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Ice cream shooting out of a man's jeans - hm, pretty weird!
The largest real money online gambling site in the world, Pokerstars, offers one-minute glimpse of a successful life as one of its players through elliptical references to daring deeds and bold choices from a variety of individuals. The fact that it's shot in black and white adds a touch of old-style elegance. What do you think of it? Glamorisation of what can become a dangerous addiction? Or a cool ad that captures the excitement and entertainment of its subject area really well?
Every single day, 1.8 million kilograms of the UK's plastic waste is exported to other countries. In this arresting footage, titled 'Downing St Disaster', environmental organisation Greenpeace asks and answers the question: What would it look like if that exact amount was dumped on Downing Street? Located in the City of Westminster in London - hence the 'Wasteminster' parody tag - Downing St houses the official residences an... Read More
Fellow tennis legend John McEnroe makes a cameo appearance with his trademark "You cannot be serious!" exclamation as Serena Williams sees off a selection of ball-firing robots in this amusing ad for DirecTV. Attired as the superhero character Wonder Woman, the US player sets her formidable focus on overcoming the formidable-looking rogue machines, to promote the broadcast company's new streaming service of live ... Read More
When is plagiarism okay? When it's of your own work, it seems. This mesmerising, slow-mo footage featuring Kate Moss strongly evokes a 2003 music video by the same director, Johan Renck, for Swedish electronic music duo The Knife's single 'Pass This On'. In this new campaign for the Gucci Primavera collection, iconic British supermodel Kate Moss - who now has her own talent agency - lip-syncs to ‘Wicked Game’ by Chri... Read More
While there's nothing controversial in the presentation of this CBS report on the second edition of the Robot Games, most of us would agree that the subject matter raises many uncomfortable or challenging issues. The World Humanoid Robot Games took place in Beijing, China, this month in a stadium repurposed from the 2022 Winter Olympics. Many of the machines on display can now outrun and out-jump even the best real-life Oly... Read More
"Mailing your pee to AI data centers has never been easier," says this ad by canned drinks purveyor Liquid Death. It picks up on the waves of protest against the water-guzzling data centers that are spring up all over, in its own inimitable 'anti-advertising' way. "AI data centers use millions of gallons of water to cool their servers," points out the US company. "So Liquid Death, Garage Beer, and Jason Kelce are as... Read More
Embroiled in a widening controversy over use of their license-plate reader cameras, privately owned US company Flock Safety put out this emotive campaign highlighting the virtues of its technology. Automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) are used to help police with traffic offenses and other criminal activities, but have sparked public backlash over their potential and perceived threat as a surveillance tool. Not the only provider, Flock S... Read More
