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- Carthagefield, on 01/08/2008, -6/+119Hahahaha, Canadian tv ROCKS!
- Jameo, on 01/08/2008, -1/+110My girlfriend and I saw the burning oil one just after finishing a horror movie and it shocked us badly, we just sat on the couch kind of starting at the TV in a state of disbelief. I'll never walk around a kitchen carrying a huge vat of boiling oil when I'm about to get a promotion and married. Learned my lesson.
- kingmanic, on 01/08/2008, -3/+105Thats American TV, the CBC would show nipples. In fact when the CBC aired "the centre of the world" they kept Alisha Klass' explicit sex scene. Canadians are more mature about sex or more into it. One or the other.
- levitron, on 01/08/2008, -13/+115...and every time they come on, I have to cover my 4 year-old's eyes.
- jtingley, on 01/08/2008, -1/+83Being an American in my 20's I'd say I'm pretty jaded to violence and gore of the highest order. Watching these actually stirred a reaction in me. I don't think that's happened since the dead baby scene from Trainspotting. WOW!
- kingmanic, on 01/08/2008, -2/+82American media shows violence without consequences. These ads are all about consequences. I think thats the bit that shocks you.
- unicronband, on 01/08/2008, -2/+69Canadians are great with this type of stuff. Like the cigarette warning labels that take up half the pack. Like this one http://www.smoke-free.ca/warnings/warningsimages/b ...
- madebytam, on 01/08/2008, -2/+68They left out this important PSA about men's health. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uayowbYqvZA&e
- Kinneas12, on 01/08/2008, -1/+59When I first saw the oil one on my TV, I was shocked and am unable to see it again. I have to say that they WORK though. I'm not joking when I say that I'm pretty observant about workplace safety now.
And Canadian TV is far saner than American TV. Go to Comedy Network at 6 in the evening and you'll hear pretty much any profane word in the dictionary.
I agree that this is a little too much for some viewers, but it's a campaign that is only on TV for a short while. Don't expect to see this kinda thing again for a long time. You only need to be shown a shock ad once for it to work. If only this was true for all the other retarded advertising on TV that they just try to oversaturate your eyes with. - ih8ualot, on 01/08/2008, -18/+73But they still can't show Kate Winslet's boobs when they play Titanic on cable television. I tell ya...
- BrianCrosbie, on 01/08/2008, -0/+49The oil burn one was hardcore.
- inactive, on 01/08/2008, -0/+48??? Maybe not at 3 in the afternoon but there's plenty of boobs on Canadian Tv. Espescially on the french channels.
- topcad, on 01/08/2008, -1/+48Grotesque? More like awesome! I remember the ladder one.. but the boiling pot was the best. Really makes you want to stop and be more aware of your surroundings...
- PhoneGuy, on 01/08/2008, -0/+45Folks, hate to tell yah, but Friday and Saturday nights we get porn on late night TV in Canada ... the only thing they cut is the money shot.
- coollettuce, on 01/08/2008, -2/+44I'd rather have ads like these in America that are against company negligence than the propaganda ads that are anti-cannabis.
- Tripw0l, on 01/08/2008, -12/+52They make you laugh but also make you think. It's clear that they're using dark humor to get things changed. Probably the same people that did the Volkswagen sudden crash commercials. Well done but I still think that the Germans did it first with a full-length video on forklift operation. (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-399357810 ...
- volvinator, on 01/08/2008, -1/+34Great campaign. Congrats to the agency who thought it up. I think to label it "Grotesque" is really grotesquely missing the point. The US needs effective, thought-provoking ads like these. Less "ask your doctor if Cialis is right for you", More "Don't be stupid."
- jezsik, on 01/08/2008, -0/+31Sheesh, there are plenty of boobs on American TV too. Bill O'Reilly springs to mind.
- inactive, on 01/08/2008, -1/+30Canadian television can show every boobs they want and then some after 10pm.
- bouche, on 01/08/2008, -0/+26the chef chick's scream should win her an award. that's bone chilling.
- inactive, on 01/08/2008, -3/+27Those aren't grotesque. Certainly not the most grotesque canadian commercials.
They show things that can really happen and the real consequences of these things. And they work. It's like those anti-smoking ads where they show you a lung except it's about safety. - mattyd12466, on 01/08/2008, -1/+25wow wow and .....wow
the kitchen one is brutal - stalman, on 01/08/2008, -3/+27"There is something wrong with Canada if you need to show these kinds of gut-wrenching videos just to get a point across."
Hmm, not sure about the misdirected blame to Canada for "needing" these videos. Just because they are on our airways does not mean that we needed them. - amadeusdemarzi, on 01/08/2008, -5/+29I am glad levitron is getting dugg up, because these replies he is getting are absolutely appaling.
If people think it's perfectly ok to show your 4 year old child imagery of people getting killed in horrible and grotesque ways, then we have a serious problem with society (not that we don't, I'm just saying).
My mother specializes in infant and young child care and development. These formative years are some of the most important years of a human's life in determining how they will grow into adults. And I am not talking about some pseudo science/voodoo *****. I am talking brain development.
We take for granted that most of us here can seperate ourselves from the situations in those videos. We understand that it's fake, that it's not really happening. We further understand at a conceptual level that it's simply a warning and a message. I am sorry but a young 4 year old child can't.
Oh, and they guy drawing the nudity connection? Please, a completely different subject, the OP didn't even talk about his stance on nudity, it's a straw man arguement. I don't understand how you are drawing a connection there, because there is none. - domdunc, on 01/08/2008, -2/+25Reminds me of the drink driving ads here in the UK. Some of them are pretty shocking the first time you see them. But then again we get boobs and swearing on tv so it's par for the course i guess.
- neoform, on 01/08/2008, -0/+22http://youtube.com/watch?v=rON7EeT0Nxg
I thought this one was more disturbing than any of those.. - MrRoboto, on 01/08/2008, -1/+23They are definitely very powerful. If it takes this kind of shocking add to create awareness then it is doing its job. The one with the girl in the kitchen was especially disturbing to me.
- ComstockGordon, on 01/08/2008, -0/+20There's a candid camera type show called Just for Laughs Gags in Canada. One time they had a computer in a library automatically go to hardcore porn sites whenever a person tried to use the computer. They didn't censor the images or sounds of women moaning and it was 4:00 in the afternoon. It was pretty funny especially because the show was rated PG
- panicofficer, on 01/08/2008, -2/+21Do you have a 4 year old? I'm guessing not.
- chadspacey, on 01/08/2008, -1/+19It's clear ZOMBIES live in Canada!
- amadeusdemarzi, on 01/08/2008, -1/+17..in 12 years he will let his daughter see them, their is such thing as being age appropriate.
As humans develop, they learn to cope and handle situations. Showing a young child grotesque violence or imagery can really scar them when they don't quite know how to deal with it. It's not rocket science. - inactive, on 01/08/2008, -1/+17O'reilly is not a boob. He is an *****. Bob Saget on America's funniest videos was a boob.
- chedabob, on 01/08/2008, -1/+16I'm 18 and #2 made me feel sick. I'd be scarred for life if I'd seen it as a 4 year old.
- HyperionHK, on 01/08/2008, -0/+14Ya, that's a more American thing. Mainstream Canadian TV channels are known to show softcore pornography at night some nights.
- akilleen, on 01/08/2008, -2/+15I like this german forklift safety video better...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-399357810 ...
Boring at first, gets good at around 3:30. - SLockhart, on 01/08/2008, -0/+13Google "trailer park boys" if you haven't already heard of it.
- mdoerr, on 01/08/2008, -0/+12I love the pubes on the ice at the end of the shot.
- BoneStamp, on 01/08/2008, -2/+14I remember seeing a couple of these on TV and being absolutely shocked. They had the intended impact on me, but it would surely be too much for some viewers.
- CannedMango, on 01/08/2008, -0/+12You must be ***** upset.
- tmbrwolf19, on 01/08/2008, -0/+12I kinda think thats the point... all these 'accidents' are preventable. And thats the point, awareness, not extremely unlike scenarios.
- Cyberbladewolf, on 01/08/2008, -1/+12If anything we need some PSA's like this to air in the US. Unfortunately, PSA's that actually have a chance of getting results won't air because those things would scare and offend people. Instead, we get some PSA that say's, "Safety first." without even making you think about why you should be concerned about safety.
- graemee, on 01/08/2008, -0/+11The main reason that kind of censorship happens on Canadian TV is they get the TV print from the US. Case in point is Lethal Weapon, the first one, was on CTV - ***** uncut. Then it was on NBC or such the same week, and it was freaking cut. Then it was on another Canadian network, CBC and it was the freaking cut version. I don't remember seeing the ***** uncut version on a Canadian network since.
- CedEx, on 01/08/2008, -1/+12Exactly... my friend's son is 2 years old and is terrified of the characters in Rock Band as he can't make the connection that it is just a cartoon done with a computer. I'm sure as he gets a little older and is more aware, things like this won't scare him. Some things are interpreted differently at different levels of maturity.
- inactive, on 01/08/2008, -3/+13Ever compare American government information about marijuana to Canadian information about marijuana? Really puts things into perspective...
Canada:
http://hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/marihuana/how-comment/m ...
US:
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/concern/marijuana.html - jon30041, on 01/08/2008, -6/+16... They made you laugh?
Really, that's just pretty ***** up man. I mean, the ads just make me think that it's everyone's job to be observant and cautious. The forklift guy drove like an idiot (always turn around when reversing), the woman with the ladder should have centered it under where the sign would be (no leaning, no breakage) and the funeral guy should have worn all of his safety equipment (like he said).
The woman with the grease and the welder on the beam, sure, those were more understandable for the message of the ads, and the most shocking to me. They didn't get up after their incidents. - giddieon, on 01/08/2008, -1/+11I think they are a great tool many workers don't know there rights and some works get complacent... people are fools to think that this stuff does not happen everyday...
Please Digg this artical more people should see it... - inactive, on 01/08/2008, -0/+10French movie network for the win! And the money shot!
- stoanhart, on 01/08/2008, -0/+10Sure, LogicBomB. Do you also like staying up all night because you have to run to your 4-year-old's bedside due to nightmares?
- BoneStamp, on 01/08/2008, -2/+11It's because the government is footing the health care bill, they have to do everything they can to reduce that bill.
- thwackitechnica, on 01/08/2008, -0/+9Best grade 7 Montreal trip ever: French softcore on 3 channels in the hotel.
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