Comments on: New LDP attack ad: The DPJ makes disgusting ramen http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/08/22/new-ldp-attack-ad-the-dpj-makes-disgusting-ramen/ Japan News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob A http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/08/22/new-ldp-attack-ad-the-dpj-makes-disgusting-ramen/comment-page-1/#comment-368949 Rob A Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:29:15 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=12148#comment-368949 Funniest damn political ads I've ever seen. I hope the Japanese find it as funny as I did and put no stake in these propaganda clips. I'm not sure where I stand on the election, but this isn't the way for Taro Aso to gain votes. Funniest damn political ads I’ve ever seen. I hope the Japanese find it as funny as I did and put no stake in these propaganda clips.

I’m not sure where I stand on the election, but this isn’t the way for Taro Aso to gain votes.

]]> By: jackoffer http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/08/22/new-ldp-attack-ad-the-dpj-makes-disgusting-ramen/comment-page-1/#comment-367507 jackoffer Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:38:59 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=12148#comment-367507 At least the white guy can use chopsticks! At least the white guy can use chopsticks!

]]> By: Mr Big http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/08/22/new-ldp-attack-ad-the-dpj-makes-disgusting-ramen/comment-page-1/#comment-366761 Mr Big Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:54:07 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=12148#comment-366761 Turns out he speaks it pretty well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3JFJ4n6no0 Turns out he speaks it pretty well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3JFJ4n6no0

]]> By: Mr Big http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/08/22/new-ldp-attack-ad-the-dpj-makes-disgusting-ramen/comment-page-1/#comment-366716 Mr Big Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:58:29 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=12148#comment-366716 "I don’t watch much other than NHK and I never saw it there…" Do you knit woollen sweaters while you are watching only NHK? Anyway, has anyone actually heard Lord Green speak Japanese? A Japanese guy who was in the know told me he could speak it very well, but I'm not sure they had a decent conversaion. I think green trotted out some seldom used phrase that impressed my contact. Anyone actually heard him speak it? “I don’t watch much other than NHK and I never saw it there…”

Do you knit woollen sweaters while you are watching only NHK?

Anyway, has anyone actually heard Lord Green speak Japanese? A Japanese guy who was in the know told me he could speak it very well, but I’m not sure they had a decent conversaion. I think green trotted out some seldom used phrase that impressed my contact. Anyone actually heard him speak it?

]]> By: R http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/08/22/new-ldp-attack-ad-the-dpj-makes-disgusting-ramen/comment-page-1/#comment-366436 R Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:26:40 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=12148#comment-366436 i'm totally blonde and I have all my hair and I always ask for more oil (and more oil) in my ramen. everyone should just stop complaining and pay their taxes. i’m totally blonde and I have all my hair and I always ask for more oil (and more oil) in my ramen. everyone should just stop complaining and pay their taxes.

]]> By: nakamura25 http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/08/22/new-ldp-attack-ad-the-dpj-makes-disgusting-ramen/comment-page-1/#comment-366393 nakamura25 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:18:43 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=12148#comment-366393 They're screening the comments. I left a nice comment in English... let's see if they accept it. All their videos seem to have 4.5 or 5 stars. I wonder why. They’re screening the comments. I left a nice comment in English… let’s see if they accept it.

All their videos seem to have 4.5 or 5 stars. I wonder why.

]]> By: weirdo http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/08/22/new-ldp-attack-ad-the-dpj-makes-disgusting-ramen/comment-page-1/#comment-366392 weirdo Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:11:12 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=12148#comment-366392 "Is the presence of a foreigner in the commercial a swipe at the DPJ’s view on non-citizen voting?" I don't see anything suggesting something like that. Why would the mere presence of the foreigner be something about voting? “Is the presence of a foreigner in the commercial a swipe at the DPJ’s view on non-citizen voting?”

I don’t see anything suggesting something like that. Why would the mere presence of the foreigner be something about voting?

]]> By: James http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/08/22/new-ldp-attack-ad-the-dpj-makes-disgusting-ramen/comment-page-1/#comment-366379 James Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:43:29 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=12148#comment-366379 The proposal ad was all over the non-NHK news broadcasts (Asahi, NTV, TBS, Fuji). The proposal ad was all over the non-NHK news broadcasts (Asahi, NTV, TBS, Fuji).

]]> By: Adamu http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/08/22/new-ldp-attack-ad-the-dpj-makes-disgusting-ramen/comment-page-1/#comment-366376 Adamu Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:40:19 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=12148#comment-366376 Maybe that gaijin-san is a subtle dig at Japan hands like Michael Green who make their supposedly perfect Japanese a basis of their credentials but end up sounding more like the dude in the commercial. Is it me, or is this ad asking for a kind of high level of sophistication from the viewer? Are most Japanese voters familiar enough with political news to get all those references? Also, has anyone actually seen any discussion of these ads on TV? I don't watch much other than NHK and I never saw it there... Maybe that gaijin-san is a subtle dig at Japan hands like Michael Green who make their supposedly perfect Japanese a basis of their credentials but end up sounding more like the dude in the commercial.

Is it me, or is this ad asking for a kind of high level of sophistication from the viewer? Are most Japanese voters familiar enough with political news to get all those references?

Also, has anyone actually seen any discussion of these ads on TV? I don’t watch much other than NHK and I never saw it there…

]]> By: helical http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/08/22/new-ldp-attack-ad-the-dpj-makes-disgusting-ramen/comment-page-1/#comment-366364 helical Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:32:29 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=12148#comment-366364 The foreigner is complaining that it "needs more oil", referring to the call to support refueling American warships in the Indian Ocean. Hatoyama obliges, representing how the DPJ did a 180 degree policy change and supported the new anti-terror laws, thus supporting the continuation of the refueling efforts. Then a lady strongly resembling Fukushima Mizuho from the SDJ comes and complains about it saying "I thought you were going to cut the oil!", no doubt paralleling the real person's efforts in real life to kill the refueling operations by pointing out the DPJ "flip-flop". The foreigner is complaining that it “needs more oil”, referring to the call to support refueling American warships in the Indian Ocean.
Hatoyama obliges, representing how the DPJ did a 180 degree policy change and supported the new anti-terror laws, thus supporting the continuation of the refueling efforts.
Then a lady strongly resembling Fukushima Mizuho from the SDJ comes and complains about it saying “I thought you were going to cut the oil!”, no doubt paralleling the real person’s efforts in real life to kill the refueling operations by pointing out the DPJ “flip-flop”.

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