God if I see this stupid ass ad for the Star Wars II DVD one more fucking time I swear I am going to go all Elvis on my TV. Its bad enough he has ruined Star Wars, but this ad has to be the dumbest thing Star Wars has been attached to since The Star Wars Christmas Special.
Midicloridians, Jar Jar Binks, horrible deadpan acting, and now this.
That’s the worst damn ad for any new movie (theater, DVD release, or straight to video) I’ve ever seen. I can’t believe they’re serious with that. It’s like they let Saturday Night Live make their ad for them… so bad that I actually thought it was a joke until I looked closer.
I first saw it on the same night a local news station was airing a segement where they staked out Goodwill dropoff locations at night to catch theives. Their tagline? “Goodwill Hunting.” I went into seizures due to a bad-pun overdose from those two spots…
I think they’ve discontinued that ad. I, thankfully, haven’t seen it for a few days. Someone with some sense of sanity and taste must have tapped them on the shoulder and let them know that it was really, really stupid.
Luscasarts has an ironfisted creative control over any Star Wars stuff.
After Jar Jar Binks, this is exactly the sort of ad that I fear from Captain Out-of-Touch.
Someday people will marvel at the notion that Star Wars was ever cool. Grumpy old men and women will point out that after The Empire Strikes Back, and prior to Luke’s wacky ewok adventure, Star Wars was indeed pretty cool.
Basically it’s the fight scene from Ep II going on while the announcer shouts (with screen-sized blaring text to go along with it) “WHO DA MAN? YODA MAN! YODA DA MAN!”