Merchandising: THE DARK KNIGHT'S BRUCE WAYNE Giorgio Armani Suits!

Ya know, most of the time when movie companies team-up with other companies for promotion they go to McDonalds or Burger King, not The Dark Knight! Warner Bros & Giorgio Armani have joined together to give Billionaire Bruce Wayne ( Christian Bale ) the finest "Hand Made To Order" business suits available! Here's an example of a real print ad inside a real fashion magazine. Personally, I think it's kinda cool.

NBA Ad Campaign Parody: There Can Only Be One

Our friend Fernando made this funny graphic with Batman/Superman as a parody of all the NBA advertisements. ( We all know that Batman would win, ha ha ). He wrote,

"I've been watching the NBA Playoffs and its "There Can Only Be One" campaign, and I created a version with Batman and Superman (Christian Bale and Brandon Routh). It will be fun to see other characters side-to-side like Batman and the Joker.

Here there’s info about the campaign,

"There Can Only Be One" is designed to bring to life the dedication, desire, and sacrifice that create the intense emotions and drama of one of sport's premier post-season events: the NBA Playoffs & The Finals. Directed by the husband and wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine), the campaign represents the depth of the entire playoffs story, and will adapt, narrow, intensify and refocus as the teams drop off and only two are left vying for the championship. The spots feature Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal speaking on "fear," and LeBron James and Kevin Garnett discuss "the dream".
P.S. – The players in the pictures are Tracy McGrady (Houston Rockets) and Rip Hamiton (Detroit Pistons)."

Advertising: FAT BATMAN For POWER HOUSE HEATH CLUB Magazine Print Ad

If you read some of the main stream magazines you might have seen this advertising already. There's a new series of print ads for the POWER HOUSE HEATH CLUB using parody illustrations of fat obese overweight superheroes. Here's one of FAT BATMAN & they have also done Superman & Spiderman too. The concept was created by the EURO RSCG Advertising Agency from New Delhi, India. The Creative Director: Satbir Singh, Art Director / Copywriter: Gurdev Singh Sidhu, & Illustrator: Gurdev Baljeet. OK, These ads have got a lot of flak because a few crybabies are upset about comic book heroes being fat...DUH! That's the point, ya morons! The idea is to get you to think about being out of shape & joining a health club! Personally I kinda like these ads & think they're both effective & kinda funny. I bet the people in message boards that are crying about these ads are over-weight losers who live in their grandparents basement. Whattya think about that? Whew! Sorry to vent but while researching this story I came across a ton of these whiners who did nothing but nick-pick about all the tiny micro-details of what is wrong with these ads & not praising them for their "advertising quality". They need to get lives. I bet most of them have NEVER kissed a girl, ha ha!