At work, I don't watch video. It's one of the policies I have to so I can stay focused on work. Tonight, I find myself with free time late at night for the first time in a while. There is nothing else to watch, so I'll review various items on YouTube that I pinned during my daily search routine. They are making a film version of Watchmen, one of the best comics of all time. A lot of people are a bit concerned about how they'll be able to make a movie out of the 12-part series. Yet, the producers created an interesting contest. They invited filmmakers to make commercials for the various products that you see being advertised in the fictional 1980's in which the story takes place - a world in which Richard Nixon is still president in 1985. Some of the winning entries include this one, which I thought was the best of the four shown on this post at i09 : I almost never watch anything on YouTube, but I ended up on the homepage for some reason the other night and watched
Striking down the mundane and dastardly while retaining a certain obscure turn of phrase, denoting something elusive yet concrete.