Ben Farrell

The Cancerbot 9000 project

----It is simply not politically correct for some people to fight back----

The tobacco companies have been selling cigarettes for years, when it is well known that this addictive product is the leading cause of lung cancer among other maladies.

It is no surprise that the sue happy american society would jump on the tobacco band wagon and blame them for all their problems, but what can the tobacco companies do to fight back?

Any attempt they could have made, maybe a better pro-smoking ad campaign, would be shot down with more lawsuits and just make the company look bad. So these tobacco companies are forced to lobby against their own product, paying for TV ads telling kids not to smoke.

What if the Phillip-Moris tobacco company decided to rise up above all of this, and come back with a stronger than ever pro-smoking campaign using World War II scare tactics to ensure their dominance in the tobacco market?

And what if the Phillip-Moris tobacco company had an entire army of robots to let them wreak whatever immoral havok they wanted to partake in?

----This project is the answer to those questions----

 

influences :

source:

motherjones.com - video clips and entire script of the ABC news story forced off the air by the tobacco companies

philipmorrisusa.com - leading tobacco manufacturer's website

style:

japanese sci-fi robot toys from the 1950's

the "Power Rangers" children series

an old "Flintstones" cartoon show from the 1950's - 60's where Fred and Barney fully endorse and advertise Winston cigarettes

"Terminator" - movie

"Troops" a short independent film spoofing cops, but with Star Wars stormtroopers