New Korean Air Safety Video With Virtual Humans: I'm Getting Old

As long as they don't start using virtual pilots.

Like Ben said, this safety video feels really generic, even with 'virtual humans'. From what I know, KAL received some criticisms on last safety video that it doesn't deliver the safety information well (it included some rapping and auto-tune, making it harder to understand), so I guess they just decided to make it basic?

So you are now old and wise enough to not fall for more extreme version of marketing guff!

From 0:48-0:52 secs "Put your bag under the economy seat in front of you, then feel like you're sitting in an armchair in Al Safwa lounge...." 🙂

No wonder their population is shrinking when their preference is to follow virtual, and ethnically homogeneous, humans on a screen.

I haven't flown with Korean since 2018 and their previous safety video must have been pretty generic back then. Can't remember anything about it.
If you're not feeling young, I must be old. But I think it's more about Korean culture than our age.

Korean Air's next venture will be virtual flights taking virtual people from one virtual destination to another. That's much cheaper than actual flights, and they won't have to deal with cranky customers - Korean Air's profits will skyrocket!

I'm young (early 20s) and this is a bit of surprise to me/I don't really know what is going on. I think this is more based around Korean culture.

Korean Air, if you’re trying to be modern, young and hip, how about starting with a new livery? That thing was introduced in 1984 and has no business flying around in 2024 (on A220s, A321neos, 737 MAXes and 787s at that) with no changes whatsoever. SQ’s livery is an evergreen classic; KE’s is anything but.

And yes, for the love of God, please retire those ancient, doddering, antediluvian A330s, 777-200(ER)s and non 1wingletted 737s.

*Non-wingletted. Yes, many of those 737s are from before the 787 and A380 were even conceptualised. Grow up, KE.

Koreans are getting weird.

I think this might be a useful time to point out that the members of the band Gorillaz are not actually gorillas playing musical instruments, but are in actuality people from the band Blur.

I'm 38, so around the same age as you, but I feel like virtual band/actors are just Gorillaz with better graphics.

The version of the previous video you posted is edited weirdly… it removes a lot of the K-Pop-iness of the original.

I was on a Korean Air flight last week and that video played. First I ignored it as usual. But it kept distracting me with all the movement so I started watching it. What is with all the dancing ? There was so much useless garbage on that video. What a time waster. Nothing was real in the video. The seatbelts. The seats. The windows. What I mean about real is there were no real airplane seats, etc. It was all animation of a really cool seat that is not a real seat. Etc. And it was way too long. They forgot their mission to provide a short safety video. Instead they made this awful production. Idiots.

They're getting more A21Ns and they'll start/resume receiving B78Xs/B789s soon to replace B739 non ERs (B738s and B739 ERs have winglets, but they should consider retiring B739 ERs as well - I've flown on them for an hour long flight on an economy class middle seat, and I almost died there - and none of passengers including myself were particularly large. B738s have a really nice seat pitch though) and A330s/B772s respectively. I've flown on their A21N too and it was amazing.

I'm wondering why didn't KAL reconfigure any of their aircraft with new cabin in last few years, yet they've ruined some existing aircraft's economy class cabin.

I don’t think it’s bad and once / if the merger with Asiana goes ahead there will be a new livery. KLM has had more or less the same livery for years with some subtle changes. Singapore on the other hand, hasn’t really ever changed there’s

Failing to see the difference between virtual humans and cartoons (animation). Shrug.

Well, why? You seem to be screeching for change with no apparent reason behind it. Most airlines make radical changes when they experience a radical change (merger, all-new plastic aircraft, devastating accident or entire leadership suite change) which is why many believe that Korean will come out with something new after integrating Asian.

But even if they don't, I for one am glad that they haven't changed, because let's face it, so many of the modern liveries out there are trash. I'm still shocked that some design firm actually got paid to come up with JAL and Finnair's current liveries. Be a shame if Korean gave up something classic, to go with something like that.

What if needs is a virtual Heather Cho slapping the virtual flight attendant, just to keep it real.

this is their national symbol..

Is it just me or she looks exactly like the South Korea’s first lady?

I don’t like how Korean Air’s safety videos don’t narrate in English. I feel like that poses unnecessary difficulties for people who don’t know Korean. It’s also a safety hazard for people who are blind and don’t know Korean. Many other Asian airlines at least narrate in English in addition to their home country’s language.

I feel ashamed as a korean to see this. Too cringe and scary. Please don’t get us wrong. Many of us hate this video since SM dancing one.

They need to bring back the super old video. I HATED their safety videos since the SuperM one.