LG, maker of fine displays and wonderful prankster of innocent people, has cooked up another beautiful visual trick: installing LG 4K TVs as fake window units and tricking people into believing a meteor has crashed onto Earth. Because the screen is so clear!
Supposedly, the people in the video are all innocent bystanders trying to apply for a job but hey, if the LG 4K TV is that clear (and it probably is), I'm pretty sure I'd fall for the same prank too. I've watched too many apocalyptic movies to not properly freak out.
Source: LG Chile
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Corporations creating a false reality - in theme and in fact. It's not funny, it's not entertaining; one should be aware of the demon that lies in wait around nearly every corner.
The trick of the commercial is to put you (the viewer) into the scenario. What would you do? It's a simple marketing gimmick to trick the brain into forming a positive association with their product based on false assumptions.
The viewer is asked to place themselves in that situation. They are persuaded to believe that a television could be so clear that an unknowing participant would mistake it for a window. They are also persuaded to believe that the resulting hysteria is genuine emotion brought on by a powerful experience. All in all, the viewer is expected to laugh at the frightened participant and also be in awe of the "ultra HD" technology.
If you haven't already, ask yourself these questions - why do I own a television? What has television replaced in my life? Could I have accomplished more things and cultivated deeper relationships in the absence of television? How many of my favorite characters in literature spend each evening in front of their televisions? How many slaves have died creating LG televisions? How many hungry children stare into the darkness at night because their community isn't valuable to the rest of the world; i.e. Western Cultures? How many more innocent people will die in the Middle East this afternoon because of US foreign policy?
Sounds a little rambling, but it's the truth. There are more important things to consider before buying a new television.
The trick of the commercial is to put you (the viewer) into the scenario. What would you do? It's a simple marketing gimmick to trick the brain into forming a positive association with their product based on false assumptions.
The viewer is asked to place themselves in that situation. They are persuaded to believe that a television could be so clear that an unknowing participant would mistake it for a window. They are also persuaded to believe that the resulting hysteria is genuine emotion brought on by a powerful experience. All in all, the viewer is expected to laugh at the frightened participant and also be in awe of the "ultra HD" technology.
If you haven't already, ask yourself these questions - why do I own a television? What has television replaced in my life? Could I have accomplished more things and cultivated deeper relationships in the absence of television? How many of my favorite characters in literature spend each evening in front of their televisions? How many slaves have died creating LG televisions? How many hungry children stare into the darkness at night because their community isn't valuable to the rest of the world; i.e. Western Cultures? How many more innocent people will die in the Middle East this afternoon because of US foreign policy?
Sounds a little rambling, but it's the truth. There are more important things to consider before buying a new television.
Right on. While it's horrifying enough that anyone would think that was a funny thing to do (they are probably all actors I hope), the more horrifying thing is that tv is really that important to people and society above other priorities as stated by poster above.
you must watch eastbound and down. then you will understand the importance of tv. aside the jokes though, tele-vision is a kind of magic. It started that way, a long long time ago. Shows with lights and sounds thorugh prismatic glasses inside a wooden box. tele-vision. watch from far. it is also an interactive medium, the presenters look at you, you look at their talking heads and hear them. They tell the news for you and for your eyes only. That's the trick.
Those were all actors in my opinion.
It was a well made commercial, I'll give them that.
It was a well made commercial, I'll give them that.
Ah, television
In fact the subliminal message of this commercial is that television is so perfect that it makes you believe what is not real. So it is a contradiction. Or maybe it is part of the game: believe what is not real. That's television: a big, big and rectangular lie.
In fact the subliminal message of this commercial is that television is so perfect that it makes you believe what is not real. So it is a contradiction. Or maybe it is part of the game: believe what is not real. That's television: a big, big and rectangular lie.
is Santiago de Chile.
And that is a little too perturbing for me. If art imitates life in a precog sense, that hit was coming in from a westerly direction.
I've twice seen earth grazers here on the coast:
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