Nike Barbershop – Mario Balotelli.

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Manchester City’s controversial striker, Mario Balotelli, features in Nike’s advert for “The Barbershop”.

Mario says that he wants to be remembered, so the rather swarve looking barber proceeds to give him the cut of the legends that have gone before him. Starting with Ronaldhino’s, and finishing with Carlos Valderrama, before giving him his own trademark mohican. I can’t quite remember who the blonde ones is, I thought it was Neymar at first, but the triangle is definitely the Brazilian Ronaldo, ha.

A rather comical ad, but I don’t think hairstyles have anything to do with being a great footballer.

Anyway, Mario will not be forgotten any time soon…

MARIO BALOTELLI STORIES:

He set off fireworks in his bathroom, and nearly burnt the house down: TRUE

He went into a library and paid off everyones late fees: ?

He drove into a Sixth form school, and walked in to use the bathroom: TRUE

He dressed up as Santa in the week before Christmas, driving around Manchester giving people £20 notes: ?

He drove around Moss Side (bad area) in his £150k Maserati, with £20k on seat. When pulled over he was asked why, and he said; “Because I can”: ?

If you have any more mental stories featuring Manchester City’s number 45, feel free to leave them in the comments section below!

Redemption – FA Cup Final 2012

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Tomorrow, is the most important game of Liverpool Football Club’s 2011/2012 season. The Carling Cup was a nice addition, pulling us level with United’s trophy cabinet, and bringing us the first piece of silverware since 2006, but not only will securing the FA Cup take us ahead of United, but it’s 90 minutes for redemption.

There’s no denying it – our season has been awful. We were originally aiming for a top 4 spot of the table and into the Champions League, as far as I can tell, we’ve been lucky to stay in the top half.

Call it bad luck, call it bad finishing. There’s no excusing the lack of passion from half the players in the squad. In my opinion, that’s why so many fans are on their backs, and on Kenny’s back. But claiming a lack of passion for Liverpool Football Club on Kenny’s behalf is madness, we all know that. Continue reading →

Visa Golden Space – Usain Bolt

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I logged on today, and saw that my views over the past week have been consistently high, which is odd, because due to it being exam season, I’ve totally neglected it. The traffic has been coming through from searches for Usain Bolt. Which, coming up to the Olympics, is understandable.

I’ve seen Usain Bolt in a few Visa ads lately, most notably, the one where he is racing some guy through London to get to the stadium, just in time for the race. Ironic, because you’ll never get anywhere on time in London, not even if you’re Usain Bolt. But anyway, the advert got me thinking, about how incredibly similar it was to my proposed advert for McDonalds (it’s about half way down). Ok it’s in reverse, ok it’s not McDonalds, it’s Visa. But the concept is similar.

Just goes to show, I’m a first year ad student, but if I’m coming up with similar concepts to the agency that Visa have employed, then I must be on the right track.

 

 

Sorry Kindle, You’re Just Not That Good In Bed

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I’m going to put my bias aside for this blog post. What do I mean by bias? I’ll tell you; I hate eReaders. Hate them. What’s wrong with books? In my opinion, you look a fool sitting there reading one. Now, I read a lot of books, I love having something in front of me, that I have to bookmark, turn the pages, maybe spoil it with a coffee stain, and when I’m finished, add it to my bookshelf, it’s character, they’re collectable, and they smell great. Half of the magic is lost when it’s printed in front of you in pixels on a crappy piece of cheap plastic.

Now I’ve heard a few arguments for them, example; “they’re brilliant, they’re really light, and I have like 500 books on here”. Ok, cool story, bro. You’re only ever going to read one at a time. As far as I can tell, the only reason you’d have one, is if you’re embarrassed that you’re reading a naughty book. Yeah, that’s right, I said it. The next time you see that weird looking man with the comb over, socks and sandals, sitting on the tube, shiftily glancing around, and then back to his ebook reader, looking a little sweatier than is considered normal, you know why.

Maybe it saves weight or something, it’s not exactly a dumbbell is it?

On with it.

Usually, it’s considered criminal to mention your competitors in an advert, never mind calling them out. It’s not exactly a revolutionary idea, but it certainly has gotten one up on the Kindle, I guess. Powered by its new “GlowLight”, the Barnes and Noble’s “Nook Simple Touch’s” angle is simple; it lets you read in the dark, without the light on. No longer, will argue with your spouse over keeping them up at night, and no longer will you have to stay on the couch to read whilst they go off to bed.

So there you have it, the Barnes and Noble “Nook Simple Touch”.

There’s a TV slot too.

 

How long before Kindle do it then?

 

Ocarina Of Time – The Musical

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How awesome is this? My favourite childhood game transformed into a humorous, 8-bit, broadway style adventure.

Enjoy!

Created by Toronto based singer, actor and musician, Mitchell Moffit, and animator Chris McGregor.

Zooey Deschanel – Siri

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You may not be aware of this, but Apple have drawn a hefty amount of scrutiny over their iPhone 4s adverts involving Siri, with people claiming they’re misleading.

Well in light of their new TV spot, which follows the ever-so-talented hipster, Zooey Deschanel, as she uses Siri for various tasks around her house during a rainy day, Jason Gilbert, of the Huffington Post, decided to put the advert to the test! Perhaps to check if Apple have begun to take note…

King Kenny Dalglish

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Today is the 5th of April. There’s nothing particularly special about the 5th, but as we get on through the month, an air of sadness begins to suddenly descend on the City of Liverpool, more specifically Anfield. For the 15th will mark the 23rd anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.

Liverpool fans both old and young know of the Hillsborough Disaster, and of the metaphorical lashings the whole of the city received from The Sun. So there’s no need to go into it.

Kenny Dalglish has always been there for us at Liverpool, he has given us a huge amount over the years. To quantify; he joined Liverpool in 1977, winning 7 league titles, 3 European cups, and 5 domestic trophies. In 1986, he became player-manager, winning 3 more league titles and 2 FA Cup’s before resigning in 1991. Continue reading →