Video: LG's LGenius presentation lays out totally fake, remarkable TV advancements

Not that we haven't seen completely off-the-wall viral marketing ads before (including one from LG, in fact), but this one just takes the proverbial cake. In a perfectly staged LGenius presentation, we're informed about a few astounding up and coming TV advancements. The first one intelligently replaces all swear words with baby laughter or eerie silence, while the "Happy Time" feature automatically detects when a program is too sad for one's health and adds random images of cute puppies and kittens. Finally, the "Family Time" feature turns any sensual scene into one with cartoon characters, making even the steamiest bedroom romance seem perfectly acceptable for innocent eyes. Seriously, this one has to be seen to be believed -- mash that play button and have a gander.

[Thanks, Kellen]

[Spork Posted Mar 28th 2009 3:06AM]

Wow...just wow...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 7:24AM]

naive and stupid.
You ruin the movie.

[Smart People Play Tuba Posted Mar 28th 2009 8:19AM]

Was that not hilarious ? ? ?

The answer is: Yes. I was not.

[Aguiluz Posted Mar 28th 2009 11:06AM]

Funny or not, I WANT PUPPY!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 2:06PM]

I am just left with a very confused feeling after watching this video, very odd.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 3:10AM]

Wasn't He-man kind of gay? I remember being the biggest fan, but once I got the dvd, I felt kind of dirty and had to burn my He-man bedspread.

But I do want the one with baby laughter. It gives a whole new angle to watching Snakes On a Plane repeats.

[patches66 Posted Mar 28th 2009 9:41PM]

i think you'd enjoy reading this: "By the Power of Grayskull! Rediscovering the heroic cartoon beefcake of my youth", by Sam Anderson

http://www.slate.com/id/2141626/

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 3:15AM]

LOL.! That's great! I need to get the new LG filters!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 3:18AM]

Absolutely idiotic!! I'm done...where's the apocalypse?
Why are human beings so hung up on censoring the obvious???
ABSOLUTE EFFING IDIOTS!!

[THJ Posted Mar 28th 2009 3:28AM]

LMAO

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 3:41AM]

I think what is idiotic is the fact that you might think that was a real invention.

[chewbacha Posted Mar 28th 2009 8:43AM]

Hmm... go see "Knowing" starring Nicholas Cage.

Everything seems intelligent after that!






*on a more serious note, "Knowing" provided me with a great deal of laughter.

[Darkroom Posted Mar 28th 2009 7:10PM]

that was sarcasm, right? it's difficult to be sure online... my only indication is that while you seem to be outraged at censoring obvious swear words you used the term "effing" instead of "fucking"...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 3:30AM]

what the **** did i just watch

[KAL326 Posted Mar 28th 2009 7:02PM]

2 minutes and 28 seconds of your life go by that you will never get back. Look on the bright side it could'a been a RickRoll or midget pRon.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 8:59PM]

I for one, love midget poRRRRRRn

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2009 12:34AM]

No no its what the "hahahahaha" did i just watch

[mynk Posted Mar 29th 2009 11:03AM]

damn, 8 beat me to it. i was just gunna comment
WHAT THE HAHAHAHAHA

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 3:31AM]

I lol'd at the kitties

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 3:32AM]

"also available in puppy!"

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 10:16AM]

indeed

[Wwhat Posted Mar 29th 2009 11:47AM]

This seems very early prototyping, I expect the kittens and puppies the be keyed in not just float in a square dammit.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 3:39AM]

Proving yet again that yes, it is possible to try too hard.

[Generalguy41 Posted Mar 28th 2009 3:47AM]

thats...terrible XD

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 3:47AM]

in your face Vizio!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 3:58AM]

I think desecrating Pooh and Ariel is more disturbing than the married guy cheating on the same bed as his comatose wife.

Maybe it's just me.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 5:47AM]

Nope, me too! I prefer my childhood heroes intact, thank you!

(and yes, I know this is viral)

[Sabrage Posted Mar 28th 2009 6:01AM]

My childhood heroes were Caligula and Ebeneezer Scrooge.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 10:57AM]

Agreed.

:o

:/

:s

:p

:)

Hilarious. You may be joking but the truth is probably much closer than imagined.

[morissen3k8 Posted Mar 29th 2009 12:43AM]

what if it was 2 chicks doing it? would it be ariel and snow white or beauty and rapunzel?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 4:01AM]

wow that sucked

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 4:21AM]

so how will you get the real point or essence of the movie or program you watch if there are annoying stuffs filtering the crap out of it!?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 11:04AM]

That's what makes the ad idiotic. Viral as in deadly. Whoever came up with viral should be shot. We don't need ads immitating life. We want them to be as far apart as possible.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 4:23AM]

April fool come early? I can't believe that guy kept a straight face through all of that though.

What I'd love to see is Apple announce these as new features for iTunes, iPod and Apple TV. Imagine the simultaneous fanboy nerdgasm...

[egloskerry Posted Mar 28th 2009 6:17AM]

I don't think he was actually saying that stuff...

[hoodiot Posted Mar 28th 2009 3:10PM]

@egloskerry:
The subtitles are accurate

[Davidx Posted Mar 28th 2009 4:30AM]

Please tell me this is a Korean version of The Onion.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 4:42AM]

This is the best 4/1 setup ever, if only it wasn't so early...

...anyways. It looks like LG UK is doing a contest where people send in their ideas for what features should be in their TVs. If the people at LG like it the people with winning entries get a new TV.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 4:49AM]

this comment thread is going to be the macbook wheel all over again, isn't it?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 9:02AM]

I swear, you are most likely right. Jokes are seriously lost on so many of these guys. You watch video (this one, the macbook wheel, etc) thinking "Oh ho, that was clever. Fake and clever. Good show.", come down to comment on the parody and it's abundantly clear many people think that shit was real and are taking it ungodly serious. Dag, yo.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 9:02AM]

Come to think of it Darren actually spelled out "totally fake" in the post title. Nice.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 11:13AM]

Maybe, people are talking about the undercurrent and not the obvious? Maybe, they're concerned with the thought process that led to this misfortune? Maybe it's disturbingly funny? :)

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 5:05AM]

Dear LG,
The figures are in. 98% of our focus group have responded with results heavily skewed towards "very boring video, this'll never be viral". 2% fell asleep and/or went to lunch halfway through it. Our focus group consisted of 312 individuals.

Please reimburse us for our valuable feedback.

Regards,
Joe User Research
Suburbia, Australia

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 5:35AM]

Dear tekdroid,

As a citizen of Suburbia, Australia, I would like to suggest that those results are not truly indicative of the feeling in the area and, furthermore, that you are a fatface.

Regards,
John Doe,
Suburbia, Australia

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 9:06AM]

Dear John Doe,

Your 'fatface' comment was unnecessary and hilarious.

Regards,
Jack Everyman,
Suburbia, Australia

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 10:55AM]

Orpheus,
for an example of how good vids are done, see Kodak's "Winds Of Change" vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxDfcyT92wQ
Our focus groups found it unanimously entertaining. Now compare it with this LG snoozefest.

Regards, tekdroid

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 6:02PM]

Dear tekdroid,

As a resident here in Suburbia, Australia please allow me to assure you that Joe is *not* in fact a Fatface.

G'day,
Otto Fatface
Suburbia, Australia

[SiXiam Posted Mar 28th 2009 5:13AM]

Maybe it's not the Americans, but the Japanese that need to be more worried about big brother...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 5:36AM]

LG isn't Japanese

[SiXiam Posted Mar 28th 2009 5:39AM]

correction, Korean...