That is unbelievably pretentious and condescending. Maybe I'm getting old, but that is just way too much sarcasm and way too many jump cuts. Though I did chuckle when the Superbad dude said "I've never fought a war on drugs! I've never done anything on drugs, except play Halo 3!"
I dunno, maybe I've just had it with this Rock the Vote bullshit, and this video is more blatant than most. "WE'RE NOT SAYING WHO, YOU GUYS, BECAUSE WE'RE, LIKE, TOTALLY NON-PARTISAN, BUT ONE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WANTS TO TAKE AWAY YOUR RIGHTS, SO YOU NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND REGISTER SO YOU CAN SAVE YOUR RIGHTS! ALSO, NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT MORE OFTEN, THE ECONOMY! IT'S THE ECONOMY, AND YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN! GET UP, GET OUT, AND VOTE! DEMOCRAT! I MEAN, WHOEVER YOU WANT TO VOTE FOR! BECAUSE IT'S ALSO COOL TO VOTE AGAINST RIGHTS, JUST AS LONG AS YOU'RE VOTING."
Honestly, if you can't be arsed to register when the the election guns have been ringing out for a year, you've got no business voting. It's not a difficult process, and I am all for disenfranchising those who can't manage it. I mean, it's not like a presidential election really sneaks up on anybody. I'd rather have voter apathy than apathetic voters. I want people voting for someone because they understand and agree with his platforms (or at least more of his than the other guy's, because let's be honest), not because he's got the slicker headshot on MTV. I mean, I'm even OK with straight partisan voting as long as you know why you're voting for that party--not just because somebody's bumper sticker says the other one blows.
Sorry, HURR POLITICS. Non-political critique: That video needs 100% less Sarah Silverman, and 500% more Superbad dude. And I'm not trying to judge, but it might could stand to lose a minute or two. Also, this isn't Die Hard, YOU CAN USE A TRIPOD.
Actually, I was thinking about it, and if they wanted to get a bunch of celebrities together to make a "celebrities vote, so you should too" commercial, I can think of a better way of doing so:
"Hi, I'm a celebrity. You've probably seen my face before. In fact, if I had a dollar for every person who's heard my voice this year, I'd have millions and millions of dollars. And I do. This November, I am going to cast my vote for the next President of the United States. And you know what? You can too. And your vote counts just as much as mine. Why not let your voice be heard, too?"
I think that would be a far preferable tack; if nothing else, it at least treats potential voters as adults--there's at least a little bit of respect there. After all, don't we make people wait until they're 18 because we want adults voting?
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I dunno, maybe I've just had it with this Rock the Vote bullshit, and this video is more blatant than most. "WE'RE NOT SAYING WHO, YOU GUYS, BECAUSE WE'RE, LIKE, TOTALLY NON-PARTISAN, BUT ONE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WANTS TO TAKE AWAY YOUR RIGHTS, SO YOU NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND REGISTER SO YOU CAN SAVE YOUR RIGHTS! ALSO, NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT MORE OFTEN, THE ECONOMY! IT'S THE ECONOMY, AND YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN! GET UP, GET OUT, AND VOTE! DEMOCRAT! I MEAN, WHOEVER YOU WANT TO VOTE FOR! BECAUSE IT'S ALSO COOL TO VOTE AGAINST RIGHTS, JUST AS LONG AS YOU'RE VOTING."
Honestly, if you can't be arsed to register when the the election guns have been ringing out for a year, you've got no business voting. It's not a difficult process, and I am all for disenfranchising those who can't manage it. I mean, it's not like a presidential election really sneaks up on anybody. I'd rather have voter apathy than apathetic voters. I want people voting for someone because they understand and agree with his platforms (or at least more of his than the other guy's, because let's be honest), not because he's got the slicker headshot on MTV. I mean, I'm even OK with straight partisan voting as long as you know why you're voting for that party--not just because somebody's bumper sticker says the other one blows.
Sorry, HURR POLITICS. Non-political critique: That video needs 100% less Sarah Silverman, and 500% more Superbad dude. And I'm not trying to judge, but it might could stand to lose a minute or two. Also, this isn't Die Hard, YOU CAN USE A TRIPOD.
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"Hi, I'm a celebrity. You've probably seen my face before. In fact, if I had a dollar for every person who's heard my voice this year, I'd have millions and millions of dollars. And I do. This November, I am going to cast my vote for the next President of the United States. And you know what? You can too. And your vote counts just as much as mine. Why not let your voice be heard, too?"
I think that would be a far preferable tack; if nothing else, it at least treats potential voters as adults--there's at least a little bit of respect there. After all, don't we make people wait until they're 18 because we want adults voting?
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