Tea Party demographic?
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Old 02-10-16, 05:18 PM
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Nice story and sequence by Audi on the R8.

Even before clicking on the link, I figured Puppy Monkey Baby would be on the 'worst list'
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