Showing posts with label subliminal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label subliminal. Show all posts
Classic Coca Cola Ads
Thursday, September 25, 2008
These classic ads have something eerie about them. There are many ways to analyze them-- from the subliminal sexual symbolism to esoteric and occult symbolism.
Look at how set up these shots are! I don't think it's just meaningless aesthetics, there is obviously a lot of thought put into staging these ads. I'm not sure what it means, but here's a little pattern recognition of some of the things I notice.
The bride/groom picture has a yin/yang, duality feel. The black male and white female shapes form an X. There is a similar X made in the image above where a woman has her arms crossed, grabbing the two Cokes. As for the duality, it is a common theme expressed in this and other advertisements, and a favorite subject of occult societies such as the Freemasons. Black and white checkerboards or motifs are especially common.
The Halloween-themed advertisement above is quite strange. It has the two Cokes like twin towers framing the shot. The woman's hands are in a mudra, a hand gesture which forms either the letter M or perhaps a pyramid if you look at the negative space.
That's it for now, feel free to post your own interpretations in the comments.
Synchromystic Analysis of Futurama - A Fishful of Dollars
Sunday, July 27, 2008
I saw Episode 6 of Futurama last night, titled A Fishful of Dollars, and I noticed quite a few synchs.
Here is a synopsis of the episode and some screenshots:
"A Fishful of Dollars" is episode six in the first season of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on April 27, 1999. The episode was written by Patric Verrone and directed by Ron Hughart and Gregg Vanzo. Pamela Anderson guest stars as her own preserved head in a jar. This episode marks the first appearance of the character Mom, the series' recurring antagonist. The title of the episode is a play on name of the film A Fistful of Dollars.[1]The whole character of Mom and her use to sell products was a major synch to me. She has a heart-shaped hair-do, her advertisements have bright pink, thus associating consumerism with receiving a mother's love. For more on this, see this YouTube video.
Fry's Nemesis: "Mom"
An excerpt from the script during Mom's advertisement follows:
MOM
Call me old fashioned, but when my
robot starts to squeak like an old screen
door well, that's when I reach for a
can of Mom's Old Fashioned Robot Oil.
BENDER
Mmm, tasty!
MOM
And remember: Mom's oil is made with
10% more love than the next leading
brand!
[She smiles.]
ANNOUNCER
"Mom", "love" and "screen door" are
registered trademarks of Mom Corp.
One of the themes was advertising, and it's revealed that in the future advertisements are implanted in peoples' dreams. When asked how this works, the professor says, "It's very simple. The ad gets into your brain just like this liquid gets into this egg," and he injects and egg with liquid from a hypodermic needle. The egg explodes on the crew, then the professor continues, "But in reality, it isn't liquid, but gamma radiation."
So, advertisers of the future use microwave devices (ala HAARP) to beam ads into peoples' dreams? Serious mind control theme here. In fact, the very next line is Fry exclaiming, "That's awful, it's like brainwashing!" The Futurama opening also says "Presented in Brain Control where available", parodying the normal "Presented in Closed Captions where available" message.
Some of the synchs I noticed were:
- The number 1077 seems prominent in the episode as Fry makes a point of saying it again and again, even though it is his "secret" PIN number. It is also the price of a cheese pizza and a large soda at Panucci's Pizza, the New York restaurant where he worked in the year 2000.
- Fry had 93 cents in his account at Big Apple Bank but 1000 years later this accrued to 4.3 billion, due to the 2.25% interest rate.
- Dialogue from the episode:
LEELA
You're Fry's relative. Do you have any
idea how he got so crazy?
FARNSWORTH
Uh, wha? Oh, yes, they say madness runs
in our family. Some even call me mad!
And why? Because I dared to dream of
my own race of atomic monsters. Atomic
supermen with octagonal-shaped bodies
that suck blood out of...
[He walks out still blabbering. Enter Fry.]
Fry has a nightmare where he is in a class on Ancient Egyptian algebra. This probably has zero relevance but my ears perk up any time Ancient Egypt is mentioned (which is quite a lot!) so I thought I should mention it.
Mom explains that they can take a slice of this DNA from a sardine ...
And combine it with DNA from third-world children to make .... Oil! Genetically engineering third-world children to make them easily "convertable" into oil that can be used by robots. Pretty blatant commentary on the mentality of profiteering capitalists who will commit atrocities in third-world countries just to get rich.
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