Cracked sells out loves Fido.
Have you heard of the movie Fido?
It's kind of fucking awesome.
And I don't just say that because the studio behind Fido is pouring its advertising dollars into Cracked.com with that custom header treatment above. I say it because the studio behind Fido is pouring a ton of its advertising dollars into Cracked.com. Seriously -- we're thinking of ordering pizzas tonight. With extra cheese.
Fido even commissioned a completely unbiased, Halloween-and-Fido-themed piece from us.
Frankly, though, if Cracked is going to sell out to corporate advertisers, it's pretty sweet that it's starting with a movie that can be described as follows:
Timmy Robinson's best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when FIDO eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof...
Hell yeah.
Hey man, whenever I try to load up pages I only end up seeing half of the site
Replyinteresting post, thanks :D
ReplyI just want you all to know that I am fully supporting Cracked and the creators of Fido by illegally downloading this movie without any further hesitation.
ReplyHaHa! Just kidding FBI!
But no...not really.
No juggadore, you're wrong,
Replygoogle ads are ok. giant banner-replacing ads with subsequent posts about how good that product is…. is totally awesome
THATS a credibility thing.
lol. You're right Juggadore, you're right. I'm pissed they sold out too.
As long as I'm not paying for the pleasure of perusing (I can't help my alliteration usage) this website, you guys are free to sell out all you want. Especially when the ads are as compact and non-flashy as this one has been.
ReplyWhen it gets to Myspace-status, jiggling banner ads that prompt me to throw up all over a penguin faster than the blonde, then I might start lighting torches.
i understand what you guys are saying. you need money to produce a product. and if you make people to pay to comment on your forums, you wouldnt make money because everyone would comment on the digg forums.
Replyi also didnt notice the ad before i read the post, which goes to say that the post points out the ad. i guess when you run an accomplished business, google ads arent gonna cut it. if only there was a way to make money and keep credibility....
hmm... maybe if you kept the ads from spilling into the material? sorry about the boo'ing earlier. i'm a philadelphian. that's what we do!
Ok this movie is one of the boriest movie i ve seen this year, everything is flat, if you want zombie humor go rent or buy shaun of the dead. Fido is bad acting, bad writing and bad directing ! Did i mention it was boring ?
ReplyBut the ad don't bother me :)
You ARE right, Mr. Bob. An unobtrusive banner advertising what might be the most important film of our generation, (that involves zombies), beats the HELL out of paying money to register on the forums.
ReplyYeah, I didn't even notice the ad until I saw this. It also beats having to pay money to register on the forums, am I right?
ReplyI know I'm totally biased as well on this, but I actually found the Fido ad refreshingly unobtrusive. Go check out what Superdeluxe has been doing to their once-beautiful site and you'll appreciate a little creativity in advertising.
ReplyJuggadore, you are totally right. We are going to go with Plan B: Charging $1,000 per article you read on the site. (But don't worry! Blog posts are just $899.)
ReplyYour bill $899.00.
boooooooooooo!
Replydude. google ads are ok. giant banner-replacing ads with subsequent posts about how good that product is.... is not ok.
its a credibility thing.