for the obama fans...

erikamay · Post by **erikamay** » March 20th, 2007, 1:58 pm

bob showed me this last night, and it's getting a lot of press.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h3G-lMZxjo[/url]

deroosisonfire · Post by **deroosisonfire** » March 20th, 2007, 2:26 pm

linky no worky.

shando · Post by **shando** » March 20th, 2007, 2:28 pm

deroosisonfire wrote:linky no worky.

Delete the [/url] at the end.

deroosisonfire · Post by **deroosisonfire** » March 20th, 2007, 2:30 pm

tried that. youtube told me the video does not exist.

Wesley · Post by **Wesley** » March 20th, 2007, 2:36 pm

If it is what I think, just seach YouTube for Hillary Clinton 1984 or Obama 1984 and I'll bet you'll find it.

shando · Post by **shando** » March 20th, 2007, 2:43 pm

Ah, is it the Apple thingy? I haven't seen it, but I've heard about it.

York99 · Post by **York99** » March 20th, 2007, 3:16 pm

I had to get Jastroch to explain the reference. I thought it was very similar to a Nike attacking Reebok ad from a few years ago. It makes it look like the gay and lesbian coalition for Obama with the rainbow o at the end.

I love that negative ads are coming out already... particularly with Dems vs. Dems. Have we learned nothing? This party needs solidarity, not divisiveness. That's politics as usual. I can see potential voters already throwing their hands up in disgust and becoming disinterested... and it's still just 2007!

arthursimone · Post by **arthursimone** » March 20th, 2007, 4:26 pm

I'm loving me some Obama

but

was kind of puzzled by this particular ad. sure, it's a takeoff of an old apple ad, but who really cares? what are you saying, Hillary would be like big brother? retarded and very easy to take out of context for the savage paranoid conservatives that have lots of political muscle.

Obama could just as easily say Hillary is old guard & boring by having her epically dull announcement speech playing while Ol' Grandpa snoozes on the porch.

erikamay · Post by **erikamay** » March 20th, 2007, 7:16 pm

aw shit. sorry peoples about the bum link.

compooooter stuff makes me nervuss. where is my brother typerriter?

shando · Post by **shando** » March 20th, 2007, 9:05 pm

erikamay wrote:brother typerriter

Dibs on this for a troupe name.

sara farr · Post by **sara farr** » March 21st, 2007, 12:12 am

Obama's Ad --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h3G-lMZxjo

Apple's first "Macintosh" Ad from 1984 --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R706isyDrqI

Meh. I really like the Apple ad. But then I also remember my first computer -- a Commodore 64 -- in a world where only scientists and military folk had computers. The Commodore was followed by an Apple IIe, and then a later version of the Macintosh which I got as a senior in college. My roommate's brother got a Machintosh when I was a sophomore in college -- 1989 -- and we all drooled over it. A year later USC opened their first community computer lab -- which was mostly used by students who needed to write papers.

I had a great program on my Apple IIe -- it was Broderbund's "Fantavision". I also had Electronic Arts' "Adventure Construction Set" with which I could make cool adventure games. Surprise, surprise -- look where all that took me!

And I remember that this kind of a forum was considered science fiction back then. And that's what's cool about this ad.

Brian Boyko · Post by **Brian Boyko** » March 21st, 2007, 9:38 am

York99 wrote:I had to get Jastroch to explain the reference. I thought it was very similar to a Nike attacking Reebok ad from a few years ago. It makes it look like the gay and lesbian coalition for Obama with the rainbow o at the end.

I love that negative ads are coming out already... particularly with Dems vs. Dems. Have we learned nothing? This party needs solidarity, not divisiveness. That's politics as usual. I can see potential voters already throwing their hands up in disgust and becoming disinterested... and it's still just 2007!

Well, to be fair, Hillary Clinton - pro-video game censorship, a "moderate" on the war, and general all-around political oppertunist... vs. Barack Obama, who, even when I disagree with him (rarely) at least actually puts his logic and reasoning into cogent words instead of spewing the latest talking points?

That's the biggest factor to me. When Clinton speaks, I get the feeling she's using the buzzwords given to her by a committee of focus-group obsessed policy wonks.

When Obama speaks, I get the feeling he actually thinks about the words he uses and intends to use logic and reason.

What can I say, man.

Bros before hoes.*

-- Brian.

*that was incredibly offensive and I'm sorry I said that if that caused anybody discomfort or slighted either African Americans or women. The humor was in the offensiveness of the statement, however, and is not to be taken seriously.

Brian Boyko · Post by **Brian Boyko** » March 21st, 2007, 9:39 am

shando wrote:
erikamay wrote:brother typerriter
Dibs on this for a troupe name.

Actually, Shannon - had an idea. Want to start a 2-man troupe where we longform a drug-induced bender across the American Southwest in convertables during the 1970s?

Roy Janik · Post by **Roy Janik** » March 21st, 2007, 9:44 am

Appparently Obama's camp had nothing to do with producing the ad. Which could be a lie, but I'm inclined to believe. I mean, there's some copyright issues, there's an inherent geekiness to ripping off an old Apple ad, etc...

I had a great program on my Apple IIe -- it was Broderbund's "Fantavision". I also had Electronic Arts' "Adventure Construction Set" with which I could make cool adventure games. Surprise, surprise -- look where all that took me!

YES. Fantavision was a fantastic program. There's nothing like it. I had a green and black monitor and it still fascinated me. I couldn't get into Adventure Construction Set, but I was more a text adventure type of guy. Now, Oregon Trail and Lemonade stand, on the other hand...

York99 · Post by **York99** » March 21st, 2007, 9:57 am

Roy Janik wrote:Appparently Obama's camp had nothing to do with producing the ad. Which could be a lie, but I'm inclined to believe.

I figured it didn't come from his camp (at least officially). I hope it didn't. YouTube and other internet technology will surely play an interesting role in this election. There might be a "Kennedy over Nixon because Nixon was not familiar with TV as a tool for campaigning and debate" moment in our future. Exciting.

Hey, and can y'all believe how offensive Boyko's post was?