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Final 'Get a Mac' Spot to Kick Off WWDC?
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marksman
macrumors 603
Interesting. So what does this mean? I'm gonna put on my conspiracy theorist hat for a moment...
Apple did the diner commercial with the plot being currently reported by 9to5. Apple then had Gray leave the phone on purpose (to tie in with the spot). Here's where Apple's control ended: When the phone was picked up, it was illegally sold to Gizmodo, who, outside the law, has had all this stuff happen for not returning it posthaste. Basically Apple planned the commercial as-is and the "loss", but went ahead with the laws for theft of intellectual property when Gizmodo, well, broke them.
*hat off*
Yeah, that's weird. Sad that real people think like that. 😱
appleguy123
macrumors 604
Apple couldn't guarantee that the phone would be found by someone who cared. Someone could have just gave it to the police station.
Joe23
macrumors 6502
None of the WWDC spots have ever gone on to national broadcast, you are correct. There's no concern about content, therefore.
So is it for sure that Gizmodo wasn't invited? I hope that's the case, but I hadn't heard.
Please. Apple could give away 100% effective cancer treatments and people would complain with lame points like:
Why didn't they come out with it sooner?
This one is clearly featureless, see it only cures kidney, pancreatic and thyroid cancer. They could cure additional ones like breast and lung cancer but they are waiting for the next version to do so. TYPICAL APPLE!!11!
Apple is being anti-competitive towards biotechs by giving it away for free. Lawsuit!
Yay! A reenactment!
Maybe it will start with a disclaimer "You are about to witness a reenactment of actual events. Remember that all suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law." then end with the COPS music.
Wonder if the Apple engineer will be in the video?
Maybe it will start with a disclaimer "You are about to witness a reenactment of actual events. Remember that all suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law." then end with the COPS music.
Wonder if the Apple engineer will be in the video?
ThomasJL
macrumors 68020
It's a good thing for Justin Long not to be in it. I have nothing against him, and I wish him a successful and lucrative future acting career. However, his "Mac" character in those commercials was smug. It actually made me a little ashamed to be seen in public with my Mac. The "PC" character was much more likable, even though the product he represents (i.e. computers running Vista) is inferior to what the "Mac" character represents (i.e. computers running OS X).
It's bad enough that fanboys are so smug, but there's no reason for a commercial to be that way.
It's bad enough that fanboys are so smug, but there's no reason for a commercial to be that way.
NT1440
macrumors P6
SteveLV702
macrumors 6502
NO NO can't get rid of the "Get a Mac" commercials they are like the only ones on tv now and days that actually make any sense...
Does everyone realize that Steve Jobs foreshadowed this at D8. He said that someone should make a movie about the stolen iPhone.
http://d8.allthingsd.com/20100607/steve-jobs-at-d8-the-full-uncut-interview/
(00:18:40)
http://d8.allthingsd.com/20100607/steve-jobs-at-d8-the-full-uncut-interview/
(00:18:40)
charlituna
macrumors G3
The guys at Gizmodo are saying the same thing.
Actually they would probably settle for being in the corner with Baby, but alas, they weren't sent tickets. hmmm, wonder why
Best commercials ever, they're funny because they're true. I'm going to miss them, but knowing Apple they probably have something better up their sleeves.
charlituna
macrumors G3
Historically Apple has not allowed others to tape the keynotes. they will post it later today or tomorrow themselves. in the meantime, engadget and a couple of others will live blog
That area is reserved for the Press, but if you are lucky they fill in the extra seats with people at the front of the line. I've been front/center in a past year. It isn't really that hard if you naturally wake up at 5 am pacific time and can walk across the street to the conference center. The people at the front of the line are generally from the east coast.
It has been going for a long time. Being replaced with a new ad campaign that will hopefully be good too. 🙂
24 style reenactment!
well if it was a reenactment i would much rather prefer "The following takes place between 11:00pm and 12:00 am, events occur in real time" followed by jack bauer being called in to investigate and recover the lost iPhone. And ending with jack sucessfully recovering the iPhone after torturing everyone from the person who stole it to the person who bought it and anyone in between.
well if it was a reenactment i would much rather prefer "The following takes place between 11:00pm and 12:00 am, events occur in real time" followed by jack bauer being called in to investigate and recover the lost iPhone. And ending with jack sucessfully recovering the iPhone after torturing everyone from the person who stole it to the person who bought it and anyone in between.
I didn't either, but it's our fault for reading a rumors site. Can't have it both ways.