Norton's chicken and caterpillar

Loki[D.d.G] · Post by **Loki[D.d.G]** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:06 am

Yes, this is Norton, the anti virus company I'm referring to. They just churned out a couple of new commercials that are... I'll let you judge for yourself

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mhp2XThT48"]Dokken vs Chicken 1[/url]
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNanKfY5T9A"]Dokken vs Chicken 2[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HRyAB2gW3g&feature=related"]Kimbo Slice vs Caterpillar 1[/url]
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRnPbSKUMEs"]Kimbo Slice vs Caterpillar 2[/url]

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:29 pm

Oh, those are hysterical. I personally loathe Norton's line, which is basically a matter of repackaging what they've had every year since before the wheel was invented, but still....

Loki[D.d.G] · Post by **Loki[D.d.G]** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:47 pm

Cute innit?

Anyway, Norton has actually been improving some. Its current AV program is miles better than the intrusive, bumbling ones of years past. But I still can't be bothered with it.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:15 pm

Loki[D.d.G] wrote:Cute innit?

Anyway, Norton has actually been improving some. Its current AV program is miles better than the intrusive, bumbling ones of years past. But I still can't be bothered with it.

It does a good job, agreed. It's just that--the last version touted the fact you would get smaller AV updates more frequently instead of larger ones once a day. This was the product's Big New Feature. And that wasn't just in their anti-virus program: it was their flagship Systemworks. They're literally **** out of ideas. Sad, really, when you consider how well thought of Norton was before the real Peter Norton sold it.

But those ads? Damn funny. Just my kind of dry, off the wall humor. Kind of reminiscent of Stan Freberg's Dragonet takeoffs. Thanks for the links!

Loki[D.d.G] · Post by **Loki[D.d.G]** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:18 pm

fable wrote:But those ads? Damn funny. Just my kind of dry, off the wall humor. Thanks for the links!

Heh heh. Made my day too. Oh, and they should have put Chuck Norris in one of them ads too.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:23 pm

Those are great! :laugh:

I tend to view Norton the same way I do most Microsoft products, Adobe etc.
Sure they're getting better, but they are still excessively bloated and always trying to play catch-up to far superior products that have been on the market a long time.

galraen · Post by **galraen** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:33 pm

Liked the ads, hate Norton, and that aint gonna change. I still haven't forgiven them for destroying PC Tools, and every utility I've seen of theirs has been crap. Oh, and they aren't exactly trustworthy when it comes to renewing licenses either!

Loki[D.d.G] · Post by **Loki[D.d.G]** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:28 pm

fable wrote:They're literally **** out of ideas.

Perhaps some of their marketing people should apply for positions in the R&D department. At least they seem to be full of brilliant ideas.

Tricky · Post by **Tricky** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:53 pm

Heh, I got the funnies. So when is that fabled Gamebanshee commercial going to hit the masses?

penguin_king · Post by **penguin_king** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:48 am

watching those makes me want to eat some chicken...

dont care for norton, i'll stick with AVG, but damn, i really want some chicken now.

jklinders · Post by **jklinders** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:25 am

I use nod32 myself, but those are pretty darn funny. Like all other commercals I won't change my product over it though.

Loki[D.d.G] · Post by **Loki[D.d.G]** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 8:39 am

I use Avast! And so far it has managed to do an admirable job of protecting my chicken and caterpillar.

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:34 am

Funny ads. But I haven't used Norton since their product allowed worms into my old comp. They can take a running jump over a steep cliff...

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:25 am

Loki[D.d.G] wrote:I use Avast! And so far it has managed to do an admirable job of protecting my chicken and caterpillar.

It's probably just my mind....
But that sounds wrong on so many levels...

jklinders · Post by **jklinders** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:29 am

"this is Kimbo Slice, he does not like your caterpillar and he wants to do bad Things to it"

Um eeww

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:40 am

jklinders wrote:"this is Kimbo Slice, he does not like your caterpillar and he wants to do bad Things to it" Um eeww

ROFLMAO! :laugh:
See.. that's what I mean. Loki talking about his caterpillar being protected seems to have some unfortunate associations..

Loki[D.d.G] · Post by **Loki[D.d.G]** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:46 pm

dragon wench wrote:See.. that's what I mean. Loki talking about his caterpillar being protected seems to have some unfortunate associations..

I maintain my innocence when originally making that post. Any unfortunate associations drawn from it are the product of a crooked mind.

jklinders · Post by **jklinders** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:59 pm

Loki[D.d.G] wrote:I maintain my innocence when originally making that post. Any unfortunate associations drawn from it are the product of a crooked mind.

Your innocence(regarding this at least) is safe fro the moment. my mind needed no help from you to get that out of the commercial.

It was kind of like those horrid PSA's from the 80's. You know what I mean, "Stop, GO and tell someone you trust" (shudders).