Dear McDonald's: What the fuck do Big Macs have to do with 'Avatar'?

[Danger Mouse]

How the fuck is eating a gigantic unhealthy mess of a burger (while tasty) in any way like the movie 'Avatar'? For those of you who are saying 'what?' I had the misfortune of catching the latest McD's tv ad last night. It showed clips of excited people enjoying the movie avatar along with clips of people devouring big macs. Made perfect sense.
And why, oh why, haven't you fired the hack clowns that you call an ad team? Your radio commercials are bad enough to make me hate sound and food. Just stop it.
Stop. Before any more lives are senselessly lost. :cry:

[nytemare]

1. Perhaps McDonalds has a special hallucinogenic burger

for a short trial period?

[Danger Mouse]

3. Shit, I have to eat there now.

I guess the special sauce is more 'special' than usual.

[Call Me Wesley]

2. They're the Big Macs of the world!!!!111!!!

Don't you see it? CAMeron. The Big CAMeron. Now, revert the first three letters of his last name: Cam = Mac. Mac, as in Big Mac, since he's the king of the world.

Having said that much, the Illuminati will now kill me and Danny Brown will write a novel called 'Avatarrrrrrghh,' where Cameron will kill us all with CGI characters. ;)

[gmoney]

4. They're both shoved down our throats at every possible opportunity?

[KeepItReal]

5. Please CC: the NFL on that missive, please

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[HopeHoops]

6. Easy - they're both FAKE

You think that's meat you're eating?

[Danger Mouse]

7. It isn't? I thought it was rat at least...

:(

[Ikonoklast]

8. Are you kidding?

Have you seen the price of Rat on the futures markets lately?

Sawdust is still cheap and plentiful, and it is a little known fact that McDonalds has a controlling interest in both Weyerhauser and International Paper.



If you know what I mean.

[HopeHoops]

12. Sawdust? They can't afford to use sawdust and sell at those prices.

Raw sewage is much cheaper and some places will pay THEM to take it.

[JonLP24]

9. Avatar probably paid McDonalds money to advertise the movie...n/t

[Orsino]

10. It's the perfect metaphor.

A slab of meat shoved into a sesame-seed bun, filmed in such a way as to look bigger than it is, to further a corporate agenda of conquest?

Fuck, yeah.

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. Simple - American's obsession with McDonald's is the same as the obsession of the marines and Parker

or whatever the fuck his name was -

that is to say, American's insistence on cheap food (or cheap whatever) no matter the environmental cost or cost to culture is exactly the same drive that was in the movie Avatar leading the corporation to insist on blowing up sacred shit and murdering indigenous people.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. Eat your Mac - you'll grow tall and blue

:hi:

[MrMickeysMom]

14. I saw that disgusting piece of "marketing"...

... I wonder what focus group told their executives to associate with a blockbuster (I'm guessing is a blockbuster, not having seen the movie yet)

I can always tell who when marketeers are reaching out to "the people", but this commercial is pushing the typical ridiculous to disturbing. Now, I really want to wait until the DVD is available. I'm afraid of how product placements will eventually be.

What's the best call to Mickey D's ??? "I'm loving it!" , or "You deserve a break today!"

Time to watch "Supersize Me" again.

[hippywife]

15. I keep seeing the signs outside their places

that say Big Mac Snack Wrap. Now that is a pretty disgusting thought. Not even tempting. Blech!