It looks like they were moving...and yeah I know thats how a lot of vets handle them but they were pretty big/heavy to be held by the scruff like that. Maybe im just more sensitive cuz I have a cat.
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Apple Shares Humorous 'Backstage' Video Shown During WWDC Opening
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It looks like they were moving...and yeah I know thats how a lot of vets handle them but they were pretty big/heavy to be held by the scruff like that. Maybe im just more sensitive cuz I have a cat.
The cats were not hurt, or even in distress of any kind, so why shouldn't they be used? To say that it's the same as holding two "struggling babies" by which, I assume, you meant human babies, is a totally meaningless non sequitur. Cats have an evolutionarily acquired response to being held in this way witch includes relaxation, arching their spine, and curling their tails between their hind legs. It is a method often used to keep cats calm while performing necessary procedures.
If you deliberately do something to your dag that you know it hates then yes, I'd say that's mishandling it (with obvious exceptions eg vets).
First you need to have evidence that the cats were miss handled. Was the SPCA on site for the cat scenes.
Totally agree with you there. The opening was terrible. I didn't laugh once, felt the ending was predictable. Just awful. What was Apple thinking?
It's my opinion that the intro comedy video made no sense to me and didn't relate to the actual theme of the WWDC keynote. Did they expect us to believe there would be comedic sketches in the keynote? To me, it's juvenile and has no place. Now, Hader's a great comedian and his work on SNL is well known. To me, it's almost as if Apple was trying too hard or too clever to go with " The Producers " feel to it especially for Apple Music.
I'll bet it was Cook that approved it. What in hell kind of CEO would approve this kind of intro video for this WWDC event?
I get this feeling, again, that their attempt at humor was to 'laugh away' at the hidden problems they're having. It's like a kid who gets into trouble, comes home through the front door, and the parents confront him about what they heard. The kid goes " oh, you see. A funny thing happened.. heh heh...".
So what was the funny thing they were trying to hide? A huge failure of Apple TV negotiations that went down?? What was it?
I'll bet it was Cook that approved it. What in hell kind of CEO would approve this kind of intro video for this WWDC event?
I get this feeling, again, that their attempt at humor was to 'laugh away' at the hidden problems they're having. It's like a kid who gets into trouble, comes home through the front door, and the parents confront him about what they heard. The kid goes " oh, you see. A funny thing happened.. heh heh...".
So what was the funny thing they were trying to hide? A huge failure of Apple TV negotiations that went down?? What was it?
This worked so well in many ways. Show that current Apple execs can take a laugh at themselves and get away with it. Also, there are many things that could have been mentioned but was not making it significant. No mention of Jobs nor Woz. I'm sure Woz would have done a cameo if asked.
No mentioning of the Swift programming language. The screw ups of getting the show going parallels software development to a tee! Lost it with the Tim Cook impersonators. Very nice nods to Monument Valley, Angry Birds and other apps. I swear the man on fire was a triple if not quadruple entendre.
Best WWDC intro video since the "I'm a PC. I'm a Mac." guys opened up WWDC years ago.
It looks like it was done in one of the theaters in downtown LA going under massive gentrification and kicking the ner-do-wells into east LA.
No mentioning of the Swift programming language. The screw ups of getting the show going parallels software development to a tee! Lost it with the Tim Cook impersonators. Very nice nods to Monument Valley, Angry Birds and other apps. I swear the man on fire was a triple if not quadruple entendre.
Best WWDC intro video since the "I'm a PC. I'm a Mac." guys opened up WWDC years ago.
It looks like it was done in one of the theaters in downtown LA going under massive gentrification and kicking the ner-do-wells into east LA.
Exactly. Good jokes. Been in enough productions on set frantically working on a scene. A year later, you read the on-line discussions with deep symbolic analysis and just laugh at it. A lot of stuff on set are done out of mistake or necessity with no forethought.
It was a nice, change of pace comedy intro. It works for me. Scanning the crowd of the keynote last Monday, about 80% loved it and the rest were either questioning it or few total sociopaths where right out annoyed.
Whenever I have a team around me, I crack a few jokes to sort out who I want to work with and who reacts to the mirth, tragedy and achievement. The "smartest guy" that get their jollies of the failures of others, I often reassign out of the group quick.
Um, no. First off, the watch sold out in the first hour. Second, it's a new product that's been on the market for just six weeks and it's about to be for sale in stores for the first time next week. I rather think stats weren't given not only for reasons of this not being the time and place for such, but also because all the stats on the watch aren't in.
But let me ask you, exactly where did you get your stats on the watch's sales? And what counts for "terribly?" As compared to what?
Where are you getting your stats from? How do you know the Apple Watch did terribly?
Bit patronising there buddy; the man didn't say anything to suggest he was unchilled to me.
Sorry to go slightly off topic (and a bit serious), but you don't actually think gentrification means getting rid of near-do-wells do you? Wasn't sure if that was serious or tongue in cheek.
Don't know if this was mentioned already, but wasn't PC guy from the old Mac commercials in the lift with all the Tim Cooks?
2003 MTV Movie awards had one of the best intros I've seen ( that's if you like the Matrix movie)
Really ? Best, most enjoyable film I've seen in years. I will say it was draining however - because of the 'nocut' effect you can't take your eyes of the screen for a second. It would not be a good film to watch if you were tired in the first place