Unsuck DC Metro: Is Blackberry Mocking WMATA?

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Is Blackberry Mocking WMATA?

Metro is very choosy about its image in movies and, apparently, commercials. Watch carefully. The station is way off, but the "train" is nearly spot on.

Thanks @map408psu

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GDopplerXT · 759 weeks ago

I don't get it. How would Blackberry be mocking WMATA?

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SoBar · 759 weeks ago

The signs on the platform and wall say Gallery Pl-Chinatown, but you know it's not real because it's way too clean and bright . . . and where are all the brawling teenagers?

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Guest · 759 weeks ago

Wheeeeeee it's the little baby rollercoaster! It's what wmata would look like if they brightened up the joint. Only with more fatalities.

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GDopplerXT · 759 weeks ago

Oh, dang, I totally missed the writing on the wall.

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krikket · 759 weeks ago

That's okay..Metro usually misses the writing on the wall too..lol.

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Anon · 759 weeks ago

DITTO! I've seen this commercial but did not get it. That is funny!

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msdisdain · 759 weeks ago

The only thing WMATA is the sign. The station looks like a BART (SF) station with the name changed.

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Timmy O'Toole · 759 weeks ago

Side by side seating!

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dccommuter · 759 weeks ago

I love that it says Gallery Pl-Chinatown DC

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GlenmontGirl · 759 weeks ago

So if they are mocking WMATA...what exactly are they mocking it for? Since the ostensible message of the commercial is that the new Blackberry/AT&T partnership mixes business and fun, are they mocking WMATA for not being "fun" enough?

Or are they are mocking WMATA for having tiny (relative to the size of its customer base), crowded trains? Maybe the advertising company that designed the commercial is based locally...

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anon · 759 weeks ago

Maybe they didn't intend it this way, but it looks to me like they're mocking the rollercoaster feel that some of the trains have. fastfastfastBRAKEBRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKEEEfastfastfast

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Corresponding Toads · 759 weeks ago

GlenmontChica - You're right, I wouldn't be surprised if whoever came up with this is based in DC. This is like the Crackberry capitol of the world!

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ConcernedCitizen · 759 weeks ago

Or the commercials are aimed at urban areas, and localized for those markets...

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acubpella · 759 weeks ago

It actually looks like a downtown (Midtown or North Ave) station from the MARTA system in Atlanta- which MARTA uses the same design trains as METRO.

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Mike · 759 weeks ago

I call BS - everybody on the little miniature train had a seat, which is totally unrealistic if they are trying to replicate Metro.

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Matt · 758 weeks ago

It's the LA Metro, on the Red/Purple Line. The amount of times this has stood in for WMATA on tv....check out the final episode of 24 Season 7 for the longest sequence of it in DC guise.