Nov 12 2009 Tim Burton's MoMA Commercial Looks Tim Burtony All Right
A charming reminder that MoMA's upcoming, extensive Tim Burton exhibit opens November 22. I'll definitely be going, and I'll be taking along 1995 me, a young chap who still idealistically thinks everything Burton touches belongs at the top of his VHS shelf. If you run into us, don't tell him what a let down Planet of the Apes was. He's still really looking forward to it.
Sep 21 2009 New, Short 'Avatar' Clip Somewhere in This Commercial
One of the points James Cameron keeps stressing about Avatar is that it's really designed to be a cinema experience: See it big! See it in 3-D! See it surrounded by people muttering, "I wouldn't call these effects 'revolutionary'"! See this thing in theaters, dudes!
Well, it seems the director changes his tune a bit if Panasonic will throw a few yen his way, and now there's this commercial where some new scenes from the sci-fi film are shown an television screen. If you don't catch Avatar in theaters, apparently the next best option is on the Panasonic Viera TV you keep in your lush garden:
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Jun 9 2009 David Fincher Demonstrates How iPhones Can Now Make YouTube Clips
The Steve Jobses over at Apple have just invented a new letter to add to the end of their iPhones, so, to advertise this innovation, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Fight Club director David Fincher made this Mission Impossible-esque commercial. It's totally fucked up because you think the iPhone 3G S is the same as the old iPhone but it turns out it's an entirely different phone and it fuckin' blew my mind and I had to watch it again and buy the poster for my dorm room:
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May 13 2009 I Really Want to See More Bill Hader as a Vampire Hunter
The 2009 MTV Movie Awards are nearly upon on, and you know what that means: the Best Kiss of 2008 will be named! At last, sweet resolution for my Kiss Notebook. Also, if you can tolerate host Andy Samberg, it means some fairly entertaining promotional comedy sketches. Here are the current batch, featuring Samberg, Anne Hathaway, Will Arnett, Bill Hader, Michael Cera, and Jack Black (thanks, Lindsay):
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May 4 2009 John Connor Drops an "IBB"
Did you have to, McG? /Film noticed a new TV spot for Terminator Salvation that gives an obvious, sigh-worthy wink-wink to the audience: Christian Bale gives the old "I'll be back."
Brother. OK, cute enough, McG, but no more. That's it. No "Hasta la vistas" before shooting a Terminator. No "Good thing they don't make Terminators out of this stuff!" while pouring liquid metal into a mold. This was your gimme.
Apr 23 2009 Buy This Advertisement for Wolverine Razors; Also, Buy Wolverine Razors
So, you're a Wolverine fan. You've been ordering a Papa John's X-Men Origins X-treme Cheese Pizza every night in celebration of the new movie coming out, but there's still... an emptiness--which is strange, because your stomach is stuffed well over capacity with nearly a pound of cheese. The problem is Wolverine pizza is just too ephemeral. You need something that will last longer than the forty-eight hours it takes to digest all that mozzarella and garlic dipping butter. Something you can scrapbook, maybe. Something like this 2009 WOLVERINE Schick Quattro Razors ad on eBay!
You're probably thinking it's a photocopy. It's NOT a photocopy!:
This newspaper insert advertisement (which measures approximately 7x10.5 inches) has light wear, but is still in good shape! Not a photocopy. The images on the back are showing through some.
(Thanks, Odessa.)
That's the real deal, man: newsprint. And the light wear probably makes it even more valuable; gives it a story. BUY IT NOW for $9.95 (+$3 shipping)! With the attached coupon, that almost pays for itself.
Still not convinced? Then watch this awesome ad for the razors! I can't get it to load, but I assume it loosely connects Wolverine's three claws to the four blades of this revolutionary shaving device.
Apr 15 2009 Chris Cunningham Made a New, Surprisingly Non-Nauseating Commercial
When I hear Chris Cunningham had made a new video, based on his previous work, I naturally assume mutants and sexual robots are involved to some extent. So when I heard Chris Cunningham directed a new commercial for Gucci perfume (remember when David Lynch did that?), I was counting on seeing some kind of grotesquely deformed freak being spritzed with perfume until its pained, vocoder screams finally silenced, and then a robot would have sex with it. Turns out I was mostly wrong.
Here it is. I knew there would be some kind of mutating. He can't resist.
Mar 20 2009 Sofia Coppola Makes You Want To Be A Pretty French Girl--Again!
In the vein as Wes Anderson's American Express commercial, Sofia Coppola has made an ad for Dior that may wander even farther into the realm of hilarious self-parody:
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Feb 26 2009 The Coen Brothers Hate Coal
The coal industry may have billions of dollars, and all of our precious, precious coal, but the anti-coal Reality campaign has one thing they don't: acclaimed filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen directing disinformation-correcting propaganda. This satirical look at "clean coal" technology may not be as dorm room-quotable as a The Big Lebowski, but it is effective enough to make me consider replacing my Dickensian coal stove.
Feb 18 2009 'Wolverine' Television Spot Number Three
Yahoo! Movies has posted the third and final X-Men Origins: Wolverine TV spot. This is the one that reminds you that Wolverine's origin somehow involves a maskless Deadpool, young Cyclops, Emma Frost turning into diamond, and the presence of Will.i.am. Enjoy.
(Oh, and thanks to Carter.)
Feb 17 2009 'Wolverine' on the Television, Part 2
Last night, Fox ran the second in its three-part series of Wolverine clips, and now a few hundred-thousand households are even more confused about 'That X-Man with the Claws.' "So he was born with bone claws, is brothers with the guy from Scream, and was in every U.S. battle since the Civil War? Which one was Professor X then?"
Feb 16 2009 'Wolverine' TV Spot Addresses Key Bone Claw Issues
The last Wolverine trailer sparked a huge controversy among people questioning if Wolverine originally had bone claws, those who answered he definitely did have bone claws, others who facetiously questioned if he had bone claws, and the angry people who didn't understand the sarcasm in the prior group's comments and felt they had to reassert that Wolverine did have bone claws. This new TV spot is either going to clear all that up or make the comments page go like this.
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Feb 3 2009 Inter-Football Movie Ads: The Rest of Them
So, I didn't get to all the Super Bowl ads yesterday. Sorry. But in the spirit of never fully betraying you, here are the rest of them, including spots for Year One, Up, Angels & Demons, Fast & Furious, and Duplicity. I suggest only watching the clips for Year One, which has some promise. Unless you're my dad--then clear off the edge of your seat and watch Angels & Demons. This promises to be as taut a thriller as "The Code"! Or if you're a car, watch Fast & Furious.
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Feb 2 2009 'The Star Trek' Super Bowl Spot
All this fast-paced action and extreme-sports free-falling and kissin'! J.J. Abrams is going to make Star Trek so cool, and we'll all be free to finally body modify our ears into points without fear of persecution. Unless you do it to look like an elf, not a Vulcan--that would be so nerdy.
Feb 2 2009 'Monsters vs. Aliens' 333-DDD Super Bowl Spot
Don't throw out your 3-D glasses yet! I know you never got the 3-D glasses in the first place, but bear with me, because here's the super 3-D edition trailer for Monsters vs. Aliens (assuming 3-D survives YouTube conversion). It's so 3-Demazing that Bruce Springsteen reportedly said, "I have to follow THAT??? "Born to Run" is going to put these people to sleep after they've see this MF'er!"
Mock enthusiasm aside, I thought all the animation studios were pushing hard to legitimize 3-D as more than a gaudy bell and/or whistle. If that's the case, maybe they should starting cutting all the look-at-this-coming-at-the-screen!-for-no-reason crap. A paddleball zooming at me? Come on. And furthermore, a paddleball at all? Does this generation of kids even know what a paddleball is? Why not a guy using a stick to roll a hoop out of the screen?
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Feb 2 2009 'Land of the Lost' Super Bowl Spot
All within 30 seconds, see Will Ferrell sunbathe with a giant crab, attempt to handshake Matt Lauer, get covered in spiders, and stay motionless at the threat of a Tyrannosaurus Rex with little effect. Is it possible Dr. Sam Neill's advice was wrong?
Feb 2 2009 'G.I Joe' Super Bowl Spot
The problem with ninjas is you always want more ninja action. As soon as they gave me a little ninja, I just ended up wanting more ninja, even though it's only a 30-second commercial that already has quite a bit of ninja content. My thinking is, if a film has ninjas, why bother with anything non-ninja? That's why I'm always better off watching Lethal Ninja. But anyway:
Feb 2 2009 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' Super Bowl Spot
I assume most of you watched the Super Bowl last night--there's obviously a huge cross-over between sports fans and fans of complaining incessantly about the quality of a Dragonball adaptation--but in case you didn't, I'll spend some of the day putting up the movie spots that ran during the game. Here's the ad for Transformers 2, which has definitely raised the bar in terms of robot size and number of Transformers that turn into cycloptic robot dogs:
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Jan 30 2009 Football Fans Will Love 'Race to Witch Mountain'
When this commercial airs during the Super Bowl, living rooms and bars full of people are going to be demanding we all turn off the game for a few minutes to discuss what's just been seen. "Did you see that alien bounty hunter guy? He's going to give Boba Fett a run for his money. Are there really UFO conventions? Why does The Rock keep delivering his lines in the style of Matt LeBlanc?" It's not going to matter who wins the Super Bowl because we've all won a great family adventure.
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Jan 5 2009 'Monsters vs. Aliens' Will Have 3-D Trailer--Thanks, Beverage Makers!
On February 1st, the biggest match-up in Superbowl history won't just be on the field--it will also be in your head, as your brain tries to marry the images of your left and right eye into a three-dimensional image! As some sort of horrible promotional merger between re-branded Pepsi, Dreamworks Animation, and Sobe (yes, Sobe is still a purchasable beverage), one of the many Superbowl commercials will be the first 3-D trailer for Monsters vs. Aliens (followed by a questionably-anticipated sequel commercial with dancing geckos). Just pick up 3-D glasses wherever you see the appropriate Pepsi/Sobe standee and prepare to be entertained.
Welcome to the future: scheduling visits to soda kiosks to properly watch commercials. Here's the commercial for the commercial:
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