Archive for February, 2012

Trendy Top (women’s fashion) – A Marketing Review

In the fun-filled and always changing world of women’s fashion, apparently it has been deemed fashionable to wear short shirts and low-cut jeans.

Tucking in a shirt or wearing long enough clothing to cover your lower abdomen has been deemed “un-cool.”

And now, as shocking as it may be, apparently some women don’t like it when their shirt rises, unveiling their bare skin and other secrets.  Each time they reach up, bend over, or even sit down, that shirt lifts and presents her lower abdomen to the world.

How can women prevent this problem?

Should they wear longer shirts?  How about using a belt?  Maybe it’s best for them to just accept the problem, always wear sexy underwear, and advertise their intentions with a tramp stamp.

Can anything be done to help those poor women, victims of today’s fashion standards?

Trendy Top website — www.GetTrendyTop.com

Thankfully, such a product does exist in the form of the Trendy Top.  It’s now possible to avoid having guys stare whenever you sit down or bend over.  Well, maybe stare a little less.  If a sexy woman bends over, no matter what her clothing, many guys will still check out her curves.

Trendy Top TV commercial

Let’s take a closer look at the Trendy Top and see just how it’s being presented to John Q. Public.

Trendy Top TV commercial — Oh no!  The unmentionables have been spotted!

Immediately upon sitting, all eyes are locked onto the girl’s lower back and underwear.  Some girls use this to their advantage, using clever tattoos and other sights to attract attention.  Others dislike this feature of today’s fashion. Read more…

R.I.P. Davy Jones (The Monkees)

Earlier today the sudden passing of Davy Jones was announced, shocking the music industry and his millions of fans around the world.

Born and raised in England, Davy Jones had a shot to stardom when he was cast as a member of The Monkees, a rock group formed for the TV show of the same name.  The TV show was a hit, and Davy was a star.  After the show ended in 1971, Davy Jones continued with a successful music career, touring around the world and entertaining his fans.

For me, The Monkees was ahead of my time.  I learned of the group while watching old re-runs of the show back in the mid 1980s.  But thanks to my parents’ obsession with oldies and taking my brother and I to the oldie concerts, I had the opportunity to see Davy Jones perform live on stage.

It may still be seen as “corny” and “retro” music from the 1960s, but he had a lot of talent.  He also had the appearance of a straight shooter and generally decent guy.  I never heard any bad publicity about him throughout the years.

“Daydream Believer” – one of Davy’s most famous songs

Here are a few more hits by The Monkees. Read more…

New Website — Chamber of Reviews

I’m proud to announce the new website, Chamber of Reviews!

Chamber of Reviews is a spin-off of all of the book, movie and “marketing” reviews that I’ve written here at RellimZone.com.  The website has a slightly darker theme, playing more into the usage of sarcasm and disgusting themes present in some of the reviews.

Anyway, I’ve already been adding new reviews to that website.  I can safely promise that a LOT more are on the way, covering everything from even more cheesy TV commercials to a wide variety of books and movies.  Who knows, perhaps even other topics will be reviewed on the website.

For those of you who are looking for more of my “marketing reviews,” check out that site.  That’s where you’ll find the new ones.

Beware — you are about to enter the chamber . . . of reviews!

www.ChamberofReviews.com

Movie Review – Enemy at the Gates (2001)

During World War 2, the Eastern Front was primarily a tale of slaughter and carnage.

In particular, the Russian city of Stalingrad experienced unspeakable terror as the Nazis put the city under siege, hoping to break the Russian backbone and conquer the city.  If the Russian stronghold fell, then the Third Reich would be able to conquer southern Asia and all of its valuable natural resources.  The city was a battleground as the two military forces fought it out during the fall and winter of 1942-43.

Enemy at the Gates tells the story of Russian sniper, Vassili Zaitsev, from his time in the Red Army’s infantry through his climb to glory.  Along the way he loses friends in combat, battles a German marksman (Major Erwin Konig), and manages to fall in love with Tania, a local Stalingrad girl.

It’s the sniper battle with Major Konig where the brunt of the movie takes place.

Enemy at the Gates (2001) – (c) Mandalay Pictures

Upon the Major’s arrival in Stalingrad, the movie becomes a cat-and-mouse game as the two skilled hunters battle wit and strategy, hoping to catch the opponent in his sights.  Each of the snipers use his tricks to outwit his opponent, and each one nearly gets shot in the process.  Of course, one of them ultimately falls in battle.  It’s interesting though how the movie reaches that pinnacle, the very moment when the loser realizes that the battle (and his life) is finished. Read more…

EZ Eyes (enlarged, yellow keyboard) – A Marketing Review

Sitting at her computer, grandma tries to send an e-mail to her grandkids.

Squinting and staring at the keys, she fumbles time and time again.  Dang it!  She hit the wrong letter on the keyboard again!  Now there’s an error message stating that after one more typing mistake, the computer’s CPU is going to seize control and format itself, committing computer suicide.  Nooooooooooooo!

Okay, maybe computers aren’t that evil.  Yet.

In the meantime, how can grandma send an Instant Message or e-mail?  Can she type a status update without misspelling every single word?  Is there a better way for her to read the letters, apart from her getting better glasses?

Thankfully, an easier to read computer keyboard does exist.  With it, grandma can hit the correct keyboard keys and quickly become a Facebook champion.

EZ Eyes website — www.GetEZEyes.com

Say hello to EZ Eyes, an enlarged (and very yellow) computer keyboard.

EZ Eyes TV commercial

Let’s take a closer look at the EZ Eyes advertising and see just how it’s being presented to us common folk.

EZ Eyes TV commercial — “What’s this thing in front of me with all of these letters?”

Up first we see grandma as she’s apparently having a very hard time using the computer’s keyboard.  The QWERTY-style layout now common on typewriters and keyboards has been around since the late 1870s.  Most people can quickly memorize the layout of the keys.  But when a person has vision or arthritis problems, hitting the correct keys can be a bit of a problem, especially when working with small laptop keyboards. Read more…

Danica Patrick and the 2012 NASCAR Budweiser Shootout

If you watched the pre-race and most of the race coverage, this event was better known as The Danica Patrick Show.

Holy crap!

NASCAR OFFICIALS, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, STOP TALKING ABOUT DANICA PATRICK!!!

Give it a rest!

It’s bad enough dealing with those incredibly annoying and overplayed GoDaddy.com TV commercials.  For the excessive pre-race coverage and talk show with the woman, and the constant cutting to her during the first segment of the race, that was INCREDIBLY POOR!  Never before has a ROOKIE been given so much attention in the racing series.

NASCAR’s treatment of Danica Patrick is worse than the NHL and news media bending over to Sidney Crosby.  Apparently it was a big story recently when he skated again with his team.  Not played in a game, but merely skated with his teammates.

It’s time for the media to end these poster boys and girls in the sports world.  Yeah, yeah.  I know.  It’s wishful thinking, but it’s not going to end.

I could see giving Danica some coverage if she was a good driver.  But she’s not.  She had the best equipment and years of experience in the IndyCar Series, and she could only claim one win.  One!  And that single win wasn’t even against the full field of cars.  Had Helio Castroneves known that Danica was passing him for position at the end of that race in Japan, the outcome would have been different.  She’d still have that great big ZERO in the win column. Read more…

Book Review — James Rollins’s “Black Order”

Today I finished reading James Rollins‘s thriller, Black Order, a Sigma Force novel.

Before anybody questions that it’s been less than two weeks since the previous book review and Black Order is a 600-page book, let me say that I started reading Black Order almost two months ago.  I started the book, stopped reading it to read a few other titles, and then finally finished Black Order.

Does this mean that Black Order is so bad that I had to take a break?

Certainly not.

I just ran into a few different scenarios and ended up starting and finishing a few books while reading this one.  It happens at times.  Surprisingly, I still remembered quite a few details from the first part of the novel.

Black Order is part of a series of novels written by James Rollins called Sigma Force.

Not knowing anything about the Sigma Force or any other of James Rollins’ works, I took the gamble and jumped right into Black Order.  The premise on the back of the novel sounded interesting, so I gave it a shot.

The novel was well worth the gamble.

Black Order begins at the tail end of World War 2 as a group of Nazi scientists are conducting secret experiments on people.  The scientists and Nazi SS officers are on the run, desperate to escape from Eastern Europe before the Allied forces capture them.

Fast forward to today.

The brunt of Black Order begins in both the Himalayas in Nepal as well as Copenhagen, Denmark.

The action in Nepal involves monks in a monastery who have gone insane and turned to cannibalism.  The story in Copenhagen begins as a high-profile book auction in an old book store, but assassins have a different objective in mind.  Both locations ultimately send the heroes of Sigma Force into a dark and sinister plot into the world of genetic mutation and the quest for the “perfect” human being. Read more…

Groundhog Day 2012 — Early Spring For Some, More Winter For Others

February 2, 2012

One more time the country held its collective breath.  Watching, waiting for one of the most repulsive and unholy of creatures to make its annual decision.  A pitiful rodent that ranks even lower in society than cockroaches.

It sniffed the air.

It observed the crowd.

And then it spoke.

Early Spring!  (at least for Georgia)

The crowd erupted into a glorious celebration, worshiping the fabled weather rat.  General Beauregard Lee was set on his imaginary pedestal and celebrated once more.  The crowd couldn’t be happier.  Spring is officially on the way!

Well, at least the Georgia crowd was pleased.  Word has it that Punxsutawney Phil, the oversized weather rodent of Pennsylvania, didn’t quite agree with General Lee’s forecast.  Phil had doom and gloom in mind as he predicted six more weeks of Winter.

Does one groundhog’s forecast override the other?

Is Punxsutawney Phil capable of detecting weather patterns in the southeast or pacific northwest?

Does anybody really care what a giant rat predicts, especially rodents as wrong as these two?

Let’s check with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) and see what they predict for the next few months. Read more…