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Do Vampires Need Car Insurance? Razor? Motorcycles?
Do vampires even need car insurance?
This is kind of interesting. In an effort to promote the second season of “True Blood,” HBO launched a marketing campaign in which real brands like Geico and Harley-Davidson pretend to reach out to vampires.
“Harley offers a TrueBlood motorcycle that helps vampires ‘Outrun the sun,’” Ad Week reports. Then there’s Gillette with its “Dead Sexy” ads for its razors.
Would these ads appeal to the living dead? If you were a copywriter, how would you target vampires with your products?
According to Ad Week, “vampire brand loyalty is legendary, often stretching for a thousand years.”
Step right up, Moyerettes…True Blood begins soon
Let’s put aside the “Twilight” madness for a moment. Because the other fictional – cough, cough – vampire story “True Blood” starts its second season on June 14. Just as teenage girls are ga-ga over Edward, grown women appear to have their sights set on Bill Compton, the lead character in the HBO series. Are you a Moyerette, a Bill’s Babe, on Team Edward, or neither? The LA Times reports that the show has a largely female fan base.
What is it with you chicks and vampires???
My Greatest Dream: The Gospel of True Blood Spreads
When I say the word “Utopia,” what comes to mind?
I bet I’m not the only one who thinks of HBO’s “True Blood.” Have you seen this show? It really should be hailed as the apex of vampire storytelling because it represents the nirvana to which those of us who understand the truth about the world we live in (yes, that’s it’s inhabited by vampires) aspire. The premise of the show (and the book series from Charlaine Harris that spawned it) is that vampires and humans can finally coexist because vampires have learned to survive on synthetic blood. This is only like my greatest dream! Anyway, I bring this up because word on the street is that “True Blood” will be getting a bigger audience because it’ll also be shown on HBO’s sister channel Max now. (Guess Cinemax isn’t just for late night lovin’!). I’m all for the gospel being spread widely.
Yours in Vampire Preparedness,
Chris
P.S.: As always I welcome any and all news tips at bloodcastnewsnetwork@gmail.com.
