verbal rhia

26th Jun 2012

$“You can try and suffocate Xavi all you like but he only needs a fraction of space to operate in and he’ll find it. Get close to Iniesta but he’ll glide away from you, while Xabi Alonso will always somehow find himself as the free man.” Continue reading… My other half is one of the most clued up guys I know when it comes to football, so recently, I convinced him to impart his wisdom on the blogosphere. Obviously I’m going to plug it… but it’s actually really bloody good. He’s been getting retweets from newspaper editors already! Ahead of the Spain vs Portugal Euro 2012 semi-final, his piece calling on teams to shake up the way they play against Spain is a definite must-read. Do it.$

“You can try and suffocate Xavi all you like but he only needs a fraction of space to operate in and he’ll find it. Get close to Iniesta but he’ll glide away from you, while Xabi Alonso will always somehow find himself as the free man.” Continue reading…

My other half is one of the most clued up guys I know when it comes to football, so recently, I convinced him to impart his wisdom on the blogosphere. Obviously I’m going to plug it… but it’s actually really bloody good. He’s been getting retweets from newspaper editors already! Ahead of the Spain vs Portugal Euro 2012 semi-final, his piece calling on teams to shake up the way they play against Spain is a definite must-read. Do it.

26th Jun 2012 | 3,126 notes

did this move in my living room many times…

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17th Jun 2012 | 3 notes

The Wire: The Musical

This is brilliant. I want them to actually make it!

Funny or Die gathered some of the cast from The Wire (Omar, Bubbles, Snoop, Keema, D’Angelo) to make a spoof trailer for the musical. It won’t make sense if you’ve not seen the show…

14th May 2012 | 1 note

Rediscover the sci-fi ads directed by Ridley Scott

Image: Prometheus

“Sir Ridley was part of the small group of British directors who cut their teeth in commercials in the 60s and 70s, crossed over into features and conquered Hollywood - but who were always prepared to come back to advertising, their first calling. - D&AD CEO, Tim Lindsay on Ridley Scott.

As the Hollywood director makes his long awaited return to the sci-fi genre with Prometheus, I revisit some of Ridley Scott’s ‘future noir’ commercial work (for indie ad mag Lürzer’s Archive). Read it here.

Image: The atmospherics and ‘future noire’ themes of ‘Alien’ (1979) and ‘Blade Runner’ (1982) are reworked for Apple’s dystopian “1984” directed by Ridley Scott.

..the man who took home the coveted Academy Award for Best Director was French film director, producer and screenwriter, Michel Hazanavicius. Before directing feature films, Hazanavicius directed commercials for clients such as Reebok and Bouygues Telecom. He was featured in Lürzer’s Archive (Vol. 4/1999) for his spots for Air Liberté, “L’Hostess” and “Le Rideau” (“The Hostess” and “The Curtain”), which spoofed the notion of other airlines’ poor service.

Video: “The Hostess” for Air Liberté, 1999, directed by Michel Hazanavicius