Clearly this ad, from 1981, was for Laserdiscs. But why is Nimoy speaking to a talking rock? And why is he overdubbed by an English-accented guy? And what does any of it really have to do with PlayStation?
So many questions. Yet somehow it all seems...logical?
h/t The Mary Sue via IGN
think some one decided for fun to take the old laser disc commercial Leonard did way back in the eighties just for fun and love over the new playstation coming out. for still after all this time the thing is hilerious , more so with the dubbign which kind of sounds like some one doing an impression of phil lamar to me
Amazing. Where can I buy one? Is it possible to have one shipped overseas? I'm in Europe and we're as usual treated like *** when it's coming to the latest Home Entertainment Electronics!
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This is what should have happened at the event.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/NrBlKEK.gif[/IMG]
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Dang, they should've just shown this instead. It would have saved us all two hours, it would have saved Sony a ton of awkward moments, & it would have been infinitely more entertaining. Plus, I know that Spock wouldn't have screwed me out of my PSN purchases, what with it being illogical & all. Also, mysterious talking rocks kinda help, as always.
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@SlyDante777 Yes but he had a mustache. He may still been different dimension Spock. Not as evil as goatee Spock but still not as trustworthy as clean shaven Spock.
http://24.media.tumblr.com/6e27c0b2f32268e679bc9bf5a933e0ff/tumblr_mg7vrfrVe21ru3r04o1_500.gif
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Holy crap I thought he was going to rip the door off that disk player. Not to mention all the fingerprints he put on that Laserdisk.
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Technically that's an ad for the Magnavox Laservision player. How do I know, I proudly own that disc.
@LYT @whbinder It was the early iteration of laserdiscs. Just a different name. Those discs play on later laserdisc players. As much as they've been surpassed in quality by DVD and Blu-ray, I do miss my gigantic shiny discs. This was when Special Editions were truly special. The supplements were geared towards movie geeks instead of the lowest-common-denominator crap that passes for supplements these days. GIT OF'N MAH LAWN, WHIPPERSNAPPERS! %s
@geekzapoppin @LYT Exactly. It was nothing more than branding up until about 1978. I still have a nice collection of LDs. They still have a classiness. Of course that doesn't mean I don't have "Cutthoat Island" on LD, DVD and Blu-ray, but the Nimoy Disc, the unaltered Star Wars Trilogy, the Godfather trilogy re-edited into a single chronological story and The original THX sampler disc are my favorites.
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@geekzapoppin Real answer this ↑
Smartass answer. Something like this.
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/331/2/d/cyclops_by_spidermanfan2099-d4hi799.jpg
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That really makes me want a laser disk player... and a squeaky glowing rock to be my friend.
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@Gallen_Dugall I've been told to be weary of glowing rocks. You could lose your hair ... Uh. Never mind.
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