The Super Bowl for 2011 included a few good commercials. Two of them were fantastic, and by that I refer to the fact that they drew upon the genres of the fantastic, in these instances from fantasy. Here are the two standouts for TheoFantastique.
First was a commercial for the Volkswagen Passat that featured a child dressed as Darth Vader trying to use the power of the Force. This commercial demonstrates the power of Star Wars mythology that continues thirty-four years after the first film debuted in theaters and captured our imaginations.
The second was for Coke that involved computer animation and which drew inspiration from Lord of the Rings, medieval fantasy, and various fantasy role playing games. This commercial reminds us that those “freaks and geeks” of a previous generation have now moved closer to the mainstream.
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