Friday, March 27, 2009

Cyberpunk

1. There were quite a few futuristic things I noticed on the clip. For example I saw flying ships that didn't look like anything we have today and it was flying to a building that reminded me of the scenery of Death Star from Star Wars. There was also some scanner thing Deckard had to scan Rachel's eye to see if she was a replicant. That was pretty futuristic I think.



2. The scene created a mood that made me feel I was in a different age, an age that is far further on time where everything is advanced and technology is incredible. The film maker played the scene to make it sort of dark and gloomy, not really a happy and joyful scenery yet puts in futuristic elements to get the feeling you get watching the scene.






3. I like how the dude in the novel works for people to encode secrets for them on the computer. I also think its interesting how he gets in trouble with the wrong people and he is offered a cure but for a price. That's pretty interesting for me.






4. His name is Kano and he is from the Mortal Kombat series. Kano is part human and part robot. He is able to shoot lasers from one of his eyes and is a good martial artist. He rises beyond the level of mere brutality and aggression by also being sly and cunning. Kano is the leader of an international crime gang called the Black Dragon. His friends are the people on his side which is all evil. His enemies would be the good guys such as Liu Kang and Sonya Blade. His home would probably be the HQ of the Black Dragon. His hobbies would be being ruthless and fighting. His favourite food is unknown. His music is unknown as well.

Friday, March 6, 2009

Famous People in Advertising

A. i) I like the Pierce Brosnan advertisement on the Omega watch the most. I like it the most because it shows that its being advertised with the 007 sign and I'm a big fan of James Bond. I would be quite happy if I had a watch like that.


ii) I think the Nancy Lopez advertisement was the worst one there. I didn't like it because it looked so boring and by the first glance I wasn't interested and I would just flip the page if I had the magazine.


B. I think celebrities do deserve this kind of money from their endorsements. That's because they would rake in tons of money for their product all because they have a celebrity with a big name. More people would buy a product if somebody they know who is really famous endorses it. I would probably do the same thing.


C. i) Celebrities influence what some people buy. I think that commercials and magazines really get people into the product they are selling and the celebrities big names really help sell the product because people want to be just like them.

ii) I think there is a moderate amount of celebrities that endorse products. It looks like there is a good amount of them advertising products, not too little, not too much.


iii) I don't think that Michael Phelps should have been removed from endorsing Kellogg's. I think that it was a big mistake on his half and that he should have been forgiven and everything should be back to normal. I think that he was really stressed with all the training he had in all his years of swimming in the Olympics that he just wanted to chill and be a kid for once. That's what I think about Michael Phelps and how Kellogg's dropped him.
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iii) I chose Air Jordan because it was done by the man himself, Michael Jordan. I like the Air Jordan brand because it looks stylish and its a great basketball shoe. Michael Jordan is the best at basketball in all of time so I would definitely buy a shoe that he endorses.