This should cheer some of you up. Japan Railways released a new commercial announcing the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen line which connects Kyushu to Japan’s bullet train system. Now, what’s impressive and uplifting about this CM (Japanese term for commercial) is the ad itself and how the ad was made.
JR informed local residents that they will be filming the CM and asked locals to show up for the ad. It seems everybody heeded this call. Residents flocked the stations and many folks showed up in almost every area where the Kyushu Shinkansen train would pass by, waving banners and donning colorful outfits. The song used for the ad spot was Maia Hirasawa’s “Boom”, which made it an even more refreshing and smile-inducing commercial.
Every year, we get different types of entertainment from the Super Bowl: lead in shows, lead out shows, and halftime shows. We also get to watch commercials worth millions of dollars. If it’s going to cost you $2 million to show a 30-second advertisement that will be viewed by millions of people, then you’d better make your commercial good, right?
This year’s Super Bowl had a lot of notable adverts, including like the guy with an unhealthy obsession to Doritos, the Darth Vader-clad kid learning to wield the force, and the Groupon commercial that raised quite a lot of eyebrows. Also, we saw the new trailer for Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon. Check them out:
So yeah. The third Transformers movie promises more booms, and more giant robots displaying awesomeness in ways giant robots have never displayed before. The Groupon commercial is suffice to say, a little ill-conceived. On the other hand the Volkswagen commercial blends some serious cuteness to some serious force usage. Let’s just hope the kid doesn’t try mimicking a force choke.
Beer makes you do stupid things because the alcohol clouds your judgment. For instance, one guy attempted to swim across a lake. Fortunately, a friend dragged him back to shore half way out. Another dude walked around a party naked and then put a photo of his penis as the wallpaper of a random girl’s phone. How about the one who had his friend’s name tattooed on his butt? His male friend, that is.
Aside from not driving while under the influence, avoid making stupid bets as well. Or you might end up like this fellow in this beer commercial.