Homemade GTO commercial

CMNTMXR81 · August 25, 2003

Ok, this is NOT a Pontiac made commercial. This is one a guy on NewageGTO.com whipped up. I think it's pretty kick arse.

http://www.usf.i8.com/NEWGTO03.wmv

gmcjoe · August 25, 2003

antig24 · August 25, 2003

cool commercial, I could see that being played on tv.

CMNTMXR81 · August 25, 2003

I think it's got teh basis for being a good commercial. Some of the pictures would need to be sped up to give the feel of the commercial "action". KInda that strobe effect. Probably speed up the begining and then have the "magic carpet ride" chorus sung over the Pontiac "Fuel for the Soul" tagline and quickly flash the rest as the music fades.

But that's just my take, I'm not one of them right hemisphere creative types.

greyghost03 · August 25, 2003

Looks pretty cool to me!

cowboy02 · August 25, 2003

Very nicely done........ Good tunes good car..........

Maybe he should submit it??

tmf6902 · August 25, 2003

I would buy one just because the song makes me wanna drive fast

pacodiablo · August 25, 2003

Didn't Dodge use "Magic Carpet Ride" a few years back in a commercial...not to burst anyones bubble... It is a good commercial.

CMNTMXR81 · August 26, 2003

Nissan has used 'Tom Sawyer' by Rush as well as a few others, so does that mean those cannot be used again?

Chevrolet has used 'Fire' by Jimi Hendrix for the Camaro, so does that mean it can't be used again?

Oldsmobile has used Fat Boy Slim's 'Right Here, Right Now' so that can't be used again?

And of course Chevy uses Bob Seger's 'Like A Rock'...well, that may be hard to use again.

Kinda see my point?

gmcjoe · August 26, 2003

Two people I forwarded that URL to told me they saw that on the Pontiac webpage a while back - I'm thinking that guy lifted it

pacodiablo · August 26, 2003

Legally there is no issue, but creatively....

Think about how many companies use songs that other companies have used...not many.

CMNTMXR81 · August 26, 2003

So no two people can have the same creative idea? Unless that first person patents it, you can do as you wish as long as it isn't absolutely identical.

And I think he posted that he took bits from the actual Pontiac one for it. Since I never saw the Pontiac version, I don't know which.

CMNTMXR81 · August 26, 2003

Ok, if you go to Pontiac.com, go to the GTO section (of course) then at the bottom it has a link to "Take it for a spin"

Click that and it takes some fo the main footage he had in his commercial. He changed the begining, some of the timing, added Pontiac's "Fuel for the Soul" tagline and of course changed it to better music.

So it is NOT the same as the Pontiac version and he didn't "lift" it from them, just improved it.