May 19, 2008
Metro Tunnel Ads Couldn't Save Speed Racer
Flickr contributor brownpau has been the star of the fledgling DCist Videos Pool for the past several weeks, diligently posting short videos of his travels around town for our amusement. We were disappointed to have missed his timelapse of Pope Benedict XVI's popemobile ride until it was too late, but over the weekend he added something I've always meant to try to capture on video: one of the Red line Metro tunnel ads in its entirely, this one for embarrassing box office flop Speed Racer. Not even made in Heaven advertising placement could save this particular Hollywood debacle.
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Speed Racer ain't nothing compared to the impending debacle that is M. Night Shymalan's next steaming pile, "The Happening."
These guys get millions yet I still can't get anyone to read my spec script, "Splashing in the Toilets of Love: An Erotic Thriller."
I think the tunnel ads are a jinx or a goocher - I've seen ads for tv shows that were cancelled, ads for Windows Vista, etc. Except for Target, it seems that they are cool ads for doomed products.
Thanks for the attention; for the longest time I was just sending videos willy-nilly to the DCist group without really paying attention to the Pool, so I was rather startled later on to click over and see that I was leading contributor. This will not be stopping me.
Box office flop aside, apparently one of Wachowski brothers is a brother no more. Not really expanding the brand there.