Apple's 1984 Internal Inspirational Video with Steve Jobs as Franklin Roosevelt

[swingerofbirch]

I watched the whole video and it's hard not to believe the comparison is between IBM users and concentration camp victims as someone else previously pointed out (and was down voted for saying so). The people they give the Macs to have sunken faces with makeup to make them look sick, and they are wearing chains in a prison like environment. The fighting scenes seem to involve the Mac people getting to these other people. The analogy seems pretty clear.

 

[WestonHarvey1]

"We don't talk about ///"

lol

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I watched the whole video and it's hard not to believe the comparison is between IBM users and concentration camp victims as someone else previously pointed out (and was down voted for saying so). The people they give the Macs to have sunken faces with makeup to make them look sick, and they are wearing chains in a prison like environment. The fighting scenes seem to involve the Mac people getting to these other people. The analogy seems pretty clear.

It was the 80s. People still had a sense of humor.

 

[50548]

Utterly tasteless at 1:45... comparing IBM users to concentration camp victims.

I love it when over-sensitive people utter something that makes no sense at all. There are absolutely NO references to concentration camp victims, just zombified office workers depicted as POWs.

So please stop this politically-correct whining - besides, it was just an internal corporate movie.

Best part: when they mention their past victories in WWI and WWII; when one of the soldiers asks about WWIII (Apple III), the girl soldier answers: "we don't talk about III."

 

[DisMyMac]

That was great and shows that Steve had a great sense of humor and creativity.

Umm yeah...

 

[aforty]

This video is great. Insanely great!

 

[iDemiurge]

Utterly tasteless at 1:45... comparing IBM users to concentration camp victims.

Well, apparently IBM sold (directly or through proxies) equipment that the nazis made use of. Didn't a guy write a book about this?

 

[kejur]

The Adobe Press

Funny how at 8:40 in the full video you see a newspaper with the words "Flash News" printed on the top left. Hmmmm.

 

[DisMyMac]

Well, apparently IBM sold (directly or through proxies) equipment that the nazis made use of. Didn't a guy write a book about this?

Good point, I guess. I'll relax a bit.

 

[Shrink]

I'm glad I grew up in the 90's, the 80's sound weird

To me, the 80's were yesterday.

Got news for you, children, it just gets weirder as you go along!!

 

[ericrwalker]

I'm glad I grew up in the 90's, the 80's sound weird

They were, but at least nobody was "Sagging" back then.

 

[50548]

Umm yeah...

Exactly. One picture doesn't look even remotely as the other, no matter how much you try to spin it.

 

[al256]

I now know what to go as for my Halloween costume this year...

 

[WestonHarvey1]

Umm yeah...

You might as well say that joking about war at all is never funny or acceptable. Lots of people died in the war in all sorts of ways, not just in concentration camps.

 

[Drunken Master]

Insanely bizarre, but pretty funny.

 

[kirky29]

Be nice if "Network World" actually posted videos that would play back on a networked device like my iPhone.

It played on my iPad? I airplayed it over to my Apple TV - so it should work on the iPhone?

-- funny video though!

 

[Rocketman]

"The fight will be long and hard" indeed. 1984 - 2012 and counting to make a notable dent in unit shipments as compared to PC. But if you limit your concern to "IBM" proper, one could say Apple won that fight the day they sold the unit to Lenovo.

Rocketman

 

[Jason S.]

You must mean like he would never do a spoof on "the dating game" and make the winner Bill Gates.

I was actually mocking the people who always post what Steve would or would not do. Clearly, judging by the down votes on my post, my sarcasm was lost.

 

[Boisv]

Fake. Steve would never do this.

Perhaps you weren't paying attention last week.

 

[Shrink]

Fake. Steve would never do this.

You're right...it's actually Albert Brooks.

And the accent is not even close. In fact, the only thing reminiscent of FDR is the cigarette holder.

 

[Boisv]

Umm yeah...

Regarding the people who died in Nazi concentration camps...

I really don't think they're all up in Heaven right now worrying about an Apple ad from over 25 years ago.

 

[Taz Mangus]

"Woz" reference at 2:44, "Mouse" reference at 3:17 and "One more thing" reference at about 3:22.

 

[50548]

Regarding the people who died in Nazi concentration camps...

I really don't think they're all up in Heaven right now worrying about an Apple ad from over 25 years ago.

Again, there was absolutely NOTHING in that internal movie that resembles anything like concentration camps...just stop it, please.

 

[swingerofbirch]

"We don't talk about ///"

lol

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It was the 80s. People still had a sense of humor.

I didn't say it was or wasn't funny. I was explaining the analogy. Is everyone who was down voting me down voting their own projection onto what I said?

By the way, I love inappropriate humor, all sorts, Sarah Silverman, anything with a Sedaris in it, Louis CK. This wasn't funny (I am now saying it wasn't funny), though, and not because it was inappropriate. But for a workplace, it was pretty inappropriate. Dark and unfunny, a bad workplace combo.

 

[BornAgainMac]

The 80's must have been the last time he used drugs.

 

[ILikeTurtles]

The 80's must have been the last time he used drugs.

Doubtful