Comments on: Dexter Ad Rips Off Wired

By: net@night 64 - August 28th, 2008: Pizza Pizza | SearchcommandN

net@night 64 - August 28th, 2008: Pizza Pizza | SearchcommandN — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:44:08 +0000

[...] Dexter ad rips off Wired mag [...]

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:53:04 +0000

“F-a-i-l” fail.

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:50:16 +0000

Hmmmmm…

By: Everybody Loves Dexter

Everybody Loves Dexter — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:49:20 +0000

I think the ad is great. It’s funny and it gets your attention. They are using a play on words “hacker”

And It’s not just Wired Magazine, the series producers also spoofed GQ, Esquire and Rolling Stone magazines.

Seriously, go and watch the show it’s awesome. Just like zach said, “a badass version of CSI… on crack”

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By: Maxx Powers

Maxx Powers — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:46:10 +0000

I just started watching Dexter last week and I think it is a good show so far. Morbid & funny, what a great combination.

Erick – So now do you see why the joke is punny (get it, a pun that is funny or did I need to explain that too!)?

By: MAGAZINE COVER OR DEXTER AD: SHOWTIME BRINGS THE SHOW « Daily Marauder

MAGAZINE COVER OR DEXTER AD: SHOWTIME BRINGS THE SHOW « Daily Marauder — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:33:02 +0000

[...] in the week while reading my beloved Techcrunch, I noticed a Dexter ad which looked shockingly similar to my also loved Wired Magazine. [...]

By: Huckster

Huckster — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:25:23 +0000

LOL – TechCrunch fails so much this time. ))) Erick – if you want to write something – better double check it and make sure you know what you’re writing about

By: zach

zach — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:19:51 +0000

season 3 up and coming in a month, needless to say im excited. If you’ve never seen it, its a badass version of CSI… on crack

By: Pixel

Pixel — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:36:06 +0000

Erica…

You should spend more time learning your craft and less time “overanalyzing” the work of others.

Your website – and your “design” work – is awful.

By: Killrr

Killrr — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:13:19 +0000

Dexter is a great show and that ad is a funny play on words.

By: Phil Dalhauser

Phil Dalhauser — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:43:17 +0000

Dexter is hands-down the best show on TV/cable nowadays. If you actually watched the show, you would know that the cuts in the suit are intentional, otherwise you end up making clueless comments like “It’s a shame what he did to that suit.”

By: jovenville

jovenville — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:07 +0000

any press is good press.

By: Jingho

Jingho — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:01:03 +0000

dude…!

By: BROADCAST/CABLE « Daily Marauder

BROADCAST/CABLE « Daily Marauder — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:47:36 +0000

[...] fame) gracing the cover of a magazine that looks exactly like Wired, which is owned by Conde Nast. (http://www.tech...-rips-off-wired [...]

By: jMac

jMac — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:39:17 +0000

Blogged here: http://www.jona...ald.com/?p=1343

Wierd post, wired theme, wicked series.

By: RickM

RickM — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:12:51 +0000

John,

Wired went right wing? Hilarious!

Yeah, maybe slightly to the right of the Daily Kos!

By: pacman

pacman — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:47:14 +0000

There are some tv shows worth watching… this show is one of them… i bet they have a pretty good analysis of who is watching… so this just might be a well placed ad….

or maybe they were just having fun ….

Gruß aus Hannover

By: Erica Golter

Erica Golter — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:39:14 +0000

Overanalyzing design is my favorite! With design, each element has a psychological or implied reason for existing in any promotional creation.

There must be some question on copyright infringement here.

Analyzing the print ad as a visual aesthetic, there are may things to be said about it. I feel like the most legible area of this ad is the masthead. The blue and red clash and the white over red is definitely an eyesore.

The man on the front looks like a digital rendition of a human, rather than the character himself. It might be the lighting, but he does appear to be somewhat plastic.

The overall composition is good. I’m still questioning the hierarchy, and confused why so many different fonts are used. I can see the relevancy, but it does get a bit confusing. It just doesn’t feel unified.

The ad uses the main character only. He’s only there by himself. It doesn’t paint enough of a picture of what drama or excitement would be in the actual show. It looks very stagnant, as if he’s posing, not acting. That could have been the idea, but am I anticipating a new season premier? or a GI Joe Convention?

As I’m sure there are many positive things to be said about this TV series, I’m slightly disappointed this organization could not come up with an original identity. I wonder how the creative geniuses at Wired feel about that? The plot seems interesting. I feel like they could have put more thought into the ad.

The “all while getting away with murder.” Is this man the attackee or the attacker? It’s hard to tell with him looking like a victim of slashing himself. Also, if this guy is all mighty in staying under the radar, shouldn’t he at least appear incogneto?

I hope this comment finds you well and you find some truth in my posting.

Thanks for the entertainment. Have a fantastic week!

Erica, Graphic Designer
GolterGraphix LLC
http://www.GolterGraphix.com

By: marc

marc — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:20:49 +0000

I wannabee funny so I started thinking about how this add was meant to be and figured we should do some research and than think again about the basics and logic cause we have a large audience and everybody should be able to get it. yeah, I truly think we managed to deliver.

By: A.J. Kohn

A.J. Kohn — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:16:00 +0000

I really hope this was just comment bait. Even looking at the ad should clue someone in on the pun. That aside, there’s a thing called Google.

http://www.goog...search?q=dexter

About 30 seconds and you know the plot of Dexter.

By: Laura Hale

Laura Hale — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:57:09 +0000

The ad makes me want to read Wired because it seems to fit in enough with their content that it could be a weird commercial advertisement where Dexter paid to get the cover like that.

By: Neokrisys, tecnología y cultura geek » Promo de Dexter al estilo Wired

Neokrisys, tecnología y cultura geek » Promo de Dexter al estilo Wired — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:35:07 +0000

[...] (visto en Techcrunch) [...]

By: Shira Lazar

Shira Lazar — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:02:21 +0000

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By: Marin

Marin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:43:05 +0000

This has gotten probably more views and comments than anything else today.