Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Bad Ads Versions 1 and 2

Horrible Ads (and these are scarily similar to the billboards). You know in LA there are billboards advertising movies / tv all over. They are mainly vanity projects. I mean the stars insist they go up so they can see that the network is "doing something" about promoting their show - regardless of how crappy it will ultimately do. Well here are two of the worst. Really the worst.
Example 1: Ambulance Girl!

Hello scary picture. No wonder the husband sleeps fully clothed in bed. Would you want this wild eyed crazy woman popping up in bed next to you. As for Ms. Bates, her eyes betray the odd mixture of fear ("I have to go and face possible death"), annoyance ("God, can't they get in a car wreck in the middle of the day!") and excitement ("Maybe today is the day Denzel needs mouth to mouth").
Example 2: Just Legal

Okay, I am going to give the WB the benefit of the doubt - maybe they just didn't know what they were doing. But I was a little afraid that Don Johnson was doing gay porno when I first saw this picture. I mean come on... if that was Kathleen Turner leering at the young man getting dressed, it would be a SkinAMax event. And if that was Mary Kate Olsen getting dressed under the title "Barely Legal" - it would be a Playboy event.

And if Don Johnson was Michael Douglas and the boy was Catherine Zeta Jones, it would be a Wedding Invitation... ha ha ha.