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| 817110. Tue May 17, 2011 10:12 pm |
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| Yeah, 93 million for Meerkin Football.... |
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| CB27
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| 817171. Wed May 18, 2011 7:47 am |
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| Oh brilliant, now I have a mental image of football players wearing merkins :/ |
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| hassan el kebir
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| 817183. Wed May 18, 2011 8:12 am |
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| bobwilson wrote: |
I .... just ...... despair |
I'm with you, bob |
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| Ainee
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| 817260. Wed May 18, 2011 2:13 pm |
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| CB27 wrote: | | Ooh, I think that's harsh. By all accounts there is a lot of natural beauty to the land, ancient palaces and architecture, and the last couple of weeks of March sounds like fun because the whol country gets an 8 day holiday :) |
I have just been reviewing the latest Azerbaijani Tourism Promotional Video, and it is terrible, in so many ways:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4cZXVKV7Zk
This did not present Azerbaijan as a place I would wish to visit. The music was all the same throughout. The faded font was illegible: I laughed aloud when I read ‘At the continence of East and West’, followed by ‘Head in clouds, Feet in water’.
The snow globe was pretty, but when it opened into a map, it revolved and I felt lost again, unsure where the country was.
Anyway, I gather they are now hard at work on making a new improved version... |
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| Ainee
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| 817268. Wed May 18, 2011 2:18 pm |
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| Allegedly, Sasha Baron Cohen wanted Borat to come from Azerbaijan, but he was dissuaded by his producer who said "No one will know where that is". How right he was... |
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| 'yorz
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| 817281. Wed May 18, 2011 2:41 pm |
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| Quote: | | Anyway, I gather they are now hard at work on making a new improved version. |
I bloody hope so. That is terribly off-putting. Music is crap, font indeed very difficult to read, and I get sick and tired of seeing happy very photogenic youngsters clearly pretending to have an interest and a good time. So far (even despite winning the contest) only 70 hits. That won't improve through word of mouth. |
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| CB27
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| 817285. Wed May 18, 2011 2:49 pm |
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| That might not be the best video, but it was "At the confluence of East and West" :) |
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| Ainee
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| 817286. Wed May 18, 2011 2:52 pm |
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| ...but it does use an ugly fading font which makes such a Youlgreave very easy to do... |
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| Ainee
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| 817287. Wed May 18, 2011 2:55 pm |
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Another video about Azerbaijan which I discovered, with a wondrous 50 views on Utube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDS_9N-lZDA&feature=related
Worst traffic in the world? A car deparking and driving the wrong way into oncoming traffic? If the oil wealth is due to run out in the next 20 years, Azerbaijan appears to be a country of the elite grabbing luxuries and building palaces for their own private parties. If they are serious about creating a tourism industry – then they need to re-allocate the oilmoney to ecological rescue. |
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| Ainee
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| 817288. Wed May 18, 2011 2:57 pm |
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| ...and apart from the the USA floozie presenter, no women allowed to speak aloud to camera... |
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| CB27
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| 817313. Wed May 18, 2011 4:20 pm |
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Blimey, I don't really know enough about Azerbaijan to want to stand up for it, but putting the country's name into Youtube produces several other much better videos, with thousands of views, so I think we need to be fair to them.
I must admit though, the comments between Azeris, Turks and Armenians slagging each other off under some of these videos is hilarious. |
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