My Favourite Ad in Ages
Oh, it’s easy to see it as a lazy nostalgia piece - “REMEMBER WHEN MOBILE PHONES WERE MASSIVE!!!??!?!” and the like. But what stops it from being just that that it’s simply superbly made - the very opposite of lazy - and there are a few shots in there that you wouldn’t necessarily expect. (The Our Price moment being my favourite.)
But perhaps best of all is the 25th anniversary logo at the end - a beautiful piece of retro design…
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- By John Hoare
- Posted on Monday, January 05 2009 @ 7:30 pm
- Categorised in Net, TV
- Tagged with advertising
- 9 comments
Yes, that is a great advert, but more importantly Virgin Airlines was formed on my first birthday!
By Jonathan Capps
January 05, 2009 @ 7:37 pm
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Wimpy!!!!
By Andrew
January 05, 2009 @ 7:51 pm
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Cylons.
By Marleen
January 05, 2009 @ 9:54 pm
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PC Andy!
Didn’t Virgin Megastores merge with Our Price?
By monkeyson
January 05, 2009 @ 11:23 pm
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Yes, I really like this ad too. There is some nice attention to detail.
What is a bit scary though is that I can remember when the world was like that!
By Choffi
January 06, 2009 @ 12:09 am
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Yeah, there’s some lovely attention to detail in there. Wonder how much it cost?
Nice that it’s a full minute and a half, too.
Full marks to anyone who spots an anachronism in there! (I’ve not spotted one yet…)
By John Hoare
January 06, 2009 @ 1:45 am
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> Wimpy!!!!
We still have Wimpy. You just need to live in the midlands.
By Karl
January 06, 2009 @ 3:32 pm
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Or Ruislip.
By Tanya Jones
January 06, 2009 @ 4:53 pm
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I couldn’t view that at work. I can only add as somewhat of a fan of 80s kitsch that was stonkingly brilliant.
By Karl
January 06, 2009 @ 11:35 pm
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