Author: Tommie

Remember the “Polo, small but tough” commercial posted here a while ago? Well, it seems like Volkswagen went a bit over the top on this issue, or as Paul Buckett, a Volkswagen spokesman, comments,

We were horrified. This is not something we would consider using: it is in incredibly bad taste to depict suicide bombers.

It gives the impression we’ve condoned or supported it, and is potentially very damaging to Volkswagen. Our legal department is planning an action . . .’

First of all, i strongly disbelief that ANYONE would connect the VW brand with suicide bombers and absolutely not get the idea that the WV polo in some way are a preferred brand of a likes. Furthermore there’s been a quite extensive rumor mill regarding the makers of this “ad”, especially since it doesn’t appear to be a spoof put together by amateur filmmakers, as its production values (e.g., shot on 35mm film, probably at a cost in the tens of thousands of dollars).

The truth is that this ad is made by the Lee and Dan team, a British pair who have produced a number of other advertisements (including viral) known for their quirkiness.

So much for that mystery, I must say that’s it’s pretty impressive that Polo didn’t come up with this by them selfs, i mean – i took me less then 5 minutes to acquire the same info on the Internet. Oh well, let them continue fighting their monsters, but in the end – they’re the ones who gained on this.

More details and info on Snopes.com:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/commercials/vwpolo.asp

In the line of impressive car-commercial comes the new Golf GTI, “The original, Updated”. DDB London used body doubles and CGI to make it appear as if Kelly is breakdancing down the street. The track is remastered by Mint Royale and which will be released in the charts later on this year.

Source:

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-video/…/27/golfgti.mov
http://www.kottke.org/05/02/golf-gti-commercial-and-elsewhere

World War II’s “Operation Market Garden” would have put the Allies in control of the major road leading into the industrial Ruhr, the war would have ended in a matter of weeks …

Instead, what Market Garden became, through a combination of costly miscalculations, bad weather and tactical errors, were more than 17,000 British, American, Dutch and Polish casualties, nearly twice as many dead as in Normandy earlier the same year.

I liked all the performances, and most of the casting choices were dead on (Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Caine and Robert Redford to name a few). The airdrop sequence (photographed long before CGI) is an awesome sight. So are the battle scenes. This is a movie that almost out-conquers mammoth movies like Saving Private Ryan and The Band of Brothers series, even though this one is made back in 77. A must see.

This is the VW Polo ad that’s currently circulating the Internet, rumored to be fake. I doubt if you will ever see it on TV, but damn, it is professionally made – it’ll be interesting to see if anyone claim responsibility for this one. VW have denied any involvement with this video.

Source:

http://www.groovy-tuesday.com/vw.mov
http://www.boreme.com/bm/JAN05

Chris Hondros, a war photographer, was traveling with an American patrol on a routine mission in Tal Afar, a village in the northern parts of Irak when a car approached their outpost in high speed, due to all recent suicide-car bombing fired the American troops volley of rifle fire as a warning, when the car didn’t stop the troops open fire.

When approaching the demolished car the troops heard children crying, and in the back they found 6 kids which survived the attack. Both parent, which was in the front-seat, was dead.

Chris took those chocking images of what happened.

This is something that you probably wont see on CNN tonight.

Source and more images of the incident:

http://crisispictures.org/

The first ski-trip of this year has been accomplished. Me, Jezper, Nisse and Tobbe went to högfjället in the middle parts of Sweden for some casual drinking, but most importantly – skiing and snowboarding.

I’ve added some images from the trip, they’re taken with my cellphone-camera, so don’t expect any quality … 🙂