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| I can't tell if I'm tired, or just lazy  |
Just another commercial to me. _____________________________ "The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living." "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" Benjamin Franklin | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
Not being an Office Space aficionado (I never found it particularly funny), the commercial didn't do anything for me. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
That was pretty good. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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Charmingly unsophisticated |
Office Space is not The Office. _______________________________ The artist formerly known as AllenInWV | |||
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Get Off My Lawn |
Having watched Office Space, more than a couple of times, the ad was pretty awesome. In case for those who never seen the film, it was a satire, almost an indictment of the cubicle/office life in corporate life. IMO, a brilliant film. And an awesome ad. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
In the form of Jennifer Aniston would be good. | |||
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Political Cynic |
that was pretty good I liked it and I don't even shop at WalMart | |||
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Spread the Disease |
Win! Still fuck Walmart. ________________________________________ -- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. -- | |||
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| Member |
Hand on my bible. Years ago My company hired some efficiency consultants and they took up residency in our building for a while. If you got called to their office it was literally people saying “I have a meeting with the Bob’s” which then devolved now meaning any meeting with HR / management where the prospect of getting canned was real. Such a great movie for anybody who ever worked in a cubicle farm type office environment. Very creative, Walmart. | |||
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| Member |
A very good parity of the movie, “Office Space”. No relation to the TV series, “The Office”. I would have enjoyed seeing even more of the movie characters in the commercial. Did I miss the red Swingline stapler? | |||
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| Member |
WalMart sucks but that is a damn good commercial. "I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared." Thomas Jefferson | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
Apparently, it’s the first of a series of Office Space themed advertisements. Maybe the stapler will make an appearance. | |||
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Member |
No, it wasn't there. They blew their budget getting the real Michael Bolton. They should have included Milton(Stephan Root).  | |||
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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes |
Well, I guess that explains a lot. _______________________ “There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.” ― Frank Zappa | |||
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CAPT Obvious |
Good, but not quite the same without Ron Livingston. | |||
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| Member |
So if you've never seen that, it wouldn't make sense. ^^^^^^ Yep. Never seen the Office. Thanks for the clarification. I am not in the Wally World demograpic I guess. | |||
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posting without pants |
but... but... It isn't "The Office" as in the crappy sitcom. It's the MOVIE, titled "Office Space" from the 90's, created by Mike Judge who did "King of the Hill" and "Beavis and Butthead." It's a great movie with Ron Livingston, Jennifer Anniston, et al. A cult classic, especially for THAT time period. Great movie. (That said, I found this commercial mildly amusing, with a cheap attempt to do a "throwback" for the 90's folks in an pretty tired and pedantic attempt to be relevant) Strive to live your life so when you wake up in the morning and your feet hit the floor, the devil says "Oh crap, he's up." | |||
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| Back, and to the left  |
Clearly they are after a bit older demographic. Most of the young un's do not get any references to this movie. Great commercial though. I think WalMart is aware of who hates them the most. It didn't change my view but as the OP said, you gotta give 'em credit for this effort. | |||
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| Get Off My Lawn |
   "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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Joie de vivre |
I'm not a big fan of Wallyworld, however I liked the commercial, very creative. | |||
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