OT cake stop style ramblings - adverts

PBo

just watched, in close proximity to each other, 2 adverts so irritating it actually makes me want to boycott the companies....


"I'm a PC and windows 7 was my idea...." No your not a PC, you're a c0ck, and what's original about having the idea "wow, MS should make an operating system that isn't sh1t"

"I used all my free T-mobile texts to get all my mates together for a massive jam session, it was brilliant......." No t wasn't it was sh1t.

They irritate me so much more than trite washing powder ads, because they so desperately want to be hip.....

bored today......

Stuey01

PBo wrote:

just watched, in close proximity to each other, 2 adverts so irritating it actually makes me want to boycott the companies....


"I'm a PC and windows 7 was my idea...." No your not a PC, you're a c0ck, and what's original about having the idea "wow, MS should make an operating system that isn't sh1t"

"I used all my free T-mobile texts to get all my mates together for a massive jam session, it was brilliant......." No t wasn't it was sh1t.

They irritate me so much more than trite washing powder ads, because they so desperately want to be hip.....

bored today......

Completely agree.

The really annoying thing about that f*cking t-mobile one is that every decent contract you can get has about 500 free texts a month anyway.

What would I do if I had unlimited free texts?
hmm, exactly what I do now as effectively I do already have unlimited free texts.

cnuts.

But the worst advert on TV at the moment. Nissan Quashqai, and that other tw@tty "urban vehicle" thing they do. It's not an urban car, it's a ridiculous fauxby4 shitbox.

Coriander

Stuey01 wrote:

PBo wrote:

just watched, in close proximity to each other, 2 adverts so irritating it actually makes me want to boycott the companies....


"I'm a PC and windows 7 was my idea...." No your not a PC, you're a c0ck, and what's original about having the idea "wow, MS should make an operating system that isn't sh1t"

"I used all my free T-mobile texts to get all my mates together for a massive jam session, it was brilliant......." No t wasn't it was sh1t.

They irritate me so much more than trite washing powder ads, because they so desperately want to be hip.....

bored today......

Completely agree.

The really annoying thing about that f*cking t-mobile one is that every decent contract you can get has about 500 free texts a month anyway.

What would I do if I had unlimited free texts?
hmm, exactly what I do now as effectively I do already have unlimited free texts.

cnuts.

But the worst advert on TV at the moment. Nissan Quashqai, and that other tw@tty "urban vehicle" thing they do. It's not an urban car, it's a ridiculous fauxby4 shitbox.

Did you get of bed on the wrong side this morning? Your anger is almost palpable.

Bikequin

Theres plenty of fairly shocking Ads out at the moment:

The Go Compare Adverts make me want to cut my ears off, but the worst is the new BMW advert about not creating cars but creating joy - makes me want to shove two fingers down my throat and vomit.

The one about Ford Kinetic movement "every car is designed to look likes it moving even when its not" what utter guff!!

However I must admit to having a guilty pleasure and thats enjoying the compare the meerkat/market adverts immensely.

Wallace1492

Go Compare add does it for me...... So annoyuing.... Go FLeck Off!

d21dga

Is everyone trying to be Charlie Brooker now? :roll:

Stuey01

Bikequin wrote:

but the worst is the new BMW advert about not creating cars but creating joy - makes me want to shove two fingers down my throat and vomit.

Good one! BMW's, very good cars, but hardly full of joy, more like ruthless Germanic efficiency.
Never has an ad concept been so woefully wide of the mark for the product it is advertising.

UndercoverElephant

I take your annoying adverts and raise you, "We buy any car .com". Makes me slam my head in a drawer every time I catch even the slightest snippet. I'd rather have boiling oil poured into my upturned nostrils. :evil:

Coriander

UndercoverElephant wrote:

I take your annoying adverts and raise you, "We buy any car .com". Makes me slam my head in a drawer every time I catch even the slightest snippet. I'd rather have boiling oil poured into my upturned nostrils. :evil:

I absolutely love that song and have been singing it all morning. :shock:

I know, I need a job.

UndercoverElephant

**Slams Cori's head in a drawer**

It's the only way to dislodge it!

Buckled_Rims

UndercoverElephant wrote:

I take your annoying adverts and raise you, "We buy any car .com". Makes me slam my head in a drawer every time I catch even the slightest snippet. I'd rather have boiling oil poured into my upturned nostrils. :evil:

Well, find out how much they'll pay you for your car and it's soon be "I wont sell my car dot com....I don't like getting ripped off dot com".

Coriander

UndercoverElephant wrote:

**Slams Cori's head in a drawer**

It's the only way to dislodge it!

Oi, that hurt!

And the tune's still there, it's undislodgable.

Bet it's running through your head now, isn't it?

Jay dubbleU

Meekats f****in meerkats - why do animals that come from Africa have Russian accents - so wrong

mrc1

The scripted "Oh look at how random and like totally mental I am" style dialogue in those T-Mobile adverts really makes my skin crawl.

Charlie Brooker certainly needs to give them a mention.

Coriander

Jay dubbleU wrote:

Meekats f****in meerkats - why do animals that come from Africa have Russian accents - so wrong

Brun worked on those ads, I think, he might be able to enlighten us.

SpaceBadger

Also does anyone anywhere ever refer to Pizza Hut simply as 'hut'? It's such a desperate attempt to start this off but it really hasn't happened. Desperate and annoying.

I also have to switch over when the Flora ProActive advert with Gloria Hunniford comes on, when they get told how much their cholesterol levels have dropped and they all say "noooooooo?!". Grrrrrr. :evil:

Rant over.

TheStone

Worst adverts are the govt ones.

The CO2 one, where we're all meant to feel guilty: "Does it have a happy ending?"
Makes me want to take a long flight, just to annoy them.

The drug driving one with the big eyes. Since when can a police man arrest you
for having big eyes (.... actually, they probably can now)

"Mummy, I know you're watching TV now, but me an tommy want you to stop smoking....."

Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jay dubbleU

SpaceBadger wrote:

Also does anyone anywhere ever refer to Pizza Hut simply as 'hut'? It's such a desperate attempt to start this off but it really hasn't happened. Desperate and annoying.

I also have to switch over when the Flora ProActive advert with Gloria Hunniford comes on, when they get told how much their cholesterol levels have dropped and they all say "noooooooo?!". Grrrrrr. :evil:

Rant over.

Presumably to avoid confusion with Jabba the .............

mrc1

Oh and not strictly a TV advert but deserves a special mention:

There is a James Cracknell video on a couple of Mens Health/FHM style sites where he "talks about how to be successful". He starts out by dishing out some sound advice like setting a goal, using a training plan and training with a partner etc. But then things take a serious turn for the worse when he knocks out the following as one of his tips*:

"Make sure that when you shower you don't use shower gel on your head, but that you use a proper shampoo and conditioner like Head and Shoulders, which really takes care of your scalp and leaves your hair healthy".

I know the bills have to be paid and I certainly would have done the same in his situation, but it must have taken a few takes to get that out with a straight face.

*Not an exact quote but it is near enough

Stuey01

Who is Charlie Brooker?

d21dga

Stuey01 wrote:

Who is Charlie Brooker?

Presenter of 'Screenwipe' and associated spin-offs on BBC4. He basically spends the whole episode ranting and swearing about things he doesn't like on TV. Childish but amusing!

Jay dubbleU

Jay dubbleU wrote:

SpaceBadger wrote:

Also does anyone anywhere ever refer to Pizza Hut simply as 'hut'? It's such a desperate attempt to start this off but it really hasn't happened. Desperate and annoying.

I also have to switch over when the Flora ProActive advert with Gloria Hunniford comes on, when they get told how much their cholesterol levels have dropped and they all say "noooooooo?!". Grrrrrr. :evil:

Rant over.

Presumably to avoid confusion with Jabba the .............

Or possibly the American military - they seem to go 'hut hut hut' quite a lot ?

Or certain members of the staff of Unseen University - you know who you are!

fjellrunner

For me it's the made up ingredients and stats for shampoo adverts;
'Pro-retinol B7 with peptides and microdermacides'
'Not once, not twice but three times as shiny!'
Once as shiny? WTF does that mean?

cee

adverts used to annoy the bejaysus out of me....now I either record stuff and start watching it 15 minutes in (timeshifting) which gives me an opportunity to fast forward through the ads, or if i am watching something live, use the ad break as an opportunity to make a cup of tea.

shoulder_of_orion

moneysupermarket.com
What the hell’s Peter Jones up to? Has he gone mental? First of all, he doesn’t really need the money, so you’d expect that any ad he’d be in would be for something philanthropic or worthwhile. But this just makes him look an absolute tit. What’s he doing cocking around with a shopping trolley in what looks like the drugstore in Natural Born Killers? Fcuking idiot.

Felix
I have two problems with this. Firstly, it opens with the line ‘whether your cat’s in the prime of his life or still just a bundle of fun…’. Overlooking the obvious sexism (‘his life’?), this implies that older cats aren’t fun. This is clearly not true.
A bigger issue, however, is the product’s name. ‘As good as it looks’? It looks disgusting! Is that supposed to be some sort of selling point? Do cats like disgusting food?

PBo

d21dga wrote:

Stuey01 wrote:

Who is Charlie Brooker?

Presenter of 'Screenwipe' and associated spin-offs on BBC4. He basically spends the whole episode ranting and swearing about things he doesn't like on TV. Childish but amusing!

he is the king of puerile random strings of made up swearing.....but makes me laugh!!!

Good call on the BMW. If that had completed the triumverate, I do believe that the centre of sheffield would now be shut off with an armed police response unit having cornered me in the peace gardens after a michael douglas stylee "falling down" melt down.

I have genuinely felt joy on a bike but never in a car....

And Cori - i didn't so much get out of bed as fall asleep on the couch watching crap telly, and woke up early cold, with a sore neck!

PBo

******NSFW********

brooker on advertising

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiwmYjk9ARA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik7bDGQ4uO8&NR=1

Stuey01

d21dga wrote:

Stuey01 wrote:

Who is Charlie Brooker?

Presenter of 'Screenwipe' and associated spin-offs on BBC4. He basically spends the whole episode ranting and swearing about things he doesn't like on TV. Childish but amusing!

Sounds good. I shall sky+ it immediately.

will3

Ahhhhh tv hasn't been switched on for 3 months now. Nice.

bails87

He does a Guardian column too. Basically the same thing as Screenwipe/Newswipe, but he ventures into real life as well.

symo

bails87 wrote:

He does a Guardian column too. Basically the same thing as Screenwipe/Newswipe, but he ventures into real life as well.

He also did TV GO Home (Look it up on the net) as well as the source for Nathan Barley king of hipsters (Who would no doubt have ridiculously styled fixie).

I hate that advert for the new TV Channel Viva. You know the one with the horse faced moron with the carigan saying "Up your Viva". How about I up his viva by smacking him squarely in a face with a spade to correct his dentistry?

Also hate glade/air freshner adverts. "My home smells so clean now" How about you do some f@cking cleaing then so it doesn't smell so bad instead of wasting oil and electric with those blo0dy plug ins planet killer. Oh on the subject of planet killing check this