Talk:Mother (drink)

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I wonder where someone from Coke-Amatil may have been the one posting this wiki ... looks more like advertising than anythig else to me.

Mother has managed to sell better than its main rivals, V and Red Bull. Really? Citation definately needed, because that sounds like spin to me. In fact, since V & RB control 95% of the energy drink market, it would be most surprising if they'd been supplanted in the space of a month. I'd also question describing the Wedge as 'popular', or indeed 'comedy'. 218.215.5.76 02:36, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

I've rewritten it. I think it is now pretty balanced. Could do with a picture of a can, I can't be bothered though lol. Cheers. Rothery 08:43, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I think this may be the worst name thought up for an energy drink. Just looks like another lousy Red Bull clone to me, should have stuck with Sprite Recharge. - Boochan 17:40, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

It's called Mother because it's 'all natural', as in 'Mother Earth'... and also because it tastes like dirt. Seriously, do not buy this product. This is completely NPOV. It gave me freakin' heart palpitations. (I was on dexamphetamine at the time. Yes, of course I have a prescription. It's for my ADD. No, I'm not crazy. How did I know you would ask those questions? Because everyone does.) Gorman 11:14, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

I can't beleive anyone would consider marketing or endorsing this product. It tastes like flat old coke mixed with sachet apple cordial. It will never compete with V or Red Bull... Dreamers! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.239.66.56 (talk) 03:00, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Energy drink. Mother is should not be classified as a soft drink.

• I agree with you. Soft drink implies the drink is non-alcoholic (hard drinks versus soft drinks) but more than that it's an energy drink, and in terms of disambiguation I really thought it would have been mother (energy drink) - but hey, what do i know. Rfwoolf 10:30, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

No worries, I have moved it to Mother (energy drink). If you yourself want to move a page in the future just click on the 'Move This Page' link. Cheers. Rothery 05:03, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Public response

Any issues with me deleting this whole section? While public response has certainly been poor, this is very unencyclopedic and reads more like a forum post. 168.140.181.4 23:42, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I have major issues with you deleting that section. It is the only thing on the entire page that rings true and makes any sense. I also have major issues with you using words that do not exist for example 'unencyclopedic'. Are you Collette Swindells?

lol, as funny as the Collette Swindells (whoever that is) edit to the Public response part of the article was, I have reverted it. Rothery 09:38, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

booooooooooooooooo to whomever removed the public response part. it was the only part of the whole article that was informative in any way, shape or form.

I spotted 'Mother' by coca cola amatil in a store today, it said 'NEW, NOTHING LIKE THE OLD ONE!' on the can.

They have changed the drink entirely.

I would update the wiki myself but im new at all this and would probably do a bad job..

I have added the ingredients and will add a small section of what I think it is like, I will also add a photo - Jared —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.63.203.164 (talk) 03:48, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

I noticed that this article is lacking information regarding the near universal unpopularity with the initial formula. Also I think a lot of people would be wondering if Coca-Cola was trying to engineer a similar scenario to the New Coke/Classic Coke reversal. Maybe we could link to the conspiracy section of New Coke? Given the amount of marketing for the drink and the negative public reaction, Coke clearly expended a great deal of money on the drink's promotion, to do so without positive correlations in market research would never have been considered. Unless their sample groups were all skewed...Eyclonus (talk) 05:46, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

There's of course no evidence of that, but I have to tell you I thought the same thing. The old one was awful. It was hands down the worst drink I've ever tasted. Even worse than Pepsi Blue. When it first came out, I wondered what the hell they were thinking. While the "energy boost" in energy drinks is a big selling point, I would say their ultra-sweet flavour is really what sells them, and Mother wasn't even really sweet. Yesterday when I was guzzling my third "new" Mother in as many days, I wondered if running a huge ad campaign based on how horrible the old product was was itself one giant ad campaign. But now we're getting into real outlandish conspiracy theories here. Regardless, the new one tastes almost the same as Red Bull, is twice the size and is cheaper. The KZA (talk) 03:14, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

The old version by far was the worst drink ever. The medicine bottle shape must have been a hint that the contents inside was nasty tasting chemicals. I had no idea the drink contained juices until I read this article.

Even now, I'm not a big fan of the remake. There is a reason why most cans are 375mL or less, and trying to guzzle half a litre without a bottle and lid makes me go for V or RB instead. --124.168.167.207 (talk) 06:00, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Remake advertising criticism

Seems Coca-Cola still can't win the public over with the Mother drink remake. I'm not a good writer, but could someone include how they received complaints about the nerd-bashing commercial they had to pull it, and their lame attempt stick-figure commercial. --124.168.167.207 (talk) 06:03, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

That is your point of view, however there apparently were some complaints about their initial TVC.  SEO⁷⁵ 08:47, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Availability in New Zealand

I've never seen it in New Zealand and cannot find any evidence of it being sold here. Should the reference be removed? 118.90.10.134 (talk) 09:33, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

No, mother is sold in NZ, but under the brand "Relentless". Other than the name, the product is identical.

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