Patrick Stewart played Picard for how many years? Chalamet played in 1 Dune movie. No, it would not be like that…
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Timothée Chalamet Praises Apple's Taste in Ongoing TV+ Ad Campaign
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Millionaire does self-deprecating humour. Why is this not funny?
Seeing the reaction of other people I‘m certainly not the only one, but to each their own
I have no idea why people are pretending they don't know who Chalamet is, but that aside, this advert is kind of cringe. I don't really get it. Why are they portraying him in a mansion with a chef, etc? Like, what am I supposed to take from this as a viewer? Don't really think the concept works, but that's not Chalamet's fault. Assumedly he's required to do these ads as a precursor to his new Apple show.
Never watched it. Waiting for part 2 so I can watch the full movie in one go. (obviously that'll be 4+ hours but still...)
The real question is, what does the 1984 film Dune have to do with the Frank Herbert book Dune?
Another great-looking, well made & entertaining ad for a high-quality entertainment service.
Ads are supposed to sell an optimistic vision – I've never considered them to be something that should depict a lowest common denominator reality at the expense of something a bit better than the norm.
Really like how Apple and their advertising partners frequently come up with ideas – such as The Underdogs / WFH series – that have room for more than one ad in a campaign without the subsequent ads feeling shoehorned.
This new campaign is a funny scenario, playfully portraying the actor as a cosseted star pining after Apple.
As well as giving me further encouragement to check out even more TV+ shows, it's helped solidify for me that iPad (Pro) + Magic Keyboard really is the modern iteration of the “The computer for the rest of us.” Seeing Hollywood ⭐️s using Apple technology brings to mind Andy Warhol's comments (on the basis that iPad essentially offers the same experience no matter the variant):
“What’s great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest,” Warhol wrote. “You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you know the president drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke, and no amount of money can get you a better Coke.”
Ads are supposed to sell an optimistic vision – I've never considered them to be something that should depict a lowest common denominator reality at the expense of something a bit better than the norm.
Really like how Apple and their advertising partners frequently come up with ideas – such as The Underdogs / WFH series – that have room for more than one ad in a campaign without the subsequent ads feeling shoehorned.
This new campaign is a funny scenario, playfully portraying the actor as a cosseted star pining after Apple.
As well as giving me further encouragement to check out even more TV+ shows, it's helped solidify for me that iPad (Pro) + Magic Keyboard really is the modern iteration of the “The computer for the rest of us.” Seeing Hollywood ⭐️s using Apple technology brings to mind Andy Warhol's comments (on the basis that iPad essentially offers the same experience no matter the variant):
“What’s great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest,” Warhol wrote. “You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you know the president drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke, and no amount of money can get you a better Coke.”
It’s not just one movie, it’s a series. The second one is currently in production and a third is planned.
Besides that, Dune and Foundation are just way too similar to go sharing actors. Herbert cribbed a lot of his ideas straight out of Foundation, as did Star Wars.
Craig coming off as pretentious is as much a given as new iPhones being released every Fall.
In the past I always thought Apple had fantastic ads. The old iPod ads made me want to go buy one. iPhone ads were just well done both in terms of music and message.
These new ads fall flat in every way. Whatever new show this actor is in, count me out.
I’ll me watching Picard Season 3 on Paramount+. 🖖🤓
These new ads fall flat in every way. Whatever new show this actor is in, count me out.
I’ll me watching Picard Season 3 on Paramount+. 🖖🤓
I had no idea who he was until a thread popped up on MR when the original ad was released. Why would anyone be pretending?
Making it sound like shooting a commercial for the right brand is now a form of spiritual orgasm - regardless that I love my Apple products and find nothing wrong with Chalamet as an actor, I wonder who has lost sight that pushing too hard just doesn't work.
So this campaign is obviously building up to a Super Bowl ad spot where he gets the call, right…
I wish Timothée Apple would focus on getting that new Mac Pro out of the gate
I think it's more an appeal to Chalamet's fans...It's just a teaser to build interest and buzz for an eventual announcement of his AppleTV project(s). I don't think the talent decision process is supposed to cross your mind.
I know it’s scripted, but I just kind of see these ads as rich actor wants to become even more rich and it sort of rubs me the wrong way.
This guy knows how advertising works. lol.
I don't work for the folks that made this ad, but I do work in advertising, and it's a little jarring how few are getting the joke here. And I don't think it's because it's buried. Like him or not, Timothée Chalamet is one of the hottest actors right now. And again, like him or not, he IS talented. So, to see Apple working with such a wide range of reputable actors — but not him — is the joke for this and the previous "Call Me" companion ad.
Honestly, the amount of scorn I often see here for anything that isn't a product-heavy ad kind of surprises me. I rather like that they're willing to try new things out. Creativity necessitates experimentation. Otherwise, it's not creative.
I think it just shows how out of touch forum members are rather than apple...
Probably because there's an overlap with those that fell asleep reading the Lord of the Rings.
It's you. These are funny to some of us. 😆 It's all very tongue-in-cheek and mockumentary-style. I enjoy them!