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Sunday Ads : Old Spice will rip your face off

Phil — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:55:44 +0000

.. and make you ride a cool motorcycle.
Yes, it is a tough act for Old Spice to follow the hugely successful The man your man could smell like campaign (“I’m on a horse”).
We’re not sure if this new direction will do the job, but it’s pretty creative and weird. And there’s a cool motorcycle.

Give us your thoughts!
Watch the video after the jump.

Super Bowl Sunday 2011: Darth Vador Volkswagen Passat Jetta

Phil — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:45:35 +0000

Very funny commercial fir the VW ~~Jetta~~, Passat. Sorry we really thought it was a Jetta. Goes to show…

Fast Five Super Bowl commercial

Phil — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:31:02 +0000

The first Fast Five commercial just aired during SuperBowl XLV! It’s coming to theaters April 29th, 2011and yes, it is the fifht installment of the Fast and Furious franchise.

Commercial after the jump!

Vern Fonk Insurance goes Back To The Future

Phil — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:48:19 +0000

Crazy what you can do with a Delorean, a few props and a bit of creativity. This ad comes from a small insurance company, they act in it and they probably shot it themselves, but they sure got a lot of exposure with it. It won’t win a Lion at Cannes, but it’s awesome in its own right.

Sunday Ads special Super Bowl: VW punch game

Phil — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:08:47 +0000

Sunday Ads Super Bowl special : Dodge Charger was the most remarkable car ad

Phil — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:05:25 +0000

Definitely, Dodge had the most remarkable commercial out of all the manufacturers sowing at the 2010 Super Bowl. But that doesn’t mean it was good. It was the easiest one to remember because of its level of testosterone and machism, for a car that is a long shot from the legendary Charger. While we get the idea behind it (‘Hey guys, it’s okay to get the car you want!’, ‘Be a man!, ‘if you drive anything with less than a V8 you’re a wuss!’), it’s not really the car we want, nor does it make us want to associate with a close-to douchebag-message. If they keep going like that, Dodge and Ram might want to switch their logos to the male logo, engage in full on battle of the sexes and adopt a Mad Men era behavior towards women. For reference, it was given a D- by Time.

According to AdAge:

In each ad, a gleaming black Charger poses atop a parking deck, sun beating off the windows, while a familiar voice — Michael C. Hall, the star of Showtime’s hit series “Dexter” — waxes poetic about manly things. The funniest of the three ads, dubbed “Man Bag,” broke during the NFC Championship game broadcast this past weekend. In it, we hear Mr. Hall recounting all the things the Dodge Charger isn’t: “man sandals,” an “exfoliant with added moisturizer” or a “yoga class.”

The Hemi-powered car has been an on-again, off-again brand for Chrysler. The Charger made a comeback in 2005, after a 17-year hiatus from Chrysler’s vehicle lineup. Under then-director of marketing communications, Julie Roehm, online was the leading medium for an ad campaign.

|Sources: AdAge, Time |

Sunday ads: Porsche Panamera

Phil — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:58:08 +0000

New VW Polo commercial has Danny Zuko beat by Marty McFly

Phil — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:12:02 +0000

Will Marty beat Danny with his Polo?” Will he get the girl? Find out in the commercial above.

Via Autoblog

New TAG Heuer ad pitches Steve McQueen against Lewis Hamilton

Phil — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:55:06 +0000

McQueen and Hamilton : two legends duel at Le Mans

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of its Monaco watch, TAG Heuer has gone down the fantasy road and imagined who would have won the race between Steve McQueen and Lewis Hamilton. They’ve used footage from McQueen’s Le Mans in which they’ve inserted Hamilton, a technique we remember getting great results in movies like Forrest Gump. It’s not as well done as the latter and the 3D cars could have used more work. Thinking about it, excerpts from Bullitt were used in a Ford ad in 1996 (!) for the Puma and, even though it’s much older, the transition between newer and original sequences seems much more seemless! Same for the 2004 Ford Mustang ad (also starring Steve). What happened TAG Heuer? All the money went to Hamilton and the McQueen family and you couldn’t afford a good producer? Anyway… it’s always nice to see old Steve. Considering he left us years ago, he’s been getting a lot of work in commercials lately.

|Source: Autoblog|

Watch the TAG Heuer, the Ford Puma and Mustang commercials right after the jump!

Fast & Furious 4

Phil — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:28:11 +0000

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During the SuperBowl we had the opportunity to see the trailer for the next instalement of the Fast and Furious franchise. Looks good, partly because the main actors of the first episode are back (Vin Diesel and Paul Walker), there seems to be more muscle cars and less imports, and it looks like the plot is more than 2 pages long.

Without further adu, we got the trailer right below. Enjoy!

Watch the trailer after the jump!

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