Awesome Ads

We couldn’t help but think of the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind when we saw this excellent commercial featuring two astronauts competing to be first to plant their nation’s flag on the Moon. The spot was directed by Edouard Salier for Wanda to promote SEGA’s civilization-building game Humankind.

Diamondback Bicycles worked with Juicy Studios director Mike Hopkins and cinematographer Scott Secco to create this awesome ad spot to promote its new Mission Carbon bike. The clip takes us on a wild ride down the side of a mountain as the director himself, Micayla Gatto, and Reilly Horan put the badass bike to the test.

Created by POOL inc., DENTSU, and Taiyo Kikaku Co. this Japanese commercial for the Sony PlayStation 4 is packed with creativity, with players not just dreaming about their superpowers and abilities from video games, but actually living with them.

Net Neutrality took a major punch to the gut, and its loss could mean major, undesireable changes to the way all of us use the internet. It’s a bit of a confusing topic, so Burger King decided to explain what could happen if the same thing applied to selling Whoppers.

Looking for the ultimate showdown between He-Man and Skeletor? You won’t find it here. Instead, the two Saturday morning arch-enemies put aside their differences to celebrate the cash they saved at MoneySuperMarket. Directed by The Bobbsey Twins From Homicide.

The chefs in this kitchen use some pretty unconventional ingredients, serving up car chases, explosions, angry velociraptors, and more in this awesome ad spot for TV network CANAL+. The spot uses a wonderful mix of CGI and practical visual effects.

Grant “The King of Random” Thompson shills for Lenovo’s MotoMods smartphone add-ons by strapping a Moto Z Force phone to the side of a 10-foot rocket with duct tape and a custom-molded mounting bracket, then firing it more than 16,000 feet into the air.

Animator PES‘ commercial for Google’s Android OS is a move away from his trademark stop-motion, but is still packed which charm, wit, and humor, as characters from all walks of life are replaced with finger puppets.

This amusing series of promo spots for Vietnamese TV channel Bí Kíp Sống Ảo shows us that the reality of the pictures that people post online are sometimes not what they seem. Why travel all the way to the beach when you can go to a construction site around the corner?

This student film by Dorian & Daniel is an unofficial commercial for Johnnie Walker about the bond between brothers. While it doesn’t do much to sell scotch whisky, it will give you the feels something awful.

A hilarious and explosive Australian commercial by 8Com director Josh Frizzell for the Toyota Camry highlighting the everyday battles and insanity of raising a family. Seriously, they don’t need to spend any money on a Super Bowl commercial in February, and just run this.

UK retailer John Lewis once again has bestowed us with a touching holiday ad, going for the feels with a story about a little girl who spots a man living on the Moon, and who could really use some Christmas cheer. The track is Half the World Away, an Oasis cover by Aurora.

The WorldWide Interweb has put together a fun compilation of some of our favorite celebrities in rather amusing (and embarrassing) commercial roles, before they were big and famous, and frequently, before they even hit puberty.

It appears we have an early contender for the Money Well Spent Award. We won’t ruin it but we will say that this Super Bowl commercial for new Axe Peace almost makes up for some of the many times other Axe scents sieged our noses.

If you’re sick of seeing all the perfect people in the perfect television ads this season, take a break and check out this sarcastic spoof of a popular mall jewelry store commercial. Then go out and finish your shopping.

A hilarious PSA for learning first aid from the Australian Red Cross teaches us exactly what the title says. You can’t put a Band-Aid on a bullet wound. From the same guys who taught just us how dangerous paperclips could be.

It seems over the top at times, but you’ll probably be a little more paranoid after watching this creepy ad from Belgian bank Febelfin showing the ease and the lengths at which a creeper is able to steal your identity.

A cat is sick of his dull home life, when he realizes it would be so much more fun to be a dog. An entertaining and uplifting commercial for UK mobile provider O2. Though we still have absolutely no idea what it has to do with them.

We thought LG’s elevator was some scary prankvertising, but they were just one-upped by this stunt for the UK’s THINK! campaign in which victims are reminded what can happen if you drink and drive… or wash your hands.

80’s themes, energy drinks, zombies and MJ dance moves. Now that we’ve viewed this video by itinerant party planners Matinee, it’s still unclear what we’re watching, but it may be the greatest thing ever produced. (Thanks Mike!)

Because Rhett and Link enjoy local late-night commercials, they created this one for Arlen Transmission in Burbank. It features Goorgen, the singing mechanic. Satisfaction guaranteed.

A refreshing ad from one of the world’s largest distributors of sugar and high fructose corn syrup, inspiring us to get off of our lazy butts and move around to burn off some of those empty calories. Ad by Publicis Spain.

We wish it were a tad more “authentic,” but it’s still enjoyable to watch Jeff Gordon get all bearded up and kick ass behind the wheel of a used Camaro, terrified car saleman in tow. (Thanks everyone!)