Truly: W. T. F.
Truly: W. T. F.
Feb 01This whole Boston Aqua Teen Hunger Force thing just pisses me OFF.
1) Why the FUCK are they arresting the lowly freelancers hired to execute this marketing campaign??? First off, arrest the COMPANY that was HIRED to do it. The cushy CEO in his or her big-ass office, preferably. THEN arrest the exec at TBS that approved it. THEN arrest the CEO of TBS, for allowing this to happen. But the freelance artists? Come ON. That just SUCKS and smacks of stupidity.
2) Did NO ONE in the fucking POLICE DEPARTMENT think to do ANY research before shutting down the fucking CITY?! Again: Come ON. It displays blinking lights of a cartoon character FLIPPING YOU THE BIRD. Is there ANY precedent for this level of wackiness in past terrorist activities? Aren’t they too busy, y’know, actually BLOWING SHIT UP to bother with funny logos?
3) This is not, as the Mayor of Boston has said, about “corporate greed.” This is about IDIOTS at the Boston Police Department and in Boston city government making a HUGE mistake and seeking scapegoats. As already pointed out, these scapegoats are FREELANCE ARTISTS.
Goddamnit, I hate America.
I right there with you – the idea that terrorists would make a bomb, and then in Bondian fashion, make the bomb display a cartoon character, is pretty sad. Someone has watched Speed once too often.
The kicker is that when this shit hit fan, nobody in the Cartoon Network command chain went, “Shit, get the lawyers, have them contact the PD and tell them where all the ads have been placed.”
No, they stayed mum – and now two schmoes are going to have to run the Terrorist gauntlet.
(Mooninite voice)
Hey there America. Can you see this? I’m doing it as hard as I can.
Those are not hair questions.