TV Ad Commercial "Captain Risky"

Stevejones · 03-01-2015, 09:25 AM

Has Anyone Seen the tv ad "Captain Risky"?

If you haven't watch it here http://youtu.be/qgt5urS7znA

What are your thoughts on what they have done to that XB?

XBv8mmm! · 03-01-2015, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Stevejones

Has Anyone Seen the tv ad "Captain Risky"?

If you haven't watch it here http://youtu.be/qgt5urS7znA

What are your thoughts on what they have done to that XB?

Funny ad. XB is mostly cgi except for the close ups.

Cheers.

CoupeKing · 03-01-2015, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Stevejones

http://youtu.be/qgt5urS7znA

What are your thoughts on what they have done to that XB?

I bet my Plums that someone on here could still fix it.

Stevejones · 03-01-2015, 09:38 AM

A few shots of the car.... I actually use to own it, i sold it to them 2 months ago... man it sucks watching what they do to it...

The amount of money and time i spent on it, then they strap that rocket on the roof.. its killing me lol

Also at about 40seconds when he throws out the steering wheel out the window.... that was a GT Wheel which cost me about $1000 when i brought it

they have no idea!!

**GasoLane** · 03-01-2015, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Stevejones

A few shots of the car.... I actually use to own it, i sold it to them 2 months ago... man it sucks watching what they do to it...

The amount of money and time i spent on it, then they strap that rocket on the roof.. its killing me lol

Also at about 40seconds when he throws out the steering wheel out the window.... that was a GT Wheel which cost me about $1000 when i brought it

they have no idea!!

Didn't actually look like they did much too it really.

The 'Jet' engine is strapped on roof racks and that's a strange looking GT steering wheel (spokes look too thin)

1970XW351 · 03-01-2015, 11:00 AM

Looks to me like a standard wheel, not that I've been able to pause it properly to get a decent look... Probably came off the poor ute they torched. :(

Stevejones · 03-01-2015, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by 1970XW351

Looks to me like a standard wheel, not that I've been able to pause it properly to get a decent look... Probably came off the poor ute they torched. :(

Its my old car, i restored it and i put a gt wheel on it... Not sure if they used a different one or not for it. But it had a gt wheel on it when i sold it

**fordomatic** · 03-01-2015, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Stevejones

A few shots of the car.... I actually use to own it, i sold it to them 2 months ago... man it sucks watching what they do to it...

The amount of money and time i spent on it, then they strap that rocket on the roof.. its killing me lol

Also at about 40seconds when he throws out the steering wheel out the window.... that was a GT Wheel which cost me about $1000 when i brought it

they have no idea!!

Not sure if serious

That's not a GT steering wheel by the looks of it

i smell a rat

Stevejones · 03-01-2015, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by fordomatic

Not sure if serious

That's not a GT steering wheel by the looks of it

i smell a rat

Top photo is what was on it when i brought the car originally, then i put on the gt wheel... not "rat" here

Stevejones · 03-01-2015, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by CoupeKing

I bet my Plums that someone on here could still fix it.

I had already restored it basically

can't believe they used such a nice car for an ad haha

b2tf · 03-01-2015, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Stevejones

I had already restored it basically

can't believe they used such a nice car for an ad haha

So they obviously didnt tell you what they intended to do to it when you sold it to them?

Stevejones · 03-01-2015, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by b2tf

So they obviously didnt tell you what they intended to do to it when you sold it to them?

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Originally Posted by Morexbs

I don't suppose you're the Steve Jones who played guitar in the Sex Pistols?

nah the film company who made the ad brought it off me.. he was in nsw and i was in vic and all he did was get an racv inspection and then paid for it...

he said it was gonna be in an ad, but couldn't tell me any details..

Morexbs · 03-01-2015, 09:54 AM

I don't suppose you're the Steve Jones who played guitar in the Sex Pistols?

Stevejones · 03-01-2015, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Morexbs

I don't suppose you're the Steve Jones who played guitar in the Sex Pistols?

no thats not me

anto · 03-01-2015, 09:58 AM

At least they piked a cool looking car for the ad..poor old thing

XBROO · 03-01-2015, 12:02 PM

My missus want to put a kick it rip it sticker on her orange XB now.

Morexbs · 03-01-2015, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by XBROO

My missus want to put a kick it rip it sticker on her orange XB now.

There will be a market for those and I reckon I would buy one.
And anyone with a red/orange XB will now be known as Captain Risky.
How funny is the pool dive!

BPXR6T · 03-01-2015, 09:22 PM

My mates call me captain risky now. Xb gt sedan in the driveway and I ride a dirt bike like him too.

Streets · 03-01-2015, 10:29 PM

My favourite part is where he is so preoccupied doing tricks on the dirtbike that he misses the ramp and goes through the side of the bus

Hope they didn't hurt the car too much

TV and movie people like to destroy old cars for some reason

There needs to be some sort of "Humane Association" for cars of a certain age to ensure old cars are properly cared for on set

"no classic cars were harmed in the making of this production"

XBROO · 04-01-2015, 06:58 AM

The whole Ad is funny, I like the wooden man where he dose a jump kick and misses completely. I have a mate who did exactly the same thing when we were on the turps, and the whole party just ****ed themselves.

Hamishbax · 07-01-2015, 07:25 AM

First time I saw it was in the cinema, cracked me up

Spammy · 07-01-2015, 11:45 AM

The ad is a rip off of this doco about famous stuntman Ken Carter

Spolier alert: skip to 1:32:30 for the outcome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgIhGTpKTwM

Perhaps the best movie ever !!

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dcm · 07-01-2015, 01:04 PM

I was a bit horrified when I first saw the XB on that ad (it was pretty funny though) but then I watched it online carefully.

http://www.campaignbrief.com/2015/01...ces-lovea.html

I believe that action shots of that thing and the ramp it went down was digital confection. If you freeze frame it, it's form factor mid-flight appears to be briefly that of a two door coupe of some description with XB bitmap grafted on top of it.

I was still worried about him standing on the bonnet but if you look at him closely (and in particular his shadow), I suspect even then, he's standing on a step ladder just in front of the car with a cunning camera angle.

Still makes me wonder though if that's the case, why they just didn't hire somebody's car rather than buy one.

I wasn't happy about the ute though - that looked pretty real. Hopefully it was a rusted out shell and had already been parted out.

2011G6E · 07-01-2015, 04:46 PM

Look up how many Dodge Chargers they happily destroyed in the Dukes Of Hazzard TV show and the recent movie...then have a little sob...

flooded one · 07-01-2015, 05:19 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpir9eGi8Mk

Don't know why everyones upset about it. at least it didn't end up like this

**FairmontGS** · 07-01-2015, 07:13 PM

So was the car destroyed or not?

dcm · 07-01-2015, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by FairmontGS

So was the car destroyed or not?

Well, need to draw your own conclusions. I suspect NOT - here's why.

Looks real enough but he's not standing on that bonnet - unless he's got some aftermarket legs or something...

Yep, that nylon load strap will definitely keep that engine in place and the roll bars (or whatever junk they've loaded into the back seat) seem right :-)

Mmmm... My XB sedan doesn't have an **** that fat or many of those panel lines either. Also, my grill is screwed on, not photo-shopped over the top.

Now THAT looks like something spawned from an XB that had sex with an HQ Monaro coupe.. Rear fin grew too.

I'm kind of hoping some advertising executive has scored him or herself a classic and gotten a client to pay for it :-)

futura · 07-01-2015, 07:22 PM

Favourite ad. Love it.

Blue Roo · 07-01-2015, 08:59 PM

The add "Captain Risky". Reminds me of that Legendary Stuntman "Leo W****r" from the Paul Hogan Show. (Aired back in the late 1970's on Channel 9. Some of us oldies might remember.)

79FordEsky · 07-01-2015, 11:10 PM

This popped up on facebook