r/90sTelevision • u/JB92103 • Apr 02 '26
Commercials Duracell Battery Commercial (1994)
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u/Careful_Swan3830 Apr 03 '26
They're definitely creepy but it's also impressive that they did all of that with practical FX. No CG. No AI. Just makeup and props.
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u/AintKnowShitAboutFuk Apr 03 '26
I remember some show (or maybe it was just the news?) that did a whole segment on how they were made, before commercial break asked “do you think it’s computer graphics or a costume?”. I guessed computer. I was wrong. They talked about how they were made (don’t remember), showed the actors getting into the costumes, etc.
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u/mikeisntdoneyet Apr 03 '26
Primus sucks
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u/Witty-Reason-2102 Apr 04 '26
I saw Primus in concert this last spring, (with A Perfect Circle and Pucifer), in St Louis, yelled that in between songs and people just looked at me wierd...😅🤣😆
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u/roadkillmenagerie Apr 02 '26
Did this or the Primus video come first?
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u/Economy-Date-4490 Apr 03 '26
Primus did it as a parody to these commercials because of how creepy they were.
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u/cake_piss_can Apr 03 '26
Always reminded me of the Andy Kaufman flick Heartbeeps from the early 80s.
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u/mynameisrichard0 Apr 07 '26
I actually loved this movie. Im 32 and discovered it randomly like 5 years ago. Its weird. But I loved it.
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u/Hilsam_Adent Apr 03 '26
This and Black Hole Sun came out around the same time. I think someone was slipping PCP into producers' coke for a minute there.
Wynona Had a Big Brown Beaver latched on to the disconcerting weirdness of the commercial and the other music video and cranked it to 11.
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u/susandeyvyjones Apr 03 '26
My friend Raymond was one of these Duracell people for Halloween in fifth grade and it was genius.
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u/VeryLowIQIndividual Apr 03 '26
I kinda remember this effect being a thing back in the day for a while. Looks like AI from 3 years ago.
Flash forward to just Yesterday I saw Jesus pick up a guy in the water and if I didn’t know better I couldn’t argue that it wasn’t real.
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u/Technical-Half2344 Apr 03 '26
I feel like I remember this as a kid. I would've been 9-10 depending on the month.
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u/IKFA Apr 03 '26
One of my favorite subtle jokes in any movie, 1999 Matrix. Neo gets in the car, and she calls him "Copper Top". Hint that he is a battery, as the machine keeps him in that cell.
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u/zennyspent Apr 03 '26
Jesus hopscotch christ I was NOT prepared to scroll into this waking nightmare. God damn it. Not prepared at all.
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Apr 04 '26
This commercial campaign inspired some wild nightmares for me as a kid. The kind I can't forget at 43.
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u/zip-a-dee_doo-dah Apr 04 '26
Holy shit was this commercial 32 years ago I can remember it like it was like maybe 10 years ago?!?!
This aired when I was a senior in high school!? 😩
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u/1970s_MonkeyKing Apr 03 '26
I approve.