Adverts that make you wanna smash your TV set up.

[Brigand]

The new VW Polo advert, suggesting that by owning one of these cars your passengers will no longer be terrified of your bad driving because the car has lots of safety features.

Yes, you get nervous passengers, but I subconsciously use the 'passenger footbrake' when the driver is rapidly approaching something that I would have braked much earlier for (my mother being one, she's a notorious late braker who almost jams them on at the last possible minute when approaching a junction).

Having a car with additional safety features is not going to make me relax in the knowledge that an accident is going to hurt me less.

The new BN biscuit advert irked me earlier as well, but only because the two girls in it were wearing judo outfits whilst scoffing biscuits. The makers are basically saying "Hey, these kids may be scoffing biscuits which are unhealthy, but they do judo so lead an active life so it doesn't matter".

Not sure why it annoyed me a little though. (The creature things there are another matter altogether though)

[brockovrs]

Brigand said:

The new VW Polo advert, suggesting that by owning one of these cars your passengers will no longer be terrified of your bad driving because the car has lots of safety features.

I took it as saying that the new polo is that boring, your passengers will simply fall asleep by merely being inside it

[Blown2CV]

FatSumo said:

paul99 said:

That Estrella ad with the crappy repetitive 'fantasticaaahh bababababa' music really gets on my tits.

Hate that advert too, mostly because it fails to advertise the product. I thought it was some bizarre tourism advert for Barcelona to start with

I didn't think any of the ad featured Barcelona, which is another annoying thing about it.

[over_the_hill]

Magog said:

DervVW said:

Didnt see it, what happened??

Basically a gorilla with an automatic weapon unexpectedly killing someone. I'm not usually part of the Mary Whitehouse brigade, but it seemed a bit off to have an advert where someone gets violently killed in the half time of a World Cup semi final when there are going to be loads of children watching. It was an advert clearly designed to shock.

Half time was 9:45pm so after the 9:00pm water shed. It's a school day tomorrow so anyone young enough to be upset should be in bed. Anyone young enough with parents who couldn't care less what time their kids go to bed have probably seen much worse.

Brigand said:

The new BN biscuit advert irked me earlier as well, but only because the two girls in it were wearing judo outfits whilst scoffing biscuits. The makers are basically saying "Hey, these kids may be scoffing biscuits which are unhealthy, but they do judo so lead an active life so it doesn't matter".

Not sure why it annoyed me a little though. (The creature things there are another matter altogether though)

If something furry suddenly popped out of a packet of biscuits like that those two girls would have screamed with enough force to shatter glass.

[Brilad]

Sky annoys me for a few things.

Don't get me wrong, I liked Beckham as a player as he worked hard, and off the pitch he seems alright as well, esp when is missus isn't giving him daft haircuts and making him wear skirts - no problem!

BUT: Sky having him down as the 'Ultimate Sproting Hero'...no. There is very long list of candidates for that one...Roger Bannister, Steve Redgrave, current crop of cyclists.

Sky's advertising is getting increasingly desperate. Fibre broadband pipes everyhting in to our house, the sky box is solely there to record the soaps now. Even the World cup I've just downloaded - you just get the game in HD without an hour of 'punditry'. Brilliant.

The other Sky stuff that get's RIGHT UP MY BUGLE is the sponsorhip of the weather.

(1) Qatar airways nonsense "as the visibility drops over Beijing, you'll still see things with perfect clarity" woopee you have reading lights on the plane. Maybe not flying over Beijing and pumping tonnes of CO2 in to the already terminal smog might help eh? (Please don't flame me I'm not Swampy alright??)

(2) "Welcome to the land of FC Barcelona" - WTF does that even mean?? The voice over bloke can't hide his embarrassment at having to say it either which is funny.

SKY: I am not buying any more of your st TV packages ever again. Goodbye!

[Morningside]

^^^ How much does Beckham get payed for not saying a word?

brockovrs said:

Brigand said:

The new VW Polo advert, suggesting that by owning one of these cars your passengers will no longer be terrified of your bad driving because the car has lots of safety features.

I took it as saying that the new polo is that boring, your passengers will simply fall asleep by merely being inside it

WHAT SAFETY FEATURES? The advert tells me sod all.

[Magog]

over_the_hill said:

Half time was 9:45pm so after the 9:00pm water shed. It's a school day tomorrow so anyone young enough to be upset should be in bed. Anyone young enough with parents who couldn't care less what time their kids go to bed have probably seen much worse.

I'm a fully grown man and I thought it was unnecessarily violent and shocking for a film trailer. Bear in mind it's not a school night for a lot of kids because of the strike action, and letting children stay up late to watch a world cup semi final hardly constitutes poor parenting, so there will have been a lot of children watching. Post watershed or not I'm fairly certain that broadcasters and advertisers have to take account of the nature of a programme when choosing which adverts to run, will be interesting to see what happens and if any action is taken. I expect there will have been quite a few complaints.

[Ren Esis]

budgie smuggler said:

Once again, those putrid 'honestly' MS adverts which are seemingly on every ad break.
Honestly, your product is ste that's why nobody is buying it. Honestly, I work in a MS dominated environment and I have only ever seen one of your stty phones and that person did not like it. Honestly, I have never seen one in use by the general public. Honestly, nobody wants them, nobody likes you or your adverts, you fked up Windows badly. Honestly, sort it out or fk off, don't bombard me with the ste in the hope nobody notices and buys it anyway. Honestly 'quad core processor' fk OFF

"It's got a quad core processor which means..... I don't know, but it's really fast!!!!"

Marketing it to the dumb-dumbs then.

[JonRB]

Ren Esis said:

"It's got a quad core processor which means..... I don't know, but it's really fast!!!!"

Marketing it to the dumb-dumbs then.

God yes.

This has always been a pet hate of mine actually. It's perfectly acceptable to not only be ignorant about technology, but seemingly proud of it too ("I don't know anything about that technical nerdy sh*t"), but if one were to express similar sentiments about literature and the like, you would be branded a Philistine.

[lacrimoniousfin]

Johnnytheboy said:

Also, the annoying voice of the girl on the Trivago adverts. Note the last letter is an 'o', pronounced 'o'.

Or as she would put it, "Hotels? Trivagey."

This is how a lot of people now speak. It comes from trying to smile the whole time.

"Hellay. How are yee?"

"Gid"

[lacrimoniousfin]

The Hypno-Toad said:

oobster said:

However lets talk about the new Kellogg's corporate advert.
All the features needed for an advert in last four years, all present and correct.

1.) Ukulele being played very slowly - check.
2.) Young girl singing in a breathy voice - check.
3.) Child like imagery - a pop up book - check.

I haven't seen it yet, but does it include ...

4.) Has been filmed using a net curtain as a lens filter.

I think this is to create an impression of sunlight. Instead, you get an advert that is too bright, yet whose colours seem all "washed out". Note to ad-men: It looks ste, and we're sick of it.

[El Guapo]

The new M&S food ad.
As annoying as all the previous M&S food ads.

[Blown2CV]

Ren Esis said:

budgie smuggler said:

Once again, those putrid 'honestly' MS adverts which are seemingly on every ad break.
Honestly, your product is ste that's why nobody is buying it. Honestly, I work in a MS dominated environment and I have only ever seen one of your stty phones and that person did not like it. Honestly, I have never seen one in use by the general public. Honestly, nobody wants them, nobody likes you or your adverts, you fked up Windows badly. Honestly, sort it out or fk off, don't bombard me with the ste in the hope nobody notices and buys it anyway. Honestly 'quad core processor' fk OFF

"It's got a quad core processor which means..... I don't know, but it's really fast!!!!"

Marketing it to the dumb-dumbs then.

well not so much... it's more that the percentage of people who give a st about the details of what's inside their device is decreasing daily.

[DervVW]

Blown2CV said:

Ren Esis said:

budgie smuggler said:

Once again, those putrid 'honestly' MS adverts which are seemingly on every ad break.
Honestly, your product is ste that's why nobody is buying it. Honestly, I work in a MS dominated environment and I have only ever seen one of your stty phones and that person did not like it. Honestly, I have never seen one in use by the general public. Honestly, nobody wants them, nobody likes you or your adverts, you fked up Windows badly. Honestly, sort it out or fk off, don't bombard me with the ste in the hope nobody notices and buys it anyway. Honestly 'quad core processor' fk OFF

"It's got a quad core processor which means..... I don't know, but it's really fast!!!!"

Marketing it to the dumb-dumbs then.

well not so much... it's more that the percentage of people who give a st about the details of what's inside their device is decreasing daily.

same as cars? Its an appliance to some people?

[motco]

lacrimoniousfin said:

Johnnytheboy said:

Also, the annoying voice of the girl on the Trivago adverts. Note the last letter is an 'o', pronounced 'o'.

Or as she would put it, "Hotels? Trivagey."

This is how a lot of people now speak. It comes from trying to smile the whole time.

"Hellay. How are yee?"

"Gid"

Oh God yes! The dreaded 'E' sounded 'O'. The London Underground, reported by a travel news bimbette is pronounced "The Cheeb"

Edited by motco on Thursday 10th July 22:39

[aka_kerrly]

The HPI advert " I don't know a lot about mechanics so I did a HPI for peace of mind"

ahhh yes it tells you if a car has been stolen or written off but nothing about how good it's mechanical parts are or service history or it's condition.

[Mastodon2]

Magog said:

I'm a fully grown man and I thought it was unnecessarily violent and shocking for a film trailer. Bear in mind it's not a school night for a lot of kids because of the strike action, and letting children stay up late to watch a world cup semi final hardly constitutes poor parenting, so there will have been a lot of children watching. Post watershed or not I'm fairly certain that broadcasters and advertisers have to take account of the nature of a programme when choosing which adverts to run, will be interesting to see what happens and if any action is taken. I expect there will have been quite a few complaints.

You sound like a right jessie.

One advert that is really annoying me at the moment is the Kelloggs one, it's so sappy and overly sentimental. It's bloody cereal for fk's sake.

[Blown2CV]

DervVW said:

Blown2CV said:

Ren Esis said:

budgie smuggler said:

Once again, those putrid 'honestly' MS adverts which are seemingly on every ad break.
Honestly, your product is ste that's why nobody is buying it. Honestly, I work in a MS dominated environment and I have only ever seen one of your stty phones and that person did not like it. Honestly, I have never seen one in use by the general public. Honestly, nobody wants them, nobody likes you or your adverts, you fked up Windows badly. Honestly, sort it out or fk off, don't bombard me with the ste in the hope nobody notices and buys it anyway. Honestly 'quad core processor' fk OFF

"It's got a quad core processor which means..... I don't know, but it's really fast!!!!"

Marketing it to the dumb-dumbs then.

well not so much... it's more that the percentage of people who give a st about the details of what's inside their device is decreasing daily.

same as cars? Its an appliance to some people?

back when cars were first invented you had to be a real enthusiast and want to get involved, probably had to understand how to fix it when it so often went wrong... was a very industrial task to even start the thing let alone drive it. Now they're cheap, everything's hidden away, and when they break (relatively rare) a man comes and then it's fine. Computing is going through the same shift... used to be all about beards and soldering irons, advanced maths. Now it's about cat pictures, silly noddy apps and a new shiny sealed box to look at them on every year. i'm surprised they even mentioned the quad core processor!

[Ian974]

Blown2CV said:

back when cars were first invented you had to be a real enthusiast and want to get involved, probably had to understand how to fix it when it so often went wrong... was a very industrial task to even start the thing let alone drive it. Now they're cheap, everything's hidden away, and when they break (relatively rare) a man comes and then it's fine. Computing is going through the same shift... used to be all about beards and soldering irons, advanced maths. Now it's about cat pictures, silly noddy apps and a new shiny sealed box to look at them on every year. i'm surprised they even mentioned the quad core processor!

I think it would actually annoy less if it didn't mention the processor. Instead the advert says "we have no idea what this does, but you should buy it anyway"

[JonRB]

brockovrs said:

Brigand said:

The new VW Polo advert, suggesting that by owning one of these cars your passengers will no longer be terrified of your bad driving because the car has lots of safety features.

I took it as saying that the new polo is that boring, your passengers will simply fall asleep by merely being inside it

I saw this advert for the first time last night and I have to concur; it's a truly awful advert. If your passengers are doing any of those things it generally means you're a bad driver.