Gavri Fernandez ([info]ga_woo) wrote,
@ 2006-01-06 12:42:00
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Entry tags:everybody, feel-good, kbc, madagascar, marketing, namus, star-vijay

Marketing
Noticed how they went for the happy ending in Madagascar by trying to pass fish off as non-sentient? Alex the Lion can eat fish because fish don't have feelings.
I couldn't let them get away with that.
I told my four-year old cousin that the fish that was cut up and eaten was Nemo. She was horrified. And cried herself to sleep that night. That'll teach those Hollywood bastards. Hahaha!

Confession: I mark out for Backstreets Boys' "Everybody". Awesome dance moves. (No, I'm not gay. (I know: nobody gives a shit anyway)) I've confessed. And feel a lot better now. But I don't want anybody talking about this anymore. Understand?

Good.

Don't you love one-word paragraphs? Make you feel like you're reading Booker prize quality material, no?

You know what's the weirdest marketing campaign ever? BJP's Feel Good Factor campaign. Really. Think about it for a moment. Even a soft-drink company wouldn't be daring/dumb enough to go with a slogan like that. Or what about a condom ad? "Our condoms don't work most of the time. But the extra holes in it make you Feel Good."
Think about the brain-storming sessions that must have led to an idea like that. It's mind-boggling.
I'm sure it began with: "Let's use subtle suggestive techniques to make people feel good just before the election. Let's fuck with their minds. Make them Feel Good and we have their votes."
(Presumably, at this point, some discussion about strategy took place. Please fill in this space yourselves. I can't even imagine how the meetings must have progressed. Truly, only a committee could have come up with this conclusion...)
"Alright. It's settled then. Let's advertise in large letters everywhere that our modus operandi is to make people Feel Good at election-time."

My only wish in life is to be able to someday casually say: "I was once asked to give a speech on that."

Believe it Or Not:
Star Vijay, one of the biggest Tamil TV channels is broadcasting dubbed episodes of KBC 2. Here's the unbelievable part: It's the primetime show on weekends and ::drumroll:: people are actually watching it.
Think about that for a minute.
There are actually sane people watching dubbed episodes of a freaking game show!

[info]shoan is coming over, this weekend. I hope I find enough time today to remove the shit-stains from the toilet bowl and the cum stains from the floor. I don't want the guy entering my room, puking in disgust and making a mess.

Update: P.S: I don't have a four-year old cousin.




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[info]fox2mike
2006-01-06 07:24 am UTC (link)
Dubbed, and in Sync.

And Star Vijay isn't targeting the folks in Madras, they're targeting the other places further down south.

Clever move if you ask me on the part of Star. Don't know how well it'll pay though.

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[info]ga_woo
2006-01-06 07:31 am UTC (link)
I saw this one scene where there was a Telugu contestant. And Amitabh Bachan says that he doesn't know Telugu and that he can only speak English and Tamil. (I was walking through the living room, fell down on the remote control, it switched to Star Vijay and when I looked up from the floor I happened to see this happen :P )

WTF! Do they actually expect people to believe that the show is not dubbed? :D

H L Mencken said: Nobody ever lost any money underestimating the intelligence of the American people.

That sentence is "more true" for the Indian people :D

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[info]fox2mike
2006-01-06 07:37 am UTC (link)
WTF! Do they actually expect people to believe that the show is not dubbed? :D

Heh. I think everyone is aware it's dubbed...it's just that the viewers who watch it don't care.

Like those English movies dubbed in Tamil...they make a lot of money...

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(no subject) - [info]ga_woo, 2006-01-06 08:12 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]ga_woo, 2006-01-06 08:36 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]vyshnavi, 2006-01-06 04:18 pm UTC

[info]skorg
2006-01-06 08:12 am UTC (link)
I too watch it. Nizhalgal Ravi has done a good job with the dub. Well it is far better that those old 'Junoon' Style dubbings and much better than watching 'Thanga vetai' (another stupid game show) in Sun TV around the same time. But then I would always vote for switching off the TV and doing something much more interesting.

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[info]ga_woo
2006-01-06 08:18 am UTC (link)
I might start watching KBC if for every wrong answer they double the prize money (as they do now) and for every right answer they take away half the contestant's property. I need more excitement that what they currently provide.

much better than watching 'Thanga vetai' (another stupid game show) in Sun TV

Maybe, but Ramya Krishnan has a much better personality than pompous ass Amitabh Bachan.

But then I would always vote for switching off the TV and doing something much more interesting.

Amen, brother!

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[info]fox2mike
2006-01-06 08:30 am UTC (link)
but Ramya Krishnan has a much better personality

But she doesn't seem to "fit" into the show. She seems kind of detached. And after watching Kushboo host Jackpot (Jaya TV), it's a pain to watch Ramya Krishnan....

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(no subject) - [info]ga_woo, 2006-01-06 08:42 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]wishiwerealive, 2006-01-06 09:34 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ma7ur, 2006-01-06 01:45 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ga_woo, 2006-01-06 01:59 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]ma7ur, 2006-01-06 02:00 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]fox2mike, 2006-01-06 10:04 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ga_woo, 2006-01-06 10:06 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]fox2mike, 2006-01-06 10:19 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]fox2mike, 2006-01-06 10:20 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ga_woo, 2006-01-06 10:27 am UTC
I have an excuse... - [info]fox2mike, 2006-01-06 10:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]wishiwerealive, 2006-01-06 10:34 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]vyshnavi, 2006-01-06 04:23 pm UTC

[info]ga_woo
2006-01-06 10:16 am UTC (link)
Damn it!

I meant "I might start watching KBC if for every right answer they double the prize money (as they do now) and for every wrong answer they take away half the contestant's property. I need more excitement that what they currently provide.

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[info]skorg
2006-01-06 08:37 am UTC (link)
Exactly !!! Kushboo does really well. Ramya Krishnan does what she does best - Shout at the top of her voice. And her tamil is too bad. She says " Athuku MINNADI oru break".
And if you don't like watching pompous ass Amitabh Bachan, you are much better off watcing something else rather than giving Ramya Krishnan a try.

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[info]ga_woo
2006-01-06 08:41 am UTC (link)
Dude, for the record, I DO NOT watch either show.
:D

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[info]ga_woo
2006-01-22 06:14 pm UTC (link)
Also, you replied to my post instead of the comment :D

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[info]vaguelyalive
2006-01-06 11:20 am UTC (link)
I told my four-year old cousin that the fish that was cut up and eaten was Nemo.

Oh, I've done shite like that, hah! Some of them really deserve it. Ruddy tossers. (Not your cousin(s), just mine.)

And I'm feeling really, really sorry for [info]shaon. Yes, inspite of the fact that I don't know him. Huh.

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[info]ga_woo
2006-01-06 12:16 pm UTC (link)
Oh, I've done shite like that, hah!

How could you do that? :O Some of my closest relatives are like that. It pisses me off!
That Madagascar thing never happened. I don't even have a four-year old cousin :D Actually I'm really careful when I talk to kids. Very Very careful. It's one of my things.

But [info]shoan is really coming. Pray for him :D

P.S: I've added a P.S to the post. Didn't think anyone would believe that really happened :)

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[info]t3rmin4t0r
2006-01-06 02:54 pm UTC (link)
Alex the Lion can eat fish because fish don't have feelings.

Steak isn't sentient. Neither is sushi.

To eat is different from kill.

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[info]ga_woo
2006-01-07 07:38 am UTC (link)
Yeah okay. Eating animals is like putting out a contract on someone then. With lots and lots of torture. Not fish though. Fish have it easy. Farm animals are the worst case.

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[info]fugney
2006-01-06 03:20 pm UTC (link)
Update: P.S: I don't have a four-year old cousin.
That was obvious.

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[info]vaguelyalive
2006-01-06 03:43 pm UTC (link)
It wasn't obvious to me. ::grumbles::

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[info]vyshnavi
2006-01-06 04:19 pm UTC (link)
Oh, thanks, I missed that. Next time I'll skip the entire post and just read your comments :D

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(no subject) - [info]ga_woo, 2006-01-07 07:42 am UTC

[info]ga_woo
2006-01-07 07:43 am UTC (link)
How was it obvious?

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(no subject) - [info]fugney, 2006-01-07 12:14 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ga_woo, 2006-01-07 12:59 pm UTC

[info]subtle_blues
2006-01-07 03:44 am UTC (link)
That whole 'Feel Good' thingy gives me the creepy de-ja-vu feeling! Dude are you making posts out of archived YM conversations??
:P

Loser.. You went home and watched a dubbed version of KBC? that too in Tamil? gak! What a bozo!


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[info]ga_woo
2006-01-07 07:42 am UTC (link)
Dory, it's from my comments on LJ on YM.

I fell on the remote control, damn it!

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(no subject) - [info]ga_woo, 2006-01-07 07:43 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]ga_woo, 2006-01-08 01:30 pm UTC
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[info]vyshnavi
2006-01-07 10:14 am UTC (link)
Hey you missed this:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/ga_woo/37677.html?thread=599085#t599085
:))

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(no subject) - [info]subtle_blues, 2006-01-07 10:13 pm UTC
ahem
[info]vijucat
2006-01-08 06:34 am UTC (link)
So one day, I thought : Surely, [info]ga_woo must have a journal, too.
I mean, I thought you only commented.
Was shocked to discover that I didn't + you to my friends list!! Mistake, mate. Please excuse.

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[info]ga_woo
2006-01-08 01:34 pm UTC (link)
You were on my friends-list for months. A few days back I was pruning my friends-list and dropped you since you made just one public post (IIM one) in all those months and didn't add me as a friend too ::sniff::

Adding you now. Someone else is being dropped so my friends-list stays at fifty. Damn my obsessive compulsive disorder! :D

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[info]radiantbear
2006-02-04 06:49 pm UTC (link)


your nemo thing was so hilarious
that i don't know you but i have
to add you :) (stumbled on here -
hello! from very far away. i think)

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[info]ga_woo
2006-02-04 06:55 pm UTC (link)
Thank you. Really. I thought it was pretty funny too, but nobody else LOLed or anything. It was weird, really. More than fifty comments and not one LOL for that first paragraph :D

Added you too.

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