Samuel L. Jackson Match Play Ad

[Shindig]

(I wasn't sure if this belonged in Golf Talk or Tour Talk, since it relates to a golf advertisement featuring someone who is known primarily for reasons other than golf)

I saw an ad yesterday (Friday) afternoon while watching the Northern Trust Open. It was advertising Tiger's return and the Accenture Match Play tournament, and featured Samuel L. Jackson doing parts of his famous speech from Pulp Fiction , only this time, we'd know his name was Eldrick Tiger Woods.

Has anyone found a copy of the ad online? I can't find it on YouTube. You'd think such an awesome ad would end up online pretty quickly.

[jcrob902]

I seen it on the golf channel .com I liked it, seemed to kind of fit with all the larger than life hype Tiger is getting in his leave and now his return to the tour.

[supersport]

IIRC there's actually a longer version where he's dropping expletives. Not commercial but from a Golf Channel show.

[Dub]

Saw the ad.

I thouroughly have enjoyed both Samuel Jackson's body of work and his passion for his endeavors.

I most assuredly did not like this add,though.

I understand that it's a play off of his line in Pulp Fiction...but I think he needs to leave sacred items sacred. Golf is simply a game....Tiger simply a man. Don't taint scripture by using it for entertainment purposes.

Okay....getting down off my soapbox now.

[kfowler]

I thouroughly have enjoyed both Samuel Jackson's body of work and his passion for his endeavors.

Did you like "Snakes on a Plane"?

[Jay-Bird]

sacrilege - Desecration, profanation, misuse, or theft of something sacred .

[Shindig]

After seeing the fantastic new Nike ad (it's mentioned in another thread), I went back to YouTube to try to find this ad. I managed to find the ad today, so I'm posting it for those still interested.




My apologies in advance to those who are offended by this commercial ; my understanding is that most of the passage said by Jules, both in the movie and by Samuel L. Jackson in this ad, doesn't actually come from scripture, but I don't know this for certain. IMDB says the passage is mostly made-up.

[microcrayfish]

Saw the ad.

C'mon Pulp fiction was good but scripture? Tarantino might have quite a following but it's not like he's the son of God or anything

. But seriously, there's a lot worse ways to taint scripture than reciting it in a movie or on a commercial. People are prejudiced and discriminated against and even killed, every single day all over the world because of the misuse of various scripture and you're worried about Mr Jackson on TV?

[Range King]

C'mon Pulp fiction was good but scripture? Tarantino might have quite a following but it's not like he's the son of God or anything

And it is strange, that nobody seems to be offended, that he shoots those kids after reciting his verse.

What a hypocritical BS! This is as absurd, as the Callaway Diablo discussion.

[iacas]

Where does this even appear in the Bible (or another religious text)? All of my Google searches for phrases in the passage take me to pages about Pulp Fiction or Tiger Woods.

Given that, I fail to see this as sacrilegious or offensive.

[Jay-Bird]

In the movie Sam Jackson opens the line saying:

"There's a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17...the path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee"

Other bits of the quote are not from Ezekiel 25, but are from Psalm 23.

Also, I think the movie Pulp Fiction is top notch. I think that the regurgitation of one of the most memorable lines from the film - for an ad - is tantamount to sacrilege.

[iacas]

In the movie Sam Jackson opens the line saying:

Ah, well there you go then. My searches were all for exact sub-phrases which don't match up with any of the strict biblical versions I saw just now.

Still rates a "meh" for me on the scale though.

[Nyper]

I haven't seen Pulp Fiction in a long time and honestly didn't remember the line being from the movie.

When I first saw this ad on TV I immediately thought of the "Uneven Fairways" commercial that Jackson does.. talking about when black men were not allowed. Then seeing this ad soon after, it made me think they were saying "the black man is back for vengeance and to kick some ___".

I know that's dumb.. but it's exactly what I thought and I know I'm not the only one. It didn't offend me or anything.. I know it's just an attempt to get people excited about the return of Tiger and get people to watch. I just thought it was a really dumb ad. But I'm also just not a fan of Samuel Jackson at all and am ready to get him off the freaking Golf Channel.

[gogolfing]

I don't find it offensive at all; quite enjoyed it in fact.

[jcrob902]

And it is strange, that nobody seems to be offended, that he shoots those kids after reciting his verse.

What are you like 60 or something it was a gangste movie your supposed to be troubled over ther full lifestyles American Gangsterism is very disterbing to say the least! but it's been that way since the beginning! that's why we're the god father of the world ! so, sue us.

[jcrob902]

I haven't seen Pulp Fiction in a long time and honestly didn't remember the line being from the movie.

Dude, being a white man married to a black women and having a bi-racial son I can't halp but think that I'm very glad I'm not sending him to a country a$$ school where people just don't know any better, it wasn't about uneven fairways and it wasn't about the black man! it was about dominance about Tiger being that guy that you bow down to,that all the other guy's fear to go against and the Rory Sabatini's don't know any better an run there mouth an then get crushed! it's about that you talked all that sh!& now what are you gonna do while I'm stepping on your neck type of dominance that the commercial was representing, and the marketing side! Golf is much more profitable with Tiger playing than with him Not.

[Range King]

What are you like 60 or something it was a gangste movie your supposed to be troubled over ther full lifestyles American Gangsterism is very disterbing to say the least! but it's been that way since the beginning! that's why we're the god father of the world ! so, sue us.

Dude, you 100% missed my point, or pretend to miss my point.

[Ben]

Also, I think the movie Pulp Fiction is top notch. I think that the regurgitation of one of the most memorable lines from the film - for an ad - is tantamount to sacrilege.

I'm a fan of Pulp Fiction too. But since that movie I have lost my taste for Samuel Jackson. He seems to play off that character far too much. Like he's taken over that persona as his own in real life. It is quite annoying and drives me nuts. I suppose I shouldn't let it get to me that much, and I don't really. When I hear this commercial, or anything else of Samuel Jackson's these days, I let my mind wonder to something else.