I think his Japanese is better than his English. Dai Cho Buyee! posted by lampshade at 3:05 AM on March 11, 2010
I think he's supposed to be saying daijobui (dai jou V) instead of daijoubu. So you can't quite fault him that. It's still pretty bad, yes. posted by that girl at 3:12 AM on March 11, 2010
I did watch the whole thing though. It was entertaining. posted by lampshade at 3:28 AM on March 11, 2010
Okay. I'm a minute in, at the crazy drink commercial where a maniacal laughing Schwarzenegger flies out of the bottle like a genie and then starts shooting gold out of his chest.
The tagline says that the commercials only get better, but I do not believe them. It does not seem possible that this gets better. posted by koeselitz at 3:34 AM on March 11, 2010 [3 favorites]
The best one was where he jumps out of limousine and destroys California...no, wait a second... posted by zerobyproxy at 3:35 AM on March 11, 2010 [1 favorite]
AAAAAH-HA-HA-HA! posted by bwg at 3:36 AM on March 11, 2010
I think the lostintranslation tag is called for! posted by ersatz at 3:38 AM on March 11, 2010 [1 favorite]
Wow. They were telling the truth.
Go, mohawked and gold-bedecked Schwartzenegger! Ride your goofy old-time bicycle around the inside of the weird Japanese soft drink container, laughing and screaming all the way! And the Japanese woman who opened the bottle will grin a satisfied grin, as though nothing in the world is wrong, because apparently in Japan all soft drinks contain tiny Austrian cyclists with a penchant for heavy metal fashion. posted by koeselitz at 3:43 AM on March 11, 2010 [2 favorites]
When I first came to Japan, mimicking Arnold's "Daijou-V" was a sure way to get a laugh. posted by KokuRyu at 7:32 AM on March 11, 2010 [1 favorite]
However (I should have said) the Schwarzenegger commercials had aired before I ever reached Japan, so this is the first time I've actually seen them. Thanks! posted by KokuRyu at 7:36 AM on March 11, 2010
But did he write any clever acrostics in his veto letters? posted by Phssthpok at 8:51 AM on March 11, 2010 [1 favorite]
I'm not sure I'd want an energy drink made by a company called Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd., even if it was being promoted by a maniacally cackling Arnold Schwarzenegger. posted by ecurtz at 8:59 AM on March 11, 2010 [1 favorite]
I'm not sure I'd want an energy drink made by a company called Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd., even if it was being promoted by a maniacally cackling Arnold Schwarzenegger.
when you've just spent hours repeating English stock phrases incredibly slowly with a group of bored and dumbfounded ESL students, I can assure you that you'll take whatever energy/genki drink you can get your hands on just to keep from passing out on the job. Luckily there's vending machines selling these things every 3 or 4 steps most places.
You know who I'd be even more interested in seeing a history of in Japanese advertising? Suntory Boss. Who was "the boss of them all" before this guy, anyway? Say in 1991? posted by Kirk Grim at 11:51 AM on March 11, 2010
posted by lampshade at 3:05 AM on March 11, 2010