Although I'm really not a fan of Netflix, I have always found their quirky ads, where movie characters represent different movies, to be at least mildly endearing:
(From Youtube user thomastate)
However, I was browsing the New York Times today, reading an article about the anti-war movement, when something leapt out at my screen and totally confused me with a mix of disgust and terror: a new Netflix ad.
To people who know the Netflix commercials, it appears to be a couple of the undead, representing a zombie movie and waiting inside your monitor to welcome you home. However, to an untrained eye, it looks like an old couple, complete with cantankerous old man and sweet old woman(?). Also, they both appear to be in a frighteningly advanced state of decomposition.
I guess the big question is: Have Netflix commercials become so ubiquitous that people will know exactly what this pic represents? Or will they just be grossed out by it?
Better yet, what do you guys think of it? Does this ad make you want to rent movies from Netflix?
[Update 1: Sighted again at CNN today:
[Update 2: I put in a cleaner image of the ad. Also, thanks to HackingNetflix for linking here. Great comment by Meg on the msg boards.]
