<![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> When will they start to make toilet paper with pix of subway trains on it? Or is that too Felini-esque?

And we really don't know if these ads work...seen 'em for years, but I don't buy what they advertise.

YourGoldKeith

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> Ah, scenes of my youth.
When I went to Rome in 2002, I was shocked that their Metro still looks like that.

Cthulhah Bankhead

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> @Hiphopopotamus: "...AND A HAIRCUT" too, please.

SW-2

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> @marvel girl: the mta trains aren't fast enough

mrincrdbl

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> @marvel girl: When I was on the shuttle that connects terminals at some airport in Austria (Vienna? Is it big enough?) they had the same sort of flip-book effect in the train tunnel. Only instead of being some kind of ad it appeared to be simply decorative, a landscape scene of cows softly grazing in an alpine meadow.

As least, I don't think it was an ad. There weren't any words or logos or anything. But: shortly thereafter I experienced the unstoppable compulsion to buy a Nutcracker and a savage quantity of chocolate. So perhaps it wasn't so innocent after all. I'm still buying Milka by the kilo, whenever I can find it.

Zorica

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> On the PATH train, there are ads on tunnel walls. They put a bunch in a row, and when the train is going fast, it ends up looking like a flip book, almost like a commercial. It's fucking crazy.

marvel girl

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> Now collecting donations to put GET A JOB in giant letters on the outside of the L train.

Hiphopopotamus

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> I think graffiti art would be nice interior decoration for subways, and then they could put the advertisements on the outside.

famousauthor

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> Why would anyone want to advertise outside of a train? To brand the cars? So, in other words, if the 4/5/6 becomes the "Continental Airlines" line, I can take my ire out for late/non-existent trains, shoddy service, etc., not only on the MTA, but Continental, too? Excellent!

overunderover

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> And above ground, we can all take heart in Taxi TV and

those really nifty Sleepy's banners hanging from the traffic

lampposts.

sailor

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> @soybomb: No. And most importantly, I'm not good at looking concerned.

SoleilMoonPie

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> @soybomb: Homeboy Sandman is my main man. Check him out yall:

[www.homeboysandman.com]

Hamilton Nolan

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> No one is going to want their brand associated with the G train. Except maybe a molasses company.

millwhistle

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> @SoleilMoonPie: but are you "cool" enough?

debord at work

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> How about talking to Corporate America and getting them to see the wisdom of hiring tag artists for all this advertising?

A win-win, if you ask me. And when the tag artists got bored, they could simply run around late at night slapping up conventional ads.

tempest

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> Next, the MTA will allow pasting little stickers on the rats.

rightbrain

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> Look for an increase in people jumping in front of the train if they have those Child Protective Services ads on the the outside. No, I am not strong/bold/calm enough to work for Child Protective Services! Please stop asking me!

SoleilMoonPie

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> has anyone checked out HomeboySandman's website yet?

i hear ANDRE 3000 WOULD APPROVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

debord at work

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> @Cheap Shot: Damn you. You beat me to it.

FitnessMadeSimple

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> My favorite ads are the Service Advisories.

Clarence Rosario

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> Have you seen those edge shave commercials with bikini girls shooting fire-hoses of white foam over each other and rubbing on huge over-size hair follicles? Subtle.

Itsjustcatnip

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> How about an Absolut-sponsored bar car? Bloody marys at morning rush, martinis on the way home. mmmm. martinis.

beppolina1

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> They can advertise Monistat for all I care provided they use the money to FIX THE FUCKING TRAINS.

sassypants

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> Those last 3 pics are kick-ass, but to have a complete return to the '70's we'll need to see some tags on the inside of the cars as well.

AuntPeniston

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> We've had this in Chicago for a while now. It's mega-classy.

apostrophina

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> @EleanorRigby: and i've found cottonelle to be a bit abrasive, so it's certainly not what i want to ponder on my commute. i hate those ads. and my brain.

Claystil

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> I fully await the Dr. Zizmor Experience train car.

Cheap Shot

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> Will this encourage people to ride on the outside of trains?

BalknChain

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> I still think those Cottonelle ads encourage subway shitting. And the bunion surgery ads increase subway vomiting.

EleanorRigby

]]> <![CDATA[Good News: Even More Subway Ads]]> There was a time when the Voice considered subway-car graffiti to be the future of American art. Maybe the future is upon us now.

nightwatchman_flamekeeper

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