# Saw the best commercial ever today **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 15, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-best-commercial-ever-today/786617 "2017-05-15T00:33:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-best-commercial-ever-today/786617/1 "2017-05-15T00:33:58Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjKd24UCPYY) Hands down the best commercial I have ever seen. Whoever thought of it and executed it should get some kind of a prize. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-best-commercial-ever-today/786617/2 "2017-05-15T00:56:21Z")
It certainly expresses a great thought. But as a commercial, what is it selling, and how is it convincing me to buy it? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-best-commercial-ever-today/786617/3 "2017-05-15T01:13:28Z")
Meh. I got bored 10 secs in. By 30secs turned it off. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-best-commercial-ever-today/786617/4 "2017-05-15T01:32:18Z")
I thought the OP was going to be about this one: The All Blacks National Rugby team of New Zealand for the Japanese AIG insurance company. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/v6DUSuJi1CU/maxresdefault.jpg "Funny Japanese Commercial - All Blacks Tackle The Risk (AIG JAPAN)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6DUSuJi1CU) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-best-commercial-ever-today/786617/5 "2017-05-15T02:20:36Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > It certainly expresses a great thought. But as a commercial, what is it selling, and how is it convincing me to buy it? Flying ostriches, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-best-commercial-ever-today/786617/6 "2017-05-15T02:25:25Z")
It’s a Samsung commercial. A feel-good brand commercial, with the side of advertising their VR venture. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-best-commercial-ever-today/786617/7 "2017-05-15T02:37:37Z")
Yeah, saw it laslt night too, and thought it was great. And Elton John soundtrack can make any ad good. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-best-commercial-ever-today/786617/8 "2017-05-15T06:03:24Z")
Lovely commercial. I guess that’s where Samsung’s putting its money these days, in great commercials. Definitely not in better products. Or for that matter, customer service. I kept hoping at first that that ostrich was going to eat somebody’s cell phone. Because I think the best use of my (Samsung, did you guess?) cell phone would be to feed it to an ostrich, or maybe a blue whale. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-best-commercial-ever-today/786617/9 "2017-05-15T15:24:11Z")
Well, the best I can say about it is that it actually shows\* what one sees in those VR goggles. Other than that, meh. \*I’m assuming so ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-best-commercial-ever-today/786617/10 "2017-05-15T15:45:41Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > It certainly expresses a great thought. But as a commercial, what is it selling, and how is it convincing me to buy it? It was a very direct commercial. It showed somebody (albeit a bird) using the product and having the product transform its life for the better. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-best-commercial-ever-today/786617/11 "2017-05-15T15:48:57Z")
I thought the whole point of VR was that you don’t have to actually fly. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-best-commercial-ever-today/786617/12 "2017-05-15T16:43:47Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Flying ostriches, obviously. How about [kiwis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs)? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-best-commercial-ever-today/786617/13 "2017-05-15T17:14:17Z")
Very cute because, hey, it’s ostriches. I could have lived without seeing him biff, though. Also, I agree with **El\_Kabong** that the point of VR is that you don’t actually do the thing you’re experiencing.