Linked by David Adams on Sat 6th Sep 2008 14:36 UTC
Microsoft's absurdist TV ad starring the odd couple of Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld is just the first volley in what promises to be a shock and awe campaign aiming to improve the public image of Windows Vista and position itself as a computing innovator.
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I read a blog post that said the ad was partly successful as it got people talking about Vista!
It is the worst ad I have ever seen!
1) A normal person wouldn't even know it was about Vista. I don't I still don't know that....it was apparently supposed to be though.
2) It isn't funny, and I differ in some opinions that it isn't really even amusing.
3) Bill gates? He's retired and a stiff....how on earth does he relate to the "future" (and isn't Vista the "present"?)
4) For the talent of the hired actor, ad agency, money poured into it, etc. it should be better.
Now, if the idea was someone saying:
"people has stopped bashing our product as much since the launch....we need to get that "buzz" back"
"Lets make a crappy bizarre commercial!"
Then yeah, it's great.