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I usually see commercials that come on TV as just plain annoying and in the case of JG Wentworth, inspiring killing intent...but this one managed to pleasantly surprise me...
Maybe you've seen it and maybe you didn't think it was any good, but I thought it was creative enough...thoughts?
I thought it was cool in a 4th wall breaking sort of way.
I know they mentioned WWII games (how could they not) but they should have mentioned that "michael" had won WWII around 5 times and killed thousands of nazis with his bare hands.
Ma55ter_fett wrote:I know they mentioned WWII games (how could they not) but they should have mentioned that "michael" had won WWII around 5 times and killed thousands of nazis with his bare hands.
Its also funny how they generalized the WWII shooter genre by making the soldiers paratroopers but having him retell a story about Omaha beach...the paratroopers didn't assault Omaha.
Ma55ter_fett wrote:I know they mentioned WWII games (how could they not) but they should have mentioned that "michael" had won WWII around 5 times and killed thousands of nazis with his bare hands.
Its also funny how they generalized the WWII shooter genre by making the soldiers paratroopers but having him retell a story about Omaha beach...the paratroopers didn't assault Omaha.
That's the place where the American's invaded Germany, right?
Spoiler:
Holy gak, I feel stupider for having typed that.
I noticed the paratrooper thing too, but the person in charge of costuming has probably never heard of Operation Market Garden, so I'm not surprised.
There are some who walk until their legs fail them and they fall to the ground. I find that respectable.
Then there are those who drag themselves further. I find that admirable.
Ma55ter_fett wrote:I know they mentioned WWII games (how could they not) but they should have mentioned that "michael" had won WWII around 5 times and killed thousands of nazis with his bare hands.
Its also funny how they generalized the WWII shooter genre by making the soldiers paratroopers but having him retell a story about Omaha beach...the paratroopers didn't assault Omaha.
That's the place where the American's invaded Germany, right?
Spoiler:
Holy gak, I feel stupider for having typed that.
I noticed the paratrooper thing too, but the person in charge of costuming has probably never heard of Operation Market Garden, so I'm not surprised.
There are some who walk until their legs fail them and they fall to the ground. I find that respectable.
Then there are those who drag themselves further. I find that admirable.
You never indicated as much in your previous post.
The spoilered bit didn't give it away?
There are some who walk until their legs fail them and they fall to the ground. I find that respectable.
Then there are those who drag themselves further. I find that admirable.
"Holy gak, I feel stupider for having typed that. "
That was intended to show that I acknowledged that my post was inane.
There are some who walk until their legs fail them and they fall to the ground. I find that respectable.
Then there are those who drag themselves further. I find that admirable.
When I saw this on TV, I guess they segmented it, it just showed the paratroopers landing and going inside without explaining everything. Was a pretty crap commercial but now it makes sense.
Could have been better though. I like how it started the icons telling each other about it, then they just start lecturing everyone on their exploits and it got kind of weird (like snake. Seriously I'm sure in just about any bar they would tell him to shut up and sit down).
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Also being an xbox over I have never played the vast majority of the games showcased in the commercial.
This is a trivial concern because I haz the Halo.
Oh, I'm sorry. Poor thing...
and I think it was pretty clear that he was joking.
At the time, Germany probably considered "France" as a part of "Germany".
They did, the entirety of France about 50 miles from the channel and atlantic coast was considered Germany (it was a wide enough strip that Paris was a part of the German zone and not the Vichy French interior).
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I feel this way. But where was the dude from Crysis? WHERE!?
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LoneLictor wrote: I like to imagine the Emperor kills so many Orks that he ends up half buried beneath a pile of corpses, with only his head sticking out. A lone grot stumbles across him, and starts choking him.
Then Horus comes across the lone grot, somehow managing to kill the Emperor, and punts it into space.
Also being an xbox over I have never played the vast majority of the games showcased in the commercial.
This is a trivial concern because I haz the Halo.
You should get you a PS3 then. I could understand 5 years ago when consoles were expensive, but you can get a reliable one used for less than $100.00. You have missed quite a bit of games. Could you imagine missing all those 360 games you love?
You never indicated as much in your previous post.
The spoilered bit didn't give it away?
No, it didn't. Your "spoiler" makes no mention of the fact that normandy beach is in France and not (as you had indicated) Germany.
At the time, Germany probably considered "France" as a part of "Germany".
I mean they occupied France at the time and if they would have won the war, Normandy would probably be a part of Germany.
The only parts of France that were incorporated in Germany were Lorraine and Alasce. France was under German military administration at the time, but still had its own government, subordinate or not. Everyone in the war referred to France, as France, not Germany, until this guy made the mistake.
Sorry for pointing it out, but yeah, you brain farted all over that post.
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