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Dave J
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Posted: 29th Jul 2005 09:10
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http://www.bigad.com.au

This ad's hilarious, everyone should watch it! Turn up the volume to a reasonable level and enjoy.


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Posted: 29th Jul 2005 09:17 Edited at: 29th Jul 2005 09:24
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Oh my god that was hysterical! I could not stop laughing for about 20 minutes straight!


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Posted: 29th Jul 2005 09:53
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That has to be the funniest beer advert I've ever seen.


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Posted: 29th Jul 2005 10:29
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hehe i got this yesterday in my emails as well. clever

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Posted: 29th Jul 2005 11:00
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Very Nice!

That's great!

Draught is my prefered beer too, so it's great to see that giants made out of little people like it as well

Yay!

Anyone know how to get the .viv file to play on my PC without having to connect to the darn net everytime?

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perhaps look at the source of the page and then try your browser cache.
or use a ripper like one i have for QT movies that are shell protected with a stub loader.

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Posted: 29th Jul 2005 11:40
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Quote: "Anyone know how to get the .viv file to play on my PC without having to connect to the darn net everytime?"


You need a ViVo Player (unfortunately, no longer free), although I've personally downloaded a .mov version I found elsewhere on the net. Although, the quality isn't as high and it's a smaller size.


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Posted: 29th Jul 2005 13:03
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if the viv player isn't free, then how do we watch it?

Unless the browser has it built in, which would mean that there's a plug-in in FF, which would subsequently mean that when I choose Open-With FF, then it should play, but it doesn't

indi, I downloaded the .viv file ( not too hard ), but I just can't play the file

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Posted: 29th Jul 2005 13:21 Edited at: 29th Jul 2005 13:23
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The 'player' should ask to install everytime you load the page, so I don't believe it's permanent. Then again, I really don't know how it works, it's fairly old technology apparently.


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Ok, why did that get a certificate 18? I could understand a PG for the mild language, but 18? Only thing I can think of is that it's adverting a product that you have to be 18+ to buy, but I'd be surprised if that's it.

Other then that, yeah that's quite good, reminds be of those 'talk-talk' ads channel 4 (UK channel) have been plugging recently. Only this is much more impressive because there's so many more people involved.

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Posted: 30th Jul 2005 14:53
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That is correct, the warning is only there because you must be 18 to drink alcoholic beverages.


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Posted: 30th Jul 2005 15:38
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In the US its 21 (the US sucks)

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Posted: 30th Jul 2005 19:02
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Quote: " That is correct, the warning is only there because you must be 18 to drink alcoholic beverages. "

And alcoholic beavers.


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Posted: 30th Jul 2005 22:18
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That theme music sounds very familiar... I can't place it.

My god, not only did they 3D model half the thing, but it would seem like they also only paid the actors to walk, and did voicing elsewere...

Some beer companys use too much of their own product.

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Posted: 30th Jul 2005 23:42
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Quote: "Some beer companys use too much of their own product."

You don't really think any beer company would sell something they don't like themselves?

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Posted: 30th Jul 2005 23:42
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Quote: "That theme music sounds very familiar... I can't place it."


Carls Orff's Carmina Burana.

I couldn't find much 'funny' about the ad but it was bloody clever!
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Posted: 30th Jul 2005 23:45 Edited at: 30th Jul 2005 23:47
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Then use IE... firefox does have the compatable plugin's error, mainly because it is new, but then again...

Avan Madisen, look at microsoft... they know that XP is crap, but they only use it because Bill will fire them if they don't . But then again, microsoft is not a beer company...

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Posted: 31st Jul 2005 01:35
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Plays in Firefox just fine over here. Pretty damn funny...

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Pretty funny, thought for some reason it only displayed in 256 Colours. I had that issue in the past with the stand alone players with the current drivers (77.72) but they're all fine now, so god knows what the problem is.

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Posted: 31st Jul 2005 04:36
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Quote: "My god, not only did they 3D model half the thing, but it would seem like they also only paid the actors to walk, and did voicing elsewere..."


There's no 3D in that ad at all, the whole thing was filmed as is on location in New Zealand. They literally got thousands of actors to form the shapes and run through the motions. It took months to complete and cost $1.5 million to make.


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Posted: 31st Jul 2005 05:08
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LMAO...

then it "better sell some bloody beer". Man, talk about over done.

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Posted: 31st Jul 2005 09:11
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Impressive I've seen a different version on TV where they're singing in a bar.


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Posted: 31st Jul 2005 09:37
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Aquaphena

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Posted: 31st Jul 2005 14:06
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Someone asked for the downloadable version (non-ViVo), so here it is:
http://www.plazafilms.com.au/clips/pm_cub_bigad.mov

Cheerio.


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Bah, that means that you need quick-time to play it, though...

I have a pet-hate for all things QuickTime and Real!

You know of any converters? Anything playable by Winamp will do

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Quote: "There's no 3D in that ad at all"


Yeah right! It is posted everywhere that there were only 300 actors and rest are cgi men.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16019850-1242,00.html

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And that would explain why there are so many of the same faces popping up in the close ups. And would explain how in god's name they could possibly hold a perfect shape.

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Its not THAT funny, but its still pretty funny.

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Posted: 1st Aug 2005 15:59
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Quote: "Yeah right! It is posted everywhere that there were only 300 actors and rest are cgi men."


Clearly you shouldn't believe everything you read in the Australian news, I was THERE, and I saw what really happened!


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unless, they brain washed you...

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dun dun duuuun


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You've got to stop doing that...


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or as Eugene would say;

-.. ..- -. -.. ..- -. -.. ..- ..- ..- ..- -.

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I thought that translates to "I'm stupid."

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Wait--- I just saw the different version on TV again, but it was for Rickards Red, a Molson beer. I wonder if Carlton owns Molson, or vice versa?

*ponders*


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Hi exeat!

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I wish I could drink, I could if I didnt live in the crappy US where you can go get your ass killed in a war you probably dont want to fight but you cant drink, and another thing we are running out of money and our drug problem is getting worse, so legalize marajuana, but tax the hell out of it...MORONS!

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Sorry to resurrect an old thread but I just picked up the latest (November 2005) '3D World' magazine and noticed that it has a two page spread dedicated to the ad.

Only 700 polys per character and 1000 polys for their robes!

The models are basic skeletons with a robe draped over them created in 'Maya' and animated in 'Massive' which was originally developed for 'Lord of the Rings' apparently.

Quoting Exeat:
Quote: "There's no 3D in that ad at all, the whole thing was filmed as is on location in New Zealand. They literally got thousands of actors to form the shapes and run through the motions. It took months to complete and cost $1.5 million to make."

Quote: "Clearly you shouldn't believe everything you read in the Australian news, I was THERE, and I saw what really happened! "

Have you been eating those funny mushrooms again?

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That was awesome! A giant mass of people forming a guy drinking beer. Creative but extremly silly .

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A phone company does something like that here (and a bank used to) - very clever.

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Quote: "Have you been eating those funny mushrooms again?"


It was a joke to get people to watch the ad. *sigh*


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awesome ad

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