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Author: Elvis GumpElvis Gump Date: Dec 30, 2006 21:34
Has anyone else seen this?
I had SNL on and the TOS theme caught my attention, or at least a 30
second version of it sans Shatner's VO just ran. It was for a commercial
with a pull-back off a windshield of snow in the dark at night coming at
he windshield from the point of view inside so the snow looked like
oncoming stars. It pulled back to show the interior and then went to an
outside shot and the Hummer H2 going to 'warp' speed. Tag "Boldly Go. H2"
Has Paramount NO SHAME?
--
"If you attempt to ignite a petroleum product on this ship at zero
hundred hours, you will activate the fire suppression system, which
would seal off this entire deck."
-- Data, "All Good Things"
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Author: redhawkredhawk Date: Dec 30, 2006 22:08
> Has anyone else seen this?
>
> I had SNL on and the TOS theme caught my attention, or at least a 30
> second version of it sans Shatner's VO just ran. It was for a commercial
> with a pull-back off a windshield of snow in the dark at night coming at
> he windshield from the point of view inside so the snow looked like
> oncoming stars. It pulled back to show the interior and then went to an
> outside shot and the Hummer H2 going to 'warp' speed. Tag "Boldly Go. H2"
>
> Has Paramount NO SHAME?
I was eating at a Chevy's restaurant last week, talking to friends and
totally ignoring the TV on the wall. All of a sudden, TOS theme comes on,
and I immediately looked up and it was that Hummer commercial. As you said,
if you're a Trek fan it definitely catches your attention, and you remember
it.
A terrible sell-out, but undeniably a very effective one. The advertiser
achieved exactly what they wanted by using the Trek music.
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Author: ToolPackinMamaToolPackinMama Date: Dec 30, 2006 23:00
Elvis Gump wrote:
> Has anyone else seen this?
>
> I had SNL on and the TOS theme caught my attention, or at least a 30
> second version of it sans Shatner's VO just ran. It was for a commercial
> with a pull-back off a windshield of snow in the dark at night coming at
> he windshield from the point of view inside so the snow looked like
> oncoming stars. It pulled back to show the interior and then went to an
> outside shot and the Hummer H2 going to 'warp' speed. Tag "Boldly Go. H2"
>
> Has Paramount NO SHAME?
OMG! I know! They really just don't get it, do they!?
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Author: ToolPackinMamaToolPackinMama Date: Dec 30, 2006 23:03
redhawk wrote:
> A terrible sell-out, but undeniably a very effective one. The advertiser
> achieved exactly what they wanted by using the Trek music.
As a lifelong TOS Trekkie, I must say: I noticed it just long enough to
deplore it.
I retched!
I will NOT be buying a GOD DAMNED Abomination Hummer, EVER, no matter
how they tart it up.
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Author: ToolPackinMamaToolPackinMama Date: Dec 30, 2006 23:29
My fantasy of a TOS-worthy auto is a sexy-looking, energy-efficient hybrid.
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Author: Al SmithAl Smith Date: Jan 2, 2007 22:07
>>>>You got me thinking. What are the job categories that should be
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>>>>>>>>> declared crimes against humanity?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> lawyer
>>>>>>>>> advertising executive
>>>>>>>>> weapons designer
>>>>>>>>> used car salesman
>>>>>>>>> door to door salesman
>>>>>>>>> telephone solicitor
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>>>>>
>>>>> The first one and the last two, the others have there uses, especially
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> the
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>>>>> third....
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Author: EvilBillEvilBill Date: Jan 3, 2007 08:28
Lance Corporal "Hammer" Schultz wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:44:22 GMT, Al Smith wrote:
>
>> Are you kidding? What could be more evil that a man who spends his
>> life trying to make better devices for killing people?
>
The one who uses them.
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Author: KweegKweeg Date: Jan 3, 2007 08:32
"Al Smith" address.com> wrote in message
news:UKHmh.117734$hn.52700@edtnps82...> What I'm asking you, is how can a man who designs or manufactures
> weapons of war look at himself in the mirror, without cutting his
> own throat.
... same reason the guy that designed the knife doesn't....
Any nation that maintains an armed force has made the decision that it may
use said force to kill it's enemies, that is the only reason to have said
force, to think other wise is delusional.
"The man who...
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Author: KweegKweeg Date: Jan 3, 2007 08:35
> Lance Corporal "Hammer" Schultz wrote:
>> On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:44:22 GMT, Al Smith wrote:
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>>> Are you kidding? What could be more evil that a man who spends his
>>> life trying to make better devices for killing people?
>>
>
> The one who uses them.
no... the one who directs or allows them to be used for unjust reasons.
--
Qapla'
Kweeg
Ten of Canadian Clubs in the Eeeevil Trek Cabal
"Half a gallon a'scotch!" Scotty (Spectre of the Gun)
1,079,252,848.8 km/h, not just a good idea, it's the law.
"So say we all!"
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Author: GeneKGeneK Date: Jan 3, 2007 10:36
> Has anyone else seen this?
>
> I had SNL on and the TOS theme caught my attention, or at least a 30
> second version of it sans Shatner's VO just ran. It was for a
> commercial with a pull-back off a windshield of snow in the dark at
> night coming at he windshield from the point of view inside so the
> snow looked like oncoming stars. It pulled back to show the interior
> and then went to an outside shot and the Hummer H2 going to 'warp'
> speed. Tag "Boldly Go. H2"
>
> Has Paramount NO SHAME?
Considering that various songs that were once considered the anthem
of my generation, such as "Revolution," "The Times They Are A-Changin,"
etc., have become fodder for commercials, I'd have to say that the
recycling of a TV theme whose composer never intended to carry any
particular message or meaning ranks pretty low on my artistic outrage
scale.
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