Making of Palm Pre Ad 'Flow'

The making of the new ad for the Palm Pre, 'Flow'

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• palm
• pre
• palmpre

[funnyguy7557]

Man i think i might get one

[AGiantSloar]

The girl (Tamara Hope) wasn't creepy, she was beautiful and serene.

[dreDREb13]

@willbraham Yes, because showing the phone is basically saying "My son walked today. My iPhone is the only thing that helped me make those memories."

Besides, Palm needed a commercial that would catch people's attention. Of course, this was pretty overshadowed by the creepy girl... Oh, well. Still a great phone and interesting commercial.

[wbttk]

very pretty imagery but they forgot they were supposed to be selling phones.

[appIemiIkl988]

colleen bullington should have been fired for approving this ad concept.

[linabeh]

Hmmm, Zhang Yimou, Beijing Olympics, Taiji ... and you are wondering why this commercial looks so familiar?

[oneyoungamerican]

Chinese culture is not a minority culture. This ain't elivis playing rock and roll. They are chinese people doing a chinese art. If you think there is some western egocirtism by having the one person that stands out be a white girl among 1000 uniformed chinese. I understand. Hell, the opening of the Beijing oylpics made a lot people fell uneasy. But it made a lot others feel proud. But to call this "CLASSIC culture appropriation" is gross misuse of the term. Read what it actually means.

[kenjibeast]

Ninety five percent of the viewers of this advertisement would, too, be unfamiliar with shaolin.

This is CLASSIC cultural appropriation, end of story.

[GeeksNeedLoveToo]

That's because most white people do not do Shaolin. I'm sure if they did, they would use white people.

[GeeksNeedLoveToo]

And how in the world is this ad racist?

[oneyoungamerican]

Actually, that's an art and it's called Shaolin. It's an ad. Not racism. If it was an ad to air in china, the girl in the middle would be Chinese. Besides, the guys around her could have been white if any western countries practiced the shoalin arts. But they don't. So by default, they HAVE to be Chinese. Really, just look at how many Chinese are working on the actual commercial. The people behind this aren't racist. It may seem like it to you, cause you are unfamiliar with Shaolin.