Song from XCOM Enemy Unknown Trailer Commercial 2012

All nerds of a certain age will surely be counting the seconds until the new XCOM game is released. From all the gameplay footages I have seen it actually looks really good, I just hope that the gameplay is as fun as the original. I hope they haven't dumbed it down and kept the tactical aspects as deep as before. I can't afford to be disappointed like I was for the new Jagged Alliance again, I was so looking forward to that game as well. The song they used for the commercial also made it so epic, and just got me even more psyched up for the release...oh please be good. The music is

Mind Heist

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Zack Hemsey (from the Inception soundtrack)

Song from Carlton Draught Commercial with four guys running away from police holding beer 2012

This is such a funny commercial spoofing all those Hollywood car chases, who ever came up with the idea deserves a beer :). All the usual mandatory shots are there, the guys ramming the police into the sidewalk, escaping down a narrow alleyway, the must-have car jumping shots going down a steep road, and the classic drive down the storm drain with the cars going up onto the side. They even threw in the road block ramming and the road bridge jumping scene. Despite the hilarity of the ad maybe there is a profound hidden message here, which is "DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE", who knows if that was intentional or not. Arguably though for me, the thing that made the commercial so funny is the song, which is

Thunder In Your Heart

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John Farnham

Song from 2013 Kia Soul Commercial with hamsters dancing at the opera ballet from old time period 2012

Not sure what medication the creative people at the ad agency was taking when coming up with this commercial, but I am sure they were taking lots of it :). Or maybe they just went on a Back To The Future marathon, that's what too much Michael J Fox will do to you (just kidding I love him), actually I must say one of the hamster looks remarkably like him. Anyways, they really went all out for the customs here, the academy should really look into giving these guys an Oscar for custom designs, or perhaps best soundtrack? I love how the music transitioned from the classical opera to the dance tune, the song used is

In My Mind

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Ivan Gough and Feenixpawl feat Geogi Kay (Axwell remix)

Song from Sony Xperia Tablet Commercial with fruit ninja in the studio set 2012

Definitely one of the most creative, well choreographed and well put together commercials I have seen in a while. What is even more impressive is that it all seems to be filmed in one single long shot, which must have been pretty difficult considering there was quite a lot of stuff going on. I supposed Sony needed a good ad to help sell more of it's product considering the current state the company is in. Now we will just have to see if the Xperia Tablet will be as impressive as it's ad. The song in the commercial is also pretty cool, it is

It All Began With A Burst

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Kishi Bashi

Locations in 100% Middle-earth 100% Pure New Zealand Commercial 2012

No doubt New Zealand is one of the world's most beautiful places with spectacular sceneries, especially if you are a nature lover. This is evident in their latest tourism commercial. So for those of you who are already planning to go to New Zealand or are thinking about going after seeing the ad, and are wondering what the locations are in the commercial because you want to go visit them, I thought I will try to put a list of the places together.

1. Fiordland

2. Mount Alfred, Glenorchy

3. Waitomo Caves

4. Kerosene Creek, Rotorua

5. Onemana Beach, Coromandel

6. Rippon Winery, Wanaka

7. Donut Island, Coromandel

8. Kaikoura

9. Jack's Point, Queenstown

10. Southland

11. Lake Quill, Southland

If anyone knows anymore please let me know so I can add them to the list.

PS. The locations listed are for the extended version of the ad.

Song from Radox Commercial with stop-motion animation of a woman taking a shower in the fields 2012

I am not sure what those little white things they used in the stop-motion animation to draw the woman and the shower, maybe little stones or pebbles, well whatever it was it looked pretty nice. It must have taken ages to filmed though, especially the multicolor part with the woman dancing as she is taking the shower and the fireworks go off, imagined if it had rained during filming :(. It's nice to see Radox putting in some effort and trying something different though, rather than the typical shower gel/shampoo commercials that just get some good looking actresses to take a shower and pretending to have a great time. The song in the commercial is also nice, which is

Dancing Song

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Little Comets

Song from Mazda 6 Commercial with two people playing Cello and the car driving on the salt flats 2012

The guy and the girl playing the cellos must be pretty fit, playing the whole way through from night to day like that :). I am not sure if the stars were digitally added or not but they are absolutely spectacular, if it's real I would really want to give that place a visit someday...maybe in my new Mazda 6 :p. The design changes they have made are pretty good in my opinion. It has got a more sporty look, from certain angles it almost looks like a coupe, which is not a bad thing. The new headlights are also pretty slick. To go with the new image maybe that's why they used a hipper song, which is

All Day And All Of The Night

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The Kinks (The Cello version in the commercial is by Tina Guo )