Comments on: MINI UK Cabrio Ads http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/07/06/mini_uk_cabrio_ads/ MotoringFile | MINI news, reviews and opinion. MINI Cooper, Cooper S, Clubman, Countryman Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vanwall http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/07/06/mini_uk_cabrio_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-7783 Vanwall Thu, 08 Jul 2004 03:08:28 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/07/06/#comment-7783 <p>Droogs! Hey, this is a family, show, here, pally! I'll go with the "High Noon" parody, tho - Coop and the Princess of Monaco versus the bad hats - "Look out, it's Miller and he's outta prison, he'll hit this town like nuclur fision!" Oops. That was Roger Ramjet, sorry. But, say, at least they had good production values for their MINIfilms, they just need some star drawing power. </p> <p>BMW films had some damn cool shorts, and an up & comer as lead. Maybe MINI will get a coupla shots at stardom! Oh, yeah,.... there was that "Eyetalian Job" thing recently with the future Oscar winner, "Legs" Theron. (seriously, I love her work - "Two Days In The Valley"! Boy, Howdy!) </p> <p>I think this continuing series of mini MINI films must satisfy some deep-seated need at the Ad Agency to develop an outsider feel, that can be projected to the general public without specifically saying, "MINI owners are weirder than you, but they're a nice weirdness" Heck, everybody in my family already KNOWS that, and most of my aquaintances presume such as well. HeHe!</p> <p><pre><code> BCNU, Rob in Dago </code></pre></p> Droogs! Hey, this is a family, show, here, pally! I'll go with the “High Noon” parody, tho – Coop and the Princess of Monaco versus the bad hats – “Look out, it's Miller and he's outta prison, he'll hit this town like nuclur fision!” Oops. That was Roger Ramjet, sorry. But, say, at least they had good production values for their MINIfilms, they just need some star drawing power.

BMW films had some damn cool shorts, and an up & comer as lead. Maybe MINI will get a coupla shots at stardom! Oh, yeah,…. there was that “Eyetalian Job” thing recently with the future Oscar winner, “Legs” Theron. (seriously, I love her work – “Two Days In The Valley”! Boy, Howdy!)

I think this continuing series of mini MINI films must satisfy some deep-seated need at the Ad Agency to develop an outsider feel, that can be projected to the general public without specifically saying, “MINI owners are weirder than you, but they're a nice weirdness” Heck, everybody in my family already KNOWS that, and most of my aquaintances presume such as well. HeHe!

     BCNU,
   Rob in Dago

]]> By: RB http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/07/06/mini_uk_cabrio_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-7782 RB Thu, 08 Jul 2004 03:08:23 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/07/06/#comment-7782 <p>"2004: MINI Space Odysee", Start the ipod Hal! I'm sorry Dave I can't do that."...RB</p> “2004: MINI Space Odysee”, Start the ipod Hal! I'm sorry Dave I can't do that.”…RB

]]> By: Benjamin http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/07/06/mini_uk_cabrio_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-7781 Benjamin Thu, 08 Jul 2004 01:15:03 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/07/06/#comment-7781 <p>"A Clockwork MINI": How about a Alex and his droogs haul a whole bunch of phallic statues in a Mini?</p> “A Clockwork MINI”: How about a Alex and his droogs haul a whole bunch of phallic statues in a Mini?

]]> By: RB http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/07/06/mini_uk_cabrio_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-7780 RB Wed, 07 Jul 2004 16:55:45 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/07/06/#comment-7780 <p>Maybe one of your Brittish Motoringfile participants could clue us into Brittish humor. Ian?</p> <p>I think Mr. Bean was funnier in his Mini, maybe a Faulty Towers skit or maybe, the best, AB FAB, "Bolli Sweetie"...RB</p> Maybe one of your Brittish Motoringfile participants could clue us into Brittish humor. Ian?

I think Mr. Bean was funnier in his Mini, maybe a Faulty Towers skit or maybe, the best, AB FAB, “Bolli Sweetie”…RB

]]> By: JiminVirginia http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/07/06/mini_uk_cabrio_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-7779 JiminVirginia Wed, 07 Jul 2004 16:22:24 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/07/06/#comment-7779 <p>My mundane comment was going to be that the Cabrio looks really good in silver. Then I read Rob's analysis, and I feel like a lightweight.</p> <p>Might they have more effectively borrowed from "High Noon" in "Grande" Rob? Looks more like "Maverick" I'm afraid.</p> My mundane comment was going to be that the Cabrio looks really good in silver. Then I read Rob's analysis, and I feel like a lightweight.

Might they have more effectively borrowed from “High Noon” in “Grande” Rob? Looks more like “Maverick” I'm afraid.

]]> By: Vanwall http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/07/06/mini_uk_cabrio_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-7778 Vanwall Wed, 07 Jul 2004 03:08:25 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/07/06/#comment-7778 <p>You mean some else has mentioned "The Third Man" ? I'm shocked, Ricky, shocked! ;-) HeHe! As you know, I'm a devotee of the grindhouse and the arthouse, so as I bring my critical squint to bear on the MINI videos, I must always remember - all car movies must be judged against "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" and "Le Weekend" for edginess, and while these latest offerings from MINI have a certain parodic style, they lack the basic underlying nihilism of true existential motoring, let alone no exhibitionism, although the mom from the "Lassie" video vaugely resembled Hildegard Kneff from "The Sinner", except with cloths on.</p> <p>I think a take on "Seven Samurai", or "Oklahoma" would fare better, especially in a cornfield under the blue skies, but things ain't the same since Kurosawa left us; perhaps a Hitchcokian exploration of the noir of MINIs, with lottsa mcguffins - some with red currant jelly would be nice - and with Christopher Walken.</p> <p>Hell, I'd watch anything he's in, and we could throw in an overhead of Joi Lansing looking up into a one-shot - the deep divide in the lower half of that frame would swallow a Napoleonic Army, or at least the first two years of MINI production, IMHO, but wotta way to go! Oops, the happy people are here with my I-Love-Me jacket, so I'll be back after the Quiet Period - they're showing "Pandora's Box" with organ music provided by some guy with a funny mask from down in the Shock Corridor. Looks like fun.</p> <p><pre><code> BCNU, </code></pre></p> <p>Rob-I-was-Murnau-in-a-former-lfe in Dago</p> You mean some else has mentioned “The Third Man” ? I'm shocked, Ricky, shocked! ;-) HeHe! As you know, I'm a devotee of the grindhouse and the arthouse, so as I bring my critical squint to bear on the MINI videos, I must always remember – all car movies must be judged against “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!” and “Le Weekend” for edginess, and while these latest offerings from MINI have a certain parodic style, they lack the basic underlying nihilism of true existential motoring, let alone no exhibitionism, although the mom from the “Lassie” video vaugely resembled Hildegard Kneff from “The Sinner”, except with cloths on.

I think a take on “Seven Samurai”, or “Oklahoma” would fare better, especially in a cornfield under the blue skies, but things ain't the same since Kurosawa left us; perhaps a Hitchcokian exploration of the noir of MINIs, with lottsa mcguffins – some with red currant jelly would be nice – and with Christopher Walken.

Hell, I'd watch anything he's in, and we could throw in an overhead of Joi Lansing looking up into a one-shot – the deep divide in the lower half of that frame would swallow a Napoleonic Army, or at least the first two years of MINI production, IMHO, but wotta way to go! Oops, the happy people are here with my I-Love-Me jacket, so I'll be back after the Quiet Period – they're showing “Pandora's Box” with organ music provided by some guy with a funny mask from down in the Shock Corridor. Looks like fun.

   BCNU,

Rob-I-was-Murnau-in-a-former-lfe in Dago

]]> By: RB http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/07/06/mini_uk_cabrio_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-7777 RB Wed, 07 Jul 2004 00:36:00 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/07/06/#comment-7777 <p>Citizen Kane's MINI , ("MINIROSEBUD") "Last Tango in a MINI in Paris", "MINI on the Waterfront" , ("I cudda bin sumbody, I cudda bin a MINI!"), "Apocalypse MINI", ( "the Horrors, the Horrors, of not owning a MINI!"), " A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum in My MINI", Fantasy Island MINI , (Boss! Da MINI, Da MINI!"), "Gilligan's Island MINI", "Just sit right back and Drive that MINI..." It could all be MINIlicious!...RB</p> Citizen Kane's MINI , (“MINIROSEBUD”) “Last Tango in a MINI in Paris”, “MINI on the Waterfront” , (“I cudda bin sumbody, I cudda bin a MINI!”), “Apocalypse MINI”, ( “the Horrors, the Horrors, of not owning a MINI!”), ” A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum in My MINI”, Fantasy Island MINI , (Boss! Da MINI, Da MINI!”), “Gilligan's Island MINI”, “Just sit right back and Drive that MINI…” It could all be MINIlicious!…RB

]]> By: Gabe http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/07/06/mini_uk_cabrio_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-7776 Gabe Tue, 06 Jul 2004 23:08:29 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/07/06/#comment-7776 <p>Rob - I believe that's officially our first "Last Tengo in Paris" reference.</p> Rob – I believe that's officially our first “Last Tengo in Paris” reference.

]]> By: Vanwall http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/07/06/mini_uk_cabrio_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-7775 Vanwall Tue, 06 Jul 2004 23:04:51 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/07/06/#comment-7775 <p>Hmmm. So much for all that Tarantino influence at Cannes. Whacking the nekkid guy was evidently their "Citizen Kane" or "Third Man"; now everything will be 'High Concept' since the MINI Production Code has been flaunted. Next up: "Last Tango in Paris", ("Bring me the butter" - adults only!)or "The Godfather" - (Yeah!! There would be the film to play at the MINI dealer -"An offer they couldn't refuse"!!), or "The Wild Bunch", (whatta shoot-out ending you could have!). I'm for a B&W silent next, with Louise Brooks! Yum!</p> <p><pre><code>Action! Cut! Print! </code></pre></p> <p>Rob von Stroheim in Dago</p> Hmmm. So much for all that Tarantino influence at Cannes. Whacking the nekkid guy was evidently their “Citizen Kane” or “Third Man”; now everything will be 'High Concept' since the MINI Production Code has been flaunted. Next up: “Last Tango in Paris”, (“Bring me the butter” – adults only!)or “The Godfather” - (Yeah!! There would be the film to play at the MINI dealer -”An offer they couldn't refuse”!!), or “The Wild Bunch”, (whatta shoot-out ending you could have!). I'm for a B&W silent next, with Louise Brooks! Yum!

Action! Cut! Print!

Rob von Stroheim in Dago

]]> By: Charlie http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/07/06/mini_uk_cabrio_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-7774 Charlie Tue, 06 Jul 2004 23:01:12 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/07/06/#comment-7774 <p>Not my cup of tea.........guess I just missed the humor</p> Not my cup of tea………guess I just missed the humor

]]> By: RB http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/07/06/mini_uk_cabrio_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-7773 RB Tue, 06 Jul 2004 21:18:33 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/07/06/#comment-7773 <p>"Maybe" The MINIstry of Funny Drives?...RB</p> “Maybe” The MINIstry of Funny Drives?…RB

]]> By: RB http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/07/06/mini_uk_cabrio_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-7772 RB Tue, 06 Jul 2004 21:11:55 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/07/06/#comment-7772 <p>Except for the last one, which wasn't that great, they need to find out what the Python boys are doing!</p> <p>I've seen so much better shorts from MINI. May The MINIstry of Funny Drives?...RB</p> Except for the last one, which wasn't that great, they need to find out what the Python boys are doing!

I've seen so much better shorts from MINI. May The MINIstry of Funny Drives?…RB

]]> By: Benjamin http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/07/06/mini_uk_cabrio_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-7771 Benjamin Tue, 06 Jul 2004 20:13:37 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/07/06/#comment-7771 <p>LLLLLLLLAME! Geez. I love Monty Python as the next guy and my TV is practically glued on to BBC America channel, but these are just lame.</p> LLLLLLLLAME! Geez. I love Monty Python as the next guy and my TV is practically glued on to BBC America channel, but these are just lame.

]]> By: Benjamin http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/07/06/mini_uk_cabrio_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-7770 Benjamin Tue, 06 Jul 2004 20:12:48 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/07/06/#comment-7770 <p>LLLLLLLLAME! Geez. I love Monty Python as the next guy, but these are just lame.</p> LLLLLLLLAME! Geez. I love Monty Python as the next guy, but these are just lame.

]]> By: Bob http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/07/06/mini_uk_cabrio_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-7769 Bob Tue, 06 Jul 2004 19:37:23 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/07/06/#comment-7769 <p>I love them... Be a Mini owner is an event. This is just part of the fun. Two of them were British, great movies.</p> I love them… Be a Mini owner is an event. This is just part of the fun. Two of them were British, great movies.

]]> By: Luke http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/07/06/mini_uk_cabrio_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-7768 Luke Tue, 06 Jul 2004 19:28:16 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/07/06/#comment-7768 <p>I'm British and I found em weird.</p> I'm British and I found em weird.

]]> By: Tim in MD http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/07/06/mini_uk_cabrio_ads/comment-page-1/#comment-7767 Tim in MD Tue, 06 Jul 2004 19:08:47 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/07/06/#comment-7767 <p>oh my god...the brits are crazy and I love it</p> oh my god…the brits are crazy and I love it

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