Just not right when their ads are better than our TV shows...

September 17, 2013 6:23 PM

But, we can still dream
posted by jcworth (22 comments total)

Oh. You are right.

I think I'll watch it again.
posted by mule98J at 6:32 PM on September 17, 2013 [1 favorite]

I have a motorcycle that I am not riding right now. I need some friends like these 81-year old Taiwanese dudes.
posted by 256 at 6:32 PM on September 17, 2013 [3 favorites]

Old men rock.
posted by ethnomethodologist at 6:55 PM on September 17, 2013 [1 favorite]

Cried and forwarded. I held it together until they all posed for the black & white photo, and everything sort of collapsed from there.
posted by mochapickle at 7:05 PM on September 17, 2013

I ride a motorcycle (it's my only vehicle) and I'm over 60.

Motorcycle riding with friends tends to be a dichotomous thing: You either get it, or you don't.

OK, weather is cooling off. Let's meet this weekend and take a week riding around Utah. Who's in?
posted by CrowGoat at 7:14 PM on September 17, 2013 [2 favorites]

Wow...


Just wow...

I wish I still had my bike and some spare cash and I would be there.
posted by Samizdata at 7:26 PM on September 17, 2013

6 months to prepare? Didn't think they all had the time. Neat.

I used to ride in college (30 years ago). There is nothing like getting up early on a Sunday and taking off into the country to clear that Saturday night out of the system. Riding from 7:00am to 10:00 and then stopping for some grease for breakfast. Those were the days.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 7:28 PM on September 17, 2013

I"m 65, and just sold my Harley this summer....

This was neat...thanks.
posted by HuronBob at 7:37 PM on September 17, 2013

The song featured in the commercial has a scifi music video directed by Miyazaki.
posted by euphorb at 8:36 PM on September 17, 2013 [2 favorites]

Just not right when their ads are better than our TV shows...

Dunno, man. I think The Wire kicks that commercials ass.

Seriously, though, that was very sweet. Inspiring. And who wouldn't love and root for these old gentlemen? Wish it wasn't a commercial for a fucking bank, though. I mean, really. How many old people's houses have they foreclosed on, one wonders.

gotta say, the music was lame, too...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:47 PM on September 17, 2013 [1 favorite]

all kinds of average and sub-average elements (particularly the client) ... and yet I'm moved. I think it's the degree to which it speaks to common humanity. I know very little about Taiwan, and yet I got it ...

I think I'm going to my bank tomorrow, dammit.
posted by philip-random at 9:52 PM on September 17, 2013

I don't know how you happened onto this....but thanks so much for sharing it. My favorite part is the man holding up the photo of his friend.
posted by naplesyellow at 10:16 PM on September 17, 2013

Thanks euphorub. It is beautiful even if I feel like I missed a lot of subtext and meaning there.
posted by Canageek at 11:17 PM on September 17, 2013

ethnomethodologist "old men rock". Thanks, so does my wife.
posted by rmhsinc at 5:05 AM on September 18, 2013

I would watch the heck out of this movie. Though I fear they would cast Travolta and Allen.
posted by sparklemotion at 6:29 AM on September 18, 2013 [2 favorites]

I feel conflicted.
It's an ad for a bank with sucky moozik and I loved it. But when the bank's logo appears at the end it's like I'm pinned to the floor with advertising holding me by the wrists going - "Why you hittin' yerself huh? I'm not doin' nuthin and yer keep hittin' yerself!"
posted by we are the music makers at 6:34 AM on September 18, 2013 [2 favorites]

Oh, and while we're on commercials, a tearjerker from Thailand, here. (HuffPo link)
posted by mochapickle at 6:36 AM on September 18, 2013 [1 favorite]

Oh my. It's suddenly *very* dusty in here, and I believe some of it got right into my eye.

::Sniff::

Yes. Dust. In my eye.
posted by Faintdreams at 7:22 AM on September 18, 2013

Forget the bank, I would like to invest all my money in the future projects of Jennifer Hu.

Speaking of epic commercials, did everyone see this already?
posted by MoxieProxy at 3:26 PM on September 18, 2013

Eight hours ago. :)
posted by mochapickle at 3:29 PM on September 18, 2013 [1 favorite]

LOL!! oh, crap. wish i could retro-delete!!!

"Great minds think alike." Let's leave it at that.
posted by MoxieProxy at 3:33 PM on September 18, 2013

You know, Moxie, I think it's good enough to post twice. Love it!
posted by mochapickle at 5:59 PM on September 18, 2013