Amazon’s holiday commercial remixed with Captain America’s score is like a Black Mirror episode

The holidays are here, which means stores are once again setting up their display fronts to attract shoppers and brands to air wholesome commercials during Sunday football games.

One of those companies is Amazon: its holiday commercial, starring an array of smiling boxes and rushed customers who are trying to finish their shopping, tries for all the quaintness of a Folgers ad. It’s a celebration of time spent with loved ones and friends, but there’s also something a little strange and off-putting about it. Maybe it’s that everyone seems a little too cheery about using Amazon during the holidays, which anyone will tell you isn’t exactly a walk through the park.

Luckily, one Twitter user, Omar Najam, thought to adjust the ad with a more...

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