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[emmagrant01]

Do those new Volkswagen commercials remind anyone else of a Rammstein video? Or Mike Myers's SNL skits?

ETA: If you haven't seen them, they're here. Click on "Crate", "Wrecking Ball", and "Catapult".

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[franzi1981.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmmmmmh, Rammstein.

Got a link? (for the ads, not rammstein LOL)

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

They're here (http://www.vw.com/vwlife/commercial.html). Click on "Crate", "Wrecking Ball", and "catapult". And now I'm worried that being German, you might find them offensive...

[liriaen.livejournal.com]

Oh wait, isn't that the guy who played Lucifer in "Constantine"?
Well. Heh. I'm German, but early in life I've gone through the "Sprockets"-inoculation. :D Too pink-and-white for Rammstein, methinks. But if you've got a clip full of homeless people, oiled bodies Riefenstahl style, or sailors on a Battleship Potemkin thinggie? That'd be Rammstein alright.

By far the most hysterical 'Germanisms' clip though? Blixa Bargeld liest Hornbach (http://www.hornbach.de/home/de/html/index.phtml?url=http://www.hornbach.de/download/de/html/cont_download_blixa_bargeld.phtml). (That's the singer of Einstürzende Neubauten, declamating the special offers of a German "Home Depot" store...) Enjoy!

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Bwahaha! That was fantastic!

And yeah, I'm referencing the one Rammstein video I ever saw, and now I can't even remember what the song was... ;-)

[liriaen.livejournal.com]

I think I like #5 (Schlagbohrmaschine) best. *g* As for the VW clips... that guy's accent is really weird. And wasn't there a certain "2001" Kubrick element involved as well? Ah, the glory of voracious, clichéd commercialism. :)

[jgracio.livejournal.com]

German Engineering in da house, ya? :)

[henpecked.livejournal.com]

Yes! Peter Stormare!

I find it hilarious that they hired a Swedish guy to hock Vee-Dubs.

[liriaen.livejournal.com]

=) I just can't get over his super-slimy performance in "Constantine"; that was... wow, shudder.
Hm, maybe they chose him because he could out-grotesque even the most atrocious "real" German accent? *g*

[rebecka-jo.livejournal.com]

Or Mike Myers's SNL skits?

... Oh my god, YES!

[glorielle.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for the link... I had never seen the catapult one. lol

[ms-mindfunk.livejournal.com]

I have been thinking that every time I see them. :D

[ms-mindfunk.livejournal.com]

I just want to shower you with some icon love. Crocs! ♥