tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16855846751838076612011-04-21T11:56:57.778-07:00Stephen Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06856196775802848773noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685584675183807661.post-56957930819216299582007-01-02T23:25:00.000-08:002007-01-02T23:26:36.317-08:00I don't remember where I was going with this post... maybe someone can make some sense of it.<br />-----<br /><br />I don't think I've been watching more TV lately, so I'm not really sure why these two commercials stood out at me. It definitely wasn't for positive reasons.<br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0cO6W-Izux0"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0cO6W-Izux0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></object><br /><br />The first takes the classic "A Christmas Story" movie and turns it into a commercial for Cingular. Is it clever, or is it advertising agencies not able to come up with new ideas? I'm not a huge "Christmas Story" fan, but this just feels wrong to me.<br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GIVw6p9lCgg"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GIVw6p9lCgg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></object><br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rk7bRYGRFVI"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rk7bRYGRFVI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></object><br /><br />The second and third commercials (actually what they're calling "trailers" on YouTube, as I couldn't find the original commercials) are for Burger King video games. When I first saw the TV commercial, I didn't know if it was for BK or if it was for XBox 360. At $4 per game, Crispin Porter + Bogusky (who I assume came up with the concept) is having people <span style="font-weight: bold;">pay</span> to play with their advertising campaign. It takes the whole advertising-in-video-games to a new level. In fact, it takes the concept and reverses it... it's a video-game-in-an-advertisement.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1685584675183807661-5695793081921629958?l=landofmisfitblogs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephen Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06856196775802848773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685584675183807661.post-37119815578702052052006-12-13T10:42:00.000-08:002006-12-13T10:45:33.021-08:00I came up with idea from a <a href="http://findingsubstance.blogspot.com/2006/12/where-do-blog-entries-go-when-they-die.html" target="_blank">post from my blog</a>, and figured I'd better register it before I forgot.<br /><br />This will be a place where people can send their old, discarded and unfinished blog postings. Hopefully someone else will take it and make something better from it.<br /><br />Will have to figure out how to get these posts up here from people, and all that organizational stuff. More to come, I hope...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1685584675183807661-3711981557870205205?l=landofmisfitblogs.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stephen Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06856196775802848773noreply@blogger.com0