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Twilly Spree · 09:05 AM

http://www.airbus.com/video/media/ad...ing/clouds.mpg

(ca. 6 MB MPEG)

Nice ad because it took me a few seconds to figure it out when watching it. Looks like the A340 is for the long haul. To say the least.

Comments?

[edit: that't the 340-500 not the 350 - sorry it's early in the morning, the ad is still damn cool!!]

moonmonkey · Feb 9, 2005, 08:58 AM

WOW! One of the best ads I have seen for years, STUNNING!

Not new though, its been shown on TV in asia for at least six months.

Bigger version?

What's the music??

Cubeoid · Feb 9, 2005, 09:04 AM

I don't know about stunning. There are a very few ads I can say that about. To be honest I wasn't taken away [sic] by this one at all. Just information.

macintologist · Feb 9, 2005, 09:19 AM

Heh, Pithhelmet blocked the link because it has "advertising" in the url

sugar_coated · Feb 9, 2005, 09:21 AM

Refreshing to fly through clouds!

macintologist · 09:49 AM

This is the song

http://www.lyricsbox.com/divine-come...y-m6mm8t1.html

Title: "Tonight we Fly"
Album: Promenade
Artist: The Divine Comedy

moonmonkey · Feb 9, 2005, 09:28 AM

Originally posted by Cubeoid:
I don't know about stunning. There are a very few ads I can say that about. To be honest I wasn't taken away [sic] by this one at all. Just information.

It kind of chokes me up, to see all the places I love mapped out like that, with great music.

A great idea for an ad, I want a 1 minute cinema version with a gorgeous landing, amazing.

Twilly Spree · Feb 9, 2005, 09:37 AM

Originally posted by moonmonkey:
It kind of chokes me up, to see all the places I love mapped out like that, with great music.

A great idea for an ad, I want a 1 minute cinema version with a gorgeous landing, amazing.

Same here.. all these places. Great idea for a commercial and really uplifting. The A340 sliding over the top edge of the screen into the sun is damn cool too - if a bit computery

moonmonkey · Feb 9, 2005, 09:49 AM

Originally posted by Twilly Spree:
Same here.. all these places. Great idea for a commercial and really uplifting. The A340 sliding over the top edge of the screen into the sun is damn cool too - if a bit computery

But stunning, I need more of that stuff in my life.

DigitalEl · Feb 9, 2005, 10:06 AM

Two different Macs.
Three different browsers.
No deal.

On Safari and Firefox (Mac #1), I just get the broken QuickTime document icon.
On IE (Mac #1), about 10 sec. of the video downloads... Then it stops.

On Mac #2, in all three browsers, I get anywhere between 5 and 15 sec. of the spot... Then it stops.

Broadband connection on both machines.

I tried to go in legit through the Airbus website and same thing... Not just for the "Clouds" spot, but for all the available videos and commercials in their Media Centre.

What gives?

macintologist · Feb 9, 2005, 10:10 AM

Option-click on the link. Don't load it in the Quicktime plugin.

DigitalEl · Feb 9, 2005, 10:38 AM

Option-click on the link.

So simple a fix I'm embarrassed I didn't think of it. Thanks. <sigh>

demograph68 · Feb 9, 2005, 10:53 AM

Originally posted by sugar_coated:
Refreshing to fly through clouds!

Not really.

dcmacdaddy · Feb 9, 2005, 12:30 PM

Originally posted by macintologist:
Heh, Pithhelmet blocked the link because it has "advertising" in the url

Looks like our WebSense filter at work is doing the same thing cause I can get to the main Airbus site with no problem. Anyone want to donwload it to a .Mac site for those of us behind a web filter.

<OT>
Why would the term "advertising" trigger the web filter?
</OT>

Twilly Spree · Feb 9, 2005, 01:16 PM

The song in the video is "Tonight We Fly" by the Divine Comedy. Not available on the iTMS, but I don't let that stop me

I like that song.

voodoo · Feb 9, 2005, 03:20 PM

Wow! That's a cool ad. Superbowl quality. Makes you think just a bit, imagine and leaves you with a good feeling! No cheesy voice-overs or anything. Not a 1984 class ad but still way up there

willed · Feb 9, 2005, 08:33 PM

OK all you guys just go and get a cold shower. Calm down a bit K?

err... but yeah, it was a good ad.

Twilly Spree · Feb 10, 2005, 11:56 AM

Originally posted by willed:
OK all you guys just go and get a cold shower. Calm down a bit K?

err... but yeah, it was a good ad.

What can I say. Either you love planes or ya don't.

Plus cool ads are fun. Adbusters was fun until they went stupid.

Psychonaut · Feb 10, 2005, 06:04 PM

Wow, that is an awesome song to listen to while biking. I had only known The Divine Comedy from the Father Ted theme song.

macintologist · Feb 10, 2005, 06:42 PM

Damn that music is so addictive!

Somebody order the CD from Amazon, rip the song and put it on their iDisk public folder NOW!

Twilly Spree · Feb 10, 2005, 06:50 PM

Originally posted by macintologist:
Damn that music is so addictive!

Somebody order the CD from Amazon, rip the song and put it on their iDisk public folder NOW!

Right on!

I may already have the song in question, but then again I may not. I don't have a public folder and sharing it with others is illegal and I would never do such a thing >cough< or use Xfactor or any gnutella client like people of inferior moral fiber.

Hawkeye_a · 09:48 PM

I really liked that commercial as well. I liked the stars and moon rising on the horizon...very cool.

It reminds me of the 'Think Different' commercial in some ways.I guess where 'Think Different' highlighted the people, this one highlights the places. As a commercial, it's really refreshing to all the quirky moderately humourous commercials we see now. very nice. And seems very distinctively European.

Personally, i love the A320 and A340. And yes, that song sounds awesome...sounds perfect for night driving, running anything. i wants. never heard of the divine comedy, im gonna have to read up on them now.

PS>> i think i pointed out a couple of yeas ago a 'commercial' of sorts for South African airlines, which had just purchased some A340s. It was during the world cup cricket finals held in South Afica, and i think Australia and India were playing. The A340s flew low and over the stadium a coule of times...that was terrific advertising imo. i'll try and find the link somewhere.

Psychonaut · Feb 10, 2005, 09:48 PM

Hey guys, here's the mp3 if you want it:

http://www.whymerelief.com/The%20Div...20We%20Fly.mp3

I'll leave it up for a couple days, then take it down. Just don't use my 7GB of traffic.

Hawkeye_a · Feb 10, 2005, 09:59 PM

Originally posted by Psychonaut:
Hey guys, here's the mp3 if you want it:

http://www.whymerelief.com/The%20Div...20We%20Fly.mp3

I'll leave it up for a couple days, then take it down. Just don't use my 7GB of traffic.

Thanks a billion dude. Cheers

willed · Feb 10, 2005, 10:51 PM

Originally posted by Psychonaut:
Hey guys, here's the mp3 if you want it:

http://www.whymerelief.com/The%20Div...20We%20Fly.mp3

I'll leave it up for a couple days, then take it down. Just don't use my 7GB of traffic.

Nicely done

many thanks.

andreas_g4 · Sep 23, 2005, 07:58 PM

I just wanted to say "thank you". After reading your thread half a year ago, The Dinine Comedy is now one of my favorite bands. The music is superb, I love it.

BRussell · Sep 23, 2005, 08:49 PM

Maybe instead of advertising they ought to start making planes that can actually land.

glideslope · Sep 23, 2005, 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by BRussell

Maybe instead of advertising they ought to start making planes that can actually land.

Actually, they do.

moonmonkey · Sep 23, 2005, 11:57 PM

Airbus have a much better safely ratio than Boeing aircraft, they certainly feel a lot safer to fly in, check out the way the overhead lockers vibrate on take off in a 747.

IceEnclosure · Sep 24, 2005, 01:07 AM

damn you all to hell!!

now I want to see the video.

clouds.mpg please, thanks.

Kenneth · Sep 24, 2005, 01:44 AM

The right link

Left click..

Buckaroo · Sep 24, 2005, 02:07 AM

I wonder how that plane would have landed if the nose gear were stuck in a 20 degree off center. With it at a 90 degree off center, it just ground into the runway, but with a 20 degree, what would happen?

IceEnclosure · Sep 24, 2005, 03:30 AM

Originally Posted by Kenneth

Left click..

and thanks!

goMac · Sep 24, 2005, 03:37 AM

Originally Posted by BRussell

Maybe instead of advertising they ought to start making planes that can actually land.

You know they actually took into account this scenario and designed the plane to be able to land that way?

andreas_g4 · Sep 24, 2005, 06:02 AM

Originally Posted by Buckaroo

I wonder how that plane would have landed if the nose gear were stuck in a 20 degree off center. With it at a 90 degree off center, it just ground into the runway, but with a 20 degree, what would happen?

I would say that at the speed the plane touches ground, this would have almost no impact. Imagine what force is needed to change the direction of some thousand tons steel travelling at some hundred km per hour...

OreoCookie · Sep 24, 2005, 06:13 AM

Originally Posted by BRussell

Maybe instead of advertising they ought to start making planes that can actually land.

It did land and nobody got hurt. Which means Airbus did a good job.