iMac

Pros: none
Cons: offensive, not helpful, stupid

I can't tell you how relieved I am that the iMac ad has been pulled "at this time." I hope they destroy it and not threaten to use it because a clear majority of epinioners ballyhooed it and I sincerely doubt they will change their minds. Too...

Pros: Funny, thought provoking, attention grabbing
Cons: Couldn't they have destroyed it another way?

The goal of any good advertising campaign is to get people excited and talking. This ad does just that. All anyone has to do is look at the number of postings either positive or negative regarding this commercial to see this occurring.

I can...

Pros: Funny
Cons: None

This guy is giving his opinion on the iMac, right? He gives valid reasons for his opinion, he has the credentials to have an educated opinion, and he presents his opinion in a creative way. If anyone thinks that this commercial is distasteful, then...

Pros: Shot the iMac.
Cons: It should have been me up there, and a bigger caliber gun.

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Man, I'd shoot an iMac, too. Those things are horrid. Read my review to find out why. But since I'm supposed to focus on the commercial, I guess I'll do that.

What struck me as odd as I was reading through the epinions of...

Pros: None (as is)
Cons: Offensive (as is)

I believe in the freedom of having an opinion--its the core philosophy of this website--but in the highly emotional computer platform wars, I think its unfair to only air an anti-Mac ad. I say, "Give me 30 seconds anti-Mac, and I'll give you 30...

Pros: None
Cons: Can't hear the guy, wrong statements, kind of offensive to Imac users.

I really don't like this TV Ad. For one, it shows nothing about the website Epinions and gives it a bad name by using this opinion to sponsor it. Another thing is you can't even hear the guy talk about the Imac and how he feels about it. All it is is gun...

Pros: well, it's certainly attention-getting
Cons: sends a bad message.

With all due respect for the OPINION expressed in this commercial (most of which I happen to agree with), the WAY it is being put across really turns me off.

We live in a society where there is no requirement that a gun owner be trained in...

Pros: entertaining.. but pointless
Cons: copycat, strange, will scare people from epinions

Wow.. ok he shot up the little cute computer.. That really doesn't make me want to visit the site. This commercial follows the standard funny=money guideline which seems to have panned out for all the other deeply indebted companies (which might I add...

Pros: Maybe not many people will see it
Cons: Adolescent, trivial

If you want to position epinions as adolescent and superficial, this ad ought to work. This makes the site look like some kind of junior high chat room. By going for the cheapest kind of shock value (LOOK AT ME BREAK A COMPUTER!!!), the ad sends a signal...

Pros: memorable, guy makes sense when talking between shots
Cons: morons presume that anything with guns encourages violence.

Remember the outpost.com commercial where they had a cannon that tried to fire (fake) hamsters through a hole in a brick wall? I will never forget that commercial. But that commercial does not encourage cruelty towards small animals. Those things were...

Pros: funny, attention getting
Cons: distracts from the message

This commercial prompts several questions. 1) Is it any good 2) Is it effective 3) Should epinions be doing it. I'll take them in order.

1. It's good. Very good. Who hasn't wanted to shoot their computer? I know I have, both my Mac and my PC....

Pros: I feel your pain
Cons: None

Jay, I feel your pain.

When I recently viewed your video epinion on the iMac and I will say that I completely feel your pain. I am a film critic on the site, and you did to the iMac what I have wanted to do to just about every movie on my...

Pros: I understood the point and the intended humor.
Cons: falls just short of being funny

The proliferation of "dot com" ads has raised the bar for ads for similar products. Anyone who watched the superbowl will agree. I think this ad and the entire campaign sneaks just under that bar. Whereas the prospect of a man shooting...

Pros: non
Cons: non

Cool idea, but what's your point. Ripping it off your desk, carring it to your drive way and backing over it repeatedly with your car would have shown your frustrations alot more. Besides, do we want our children percieving that if we don't like...

Pros: Anti PC
Cons: Non

Air this spot. Every truly freedom loving person in this country will applaud your courage for not bowing down to the PC MINORITY. Why do people in this country see only the symptoms and not the true sickness? Maybe if people made their children more...