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http://kotaku.com/5121956/banned-360-commercial-the-auditions

Waaay back in 2005, this European commercial was minted to help promote the launch of the Xbox 360. It was promptly banned for encouraging violent behaviour. The ad's auditions, however, aren't anywhere near as troubling.

 



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/facepalm

What...the ...Hell?

/double facepalm



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lol, yo that shit is mad. Reminds me of Umbrella Chronicles on Wii, probably not a good thing



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Yow. That audition was even more unsettling than this one:



the banned ad was one of the gratest ad ever made...it's really sad that someone thinks that those kind of ads incite violence: if that's true we should ban almost every hollywood movie.



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^^ thats not why it was banned, it was too morbid apparently. it would have been heartbreaking to be one of the crew on that production, creating something so good and original only to have it spoilt by over protective parents.



badgenome said:

Yow. That audition was even more unsettling than this one:

 

Kiri kiri kiri kiri kiri kiri!

 

You should watch ichi the killer, its banned alot



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

megaman79 said:
badgenome said:

Yow. That audition was even more unsettling than this one:

 

 

Kiri kiri kiri kiri kiri kiri!

 

You should watch ichi the killer, its banned alot

I've seen it and liked it quite a lot. Wouldn't miss a movie with Tadanobu Asano for the world!

 



^Eh Ichi the Killer is my favorite movie of all time =) I have 2 different versions, some normal version and the blood pouch edition. Along with Ichi Prequel. =)




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Ahhh.. That commercial again... Filmed and directed in a matter of pure win.



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