24 thoughts on “Samsung and Michael Bay disaster at CES”
I’m thinking someone loves the c-c-c-c-cocaine.
After all these years with his on-screen explosions, he made CES history with an explosion in his pants.
ha ha ha!
I’d say you’re right, considering his blog is called ‘shoot for the edit’
Samsung doesn’t have much luck with their celebrity endorsements, huh? Not surprising given that the shills don’t seem to know or care about the products they’re being paid to promote.
Even with enough training, there should always plan B ready or improvisation. I remember watching Steve Jobs keynote when the slide is kinda hang. And he jokingly talk someone behind stage will fix it. Then he began talking about his earlier day with Woz at Apple until the keynote is fix. I didn’t remember what product that keynote was.
Yes, but Steve was a genius at this sort of thing, so it’s not quite fair to compare. What I’m amazed by is that he was reading a teleprompter to answer a straightforward question about what he does for a living, rather than just speaking from his experience.
The folks from Anki Drive had a similar experience during their demo at WWDC, and instead of running backstage they fixed the problem and carried on. It doesn’t take genius. It takes commitment to getting the job done.
There’s everything that’s wrong with most celebrity endorsements, and tech companies like Samsung right there.
If the guy can’t talk about the product’s features unaided, then he clearly doesn’t give a shit about them.
Tell me again about how a curved screen makes any fucking difference whatsoever to the viewing experience in a living room?
“No, I’m not available for rehearsals. Just show me what to read and when to say it. You can fix it in post.”
I love the fact that he could not even “wing it” when asked about the virtues of Samsung’s new curved big-screen TV’s. He obviously doesn’t know crap about the product or care about it in any way and was just being paid to be there.
The guy probably just had a panic attack. I suspect that he’s very much a behind the scenes guy and being put in that position, it’d be hard for many people. On the other hand, it was a softball question of him talking about him.
Now I really want to know the full script, to see how full of lies that statement was going to be.
Likely none. Rather common really. He probably either never had a script or didn’t bother looking at it. Thus why he had no idea what to say.
Yep. And then there was the wifi issue at one keynote. He just went with it, sorted out what the issue was and in true Steve form, told the reporters to stop hogging the bandwidth.
Ummm you do know who Michael Bay is right. This guy does promo stuff all the time. Difference is that it is generally about his movies and himself.
He didn’t bother to know the material he needed to be able to talk about and got caught
I’m not a fan of Bay’s movies – just don’t care for that kind of thing (and I hate Samsung) – but I really feel sorry for him. What a horribly embarrassing personal moment for the guy, played out in front of a large audience and then magnified by the huge press coverage of it. Nice of everyone here to pile on.
He’s not an actor and when he does public speaking I suspect it’s limited to his own creations that he can easily talk about. He may or may not be excited about the technology, but participating in a staged presentation in front of an audience and cameras isn’t the same as having a one on one conversation. The people running the prompter really screwed him leading to a deer in the headlights moment. Anyone saying he obviously doesn’t know anything about the tech because he couldn’t just switch to winging it is either a brilliant public speaker with little sympathy, or an asshole who hasn’t challenged themselves to speaking in front of an audience before.
I’m kind of an asshole, myself, but I can put aside my distaste of Bay’s style of movie making and Samsung’s amoral business practices and feel for a guy who just had one of the most embarrassing moments of his life. It seems that in the place he found himself, with the prompter not working and having completely lost his train of thought and unable to figure out what to say next, he had two choices: stand there in absolute embarrassment or walk off the stage.
But go ahead and pile on.
it’s completely fair to compare. theyre both famous, quite visible entrepreneurs who run their own show. Bay interacts with the media and has done countless interviews. he’s an entertainment pro, and he certainly should have been able to handle some simple questions w/o a teleprompter.
or when asked to talk about what he does for a living. who cant wing that!??
Bay, as a celebrity hollywood director, is not merely a behind the scenes guy. hes done countless interviews and promotion work for his business and movies.
he’s a boss-man in the professional entertainment business, being able to wing something is part of what defines show business.
he was hired to pimp out an endorsement yet was clearly unprepared to speak (even about himself and his career, two no-brainers). in this case lack of planning is a vice, not a virtue. he didnt get his way because of technical difficulties, so in the most unprofessional way he quit.
theres no reason to feel sorry for him. you perceived honor will not improve his life nor your own.
He’s one of the world’s most famous movie directors. His day job is being at the centre of multi-million dollar productions where he has to command literally hundreds of people to make sure they do what he wants. After completing a film he spends weeks doing non-stop press interviews and events. This is not a man who suffers from stage fright.
He’s notorious for throwing temper tantrums on set and screaming at his lackeys when things go wrong – it’s the same thing this time. He’s obviously frustrated at the teleprompt and decides to walk off in a huff because he can’t control his rage.
I’m thinking someone loves the c-c-c-c-cocaine.
After all these years with his on-screen explosions, he made CES history with an explosion in his pants.
ha ha ha!
I’d say you’re right, considering his blog is called ‘shoot for the edit’
Samsung doesn’t have much luck with their celebrity endorsements, huh? Not surprising given that the shills don’t seem to know or care about the products they’re being paid to promote.
Rehearse!! Don’t do a Gill Amelio. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhhFQ-3w5tE
Even with enough training, there should always plan B ready or improvisation. I remember watching Steve Jobs keynote when the slide is kinda hang. And he jokingly talk someone behind stage will fix it. Then he began talking about his earlier day with Woz at Apple until the keynote is fix. I didn’t remember what product that keynote was.
Yes, but Steve was a genius at this sort of thing, so it’s not quite fair to compare. What I’m amazed by is that he was reading a teleprompter to answer a straightforward question about what he does for a living, rather than just speaking from his experience.
The folks from Anki Drive had a similar experience during their demo at WWDC, and instead of running backstage they fixed the problem and carried on. It doesn’t take genius. It takes commitment to getting the job done.
There’s everything that’s wrong with most celebrity endorsements, and tech companies like Samsung right there.
If the guy can’t talk about the product’s features unaided, then he clearly doesn’t give a shit about them.
Tell me again about how a curved screen makes any fucking difference whatsoever to the viewing experience in a living room?
“No, I’m not available for rehearsals. Just show me what to read and when to say it. You can fix it in post.”
I love the fact that he could not even “wing it” when asked about the virtues of Samsung’s new curved big-screen TV’s. He obviously doesn’t know crap about the product or care about it in any way and was just being paid to be there.
The guy probably just had a panic attack. I suspect that he’s very much a behind the scenes guy and being put in that position, it’d be hard for many people. On the other hand, it was a softball question of him talking about him.
Now I really want to know the full script, to see how full of lies that statement was going to be.
Likely none. Rather common really. He probably either never had a script or didn’t bother looking at it. Thus why he had no idea what to say.
Yep. And then there was the wifi issue at one keynote. He just went with it, sorted out what the issue was and in true Steve form, told the reporters to stop hogging the bandwidth.
Ummm you do know who Michael Bay is right. This guy does promo stuff all the time. Difference is that it is generally about his movies and himself.
He didn’t bother to know the material he needed to be able to talk about and got caught
I’m not a fan of Bay’s movies – just don’t care for that kind of thing (and I hate Samsung) – but I really feel sorry for him. What a horribly embarrassing personal moment for the guy, played out in front of a large audience and then magnified by the huge press coverage of it. Nice of everyone here to pile on.
He’s not an actor and when he does public speaking I suspect it’s limited to his own creations that he can easily talk about. He may or may not be excited about the technology, but participating in a staged presentation in front of an audience and cameras isn’t the same as having a one on one conversation. The people running the prompter really screwed him leading to a deer in the headlights moment. Anyone saying he obviously doesn’t know anything about the tech because he couldn’t just switch to winging it is either a brilliant public speaker with little sympathy, or an asshole who hasn’t challenged themselves to speaking in front of an audience before.
I’m kind of an asshole, myself, but I can put aside my distaste of Bay’s style of movie making and Samsung’s amoral business practices and feel for a guy who just had one of the most embarrassing moments of his life. It seems that in the place he found himself, with the prompter not working and having completely lost his train of thought and unable to figure out what to say next, he had two choices: stand there in absolute embarrassment or walk off the stage.
But go ahead and pile on.
it’s completely fair to compare. theyre both famous, quite visible entrepreneurs who run their own show. Bay interacts with the media and has done countless interviews. he’s an entertainment pro, and he certainly should have been able to handle some simple questions w/o a teleprompter.
or when asked to talk about what he does for a living. who cant wing that!??
Bay, as a celebrity hollywood director, is not merely a behind the scenes guy. hes done countless interviews and promotion work for his business and movies.
he’s a boss-man in the professional entertainment business, being able to wing something is part of what defines show business.
he was hired to pimp out an endorsement yet was clearly unprepared to speak (even about himself and his career, two no-brainers). in this case lack of planning is a vice, not a virtue. he didnt get his way because of technical difficulties, so in the most unprofessional way he quit.
theres no reason to feel sorry for him. you perceived honor will not improve his life nor your own.
He’s one of the world’s most famous movie directors. His day job is being at the centre of multi-million dollar productions where he has to command literally hundreds of people to make sure they do what he wants. After completing a film he spends weeks doing non-stop press interviews and events. This is not a man who suffers from stage fright.
He’s notorious for throwing temper tantrums on set and screaming at his lackeys when things go wrong – it’s the same thing this time. He’s obviously frustrated at the teleprompt and decides to walk off in a huff because he can’t control his rage.
At least Alicia Keys knew her lines…