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Entries from April 2008

Speed Racer: the videogame

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Coming up with a racing video game a couple weeks after Gran Turismo 5 hit the shelves can sounds like a risky idea, but when you’re wearing the Speed Racer name and have all the buzz generated by the movie with you, it [...]

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Tags: Mach 5 · Merchandising · Movie car · News · cult car movie · marketing · video games

Ghostbusters Ecto-1 being restored

April 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Sony is restoring an Ecto-1 for its backlot tour. It’s one of our favorite movie cars, so we’re quite happy about the news!

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Suzuki Kizashi 3 video (1)
Gran Turismo 5: bridging the gap between video games and movies (0)
We’ll be right back. (0)

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Tags: News · cult car movie

Sunday Ads: Iron Man game trailer

April 27th, 2008 · No Comments

The Iron Man video game will soon be in store, and Sega has rolled out some commercials on TV. Here’s the video!

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Sunday Ads: a Skoda made out of cakes! (0)
Sunday Ads: 2008 Challenger in Vanishing Point (0)
Sunday Ads: Cadbury “Airport trucks racing” [...]

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Tags: TV ad · video games

Shooting of Quantum of Solace suspended after second car crash.

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments

(AP Photo/ Luca Bruno)

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Maybe it’s Murphy’s law, maybe it’s the road around Lake Garda, but just days after a stunt man and his DBS ended up in the aforementioned lake (see our
article), two of his colleagues crashed an Alfa Romeo [...]

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Tags: James Bond · News · Stunt

Daniel Craig explains Quantum of Solace

April 24th, 2008 · No Comments

The new James Bond was being interviewed by the BBC, on the set of the Pinewood studios. It gives a glimpse of the story and some footage!

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James Bond to drive a Ford Ka in Quantum of Solace (0)
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James Bond stunt goes wrong: a DBS in lake Garda.

April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

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While shooting a stunt for Quantum of Solace, the next Bond, the stuntman lost control of the Aston Martin DBS and ended up in the lake beyond. Thanksfully, the driver suffers only minor injuries, which is crazy considering how badly damaged [...]

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Tags: James Bond · News

Speed Racer Trailer 4

April 21st, 2008 · No Comments

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And again, another Speed Racer video! There’s definitely a Tron feeling to Speed Racer. So many neons on the buildings, the tracks… and look at that big rig! No element is left without a splash of color or some graphics. We [...]

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Tags: Anime · Mach 5 · News · TV ad · Transforming vehicles

Bumblebee vs Optimus Prime

April 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Bumblebee vs Optimus Prime
We don’t usually show fan made videos here, but when we saw the one put together by “Werewolf Movie Maker”, we decided to share it with you anyway. The animation is incredibly fluid and it’s preety funny. We first thought [...]

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Tags: Funny · Transformers · Transforming vehicles

Speed Racer: new Italian TV spot

April 20th, 2008 · No Comments

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This new trailer brings us more images, including the Mach 6 transformation AND it’s very cool to see it in Italian. It really feels like the movie will be a music-video paced visual overdose. Weirdly enough for a flick that seems [...]

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Tags: Anime · Mach 5 · Merchandising · News · TV ad · Transforming vehicles

Sunday Ads: Audi “Keychains” commercial

April 20th, 2008 · No Comments

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Updated: now with the video! (oops…) A really good and funny take on the Audi logo!
It’s interesting also to see what the brand recognized as the key (no pun intended) feature behind each of its competitor:
Alfa= Design, Mercedes= Comfort, Volvo= Security, [...]

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Tags: Funny · TV ad