porn again? (The Look of Love review)
It’s a puzzlement. How did Michael Winterbottom make a film this tediously conservative?
1990s
That’s My Boy (review)
This is like the evil Mirror Universe version of Ted.
question of the day: Why is 1990s nostalgia being ignored by filmmakers?
I think it’s especially mysterious when we think back on how optimistic the 90s were in a many ways, certainly compared to the despair of today.
retro ad: early 1990s cola-wars commercial
Interestingly, you cannot tell which soda this ad is ostensibly promoting until the very end.
retro ad: 1990s “What is… The Internet?” infomercial
Yes, kiddies, this used to be so incredibly cool that we thought we had finally arrived in the space-age future.
retro ad: 1990s MCI commercial with Star Trek actors
Not a single phone without a cord! Not exactly a Star Trek vision of the future.
retro ad: late 80s/early 90s? Folger’s coffee Christmas commercial
No, I just have something in my eye there at the end… I’m fine…
retro ad: 1990s Apple “The Crazy Ones” commercial
This is more recent than I usually like my retro ads to be, but today, I think I’ll break my rule.
retro ad: young Russell Tovey in a bizarre 1990s Heinz ketchup commercial
This might be the weirdest ad for anything I’ve ever seen.
watch it: AT&T 1993 “You Will” Ads
The 1993 date on these ads is a tad outside what I’d been thinking of as “retro” for Thursday’s retro TV ad web video of the day: I’d previously not featured anything newer than the 1980s. And that will continue to be the case here (for a while, at least). I’m making an exception for … more…
