When I was reading through the news on Yahoo!, I saw an ad for the FavoriteAdvertising Icon Poll , but they made the ad look like a boxing poster(Willthe Pillsbury Doughboy topple the Kool-Aid Man?), and it got me to thinking: I'dactually pay to see that. I mean, come on... who wouldn't want to see Mr. Clean take on the MichelinMan in a no-holds-barred street brawl (my money would be on the Michelin Man in3), or the Morton Salt Girl taking on the Miss Chiquita in a cat fight. Or howabout...
After reading one of Angloesque 'smore recent blog entries, I began thinking about some of the things that havebeen said to me as a writer, whether it be in workshops or amongst my peers oreven from editors. For the most part, even when these people were being theirmost negative, I was able to take their constructive criticism in the spirit inwhich it was given, and their occasional scorn with grace and good nature. Butof course, there is always going to be at least one thing someone has sai...
I never thought I'd say this but... Eric Cartman was right about something. He said the following: "Naw dude, Independent films are those black and white hippy movies. They're always about gay cowboys eating pudding." Now it has come true I pray more things he said don't come true... because it will be a much scarier world if it does.
According to a poll by DVD rental firm ScreenSelect.co.uk, the 10 worst remakes were: 1) Get Carter 2) Psycho 3) Thunderbirds 4) La Femme Nikita(Point of No Return) 5) Charlie's Angels 6) Alfie 7) Planet of the Apes 8) Starsky and Hutch 9) Cape Fear 10) Oceans Eleven. Which makes me wonder what these people were thinking... I mean, yes, there are some HORRIFIC movies in that list, but there have been much, much worse remakes than Cape Fear and Ocean's Eleven(w...
After watching this ad that was probably designed to garner new clients for the agency, it made me wonder why more real ads aren't this audacious. I mean, for the shock factor alone, it would be worth it. Even if it was for the post 9PM time slot, I think it would be so worth it. I want companies to take more risks... be willing to push the envelope really far. YOU CAN DO IT!