Adverts that make you wanna smash your TV set up.
Discussion
Johnnytheboy said:
fathomfive said:
Barclays "Digital Eagles" advert where some doddery old chap discovers Skype, all thanks to the people who look after his cash.
Banks are not all b
ds, you see.
When the bank worker's face comes in to view on his laptop screen, she looks really scary.Banks are not all b
ds, you see.The cynic in me thinks Barclays is pushing internet use on their non-IT-literate customers so they can shut some more branches.
Karcher steam window clean machine.
Two couples cleaning inside and outside the house on the same pane of glass one with bucket and squeegee (stupid male) and other with Karcher.
At the end bloke looks deflated woman looks smug as they look at the window they've both been cleaning and it's streak and smudge free. So, that means the bloke did a good job as well. Right?
Annoying because it's flawed but also if anything the bloke would be the one justifying the yellow toy not the woman.
Two couples cleaning inside and outside the house on the same pane of glass one with bucket and squeegee (stupid male) and other with Karcher.
At the end bloke looks deflated woman looks smug as they look at the window they've both been cleaning and it's streak and smudge free. So, that means the bloke did a good job as well. Right?
Annoying because it's flawed but also if anything the bloke would be the one justifying the yellow toy not the woman.
tfin said:
The direct line ones are really starting to get on my tits. They've used the same ridiculous song and boring format for about 4 years.** They also seem to be on pretty much every ad break on the digital channels. Thank god for the mute button.
.** See safestyle windows adverts. Same old dross year after year.JonRB said:
GTIR said:
Annoying because it's flawed but also if anything the bloke would be the one justifying the yellow toy not the woman.
I agree; the "stupid man" advertising trope is becoming clichéd to the point of being offensive and rather sexist. 
Think about it: An electrnic shiny gadget that any red-blooded male would buy in a heartbeat being advertised to females!
"Can you clean the windows dear?"
"I thought you bought that speacial steam cleaner?"
"What that Parcher thing, oh I can't work out how to do it. You do it dear, you are so much better at those things than me, Besides, it's the sort of job a man should do anyway."
True.
JonRB said:
GTIR said:
Annoying because it's flawed but also if anything the bloke would be the one justifying the yellow toy not the woman.
I agree; the "stupid man" advertising trope is becoming clichéd to the point of being offensive and rather sexist. In 50 years time people will be looking at these ads and saying "How could we have referred to me in such a derogatory way".
I have to say though, it's generally a certain type of man who is depicted as a bumbling and dumb failure i.e. a man in his mid 40s to mid 50s. Younger and older m,en are generally treated more kindly.
Ren Esis said:
The Coronation Street / Emmerdale advert that rivaled the Eastenders one from Xmas. Even has a woman singing a breathy slow version of Tainted Love.
I don't understand why Soaps need to advertise anyway, if you don't watch it by now, you're not going to watch it in the future.
I think that soaps will eventually die off. All the kids we know never watch them, the likes of faux reality crap seems to have replaced soaps for the younger viewers.I don't understand why Soaps need to advertise anyway, if you don't watch it by now, you're not going to watch it in the future.
And the last time I watched a bit of Easterners/Coronation Street, Dirty Den and Angie were in the former, and Stan and Hilda were in the latter!
Thank the Lord for HBO!
vxr8mate said:
ch108 said:
Halmyre said:
jurbie said:
Mr Gearchange said:
B19GRR said:
slipstream 1985 said:
woahhh, xbox record dat
This. Who the F is that non-entity supposed to be? Yo!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad
h!) don't let it put you off. It is a stonking bit of work. If I had the time I'd sit and watch the rest of it in one sitting.ch108 said:
vxr8mate said:
ch108 said:
Halmyre said:
jurbie said:
Mr Gearchange said:
B19GRR said:
slipstream 1985 said:
woahhh, xbox record dat
This. Who the F is that non-entity supposed to be? Yo!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad
h!) don't let it put you off. It is a stonking bit of work. If I had the time I'd sit and watch the rest of it in one sitting.The 'Have I got PPI' radio ad, I hear it every morning on Absolute Radio and it makes me want to fling said radio through the window before jumping on it multiple times.
And for the record - No I don't have any fing PPI you bunch of sad useless tts, to be honest if all of the PPI I have apparently had actualy existed I'd be a millionaire by now!
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