BenQ using 9/11 & WTC imagery to sell products

[Lurknomore]

They should've known better.:|:thumbsdown:
My next LCD def. will not be a BenQ.

 

[Rubycon]

:disgust:

 

[Bootprint]

So it would've been okay if they used a picture like this?

 

[dpopiz]

meh i think its alright
at the least, there are things i see everyday in mainstream media that are 1012910 times more disgusting than that...
i dont think this is necessarily bad, its just a corny asian-made-for-american-market ad

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Bootprint
So it would've been okay if they used a picture like this?

this

or

this

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

did they misspell believe?

lol.. didn't see the edit that was made 6 hours ago

 

[ChooChooChooseMe]

What the heck is BenQ?

 

[sadguy]

wow, most of you need to lighten up.

i've seen american music albums with pictures of jets slamming into the twin towers. where's the outrage over that?

then there's your own president taking blatant photo opps at ground zero to further his middle east agenda.

hypocrites ftl?

 

[A1CSpence]

Now instead of thinking "BenQ = garbage" I will think, "BenQ = garbage, and that ad was tasteless"

 

[Compton]

Originally posted by: sadguy
wow, most of you need to lighten up.

i've seen american music albums with pictures of jets slamming into the twin towers. where's the outrage over that?

then there's your own president taking blatant photo opps at ground zero to further his middle east agenda.

hypocrites ftl?

Exactly. IMO, this is nothing compared to the movies that made money off 9/11.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Compton

Originally posted by: sadguy
wow, most of you need to lighten up.

i've seen american music albums with pictures of jets slamming into the twin towers. where's the outrage over that?

then there's your own president taking blatant photo opps at ground zero to further his middle east agenda.

hypocrites ftl?

Exactly. IMO, this is nothing compared to the movies that made money off 9/11.

The 9/11 movies were telling the story of what happened on that day. I went to see 9/11 the movie and was really shook up over it.

This ad makes completely no sense whatsover in relation to 9/11.

It'd be like an ad putting an Xbox 360 in Hiroshima in 1945 Japan with a nuclear bomb going off in the background and the Xbox 360's image etched into a nearby wall from the blast.

 

[aceO07]

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
This is ourrrr cuntrrrryyyyyyyy........

That ad was meant to sell something!?? Lets not buy products from this company..

 

[iamaelephant]

What is so tasteless about using that image? I'm not getting it...

 

[fishface313]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Compton

Originally posted by: sadguy
wow, most of you need to lighten up.

i've seen american music albums with pictures of jets slamming into the twin towers. where's the outrage over that?

then there's your own president taking blatant photo opps at ground zero to further his middle east agenda.

hypocrites ftl?

Exactly. IMO, this is nothing compared to the movies that made money off 9/11.

The 9/11 movies were telling the story of what happened on that day. I went to see 9/11 the movie and was really shook up over it.

This ad makes completely no sense whatsover in relation to 9/11.

It'd be like an ad putting an Xbox 360 in Hiroshima in 1945 Japan with a nuclear bomb going off in the background and the Xbox 360's image etched into a nearby wall from the blast.

Both the movies and benQ are using the images to make money, so saying that it's ok for the movies to use it and not ok for BenQ to use it is stupid.

I'm sure Nicholas Cage gave all of the money he made from the movie to charity too!

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Phokus

Originally posted by: buck
Wow, I wonder what they were thinking?

Maybe they took a page out of the republican play book.

ZING!

That being said, I think I have a meeting with them in Vegas in January. I'll definitely ask them about this.

Please do so ... I'm not normally one to react to things like this & I have a pretty twisted sense of humor according to most people, but seeing that ad makes my angry & VERY happy I don't own any BenQ products!

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: fishface313

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Compton

Originally posted by: sadguy
wow, most of you need to lighten up.

i've seen american music albums with pictures of jets slamming into the twin towers. where's the outrage over that?

then there's your own president taking blatant photo opps at ground zero to further his middle east agenda.

hypocrites ftl?

Exactly. IMO, this is nothing compared to the movies that made money off 9/11.

The 9/11 movies were telling the story of what happened on that day. I went to see 9/11 the movie and was really shook up over it.

This ad makes completely no sense whatsover in relation to 9/11.

It'd be like an ad putting an Xbox 360 in Hiroshima in 1945 Japan with a nuclear bomb going off in the background and the Xbox 360's image etched into a nearby wall from the blast.

Both the movies and benQ are using the images to make money, so saying that it's ok for the movies to use it and not ok for BenQ to use it is stupid.

I'm sure Nicholas Cage gave all of the money he made from the movie to charity too!

The point of a movie (well, most movies) is to make money. Yes. However, the main focus of 9/11 (the movie) was to show the audience WHAT happened leading up, during and after the attacks and what those two PA authority officers went through on that day...and their families.

The point of this BenQ ad is...????

 

[fishface313]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: fishface313

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Compton

Originally posted by: sadguy
wow, most of you need to lighten up.

i've seen american music albums with pictures of jets slamming into the twin towers. where's the outrage over that?

then there's your own president taking blatant photo opps at ground zero to further his middle east agenda.

hypocrites ftl?

Exactly. IMO, this is nothing compared to the movies that made money off 9/11.

The 9/11 movies were telling the story of what happened on that day. I went to see 9/11 the movie and was really shook up over it.

This ad makes completely no sense whatsover in relation to 9/11.

It'd be like an ad putting an Xbox 360 in Hiroshima in 1945 Japan with a nuclear bomb going off in the background and the Xbox 360's image etched into a nearby wall from the blast.

Both the movies and benQ are using the images to make money, so saying that it's ok for the movies to use it and not ok for BenQ to use it is stupid.

I'm sure Nicholas Cage gave all of the money he made from the movie to charity too!

The point of a movie (well, most movies) is to make money. Yes. However, the main focus of 9/11 (the movie) was to show the audience WHAT happened leading up, during and after the attacks and what those two PA authority officers went through on that day...and their families.

The point of this BenQ ad is...????

I didn't need a multi-million dollar movie to tell me what happened on 9/11...

 

[Lifted]

Originally posted by: NFS4
The 9/11 movies were telling the story of what happened on that day. I went to see 9/11 the movie and was really shook up over it.

Anyone living in the Tri-State area see any of those flicks? I don't remember seeing them playing very long around here and I don't personally know anyone who has seen them or mentioned any desire to ever see them.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: fishface313
I didn't need a multi-million dollar movie to tell me what happened on 9/11...

Fine. That's you. But seeing the movie was a surreal experience for me and I actually broke down in tears while watching it. I don't think there was a dry eye in theater when we left.

9/11 wasn't quite within my grasp from far away here in NC and seeing talking heads analyze it on TV networks...watching it on the big screen and from their perspective, the people that were actually there...their stories, really floored me.

I had a similar experience with Schindler's List

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: NFS4
The point of this BenQ ad is...????

To make BenQ look stupid. Clearly this is a social faux pas for them, I wouldn't bother to be too outraged about it since clearly no one is going to buy a product with the ruins of the WTC used as the background.

 

[sadguy]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: fishface313
I didn't need a multi-million dollar movie to tell me what happened on 9/11...

Fine. That's you. But seeing the movie was a surreal experience for me and I actually broke down in tears while watching it. I don't think there was a dry eye in theater when we left.

9/11 wasn't quite within my grasp from far away here in NC and seeing talking heads analyze it on TV networks...watching it on the big screen and from their perspective, the people that were actually there...their stories, really floored me.

I had a similar experience with Schindler's List

and the movie still made millions of dollars off a tragedy. and benq is the devil? rofl?

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: sadguy

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: fishface313
I didn't need a multi-million dollar movie to tell me what happened on 9/11...

Fine. That's you. But seeing the movie was a surreal experience for me and I actually broke down in tears while watching it. I don't think there was a dry eye in theater when we left.

9/11 wasn't quite within my grasp from far away here in NC and seeing talking heads analyze it on TV networks...watching it on the big screen and from their perspective, the people that were actually there...their stories, really floored me.

I had a similar experience with Schindler's List

and the movie still made millions of dollars off a tragedy. and benq is the devil? rofl?

Your missing the point.

World Trade Center was a film drama about the events of 9-11 and it made money (and was endorsed by the family members portrayed in the film)
This BenQ ad is about a MP3 player that has nothing whatsoever to do with 9-11

I see where you're going with your commentary, but you're not quite understanding that the comparison doesn't work.

 

[Al Neri]

Originally posted by: sadguy
wow, most of you need to lighten up.

i've seen american music albums with pictures of jets slamming into the twin towers. where's the outrage over that?

then there's your own president taking blatant photo opps at ground zero to further his middle east agenda.

hypocrites ftl?

GFY

You probably live in some sh|t third world country and have no idea what its like for attacks like that to occur in a major urban center.

 

[sadguy]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: sadguy

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: fishface313
I didn't need a multi-million dollar movie to tell me what happened on 9/11...

Fine. That's you. But seeing the movie was a surreal experience for me and I actually broke down in tears while watching it. I don't think there was a dry eye in theater when we left.

9/11 wasn't quite within my grasp from far away here in NC and seeing talking heads analyze it on TV networks...watching it on the big screen and from their perspective, the people that were actually there...their stories, really floored me.

I had a similar experience with Schindler's List

and the movie still made millions of dollars off a tragedy. and benq is the devil? rofl?

Your missing the point.

World Trade Center was a film drama about the events of 9-11 and it made money (and was endorsed by the family members portrayed in the film)
This BenQ ad is about a MP3 player that has nothing whatsoever to do with 9-11

I see where you're going with your commentary, but you're not quite understanding that the comparison doesn't work.

yeah, key phrase being "it made money". it's always about the money...otherwise they would've given ALL of their earnings to the family members... since it's about their memories, right? never pass up an opportunity!

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Phokus

Originally posted by: buck
Wow, I wonder what they were thinking?

Maybe they took a page out of the republican play book.

That's sort of what I was thinking...Dubya has used images from 9-11 and the WTC to sell his agenda for over 5 years.