Comments on: Well done, great Satan! http://www.macalope.com/2009/06/29/well-done-great-satan/ Full of sound and furry Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:20:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rip Ragged http://www.macalope.com/2009/06/29/well-done-great-satan/#comment-3277 Rip Ragged Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:32:36 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=479#comment-3277 I'm not going to watch IE ads unless they include Angelina Jolie. Naked. Giselle Bundchen might be an acceptable stand-in. Maybe. I’m not going to watch IE ads unless they include Angelina Jolie. Naked. Giselle Bundchen might be an acceptable stand-in. Maybe.

]]> By: Marc http://www.macalope.com/2009/06/29/well-done-great-satan/#comment-3280 Marc Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:09:35 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=479#comment-3280 On par with the "I'm a Mac" ads? Not hardly. The humor is tired and banal. If I were 12 again I might find it mildly humorous but I find the ads embarrassingly bad. And I could only watch about 7 seconds of the vomit ad. The messages of the ads seems to be: 1) Dweebs and perverts like IE 8 2) If you are not one of the above, IE 8 makes you vomit Great job Microsoft.... I guess in that respect it is better than anything Apple would dare come up with. On par with the “I’m a Mac” ads? Not hardly. The humor is tired and banal. If I were 12 again I might find it mildly humorous but I find the ads embarrassingly bad. And I could only watch about 7 seconds of the vomit ad. The messages of the ads seems to be:

1) Dweebs and perverts like IE 8
2) If you are not one of the above, IE 8 makes you vomit

Great job Microsoft…. I guess in that respect it is better than anything Apple would dare come up with.

]]> By: bkharmony http://www.macalope.com/2009/06/29/well-done-great-satan/#comment-3279 bkharmony Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:44:47 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=479#comment-3279 I can't bring myself to watch them, but I wonder if they dumped Crispin Porter + Bogusky, since they are not capable of producing a humorous, on-message ad. I can’t bring myself to watch them, but I wonder if they dumped Crispin Porter + Bogusky, since they are not capable of producing a humorous, on-message ad.

]]> By: Bill Coleman http://www.macalope.com/2009/06/29/well-done-great-satan/#comment-3278 Bill Coleman Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:15:14 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=479#comment-3278 Microsoft has made a lot of advertising gaffs. But every once in a while, they do a good job. The "I'm a PC" campaign was surprisingly good (although not great, it was good). Laptop hunters was pathetic by comparison. I think you're right, though -- these ads for IE 8 are pretty good. Just enough humor to keep you engaged, but still on-message. Microsoft has made a lot of advertising gaffs. But every once in a while, they do a good job. The “I’m a PC” campaign was surprisingly good (although not great, it was good). Laptop hunters was pathetic by comparison.

I think you’re right, though — these ads for IE 8 are pretty good. Just enough humor to keep you engaged, but still on-message.

]]> By: J.M. Heinrichs http://www.macalope.com/2009/06/29/well-done-great-satan/#comment-3276 J.M. Heinrichs Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:57:52 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=479#comment-3276 Yeah, just like seven versions of Win 7 exist to offer the user maximum choice. None of the acronyms were humourous; when expanded, the phrase was not humourous. Mr Cain in tartan slacks: not really humourous. However, these should be a win-win for the MS aficionado groping. Cheers Yeah, just like seven versions of Win 7 exist to offer the user maximum choice. None of the acronyms were humourous; when expanded, the phrase was not humourous. Mr Cain in tartan slacks: not really humourous.
However, these should be a win-win for the MS aficionado groping.

Cheers

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