November 7, 2010
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Commercially Annoyed
I really want to beat the shit out of a baby. I mean, really just pound him into oblivion. Yeah, that's right, I've got one in mind. It's that really fucking annoying talking E-Trade baby. Come on, I know people agree with me. I've written about this before, how much I hate talking babies and animals, especially when it comes to commercials. For some reason, not only do I find this really annoying but I also find it really stupid. Fucking stupid. Seriously, who comes up with this shit?
Another annoying trend with commercials is when they take an established song and change the lyrics to fit to whatever it is they are advertising. I'm not sure when it started, but I think it was most prominent with NBC's Sunday Night Football when they took Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself For Loving You" and changed the lyrics to revolve around football. Yes, because nothing says I hate myself more than watching football on NBC. The latest one is how UPS has ripped off "That's Amore" by Dean Martin to the tune of something about logistics. Logistically speaking, it fucking sucks.
People always complain about how rappers sample songs and use them however they please. And also people complain about how Hollywood has run out of ideas and they resort to remaking movies or just making the same movie over and over but just with a different title i.e. War of the Worlds, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Independence Day, Signs, Cloverfield and now Skyline. Yeah, they are all pretty much the same movie, aliens attack Earth, humans fight back and blah, blah, blah, I stopped paying attention somewhere after the opening credits.
Is there any originality left?
Comments (4)
War of the Worlds was pretty original for its time. I think it was written in the late 1890s. But Hollywood has kind of beat the idea to death.
Yeah, that's why I listed it first, to give it its props. Orson Welles was amazing and quite possibly cinema's first genius. I've never actually seen the original or heard the radio program though, however I have seen Citizen Kane.
Oh, I was talking about the book. One of the few classics I've actually read, lol.
Agreed!