The part of the commercial that will send up red flags for gamers, and we can't help but laugh about, is when Kidman goes, "Scissors ... scissors!" Did the voice recognition software not understand her (if they were just filming her play the game)? Did they give her an Australian version of Brain Training for her accent? The absurd fun of Brain Age barely recognizing the word blue is still one of the craziest parts of that game. We clearly remember with our copy saying, "Blue. BLUE! Bru? There we go." Adding sad stereotypes to software is never good.
The beauty of Kidman, the brilliance of DS marketing
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Jun 26th 2007 6:33PM
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The part of the commercial that will send up red flags for gamers, and we can't help but laugh about, is when Kidman goes, "Scissors ... scissors!" Did the voice recognition software not understand her (if they were just filming her play the game)? Did they give her an Australian version of Brain Training for her accent? The absurd fun of Brain Age barely recognizing the word blue is still one of the craziest parts of that game. We clearly remember with our copy saying, "Blue. BLUE! Bru? There we go." Adding sad stereotypes to software is never good.
Reader Comments (29)
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 6:38PM (Unverified) said
Is she left handed or something?
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 6:44PM (Unverified) said
I heard the "F" of "Fuck" about to escape her lips before the second "scissors".
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 6:56PM zsavior said
I know she is 40ty and all but am I wrong to say damn she is hot?
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 7:05PM incidentally said
Scissors is the new blue.
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 7:15PM (Unverified) said
Wow, she's really lost her aussie accent.... what a shame.
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 7:24PM (Unverified) said
What a bitch.
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 7:25PM (Unverified) said
"The absurd fun of Brain Age barely recognizing the word blue is still one of the craziest parts of that game. We clearly remember with our copy saying, "Blue. BLUE! Bru? There we go." Adding sad stereotypes to software is never good."
never good? you just said it was absurd fun :p
never good? you just said it was absurd fun :p
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 7:28PM (Unverified) said
Maybe scissors just came up twice? =(
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 7:31PM Maxsunset said
Something about this ad tells me that video games are entering a brand new era... not quite sure how I feel about it yet. Its like, it's being more legitimized, and accepted, yet, it's loosing it's edge.
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 7:35PM PixelPerfect said
She has that "timeless" beauty.
Great move by Nintendo...simple ad featuring a famous actress who everyone likes.
Great move by Nintendo...simple ad featuring a famous actress who everyone likes.
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 7:35PM (Unverified) said
They should get Sylvestor Stallion... or better yet Arnold Schwarzenegger to make the next ads, now THAT would be amusing.
Oh and it should end with them destroying the DS, preferably by smashing it up against their heads.
Oh and it should end with them destroying the DS, preferably by smashing it up against their heads.
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 7:36PM (Unverified) said
They should get Sylvestor Stallion... or better yet Arnold Schwarzenegger to make the next ads, now THAT would be amusing.
Oh and it should end with them destroying the DS, preferably by smashing it up against their heads.
Oh and it should end with them destroying the DS, preferably by smashing it up against their heads.
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 7:40PM Grey Acumen said
Who's yor daddy, and wat dos he BLUE!
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 7:58PM (Unverified) said
IS Sylvestor Stallion A HORSE lolz
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 8:08PM (Unverified) said
Colin don't be scared of change.. it's gonna happen if you like it or not.. doesn't mean you won't be able to do the things you use to do.
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 8:11PM (Unverified) said
Sylvestor Stallion haha a horse... that'd make a great character for a kids cartoon movie.
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 8:22PM (Unverified) said
I would fuck the shit out of her. And maybe play some brain age afterwards.
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 8:25PM (Unverified) said
"Did the voice recognition software not understand her?"
An image of scissors came up on the screen, and she said "Scissors" several times before remembering that she was supposed to say "Rock," because rock beats scissors.
I don't know who to pity most...
An image of scissors came up on the screen, and she said "Scissors" several times before remembering that she was supposed to say "Rock," because rock beats scissors.
I don't know who to pity most...
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 8:29PM (Unverified) said
her sex age is still 22 !!!!!!!!! wOoT
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 8:33PM (Unverified) said
Yuck! She's not cute at all.
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 8:34PM (Unverified) said
Thanks to her marrage, she lives (on occasion) in my hometown of Nash-Vegas, Tn.. She's obsessed with a restaraunt at one of the upscale malls, here..
Yes - shes just as hot in real life. And she's almost lost the Aussie accent. It's almost kind of a sloppy British-American mix, now..
Yes - shes just as hot in real life. And she's almost lost the Aussie accent. It's almost kind of a sloppy British-American mix, now..
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 9:30PM Smacksmackums said
She's pretty, but it's all plastic now. Her face does not move any more as it's all botoxed out. I'd love to see her and Marcia Cross in a staring contest, I bet it would last a week at the very least. Also her hair is not really that color. And sometimes after she gets her lips done she looks worse than Meg Ryan. What's with all these celebs?
Posted: Jun 26th 2007 11:55PM Altairio said
Ugh...look at those sharp knees...
Posted: Jun 27th 2007 12:33AM (Unverified) said
she looks very clean and nice in that ad. very cool i wish i didn't have to wait 2 months for this game to come to america, I also wish it didn't come out same day as Metroid Prime 3
Posted: Jun 27th 2007 2:59AM (Unverified) said
She has a little reebok pump disguised as a mole on her face. when ever her lips deflate she just pumps them back up.
Posted: Jun 27th 2007 4:22AM (Unverified) said
I'm really happy with this ad. Commercials for video games are almost always excruciatingly exaggerated, where you almost feel like turning off the TV less the actor may be swallowing his tongue.
Posted: Jun 27th 2007 7:43AM thejoemeister said
Erm, I think she just had two papers in a row, so she said scissors twice.
Posted: Jun 27th 2007 6:00AM (Unverified) said
Whoa, comment 13 almost soiled my pants.
Posted: Jun 27th 2007 5:32PM (Unverified) said
Makes my blood boil in seething rage to think that a person can sit and play a DS for a couple of minutes in front of a camera and get payed millions of dollars for it. Fuck Kidman.
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