Russian TV Ad Copies WoW: Lich King Cinematic

[IamQ]

Oh my...

 

[Chester41585]

Heh, pretty clever actually. Not the first time something like this has happened. Made me laugh a bit.

 

[Caradinist]

I don't know of any legendary ice skates that can make ice like that explode, so CLEARLY it's a ripoff.

 

[Psychemaster]

For April Fools, Blizzard should do a parody of this parody, with the Lich King skating around the cologne bottle.

That or they'll have Arthas drop a trinket that looks like a bottle of cologne.

Or a pair of shoes that look like ice skates.

 

[ma55ter_fett]

Sure it isn't original, but whatever, commercials have been ripping off other commercials and movies and video games and other pop culture icons since their unholy conception.

Thats called advertiseing.

 

[jpakaferrari]

As an lover of Russian culture and it's people I will say this 1) Anyone that thinks that was in anyway homosexual is a moron. Russians are 100% more homophobic than Americans. Yes men hug and hold hands with friends and enjoy clothes etc. but if you suggest they are gay you will get your ass beat. 2)This is pretty average for a Russian advertisements. Bring in a known celebrity have them do something dramatic that seems to have nothing to do with the product and then show the product and sell it.

I mean honestly what do most celebrities in any commercial have to do with the product?

Anyway yeah its probably a rip off, but why mess with success?

If you're referring to 'gaily triple-axels,' I was actually using that in the original sense of "happy and gay," bro.

I wasn't referencing your use of gaily I comprehended your personal usage. A few of the other replies implied (archemetis) or said that it was gay.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

My evaluation of it was thus:
'Meh, it's not that much of a copy...whoa, WHOA. What the fuck?!' O_O

 

[stonethered]

I don't know of any legendary ice skates that can make ice like that explode, so CLEARLY it's a ripoff.

You mean you haven't heard of [Garrosh's skates of incendiary frost]?

 

[Escapefromwhatever]

It seems to me like a parody, and quite a funny one at that. Let it go.

 

[Susan Arendt]

gaily triple-axels

I don´t want to know how you know what a triple axel is.

OT:They look alike.The music sounds alike.Yepp,this is a homage.

Actually, I believe he's doing a saulchow, not an axel. A quadruple axel is currently the gold standard (no pun intended) for competitive men's skating, whereas the triple axel is the goal for women. (Fun fact: Disgraced skater Tonya Harding was one of the few women to ever successfully land a triple axel in competition.)

Yeah, I follow skating, what of it?

 

[Deadlock Radium]

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This is pretty average for a Russian advertisements. Bring in a known celebrity have them do something dramatic that seems to have nothing to do with the product and then show the product and sell it.
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So Russia is in some way like Japan when it comes to commercials then?

Like this? What? It's completely different from the product they sell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCsIuCZ8hds

Also, I think that the Russian cologne-commercial-thingy is more of a parody than a rip-off.

 

[RanD00M]

gaily triple-axels

I don´t want to know how you know what a triple axel is.

OT:They look alike.The music sounds alike.Yepp,this is a homage.

Actually, I believe he's doing a saulchow, not an axel. A quadruple axel is currently the gold standard (no pun intended) for competitive men's skating, whereas the triple axel is the goal for women. (Fun fact: Disgraced skater Tonya Harding was one of the few women to ever successfully land a triple axel in competition.)

Yeah, I follow skating, what of it?

Sorry but my brain is leaking out my ears because of that.

 

[RebelRising]

I'm biased, but I thought this was awesome. Good sense of momentum throughout.

 

[jpakaferrari]

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This is pretty average for a Russian advertisements. Bring in a known celebrity have them do something dramatic that seems to have nothing to do with the product and then show the product and sell it.
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So Russia is in some way like Japan when it comes to commercials then?

Like this? What? It's completely different from the product they sell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCsIuCZ8hds

Uhhh usually not quite that far off.

 

[pneuma08]

But Sindragosa is was a girl dragon and cologne is a man product.

I think it makes it more apt. It's meant to be alluring to men, no?

 

[Amnestic]

But Sindragosa is was a girl dragon and cologne is a man product.

I think it makes it more apt. It's meant to be alluring to men, no?

Spoiler: She is alluring, I guess

You know, if you're into giant undead dragons given life by nether energies and an unholy will.

Whatever floats your boat

 

[Jared]

Well certainly going to send out an intresting message...that's too coincidental not to have no link...