That giant banking group which is Bank of Scotland, Halifax and Lloyds TSB is keen to be in that giant of a social media mashup – Facebook. What they’ve put together, no doubt with agency help, planning, perusading and building, is a Facebook app called the Halifax Holiday Matchmaker. Give it access to your Facebook […]
Kill Bill spoof? Absolut presents Ali Larter in Lemon Drop
We know Ali Larter from Heroes. You might even know her from Resident Evil: Extinction 9. If you’re tapped into the news pulse you’ll also know she’s going to feature in Resident Evil: Afterlife. She’s also in a Kill Bill spoof. Well. Kinda! In the States, Absolut Vodka are running a short film as an […]
Banned Guitar Hero: World Tour ad – too racey for TV but okay for YouTube
In 2008 the supermodel Marisa Miller filmed one of those famous Guitar Hero ads. As Guitar Hero: World Tour has rather more instruments than the original game we get to see Marisa Miller play with a wider range instruments too. You’ll have to forgive us for the footage. It’s clearly picked up from the cutting […]
Winking space hedgehog, I Am Not a Robot and Stella Artois
I’m posting this ad for three reasons; 1) I really like Marina and the Diamonds – and their single I Am Not a Robot 2) I like space hedgehogs (I wonder if they know Boo the Space Hamster) 3) I like Stella Artois and I’m not ashamed to say so! The problem is this ad […]
Takeuchi Taijin’s Olympus PEN viral
Here’s a funky ad – being promoted to geeky and gadget blogs – to promote the new Olympus Pen E-PL1 camera. I’m showing it here because it’s not only stop motion but also because Japanese stop motion animation artist Takeuchi Taijin directed. Rather than using paper or photos for this animation – the team used […]
Clever use of zombie – car comparison
Ford have come up with an interesting use for the humble garden zombie. You can use one to demonstrate the security advantages of their cars to other cars. This is an American ad. It would be illegal to air on UK TV. Why? Not because of the use of zombies (I don’t believe they even […]
TomTom advert humiliates Darth Vader, funny though
This advert for TomTom is actually plugging a real product. Yup. Visit www.tomtom.com/starwars and you’ll be able to download you very own Star Wars voices for your GPS unit! What a great idea! It’s ideas like this which will give TomTom a fighting chance against pesky companies like Google who insist on giving their mapping […]
Extended Clip: Birth of a Spartan
The rather dramatic “Birth of a Spartan” trailer for Halo: Reach is doing the rounds at the blogs. There are two reasons for this; firstly, this is a good trailer and secondly, the ad agencies involved and Microsoft are sponsoring some coverage. This is not a sponsored video placement. Instead, this video comes from the […]
Lynx Rise: Oh, that roleplay (sexy)
It’s an easy mistake to make. Us geeks sometimes tend to have only one thing on our minds. Lynx (who I think are Ax in the States) think their new Lynx Rise have a solution. The ad’s called “Lynx Rise Wake Up Calls #1 Roleplay”. This is a JavaScript player so to see the good […]
Was V the last program shown on Sci FI UK or the first of SyFy UK?
It might just be that V isn’t drawing in the audience numbers in America that it needs in order to survive. Nevertheless, V has a touch of immortality to it in the UK due to key role is played in SyFy’s rebranding. The date that Sci Fi UK became SyFy UK was Tuesday April the […]
