Who can argue with the fibre?

December 11, 2009 3:40 PM

Alien Vs. Cereal: a rather loquacious alien expounds upon the wonders of Raisin Bran Crunch.

Via Adfreak: "A chatty British alien explains how his life is so much better now that he's eating right—more Raisin Bran Crunch, less human meat and cerebral fluid—in this amusing three-minute video from Leo Burnett in Chicago. The creature looks a lot like one of the H.R. Giger creations from the Alien movie series. He even has the smaller inner set of jaws, which turn out to be perfect for eating spoonfuls of the cereal."

posted by bwg (10 comments total)

Pumpkinhead sells out.
posted by uri at 3:48 PM on December 11, 2009 [1 favorite]

Ugh. tl;dw

Look, you boring-ass alien, just eat the cereal and go mmm so we can all get back to our lives.
posted by Sys Rq at 4:05 PM on December 11, 2009

Is this a US or UK ad? I'd love me some Raisin Bran Crunch here in London.
posted by qwip at 4:22 PM on December 11, 2009

I have nothing to do with any of this.
posted by loquacious at 4:36 PM on December 11, 2009 [3 favorites]

They should totally make a Predator cereal!
posted by mannequito at 4:50 PM on December 11, 2009

Even the alien brainsuckers in Britain are boring.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 5:11 PM on December 11, 2009

Is this a US or UK ad? I'd love me some Raisin Bran Crunch here in London.

He says "garbage". So it's US.
posted by I_pity_the_fool at 5:27 PM on December 11, 2009

Also he has that fake "Spinal Tap" accent Americans do when they mimic Brits.
posted by I_pity_the_fool at 5:30 PM on December 11, 2009

Pumpkinhead with a crappy coat of paint and a random Aliens-esque mouth-tongue. Bah. You can have the sequels, but leave the original alone. That movie rocked.

I thought it would be... well, funnier. They didn't milk the material at all. Like, what, just a monster with a goofy accent in an out-of-place setting is enough to run with? Not hardly, my friends, not in these latter days of hi-LAR-i-ous Internet videos.
posted by Scattercat at 7:44 PM on December 11, 2009 [1 favorite]

He says "garbage". So it's US.

Well, then, the commercial is rubbish.
posted by qwip at 2:45 AM on December 12, 2009