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Apple fanboy's twisted zap at Droid TV spot
In a spirited retort to the Droid TV spot attacking Apple, an iPhone aficionado makes his own version of the spot. Unfortunately, it has a little internal illogic.
Art knows no boundaries. Neither does the level of emotion inspired by an assault on the culture of Apple.
Just last week, Verizon's Droid attempted to offer a hearty dose of spittle to the iPhone, so one upset Apple aficionado has decided that the Good Empire must strike back.
He has created a YouTube rebuttal that, he believes, offers some perspective.
He says: "iDon't need scare tactics." He says: "iDon't need to imitate." And he declares that the force is with him because "iDon't need a Droid...unless it's R2D2."
Sometimes it's hard to reach the decision that one doesn't need a product whose buttons one has never pushed.
However, one is touched that this person's heart is in an honest and sensitive place. Until, that is, one reads the line that says: "iDon't buy brands that bash other brands."
Perhaps my senses have left me for a well-deserved vacation on Pluto, but I seem to recall Apple rather merrily bashing Microsoft and, indeed, PCs in general, for quite some time now. The Cupertino company does it very well, often with an exalted level of wit.
Yes, as some readers have pointed out, he does offer an "iOops" as a signal to a certain irony.
But this movie still might leave viewers, rather like those who braved "Showgirls" and "Vanilla Sky," somewhat less than fulfilled.
