You love them when it’s time for the Super Bowl and when you really need to go get a drink or use the bathroom. Otherwise you hate them.
There are those rare polished gems though. Here are some below that almost make you willing to watch commercials for the sake of watching them.
The Nokia Cat:
Outback Steakhouse
Double Rainbows all the Way
If you didn’t understand that last one, you’ve been hiding under a rock. Go check out Double Rainbows.
Moving along, the reason I’m doing all this is because I went down a nostalgic tangent a few weeks ago and started watching old classic power rangers VHS tapes my grandmother had recorded for me when I was a wee pup.
I enjoyed watching them because as a kid, Power Rangers was my whole world. It was flawlessly simple and perfect in that teamwork and good would always rule the day.
As I look at it now, I see terrible acting, the fact that the Black Ranger was missing an entire finger (SEE: Amputation), horrible fighting choreography that resulted in half the punches never even connecting, and costumes with zippers so obvious they’re like the safety seal on a GLAD freezer bag.
The funny part is that since this was before the time of TiVo, DVR, and box sets, I got all the commercials that came with it. It’s amazing to watch how far along toys have come. We’ve evolved from dolls that giggle and pee themselves to practical robots. My favorite commercial had to be the Jurassic Park commercial. I only have a screenshot but from it one thing is clear:
Jeff Goldblum is a holding a HUGE gun ready to take on some bad dinos. This must be the single reason he landed the job for Independence Day.
Then a few nights ago, a commercial came on for www.rescueanimalsnow.org. In it they showed the same things those other outreach humane society programs show, but what caught my attention was at the end of the commercial. As everything climaxed into begging for my support, a man came up from behind a baby seal, he raised a large club and swung down (in slow-motion mind you) and just as the strike was about to connect it faded to black.
I tried to find the commercial, but alas no one has posted in on YouTube. So instead I put a picture of what they call the Great Canadian Seal Hunt. There’s a video down below of it and if you’re squeamish, maybe you should pass. It’s really rather tragic and I’m not sure why I’ve always talked about the topic as a comic event.
It just goes to show you there are a lot of things wrong with this world.
To prove the point further, the link below has the most messed up thing I have seen in a long time. (It’s not pornographic, but it is sadly disturbing) It’s so messed up that Director Michael Bay has offered a $50,000.00 reward for information on the woman in the video’s capture.
I hate to find myself agreeing with that pyromaniac for once in my life.
http://blubbaproductions.com/girl-throws-puppies-in-river.html
The funny thing is, that not all the marketing we are exposed to comes from commercials. They are the ones like that high-school jock that demands you're attention. But there are other slippery players like these viral videos that tell marketers exactly what we are looking for. All in all, it's just disappointingly amazing what today's society can be exposed to with the click of a mouse.
CIAO
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