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Bizarre Plane Crash Commercial from Dutch Travel Company

snarfd.com — Whoever thought this intense, creepy ad was a good idea should be fired immediately.

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  • Androfire, on 12/29/2007, -3/+40The secret trailer of Lost season 4?
    • swiftekho, on 12/29/2007, -0/+7No, but I want to ride that airplane.
  • paperfrog, on 12/29/2007, -13/+32The new Travel Middle East spots by these folks will feature a suicide bomber who detonates a confetti vest. Everyone parties.
    • Rotzooi, on 12/29/2007, -0/+23Volkswagen Europe already did a suicide bomber commercial:
      http://www.jugglingcats.com/video/volkswagen_suici ...

      It's pretty funny, actually.
      • dsenman, on 01/28/2008, -1/+7It was a spoof - VW actually sued the company that made it.
      • scarwars, on 12/30/2007, -0/+1i never lol but i just did
    • Rahodeb, on 12/29/2007, -0/+15Odd, paperfrog, your comment looks exactly like the second one down from the linked page:

      "Brilliant! Next, they should film a suicide bomber pushing a button and having confetti fly from his body to encourage people to party in the Middle East."
    • signal15, on 12/29/2007, -1/+4Holy crap, that would be a GREAT Halloween costume.
  • syroncoda, on 12/29/2007, -10/+9paaaarrtttyyy!!!!

    now in real life.... hmmmm horrible explosion probably.
    • monospaced, on 12/29/2007, -8/+3Make comments like that in a real social situation and people would stop talking to you.
    • jmchez, on 12/30/2007, -0/+1One just like it in the Indian Ocean was videotaped. No explosion but the wings came off and almost everyone drowned.
  • gwinerreniwg, on 12/29/2007, -2/+49Reasons like this are why I am moving to the Netherlands
  • annabegonia, on 12/29/2007, -2/+44Crazy, awesome Dutch people! Love it ;)
    • randomerratum, on 06/10/2008, -0/+3yeah, but now If I'm ever on a plane as it plummets into the ocean, the first and last thing I think of will be "paaaaaarrrttyyyy!!!!!!"
  • Rotzooi, on 12/29/2007, -0/+22The text at the end of the thing says:
    -"start your own airline"
    -"check in 6 friends"
    -"and win a vacation together!"

    -"book now for x-tremely low prices!"


    But hey, hate it or love it, it sure is viral, so whoever thought this up did his/her job.
  • supermanred, on 12/29/2007, -32/+5You're a ***** ***** for posting this in this way, with complete spoilers and wrapped in your ***** blog spam crap.

    I just saw the other DIRECT TO YOUTUBE post, and the guy was decent enough not to spoil the punchline, you ***** *****.

    ***** *****!!!! BOB SAGET!!!!
    • Rikushix, on 12/29/2007, -1/+12Oh, "BOB SAGET"? You struck a low blow by calling him that.
    • ferrariman60, on 12/29/2007, -0/+9Spoilers? It's a commercial, not a ***** movie.
      • supermanred, on 12/29/2007, -1/+1Anyone who I've shown it to without saying its a commercial laughed their bag off at the "PARRRRTYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!"

        And yeah, I was trying to do the tourettes guy thing in my post.

        I ***** HATE ***** OUT OF YOU, BOB SAGET!!!!
  • KingLeo, on 12/29/2007, -1/+126"Whoever thought this intense, creepy ad was a good idea should be fired immediately."

    No they shouldn't. Their goal was obviously to create a viral ad and obviously it worked because YOU though it was weird enough to show it to the world... if it wasn't for you, I would've probably never seen the ad. Now I have seen it and it didn't cost the agency behind it a penny... whoever thought of this commercial deserves a raise.
    • cyrix, on 12/29/2007, -0/+12I actually didn't think it was all that bad to be honest. If there had been like a fireball explosion with people screaming and running....yeah then it would come across as bad.
    • ChrisLondon, on 12/29/2007, -2/+3Well said KingLeo, you took the words right out of my mouth.
  • Rikushix, on 12/29/2007, -0/+26The content is questionable, but only because oversensitized people will deem it "tasteless". "It demeans the memory of plane crash victims!", they'll shout. "Fire whoever thought this intense, creepy ad was a good idea immediately!". Oh wait, that's the submitter.
  • lukas88, on 12/29/2007, -3/+44I love this commercial. Maybe the dutch are not the type of people who huddle in a corner at the vague idea of something bad. I love you america, but grow some balls.

    (look at my profile, I am american)
    • Octaman, on 12/29/2007, -1/+2The original idea was cool, but the actual ad sucks monkey balls. The CGI looks extremely bad / cheap / monkey ballish.
  • mearom, on 12/29/2007, -1/+22no sell untill I see the kool-aid monster jump out
  • archimago42, on 12/29/2007, -4/+34The poster is a jackass.
    • romistrub, on 12/29/2007, -2/+6Logged in just to digg you up. ***** the poster.
    • Hraes, on 12/29/2007, -0/+2Agreed. This is so badly titled. Oversensitive "terrorism"-induced gut reaction. There's no crashing at all.

      The commercial, however, has me giggling.
  • mattyd12466, on 12/29/2007, -2/+52when I read crash I thought...explotion, death and distruction etc..

    As it turnes out, and pretty crappy CGI plane lands nicly in the water. Hardly creepy, hardly intense.
    • Aharoni, on 12/29/2007, -0/+15I thought the plane was actually well done... but I don't have a sharp eye for these things... which means I can enjoy more CGI effects without being cynical and annoying :)
      • doctordbx, on 12/29/2007, -0/+7I thought it looked pretty good too... but you know... there's a whole legion of people out there that go 'crap cgi' no matter the quality.
      • mattyd12466, on 12/29/2007, -1/+07 years working in he CG industry has made me quite cynical its true....annoying? you dont know the half if it ;)
  • neiltc13, on 12/29/2007, -1/+32They just wanted to get to the beach quickly. Why is everyone so edgy about aeroplanes?
  • Dylson, on 12/29/2007, -0/+10The dutch never fail to amuse me.
  • chkdg8, on 12/29/2007, -0/+3This ***** is crazy! I think expedia is shut down from the traffic.
  • jrtalon, on 12/29/2007, -1/+17Fired? Why would they get fired the ad made the front page of google and has 80000 youtube views. This is exactly what they were hoping for when they created the ad.
  • anselm83, on 12/29/2007, -2/+21Submitter sounds like a real prick. I really liked the video actually.
    • evirAtion, on 12/29/2007, -1/+6
      Some old lady took time out from from demanding the neighbor kids get off of her lawn to post this.
  • Spetz, on 12/29/2007, -0/+3Maybe the success had something to do with the hot chicks in bikinis jumping? :D
  • jwolcott, on 12/29/2007, -0/+7It got dugg, didn't it? Sounds like clever advertising to me.
  • isunktheship, on 12/29/2007, -0/+7I wish the timing was a little more accurate, the plane flies over, then the dude gets up, and looks around like "***** where's the huge plane?" and then it 'finishes' flying over them. Apart from that the graphics were amazing!
  • sstidman, on 12/29/2007, -0/+16Not really a "crash". It was really just an intentional water landing by a plane that normally wouldn't make such a landing.

    I thought the CG was very well done. I liked the commercial.
  • illt, on 12/29/2007, -0/+10OP has a fear of flying..i thought it was quite funny.
  • Lucidvegas, on 12/29/2007, -0/+9I think this is a great video. I had fun watching it. Lighten up people. This person should be promoted for making this awesome commercial.
    • thegreathal, on 12/29/2007, -0/+2You made it sound like everyone died. No! This was like a happier version of Cloverfield. PARRRRRRRTY!
  • ZachSka87, on 12/29/2007, -0/+5I kinda liked it......lol
  • lukekim91, on 12/29/2007, -1/+1I'd hit that.
  • rowlodge, on 12/29/2007, -1/+14everybody jump on the penis slide !
    • Krabid, on 12/29/2007, -0/+6I was wondering if anyone else noticed.
      WTF is up with that?
      • marx2k, on 12/30/2007, -0/+3Hey. they're Dutch... at least they weren't tulips. Mmm tulips on my penis slide, thank you.
  • Raerth, on 12/29/2007, -3/+22Poster is a pussy
  • michael43, on 12/29/2007, -0/+5I liked it, a real attention grabber
  • forzaferrara, on 12/29/2007, -1/+4lol!! Dutch humor is hilarious!!
  • tikidrummer928, on 12/29/2007, -1/+2wow i wish i would have watched this high.
  • ChrisLondon, on 12/29/2007, -0/+4I thought it was pretty funny!
  • morericeyo, on 12/29/2007, -0/+3EXTREME KAYAKING!
  • RexxHavoc, on 12/29/2007, -1/+5screw wearing your morality on a pin
    the commercial is gripping not knowing whats coming next.... then the release when you get the joke
    anyone who finds this even remotely offensive most likely has never volunteered to do something other than provide lip service

    as for paperfrog's comment
    volkswagen had an unreleased as with a guy detonating himself in the car and there is no effect outside the car
  • jgreenst, on 12/29/2007, -0/+2Are those giant penises on the sides of the slide?
  • aflaks, on 12/29/2007, -0/+3that website is run by puritan assholes with no sense of humor. the commercial is excellent!
  • hylas, on 12/29/2007, -0/+1They only made one mistake - CG it, making it an updated flying boat:

    http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Flying-Boat-Londo ...

    No one "freaks out" a good time is had by all.
    Yes, I AM in advertising.

  • Kanaka, on 12/29/2007, -2/+1Thats not a plane crash....merely bad landing.
    • Hraes, on 12/29/2007, -0/+3Bad landing?! That was a ***** /incredible/ water landing. Have you ever seen anyone waterland a jumbo jet without damaging the plane? And park it within feet of a beach, no less?
  • Zippo, on 12/29/2007, -0/+7hilarious. I loved it.
  • johnfritz, on 12/29/2007, -0/+4"Whoever thought this intense, creepy ad was a good idea should be fired immediately"

    Jeez, lighten the ***** up, will ya? That commercial is great.
  • ZeRux, on 12/29/2007, -3/+6Would be funnier if the plane crashed into a skyscraper.
    /sarcasm
    • mohavlich, on 12/29/2007, -2/+2From now on I am officially digging down anyone who uses "/sarcasm". If it's not witty enough for people to catch on to, don't post it.
      • thylacine222, on 12/30/2007, -0/+5Thank you for your insight, grand Digg master. /sarcasm
      • systematic1420, on 12/30/2007, -0/+1You, my friend, are a *****.
        /not sarcasm
    • marx2k, on 12/30/2007, -1/+0Party's over
  • 2shae, on 12/29/2007, -0/+2I haven't seen it on tv here yet actually, but I don't watch that much tv.
    (living in The Netherlands)

    The beginning kinda reminded me of that fake Haiti UFO video.
  • spadin, on 12/29/2007, -0/+2Check out the first girl that jumps out. She sorta trips and her glasses slide onto her face. I thought it was funny.
  • bmr0003, on 12/29/2007, -0/+6Makes me proud to be dutch. if Americans think this is offensive, you haven't seen much dutch tv. However, it's only offensive to those with closed minds.
  • blueblazer17, on 12/29/2007, -1/+4that's a brilliant water landing. love it. more please!
  • theghoul, on 12/29/2007, -1/+3Creepy but funny. There's no such thing as bad press.
  • Gneisbaard, on 12/29/2007, -2/+1Not funny, not even a little bit.
    I can't see how anyone could possibly be offended by it either.
  • gunit99, on 12/29/2007, -0/+4"Whoever thought this intense, creepy ad was a good idea should be fired immediately."

    Pansy.
  • teamgwho, on 12/29/2007, -0/+6buried as innacurate. No plane *crash* plane made a water landing, which was intentional because it is an ad for "extreme vacations" and what could be more extreme then landing right at the beach?

    **Whoever thought this intense, creepy ad was a good idea should be fired immediately.**

    Um, whoever thought this was a bad idea should be prohibited from submitting to digg immediately. Yeah, it's kinda wtf at first and you think OMFSM it's gonna crash, but when the reality of the situation is revealed, it's cool. I think the guy shouting "partyyyyy!" in a warbling echochamber kinda way was a tad over the top but overall, good commercial.

    And we are all talking about it, it's all over the web, 80K hits on youtube so the "idiot" behind this should get a raise immediately.
  • cico, on 12/29/2007, -0/+3good pilot !
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