Crazy ad about 9/11

[gonzo8402]

I see a lot of people being bothered by this...

If you've been reading any of the ad blogs today, you may have seen a WWF ad featuring multiple planes flying toward a downtown Manhattan in which the World Trade Center still exists.

WWF, however, didn't commission the ad.

Indeed, it "strongly condemned" the ad in a press release. It's an unauthorized concept created by an agency seeking the group's business in Brazil. According to Advertolog, the ad was created by DDB Brasil.

http://adage.com/adages/post?article_id=138747

 

[dr8k3ked]

I see how it can be disturbing to the people that actually witnessed and experienced 911. The Graphics Looks cool to me though.

 

[sean69]

nothing cool about that graphic.

i lost a friend of a friend.

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[unbeleve]

creative but insensitive. but still cool graphic.

 

[fatal]

I don't get it....

What point is this ad trying to make?

Like the article said "The Tsunami" which Tsunami is that? One would assume it is talking about the 2004 Tsunami...but can we be sure?

Then it goes says "The planet is brutally powerful. Respect it. Preserve it."



Ummmm even if we do that, that won't stop Tsunamis....

So not only is it insensitive and offensive....it’s stupid on top of that....

 

[sean69]

bump

 

[dr8k3ked]

still trying to figure out what they were trying to invoke.

 

[gonzo8402]

still trying to figure out what they were trying to invoke.

A sense of urgency towards the preservation of the environment, it seems.

 

[kwazdog]

A sense of urgency towards the preservation of the environment, it seems.

Millions of animals die needlessly...

 

[HAR125LEM]

I worked in Ad/Marketing during the 80s.

That is one of the most chilling and disturbing ads I've ever seen.
But at the same time,
I'm pretty enamored with the way it's done.

If that's the effect it was going for,
it certainly achieved its aim.

 

[gonzo8402]

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There was a video ad to go with the print ad

http://adage.com/globalnews/article?article_id=138794

 

[Ron1n_X]

Millions of animals die needlessly...

You got a good point there...

As for the ad, interesting, at the same time, I can see where it can be disturbing.

 

[Heist]

Ummmm, yeah they fucked up with this one.

 

[sean69]

that video was just plain dumb.

WTF was the relevance? They could've communicated that point in so many other creative yet vivid ways.

Gratuitous unnecessary rubbish intended only for shock value.

FAIL.

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[gonzo8402]

that video was just plain dumb.

WTF was the relevance? They could've communicated that point in so many other creative yet vivid ways.

Gratuitous unnecessary rubbish intended only for shock value.

FAIL.

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indeed. also, i think it shows that people don't really care about 9/11 around the world. at least not the way we care about the holocaust, or slavery...