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Apple Shares Humorous 'Backstage' Video Shown During WWDC Opening
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I think alot of people are missing the point, i thought the video was great and funny mostly, it was some slapstick fun indirectly poking fun at competitors that apple dont need bells and whistles when it comes to launching new products or for feature keynote/presenations. On the whole i thought apple did a really good job of putting the message across in places that they can be a company that doesnt take themselves too seriously.
Using comments like 'isnt that innovative' and ' this really is ground breaking', they were almost always followed by a sarcastic laugh from whoever was on stage. Apple are not the richest company in the world through being stupid, they know exactly where their competitors are at and what they release with their products, its obvious apple are company that, when they do things its got to be done perfectly! (eg fingerprint authentication)
For me, the wwdc wasnt groundbreaking or the best they have done, but maybe we all have said this because there was no new products this time round. What it did do though is show that apple are aware of the direction of the products they have, and are aware of whats around them.
Using comments like 'isnt that innovative' and ' this really is ground breaking', they were almost always followed by a sarcastic laugh from whoever was on stage. Apple are not the richest company in the world through being stupid, they know exactly where their competitors are at and what they release with their products, its obvious apple are company that, when they do things its got to be done perfectly! (eg fingerprint authentication)
For me, the wwdc wasnt groundbreaking or the best they have done, but maybe we all have said this because there was no new products this time round. What it did do though is show that apple are aware of the direction of the products they have, and are aware of whats around them.
Having read al the post, i find it weird that none mention the semi rap song thats being played on stage. I would love to know if that is a already existing song and if so what is its name? I want it on my iPhone!!!
I find this guy almost as irritating as the plank that plays the pretend autistic fella in Big Bang Theory (which in itself is about as funny as pushing needles through your eyelids)
Craig was a little awkward the last few times he was on stage in past years (great keynotes all the same). This year was so much better. I think he's getting more confident on stage.
Agreed. That's what I felt they were doing at first with the fluid camera motion.
"Birdman" is awesome, but not for all tastes I have to say. I dragged a couple of friends to the movies to watch it and they were about to cut my throat when the credits rolled.
I'm with you, though. If the rumours about Apple trying to kill freemium in music streaming, they (Apple) have, definitely, turned into the old Microsoft - too large to not be evil.
The homage to Birdman was clever, but they shouldn't have copied the dreadful sound mixing of that movie.
It was impossible to hear some of the one-line throwaways. (Well, I presume they were throwaways. Couldn't really tell.)
It was impossible to hear some of the one-line throwaways. (Well, I presume they were throwaways. Couldn't really tell.)
I think anthropologists should study this thread to see the different ways that viewers from the US and the UK react to the video. US viewers tend to find the video funny, while UK viewers seem universally to have the opposite reaction. Being from the US, I loved it.
Was pretty light on the humor if you ask me. The real funny part was when Cook bragged about giving a bunch of millionaire baseball players free macbooks and iphones.
Does anyone else feel that Apple is becoming a Spinal Tap-esque parody of itself? It really does believe its own hype these days (cue the laughter at Jimmy Iovine's "revolutionary" speech)...
Yes, that was weird indeed. Very, very weird.
I didn't like it at all either. In fact I found the whole presentation boring as *ell and it just seemed to drag on forever. The only thing I like was the split screen part for the iPad and a few others. The Music presentation went on WAY too L O N G !
Yep. In all fairness, the "One More thing" was probably meant to be the new Apple TV/Home Hub/Automation thing. But since that got pulled from the running-order at the last minute, the other presenters were probably told to expand their material and fill in the empty time slot.
So they probably just added back slides they'd previously edited out. It worked for some, but I guess the Music crew didn't have much on hand?
To this day, I had no idea that Wayne's World was based on something else - some kind of sitcom I presume? I just thought it was all made up for a movie. I walked out of the first one half-way through. So so bad and didn't find it funny at all - just very irritating.
Same with this opener - no laughs from me (a Brit). Although, I could appreciate it was well made and very creatively put together. It's possibly a case of lost in translation - even though the language is the same, the cultural reeferences and humour is perhaps not.