Quentin Tarantino does a Japanese commercial - Blu-ray Forum

chemokidd · 12-06-2009, 08:06 AM

The crazy commercial is for a Japanese cell phone company called Softbank -- and get this: you get a free dog-shaped cell phone speaker if you sign up with them.

I love QT but this is ridiculous lol

here's the link to TMZ's website the commercial is on there

http://www.tmz.com/2009/12/06/quenti...er-commercial/

Foggy · 12-06-2009, 09:30 AM

That was wonderful career crushing at it's best

Azyiu · 12-06-2009, 10:19 AM

That white doggie is cute.

tbizzle · 12-06-2009, 11:43 AM

Haha I actually thought that was kinda funny, hella random though

Q? · 12-06-2009, 01:11 PM

That was indeed random....

P@t_Mtl · 12-06-2009, 01:35 PM

That is pretty normal, they love to use Hollywood stars for their commercial, happen a lot more then you might think. Also they have weird or strange commercial to our eyes but they are rather normal for them. I guess they work over there. I once saw a razor commercial with Harrison Ford in Japanese in the 80's. I don't think the career of Tarntino will suffer because of this.

Q? · 12-06-2009, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

That is pretty normal, they love to use Hollywood stars for their commercial, happen a lot more then you might think. Also they have weird or strange commercial to our eyes but they are rather normal for them. I guess they work over there. I once saw a razor commercial with Harrison Ford in Japanese in the 80's. I don't think the career of Tarntino will suffer because of this.

Of course not, it's even made fun of in Lost In Translation, I also think that Brad Pitt has made some...

P@t_Mtl · 12-06-2009, 01:40 PM

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Of course not, it's even made fun of in Lost In Translation, I also think that Brad Pitt has made some...

I once saw a list of them on the Net but I can't recall where. There is quite a few of them over the years. I love Asian commercial, they are so amazing sometimes to watch

chemokidd · 12-06-2009, 02:05 PM

the only other two I remember were Arnold Schwarzenegger & Hulk Hogan

they are pretty crazy haha

Foggy · 12-06-2009, 02:46 PM

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the only other two I remember were Arnold Schwarzenegger & Hulk Hogan

they are pretty crazy haha

I have seen some of the arnie ones they are fantastic

mikejet · 12-06-2009, 03:37 PM

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That white doggie is cute.

It's like a Japanese version of Doug from Up.

GLaDOS · 12-06-2009, 03:41 PM

What the hell?

That was too random.

Brandon · 12-06-2009, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

That is pretty normal, they love to use Hollywood stars for their commercial, happen a lot more then you might think. Also they have weird or strange commercial to our eyes but they are rather normal for them. I guess they work over there. I once saw a razor commercial with Harrison Ford in Japanese in the 80's. I don't think the career of Tarntino will suffer because of this.

Yep, when I lived in Japan, I saw celebs doing ads they would never think of doing here in the states. Brad Pitt's face on coffee vending machines, Julia Roberts also on vending machines...Bruce Willis was the poster boy for ENEOS, a gas station. There would be huge billboards with Bruce holding a gas pump like a gun.

Q? · 12-06-2009, 05:20 PM

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Yep, when I lived in Japan, I saw celebs doing ads they would never think of doing here in the states. Brad Pitt's face on coffee vending machines, Julia Roberts also on vending machines...Bruce Willis was the poster boy for ENEOS, a gas station. There would be huge billboards with Bruce holding a gas pump like a gun.

OMG.

It could be nice being a celebrity and live off of doing ridiculous ads and commercials...

Foggy · 12-06-2009, 05:22 PM

Brandon · 12-06-2009, 05:23 PM

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OMG.

It could be nice being a celebrity and live off of doing ridiculous ads and commercials...

Yeah and they can do anything they want without fear of it hurting their career. I'm trying to think of more...but seriously it was like all of the biggest celebrities you can think of had a commercial for tea or dishwashing liquid, stuff like that. I want to say Cameron Diaz was in a cleaning product commercial.

Q? · 12-06-2009, 05:31 PM

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Yeah and they can do anything they want without fear of it hurting their career. I'm trying to think of more...but seriously it was like all of the biggest celebrities you can think of had a commercial for tea or dishwashing liquid, stuff like that. I want to say Cameron Diaz was in a cleaning product commercial.

Exactly, no matter how embarrasing or whatever...
Japanese people are crazy...
I really really want to go there, so fascinating...

Lord_Stewie · 12-06-2009, 05:34 PM

Typical Tarantino unpredictable genius at work. Sometimes I get the feeling he wishes to be a Japanese or Asian with a martial Arts background. Kill Bill and what not. Not to forget the Hatori Hanzo.

Brandon · 12-06-2009, 05:47 PM

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Exactly, no matter how embarrasing or whatever...
Japanese people are crazy...
I really really want to go there, so fascinating...

It's a very interesting world over there

Someone else mentioned that the commercials in Japan are crazy but that they work over there...it's totally a cultural thing: they recognize the ridiculousness of commercials and instead of trying to make the actors in them seem like real people, like they do in the west, they embrace the silliness of the whole concept and turn the ads into something equally ridiculous and silly.

When I first moved there, Japanese commercials seemed SOOO strange to me. After living there for a few years, when I would come back here, American commercials seemed strange, even disturbing, because they were so dramatic, trying to look "real" even though everyone knows they're not.

hardcorefrokid · 12-06-2009, 07:08 PM

That looked pretty funny. Now, if I just knew what they were saying.

12-06-2009, 08:06 AM	#1
chemokidd Expert Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Nashville, TN Home Theater Gallery:30 Blu-ray collection:108 Blu-ray reviews:8	Quentin Tarantino does a Japanese commercial The crazy commercial is for a Japanese cell phone company called Softbank -- and get this: you get a free dog-shaped cell phone speaker if you sign up with them. I love QT but this is ridiculous lol here's the link to TMZ's website the commercial is on there http://www.tmz.com/2009/12/06/quenti...er-commercial/

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12-06-2009, 09:30 AM	#2
Foggy Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:UK 4K collection:29 Blu-ray collection:3594 DVD collection:47	That was wonderful career crushing at it's best

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12-06-2009, 11:43 AM	#4
tbizzle Blu-ray Ninja Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Folsom, CA Home Theater Gallery:61 4K collection:47 Blu-ray collection:571 Trading Score:55	Haha I actually thought that was kinda funny, hella random though

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Q? Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Nuuk, Greenland Blu-ray collection:168	That was indeed random....

12-06-2009, 01:35 PM	#6
P@t_Mtl Blu-ray Duke Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Montreal Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:452 DVD collection:513 Trading Score:3	That is pretty normal, they love to use Hollywood stars for their commercial, happen a lot more then you might think. Also they have weird or strange commercial to our eyes but they are rather normal for them. I guess they work over there. I once saw a razor commercial with Harrison Ford in Japanese in the 80's. I don't think the career of Tarntino will suffer because of this.

12-06-2009, 02:05 PM	#9
chemokidd Expert Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Nashville, TN Home Theater Gallery:30 Blu-ray collection:108 Blu-ray reviews:8	the only other two I remember were Arnold Schwarzenegger & Hulk Hogan they are pretty crazy haha

12-06-2009, 03:41 PM	#12
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12-06-2009, 05:34 PM	#18
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12-06-2009, 07:08 PM	#20
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