I’ve been absorbed in writing my great American novel and didn’t bother to look at the time. Before I knew it the day was done and I had no post for the blog.
But fear not, intrepid believer. It’s on the old stand-by: Pimp somebody else’s site!
And so, here are some fine examples of movie posters from an alternate universe, courtsey of Behance Network. Please check out the link for more examples!
I’m quite partial to The Hangover and Inception posters. I wonder if these will ever be offered for sale?
I spotted this advert while perusing my collection of old medium. What initially caught my eye was the request for hair samples that an “expert” would use to deduce what color your flowing locks are, as if you’re unable to figure that little tidbit out for yourself. Perhaps this was a ruse; an innocuous ad masquerading as a legitimate business proposal whose true intent was to supply the burgeoning hair fetish scene of the freewheeling 1970′s with freshly shorn shocks of hair.
Pulling a dictionary down from the shelf and brushing away a thick layer of dust from the cover of the oversized tome I cracked open its virgin spine but was unable to find a definition for the word “modocrylic“. It simply doesn’t exist. Making an educated guess here I’m sure they meant to say “modacrylic”, but given the amount of money spent on this advertisement you would think that they would have at least spellchecked their moment in the sun before subjecting themselves to the merciless mocking of the hipster mustachioed set.
Not having any facial hair myself (short of my typical three-day shadow), I was unsure what a “Van Dyke” was. Firing up Google I was greeted with the following repeated result…
…but this just raised more questions than answers. Confused, I decided to simply let this point go.
This ad goes on to claim that all transactions are “Sold on money back guarantee”. What exactly does this mean? Do they slide all purchases over a photostatic copy of a money back guarantee, and does this money back guarantee apply to their product or to something else entirely unrelated? This sounds eerily like those banners which read “going out for business”. Whatever.
So, if you’re ever feeling the need to sport a “modocrylic” Van Dyke, send a sample of your hair to the good perverts at Masculiner Co., and in 4 to never weeks you’ll have your very own color coordinated set of artificial facial accessories to suit your “mood time”.
While researching and downloading music last night I came across several sites that hosted advertisements offering impossible to resist home refinance offers. This one in particular caught my attention:
Who exactly are the target demographic for such an ad? Crazy ex-hippies, homeless house flippers, or fringe religious gurus in their declining years coming to grips with their own mortality?
Who needs a cute Gecko or a funny pitchman when you have a face like this?
Odd. With years of surfing experience under my belt I’ve never personally seen anyone wearing a surfing helmet, much less one shaped like this. Perhaps the manufacturer intended for the user to wear this Kaiser helmet while surfing the Internet? But the publication date of this magazine is from the 60′s, and from what I know of history the Internet wasn’t around then, so that shoots that theory out of the water.
Another thought is that this helmet provided protection while channel surfing, but how many channels did they have in the 60′s? This is pre-cable, so…what? Ten channels? Fifteen? Did people need cranium protection while walking back and forth between the couch and the television to change the channel?
And so the question remains. What exactly was this “surfing helmet” used for, and how much protection could a three dollar piece of plastic provide? Certainly this wasn’t DOT approved?
