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Check out the unsub in this Subaru commercial

This Subaru commercial has been out for a while and it's on all the time, so chances are you've seen it.

Typically, I like unexpected casting choices. But the actors in this spot just make me uneasy.

First, the father looks like an unsub from Criminal Minds. His preternaturally wrinkled face and indeterminate age make him kind of creepy.

In contrast, the teenage daughter looks like a hot supermodel. Which make his view of her as a preschooler seem less fatherly and even more creepy.

I've always imagined this guy kidnapped the girl from her real parents when she was still very small.

Could be that I just need to stop watching Criminal Minds.

If you haven't yet seen this Subaru spot, click here to watch it.

Movie Poster: Flake & Flames

Click here to see four more movie posters with interesting illustrations.

Via IMP Awards

BMW billboard kicks Audi billboard's ass

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Personally, I think Audi doomed itself as soon as it decided to run a billboard in which its competitor's name is larger than its own.

Via Alicam's Coolinks

The most fun you can have watching a TV commercial

Love, love, love this Kia commercial.

It's got dancing hamsters and dancing transformers, set to Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO.

Fun for the whole family. Seriously. Even Grandma will keep hitting REPLAY.

Click here to watch and enjoy the full-length Kia Soul commercial.

To watch an inexplicably weird TV commercial for the Dodge Grand Caravan, click here.

Oh, ick

Via Ads of the World

Fine art-inspired illustrations from Mihai Tenovici

To see more of Mihai Tenovici work, click here.

Advertising Agency: Frank, Bucharest, Romania
Creative Director: Teodor Cucu
Art Director: Irina Chira
Copywriter: Adrian Dragan

'Darth Vader' stars in Volkswagen commercial

Click here to watch Volkswagen's Darth Vader commercial.

I would have liked this Honda spot if it didn't run incessantly

Instead, I HATE IT!

It runs incessantly and I can't get the tune out of my head. It's like a worm eating its way through my brain.

Make it stop!

Click here to watch the stop-action Honda holiday spot. I'd mute the sound, if I were you.

Pet Peeve: being asked to "join the conversation"

Obviously, I like to blog.

I also love keeping up with friends on Facebook.

Twitter I enjoy, too, although I mostly read tweets and only sporadically actually tweet myself.

So I'm on board with the whole social media thing, okay? I just HATE the phrase "join the conversation."

Typically, it's an invitation to join some sort of social media interplay. The phrase was hackneyed within five minutes of someone using it for the first time.

Here's a much nicer way to ask someone to play with you in the social media. I found it at chevy.com.

 

Dodge Grand Caravan commercial

Weird. But is it wonderful?

Click here to watch the commercial for the Dodge Grand Caravan.

More like Smartass Car

This online ad for the Smart Car made me laugh out loud.

Hello Kitty motor oil

Seriously.

Available in Japan for about $33.

Found at Jezebel

Scathing car reviews

While doing research for an automotive client, I came across a hysterical article in Car & Driver.

Reviewer John Phillips shares a list of critique sentences he wrote but ultimately deleted because they were too over the top. Click here to read the article.

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