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		Jordan-117 38 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Utopian Scholastic It's not exactly the same aesthetic, but this reminds me of one of my all-time favorite ads from the period: Packard Bell's "Home" (1996): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiZcy86_L74 Kind of an "I Spy" meets "Tim Burton Batman" fever dream, ending in the kind of colorful fantasia you'd see on the cover of some Utopian Scholastic PC package.

scythmic_waves 38 days ago [–]

Wow fever dream is right! The beginning reminds me of 'Dark City' (1998):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO6ApZlxqo8

Sidenote: is that Clancy Brown doing the voice over on the 'Home' commercial?

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