Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Super Movies for DirecTV's Superhero Ad?

The latest installment is not so much a fine print of text, but small visuals. Witness this commercial from DirecTV:



What cool new movies was the superhero choosing from?

“Men in Black”? “Devils Own”? They are trying to display their capabilities versus Netflix and Blockbuster by showing movie posters from 14 ago? Granted “Alice in Wonderland”, “Bounty Hunter”, and “Brooklyn’s Finest” are more recent, but the superhero might have “School Daze” and “Look Who’s Talking Too” on Beta collecting dust in his lair. They even state in the fine print that the screen images are simulated. If they are faking it to show the titles, couldn’t they use good recent movies? Bonus points if you can name the first three movies.

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