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iT-iS-i's picture
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iT-iS-iTuesday, October 16, 2007 - 04:34

Errr... Ermm... Alright, what is this?

iT-iS-i, like an upside down ! mark.

:: Put your ears against the ground so i can walk over what you heard::

ancho mucho's picture
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ancho muchoTuesday, October 16, 2007 - 04:45

uhm.. i think the copy translates the illustration.

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joanna_monkeyTuesday, October 16, 2007 - 07:26

Stupid comment

nirmalranganathan's picture
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nirmalranganathanTuesday, October 16, 2007 - 04:45

The connect doesn't seem correct... What has winter check up got to do with bears?... Though the creative analogy is understandable, it is not very convincing... It looks like the guy is trying some bravado with the bear, now that he is assured of winter checkup for his volkswagen... He may have to start looking for a checkup for himself, being so close to the mammoth creature...

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nitigya79Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 05:13

i understand the ad will work for the client. but is it good enough to feature out here. personally i think a jr. copywriter should have better ads in his/her portfolio.

JIki's picture
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JIkiTuesday, October 16, 2007 - 05:35

ivan please dont be mad at me but i think this ad has been published just cuz the client is a big one. If the client was, for example, a small car service located somewhere in someplace, this ad wud've been trashed with no mercy.

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ivanTuesday, October 16, 2007 - 05:55

You're correct. Is that wrong? I'm open for suggestions.

Ivan Raszl, admin of AotW

JIki's picture
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JIkiTuesday, October 16, 2007 - 07:33

imhhhho, i currently think that big companies' ads, even if not really well-made, dont necessary need more "free" mentions. They got the right "instruments" as well (read: great budgets, great opportunities, great visibility) to autopromote themselves. Flashy blinks of creativity, even if made to advertise small shops indeed, should be recognized instead. There's plenty of great small unknown agencies full of creativity out there, and i think that a great site like this should be a chance to them to show something new and interesting, not just for getting notoriety but mainly to inspire this huge community. I want to stay very humble, always, in every case; but i cant gain any good inspiration from an ad like this and, even if i know how tough is it to convince a client to adopt an edgy way of advertise. I really think that if i was AOTW admin, i would trash ideas that dont show, objectively, a creative way to communicate, even if made for wolkswagen SPA.
I wrote too much, i'm sorry.

twelve_noon's picture
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twelve_noonTuesday, October 16, 2007 - 06:03

ddb italy seems to be doing a lot of work on vw but only 10% of it is actually any good...

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justpassingbyTuesday, October 16, 2007 - 06:53

this is a missed opportunity, what i got out of it is if the bear decides to go beserk this guy will be able to run, get in his VW and drive off without ny complications.
That SHOUD have been the idea and if it is its really badly executed

JIki's picture
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JIkiTuesday, October 16, 2007 - 07:34

this is a cool idea. But i'm not sure that fits the client's idea of advertising. Maybe.

JAGGY's picture
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JAGGYTuesday, October 16, 2007 - 07:02

Sorry. This is the worst Volkswagen ever did. Even if it's just my opinion.

Jaggy, MICA Ahmedabad

gulo's picture
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guloTuesday, October 16, 2007 - 09:19

egad!!
thees Ad ees Saad

|dizligzig drunk... the heights|

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/vrakodar/

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gmint7Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 22:41

:::J:::

vw downer.
my bear can do a better ad.

:::J:::

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kgeigerSaturday, October 20, 2007 - 05:04

You'll have nothing more to fear because you won't be able to drive after the animal bites off your hand.