Robotic Cement-Moles Inc.: darth

The Blog Project

See, English 110 exists outside of the classroom. We'll be sharpening our analytical minds in this heated arena: blog-dom.

The point of the blog is for you to practice making 1) observations and 2) analyses on the material you come across in your day-to-day virtual lives, and then to share your analytical experiments with your classmates. Take this opportunity to explore the course theme and broaden your understanding of your chosen sources. Social media, YouTube, and online articles are rife with opportunities for interesting analysis. So impress us with your brilliance, hipness, and pop-cultural savoir faire. This is all about practice (and nerd/cool points, of course) so really go for it.

Let's say to post (roughly) once every other week, which makes a minimum of 5 posts total. There's no limit to how much you can post. But I'll remind you: if you start honing your analytical skills here, your grade and your chances for success over the next few years will markedly improve. Try stuff out--this is graded simply on doing it. If you're truly exploring, you'll probably make some analytical trips that you look back on and are slightly embarrassed about--and that's a good thing.

Friday, October 7, 2011

VW the force

I think that in the advertising market, the car companies produce the best commercials. I mean, they have to. The economy does not push the sale of cars right now, and with the government bailouts for that sector these companies really have to try to sell their vehicles. Anyway, THE FORCE, is the Volkswagen new commercial for the 2012 VW Passat. They show this kid, dressed up as Darth Vader, trying to control anything and everything in his house. When he tries at the treadmill, the dog, washing machine, doll, and sandwich, and fails the true test arrives. His own mother-ship, the 2012 Passat, comes into the drive way. He focuses and the VW starts. This technology, remote start, is what separates VW from other car makers. Another way for people to be lazy, fend off cold, and be Americans. That is the power of Das Auto. These commercials push humor to appeal to the family in all of us. The Passat is a true family vehicle and i'm pretty sure Darth Vader would agree, the force is strong in Volkswagen.

Thanks <3
Matt Noonan