0 comments by Liam McGuire on 7/13/2016
Posters for the upcoming spy movie Jason Bourne are the latest Hollywood advertisements to draw ire for its depiction of violence. Tami Sagher, who’s a producer on the hit HBO series Girls, took a picture of the Jason Bourne ads, where the titular character is holding a gun. In the advertisement, the gun the character holds is […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 7/9/2016
This is my kind of ad. Actor Jonah Hill, best known for roles in Superbad and The Wolf of Wall Street, teamed up with Reebok and the skateboard company Palace to create an ad so intentionally terrible, it’s incredible. Hill pretends to be at a Palace location, while clearly, he’s standing in front of a green screen. His audio […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 6/21/2016
D’Angelo Russell had some sage advice for Ben Simmons as he prepares to enter the NBA: get rid of your phone. In a hilarious new ad from Foot Locker, Simmons is looking for advice from last year’s draft class stars. Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns tells him drafting doesn’t mean anything unless you put in the […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 6/18/2016
You know you’ve made something brilliant when it’s both amazing, confusing and intoxicating. That’s exactly what YouTube’s Mike Diva did when he decided to make a Japanese-styled Donald Trump commercial. It’s one of the most bizarre things you’ll ever see. The ad defies explanation, but I’ll try my best. In the spot, we’re shown a […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 6/1/2016
Sometimes journalism, like deep sea fish, ain’t pretty. In a new spot for Veja magazine, the right-wing Brazillian publication wants viewers to know the ocean is just like investigative journalism. How do they illustrate this metaphor? The deeper you go down the ocean, the uglier the fish get. That’s supposed to parallel investigative journalism, as […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 5/30/2016
The upcoming video game Mighty No. 9 had gamers excited as Keiji Inafune, the long-time designer of the iconic Mega Man series, was going to bring a Mega Man styled platformer back to consoles and computers. A Kickstarter was launched in 2013 raising nearly $4 million. Unfortunately, fatigued fans have seen the game be delayed time and time again. With the game […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 5/25/2016
A billboard in Los Angeles is telling women ‘size matters.’ The Renuance Cosmetic Surgery Center thought it would be a good idea to promote their business by buying a billboard and making suggestive remarks about women’s breast sizes. The billboard reads ‘size matters’ and shows two coffee cups, a smaller one labeled with the letter […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 5/17/2016
Shaquille O’Neal was one of the early pioneers of eSports among professional athletes when he invested in NRG eSports, a company which owns competitive League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams. Appearing in a commercial for TBS’s CS: GO ELEAGUE tournament, Shaq truly embraces gaming, by embedding himself into different maps from the popular first-person shooter. […]
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The clothing company Calvin Klein is in a bit of hot water after their #MyCalvin campaign featured upskirt shots of models. Warning. The ads are very NSFW. Take a peek: @karate_katia, photographed by @harleyweir for the Spring 2016 advertising campaign. #mycalvins A photo posted by Calvin Klein (@calvinklein) on May 9, 2016 at 3:45pm PDT The […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 5/16/2016
Bert and Ernie have shown up in an STD testing advertisement and the folks behind Sesame Street aren’t thrilled about it. Earlier in May, the two roommates appeared in an ad for the STD testing kits company Mately. The duo were shown reading a letter with the caption “See Ernie, you’ve got nothing to worry about, […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 4/30/2016
The Wildlife Conservation Film Festival’s most recent ad campaign aims to show that endangered pandas need to have sex. DDB New York has launched a new spot for the WCFF featuring a spoof version of Lonely Island’s I Just Had Sex, showing that endangered species need love. In the animated spot, pandas are shown bragging about […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 4/19/2016
KFC decided to use sex to sell chicken, and it went as well as expected. In advance of ‘Hot & Spicy’ chicken coming to Australia, KFC Australia sent out the following tweet last Thursday, showing pixelated ‘Hot & Spicy’ chicken, which looks like a sexual image. I think you can make a guess to what […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 4/9/2016
Gap is apologizing for a recent ad campaign which has come under fire for being racially insensitive. Gap posted a video, in collaboration with Ellen DeGeneres’ kids clothing line #GapKidsxED, and promptly tweeted about the campaign with multiple photos last Saturday. The photos showcased young girls holding acrobatic poses. One of the images (top right) drew […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 3/31/2016
The New Zealand Transport Authority has delivered a PSA on texting and driving which is both effective and uncomfortable. In the spot titled ‘Hello’, a series of different drivers receive text messages when they’re behind the wheel. When they reach over to check their messages, the passengers in the front seat reach out and hold […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 3/6/2016
KFC has changed up the actor playing Colonel Sanders yet again, as comedian Jim Gaffigan appeared as the fast-food franchise’s creator in their latest commercial. In the spot, the colonel learns KFC’s Nashville Hot Chicken Promotion is ending and screams in anger, which prompts him to wake up from a nightmare. His wife, who he […]
