Toyota's Violent New Ads

Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:04 pm

poor piggiebank, poor spider, and poor mp3... is all I can say after watching these ads. Some what funny, but yet weird..

http://www.slate.com/id/2144315/?GT1=8295

^ You can watch the videos there.

Last edited by Light on Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:18 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:44 pm

Well it's a little odd...
But I fail to see what's wrong with it.

Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:41 pm

If it was real animals, sure, it'd be wrong, but seeing as how they're computer-generated objects, I don't see what's wrong with it.

Besides, cars run over spiders every day.

Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:54 pm

In case you didn't notice, the "spider" is made of gas nozzles. It's a robot, and we all know robots don't have souls.

Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:47 pm

Oh please. This is like blaming Video Games for psychos murdering people.

"Oh noes! Teh ebil TV ads be corruptin' the youth!"

Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:10 pm

Ixistant wrote:Oh please. This is like blaming Video Games for psychos murdering people.

"Oh noes! Teh ebil TV ads be corruptin' the youth!"

But of COURSE the people who made the ad were directly influenced by Grand Theft Auto! DUH!

Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:54 pm

Ixistant wrote:Oh please. This is like blaming Video Games for psychos murdering people.

"Oh noes! Teh ebil TV ads be corruptin' the youth!"

I hate that. It's like when I kill off my sims. That doesn't mean I would kill someone, or I would remove the door to a room, now would I?

Did that make any sense? XD

Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:15 pm

I think the first ad with the pig is cute.

The spider one is a bit gross, though, for me.

Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:42 pm

Ixistant wrote:Oh please. This is like blaming Video Games for psychos murdering people.

"Oh noes! Teh ebil TV ads be corruptin' the youth!"

But... but... robots have feelings too.

(oh, and so do inanimate porcelain objects if you want to get into specifics)

Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:26 pm

Oh, I love those commercials! They amuse me so. I always look forward to seeing them.

I think people are just loony if they think this is violent. God, movies and now this? They are psycho.

Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:01 am

I would be upset if they were real, as said, but they ain't. But its still a little morbid. o_o

Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:44 am

NeoPet_online wrote:
Ixistant wrote:Oh please. This is like blaming Video Games for psychos murdering people.

"Oh noes! Teh ebil TV ads be corruptin' the youth!"

I hate that. It's like when I kill off my sims. That doesn't mean I would kill someone, or I would remove the door to a room, now would I?

Did that make any sense? XD

Or take away the steps to a swimming pool

..Though that's a tad less effective IRL.

Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:16 pm

Alex wrote:
NeoPet_online wrote:
Ixistant wrote:Oh please. This is like blaming Video Games for psychos murdering people.

"Oh noes! Teh ebil TV ads be corruptin' the youth!"

I hate that. It's like when I kill off my sims. That doesn't mean I would kill someone, or I would remove the door to a room, now would I?

Did that make any sense? XD

Or take away the steps to a swimming pool

..Though that's a tad less effective IRL.

omg You're not the only one who does that.

Once I made a swimming pool house with land every other square. I made them go swimming and then took away all the ladders. >3 They all died, including the three children.

Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:17 pm

unedifying wrote:Oh, I love those commercials! They amuse me so. I always look forward to seeing them.

I think people are just loony if they think this is violent. God, movies and now this? They are psycho.

its not violent. its somewhat funny but yet abnormal. Violent was branded to it by the concerned parents assosciation of everywhere.

Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:37 pm

I actually really like these commercials!