Current adverts that trouble you

EricTheWeary

UnclePsychosis said:

boogieman;1126036" said:

[quote="Flink_Poyd;1125950"]Those stupid fucking Halifax adverts with Top Cat. They couldn't sound less like Top Cat and Dibble if they tried

And now the Flintstones. Is anyone who's of an age to need a mortgage going to have a clue what these characters are?[/quote]

Yes.

The adverts are stupid but The Flintstones are incredibly famous.

There were Flinstones movies in 1994 and 2000 plus there has been a new series in the pipeline for at least two years. I'd have thought better known than Top Cat. 

Moss

This one

The graphic makes no sense at all

darcym

I'd have a lot more time and interest for adverts if they where pretty much short digital billboards on the screen without any nonsense.

eg: the just-eat singing and dancing stuff, screw that, what a waste of time.

15 seconds advert. buy pops on screen, with just-eat.co.uk on the screen. "we are a home delivery service for your local takeaways, we act as a proxy for you to buy from your takeaways and have it delivered. Check us out and give us a try, thanks, bye."

that would be cheaper and shorter to make and have more use. 

TV adverts still appear to be designed from the 70's where everything has to have a fake sitcom type setup, with a catchy jingle.

People not watching TV live pretty much makes them useless, however if they where short / sharp and informative I'd probably not fast forward them, some adverts I actually don't know what they are advertising.

mike_l

Any of the Meerkats/Go compare.

Just fuck right off.

Wankers.

chillidoggy

Moss said:

This one

The graphic makes no sense at all

It does if you're a suffer like me!

Sporky

TTony said:

You mean you actually watch adverts???

When you put it like that it sounds more deliberate than it is.

I would like to add that advert that I think is for a phone and has wosserface and wossisface sending each other non-sequitor photos. I don't know what I'm supposed to have learned about the product.

Dominic

" Hi.....I'M BARRY SCOTT "

'nuff said

eSully

Any advert where the narrator whispers "seductively" usually while describing some fat laden food. Goes right through me like nails down a chalkboard.

Sporky

Ah - remembered another.

All the Dove ones, where they show something that doesn't ever happen, and write underneath "THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN" while saying it does.

eSully

No ones mentioned those appalling moneysupermarket adverts yet? I mean, they're pretty terrible

Sporky

I'd repressed the memory of those.

chillidoggy

Anything that has been 'clinically-proven' gets my goat.

Dominic

Yes Money Supermarket is disturbing and freaky .........  for an agency to design a campaign it must be a lot easier to imagineer a

powerful ad for a seductive sports car or exotic holiday than a boring thing like financial services ............

So you end up with dancing freaks,Churchill the dog,Meerkats or twat dressed as an Admiral .........makes you realise that the little skits with Paul Whitehouse for car insurance are actually funny .............love the one where he is a fat Hairy biker and you see the Harley on the drive assuming its his pride and joy until the wife saddles up and rides off and he says .. "Never go near the things myself !"

Nunogilberto

Trivago - just fuck off, yeah?

EricTheWeary

Dominic said:

" Hi.....I'M BARRY SCOTT "

'nuff said

I'm guessing I wasn't alone in not realising that Barry Scott is an actor not called Barry Scott.

stimpsonslostson

For me it's the payday loans where the VERY small print subtext spells out the 3000% interest rate.
Oh and this... not sure it's current anymore.

https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/ad_209953576.jpg?w=748&h=498&crop=1

ICBM

The one for some sort of energy company (can't remember which) that features a little animated character that I think is supposed to look like a gas flame, but actually looks more like a small turd.

Nitefly

That bloody woman with the uniform and the big hat - Admiral?  Grrrr!

Handsome_Chris

chillidoggy;1126349" said:

Anything that has been 'clinically-proven' gets my goat.

@Chillidoggy, so you will not want to see the advert for my under bridge troll residence company?

Handsome_Chris

Nitefly said:

That bloody woman with the uniform and the big hat - Admiral?  Grrrr!

@Nitefly, so you don't like women in the armed forces?   :P