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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 08:04 AM
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Is anyone else totally knocked out by the United Airlines Olympics ads?
Edited on Mon Aug-11-08 08:06 AM by wtmusic
The imagination and visual imagery are some of the best in recent memory.

:wow:
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 08:14 AM
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1. Paid for by the company employees trust funds...
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screembloodymurder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 08:14 AM
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2. Yes.
I saw the ad yesterday and thought the same thing.
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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 08:14 AM
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3. No, cuz I'm boycotting the Olympics. Silly lil me.
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earthside Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 08:37 AM
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4. Me, too.
And the near total commercialization with ads like the one referred to is one of the main reasons why.

Then there is the usual 'America Rules' because 'we' are winning most of the medals crap.

If it were about individual or team athletic competition it would be okay ... but that is simply NOT what the Olympics is about.

Big reform in the Olympic idea is way over due -- now it's just another corporate/nationalist media entertainment mega-extravaganza.
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 10:32 AM
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5. Was that the one with the flying sumo wrestlers?
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 11:13 AM
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6. Here is one of them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFXbCSDq6Cg

I think the Sumo wrestlers were for Intel.
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