Before any show starts filming in earnest they’ll test the look of the characters; different hair styles, clothes and accessories. In the case of Star Trek: The Next Generation this also means different eye colours for androids and visors for Geordi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lvG0jm0B5Y YouTube calls this “creepy TNG test footage”. Do you agree? There’s certainly some […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation blooper reel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_nVEm5Yc3c Over 10 minutes of out-takes, bloopers and gags from Star Trek: The Generation season 2. The original ST:TNG was shot in 35mm film and so this collection has been cropped to YouTube’s 16:9 to enhance the experience. It’s not clear whether this is an official collection or not. It may not be. There’s therefore […]
CBS’s weird Patrick Stewart Star Trek interview #sttng
Freesat channel CBS Action (meh, okay; it’s on that Murdock channel that has the rights to Game of Thrones in the UK too) have got their hands on Star Trek. I was pointed in the direction of this so-called interview with Patrick Stewart as part of the launch party. Really; I can’t get my head […]
Patrick Stewart in The Sims Medieval trailer
EA are promoting The Sims Medieval via a funky video gadget widget thingy of doom. They’re also using the tried and tested voice of Patrick Stewart. It’s simple but effective. Rather than having just one video to promote the game or release a bunch in an annoying drip-drip effect, hoping the bloggers stay interested, EA […]
Nintendo’s Jedward ad scores high in “most irritating” poll
A poll carried out by Brand Republic’s Marketing magazine of TV adverts placed the Jedward ad from Nintendo among the most annoying ads of the year. The ad, produced by Karmarama, came in at 7th place just behind the Foxy Bing ad and just ahead of the Moonpig.com ad. Gocompare’s annoying opera singer ad series […]
Nintendo’s DS TV adverts rated in the top 10 most annoying
A survey by TNS for Adwatch has revealed that Nintendo’s TV ad series for the DS is considered to be one of the most annoying on British TV. 25% of all respondents found the series produced by an agency called Karmarama to be irritating. One of the TV slots featured Star Trek actor and British […]
