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JordLimb
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eliwein wrote:

Actually, to me it kind of looks like a horse from chess.
But I see your point, Ivo. I do think there is significance to little details, because that's how JJ works, but I think we've got enough speculation archived in the past 18 pages for future reference.
Lets get down to interpreting the meaning of the commercial. What does the door of light symbolize? Who is the gloved hand? What does the moose symbolize? What do the changes of scenery reflect? Why is there a chimp with a cheese flag? Why do clich�s such as "Don't wait for opportunity to come knocking on your door" give him the strength to rip to door off it's hinges? Why does he walk away from the door?
I'll start off: The cartoon boy on his stomach represents his inner youth; after drinking Slusho!, he feels like a kid again, and has all the strength that he had when he was a kid.

Which allows him to remove the door that is holding the fun and happy memories of his youth back and the "room" then fills with a sort of fantasy world and memories from his youth?

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:44 pm

TVRotBrain
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Colt wrote:

eliwein wrote:

What's that character on the slusho cups, in the top right corner of the white trapezoid?

i'm not sure on this, but i've seen this symbol a few times, but forgot where

looks like a "<" with a square or rectangle below it...

You can see it better here.
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=10728

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:48 pm

eliwein
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Which allows him to remove the door that is holding the fun and happy memories of his youth back and the "room" then fills with a sort of fantasy world and memories from his youth?

Hm. Interesting. There's definitely a transformation going on here. He starts out in a dull, almost empty room, bored. He ends in a room full of childish excitement. But, there's still the framed picture... a remnant of his adult life?

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:48 pm

chucklehead
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eliwein wrote:

I did a bit of reading up on moose as a power animal, most of the websites I read said that the moose helps with self esteem, which meshes with the concept of the Carpe Diem like sayings.

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:53 pm

Colt
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TVRotBrain wrote:

Colt wrote:

eliwein wrote:

What's that character on the slusho cups, in the top right corner of the white trapezoid?

i'm not sure on this, but i've seen this symbol a few times, but forgot where

looks like a "<" with a square or rectangle below it...

You can see it better here.
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=10728

ahh, didn't notice it had that on it in that photo, from the commercial it looked different...

and i have a problem with the Kid = strength thing, when i think of kid i think of an 11 year old, but people usually don't have a lot of strength, specially to pull a door off the hinges, till they are almost out of the teens

kids usually have more hope and are more optimistic then adults, and he probably ran away from the door after opening it cause he didn't want to go back to his adult life and wanted to enjoy the moose a little longer...

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:59 pm

eliwein
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I found that too, chucklehead. Take this, for example:

www.theearthangelconnection.com wrote:

MOOSE - helps us with self-esteem. It is also about the magic of life and death. Moose represents expressing the joy of accomplishment, not to boast or seek recognition, but in a spirit of sharing, born of the understanding that joy is contagious. It is about learning to explore new depths of awareness within self and your environment.

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:59 pm

chucklehead
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eliwein wrote:

I found that too, chucklehead. Take this, for example:

www.theearthangelconnection.com wrote:

Which also points towards him turning away from the glowing door. The part that made me wonder about though is the "wall of fire" that sweeps past the celebrators just before the end of the commercial.

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:03 pm

eliwein
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and i have a problem with the Kid = strength thing, when i think of kid i think of an 11 year old, but people usually don't have a lot of strength, specially to pull a door off the hinges, till they are almost out of the teens

kids usually have more hope and are more optimistic then adults, and he probably ran away from the door after opening it cause he didn't want to go back to his adult life and wanted to enjoy the moose a little longer...

Maybe its not a physical strength they're talking about... don't know exactly where where I'm going with that. Also, I'm not sure that the door goes back to his adulthood. In fact, he never goes through the door; the transformation on happens once he tears the door off.

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:06 pm

kosmopol
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eliwein wrote:

I'll start off: The cartoon boy on his stomach represents his inner youth; after drinking Slusho!, he feels like a kid again, and has all the strength that he had when he was a kid.

Very interesting! Actually, the mouth of the cartoon boy is the man's navel. Feeding of the youth = feeding of child by his mother through umbilical cord.

Moose as father part? Or perhaps it's uberinterpretation?

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:11 pm

eliwein
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kosmopol wrote:

eliwein wrote:

I'll start off: The cartoon boy on his stomach represents his inner youth; after drinking Slusho!, he feels like a kid again, and has all the strength that he had when he was a kid.

That's fantastic! This is the kind of conversation we should be having on here. That comment, sir, is deep.

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:14 pm

kosmopol
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eliwein wrote:

kosmopol wrote:

eliwein wrote:

I'll start off: The cartoon boy on his stomach represents his inner youth; after drinking Slusho!, he feels like a kid again, and has all the strength that he had when he was a kid.

That's fantastic! This is the kind of conversation we should be having on here. That comment, sir, is deep.

Thanx, I love this forum! Beeing on this forum is really great. We can put a lot of ideas in every creepy beverage commercial Smile

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:17 pm

eliwein
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There's still one thing that bugs me; the gloved hand that slams the door. Who is that?

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:20 pm

TVRotBrain
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eliwein wrote:

kosmopol wrote:

eliwein wrote:

I'll start off: The cartoon boy on his stomach represents his inner youth; after drinking Slusho!, he feels like a kid again, and has all the strength that he had when he was a kid.

That's fantastic! This is the kind of conversation we should be having on here. That comment, sir, is deep.

To stretch it just a little farther. A baby in the womb feeding off the mom could be considered a PARASITE. A baby would also burst out, sort of.

Also, I agree with Plebius20. I think she is tryng to nail that picture to the ?wall? Maybe the picture is really important. Like hitting the nail on the head. lol I kill me.

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:21 pm

TVRotBrain
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eliwein wrote:

There's still one thing that bugs me; the gloved hand that slams the door. Who is that?

I'm telling you man, thats Master Hand from Super Smash Bros.

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:22 pm

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TVRotBrain wrote:

To stretch it just a little farther. A baby in the womb feeding off the mom could be considered a PARASITE. A baby would also burst out, sort of.

Good one that and possibly closer to the truth

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:28 pm

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