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3 Car Advertisements That Changed Advertising Forever

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It is hard to stand out among others nowadays when it comes to advertising and the motoring industry is one that it is highly competitive. In order to succeed in this specific sector you can’t get away with just driving the car round a sexy backdrop anymore, you have to do something that makes people think “wow, did that really just happen”? Here are some of the car adverts that have gotten the world talking.

 

Golf- Singing In the Rain

The reason this is such a fantastic advert and why it changed advertising forever is simply because of the controversy behind it. Half of the people that saw this advert thought it was a terrible crime against the great Gene Kelly whilst others thought it was a great bit of advertising and went out to buy a VW Golf! [Read more…]

Chewbacca Comes to Clone Wars

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Original Trilogy character Chewbacca is making his debut on Star Wars: The Clone Wars this April in the show’s season finale. The two-part finale caps the show’s third season, in episodes titled “Padawan Lost” and “Wookie Hunt.”

Bringing Chewbacca to the world of animation was a daunting task, since the character’s mannerisms and personality are so engrained in fans’ minds. So Lucasfilm brought in actor Peter Mayhew, who portrayed Chewbacca in four Star Wars films, to help add realism to their digital version. They also conducted extensive research through the Lucasfilm archives for reference materials. Mayhew even provides the character’s distinct dialogue for the show, though he never did so in the films.

Details about Chewbacca’s appearance are a closely-guarded secret, but rumor has it that the storyline ties into Chewie’s past as a slave owned by the Empire.

First Look at AMC’s ‘The Killing’

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Riding high on the success of The Walking Dead, AMC’s marketing department has kicked into high gear for its next new drama, The Killing, which is actually an American remake of a Danish hit called Forbrydelsen (which literally translates as “crime”). The Seattle-set series follows the murder investigation of a girl named Rosie Larsen from three different perspectives.

The detectives assigned to the case comprise one perspective, the victim’s grieving family is another, and the third is made up of the suspects. The twist-filled story is layered with secrets on top of secrets, most of which come from local Seattle politicians, with much more at stake in Rosie’s murder than it initially appears. Mireille Enos stars as Sarah, the lead homicide detective investigating Rosie’s death. Joining her are Billy Campbell, Michelle Forbes, Joel Kinnaman, and Brent Sexton.

The Killing debuts with a 2-hour premiere on Sunday, April 3rd. AMC clearly has high hopes for this one, having given the series a 13-episode first season order.

EW.com got the exclusive on the series’ movie-style poster, which you can view above. A pair of trailers for the show are below.

Doyle & Houdini Team Up for New Syfy Show

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Now this sounds like fun.

Historical figures Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini are joining forces for a new Syfy drama called Among the Spirits, in which the duo will solve mysteries in the 1920s. In the show, which is based on a graphic novel by Steve Valentine and Paul Chart, the two team up with a female cop to solve bizarre crimes and supernatural-appearing events with the help of steampunk technology (similar to Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes).

Syfy describes the potential show as “a turn of the century Fringe,” but it sounds more like The X-Files to me, with Doyle and Houdini filling out the archetypal roles of skeptic and believer. The show has been put into development at Syfy, which is no guarantee of going into production, but it sure seems like a no-brainer.

Valentine and Chart will write the show and produce with Daniel J. Frey.

Smallville Sets Finale Date

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I’ve always said that Smallville never had any right to be as good as it is, consistently. When it first premiered, I saw a review that described it as “a bad idea executed nicely,” and that’s stuck with me. As ridiculous as the premise is — teenage Clark Kent grows up and veeeeeeeerry slowly becomes Superman — Smallville just keeps churning out good product. And since Michael Rosenbaum left at the end of Season 6, letting the show finally ditch the melodramatic cold war between Lex and Clark, Smallville has soared, introducing more and more legendary heroes and villains from DC Comics, and putting its own distinct twist on them.

Smallville has taught us that it’s the journey that matters, because after all, how the show would end is the one thing we’ve always known. The tenth and final season of the show has raised everything to a new high-water mark, with long-awaited, rewind-that-and-watch-it-again! moments in nearly every episode.

And now, after 10 years, we finally know when it will end. Clark finally heads up, up and away for good on Friday, May 13th, with a 2-hour finale event. Here’s what the CW says about the finale:

The story of a young Clark Kent (Tom Welling) and his journey to become the Man of Steel has captivated audiences for a decade.  This final season, Clark attempts to find a balance between saving the world, which becomes even more difficult as the Vigilante Registration Act separates a nation, and spending time with his new fiancée Lois Lane (Erica Durance).  Whether it’s donning glasses as a disguise, changing in a phone booth or learning how to fly, this season has put Clark closer to his destiny than ever before.  Taking on Darkseid and battling the darkest of his demons, this two-hour event will send Clark soaring towards his birthright to secure his place in history as the world’s greatest protector.

How much you wanna bet the final episode’s title will be “Superman”?

Executive producers Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders are promising to wrap up every character and story arc while paying homage to all ten seasons of the show. They also seem to recognize the atmospherically-high expectations that fans have for the show’s final moments (I’d say with ten years to think about it, they no doubt have it all figured out).

Supernatural will be preempted on the 13th, but will return for a two-hour season finale on Friday, May 20th.