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Quicktime of Pepsi-iTunes Superbowl Ad

i got it after clicking it over and over. i see it as just another commercial. nothing special about it, though i think it was overhyped.

oh, and don't make fun of the girl's speaking, not that polite.
 
Errrrr.....

I think the Apple intro video their ran at the Music Events keynote in October feature Dawn Hudson was better than that. Oh well.
 
I can't find the song on ITMS and I can't find it on poisoned either (not that I would download it if I did...). Does it exist?
 
Re: Superbowl newbie

Originally posted by gekko513
So when is this superbowl anyway?

Clearly, Apple is waiting for this event before they release any new products. Probably they want to get a good spin on the interest for Apple and then just blow everyone away with some stunning new iMacs or something. 😀
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This Sun.


I think it's odd to see this add before the actual SB...maybe they don't think it's important.

Oh I do have Real Player but QT did open for the video..but it didn't play...because of a bandwidth issue.
 
That is the WORST add for ANYTHING that I have EVER SEEN. That was completely pointless. That was a complete waste of money, and I would much rather see an apple-only add, or no add at all. That is a complete piece of $h1T.
 
Weird...I finally got it..but all I can see is the AI logo..but rest screen remains black for rest of the 47 secs.
 
Clearly, this add will not make advertising history, except possibly in a bad way, but it kindda think it gets the point accross.

But I agree with those who have said: CHEESY
 
Was Apple even in the ad??
It's barely mentioned..

"I saw the Ad and the Ad sucked, I saw the Ad and the...AD SUCKED!"
 
Originally posted by ITR 81
Was Apple even in the ad??
It's barely mentioned..

"I saw the Ad and the Ad sucked, I saw the Ad and the...AD SUCKED!"
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Eh ehm, thanks for quoting me, haha! My spoof is so ridiculous...not as ridiculously bad as the Pepsi cross promo though.
 
I'm Confused...

I was confused by the hype leading up to this ad and now I'm even more confused with the disappoinment some posters are expressing.

It a *Pepsi* ad announcing a *Pepsi* contest. Pepsi designed the ad, paid for the free songs, and paid for the superbowl ad time. Apple is involved in one way...providing the songs and the online distribution system.

Its a huge boost for Apple to have "iTunes" plastered on every Pepsi bottle for two months no matter how you look at it, but at no point did Steve Jobs or anyone else ever bill this as some major Apple hardware/product intro.

Its a soda ad, folks. Designed to sell lots of Pepsi. Its not an Apple ad designed to sell lots of Macs. Nor was it ever presented as such. Its just big, dumb mainstream advertising. If you want Apple to enter a broader market with iTunes/iPod then you'd better get used to it.

Just out of curiosity...what in the world were some of you expecting? From the time it was announced that Pepsi was involved you should have known it was no groundbreaking event...I'd love to read some posts about what kind of revolutionary ad for bottled pop you were thinking of...
 
I don't think a blue "Q" with a clock hand and a blue wavy thingy under it is going to sell any Pepsi or iTunes songs.

Grant me some bandwidth, will ya *sigh*
 
IIRC, Green Day covered "I Fought the Law" just for this commercial. It's not on the iTMS or any album, because they've never "released" it.
 
You're right....

after my simple question, I went back to the ad and watched it a couple more times. mHouse, you're right. It IS a soda add. What better way to get people who aren't using iTunes to use it. If they were tech savvy, kept up on internet news, then they'd already have checked it out. This is smart. I've changed my skepticism. The ad makes sense.
 
I think that the ad could of been better if that chick didn't start talking in the middle of it. Kinda like the Runaway Train video from the early to mid 90's. Just showing the kids and then have screens of text like the iPod commercials.
 
Originally posted by gekko513
I don't think a blue "Q" with a clock hand and a blue wavy thingy under it is going to sell any Pepsi or iTunes songs.

Grant me some bandwidth, will ya *sigh*
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I've watched the add 3 or 4 times... It just takes a few tries before you can sneak into the que. Keep clicking!
 
When you install RealOne, it takes over playing of real time streams (sweet). As somebody else mentioned, you have to open RealOne, open the Preferences under the RealOne Player menu. Select the 'Media Types' section, and uncheck the box for Real-Time Streaming Protocol that says "Always play with RealOne Player." Then QuickTime player should play the streams when you click on the links.

Originally posted by McToast

Edit: actually, how come when I click on the link my mac opens up RealPlayer instead of QuickTime like it should???😕 😕 😕
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Wow, that as was incredibly retarded! Jeez what a waste of money, they could have made something much cooler. What a lame ad.
 
Whenever I try to play it QT either gives me a "Not enough bandwidth" message or it connects, than says "Waiting for media" and than it disconnects. Is anyone else having this problem?
 
NOTE TO EVERYBODY WHO'S HAVING TROUBLE WATCHING THE AD:

1. Go to AppleInsider article.
2. Right-click or control-click the link to the ad, and copy the link to your clipboard.
3. Change the 2 to a 1.
4. Enjoy!

This worked for me. It's the lower quality video, but I tried for an hour to watch the high quality version and couldn't.
 
Selling pepsi

Its and AD to sell Pepsi, not iTunes. So to us, it really does suck. I hope they got something better than that up their sleeves for the Super Bowl.

On another note: Song sounds really good.
 
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