Palm Pre Ad, Trauma Edition

ZoopyFunk

#1 – 9:39 PM July 28, 2009

Brilliant! This has got to be one of the creepiest ads - evar.

Clay

#2 – 10:03 PM July 28, 2009

At first I was astonished at the coincidence of seeing this here immediately after seeing it embedded in the comments of a post elsewhere about The Missing Sync for Pre, until I realized I'd arrived at that link from a faucet tweet. It's chasing me.

I got about four seconds in before I had to stop. Matthew Barney would probably approve of this.

hokano

#3 – 10:21 PM July 28, 2009

Maxine Headroom. Voiced by Andre the Giant.

Jarvik7

#4 – 10:32 PM July 28, 2009

I don't get it, are they trying to imply that the Pre software doesn't run smoothly?

RedShirt77

#5 – 11:05 PM July 28, 2009

Ahhhh seizure! Ahhhhhhh!!

The Pre is apparently for people too freaky to own Iphones.

her is an idea, sell me on a phone with better battery life. That might actually work

circa86

#6 – 11:21 PM July 28, 2009

This one is possibly creepier without the editing.

dargaud

#7 – 3:03 AM July 29, 2009

I didn't understand a single word. Was this the intent ?!?

Chrs

#8 – 6:34 AM July 29, 2009

Yeah, circa86, the original is absolutely as creepy. I have no idea what they were trying to do with the ad, but they convinced me that Pal Pre is for the deeply disturbing.

shmengie

#9 – 7:02 AM July 29, 2009

+1 to circa86 and chrs.

before she starts talking, you go, 'she's kinda cute.' and then she opens her mouth and satan unleashes his fury through your tv and you weep in a corner, praying for the sweet release of death.

i actually had to see that spot a couple of times before i 'got' the juggling thing. i think i was too freaked out by the theme to absorb the content.

she's still kinda cute, though.

strider_mt2k

#10 – 7:38 AM July 29, 2009

At least we gave it a fair shake.

Bucket

#11 – 1:00 PM July 29, 2009

She reminds me of the Borg queen from Star Trek First Contact.

I think it's the lack of pigmentation. That, and the fact that her overriding desire is to implant electronic devices in my head.

Chrs

#12 – 6:15 PM July 29, 2009

@Bucket, oh man, that is exactly it! The voice is also very similar.

Halloween Jack

#13 – 2:30 PM July 31, 2009

You know, even if she did talk in this type of voice, I'd still date her. The deal-killer would be if I woke up in the middle of the night, facing her, and her eyes were open, watching me. And, you just have to know for a fact, it would only be a matter of time before that happened.