Ralphs Baker: Chef, what topping should I put on these cupcakes?
Chef throws the baker a bag of fun-size Snickers bars
Ralphs Baker: Do you want me to …unwrap them?
Chef stares daggers at the Ralphs Baker
And that is how you make the laziest cupcakes in Ralphs.
A couple of friends found more posts about the Watchmen ad winners!
Television Without Pity has a story on the Watchmen ad, along with links to five of their favorites, including my own Ozymandias toy ad! It’s so satisfying to see people picking up on the nuances I put into the video, like the mispronunciation of “Ozymandias” by the disinterested A/V tech in the video’s pre-roll. You may also notice the copyright at the end is in roman numerals, which while not that unusual, is a touch I think Veidt would have insisted on.
The ads also showed up on sci-fi blog io9, which included four of their favorite videos — guess which familiar toy ad makes an appearance? I’m really excited that people like the ad enough to keep posting it. While you’re there, you may want to also check out a Veidt hairspray ad that is so 80s it’s almost unhealthy.
My Ozymandias commercial was picked as one of the winners in YouTube’s Watchmen ad contest, so thanks again to the people who helped as well as everyone who voted — I couldn’t have done it without your help! I’ve won a chance to have my ad shown in the Watchmen movie, and enough money to put off going back to work for at least another week.
Maybe I should put a less-poor quality version online?
File under: impotent nerd rage, big-time important stuff
I’m sorry to report that “Home Is Where The Hate Is” has been the first lame episode of The Venture Bros.
*DISAPPOINTING SPOILER ALERT*
The hilarious and edgy aside about Sergeant Hatred’s pedophilia problem alluded to in season two was blandly dragged out only in service of a couple of toothless gags. The bomb in Dr. Venture’s back, sure to unravel Sgt. Hatred’s career and also the endgame in The Monarch’s henching plans? Ends in a fizzle. Literally. I was on the edge of my seat waiting to find out what Dr. Girlfriend’s murderous moppets would do once they caught 24 and 21, or what plan the henchman would form to escape the tiny terrors, only to have the episode proper end with them still on the run. Again, no ending. It’s like the writers simply gave up 2/3rds of the way through. You’ll notice even Brock is disinterested in the episode’s proceedings.
I can accept the episodes that are light on action because they usually advance the characters, but this takes two minor footnotes (The Monarch moves into Phantom Limb’s place, Sgt. Hatred runs a by-the-book henching arching of Dr. Venture) and stretches them out into a mediocre 22 minutes. After last week’s episode — or the exceptional, mind-blowing season three opener — I know what the writers are capable of. This isn’t even close.
*END OF DISAPPOINTING SPOILERS, I HOPE*
You can buy a tee-shirt commemorating the worst episode yet of Venture Bros, but why?
I got a massive response yesterday from my friends asking them to vote for my Watchmen video and I wanted to say thank you to everyone who voted!
The voting session is now closed, and the winners will be announced on Monday. I haven’t waited on test results like this since that time in college.
So today is the official 24 hour voting period for the Watchmen contest on youtube, and I need everyone’s help. You need to go to the Watchmen page on youtube and click on ‘Vote’.
From there, search for my video by typing ‘timtoon’ into the search box. Next my video will show up; click to watch it. If you like it, please vote it a thumbs-up!
The contest is here: http://www.youtube.com/watchmenmovie
I don’t want to sound too severe, but this may be the most important vote you cast in your entire life.
Going off what’s being said about the youtube video *UNAIRED* OZYMANDIAS TOY AD!!! 1985, I’m starting to think this toy commercial is a very clever piece of viral marketing… or at least that’s what the folks at Double Viking seem to think.
Maybe the forum posters at rpg.net are right and it’s really a test shoot of the actual ad that got leaked?
I’m not sure what it is, but what I do know is the good people at WatchmenComicMovie.com put it in their top five Veidt product commercials.
They also remind you that voting is still under way for the top five ads — so get watching! Personally, my favorite is that mysterious toy commerical.
Oh, and here’s a link just in case you missed it:
After the last week or so you’d think I’m just using timtoon.com as a mirror of Topless Robot or something, but no. I’m just so excited to share the site’s breaking news, Lawrence Kasdan to Write Robotech Movie. And TR is dead-on about what makes Robotech such nerd catnip. It’s not the transforming jets or the giant alien invaders — it’s the love story.
Frankly, Macross is the greatest love story ever told (Lolita is #2). Specifically: Lisa Hayes, the captain of the most powerful spaceship in the Universe, is so infatuated with pilot Rick Hunter she washes his underwear, while Rick chases after 15-year-old Chinese tease and pop star Lynn Minmei, who pines after her cousin Lynn Kyle, who angril throws empty gin bottles at Minmei. Oh, and Kyle is the spitting image of Lisa’s dead fiancé.
The pinnacle of this is episode 28, Reconstruction Blues. You ache for Lisa diligently cleaning up Rick’s apartment on her day off while he’s out getting stood up by Minmei. How can one man be so stupid? Dude, she does your frikkin’ laundry.
*epic facepalm*
I learned another new word today:
Shambolic – adj. Chiefly British Slang
Disorderly or chaotic
As in a chaotic shambles. Gets right to the point, and is such fun to say. Thanks, Gordon Ramsay!
My Watchmen ad got a nice mention over at über-nerd site Topless Robot today in Ozymandias Action Figure with Real Bastard Power. If not for the video, check out the comments by some eagle-eyed readers.
Besides oozing self-conscious parody (it’s too low budget and chintzy to be an actual commercial), the whole thing has an early-nineties vibe. And looking past the VHS wear-and-tear effects, it’s obvious it was filmed on low-end DV, probably as a cheap way of adding to the aged look. This reeks of a studio-made viral.
I’m not at all bothered that I got sussed out in about five comments; I’m just happy to be mistaken for studio-made viral marketing!