Maybe it’s because I hate ads in general, but I don’t see what makes this one different than the other vapid ads forced on me. Seems no worse than them, so I don’t understand the uproar. Ads are frequently stupid and follow popular trends; big deal. You could have Scorsese direct a commercial and I’d still think it’s stupid.
this post was submitted on 09 May 2024
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Some of us don't like watching beloved musical instruments destroyed. We also don't like how so many people think watching TikTok on an iPad is "music".
When my father died, my sister didn't give a shit about the house. She just wanted the guitar - which our father (a drummer) inherited when the lead guitarist in his band died. The guitarist had two dozen guitars but was his favourite.
It's close to a century old, nobody knows what trade secrets the luthier who created it used to get that sound, and no other instrument sounds the same. It's been used on stage in countless live performances on every continent in the world and has been used to record over a hundred songs in professional recording studios. It was used to play music at the funeral of both the previous owners and it's literally impossible to replace.
I get it, not every instrument is that special... but this instrument wasn't that special either when the first guitarist ever picked it up. Nearly all instruments have the potential to become that special... and Apple created a video dedicated to destroying a bunch of them while also implying that listening to an MP3 is as good as an actual instrument. No way.
They didn’t actually destroy them… it’s all CGI. And people are free to enjoy music how they feel. I’d rather listen to a streamed song from my phone while sitting on the train than sitting there playing my guitar… imagine 50 people in a train carriage all trying to play their own music.
Imagine missing the point as much as Apple did.
Why do you say it's CGI?
Because the way things crushed was a bit strange. No way the metal paint cans crushed before the wooden piano top. The bouncing emoji is also nothing that can be planned that perfectly.
I'm sure they had cuts, multiple takes, and staged things to get it to work. Maybe added in a bit of CGI. This just seems like one of those things though where CGI isn't worth the cost when you can just film it. Also, they apologized. Why would they do that if it's all CGI?
This would be impossible to do in camera and would look horrid even if it weren't. That's why they'd do it in CGI.
Because I watched it and it’s very clearly CGI. Paint cans are an order of magnitude stronger than a wooden piano top, not to mention they wouldn’t all explode at the same time. The emoji ball didn’t just land at the edge. No one has a 10mx5m hydraulic press.
How do you get through life being so sensitive?
Or AAC/ALAC, in Apple’s case.
Yeah television sure can be traumatic, can’t it?
There is a difference when you show things getting crushed „for science“ and showing basically a whole room of tools for creativity being crushed to replace it with a cold, flat digital device. Especially now that AI is threatening to replace many creative jobs, this is just bad timing. Ads are also statements.
I hope it was all CGI because my first thought was, what a waste of beautiful, fully intact things. I personally don’t like seeing those videos on Youtube either.
You hate ads but the article got you to watch this one. 4D chess!
How about Ridley Scott? :)
Originally I watched the ad and couldn't see what was wrong with it (from the perspective of a relatively isolated software developer).
However the top comment on the Verge summed it up in a way I understood, making comparisons to the crushing of various creative devices in the ad (instruments, cameras, paints etc) and the current creative landscape in reality (game studios, music production etc).
With that in mind, the timing is pretty poor IMO and feels quite insensitive to creative individuals
It boils down to this: the ad was a visually detailed and drawn out destruction of things some people like and are not easily replaced. These are physical objects that people genuinely have emotional attachments to. So it's musicians and photographers who probably had the strongest visceral response: the type of people who kept obsolete devices past their obsolescence because that was the physical artifact of the thing they learned their craft on.
I know software developers who would've had the same visceral reaction to a Commodore 64 or Apple II or NES being slowly destroyed. Or even other gadgets that people loved, from a Walkman to an iPod to a Tamagotchi to original iPhone.
It's not like the scene from Office Space where there's visceral disgust for the thing being destroyed, but precisely the opposite emotions involved.
What’s a word for something beyond soft?
Charmin, like the paper you use to wipe shit off your asshole
Think of something beyond smooth - like your brain.
It was so so long and drawn out. All that you said and the length of it was painful.
Honestly I don't get why they apologized at all. This was a lame story yesterday. The apology stretches the story an extra day. Say nothing and nobody remembers the pearl-clutching next week.
I didn't even know about it until this article lmfao it seems like it was yet another case of Twitter Pearl Clutchers = "National Outrage" lol
I wasn’t upset with this Apple commercial. But I am definitely upset with this LG commercial.
Wow that is basically the same thing. Crazy
LG is not as polarizing as Apple.
It's also 15 years old and no one gave a shit about anything back then.
Yep. So weird to not see the outrage then.
The adults of 15 years ago were different than the adults now.
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I thought it was kinda cool.
It was cool. There’s a reason the hydraulic process Chanel was wildly possible, it’s just cool to watch. And this ad idea was perfect for getting across the point that the new iPad is thinner, so it seems well thought out.
What are these people even complaining about anyway, CGI instruments getting crushed? wtf? I imagine that’s even part of the the ad: look at the CGI we can create, all in a much thinner package
It was a cool visual but I have to admit it felt wrong destroying all of the stuff for a cool visual. The iPad will never replace real world experiences. It can help produce art and music but real world objects can never be replaced by digital replicated ones. Using real paint, playing a real instrument, or playing an original arcade game is just not the same on an iPad. I love technology but certain thing can just not be replicated.
An overblown issue, but this reversal of the video is a way better advert IMO https://x.com/rezawrecktion/status/1788211832936861950
What was there to apologize for? I guess good on them for responding in a respectful manner to all different viewpoints but it’s just an ad, not a political statement
What's hilarious is that apologizing for it feels even more strange. Luke, I also thought the ad was a little tone deaf but it's not the sort of thing that requires an apology.
I hate the phrase "missed the mark"
I see the misstep but truthfully I’ve seen way worse.
Were this real props or CGI? I can't tell.