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Seriously the production value on that video is way too good

d-us-vb 8mo ago
The deadpan irony is on point. Something it seems the Norwegians have perfected. Another one of my favorite examples of this (an ad for Oslo tourism): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vhD59ac7nw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vhD59ac7nw
- colinprince 8mo ago
  I think a city should feel a little hard to get
- Sammi 8mo ago
  I mean that's fine I guess. But the best deadpan Norwegian sketch is kammelåså: https://youtu.be/s-mOy8VUEBk https://youtu.be/s-mOy8VUEBk
- skrebbel 8mo ago
  The Javazone videos were legendary too, very similarly Norwegian and very similarly overproduced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnqAXuLZlaE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnqAXuLZlaE
schappim 8mo ago
100%! I thought it was going to be way shittier. Suspect a budget > $1M was spent.
- renhanxue 8mo ago
  The Norwegian Consumer Council's entire yearly budget is about 100M NOK, or about $9.5M USD at the current exchange rate. They most assuredly did not spend >$1M USD on a short video clip.
ruralfam 8mo ago
Wow gotta agree. It was satire I think, but... not sure. Also the below link to the Oslo ad was also great. Thx for this, RF
nkurz 8mo ago
I was bothered that it seemed to be an extremely direct copy of this 2008 German commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTLO2F_ERY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTLO2F_ERY It took the same scenes, but in keeping with the theme, made them slightly worse. If they didn't acknowledge this somewhere, they should be called out on it.
- nyoronic 8mo ago
  I'm not sure I see it to be honest? Yes, they are both guys that bother others, but their motives are different. "Mr. W" is a personification of the wind that can't help his existence flinging things, but finds a new purpose. The "Enshittificator" is a person modifying consumer products more directly, and it ends badly, but he's happy about it. Going in I was expecting scene-for-scene similarities, but it wasn't that close.
  - nkurz 8mo ago
    Perhaps not, but that was my feeling on watching the Norwegian version, although to be fair, I was bothered enough that I only watched the first half. Defending my opinion, though, I felt that both had tall somewhat socially awkward men dressed in oddly formal manners giving monologues to the camera. Scenewise, I thought slamming the drawer was a direct echo of slamming the shutters. And kicking the rock in the street echoed throwing the bottles in the street. And so forth. Interesting that you don't think it's a knockoff. Given the theme, I found it ironic that it was itself an inferior copy. It ruined it for me.
    - fastasucan 8mo ago
      > I felt that both had tall somewhat socially awkward men Northern europeans cast northern europeans in commercials you say?

The deadpan irony is on point. Something it seems the Norwegians have perfected. Another one of my favorite examples of this (an ad for Oslo tourism): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vhD59ac7nw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vhD59ac7nw

colinprince 8mo ago
I think a city should feel a little hard to get
Sammi 8mo ago
I mean that's fine I guess. But the best deadpan Norwegian sketch is kammelåså: https://youtu.be/s-mOy8VUEBk https://youtu.be/s-mOy8VUEBk
skrebbel 8mo ago
The Javazone videos were legendary too, very similarly Norwegian and very similarly overproduced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnqAXuLZlaE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnqAXuLZlaE

schappim 8mo ago

100%! I thought it was going to be way shittier. Suspect a budget > $1M was spent.

renhanxue 8mo ago
The Norwegian Consumer Council's entire yearly budget is about 100M NOK, or about $9.5M USD at the current exchange rate. They most assuredly did not spend >$1M USD on a short video clip.

ruralfam 8mo ago

Wow gotta agree. It was satire I think, but... not sure. Also the below link to the Oslo ad was also great. Thx for this, RF

nkurz 8mo ago

I was bothered that it seemed to be an extremely direct copy of this 2008 German commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTLO2F_ERY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTLO2F_ERY It took the same scenes, but in keeping with the theme, made them slightly worse. If they didn't acknowledge this somewhere, they should be called out on it.

nyoronic 8mo ago
I'm not sure I see it to be honest? Yes, they are both guys that bother others, but their motives are different. "Mr. W" is a personification of the wind that can't help his existence flinging things, but finds a new purpose. The "Enshittificator" is a person modifying consumer products more directly, and it ends badly, but he's happy about it. Going in I was expecting scene-for-scene similarities, but it wasn't that close.
- nkurz 8mo ago
  Perhaps not, but that was my feeling on watching the Norwegian version, although to be fair, I was bothered enough that I only watched the first half. Defending my opinion, though, I felt that both had tall somewhat socially awkward men dressed in oddly formal manners giving monologues to the camera. Scenewise, I thought slamming the drawer was a direct echo of slamming the shutters. And kicking the rock in the street echoed throwing the bottles in the street. And so forth. Interesting that you don't think it's a knockoff. Given the theme, I found it ironic that it was itself an inferior copy. It ruined it for me.
  - fastasucan 8mo ago
    > I felt that both had tall somewhat socially awkward men Northern europeans cast northern europeans in commercials you say?