Entries Tagged as 'ads'

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014

Mom Surprises Daughter With a “First Moon Party”

Never try and outwit a mom—because if you do then prepare for the backlash. That’s something this kid learned the hard way when she tried to pretend to her mom that she’d started menstruating—but the matriarch sees through the child’s lies and decides to teach her a lesson by throwing her a menstruation-themed party.

Monday, June 30th, 2014

Two Kids Battle With Adult Toys in a Video About Gun Awareness

If you wanted to teach people about the need to lock up their guns and keep them out of reach of children, what better way to do that than with making a video about two kids sword-fighting with dildos? That’s the reasoning behind this ad that gun advocacy lobby group Evolve commissioned from Saatchi & [...]

Friday, June 27th, 2014

The Electric Harley-Davidson Commercial—Notice Anything?

You’ll notice that the sound the Harley makes as it rockets along Route 66 isn’t the sky-falling in, earth-shattering roar that a combustion engine makes—that’s because it’s the all-new electric Harley-Davidson. And while it may be quieter than the old engine, it still has a distinctive sound.

Wednesday, June 11th, 2014

Infomercial Parody Shows You The Secret to a Perfect Body

Don’t listen to all those other informercials who say they can make you lose a kerzillion pounds by attaching some contraption to your abdomen and plugging it in—because it’s all lies, lies, and more lies. And if you think dieting’s going to help your fat ass slim down, then think again.

Thursday, May 29th, 2014

ESPN’s World Cup Ad Showcases the Unifying Effect of the Soccer Tournament

Shouldn’t you be at work? That’s going to be the question to answer when the 2014 FIFA World Cup kicks off in a few weeks in Brazil—as people across the globe throw sickies and make up all kinds of excuses to their boss/partner/friends they were supposed to meet so they can watch their team play.

Thursday, April 17th, 2014

Cute SD Card Micro-Mecha Robot Transformation

Memory cards, they’re robots in disguise! At least, they are in this video which shows a microSD card that doesn’t just store endless photos of your cat, but instead it’s a tiny robot with a jet pack that can run, fly, swim, battle magnets, is impervious to X-rays, can bust through walls like they were [...]

Friday, April 11th, 2014

Thai Life Insurance Commercial Celebrates Anonymous Everyday Heroes

You don’t expect to be getting life-lessons from a commercial, but this Thai advert about life insurance is inspirational and delivers a message we’d all do well to heed more in our daily lives. It follows an unsung hero as the people less fortunate than him that he helps on a daily basis.

Wednesday, February 5th, 2014

The Sunday Times Newspaper: “Icons” Super Bowl Ad

Shot in one-take, this advert sees one man morphing from one iconic scene to another, from film to TV and art to music, from Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam to Mr Pink and Mr White facing off in Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs to Daft Punk—the piece stylishly looks at what makes something iconic, tipping its hat [...]

Saturday, February 1st, 2014

“The Truth” – Morpheus Superbowl Commercial

This couple seems remarkably calm after meeting Morpheus at a valet stand—you’d think if Morpheus showed up in your life then the game was up, and the next thing is you’d wake up on a levitating ship to find that the life you’ve been living is a lie. But that doesn’t seem to be the [...]

Thursday, January 9th, 2014

Brilliant Anti-Speeding Ad from New Zealand

If you’re the sort of person who drives like a maniac on the street, then you might think twice about racing around like a Mario Kart extra after you watch this—it imagines the drivers of a crash meeting beforehand to talk briefly about their upcoming collision, with one of the drivers pleading with the other [...]

Friday, October 25th, 2013

Xbox One: Invitation

The battle for the next generation of consoles will begin soon, and in one corner will be the Xbox One. Don’t act like you’re not excited, and this latest trailer for the console, fresh out of the box from Microsoft, puts the focus firmly back on gaming. After their launch event focused on the Kinect, [...]