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Violent VW Commecials

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$$SPINNERS$$
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http://www.slate.com/id/2141286/?GT1=8190
I guess there is a big argument about how these commercials are presented, are they too violent or do they prove how safe the cars really are?
I think they make a good point.
May 15 2006 3:55PM
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Paul-o-Rama
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yeah, i saw that on the news yesterday
May 15 2006 4:10PM
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STACKS
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shit that looked like a safe crash
May 15 2006 4:12PM
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FartFace
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they are damn good commercials. people who think they are to violent are pussys
May 15 2006 4:12PM
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fouldsys
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i donno its a good commercial but it is kind of startilling
May 15 2006 4:14PM
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Holte
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i was a little surprised the first time i saw one, but i think they're really effective.
May 15 2006 4:14PM
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twix_182
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wtf? violent? this shit happens all he time to people. it can happen to anybody. if people are gettign mad that it actually shows real people getting involved in a crash and it shows what it looks like, then they need a dose of reality. when cars hit, rainbows dont come out everywhere and evryone happily exchanges insurance and have a dandy day.
May 15 2006 4:18PM
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$$SPINNERS$$
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yeah exactly, some companies will show the car in a commecial at a crash test moving toward the wall but you never see it hit. i think VW has proven how safe their cars really are, the jetta anyways.
May 15 2006 4:20PM
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Grimace.
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also think about those other gangster vdub in the house commercials
May 15 2006 4:49PM
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Norred
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I think they're excellent.
May 15 2006 5:05PM
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drewishish
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i see commericals like that all the time... like the state farm i think... adn then alot of over car comericals.
May 15 2006 5:08PM
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CooksCorner
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Ya, if those commercials make even one teenage girl drive with a little more focus, they were worth the shock value.
May 15 2006 5:09PM
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sneather
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i like those commercials ... they really get the point across ..and i dont think they r violent
May 15 2006 5:16PM
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jimmychung
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i think they're really powerful, no one every really thinks about how it would be in a bad accident like that. i like them.
May 15 2006 5:19PM
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thecoyote
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in canada we have remarkably similar ads for drunk driving. But instead of an inane conversation its some girl ragging on the driver for drivign drunk and then they crash and they all fly through the windshield....
Another one, dude is walking through the park talking to a guy about driving drunk and this car comes off the road and runs him over....powerful stuff cause you don't expect it.
May 15 2006 5:24PM
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Desjardins
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that VW commercial fucking scared me, they were just tralking and i thought o it must be some car commercial on how smooth it drives or how its fun to drive then BAMM, car gets owned
May 15 2006 5:25PM
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spere
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really good commercial, those cars are so safe
May 15 2006 5:54PM
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cool_catskier
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this dumb bitch at my school was complaning how they should take it off of tv cuz it was to scary. i wanted to punch her in the face.
May 15 2006 6:33PM
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shrEddie
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i second that
May 15 2006 6:42PM
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holyDINOSAURS
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those commercials are excellent. as are the ones from MADD where like the kids are partying in the car and the subtitles say that some number of people are killed every year by drunk drivers...and a cop pulls over the car...and then the cop gets smashed by another car and lands on the hood and its like "constable ____" was one of them. insane
May 15 2006 9:00PM
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4frntSkier
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they arent bad
interesting i think
none the less the new jetta GTI and passat are dope cars
May 15 2006 9:51PM
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Cam
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well i guess the add worked, we are all talking about it, right...
May 15 2006 9:58PM
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MLB
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but in what way are they too violent...like the comercial says, shit happens. Reality is the best man.
May 15 2006 9:58PM
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dowalibeast
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that's definately the way to go they're getting so much press and people will remember that for real
May 15 2006 10:00PM
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Rhastaman420
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i think they are trying to subliminally show that big fat american-made cars are only good for causing big fat crashes...did anyone else notice that the car that hit them was a ford??
May 15 2006 10:54PM
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hartig
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i like those commercials
May 15 2006 11:22PM
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ARMADA-SKI-NZ
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coool
May 15 2006 11:28PM
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hucker22
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ya the first time i saw it i was like ohh cool car. damnnnn that was intense. really good commercials, deep and shit. i love vdubs
May 15 2006 11:55PM
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mad_540_trix
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excellent commercials. they get the point across very well.
May 16 2006 12:03AM
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pbandj
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that's the point
May 16 2006 4:09AM
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mattster
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commercials are super effective, and make me want to wear my seatbelt... also the little red man that pops up when i start the car is a super good reminder
May 16 2006 4:46AM
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BurkeSter
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ya that really gets the point across alot better then the guy cruising through the mountains with no other cars and in subtitles professional driver on closed course
May 16 2006 8:19AM
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n-o
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wam bam thank you ma'm........ suffragette city
May 16 2006 8:22AM
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DANETRON
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wow people have become fucking pussies
May 16 2006 10:43AM
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ninjea
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bahahahaha

but how can you call that violent. no blood. no killing. the crash was really simple and realistic. nothing violent at all. i hate overprotective people who can call that violent.
May 16 2006 10:48AM
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bp.lando
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those ads make me feel safe driving in my jetta
May 16 2006 11:09AM
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slimbruddah
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How the hell is getting hit by a car violent? People are pussies. Bunch of retards for thinking that's violent. pffff.... watching someone getting sliced by a knife or beating to a pulp with a bat is violent. Not getting hit by a vechile.
May 16 2006 11:11AM
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jpro
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I don't think its violent, crashes like that happens every day .. so they just prove that their products are safe for that type of crashs
May 16 2006 12:55PM
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ktlu
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i think theyre good comericals but they do scare the shit out of me. probably because driving is already one of my least favorite things to do since ever since i was in an accident.
May 16 2006 1:26PM
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