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Rirse posted:The Pepsi ad with the really creepy looking singers on stage that freeze frame on their dead eyes is really bugging me now. Nicki Minaj makes the best crazy faces you can imagine. I'm tempted to believe she's not freeze framed in that commercial, and is just doing that because she can. 
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The latest Kayak commercial can go straight to hell. Getting your eyes dilated does not give you Superman-like vision.
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Mister Kingdom posted:The latest Kayak commercial can go straight to hell. I hate this commercial so much. Not only because it's creepy looking but because getting your eyes dilated sucks and makes any nearby light source an insta-headache laser that drills directly into your brain.
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Didn't see these mentioned on a skim-through of the last few pages, apologies if I'm treading old ground. So there are two commercials out right now for I wanna say either a phone or a retailer where you can get a phone. The premise is a parent and just-starting-college child are coming in and saying incomprehensible things about how they're gonna miss each other. Thus they need to be subtitled. There's the one with the mother and daughter, where they both start hysterically crying in short order and the subtitles are needed to interpret them. This one is incredibly awful, from the sheer combination of how unpleasant it is on a sensory level and how misogynistic the "heh, women and their hysterics" angle is. But then we've got the one with the dad and son, where they're saying incredibly terse things or even just elbowing each other and the subtitles are what they mean by those: I love you, I'm so proud of you, etc. This one's actually pretty drat heartwarming and awesome, and while it draws from the same sitcom well with its whole "men just can't talk about emotions" premise, it actually gives me all sorts of fuzzy feeling and succeeds perfectly at what it wants to do. So how does an ad campaign with 2 ads do one of them so well and gently caress the other up so badly? It's baffling.
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Because they were both written by 30-something male ad execs, so they understand all too well from both sides of the divide how a father/son relationship can be, and they don't understand women at all!
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Jun 4, 2012 03:34
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There's a subway commercial where a fireman steals another fireman's sandwich. Then he's a giant dick about it. Someone decided this wasn't annoying enough so they dubbed little kid voices in over it.
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Jun 4, 2012 05:13
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Subway just must have the worst ad firm. Their ads are so consistently annoying.
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Jun 4, 2012 05:57
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Maxwell Lord posted:Subway just must have the worst ad firm. Their ads are so consistently annoying. Do Americans get the same ones we do in Canada? With the little CG animal thing running around and everything in the commercial being either green or yellow? Or the ones with that 'FIVE.FIVE DOLLAR.FIVE DOLLAR FOOTLOOOOOOONG' song? I loving hate you Subway, so so much.
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piratepilates posted:Do Americans get the same ones we do in Canada? With the little CG animal thing running around and everything in the commercial being either green or yellow? Or the ones with that 'FIVE.FIVE DOLLAR.FIVE DOLLAR FOOTLOOOOOOONG' song? No on the former (I think), big yes on the latter. I have now come to dread the months of February and October.
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Jun 4, 2012 06:10
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Say what you will about Subway, and Subway is terrible, but gently caress Quiznos. gently caress Quiznos forever. Remember this poo poo? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PdsS01iUZs
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Gonz posted:Say what you will about Subway, and Subway is terrible, but gently caress Quiznos. gently caress Quiznos forever. Remember this poo poo? Subway ads are still worse. At least Quizos has the balls to do something weird and different once in a while. The 'raised by wolves' ad was pretty good...and who didn't have fun with the sexual oven telling the guy to "put it in" him? Also, the iPhone commercials with John Malkovich are creepy...dude comes off as a serial killer...by which I mean, moreso than usual. Though I did like the joke that Siri tells, even if it did take me a while to finally get it. "Two iPhones walk into a bar...I forget the rest." See, because she was one of those iPhones, and she got drunk. Edit: Also, Quiznos tastes better.
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DrBouvenstein posted:Subway ads are still worse. At least Quizos has the balls to do something weird and different once in a while. The 'raised by wolves' ad was pretty good...and who didn't have fun with the sexual oven telling the guy to "put it in" him? No you dummy it's because she walked into a bar. Like an actual bar not the place a bar. Then she forgets the rest because well, she walked into a bar.
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vyst posted:No you dummy it's because she walked into a bar. Like an actual bar not the place a bar. Then she forgets the rest because well, she walked into a bar. I prefer my interpretation, it's funnier. 
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Mister Kingdom posted:The latest Kayak commercial can go straight to hell. Is that Brandon Hardesty?
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Jun 4, 2012 19:35
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DrBouvenstein posted:Though I did like the joke that Siri tells, even if it did take me a while to finally get it. Actually, it's a reference to two iPhone prototype models in a row being revealed ahead of schedule due to the tester accidentally leaving them in a bar. It led to some big legal battle between Apple and Gizmodo a couple years ago, IIRC.
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404GoonNotFound posted:Actually, it's a reference to two iPhone prototype models in a row being revealed ahead of schedule due to the tester accidentally leaving them in a bar. It led to some big legal battle between Apple and Gizmodo a couple years ago, IIRC. I think the first two suggestions are much more likely. Apple isn't going to make a commercial with the joke "remember that legal battle?  "
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404GoonNotFound posted:Actually, it's a reference to two iPhone prototype models in a row being revealed ahead of schedule due to the tester accidentally leaving them in a bar. It led to some big legal battle between Apple and Gizmodo a couple years ago, IIRC. I hope it's as meta as this. (It probably isn't  )
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404GoonNotFound posted:Actually, it's a reference to two iPhone prototype models in a row being revealed ahead of schedule due to the tester accidentally leaving them in a bar. It led to some big legal battle between Apple and Gizmodo a couple years ago, IIRC. I'm not sure that reference is intentional - but it certainly is what I wanted it to be when I saw the commercial.
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Did anyone else see a Domino's ad announcing a Last Starfighter scheme to hire pizza assembly line drones? They make it seem like they are going to try to hire people based on the leaderboard of an ipad app where you make pizza according to their training manual. 
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Both of them are weird, but the new one where he seems depressed is even weirder. I used to understand commercials. Show someone that people will want to be using your product. Not creative, but simple enough. But who wants to be some lonely, sad shut-in with questionable communication skills who listens to poo poo music and talks to his phone all day? How does that make anyone want to use their product? Also, does the new one tell him to not get fat when he asks about life? Industrial fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Jun 5, 2012 |
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Real hurthling! posted:Did anyone else see a Domino's ad announcing a Last Starfighter scheme to hire pizza assembly line drones? The funny thing about that commercial is the fine print at the bottom stating that most Domino's are franchises so no, you won't get hired by playing the game.
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This new Hefty bag commercial makes no goddamned sense. What kind of contest is this? Chili holding? What? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRhlco-9HAY
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Maxwell Lord posted:Subway just must have the worst ad firm. Their ads are so consistently annoying. Anyone remember the one where they had Jared and the other guy both eating at the same restaurant. They were both making passive aggressive comments at each other. I think I remember something about it being pulled because of the sheer volume of complaints it got. mwells_cubed posted:This new Hefty bag commercial makes no goddamned sense. What kind of contest is this? Chili holding? What? It's dumb but I'll give this one a pass because watching the guy try to hold the chili makes me laugh.
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Davros1 posted:Not too long ago there was an ep of Parks & Rec where Ben gave Leslie a little stuffed animal and while he was giving it, and ad popped up telling viewers where they could order the thing. NBC has been trying to find neww ways to insert ads for years. I remember back during the 2008 same Winter Olympics, they had a couple of skiers and snowboarders show up on Las Vegas, then follow them around on 5 minute car commercial adventure in the middle of the show.
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I wasn't here to witness it but my DVR has hit the pentagram of unholy commercials. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82UL-l0OFVE credit wipeout, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmY_TRlO3MU honda crazy train, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpFHwFdN0Kw Mio Furry Water http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_1OxEvbRK0 a banshee that screams nationwide is on your side, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbGw3A9Dg-Q JGWENTWORTH loving OPERA. I am to get a new DVR as this one has been cursed.
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I saw a McDonald's commercial about yogurt with fresh fruit or something, which isn't terrible in and of itself, but at the end, the younger woman eating it said something about it "going viral." Obviously I know what the expression means, but why would you use the word viral to advertise food?
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So there was a Dish commercial on the radio today, talking about how you'll be able to skip commercials now. Everything was fine up until the voice over asks something along the lines of "Wouldn't it be great if this commercial just stopped?". Then the commercial stops. THEN IT KEEPS GOING. What kind of sense does that make...
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I hate the McDonald's radio ad where the guy is using big words to sound smart because he ordered breakfast stuff from the dollar menu. I don't care if I'm using it wrong, but I indubitably hate that ad. Actually, I hate all McDonald's radio ads.
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rockinricky posted:I hate the McDonald's radio ad where the guy is using big words to sound smart because he ordered breakfast stuff from the dollar menu. I don't care if I'm using it wrong, but I indubitably hate that ad. Actually, I hate all McDonald's radio ads. I am convinced that McDonald's ads are intentionally terrible. People will still buy their garbage, the advertisement being annoying still accomplishes its goal of reminding you that there are multiple within a few blocks if you want cheap food quickly. Why put any effort into it? In fact, remembering how horrid that ad was later reinforces that reminder.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FVE2Mch3VE I hope she chokes to death on her goddamn soup!
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Tykero posted:I am convinced that McDonald's ads are intentionally terrible. People will still buy their garbage, the advertisement being annoying still accomplishes its goal of reminding you that there are multiple within a few blocks if you want cheap food quickly. Why put any effort into it? In fact, remembering how horrid that ad was later reinforces that reminder.
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Mister Kingdom posted:The latest Kayak commercial can go straight to hell. He looks like a human hamster.
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Industrial posted:Also, does the new one tell him to not get fat when he asks about life? Pretty sure she says "Avoid eating fat."
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This baby keeps popping up on my facebook wall and freaking me out.
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:This baby keeps popping up on my facebook wall and freaking me out.
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:This baby keeps popping up on my facebook wall and freaking me out. It's good to see the Dancing Baby getting work again. 
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Buzkashi posted:Pretty sure she says "Avoid eating fat." That is actually even more retarded, why would you avoid eating one of three nutrients out bodies need to function?
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The new KFC ad where the grandpa and grandson are arguing and start to choke each other over what side they are going to get, and then the family walks in with all their food like seconds later. Why are they arguing if the family already went and got the food? Their argument has no purpose.
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MoonTuna posted:I wasn't here to witness it but my DVR has hit the pentagram of unholy commercials. I actually sort of like this one. I mean, they can't sing, but it's not all that offensive. I even thought it was kind of novel when it came on the first time.
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It's probably already been posted by now but those drat anti-smoking commercials with the various people talking through their voice boxes with the grating robotic voice. I like to watch TV while I eat and seeing those is a frickin' fantastic way to spoil what little appetite I have.
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