Surrogates: The Movie

Surrogates, is the newest Sci-fi thriller starring Bruce Willis. The movie follows two FBI agents who are investigating the murder involving the creator of the new high-tech robots. But fir the life me I cannot find out who created the print ads for the darn movie. I have tried several Google searches with no luck.

The ads are of these seemingly perfect models but they are half man and half machine. It seems like a new version of the Terminator movies.

Anyway, whoever knows who created the print ads and billboards i’ve been seeing all over L.A. please let me know.

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A.B.

Gangland: BBDO Germany

Oh the possibilities, the ad above could have easily been mistaken for an advertisement for Gangland, a History Channel TV series. The Gangland and BBDO Germany ad look as if they could come from the same family. But the ad above is actually a recruitment ad for BBDO Germany.

If I would have saw the ad I would have simply passed by it because I would have thought it was promoting a TV show. Well ok, maybe not me because I honestly love the show. But honestly as a print ad the message will not resonate with the intended target audience very well. An online interactive ad would work 10 better especially with young advertising professionals.

Also, why do you guys think they used the image that they did? Were they trying to intimidate potential employees into coming to work for the agency? I don’t think that’s the case. The economy is bad throughout the world, people would kill for any job. Anyway, these are just my thoughts.



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A.B.

Promotional Models

Beautiful women dressed in next to nothing have become very popular in some of today’s top selling video games. Electronic Arts (EA) is one of the most famous companies that creates some of these games. To promote some of these games, EA used Promotional girls also known as (booth girls) to attract video game fanatics. But back in 2006 they were banned. This year EA is taking it a step further by holding a contest where at this year’s Comic-Con convention attendees can win prizes if they commit suggestive acts with the beautiful ladies and photograph it.

What type of prizes you ask? One lucky winner gets a dinner with two of the both girls. I should probably tell you that this is all to promote the new video game Dante’s Inferno. Oh yeah, this will not offend female gamers at all I tell you. What do you guys think?

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A.B.

Very Angry Moms

We know that sometimes moms can get frustrated at the grocery store. Kids crying, wanting nothing but junk food, not having enough cash, but nothing like the commercial above for Mountain Dew Level Up or Die for the brand's Game Fuel. They take it to a whole new level when they turn into characters from the game “World of War Craft.”

The work was created by BBDO New York with visual effects from Zoic Studios.

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A.B.

RIP Goes Out to the King of POP

I am sure you all know by now that Michael Jackson, the king of pop died today at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. The news of the tragedy caused some site to temporarily crash due to so many people logging on to read about the tragedy. A lot of famous people have been dying off recently and I don’t know what its all about.

The ad above is a commercial Jackson did for Pepsi. Where a freak accident occurred and his hair caught on fire. I think that may have been his most famous advertising moment. It’s a bit mean spirited to say about a person who just died today but it’s the first thing that came to my mind.

The agency behind the commercial is BBDO. I wonder what the agency did to convince Michael to keep doing the commercial even after being burned. Do you guys think they made as much money back in the eighties for a TV spot as they do today? I’d love to read your comments.

Jackson was certainly controversial throughout most of his career but he is by far one of the greatest entertainers ever to live. He did his last moonwalk. The king of pop is now gone forever, 1967 to 2009.

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A.B.

BK Blowing Away

First let me say, the ad above is not a CP+B production, according to Adfreak it came out of Singapore on behalf of Burger King. The copy for this ad, if you can believe it is “Fill your desire for something long, juicy and flame-grilled.” First, I can’t believe this ad didn’t get censored to hell especially in a conservative country like Singapore, don’t they give you 20 years for being in possession of a single marijuana joint or something like that?

Second, the ad is by far the most overtly suggestive ad I have ever seen. I am curious to know how the general public responded to it. Do you guys think the product itself did well in terms of actual sales? Also, can you believe that a seven inch burger actually exists?

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A.B.

High on Religion

Can religion and recreational drugs play nice together? When you first take a look at the ad above you would think so. This ad directs users to WonderCafe.ca, a forum for religious discussion and debate. The site belongs to the United Church of Canada. They can’t be Catholic because a stunt like this would require a million Hail Marys, or maybe a flogging, whatever works I guess. That’s why if I had a choice I’d go with the other guys.

By the way, I haven’t found a similar discussion forum for advertising. I’ve found lots of blogs, now we even have a social network, and several creative sites but no forums to stimulate discussion and debate.

Also, Smith Roberts Creative Communication created this ad.

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A.B.