Joss Whedon's star-studded anti-Trump ad

[brooklynite]

[kstewart33]

1. Great post.

Thanks!

[viguy2016]

35. Ad did not work for me, since

I did not recognize anyone who appeared in it. I guess it was not aimed for people like me who are not into celebrities.

[SusanCalvin]

48. Really.

Before I stopped watching, I vaguely recognized about three and knew the name of one.

[stevenleser]

50. It's OK. Those grapes were probably sour anyway. nt

[viguy2016]

90. Not everyone spends a lot of time watching TV or Movies

I have lived in the Caribbean for the last 27 years ( the VI in my name stands for Virgin Islands ) so I have better things to do than watch TV (the beach). We did not even have a movie theater on the island. The funny thing is I worked on Broadway so I knew and palled around with John Travolta, Treat Williams, Marilu Henner, Kelly Bishop, Samuel E. Wright, Bonnie Franklin, and Ann Reinking before they became celebrities. They were just normal people, nothing special and hardly worth noticing.

[Jakes Progress]

111. oooooh!

Sooooo cool.

What you don't get is that this (no matter how hard you try to make it) is not about you.

[viguy2016]

113. It is not about me

I was explaining why I did not know anyone in the ad.

[Jakes Progress]

114. But

since the OP wasn't about how many celebrities we could name or about how we spend our time, what was the purpose of your post? How did your not knowing popular culture add to the discussion?

[GulfCoast66]

120. Respectfully

I think you are coming down too hard on him. I recognized 3 of the folks and can only name two. But I am over 50 and just do not go to movies or watch network TV.

Sometimes we fuddy-duddies like to remind others that not everyone keeps up with pop culture.

That said I realize that the ad is aimed at Millennials and I think it is brilliant. Had it been done in 1979 I would have recognized all the stars.

Have a nice evening.

[Demsrule86]

51. I guess not.

It worked for me hilarious. Loved it.

[displacedtexan]

64. Wow. You must not have seen a movie or TV show since...ever.

I can't imagine being so removed form pop culture. I've known people who didn't own TVs or watch films, but not since the internet age. Is it difficult to avoid media coverage of actors totally? How do you do it?

[SharonClark]

73. Yep

[Gore1FL]

79. That sums me up, too.

I can't speak for the person you asked.

I know who president Josiah Bartlet is. I recognized him.

How do I do it?

I play Kerbal Space Program and only watch baseball games. The last Movie I saw in the theater was some batman movie which involved climbing out of a pit or some such. . The one I saw before that was the first New Start Trek.

I'm not a pop culture person.

I'm really good at Windows deployment.

I have Asperger Syndrome.

[sofa king]

123. OMG! Kerbal Space Program 1.2 changed my life!

Now, I don't have one, and I don't care.

[viguy2016]

92. See reply # 90 above.

[MADem]

119. I've been to the VI--they have internet there!

AND satellite dishes...and cable TV!!

You're not without information there, not by a long shot. If the gentleperson from VI doesn't know what's what or who is who, it's not because the VI lacks sophisticated communication mechanisms...after all, ya can't get to DU without the internet, can ya?

[lark]

96. Most Americans watch movies.

They would absolutely recognize Robert Downey Jr. in a nano second. The ad works for me.

[ColemanMaskell]

106. So that was his name! He looked familiar, couldn't place him.

They told one of the names during the ad (Mark Ruffalo).
And now that you mention Robert Downey Jr, I do remember seeing his face+name together on some ad or cover.

But the ad wasn't aimed at any of us.

What we CAN do with it is to pass the link along to people we might know who would rather stay home and watch TV than go out and vote . . . It might work.

[getagrip_already]

97. same here... but...

I can't recognize people by faces. I have face blindness, so I never know who anyone is. Seriously, it's really embarrasing when someone starts talking to you and you have zero idea who they are, though you've probably met them a dozen times.

[Fla Dem]

121. Dude it's the message, not the celebrity. nt

[Fla Dem]

122. List of actors in the ad.

Robert Downey Jr.,
Mark Ruffalo
Julianne Moore,
Also,
Nathan Fillion (Castle),
Clark Gregg (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.),
Jesse Williams (Grey’s Anatomy),
James Franco (11.22.63),
Neil Patrick Harris and Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother),
Taran Killam (Saturday Night Live),
Yvette Nicole Brown (The Odd Couple),
Tom Lenk (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Bradley Whitford (Transparent),
Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele),
Matt McGorry (How to Get Away With Murder),
Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat),
Ashley Johnson (Blindspot),
Stanley Tucci (Fortitude),
Leslie Odom Jr. (Smash),
Don Cheadle (House of Lies)
Martin Sheen (Grace and Frankie).

[onehandle]

2. I literally have tears in my eyes right now. nt

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

3. Ah, ScarJo....

[Pacifist Patriot]

4. The last second is jaw droppingly perfect!

[brooklynite]

5. Not sure why Michael Douglas and Kate Mulgrew weren't in there...

Saw both of them at Dem events this week.

Maybe targeting a younger demographic?

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. Could be a matter of simple logistics and timing. Maybe they weren't available?

[IrishEyes]

18. I agree

They may have not been available. There are so many people who have endorsed Clinton according to Wikipedia. I would like it if they made more of these.

[mrmpa]

49. Going for the younger demographic(s)....n/t

[NewJeffCT]

85. Most of the actors depicted

have starred in Marvel movies and/or movies directed by Joss Whedon. (Neil Patrick Harris was a guest star in an episode of "Glee" that was directed by Whedon if he seemed out of place)

[Frank Cannon]

88. Harris also played Dr. Horrible in a Whedon project.

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. With Nathan Fillion, another Whedon regular who's also in this.

[NewJeffCT]

89. How could I have forgotten

i kept thinking movies

[Maven]

6. That's fantastic!!!

K/R

[PatSeg]

8. K&R

[Gothmog]

9. K&R

[Yavin4]

10. I counted four Avengers

Where's Captain America?

[IrishEyes]

21. Yeah, Chris Evans has endorsed Clinton.

Maybe he was not available. Also, the actors that play Hawkeye and Thor aren't there as well. I saw the actors who play Iron Man, The Hulk, Black Widow and Agent Coulson as well as lots of other great celebrities like Nathan Fillon.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

23. I saw War Machine/Don Cheadle and I thought I saw Scarlet Witch/Elizabeth Olson.

[IrishEyes]

25. I don't think that was Elizabeth Olson

But that was definitely Don Cheadle. Joss Whedon said that he was planning on making a series of videos leading up to the election. I'm sure he will get more stars to be in them. There are tons of celebrity Clinton supporters.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

44. I may have confused her with Julianne Moore.

They kind of have a similar look going:

[Yavin4]

37. You missed Tony Stark and Hulk n/t

[Gidney N Cloyd]

41. No, I saw them. I was adding onto Irisheyes' list of Avengers.

[Yavin4]

29. I'll excuse Thor. He's not American

Both Hemsworth and his character.

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

52. Chris Hemsworth (Thor) is an Australian citizen

Just FYI.

[Volaris]

60. Renner (hawkeye) is in there..

He's wearing a suit jacket an his hairs long. It's him I swear.

[IrishEyes]

65. No, he's not there.

but he is a democrat.

[Volaris]

70. OMG I'm such a dumbass lol

You're right that's not Renner, that's Mal from Firefly. It was so fast I missed it I had to give it a second viewing.

[IrishEyes]

72. No problem.

They are both handsome, talented actors. They skip to each actor pretty fast. I missed Don Cheadle the first time I watched it.

[LiberalLovinLug]

11. K & R

[progressoid]

12. Yeah, well, Trump could do that too with Scott Baio and Tila Tequila and that Duck guy

Oh, and Gary Busey.

[Whiskeytide]

13. and Nugent, Mike Tyson, Victoria Jackson..... Someone...

... should get look-a-likes and do a spoof with them acting like assholes. The look-a-likes, I mean. Instant classic.

[progressoid]

17. Victoria Jackson.

Haven't heard much from that loon lately.

Thankfully.

[Beartooth Bronsky]

27. Victoria Jackson redux

Jackson is a sad example of what can happen to you if you spend too much time standing on your head!

[mucifer]

61. and meatloaf

[patsimp]

108. so Robert Downey has more money than all of trump's star supporters combined

just shows that only LOSERs support the tRump or Drumphf

[mainer]

14. Can someone tell me all their names?

Because some of them look vaguely familiar but I don't remember who they are!

[amuse bouche]

76. A lot of people from the Avengers movies

Then Joss Wedon's people from Firefly, Buffy, Angel and Castle

I showed it to my Millennial son and he knew them all. He's a huge Joss fan. So I guess it was to get people of his age group to register to vote. He said Martin Sheen didn't count because ..Charlie..lol.

So here's a few of them..Keegan-Michael Key, Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Yvette Nicole Brown, Rosie Perez and Leslie Odom Jr.

[mainer]

99. Thanks! Holy cow, I didn't recognize Yvette Nicole Brown, whom I adore

Who's the young blonde woman who's not Scarlett Johanssen?

[catbyte]

15. Oh, dear God. I am so out of it. I didn't recognize half the people in that, lol.

But I thank them for their activism.

[spiderpig]

19. Off the top of my pointy head...

Robert Downey Jr.
Scarlett Johanssen
Stanley Tucci
Martin Sheen (of course)
Julianne Moore
(did I see Woody Allen for a split second? going to rewatch)
Mal from Serenity and Castle

ETA: how could I forget Mark Ruffalo? bad spiderpig

[catbyte]

26. Actually, those were the ones I recognized, too. The others, ???

Except for Mal. Don't know Mal

[spiderpig]

39. I forgot his real name - he was Mal from Firefly & Serenity

Nathan Fillion. He's adorable.

[getting old in mke]

80. Nathan is/was Richard Castle in "Castle" (nt)

[SwankyXomb]

38. Mal is Nathan Fillion

Also: Cobie Smulders
Neil Patrick Harris
Bradley Whitford (he may be the one you thought was Woody)
Clark Gregg
and still more

[spiderpig]

40. Yeah - Bradley Whitford

Isn't Clark Gregg married to Jennifer Grey?

[TexasBushwhacker]

117. Yes, they're married

I didn't recognize Bradley Whitford at first. He's gotten so snowy! Still cute though.

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

55. Randall Park

Fresh off the Boat

[spooky3]

56. Keegan Michael Key of Key and Peele

They're brilliant--check them out on YouTube.

For example:

https://m.

He was also hysterical on MadTV.

[catbyte]

66. Oh, okay! That rings a bell I just saw "Keanu". That was better than it had any right to be, lol.

[spiderpig]

16. The Trump campaign ads look like home movies compared to the Dems'

Wait a minute - our old 8mms were better shot and better scripted (not to mention better acted by me in a tutu) than the Trump hate crap.

[Blue Idaho]

20. Let's make Mark get naked folks...

What a great ad...

[spiderpig]

22. We kinda got a peek in In The Cut with Meg Ryan

But I'll take anything I can get.

[TexasBushwhacker]

115. I think there was a butt shot in The Kids Are All Right

The scene where he hooked up with Julianne Moore that one time.

The only good things about In The Cut were the sex scenes, but they were really good

[AwakeAtLast]

43. If seeing Ruffalo naked can't get ya motivated

what can?

[nadine_mn]

24. well I was planning on voting anyway - but Ruffalo full monty?

Aw heck, I'll vote twice



Great ad!!

[LynneSin]

28. Any doubts whatsoever I had about Hillary were sealed shut with Naked Mark Ruffalo

Who am I kidding, was always voting for Hillary!

[DemonGoddess]

30. awesome ad!

Shared it to my FB wall

[MistakenLamb]

31. Alejandro Iñárritu

is also directing a GOTV ad per Moby last week

[progressoid]

32. Do not read the youtube comments!

Unless you want to be depressed. Or angry.

[stevenleser]

67. It's alright. We know from the primaries that the loudest voices on the internet are not

representative of what the general public thinks.

[bettyellen]

105. Very good point Steve!

[LAS14]

101. But we could all add a comment. I believe in fighting back, just a little. Off I go.

[LAS14]

104. I'm new to social media....

I went to Youtube and searched for #SaveTheDay. I didn't see a way to add a comment. Could you give me a little instruction? I really want HRC supporters to fight back on social media. I've plunged into Twitter and Facebook just for that reason.

tia
las

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

33. I think I recognized maybe 3 of the famous people.

Must be getting old...

[JHB]

34. Nathan Fillion. Shiny!

Browncoats Represent!

[FailureToCommunicate]

75. Shiny!

[area51]

82. Hail, fellow Browncoats!

Stay shiny and keep flying!

[JNelson6563]

84. Browncoat reporting for shiny duty!

[Lucinda]

36. KNR Thank you!

[ismnotwasm]

42. I adore this ad

[Guilded Lilly]

45. I'm with HIM...

Mark, that is!

Heh heh hubba hubba

[Raster]

46. Absolutely AWESOME!

Thank you, Joss Whedon!

[Mike Nelson]

47. Not sure...

...but the lead guy might be Robert Downy Jr. The only one I'm pretty sure of is one of the older guys. He looks like Martin Sheen. A couple of them look familiar - but, mostly they're strangers to me. I've heard the name Mark Ruffolo but never knew what he looked like.

[Demsrule86]

53. Awesome!!!!

I really enjoyed...that. I mean, rock the vote and full frontal nudity ...what could be better?

[Bill USA]

54. Great!

[NBachers]

57. Zowie!

[spiderpig]

58. Adding Rosie Perez

(go Joss!)

[spiderpig]

59. Also James Franco, Don Cheadle and Neil Patrick Harris.

(Where's Susan Sarandon?)

[mucifer]

62. Yup that is definitely Joss' sense of humor

[Thor_MN]

63. For the people that haven't seen a major motion picture in the last decade,

or simply avoid the action/adventure genre, just know that these are some heavy hitters in recent movies that saw large box offices.

And they are doing the right thing - so dissing them by saying you don't know who they are says more about you than about them.

[viguy2016]

93. Please see reply #90 above

I was not being critical of these actors. I am glad they are on our side. But they are just doing their job. No job is special after you have done it for a couple of years. It is not like it is dangerous where they are putting their lives on the line. They have talent but without the director and the writers and other support personnel, you would not know who they are. I could tell some stories, but it would not serve any purpose to do so.

[Thor_MN]

107. Since your posts in this thread have not served any purpose that I can see,

other than bolstering your ego, I question your use of time. After all, you have the beach in the Virgin Islands.

As for me, I support everything that this ad stands for.

[Jakes Progress]

112. He doesn't participate in society

so he has nothing but time to self-aggrandize.

Somehow, sitting on a beach and avoiding people makes him better than the rest of us.

(Now, he never said he thought he was better than us. But then what would be the purpose of his posting that way. Maybe his post was a cry for help, a plea for rescue. Now I'm starting to feel sorry for the guy. Somebody buy this guy a movie ticket an a beer. )

[Divine Discontent]

68. So, essentially, the AVENGERS are calling upon us to save the world on Election Day?

[Kind of Blue]

69. Well done. Thanks for posting!

[Tarheel_Dem]

71. That was fantastic.

[Rose Siding]

74. Loved that all the way through!

[Moonwalk]

77. Many actors from big blockbusters, which is excellent, as that means they will be recognized...

...by younger, of age voters, lots of them. It really doesn't matter if we recognize them. They're breaking the fourth wall and admitting that they're using actors to sell this point, thus engaging the viewers, luring them into it, so they laugh and feel that they do matter, and they are in a conversation with these actors, not just being getting a message/lecture. It's funny, heartwarming, serious, and nicely done. If it gets even a small percentage of those movie goers, those comic-con fans, those fans of Whedon tv shows to register and vote, it's all good.

[AgadorSparticus]

78. K&R!!

[Algernon Moncrieff]

81. K & R

[sarge43]

83. Fillion pointing to himself and whispering "immigrant".

In your face, Trump

[mcar]

98. Loved that!

He is Canadian.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

86. Funniest ad for voting I've ever seen. :) n/r

[LW1977]

87. Only if Buffy wasn't such a right wing tool

I read somewhere that Sarah Michelle Gellar was a Republican.

[lonestarnot]

91. We better save the fucking day.

[patsimp]

94. wonderful. I'm glad downey is a Democrat again

[LAS14]

102. When was he not? (Not rhetorical)

[TexasBushwhacker]

116. He got more conservative after being in prison

He's never gone into specifics, just that it changed how he sees the world.

[AllyCat]

95. Wonder what his previous star SMG would say about this

I hear she is a winger.

[mainer]

100. The nasty comments against Hillary leave me in despair.

I think I want to leave the country and go someplace where people are sane.

[LAS14]

103. Wow! I'm amazed at the number of people who..

... recognized no one. I've gotten used to not recognizing bunches of people in places like People magazine, but I'm sure I recognized 3/4 of these folks, even if I couldn't come up with a name.

Anyway, great ad! I've already spread it around any way I know how. Now I'm going to go post a comment on the youtube source (entry? thingy?) just to keep Hillary's presence in Trumpites' face. Someone said the comments were depressing.

[SunSeeker]

110. Coolest 2016 ad to date!

[Malbrownluna8708]

118. That was cute, definately not kid friendly

So RD Jr. is not a secret republican?