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The slightly odd thing is that this purple candy guy, a part of a special Transformers-brand M&M ad campaign, looks like Bay. Right down to the beard follicles. Well, not so odd, I suppose. Why haven't the M&M marketers devised a software that takes anyone's photo and turns it into a little M&M peanut image? Americans need more ways to waste their time and money.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on June 9, 2009 at 11:10 AM
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Rich S.
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This campaign has been going on for quite awhile. There is a section on the M&M's website where you can create your own character.
Posted by Rich S.
at June 9, 2009 11:23 AM
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JeffK
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Ha. I just saw one of these yesterday in a local store, except it was some nascar driver's face transplanted on to an M&M. I came to the same conclusion, it looks strange and way too creepy for a candy advertisement. It's the lack of caricature that makes them look so off. Who would've guessed that the "uncanny valley" would apply to something as unrealistic as a walking piece of candy?
Posted by JeffK
at June 9, 2009 11:42 AM
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Geoff
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I really want to see a Jack Nicholson M&M.
Posted by Geoff
at June 9, 2009 12:15 PM
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Stringer Bell
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I always wanted to call Bay a 'Peanut-Head'. Thanx M&Ms!
Posted by Stringer Bell
at June 9, 2009 12:18 PM
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Colin
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If Bay finds anymore ways to sellout it will be a goddamn miracle.
Posted by Colin
at June 9, 2009 12:20 PM
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KC
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This is the least appealing advertising for a foodstuff I can remember, even the Quizno's commercials about having sex with a toaster oven are a cut above. I seriously don't think I've had an M&M since I saw Brad Garrett in anthropomorphic candy form
Posted by KC
at June 9, 2009 12:56 PM
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mccool
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By the tone of your last sentence, Jeff, are you suggesting an online M&M face-morphing tool would have less social value and would be more of a distraction than a discussion about the box office take for The Hangover?
Posted by mccool
at June 9, 2009 1:05 PM
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MilkMan
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I have been coming to this site for the last few years and for the life of me I cannot figure out why some of you come here to harass Mr. Wells. I don't get it. If you don't like him and his ideas (and his politics), why don't you go to another site? It's kind of perverse, and not in a good way, either. I'm just saying. You're free to troll whatever sites you want, but still, why?
Posted by MilkMan
at June 9, 2009 1:15 PM
comment #9
moviemaniac2002
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Never a more perceptive portrait of both the
artist and his work....tiny, with a deceptively
hard shell covering a equally tiny portion of
meltable candy mush.
Posted by moviemaniac2002
at June 9, 2009 1:16 PM
comment #10
mccool
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harrass? or share the opinion that box office talk is boring? I'm obviously entertained by most of what Jeff posts, otherwise i wouldn't come here. Am I not allowed to dissent over box office blather?
Posted by mccool
at June 9, 2009 1:27 PM
comment #11
Stringer Bell
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Jeff's our hero, but its because he writes about 'left over cake in his jacket pocket' and his 'bed & breakfast leaving hat' and his 'fat neighbor downstairs' and his 'A+ lady conquests' that we tend to bust his balls on occasion.
Posted by Stringer Bell
at June 9, 2009 1:36 PM
comment #12
MilkMan
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I wasn't talking to you, McCool.
Posted by MilkMan
at June 9, 2009 1:36 PM
comment #13
BurmaShave
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Isn't purple the female M&M?
Posted by BurmaShave
at June 9, 2009 1:38 PM
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Carl Kolchak
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That looks like something H.P. Lovecraft came up with.
Posted by Carl Kolchak
at June 9, 2009 3:35 PM
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actionlover
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That ad campaign is further proof that "Transformers 2" is going to be the greatest move of the 21st Century.
Posted by actionlover
at June 9, 2009 3:35 PM
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CitizenKanedforChewingGum
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Oh my Gaaawd...
Posted by CitizenKanedforChewingGum
at June 9, 2009 5:00 PM
comment #17
actionmam
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I just jizzed in my pants
Michael Bay is insanely talented even as a cartoon!
Posted by actionmam
at June 9, 2009 6:40 PM
comment #18
COCO
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''You make me want to be a better M&M.''
Posted by COCO
at June 10, 2009 4:41 AM
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