Comments on: Daisy and the Bear http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/07/daisy_and_the_b.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:44:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeffrey http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/07/daisy_and_the_b.html/comment-page-1#comment-48114 Jeffrey Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:09:35 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/07/daisy-and-the-bear.html#comment-48114 Gerhard Shroder of Germany once had an ad about his rather rotund opponent, Helmut Kohl: A commercial playing in movie theaters shows four astronauts in a Star Trek setting about to be ''beamed'' to another planet. When the beaming is over, one astronaut is left behind and he turns out to be a corpulent and befuddled Mr. Kohl. The message: the 68-year-old chancellor is ''not ready for the future.'' http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01EFDF1131F935A2575AC0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all Gerhard Shroder of Germany once had an ad about his rather rotund opponent, Helmut Kohl:

A commercial playing in movie theaters shows four astronauts in a Star Trek setting about to be ”beamed” to another planet. When the beaming is over, one astronaut is left behind and he turns out to be a corpulent and befuddled Mr. Kohl. The message: the 68-year-old chancellor is ”not ready for the future.”

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]]> By: Matt http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/07/daisy_and_the_b.html/comment-page-1#comment-48113 Matt Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:32:08 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/07/daisy-and-the-bear.html#comment-48113 It's not just the length of adds that's changed, it's the pace and the amount of "movement" in them. The "bear" add feels so slow and meandering compared to an add today- hardly any "cuts" in it or graphics or anything. You can really notice this sort of change if you watch old movie previews from the late 70's or very early 80's (pre MTV, maybe?) It's very odd, with a slow, plodding pace to them. It’s not just the length of adds that’s changed, it’s the pace and the amount of “movement” in them. The “bear” add feels so slow and meandering compared to an add today- hardly any “cuts” in it or graphics or anything. You can really notice this sort of change if you watch old movie previews from the late 70’s or very early 80’s (pre MTV, maybe?) It’s very odd, with a slow, plodding pace to them.

]]> By: Howard Wasserman http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/07/daisy_and_the_b.html/comment-page-1#comment-48112 Howard Wasserman Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:56:09 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/07/daisy-and-the-bear.html#comment-48112 The two you select illustrate one effect of television--the length of the ads was halved from 1964 until 1984 and, at 1:00, Daisy now feels really long. The two you select illustrate one effect of television–the length of the ads was halved from 1964 until 1984 and, at 1:00, Daisy now feels really long.

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