Comments on: Verizon Wireless Botches “Candid” Viral Video Attempt

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:24:09 +0000

i want it on my phone

By: Will Video for Food » Creepy Privacy Mailer from Verizon Wireless

Will Video for Food » Creepy Privacy Mailer from Verizon Wireless — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:29:28 +0000

[...] Verizon despite its marketing incompetency, which ranges from a crappy logo all the way through bad viral-video campaigns and crappy privacy mailers that look like a porn leaflet but without the glossy color [...]

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By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:27:03 +0000

sukatra: Your comment made me guffaw. I am past menopause and all out of estrogen. I can no longer giggle OR chuckle.

By: sukatra

sukatra — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:09:29 +0000

Marilyn, that comment made me chuckle. I’d say giggle, but my voice is too low for that. I gotta stop taking those testosterone shots.

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:01:04 +0000

My first reaction would have been “Why the f*ck are these people following me and can I get 200 restraining orders?”

By: Slater

Slater — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:09:53 +0000

If you’re gonna make a commercial, make a commercial. Don’t try to hide the fact that it’s an ad. Just make the ad GOOD, and people won’t mind. When we used to do listener research about what people liked and didn’t like about the radio stations they listened to, it wsn’t that there were too many commercials, it was that there were too many S**TTY commercials…

The other thing about this is that with the glut of wireless companies advertising out there, essentially saying the same things, most of us REALLY have to think hard as to which company is the one with “the Network,” which one has the surf-rock song that goes, “Woo-ooh, woo-ooh-ooh…” which one has the “Fave Five,” which one says “We connect with you,” etc., etc… This “unsuspecting victim” immediately knew WHY there were 200 people flanking him in a park…

My first natural reaction probably would have been to look at my phone and say, “Oh, my God, I use Verizon?”

By: jischinger

jischinger — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:23:19 +0000

well the clear sound of his voice gave it away immediately. Still, this might have been sort of cute and funny if the telecoms weren’t just granted immunity for literally listening and following their actual users

that just makes this even more creepy.

[click] if you didn’t already know

By: sukatra

sukatra — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:12:24 +0000

1. I think the crowd was totally punked. They looked clueless. And I did see pixilated faces, which I assume means they couldn’t get releases for those people. That was kind of funny but was spoiled by the artificiality of the guy on the phone.
2. “It’s the network”? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! stupidest line in the history of fake viral video-making. Ok, maybe that’s an overstatement, but still. I’m just saying.
3. That “hear me now” guy didn’t even look like the real guy on TV. That almost makes me wonder if it wasn’t something by that group that did the standing still at Penn Station video, or some other similar group.
4. Intro and outtro give it away as clearly not a prank.
5. There is no number 5.

By: xjasongarciax

xjasongarciax — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:40:42 +0000

I never cared for those commercials, some were cool, but it got old quick. I like the new “So you moved into the old Jone’s house?” “The dead zone” or something. That got me the first time. )