A new advertisement for Call of Duty: Black Ops that debuts on TV this weekend just hit the Internet, and it’s a delicious (and deliciously un-PC) treat. Everydaypeople — a hotel concierge, a chef, a woman dressed in smart business attire — maraud through a battle zone, firing guns and tossing grenades at each other and at circling helicopters. Also in the mix: Kobe Bryant (who wields an assault rifle emblazoned with his nickname, “Mamba”) and Jimmy Kimmel (who helplessly fires a bazooka with an apt description inscribed on the side: “PROUD N00b.”) Nobody actually gets shot, and the tagline is “There’s a Soldier in All of Us,” which I’m pretty sure was also on a Soviet propaganda poster. But it’s all set to the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter,” and if that doesn’t get you in the mood to fire some fake Cold War-era weaponry, I don’t know what will!
It reminds me a little bit of the famously banned Xbox 360 ad that showed a train station full of people in a fake standoff, although this one has a much larger budget (and also replace “subtlety” with “Jimmy Kimmel firing a bazooka.”) PopWatchers, does this commercial intrigue you?
That was awesome!
The ending was epic
Can you actually play as Jimmy Kimmel?
I’ve only tried one Call of Duty game and didn’t care for it (in fairness, I think it was the first or second one, and I’ve heard the games have become ridiculously awesome since), but I’ve watched that commercial 20 times. What? I have a life! I do. Anyway, awesome, awesome, commercial. Love the hippie chick kicking in the door and the look of pleasure/rush of adrenaline on the face of her co-shooter.
call of duty black ops was an amense game. i played modern warfare 2 and desperately wanted to play this 1 my friend brought it down my house and i just couldnt get off it. awesome game!!!!!!!!!