Shuttle gears up for CES with 'we are not alien' campaign, ominous video

Shuttle isn't exactly a company known for aggressive marketing campaigns, but it looks to be changing its tune a bit in the lead up to CES, and it's not too hard to see who its target is. While the company's main website is still as bright and cheery as ever, the newly launched We Are Not AlienbWare.com is an entirely different tale, featuring an ominous teaser video that mixes Shuttle promos (and metaphors) in with footage from District 9. Of course, it is a teaser video, so it's light on any details, but Shuttle is apparently promising something fairly big for CES. Hit up the link below to check out the video for yourself, or if it's giving you fits, just hop on past the break and mash play.

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[Almo Posted Dec 8th 2009 2:10PM]

Can't beat 'em... trash copy 'em.

[Tpebop Posted Dec 8th 2009 2:19PM]

The commercial was pretty terrible. Almost laughably so.

[cordis Posted Dec 8th 2009 2:23PM]

Oh great, an i7 shuttle box. Who could have seen that coming? I guess the tiny fans they usually use will be spinning even faster, making yet another small but noisy system. I still have an old athlon shuttle box, that thing sounds like a vacuum cleaner when it's running, so an i7? No thanks.

[tmarks11 Posted Dec 8th 2009 3:23PM]

@cordis Shuttle's SX58H7 (which was briefly seen in the film clip) has been out for a long time. I don't think the impending news release is that Shuttle has an i7powered machine. That is old news (released June 10, 2009).

Shuttle's website talks about a new "J" series; which means a new form factor (vs the old H7 and P2 cases). They also have a press release about a new "all in one".

Maybe they will beat Apple to the market with (yet another) tablet....

[Michiel Posted Dec 8th 2009 2:24PM]

Now that was a cheap commercial if I've ever seen one. Seriously? Remixing a District 9 trailer with their own static product shots is the best they can come up with?

[yulebellow Posted Dec 8th 2009 2:24PM]

who is shuttle?

[thmoser Posted Dec 8th 2009 2:29PM]

why would you want to buy an alienware or shuttle pc when you could just build your own for half the price?

[bjsguess Posted Dec 8th 2009 2:34PM]

How about Shuttle put some of their marketing materials into a better quality product. Their stuff over the past few years have really sucked. High prices + poor designs + high failure rates = current stats of affairs.

[EGOvoruhk Posted Dec 8th 2009 2:45PM]

This just makes me want to watch District 9 again!

[Oli D Posted Dec 8th 2009 2:46PM]

They aren t even THAT small...

[Eternal Density Posted Dec 8th 2009 2:52PM]

This must be the x-enemy that armor is for...

[Eternal Density Posted Dec 8th 2009 2:53PM]

I mean X-threat. Sorry, I only just woke up.

[Jeff Posted Dec 8th 2009 3:24PM]

i was all like lolwtf?

[CA Posted Dec 8th 2009 3:30PM]

Where do I go if I AM alien?

[loocas Posted Dec 8th 2009 4:31PM]

@CA To hell?

[ThEuNdYiNg1 Posted Dec 8th 2009 5:30PM]

that didn't look too bad

[Kyralik Posted Dec 8th 2009 6:12PM]

District-9 was an aweful movie to start, how can they possibly get away with footage from a real movie? That doesn't even make sence. Lawsuit anyone?

[bebop Posted Dec 8th 2009 7:52PM]

Shuttle: building small, annoyingly loud, annoyingly non-standard and hard to access computers since 1997...

[oringal Posted Dec 9th 2009 1:06AM]

why is there a small apple logo in the right bottom corner of the screen?