Dead Steve Jobs Selling New Android Tablet in Taiwan

[Carlanga]

"A fake Steve Jobs is promoting an Android powered tablet called the "Action Pad" in a Taiwanese commercial. In it, Taiwanese actor Ah Ken, who has previously imitated the former Apple exec, plays Jobs." Kotaku

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[porcupine8]

Classy.

 

[alex2792]

Might be in bad taste,but hilarious nonetheless.

 

[motoleo]

Cute! But did we really need to know about this?

 

[MykullMyerz]

Cute! But did we really need to know about this?

Yes!

 

[nStyle]

Such bad taste and un-originality its pathetic.

 

[motoleo]

It is in poor taste, actually- very poor taste.

I wouldn't have payed them any attention though.

 

[Shambles]

Best 24 seconds ever. lol

 

[*LTD*]

Tasteless trash. A lot like the product it's advertising.

 

[malman89]

Might be in bad taste,but hilarious nonetheless.

Yep. Hilariously bad, but still hilarious.

Anything can be joked about if you give it enough time. Steve's been dead long enough to start making fun of him. He's not a god or an idol, he was just a man.

 

[Arnezie]

Ok if he was alive and good then it would be funny but since he is not I find it tasteless and disrespectful. Just my opinion but you don't disrespect the dead

 

[Sedulous]

Seems pretty bad to me.

 

[Apple OC]

a Taiwanese Steve? ... mega fail

 

[yuenadan]

I saw this ad when I went to a 3C shop on Nanjing E. Road. They had it looped on a big LED TV. I was appalled, glad to see I wasn't the only one.

I love living in Taiwan, and the people here are very good on the whole, but these guys are just turds...

 

[motoleo]

It's just because the commercial is so poor- I didnt think it needed any attention. No one takes this seriously.

 

[MacScott]

I think it is pretty stupid and also very insensitive. But haters gotta hate.

 

[saberahul]

I think this sort of imitation is a disgrace to Steve and his family.

 

[ReallyBigFeet]

I think this sort of imitation is a disgrace to Steve and his family.

The Lincoln family says the same thing everytime the 3rd grade class at Elm Street Elementary dons their fake beards and top hats made out of construction paper to quote the Gettysburg Address.

You know, life was a lot simpler when a parody didn't involve possibly infringing on the "Copyrighted look and image" of a person. THAT is the tragedy to me.

Once you are dead, not like you care.

 

[motoleo]

It's not like they were portraying "Steve Jobs" in a bad light. It's almost like they're looking up to him.

I do think it was a bizarre idea, but it shouldn't be taken seriously.

These types of things come back to haunt them.