Green Opening Address

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[update: to put it somewhere, the InternetMana one has highest fun value]

 

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  1. Stephanie Rodgers 1
    23 August 2014 at 8:45 pm

    Really interesting that the Greens obviously feel more able to be actively negative about the government.

  2. brett 2
    23 August 2014 at 8:58 pm

    Not very interesting that you have drawn a strange conclusion like that. Vote team ShonKey if you must, but don’t attempt to dilute an important message and a positive agenda with your comments here. A lot of people need to grow up, reduce their capitalist lust, and think about how we can preserve what we’ve got going here. You are one of those who must learn.

  3. Colonial Viper 3
    23 August 2014 at 9:07 pm

    Wow, that Green ad rates a big fat B-.

    • phillip ure 3.1
      23 August 2014 at 9:26 pm

      really..?..at least i got thru it..

      ..i couldn’t get past chippy in the labour one..

      • Colonial Viper 3.1.1
        23 August 2014 at 9:35 pm

        Compare it to the Greens 2011 address.

        • karol 3.1.1.1
          23 August 2014 at 10:33 pm

          A good counterpoint to last election’s one. They were more aspirational/inspirational. Continuing along that line can play intot he spin lines about Greens being airy fairy hippies all ideals and not practicality.

          This time, they are showing themselves to be down to earth and dealing with life’s daily tasks and struggles.

    • Olwyn 3.2
      23 August 2014 at 9:53 pm

      A bit harsh. The aim seems to have been to show the leaders as real people, while at the same time getting their policies across. I thought it worked well – and “love New Zealand” offers a subtle and appealing challenge the NZ inc. concept.

  4. Big dog 4
    23 August 2014 at 9:17 pm

    Pretty hard to be against any of that.

  5. Ad 5
    23 August 2014 at 9:28 pm

    Come on Greens, your billboards are great.
    Take this spiel outside and burn it. Unsugared porridge.
    I wanted to hear and see the passion and the pride of a party unconstrained by compromise.

  6. Mike the Savage One 6
    23 August 2014 at 9:31 pm

    This one is not quite up to what I had expected, but it is OK. At least the Greens speak out the concerns of many, especially those missing out, and those wanting a sustainable, better future, without destroying the environment for the sake of quick export bucks for ever more milk-powder, logs and raw fish to China.

    It seems almost as if they want to compete for votes with Mana, or Internet Mana, fighting for the underdog’s vote. For me that is good, for others it may sound negative.

    As for “negativity”, check out this:
    https://twitter.com/johnkeypm/status/503031488909037568/photo/1

    Not much positive said there by tweeters, I am afraid, on their website.

    Makes you wonder yet again, what these “polls” are all about, or are the “pulling” wool over our eyes, I ask?

    I think the next times the Greens need a better campaign video consultant, but what counts for me is policy, the honesty of any messages, and the reliability of the persons standing for the party.

  7. karol 7
    23 August 2014 at 9:45 pm

    I thought it was pretty good. It flowed and was engaging. The opposition of the kind of society they are aiming for, and the bad things that are happening now was done well.

    There were some nice touches that made Turei and Norman seem fairly down to earth – Norman talking about working in the car factory and his melanoma – dealing with the bad things, but working to overcome them. Turei talking with her daughter also was fairly down to earth/

    • Colonial Viper 7.1
      23 August 2014 at 9:48 pm

      Why the heck did Norman need to draw attention to Brisbane. Really weird.

      • Olwyn 7.1.1
        23 August 2014 at 9:57 pm

        He grew up in Brisbane, and the two leaders were trying to show, in that short period of time, something of who they are. He could not honestly have done otherwise.

        • Bunji 7.1.1.1
          23 August 2014 at 10:10 pm

          Best to own it when you have clowns like John Ansell on Morning Report calling him the Australian Communist.

          • Molly 7.1.1.1.1
            24 August 2014 at 9:28 am

            Agree. One of the repetitive (and irrelevant) criticisms of him is that he is Australian.

  8. Pasupial 8
    23 August 2014 at 11:23 pm

    Ka Pai Hoverboards!

    Brevity can be a virtue. At least the GP address didn’t drag too much – I bailed on the Labour one after the first few minutes (before the slider was even a quarter the way across).

    • karol 8.1
      24 August 2014 at 7:12 am

      I really liked the opening of the Labour video. But I, too, “bailed” (temporarily) after about 7 minutes. It was the lack of flow that seemed to make it feel like it was dragging and a bit staged. I did come back to it later. Some very good bits, though.

      And agree on the value of the shortness of the Greens vid. It is fairly snappy, flows and is engaging throughout.