Arbys Tortoises Commercial

[Madkins007]

I cannot believe this has not been posted yet! Have you seen it, what do you think about it?

I'll try to find and post a link.
Ah hah!- [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs99lRDf6CI[/youtube]

 

[GeoTerraTestudo]

I cannot believe this has not been posted yet! Have you seen it, what do you think about it?

I'll try to find and post a link.
Ah hah!- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs99lRDf6CI&feature=player_embedded

I betcha that commercial is more fun to watch if you haven't spent countless hours watching and learning about turtles and tortoises, until you know exactly how and why they move.

Actually, these CGI animals are kind of annoying in general. Impressive, sure, but it's ridiculous how they look so realistic ... and yet are made to move in a completely ridiculous way. My favorite examples are the woolly mammoths of the film, 10,000 BC, or the brontosaurs of Peter Jackson's King Kong (one of my favorite movies). Multi-ton elephants are simply incapable of galloping, and no doubt sauropod dinosaurs couldn't gallop, either. I am also pretty tired of pet shop bunnies and guinea pigs that can sing and dance.

In short, I wish they would either stick to cartoons and avoid realism, or else go for realism and abandon the cartoons. But I really wish they would stop creating realistic cartoons and cartoonish realism. Sheesh.

 

[dmarcus]

I don't like Arby's but I did think it was funny....

 

[l0velesly]

Haha, that's pretty cute. I like how they made the torts all bouncy!

 

[Fernando]

I'm glad they said tortoise and not "turtle" lol

 

[dmmj]

I LOL'ed at that one, never seen it before.

 

[Greg T]

I haven't seen that commercial before either, but it is pretty comical. Wonder why it hasn't been on the TV in many places.

 

[Zouave]

lol funny commercial but the sandwich looks nasty.

 

[October]

That was cute!

 

[Jessicap]

I'm glad they said tortoise and not "turtle" lol

I have seen this commercial a few times and that was my thought too... glad to hear them say tortoise and not turtle... lol

 

[ascott]

LMAO....Loved it...just good old fashion silly fun

 

[Madkins007]

I am mildly annoyed at the unrealistic activities, and the suggestion that you can feed torts an Arby's sandwich...

BUT I think I am really happy that tortoises are getting a positive exposure and being portrayed as something other than 'living rocks'. Other than old Oogway in Kung Fu Panda, we don't have a lot of good tortoise actors!

 

[ascott]

ok so I can not stop watching this......just love em

 

[wrmitchell22]

I am mildly annoyed at the unrealistic activities, and the suggestion that you can feed torts an Arby's sandwich...

BUT I think I am really happy that tortoises are getting a positive exposure and being portrayed as something other than 'living rocks'. Other than old Oogway in Kung Fu Panda, we don't have a lot of good tortoise actors!

WOW! Taking it way too seriously, chill out and enjoy the fact that is obviously meant to be silly. I am fairly certain any idiot that thinks a tortoise will act and eat that way won't be smart enough to acguire one.

 

[ascott]

Did it again....love when they are sliding down the hill on their back like a slide....very fun!

 

[dmmj]

I am mildly annoyed at the unrealistic activities, and the suggestion that you can feed torts an Arby's sandwich...

BUT I think I am really happy that tortoises are getting a positive exposure and being portrayed as something other than 'living rocks'. Other than old Oogway in Kung Fu Panda, we don't have a lot of good tortoise actors!

WOW! Taking it way too seriously, chill out and enjoy the fact that is obviously meant to be silly. I am fairly certain any idiot that thinks a tortoise will act and eat that way won't be smart enough to acguire one.

I have to agree with madkins, I have met a lot of dumb people owning tortoises and turtles, so who knows I may meet someone who tried to feed them an arby's sandwich, though to be honest the sandwich does not look very good.

 

[Madkins007]

I am mildly annoyed at the unrealistic activities, and the suggestion that you can feed torts an Arby's sandwich...

BUT I think I am really happy that tortoises are getting a positive exposure and being portrayed as something other than 'living rocks'. Other than old Oogway in Kung Fu Panda, we don't have a lot of good tortoise actors!

WOW! Taking it way too seriously, chill out and enjoy the fact that is obviously meant to be silly. I am fairly certain any idiot that thinks a tortoise will act and eat that way won't be smart enough to acguire one.

I either mis-stated my thoughts or was mis-understood. I LIKE this commercial. It is great that tortoises are getting some screen time and seen as fun things.

If this was a Disney movie, I might be worried. Animals Disney portrays often end up badly. Dalmatians and clown fish became favored pets after their respective movies, and most ended up dead or in shelters. Pet pigs were a smaller rage after Babe, etc.

But... if these things become as popular as the Geico day-gecko, we might have a problem again since lots of people have bought one of those poor things with little idea of how to keep them.

Right now, however, I get a chuckle out of the commercial every time I see it.

 

[froghaven5]

1st time I've seen it. I thought it was pretty funny. Thanks for posting it.

 

[SnakeyeZ]

Didn't you know? Arby's is the cure to pyramiding? I prefer giving my guys BigMacs though.

 

[GeoTerraTestudo]

LOL ... I wouldn't even want to see boxies eating roast beef.