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No one outside the industry remembers … or cares. And there’s no advertising police. Outside of here maybe.

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Of course, people don’t care, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a rip off.

I think copying a thirty year old movie beat for beat might be the more egregious rip off here.

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The sequels themselves did that!

the competitors being played up as the villains seems just like an infinitely executable bit, versus it specifically referencing these net10 ads. especially since its live action instead of animation. the verizon one is more just nostalgia porn for austin powers to me. just my read on it

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The irony is that the Net10 probably used Dr Evil et al as inspiration in the first place

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That shark one is really good

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It was made in-house. So no.

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Also the cable ads where it was a bunch of evil people in a conference room. Pretty well worn trope at this point, no?

And agreed, the shark ad above is great.

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Also, the Kmart Evil Layaway spot. Basically the same.

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Maybe stop looking at it as a ripoff. See it as part of a series. Like James Bond.

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American creatives, usually, don’t care much about ideas made in other countries

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More likely they said "why hasn't anyone done this yet?"

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