What a Bullshit Ad

[lame54]

Arrogant
Deceptive
Manipulative

[monmouth3]

1. I love him as an actor though. He does evil, arrogant and every negative character in a

role you can think of. I agree though, the ad is quite over the top. This is a working actor looking for a paycheck and he did his job...

[Sherman A1]

3. He was really good in

Band of Brothers. He played a real decent guy, facing the impossible.

[packman]

47. Loved/hated him in

last season JUSTIFIED, one of the better series on TV. Breathed a sigh of relief when he was done in at the end, couldn't stand the tension of his character. Good actor, bad ad.

[demwing]

52. Also very good in the somewhat off tempo "Tin Man"

the riff on the Oz stories...

[lame54]

5. He looks like Beavis

[PNW_Dem]

23. Pander much?

Wow, I totally thought this was a spoof ad. Really funny/sad/pathetic.

Also, why would you buy a POS Caddy when the far superior Tesla S MSRP is $60,000? With a Tesla, you can still not take your vacation and scream “USA, USA, USA” out the windows as you are stuck in traffic on the way to your office job. Just saying…

[yeoman6987]

34. I lived in Europe for 5 years

They do take the entire month of August off. However, they put family and life before money. American in general always puts money first especially the rich.

[dotymed]

38. Can any American non-elite

relate to an entire month off of work(paid for/voluntarily)? Even 2 weeks? Unlike other 1st world nations, (w/universal health care of course and Union representation) American (#1 ) govt. pushes us down further than many 3rd world countries for their profit, greed and to keep us "in line."

Why don't we do a reality show about the perks of living in other 1st world nations? I promise that there would be a lot of changes in our government.
America has to open its eyes. We have become the nation of pariahs. Here in Tn., the Union vote would have been much different if people had a clue about a real Democratic 1st world nation.

It sickens me.

[cpwm17]

2. When I saw your thread title

I assumed this would be the ad. I hate it too.

I agree with monmouth3, the actor played it perfectly. We should see more of him.

[ErikJ]

4. Semi-satirical

Hyped up RW flag-waving nationalism... then unplugging the electric car. RWers HATE electric cars. Heads exploding. Ironically though, it was the Dems that do the big national things like putting a man on the moon.

[Scuba]

35. Yep, looks like a spoof to me.

[dotymed]

39. I am sure that

most democrats (corporate, 1 party) loved this commercial. He named a few still living.

[AnneD]

43. ITA...

I howled with laughter when I saw it. And in the end, when he winked and said 'nes pas'-I took that as a swipe at the French over the tire plant location flap that happened several months back and Hollands comments exhorting French workers to be more productive.

Leaving the car on the moon with the keys in the ignition was also a good cover. However, unless we come to our senses and rebuild our nation instead of others we have destroyed....it is all for naught. We had our chance and we basically have blown our resources. The next Cadillac ad you see will be for their new line of bicycles.

[delrem]

6. The actor looked pretty damn desperate.

But hey, if the US is trying to be competitive in auto making again, that's great!
The jingoism? Not so much.

[lame54]

7. Why don't we cut it down to one vacation a year...

work your ass off for shit wages while the 1% get richer
The American way

[TrollBuster9090]

11. Correct. The actual 'movers and shakers' who've doubled their productivity over the last decade, at

the expense of working longer hours, and taking fewer vacation days (with no increase in salary whatsoever) are the people who drive to work in a $200 000 BUS, not a $75 000 car.

[MrMickeysMom]

53. The actor looked like he had a board up his ass...

… and was on crack.

But, hey… that's what it's like getting a pay check these days…

[Warpy]

8. My first thought: "Wow! This guy is a MORON!"

Most of us would rather finish work, stroll to a cafe or wine bar, and unwind for an hour or two with friends and family. We'd love a month off with enough of a paycheck to be able to save for a trip to the seashore every year.

This type resents going to sleep because it interferes with his job!

He'd better really love that car because he doesn't have time to use any of his other toys.

Fool.

ETA: I should point out that the "type" refers to the Cadillac target group, old workaholic (mostly) white males, not to an actor with extensive experience in being unemployed.

[BodieTown]

9. Livin' the Lie

A one-finger salute to Cadillac and the brain-dead marketing morons who came up with this sewer scum.

It is nice to see that corporate bullshit is increasingly being challenged, here and elsewhere.

[TrollBuster9090]

10. Technically....

Technically....

A) The motto of this commercial should really be: "Cadillac, the only car you can still sit in after being shot through the ass in 'Band of Brothers.'

B) Americans don't CHOOSE to have the shortest vacation (5 days on average) than any other developed country (including Japan); they're FORCED to work the extra hours. But if you're a corporate type who chooses to rationalize American serfdom that way, so be it. Whatever floats your boat. and finally,

C) It's actually a brilliant commercial, given that anybody who can afford to drop $75000 on a car is probably deluded enough to believe all this drivel.

[mike dub]

12. F'n hate this ad

As if Americans who put in hard work, and appreciate well-earned vacations, are shmoes. Caddy will never sell me a car anyway. Whatev

[Rafale]

13. Hate me but...

Porsche. There's no substitute. :0)

[brettdale]

14. What a Horrible ad

I think the ad is saying, "hey s, only take two weeks off a year, and you can have
a huge house and an expensive car" Suckers.

Personally I would rather be on a a beach for an extra two weeks, what is the actors name.

[brettdale]

15. what is the the actors name?

Is he on twitter?

[NaturalHigh]

29. His name is Neal McDonough.

He was actually pretty good in Justified, Season 3.

[brettdale]

16. From the huffingtonpost

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/26/this-commercial-sums-up-e_n_4859040.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

[delrem]

20. What rock did you crawl out from under?

I hope there aren't more of like you in the district.

[NYC_SKP]

24. I drive a faggy electric car. ~their words, not mine~

What an asshat thing to post.

Hmmmm, hmmmmm.

Boom!

:nuke"

[They_Live]

18. It could be classic comedy

if he got into the car at the end, accidentally put it in reverse, drove through his football field sized kitchen, ran into the oven, and blew up the entire house.

[yuiyoshida]

50. That would be

funny as hell. good call.

[jmowreader]

19. Apparently they forgot to tell you

This is the "Massengill Edition" Cadillac ELR - only sold to total douchebags like this guy.

Fortunately he'll die of a heart attack soon.

[PatrynXX]

21. shoulda stayed on star trek (First Contact)

Great actor why he picked this up have no idea. although it's just an ad. I'm not like the Right going nuts over an ad .....

[oldandhappy]

22. Disgusting ad

I cannot afford a Caddy so maybe that explains why the ad does not appeal to me. I'll take the cafe thank you while you work endlessly for toys.

[Warpy]

33. I can afford it but I drive a Kia

and I'll probably drive it until Tesla is making sedans and the price comes down. I'll charge it at home with solar panels.

I like my Kia. I've always driven 3rd world wrecks and it's a real treat to have a fairly young car that works. It's also not bad on road trips and it's very economical.

The only people I ever knew who had Cadillacs were sleazes who'd stick the wife and kids with the Caddy on weekdays because it was a nuisance to drive into the city. I saw the same thing here with H2s.

[yeoman6987]

36. I can afford it too but drive a Toyota

I would never spend that much money on a car. My last car I bought in 1997 and drove it until 2011 paying about 15 grand. This Toyota I purchased for 20K in 2011 and hopefully will drive it until 2025 or so. I just can't justify spending a ton of money on a car.

[AnneD]

44. I tend to drive...

cars until they are able to vote. I am looking for a comfortable late model gas stingy later model. I get the newer model, hubby will get mine and we sell the older one to friends whose kids need a first car.

Cadillacs have never appealed to me. They were just to shoddy. I would take a Crown Victoria over a Caddy.

[NancyDL]

25. On the Virtues of a Paid-for Car :)

In the last half of my life (I'm 73) ...

I've owned two cars: a 1979 Datsun and a 1989 Olds. I paid cash for each one, drove sensibly and serviced them regularly. I'm still driving the Olds, which is a wonderful car in every way.

In terms of experience, I see no difference between the quality of my ride and the quality of a ride in a $75,000 car. The difference is in my bank account, not only with regard to paying for the car but for insurance and maintenance. An amazing number of people these days are willing to sell their lives for things that are really just status symbols. And that's a big part of what's wrong with the economy.

That ad wasn't created for people who can afford that Cadillac; it was created for the people who can't - who think that possession of that car will somehow grant them possession of a world of wealth and power. That's why, at the end, you'll usually see posted the monthly payment or lease costs.

[MADem]

26. You'd think a guy with such a pricey car could afford shorts that don't crawl up his asscrack!

It's an AWFUL ad....but maybe Cadillac is trying to grow their "asshole" democraphic, or something?

They certainly have done one thing brilliantly--they have gotten people talking about the ad.

I, too, have heard that this guy is a good actor and a decent fellow in his everyday life--maybe he just needed a payday? It's a commercial, not ISHTAR...and it will keep the lights on the phone bill paid for a bit.

[zentrum]

27. This ad was Rovian

....in the way it twisted progressive policies.

Why don't you have an August vacation like every worker in the much maligned France? Not because you're exploited and not paid enough to have a vacation---but because you're too "exceptional".

As if the guy he portrays works all of August instead of hanging out at his second, summer home.

It was beyond nauseating. Sociopathic ad writers.

[TDale313]

28. I hate this ad.

I will admit I'm probably not their target demographic anyway, but it's just so wrong on every level.

[NaturalHigh]

30. I would be happy to never own a Cadillac...

if I could take a month off every year (though I would prefer October, not August).

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

31. BS for sure.

Left the keys in it? Really? And to think some people have the outright gall to claim Americans are gullible.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

32. Apollo was for all mankind....

Not for some rich asshole who thinks he's a master of the known universe.

[madlefty]

37. You may not like the ad but I think that is one hell of a bad-ass lookin car.

[Nitram]

41. Looks like crap to me.

Just an aerodynamic Hummer.

[Nitram]

40. It's ironic that he's totally in character...

...as a psychopathic soulless greedy SOB. Totally appropriate for this ad.

[VWolf]

42. I thought it was a joke

I kept waiting for the SNL punch line at the end.

But it never came.

[Dustlawyer]

45. Who gets 2 weeks in August? Shit, I should be driving a Rolls!

[KansDem]

46. "Create your own luck?"

Luck
noun
1. Success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions.

[RebelOne]

48. I have owned two Cadillacs in my life.

One a sedan and the other was a Cimarron, which I called my baby Cadillac. I love Cadillacs, but can now only afford Fords.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

49. The most disingenuous thing about this ad

is the implication that you'll get all this by working harder than everyone else. The people who can afford all this stuff work about half as many hours as the rest of us, (maybe less when you consider how much "business" is done on the golf course) and most of their "work" can be done from a laptop poolside at a swanky hotel.