From what I understand, someone’s going to remake Logan’s Run soon. And when they do, I think Nike should have a tie-in ad for their running shoes. It could go like this:
Runners are trying to run for their lives, but the Sandmen are catching them and shooting them down. Oh, but there’s one that eludes them, and no matter how hard they try, they cannot stop this one runner. And this runner is wearing Nike running shoes. And the announcer could talk about how Nike running shoes have whatever advantages to help you run as if your life depended on it. And then we see a transition of the runner from Logan’s Run becoming a runner running in Central Park, and the announcer says that without exercise, our days are numbered. And the slogan is: “Nike: Run for your life!”
And then maybe the next ad could show how other runners have heard of these life saving Nike shoes, and so they all wear them to make their escape, and when they run they all get away, making fools of the Sandmen. And the shoes are so successful, the next time there’s just a stampede of runners, and they overwhelm and just run right over the Sandmen, who are powerless to stop them. And then all the Sandmen quit.
Oh, but then I guess a rival shoe company could make an ad showing the runners getting away from the Sandmen in their Nike shoes, but just then a Sandman appears wearing the rival’s shoes, and he catches and kills them all.
This is Logan’s Run, for those who are unfamiliar (It was a big Sci-Fi movie right before Star Wars, which immediately eclipsed it):
