iPod Nano With Video: For Douches

I'm all for cheap, portable video cameras of good quality. I understand that you want to show how movement looks on this camera, since a lot of the cheap ones, such as my first generation Flip, kinda suck when it comes to moving objects.

But do the people in these videos have to feel so... I don't know, Old Navy?

All of the vids smack of false attitudes and Abercrombie casting, but the "Jump" sample takes the cake. Transcript:

OPENING

(Three perfect-skinned youths stand on a dock overlooking a lake. It is a sunnyday. The leader of the group, LAMEWAD, turns away from his friends GIRL and LAMEDUDE addresses the audience.)

LAMEWAD: (Turning to camera) A'ight we call this a "Threezey on Threezey". Ready? One, two... threezey.

(All three youths jump into the water, whooping apathetically as they plummet into the crystal clear water below.)

LAMEDUDE: Yeah! High Five! (In his eagerness to high five LAMEWAD, he kinda smacks GIRL in the head)

LAMEWAD: (Looking up to audience) That right there is a threezey on threezey.

END SCENE

Yes, you teens you, that certainly was a threezey alright. Congratulations, you three geniuses.

For full douchebaggery, you really have to watch all of the video samples. Highlights include "Sepia", "Motion Blur" (dude, we're gonna shred), "Backflip", and if you really want to punch someone in the face, "X Ray".

iPod Nano with video: Good idea, stupid videos.

Comments

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But... but... but... you're missing the point! This is a device targeted especially FOR douchebags! It's marketing genius! Who cares if it costs too much, has limited memory and a battery that dies quickly & is hard to replace? It comes in pretty colors and you can make crappy, choppy rasterized videos of your fellow douchebags doing stupid things! And then you can make it look even crappier! And it's practically disposable - just like the video!

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