December 2007
12 posts
November 2007
2 posts
DewMocracy
At first glance, the Dewmocracy ad appears to be just another attempt to persuade customers to involve themselves in the creative process of product design in order to get them to purchase more products. We’ve seen this before with various other brands including Crayola to Heinz ketchup. However, companies that have done this in the past do not portray it in such an intense way. Some of the...
October 2007
10 posts
Rear Window and CSI
When comparing forensic scenes in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” to CSI it is clear that technological, individual, and professional differences are numerous while personal intentions remain the same. Hitchcock’s main character, L.B. Jeffries, suffers from a broken leg and is bored to the point of watching the lives of his neighbors. One married couple in particular arouses...
September 2007
14 posts
Nice Work Air Force
“At no time was there a threat to public safety,” said Lieutenant Colonel Ed Thomas. No threat to public safety? The Air Force lost 6 loaded nuclear warheads, then a B-52 flew with them across the country, but don’t worry. There’s no threat to public safety. Let’s forget that nuclear missiles were flying over the United States. The fact that they can be...
