Until we meet again :P
So I bought Chupa Chups last weekend, because why not? After a while I tried opening it but I realized I can't. Well to be fair I was playing video games while trying but still, I couldn't believe that it was so difficult to open. I notice I was dead in game because I got so distracted. I had no choice to use a knife to open it but GUESS WHAT? I still couldn't open it. It literally took me more than 30 minutes just to open a stupid candy.
This weekend, I went back to my parents' house in Gunma to celebrate my sibling's birthday. The cake and the meals my mother and neighbors prepared were delicious.
Today on my way to school I saw many high school students and that brought nostalgia to me. I miss the time when I play guitar with my band members after school, talk about stupid things and laugh. I also miss the gossip and the relationship troubles. It was an experience that I should not have for my age. However, it is the happiest time I would ever have.
Message & Reaction:
The message highlights the abundance of logos in our surroundings, which are present in our daily lives even though we often fail to notice them. I have observed numerous logos, but I struggled to recall the brand names or the significance they represent. Also It was quite humorous how they depicted Ronald McDonalds as some kind of criminal and Michelin man as a cop.
Logos I recognized:
McDonalds, Michelin, Pringles (My favorite snack), Pizza hut, Burger King, Sprite, Fanta, Dr Pepper, KFC, Dunkin Donuts, BMW
Logorama was pretty overwhelming in my opinion and i think that its one of the messages it tells. How in our modern society there are so many logos that they just go over our heads without us noticing.
Some logos I recognized were;
McDonald’s, Michelin man, Arbys , Lego, Nasa, Warner Bros, Logicool, Supreme, Apple, Bigboy, Pringles, Mr. peanut, and Puma
What it means:
I think Logorama shows how dominat brands are in our society. By showing that amount of logos we as the viewers were able to recogonize them, and it shows just how much logos we know.
some logos I notcied:
Michelin Man, Pringles, Haribo, Green Giant, McDonalds, BigBoy, Nike, Puma
The film got me like this Leonard DiCaprio meme.
This is like the logo version of Ready Player One!
There are 2,500 logos in this video. The logos that I was happy to find:Daft Punk, Apes, Nintendo, Paramount and Batman.
What's the message?
The film is about the impact these logos have in our society. They are so dominant that we tend to buy products with the logos we are familiar with which could be what the video is warning about.
Logos I saw in the video
BMW, UPS, H&M, JAL, KFC, M&Ms, BBC, NASA, SEGA, TBS, ABC, CNN, Dell, FOX, HBO, LEGO, Pepsi, Sega, Sony, UPS, USPS, Visa, Yamaha, Adobe, Apple, Audi, Canon, Cisco, Citroen, Dell, Disney, Ford, Fujitsu, Google, Honda, IBM, Intel, Lego, Lexus, LG, Mercedes, Nestle, Nissan, Panasonic, Pepsi, Philips, Samsung, Sony, Sprite, Toyota, Toshiba, Yahoo, Yamaha, Adobe, Apple, Canon, Cisco, Fujitsu, Google, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft, Nintendo, Nokia, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, YouTube, American Express, Bank of America, BlackRock, Caterpillar, Chevron, Coca-Cola, Deloitte, General Electric, Mastercard, McDonald's, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Starbucks, Target, UnitedHealth, Verizon, Visa, Walmart, HSBC, IBM, Intel, Nestlé, Nokia, Novartis, Oracle, Philips, Shell, Sony, Toshiba, Toyota, Coca-Cola, Ford, General Motors, Honda, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Samsung, Sony, Texaco, Textron, Toyota, Verizon, Walt Disney, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Samsung, Sony, LG, Xiaomi, Lenovo, Huawei, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Netflix, Spotify, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Uber, Airbnb, Dropbox, Tesla, GoPro, Oculus, Skype, Milky Way
Message
I believe the video shows the rivalry between leading companies and how companies impact our lives. Each logos can express the wealthiness of a person. For example if a person is using a Louis Vuitton bag, it shows that person has money, rather than someone using a cheap North Face bag like me.
Logos I've found in the video:
French’s, Dominos, Pringles, Sleep Inn, Pizza Hut, Ghost busters, Skippy, Taco Bell, KFC, FANTA, Mcdonalds, HAribo, WWF, MAsterCArd, Nescafé, Nickelodeon, M&M, LEVI’S, Nintendo, Lacoste, Dunking donuts, Starbucks, Bluetooth, Xbox, Windows, Evian, North face, LEGO, SNICKERS, Samsung, Disney, Nike, Universal, Pepsi, NASA, MilkyWay
What's the message:
The film shows/tells us how we are losing what makes us unique by giving too much importance to originality, and how it created chaos and an apocalypse.
The message
I think the message is the power of logos and characters in marketing. The city made of logos indicates that logos are pretty much everwhere in the world that we live in. They are on buildings, cars, food and drinks, etc.
In the video, when Ronald McDonald crashed his van, hazard symbols fell out of the vehicle. These pictograms could be a metaphor for McDonald's unhealthy food they provide. Logos are the face of the companies; they carry the companies' name and reputations, and people tend to decide whether the item is safe or not by these logos. I think this video is trying to tell us not to judge by their logos.
The logos I noticed
MSN, T-Mobile, Pringles, McDonald's, Best Buy, Kmart, Co-op, GMC, Guerrilla Games, LEGO, Energizer, Wendy's, Gorillaz, Stüssy, Pizza Hut, Billboard, Aston Martin, Bentley, Nintendo, Yoshinoya, Tamiya, Dr. Pepper, 7-Eleven, Heinz, Marlboro, Nomura Securities, Domino's Pizza, SEGA, Hard Rock Cafe, Vodafone, Michelin, Ghost Busters, Heineken, OBEY, WWF, Taco Bell, KFC, Nestle, Burger King, Sprite, Fanta, Bud Light, Bluetooth, Big Boy, Haribo, Paramount, NBC, JAL, Linux, MGM, Jolly Green Giant, RIAA (Parental Advisory), Mastercard, Audi, Hertz, Chevrolet, Smiley, Dolby, Nespresso, Dunkin Donuts, Coca Cola, Pillsbury, Nissin, Yahoo!, Nickledeon, Starbucks Coffee, Evian, Yamaha, M&Ms, In-n-out Burger, Dunlop, Denny's, Street Fighter 2, Daft Punk, MTV, Levi's, MercedesBenz, Carl's Jr., Lacoste, Batman, BMW, Sex Pistols, XBox, Chicago Bulls, Left 4 Dead, Microsoft, Lotto, Electronic Arts, Hewlett-Packard, Rockstar Games, IBM, Apple, USB, National Geographic, The North Face, South Park, Bandai, American Express, Snickers, DTS, Panasonic, Dell, Durex, Nokia, IKEA, VISA, Intel, Volkswagen, Epson, H&M (& and M were missing), Mitsubishi, Adobe, Casio, Chanel, UPS, Rolex, Google, Toyota, Yves Saint Laurent, Adobe Illustrator, Samsung, Blizzard Entertainment, Walt Disney, Nike, Universal Studio, Sony Ericsson, Tropicana, Doritos, Dole, 7up, Moutain Dew, Gatorade, Frito Lay, Lay's, Pepsi, Internet Explorer, Virgin, Nasa, Subaru, Pioneer.
Message
This video highlights the impact of advertisements in modern society, with logos often being visually appealing but superficially promoting products. This superficial approach often overlooks the benefits of the products.
Logos
T-mobile, French’s, Walker, Union Gasoline, Domino pizza, Lego, Pizza Hut, Energizer, Yoshinoya, Hot Wheels, SEGA, Seven eleven, Ghost busters, Taco Bell, Heinz, KFC, Fanta, Crunches, McDonald’s, Bic, Haribo, Big boy, Evian, Esso, Pringles, Starbucks, m&m, Nintendo, Crocs, DHL, Nespresso, Dunk-in Donuts , Levies, Colgate, Marlboro, National Geographic, The north-face, Yamaha, American eagle, Walt Disney, Samsung, Nike, Universal studio, Tropicana, Pepsi, NASA, Subaru, Milky Way, Skippy, Michelin, Ghost Busters.
The message here, in my opinion, is to inform us the overwhelming numbers of big companies' logos and the possible consequences and the conflicts they might induce. The very first thing I get from this video is that there are so many logos that can create a city. With all those logos pervaded our life, and most likely still increasing, it is hard for us to make decisions that we are truly satisfied with. In the book The Paradox of Choice, the author Barry Schwartz says that the satisfaction we get from one choice are withered by the choices we give up. In other words, the more choices there are, the less satisfaction we get, since we can not choose all options. The McDonald iconic clown, Ronald McDonald is representing the top of the business pyramid, hence his brutal terrorizing other logos. This is implying a potential conflict of big companies.
The logos I know:
Lego, Pizza Hut, Pringles, Nintendo, Ghostbusters, Taco Bell, Dr. Pepper, Diesel, McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Fanta, Sprite, Burger King, Haribo, Mastercard, Evian, Yamaha, Wendy's, Coca Cola, Adidas, Ikea, Marlboro, Michelin, Subway, Xbox, M&Ms, Levis. 7/11, Domino's Pizza, Oreo, Lacoste, Starbucks, Paramount, Bluetooth, Hollywood, Disney, Apple, Adobe, Universal, Durex, Samsung, Rolex, Pepsi, Nasa and a ton more I might missed
Today during IE Writing class, we were talking about Pokemon. Therefore, I thought I will write some things about Pokemon.
Pikachu, the most famous pokemon in the whole franchise, has some interesting fun facts you might not know. The name Pikachu is actually two Japanese words combined, pikapika (the sound of sparkling) and chuchu (the verbalization of squeaking). It's name makes more sense now, given that Pikachu is a lightning SQUIRREL. YES, Pikachu was originally designed as a squirrel.
In the first generation of Pokemon games. Pikachu has a chubby face, which in game designer Atsuko Nishida's words "At the time, I was really into squirrels, so I wanted the character to have puffy cheeks. Squirrel tails are cute... However, I wanted the character to have a lighting element, so I made it shaped like a lightning." Apparently, Pikachu's round cheek is where he store electricity, like a squirrel carries a nut.
This Saturday I met one of my “推し” in an event!!!
I chose to go to the event on that morning without thinking about how much money I had in my wallet so…
Right now I am broke …(߹𖥦߹)
Some of you guys might already know but whatever. So basically, last Friday after school, I went out with my friends to watch a movie. During my way back home I accidentally past through a NO BIKE ALLOWED TUNNEL. Then guess WHAT? I got followed by a cop (覆面パトカー). When I realized the cops rang the siren. After hearing the siren, MY HEART BEAT WENT SKYROCKETING. When the cop said "PULL OVER" I realized I screwed up REAL BAD. I just lost 6000 yen and got 2 points on my license. I just really glad that I wasn't pulled over for speeding or else my license will be gone. (P.S. I'm not gonna stop speeding and I'm really broke.)
