# Creepy-looking girl in Palm Pre ads **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 7, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878 "2009-10-07T02:14:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/1 "2009-10-07T02:14:11Z")
Am I supposed to know who she is, or am I just supposed to be wondering why on earth anybody thinks her freaky face will sell me a cell phone? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/2 "2009-10-07T02:35:27Z")
She’s not well known so I don’t think we are supposed to know who she is [Tamara Hope - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Hope) She looks much better in her normal pictures > **[Tamara Hope | Actress](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394045/)** > > Known for: Crimson Peak, The Nickel Children, Shall We Dance ---
**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/3 "2009-10-07T02:46:53Z")
Glad to know I’m not the only one who finds those commercials creepy. The actress does look better in those photos, but the commercials give off an “uncanny valley” kind of vibe, at least in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/4 "2009-10-07T02:53:55Z")
FWIW, I found this site with links to several of the ads. If I had seen any of these, I wouldn’t be so creeped out. In the ones I’ve seen, she merely stares wordlessly at the screen. And even more FWIW, I think I’ve figured out why she creeps me out. She reminds me of the [Reverend Mother from _Dune_](http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsP/13800-5459.gif). ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/5 "2009-10-07T03:02:15Z")
I think she’s rather alluring in that will-seduce-you-and-then-eat-your-corpse kinda way. Reminds me of Galadriel in the LOTR movies. Or maybe the ice queen chick from Narnia. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/6 "2009-10-07T03:10:03Z")
She makes me think of Samantha Morton in Minority Report. Though with some insufferable smugness thrown in. I really hate those commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/7 "2009-10-07T03:21:17Z")
I don’t understand why she is in front of what looks like a landscape painting with moving clouds. Those ads freak me out, too. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/8 "2009-10-07T03:25:51Z")
I totally agree. I will never own a Palm now out of fear that it is some kind of Necro-cyber wraith-infused soul draining artifact from William Gibson. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/9 "2009-10-07T04:18:14Z")
Well, _ **I** _ think she’s attractive and her voice is really sexy. It’s the girl in the Progressive ads who doesn’t do anything for me. ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/10 "2009-10-07T04:50:16Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > It’s the girl in the Progressive ads who doesn’t do anything for me. Flo? She’s does it for me – she’s got that Betty Page look. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/11 "2009-10-07T04:53:48Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > And even more FWIW, I think I’ve figured out why she creeps me out. She reminds me of the [Reverend Mother from _Dune_](http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsP/13800-5459.gif). I find the Reverend Mother from _Dune_ to be highly sexually appealing. ---
**Author:** ![SparrowHawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@SparrowHawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SparrowHawk)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/12 "2009-10-07T05:42:51Z")
She reminds me of a Flemish madonna. Probably Hans Memling’s. The landscape contributes to the effect. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/13 "2009-10-07T09:50:49Z")
I watched her ads without sound - didn’t see anything creepy. She has that Samantha Morton/Tilda Swinton pale elf-lady thing gouing on, but that’s just hot, not creepy, IMO. Is it her voice? Oh, and **AT** , that’s just kinky, man. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/14 "2009-10-07T09:51:53Z")
Anyone have a link to the advert in question? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/15 "2009-10-07T11:32:45Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Anyone have a link to the advert in question? [Sorry!](http://www.prethinking.com/home/2009/7/13/new-palm-pre-ad-creepy-girl.html) My last post was supposed to include that link. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/16 "2009-10-07T13:37:50Z")
Ohy, puh-leeeeez! Give the [astroturfing/stealth advertising](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11633251#post11633251) a break. I smell a [shill/clacquer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11633213#post11633213) doing sock puppetry & astroturfing. Get a life-- this topic has no place in the Straight Dope forum. ---
**Author:** ![Estilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/17 "2009-10-07T13:58:39Z")
I think she is beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/18 "2009-10-07T14:15:58Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Ohy, puh-leeeeez! > Give the [astroturfing/stealth advertising](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11633251#post11633251) a break. > I smell a [shill/clacquer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11633213#post11633213) doing sock puppetry & astroturfing. Get a life-- this topic has no place in the Straight Dope forum. Thank you for those links. > [@Estilicon](#): > > I think she is beautiful. To each his or her own, certainly. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/19 "2009-10-07T14:18:12Z")
Just looked at the linked ad. Her eyes are tiny and the voice a little scratchy. But like a lot of “ugly” or “weird-looking” actresses, she would seem stunningly gorgeous if you saw her in the grocery store. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878/20 "2009-10-07T14:30:47Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Ohy, puh-leeeeez! > Give the [astroturfing/stealth advertising](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11633251#post11633251) a break. > I smell a [shill/clacquer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11633213#post11633213) doing sock puppetry & astroturfing. Get a life-- this topic has no place in the Straight Dope forum. Not sure if this is supposed to be a satire or what, but it’s not really appropriate. twickster, Cafe Society moderator [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-looking-girl-in-palm-pre-ads/512878.md?page=2)