Best.Advert.Ever!

[Jim Reaper]

I apologise if this has been posted before. This ad is currently doing the rounds on British TV:

http://www.theembassyvfx.com/citroen.html

[BillFrugge]

It has been posted before, but it's always interesting to watch. Thanks!

[scrape_medic]

I love that ad.......:)

I also like the Muller light...."I got my life" campaign and the honda campaign with the oblong dog!

Oh and the honda Hate Something for deisel engine campaign......click here (http://www.honda.co.uk/change/) then "make something better" then "See the film"

[eta_carinae]

:lol "in the key of grrrrrrrrrr"

[I-am-so-Johns-girl]

I apologise if this has been posted before. This ad is currently doing the rounds on British TV:

http://www.theembassyvfx.com/citroen.html
How the frell did they do that??? :shrug: I love it! :love:

Anyone have any others??? Please post them here.

[TheBladeRoden]

No this is the best ad ever
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/honda-ad.html

[talyn3]

I give the first on a 7 maybe 8, the second one I've seen before, but it's still badass 10!!

[Pip_The_Great]

Oh, both of those are sooooo cool. Wish I saw more ads like that on tv. I also like the fact that they were both for car commercials. I think it's kind of funny that those are often some of the more inventive commercials.

[Jim Reaper]

There's a very politically incorrect Volkswagen Polo spoof ad circulating the internet at the moment. http://www.boreme.com/bm/JAN05/a/vw-suicide-bomber/fr.htm

View The Observer news story about the ad here (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1396579,00.html)

[scrape_medic]

No this is the best ad ever
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/honda-ad.html
got to agree on that one.......

[Jim Reaper]

No this is the best ad ever
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/honda-ad.html

While I agree that "Cog" is a bloody brilliant ad, it's lack of dancing robots just keeps it off the top spot, IMO.

[I-am-so-Johns-girl]

No this is the best ad ever
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/honda-ad.html
Sorry Roden, but I thought the ad was boring. :rolleyes: It's very clever but I lost interest. :shrug:
I think the dancing car ROCKS! :yes:

[ItsThatGuy]

The honda ad is cool, but the gimmick that trumps pop-locking transformers has yet to be invented.

[Spedoinkel]

I"ve seent he dancing car one several times and it is always awesome. Makes me more excited about the upcoming liveaction Transformers movie.

The second one was amazing. I stared unblinking the whole time.

The third one was frelling hilarious.

[Jim Reaper]

Speaking of dancing robots, this is a fabulous clip of four of Sony's latest creations performing in a dance:

http://www.g-shack.com/Media%20-%20Dancing%20Robots.htm

I've just told my girlfriend she can forget about having any children, we're getting one of those (and dressing it up in baby clothes if she wants to).

I don't think she was too happy. ;)

[mfa96]

love the dancing car.... how about this ikea one:

ikea (http://www.niteowl.tv/images/ikea2.mpg)

[I-am-so-Johns-girl]

:spew: :roflmao:

[SweetpeaAeryn]

Wow. Those are all great. The last one is hilarious!

Thanks for sharing!! :)

[Spedoinkel]

:spew:

[scrape_medic]

*snicker*

[Jim Reaper]

Just seen the new Golf Gti ad. Brilliant stuff. I love the remix by Mint Royale.

Link: http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-video/Media/video/2005/01/27/golfgti.mov


"NEW YORK (CBS) A new take on Gene Kelly's famous Singin' In The Rain scene hits TV screens as part of a new advertising campaign for Volkswagen.

One of the most iconic scenes in the history of cinema has now been changed to show Gene Kelly rapping and breakdancing to a club-mix of Singin' in the Rain. Makers of a new car advert received permission from the Gene Kelly Foundation to give the rain-soaked scene a new twist which features three break dancers and body poppers performing a number of modern dance moves against the same backdrop as the 1952 original. The original star's face was then mapped on to that of the dancers, who follow the same route Kelly takes in the street, with the aid of computer wizardry. Now the late Hollywood star appears to be somersaulting, body popping, and break dancing.

The TV and cinema advert has been made to promote the latest Golf GTI, an update of the original. The song which accompanies it is a remix of the original, created by dance music duo Mint Royale. Designers created replica streets to look exactly like they did in the film, which was set in the 1920s, and cranes were used to match the camera angles.

Volkswagen communications manager Catherine Woolfe said: "The idea behind the commercial is all about the fact that the new Golf GTI is the original Mk I, but updated for 2005. The latest Golf is seen as a classic and iconic car and we really wanted to show that in a very unusual and memorable way."

[Spedoinkel]

Okay that was alittle weird.

The head didn't match most of the time, and he looked like he was having a seizure, but it's still kinda funny.

[I-am-so-Johns-girl]

Blasphemy! :pissed: :g2f:

[Jim Reaper]

It's an interesting point though, isn't it. Is it morally right to use (or abuse) his image in this way? If the Gene Kelly Foundation (which I assume is run by members of his family) are happy with it, does that make it acceptable?

[I-am-so-Johns-girl]

Well, the Foundation can do whatever they want but I don't like the ad at all. It's badly done and creepy. :( I think Gene just rolled over in his grave. :eek:

[Jim Reaper]

http://www.absolutelyandy.com/tvadverts/ :D

[DRD 1812]

HAHA! I've seen the Toyota and Dancing car ones, but never the Ikea one. That's just priceless.

[AgentSun]

i like the gene kelly one. it does seem a tiny bit creepy but i like it.

i don't think it's a massacre of the scene, i think it's a different interpretation. i have a feeling that if gene kelly could breakdance he would.

[freckle]

THIS IS THE FUNNIEST AD IVE SEEN IN YEARS.SAW IT IN THE PICTURES RECENTLY BUT THE VERSION YOU SEE ON TV IS SHORTER.

[freckle]

http://www.clipland.com/Video/501000098/
Levis engineering jeans ad with the two people running thru all the walls...the music is fab!
How they did it
The campaign took six months to produce, and cost Levi’s £2.5 million; it is arguably the most expensive advert ever made. The narrative was first planned out three-dimensionally on computer by FrameStore and CFC, the post-production companies who worked on Walking with Dinosaurs, Walking with Beasts, and The Beach, and a vast set was then built on location in Budapest, with open doorways through which the characters were required to run.
The effect of crashing through walls and into the air was created through the use of canons, which fired dirt and cork to simulate explosions of brick and plaster. Computer generated images were then used to conceal the doorways and ‘build up’ the walls, and to enhance the explosions; the characters were added back into the frame afterwards. The closing section of the ad, when the characters burst into the open and apparently run vertically up tree-trunks, was shot on long horizontal runways against blue screens, with real branches which were later enhanced by more trees built and superimposed at post-production stage. Prior to their final take-off into the sky, the characters were wired up into harnesses to simulate flight. Easy when you know how … not.

[I-am-so-Johns-girl]

Thanks freckle :hug2: I really enjoy these groovy ads! :yes: Keep 'em a-coming! :aok:

[Jim Reaper]

The new Nintendo DS ad. :D

http://www.nintendo-europe.com/NOE/en/GB/popups/video.jsp?id=hF8J6fUdMMy-lQ69dEiQiP4v6hpSyrQh&itemDesc=articleLocal&prop=articleShared.video&index=1

[I-am-so-Johns-girl]

OMG....I almost died when he put the poop back into the dog! :roflmao:

[BritAngie]

Not sure if these are on the web at all but I have to say the current spate of Chicken and beef tonight adverts with the Panda make me laugh! It still makes me laugh when he falls out the window and goes "ow me conkers.." Hmm I guess you had to be there! :lol

[Jim Reaper]

Not sure if these are on the web at all but I have to say the current spate of Chicken and beef tonight adverts with the Panda make me laugh!


This one? (http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=20361)



Old but good. The John West fish commercial (http://www.easycall.net/fun/bear.shtml).

[malachilenomade]

Darn... everything requires quicktime and I can't dl that at work.... BUT!!! I will have my DSL hooked up (BETTER BE BY THE END OF THE WEEK!!!)

[BritAngie]

This one? (http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=20361)



Old but good. The John West fish commercial (http://www.easycall.net/fun/bear.shtml).


That's one of them yep! :D Though it's not the first in the series.. they started with being adverts about a zoo keeper keep having his dinner pinched by the pandas (or rather Norman..) because they were fed up with Eucalyptus. It was cat and mouse. (or rather panda and zookeeper) as to whether the Panda would be rumbled as the culprit. There's just something funny about a panda with a northern accent..though I can't put my finger on it! :lol

[scrape_medic]

My favorite ad du jour....enjoy

http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=22327

[Spedoinkel]

That was awesome.

[who45]

Wow...cool! I liked that one.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/Who45/good.gif

[samati75]

My current fav: ;) http://www.roborooter.com/archives/movies/Classic_Auto_1.mpeg

(please don't sue me if you have a heart attack)

[Spedoinkel]

:scare: Dammit Sam!

[samati75]

:scare: Dammit Sam!

Bwah! I warned you! lol Saw that at work a few days ago, and it still scared the dren out of me a little while ago!

[Jim Reaper]

I love Budweiser!

http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=21971

[Jim Reaper]

http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=23750 :D

Oh, and http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=19770&type=coolad

[fiona-maria]

TheBladeRoden wrote: "No this is the best ad ever http://www.ebaumsworld.com/honda-ad.html"

Agreed. Visual poetry. Stunning. Absolutely stunning.

Saw this the first time at a film festival of British adverts - the entire theatre was pin-drop quiet, and when it finished there was a heartfelt sigh of delight and pleasure, and spontaneous, unanimous applause - for a frelling ad, fercryingoutloud!

Brilliant.

[MotorWerk]

The best ads I've ever seen are those 3 3dfx commercials from '99. I've tried to google for them but can't find any sites that actually have them.

[Kurt_eh]

http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=23750 :D

Oh, and http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=19770&type=coolad
They had a making of... featurette on Discovery channel a while back.
The parking lot in the citreon ad is actually a rooftop in Vancouver that they made into a parking lot just for the commercial...

[scrape_medic]

haven't had any good ads for a while, and for some reason this one always makes me smile....I may be alone on this but what the heck..
http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=23051

[scrape_medic]

This one is kinda neat too...
http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=24172&type=coolad

[jerseygirl]

I"ve seent he dancing car one several times and it is always awesome. Makes me more excited about the upcoming liveaction Transformers movie.
Live action transformers? Not sure what I think of that. Seems like it might make them too real.

[BaseLine]

This one is kinda neat too...
http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=24172&type=coolad

Wow. Nicely done.

[Jim Reaper]

haven't had any good ads for a while, and for some reason this one always makes me smile....I may be alone on this but what the heck..
http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=23051
:lol

Wow, what a great way to do your laundry.

[Jim Reaper]

Heh. :D

http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=22158

http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=21978

http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=23280

http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=24348

[scrape_medic]

:lol

[scrape_medic]

Being a bit of an OCC fan.....I think this is funny
http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=20245&type=coolad

[Jim Reaper]

:rollin:


I want that bike! :drool: The supercharger could be fun too...:cool:

[scrape_medic]

Cute finnair ad..:)
http://www.finnair.com/web/finnair/scripts/xmas_promotion05.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1833830631.1 133623875@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjaddggikekhgcfjlcgeedfondgln.0

"See if Reindeer finds its herd"

[Jim Reaper]

http://www.thepowerofdreams.com/


Click on Discover Honda's impossible dreams, then click Skip Intro, and finally, click Watch the TV ad at the bottom of the screen. *phew*

[I-am-so-Johns-girl]

I can't get there from here. :(

[Lord Loser]

Did you try an alternate route? :P

[I-am-so-Johns-girl]

Any suggestions LL? :P

[Lord Loser]

Use an alternate route. :ewink:

[I-am-so-Johns-girl]

such as...?

[Lord Loser]

When you get to the Schlossen cutoff, stop, get out of your car, cut your Schloss off, get back in your car, and then continue on... :P

[Sycamor]

Very cool.

[I-am-so-Johns-girl]

When you get to the Schlossen cutoff, stop, get out of your car, cut your Schloss off, get back in your car, and then continue on... :P
:eek:

[Jim Reaper]

http://www.honda.co.uk/civic/


Click Watch Civic. :D

[malachilenomade]

http://www.honda.co.uk/civic/
Click Watch Civic. :D
:roflmao:

[Jim Reaper]

Gotta love those Mint ads...


http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=28029

http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=28046

[scrape_medic]

http://www.honda.co.uk/civic/


Click Watch Civic. :Dsweeeeeet....they gone done it again

[Jim Reaper]

Just found some...highly bizarre Japanese adverts. http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/6798/eyepopping6fb.gif


Ooookay... (http://www.geekland.org/funny-japanese-tea-advertisement-video/)

Er..... (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6685078570737229515&q=choco+party)

Buh? (http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/157398/)

[freckle]

The best Honda advert is the one witht the choir doing all the sound effects.Check it out.
Best viewed on broadband connection

http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=29024

[ChianaMuse]

I'm surprised this one (http://youtube.com/watch?v=4BScc2dFpJg) hasn't been posted yet. possibly the funniest one I've ever seen.

(might be a little offensive? I don't find it so though)

[scrape_medic]

I grin everytime I even here the music for this one...
Ford Focus (http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=29823)

[scrape_medic]

I'm surprised this one (http://youtube.com/watch?v=4BScc2dFpJg) hasn't been posted yet. possibly the funniest one I've ever seen.

(might be a little offensive? I don't find it so though)
I raise your screaming child with a pre-emptive strike.. (http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=28070)

[zahncrelnik]

this one is pretty good

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php

[SpeX]

Thatwasgood!
I love Goldberg devices.I wonder how long it took to set that all up?

[Jim Reaper]

Heh, these tickle me for some reason...


http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=32733

http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=32607

http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=32953

[Jim Reaper]

*Gasp*


Citroen have a new transforming C4 advert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X7PAdSfHO8&search=c4%20advert


Oh, and check out this brilliant spoof (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzO3LXX_8sw) of the recent Honda ad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=118Lh7jnHXI&search=honda%20advert). :D

[I-am-so-Johns-girl]

Pretty cool advert....but still not quite as awsome as the dancing car. ;) That one blows me away. :rollin:
Thanks for the links Jimmy...you're too sweet. :hug2:

[Zimtsternchen]

Best one I've seen last night. :D

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7068340693798425479&q=bears

[I-am-so-Johns-girl]

:spew:

[scrape_medic]

Nice.....

http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=35559