Comments on: New Homefront Commercials http://ldsmediatalk.com/2009/02/05/new-homefront-commercials/ Sharing technology ideas for LDS parents and youth Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:07:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: tyra http://ldsmediatalk.com/2009/02/05/new-homefront-commercials/comment-page-1/#comment-46774 tyra Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:08:33 +0000 http://ldsmediatalk.com/?p=1581#comment-46774 He he! I loved them! But to me Mom was "in charge".... everything stops when mom comes into the picture. It's what happens at my house.... Dad is almost embarrassed to be "caught" having fun, because his "job" is to work - not play. Clearly, the parents are working together in these scenarios, with Mom getting her to do list taken care of while Dad helps fill the kids time with good memories. A+! He he! I loved them! But to me Mom was “in charge”…. everything stops when mom comes into the picture. It’s what happens at my house…. Dad is almost embarrassed to be “caught” having fun, because his “job” is to work – not play. Clearly, the parents are working together in these scenarios, with Mom getting her to do list taken care of while Dad helps fill the kids time with good memories. A+!

]]> By: Andrew http://ldsmediatalk.com/2009/02/05/new-homefront-commercials/comment-page-1/#comment-27608 Andrew Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:58:38 +0000 http://ldsmediatalk.com/?p=1581#comment-27608 There are 3 commercials, but the 3rd sci-fi commercial has mysteriously disapeared from the web. In the 3rd one it was a father and his daughter. For those who are offended and think they are sexist. Well just get over it all ready. I highly doubt it was anyone's intention to portray the women has helpless damsels, and if you are looking for examples of sexism your own mind will be sure to create them even where they don't exist. There are 3 commercials, but the 3rd sci-fi commercial has mysteriously disapeared from the web. In the 3rd one it was a father and his daughter.

For those who are offended and think they are sexist. Well just get over it all ready. I highly doubt it was anyone’s intention to portray the women has helpless damsels, and if you are looking for examples of sexism your own mind will be sure to create them even where they don’t exist.

]]> By: Grant http://ldsmediatalk.com/2009/02/05/new-homefront-commercials/comment-page-1/#comment-25547 Grant Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:15:04 +0000 http://ldsmediatalk.com/?p=1581#comment-25547 good research- and need-based campaign @Bryan and good ideas for broadening appeal and increasing effectiveness @kat. love the movie trailer voice =) good research- and need-based campaign @Bryan and good ideas for broadening appeal and increasing effectiveness @kat.

love the movie trailer voice =)

]]> By: Kat http://ldsmediatalk.com/2009/02/05/new-homefront-commercials/comment-page-1/#comment-25505 Kat Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:18:25 +0000 http://ldsmediatalk.com/?p=1581#comment-25505 Bryan - I understand what you are saying, but both commercials show a dad and his son as the heroes with a girl as the dependent/needy character. I hope that future commercials could also show the roles of the boy and girl reversed, for example, dad and daughter are firefighters/lifeguards/ER doctors and save the boy. Bryan – I understand what you are saying, but both commercials show a dad and his son as the heroes with a girl as the dependent/needy character. I hope that future commercials could also show the roles of the boy and girl reversed, for example, dad and daughter are firefighters/lifeguards/ER doctors and save the boy.

]]> By: Larry Richman http://ldsmediatalk.com/2009/02/05/new-homefront-commercials/comment-page-1/#comment-25486 Larry Richman Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:02:39 +0000 http://ldsmediatalk.com/?p=1581#comment-25486 Sorry. There were just 2. I've fixed the post above. Sorry. There were just 2. I’ve fixed the post above.

]]> By: LesnKC http://ldsmediatalk.com/2009/02/05/new-homefront-commercials/comment-page-1/#comment-25477 LesnKC Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:08:01 +0000 http://ldsmediatalk.com/?p=1581#comment-25477 HA! I especially liked the Swashbuckler ad. Very well done. I thought it was an ad for a movie! ;-) HA! I especially liked the Swashbuckler ad. Very well done. I thought it was an ad for a movie! ;-)

]]> By: Bryan Beckman http://ldsmediatalk.com/2009/02/05/new-homefront-commercials/comment-page-1/#comment-25445 Bryan Beckman Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:54:32 +0000 http://ldsmediatalk.com/?p=1581#comment-25445 I think the Church is just trying to respond to the high rate of absentee fathers, even in committed marriages. Studies continue to show that a father's influence on a child can be even greater than his or her mother's, whether it's reading to them daily or (as in these commercial spots) playing make-believe. I don't see a patriarchal subtext, though I see your point from a variety perspective. I think the Church is just trying to respond to the high rate of absentee fathers, even in committed marriages. Studies continue to show that a father’s influence on a child can be even greater than his or her mother’s, whether it’s reading to them daily or (as in these commercial spots) playing make-believe.

I don’t see a patriarchal subtext, though I see your point from a variety perspective.

]]> By: Bonnie Flint http://ldsmediatalk.com/2009/02/05/new-homefront-commercials/comment-page-1/#comment-25444 Bonnie Flint Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:41:47 +0000 http://ldsmediatalk.com/?p=1581#comment-25444 Well made videos, but do they all have to have women as the minor characters and men and boys as the center of the universe? Well made videos, but do they all have to have women as the minor characters and men and boys as the center of the universe?

]]> By: Sean Gates http://ldsmediatalk.com/2009/02/05/new-homefront-commercials/comment-page-1/#comment-25437 Sean Gates Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:15:55 +0000 http://ldsmediatalk.com/?p=1581#comment-25437 I believe the third video is the same as the first. Was there a third you intended to post? Thanks! I believe the third video is the same as the first. Was there a third you intended to post?

Thanks!

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