Not even a month has gone by since Netflix’s decision to split their company into two separate services and already they have decided to abandon the idea of Qwikster. Why such a sudden flip-flop of executive decision making strategies Netflix? Could it be you just don’t fully understand your consumers after being a company since 1997?! Continue reading
The amount of fail that Netflix keeps building up is like the little engine that could. With the price hike in full effect at the beginning of this month, the ever so popular movie rental and streaming business has taken a turn for the worse. Of course it isn’t cheap to provide DVDs through mail or keep servers in full health day-after-day to keep you entertained, but Netflix continues to just bury itself a new grave one right after another.
Along with the price increase, Starz will not be renewing their distribution contract and Netflix will also be looking to separate into two different subscription names. Um what? It looks like Netflix can only be looking up from here right? How much worse could it possibly get? Continue reading
Anytime there is a film reference that is blatantly apparent and nerdy in advertising I am all ears and eyesballs. Ryactive, a creative agency from San Fransisco, have created a great ad selling Duck Tape which pays tribute to the 1982 film Tron.
Now I have no idea how this has slipped past any other creatives minds, but I believe this is an amazing concept. It also helps when there is a surprise cameo at the end (you don’t have to think about it too hard to guess who it is). Check out the full ad after the jump to behold the awesomeness!
With the culmination of July, we have reached the 2-year anniversary of when this little blog started back in 2009. I never would have thought I’d keep on going for this long, but hey, it’s working out quite well. Thanks to you peoples my viewership continues to rise and I am forever grateful that this is not just a waste of my time.
I believe my writing has gotten better through it and although over the past few months I haven’t posted as often as I would have liked, I see a brighter future where posts will happen daily. Thanks to a friends suggestion, I’ll be utilizing the publicizing tool more that way if I have writing binges I don’t have to post them all at once and can have new material daily! How do you like them apples?
Also if you hadn’t noticed I had finally purchased the domain name to TurnTheRightCorner.com! We’re a DOT COM now! How official. If you also haven’t noticed, I’ve also set up a Tumblr account: turntherightcorner.tumblr.com.
I know my numbers are probably miniscule compared to the millions of viewers a day that great sites like /Film, Screenrant, FirstShowing.net, or FilmDrunk achieve, but hey, I would have thought I’d be getting about 20 views a day, so that says something right? So again, thank you to the past, present, and future readers of Turn The Right Corner.
I should be pushing out some reviews from all the great and horrible movies this year as I have seen pretty much a good chunk of them. So keep your eyes peeled.
Oh! And I will get that damn header done one of these days. I promise it will be kind of cool.
Most advertising and commercials are pushed aside and never thought of again, but every once in a while you will come across a diamond in the rough that is completely unforgettable. Sometimes it is just the simplest ideas that take off and springboard conversation at your next water cooler visit. It is commercials like these that put trust in my decision to pursue a life in this industry. If I could create one unforgettable commercial like this than I know I have fulfilled my dreams. To see what I’m talking about you’ll just have to watch the video after the jump because I don’t want to give away any spoilerific details (even though the title in the embed will probably give it away… SO NO PEEKING!)
For just dollars a month, you can help those in need of relief from the recent attack to your wallet from those monsters over at Netflix. Aide those in need of both DVD deliveries and streaming video now so they can feel something in their soul again. This tragedy cannot go on and it is up to us to stop this tyrannical plot to take away our freedoms. Nothing this catastrophic should ever come to our homes again and we must help each other to make it right. Join me and Jason Alexander after the jump to watch the PSA from the Netflix Relief Fund!
I bet you never thought about what NABISCO means. How about the three M’s in 3M? Did you know that 7-Eleven’s original name was U-Tote’m until they started to open at 7am and close at 11pm? AMC Theatres were the first movie theater chain to open a multi-screen cinema, thus American Multi-Cinema was born. Do you find these facts interesting? Well all these and more can be found on BuzzFeed! So check it out!
The creative team of TBWA/Chiat/Day are no longer at the helm of the Skittles account, but that won’t stop freelancers from making their own concoction of fantastical ads for the rainbow candy. The creative minds over at Cousins, a video production company out of LA, decided to make a nice little parody of the brand that goes far beyond your A-typical “sex sells” commercial.
As the title of this post suggests, this ad is a tad unsuitable for the workplace so please take caution. Their work is in no way affiliated with the Skittles brand or Wrigley, but produced just for the sheer comedic value capitalizing on the weird tradition of Skittles ads that have taken place as of late. Watch the little diddy after the jump!
Have you missed your favorite Old Spice guy Isaiah Mustafa lately? Well fear not, Wieden+Kennedy has brought him back to duel the hairlicious Italian spokesmodel Fabio to prove who is the true Old Spice guy. While Isaiah Mustafa was probably saving baby seals with a laser gun that extracts from his chest, Fabio got it in his thick hair that he should be the new Old Spice guy. (The fact that they still label Isaiah Mustafa just as “Old Spice Guy” is pretty funny and sad.) This epic duel of man candy went back and forth this week “Baño a Baño” to settle who is the true “Old Spice guy.” And as the short viral campaign closed the true victor was declared by the people! Be sure to watch the epic battle unfold after the jump to see how it all started and who was crowned victorious!
Just like the Michael Jordan versus Lebron James argument, Jordan always winning due to his extraordinary success and talent, Harry Potter will always be better than Twilight in the same respect. CinemaBlend has created an awesome retrospective look back at the success that the film franchise has had over the last 10 years. Go beyond the jump to check out the full infographic in its entirety.
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