25: Westworld (1973) - Promo reel.One can't help but feel upon looking at this promo - for the robot-festooned resort in Michael Crichton's thriller - that you're missing a bit of a lame party. The roaring twenties might have been a more engaging set-up than 'MedievalWorld', and just exactly how many nerdy technicians do you want remote-viewing you while you're humping one of Westworld's plastic prostitutes? If Crichton had seen YouTube coming, he might have rethought this particular aspect. Footage from this sequence was also used in the sequel Futureworld (1976).
24: Looker (1981) - 'Warrior all-purpose cleaner' TV spot.Without intention, we're immediately in Michael Crichton's company again for this increasingly barmy but very enjoyable techno-thriller, in which plastic surgeon Albert Finney is being framed by synthespian-creating company Digital Matrix for a series of murders on actress-models. Here we see Finney and Susan Dey enjoying a ludicrous 'CGI generated' ad for kitchen-cleaner.
23: I Am Legend (2007) - 'Batman/Superman' film.A very nice logo creates a plausible impression of a film that was subject to global rather than box-office disaster. Though thought by many to represent a Batman Vs. Superman film, the logo in the poster is the same as featured in the pair's comic collaborations. That said, look where batmanvssuperman.com resolves to...
22: I, Robot (2004) - 'The Nestor Class 5 - Tomorrow's robot today'.The ads most famous in Alex Proyas' action thriller are the implicit ones for various 'present-day' items beloved of protagonist Will Smith, most famously his 'antique' Converse All Stars trainers. But here we see a big animated billboard ad for the new Nestor 5 class domestic bots, now with added killing capability...
21: Soylent Green (1973) - "Tuesday is Soylent Green day".Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson are the odd couple getting by in their cycle-powered apartment in a future almost without food. Since most of us know what Soylent Green is actually made from, one can't help but wonder what really went into the 'Soylent Red' and 'Soylent Yellow' mentioned in this TV commercial...
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Issue: 133 | February, 2012