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Recursion

(56,582 posts) Sun Oct 6, 2013, 12:34 AM Oct 2013

Creepiest tourism board ad ever. Like David Lynch creepy

This ad is from the tourism board of Kerala, a state in southwest India. I... I don't really even know what to say. The red guy scares the hell out of me.

It's even worse on TV, because they time commercial breaks differently than in the US and just kind of randomly interrupt shows for them, so you're in the middle of a conversation during Big Bang Theory when suddenly...

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Creepiest tourism board ad ever. Like David Lynch creepy (Original Post) Recursion Oct 2013 OP

Yikes. Marie Marie Oct 2013 #1

Not creepy to me, surrealistic maybe, but not in a bad way. hunter Oct 2013 #2

Umm. a la izquierda Oct 2013 #3

Beautifully surreal, but while I would love it in... TreasonousBastard Oct 2013 #4

It's beautiful in an odd sort of way NV Whino Oct 2013 #5

Reminds me of the movie "The Cell" Demo_Chris Oct 2013 #6

This does not make me want to visit Kerala. n/t Chan790 Oct 2013 #7

The elephant sold me! graywarrior Oct 2013 #8

The music was nice. progressoid Oct 2013 #9

I don't know. I rather like the ad. It makes me want to know more about the place. NNadir Oct 2013 #10

This doesn't make me want to visit Kerala at all. Cass Oct 2013 #11

peaks my interest in the place gejohnston Oct 2013 #12

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)

1. Yikes.

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Sun Oct 6, 2013, 12:57 AM

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So much beauty there but yet....

hunter

(38,326 posts)

2. Not creepy to me, surrealistic maybe, but not in a bad way.

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Sun Oct 6, 2013, 12:59 AM

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On the other hand that "Can you read people's emotions" quiz creeped me out entirely.

I couldn't get past the fifth set of eyes.

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a la izquierda

(11,797 posts)

3. Umm.

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Sun Oct 6, 2013, 06:15 AM

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Wow.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

4. Beautifully surreal, but while I would love it in...

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Sun Oct 6, 2013, 07:54 AM

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an exhibition of some sort, it's not selling me on why I should visit Kerala.

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

5. It's beautiful in an odd sort of way

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Sun Oct 6, 2013, 10:41 AM

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Although I agree about the red guy. Yikes!

Demo_Chris

(6,234 posts)

6. Reminds me of the movie "The Cell"

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Sun Oct 6, 2013, 11:11 AM

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Chan790

(20,176 posts)

7. This does not make me want to visit Kerala. n/t

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Sun Oct 6, 2013, 11:30 AM

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graywarrior

(59,440 posts)

8. The elephant sold me!

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Sun Oct 6, 2013, 11:40 AM

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I'm going!

progressoid

(49,999 posts)

9. The music was nice.

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Sun Oct 6, 2013, 12:26 PM

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The kids in the tree watching the woman trashing around in slo-mo was a little weird.

NNadir

(33,542 posts)

10. I don't know. I rather like the ad. It makes me want to know more about the place.

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Sun Oct 6, 2013, 01:04 PM

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I guess I'm strange.

Cass

(2,600 posts)

11. This doesn't make me want to visit Kerala at all.

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Sun Oct 6, 2013, 01:27 PM

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The red guy was scary and the whole thing was kind of strange.

The woman sitting on the ground in the forest swaying around with her face covered by her hair while random people stood around her watching freaked me out. It didn't look like any experience I would want to have.

The video would maybe be ok in some other context but not for a tourism ad.

gejohnston

(17,502 posts)

12. peaks my interest in the place

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Sun Oct 6, 2013, 05:24 PM

Oct 2013

looks like an interesting place.

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