Walmart's Famous Cars Ad is the Coolest Commercial Ever

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Walmart's Famous Cars Ad is the Coolest Commercial Ever

This article was published by Andrew Evans (@Famine) on January 8th, 2019 in the Car Culture category.

 

[Michelin]

One of the greatest Ads ever!

 

[silverman_GT]

I really liked the part where Bumblebee shows up. I still can't believe we're living in an universe where a live-action Bumblebee actually turns into a VW Bug!

 

[monkeywall]

Never seen a Walmart ad. We seem to miss out on some of the greatest things ever! On this side of the world.

Sorry couldn't resist cool ad tho

 

[Yauma9]

...Is KITT going senile? Why'd he call everyone Michael?

 

[Oyashiro-sama]

2019 and KITT still is car-porn-looking gorgeous.

 

[GT Kelv]

I loved it! I was waiting for the Delorean to show up! I do wish they used the Burton Batmobile from “Batman” and “Batman Returns”. But great commercial though.

 

[rallymorten]

Just because someone has to be the nerd in the room who thinks demonstrating non-car knowledge on a mostly-car-things internet forum makes them look cool but really it only puts them on everybody's ignore lists partly because nobody likes bezzerwizzers and partly because they can't end a jokesy sentence to save their life:

..those aren't Velociraptors.

 

[bloodyboyblue]

But...I thought the fast and the furious cars were the best, most popular movie cars of all time!

 

[BLiTZ]

That was fun!

 

[BlazeTheCat05]

As much as I can't stand Walmart itself, that was a really cool commercial.

 

[WJHMH]

Well done ad, I enjoyed it.

 

[Famine]

Just because someone has to be the nerd in the room who thinks demonstrating non-car knowledge on a mostly-car-things internet forum makes them look cool but really it only puts them on everybody's ignore lists partly because nobody likes bezzerwizzers and partly because they can't end a jokesy sentence to save their life:

..those aren't Velociraptors.

I originally thought that they were Procompsognathus (which appear a lot more often in the book), but the second-right one when they hit the screen has a Velociraptor rear claw.

 

[kikie]

Not only is it a good ad it has good humour as well.

 

[rallymorten]

but the second-right one when they hit the screen has a Velociraptor rear claw.

*watches through sequence far too many times considering this is a non-car thing on a mostly-car forum*

..no, I don't see anything resembling a Velociraptor sickle. Might be a combination of the motion blur and a blurry car tyre in the background? Especially considering none of the others - at any other point in that clip - seems to have one.

I'll tell you what I do see (and hear), however: an awful lot of this.

The sounds they make are nearly identical to the Compsognathus from The Lost World movie.

Their design is virtually identical to the Compsognathus from The Lost World movie.

The bit where she asks if they're "hungry" is a direct reference to the above scene.

They are, indeed, Compsognathus.


Nominate me for most knowledgeable member of 2019 based on this one post alone. Or just nuttiest member for taking this way too seriously.

 

[cudwieser]

Bumblebee into a Beetle. Love it

Lets list the references

Batman (don't know which one)
Summer vacation
Ghostbusters
Transformers
Flintstones
Scooby Doo
Jurassic Park/World
Knight Rider
Back to the future
Dumb and Dumber
Cars
Cinderella

 

[Michelin]

*watches through sequence far too many times considering this is a non-car thing on a mostly-car forum*

..no, I don't see anything resembling a Velociraptor sickle. Might be a combination of the motion blur and a blurry car tyre in the background? Especially considering none of the others - at any other point in that clip - seems to have one.

I'll tell you what I do see (and hear), however: an awful lot of this.

The sounds they make are nearly identical to the Compsognathus from The Lost World movie.

Their design is virtually identical to the Compsognathus from The Lost World movie.

The bit where she asks if they're "hungry" is a direct reference to the above scene.

They are, indeed, Compsognathus.


Nominate me for most knowledgeable member of 2019 based on this one post alone. Or just nuttiest member for taking this way too seriously.

Probably nuttiest.
Yeah, nuttiest.

 

[Auditore]

That's the fastest i've seen that Ghostbusters cadillac run,that's one heavy boy

Lets list the references

Batman (don't know which one)

It's the Ben Affleck Batman one from Batman V Superman and Justice League

 

[danimac]

Best Commercial Ever
Best Commercial Of 2019
Great Job Walmart
The People Who Came Up With This Idea, Genius.

 

[opelgt1969]

Has anyone paid attention to the Ford pickup at the end? I know who owned it, It's almost as famous as Walmart. If no one knows the history of the truck I'll post it later.

 

[Joey D]

Has anyone paid attention to the Ford pickup at the end? I know who owned it, It's almost as famous as Walmart. If no one knows the history of the truck I'll post it later.

It's Sam Walton's truck, isn't it? Or at least one that looks like it.

 

[opelgt1969]

You would be right not very good focus on it, but you can see some rust on roof and the scratch on drivers side (rear bed). I believe it's been photoshopped. Plus the dogs not laying on tailgate.