Cab Men II: Because fact into doubt won't go

[Clownbaby]

I don't think an advert has ever made me more likely in getting or using a product. I was talking to someone ages ago ago boutique how fucking agobouttupud the Go Compare ads are whrn they first came out, and they said "but the annoyingness is a tactic to make you remember the product so you'll use it"

Funny that, cause if I think an advert is stupid or annoying I'm more likely to forget what the product is all about because all I can think of is the stupid advert, and then I just want to boycott the product because it's bee advert boutique figure or irritation  for me rather than a legit option

[gilbertharding]

Speaking of James Corden, is anyone else having fun imagining the tragic back story behind his absence from the current Confused dot Com adverts?

Was there market research which concluded people hated the smug twat, but liked the dark blue S-Class Mercedes?

[lgpmachine]

I don't think an advert has ever made me more likely in getting or using a product.

The only time I'm aware of an advert directly making me buy a product is when I saw one for a Lion bar years ago.  It had a shot of a lion opening its mouth wide to roar, and as it did so the picture morphed into another shot of a Lion bar being snapped in half (the motion mimicking the animal) to reveal the caramelly goodness within.  It looked so appealing I bought one soon afterwards.

Makes me realise I haven't seen an advert for, or eaten, a Lion bar for ages.

[AsparagusTrevor]

I don't think an advert has ever made me more likely in getting or using a product. I was talking to someone ages ago ago boutique how fucking agobouttupud the Go Compare ads are whrn they first came out, and they said "but the annoyingness is a tactic to make you remember the product so you'll use it"

Funny that, cause if I think an advert is stupid or annoying I'm more likely to forget what the product is all about because all I can think of is the stupid advert, and then I just want to boycott the product because it's bee advert boutique figure or irritation  for me rather than a legit option

Stuff such as GoCompare's operatic abortions have certainly made me unlikely to use the service they're advertising.

I moved house early this year and Halifax royally fucked up the mortgage and nearly cost us the house, they were just totally incompetent, but its the Wizard of Oz and Ghostbusters adverts that are making me consider closing my bank account with them.

[gilbertharding]

The current Halifax one with Ghostbusters is appalling on several levels. I've never seen the film, so have no beef personally with them doing to it what they presumably already did with Top Cat - but the idea of flogging "A CONTACTLESS DEBIT CARD" in 2018 as if it's somehow <<tHe FuTuRe>> is baffling. Surely the rest of us have had contactless debit cards for several thousand years, haven't we?

[AsparagusTrevor]

These contactless cards work when covered in ectoplasm or substances of similar consistency.

[Dr Syntax Head]

Every single person that was involved in the Ghostbusters advert can be accurately labelled as lazy and the opposite of creative.

[Icehaven]

The current Halifax one with Ghostbusters is appalling on several levels. I've never seen the film, so have no beef personally with them doing to it what they presumably already did with Top Cat - but the idea of flogging "A CONTACTLESS DEBIT CARD" in 2018 as if it's somehow <<tHe FuTuRe>> is baffling. Surely the rest of us have had contactless debit cards for several thousand years, haven't we?

Yeah I thought that, think there'll be one starring Johnny 5 using one of these new-fangled cashpoint machines soon. And watch Ghostbusters btw, it's good.

[kalowski]

Every single person that was involved in the Ghostbusters advert can be accurately labelled as lazy and the opposite of creative.

It is the work of utter cunts.

[kalowski]

Oh, lordy. I just saw the Viagra advert where the beardy bloke struts around to Steve Harley. Clearly he's just managed to fuck for the first time in years. His wife doesn't seem to mind that he's strutting around basically shouting, "I HAD A FUCK!"

[Jockice]

One of the reasons I love the ranting in this thread is because I used to worry whether it was just me that noticed the manipulation, as everyone else around me was banging on about how they cried at the John Lewis or that James Corden one was "geeeeeenius". I felt alone as a sane man in a world of lunatics.

As I've undoubtedly mentioned on other threads, I got defriended by someone on Facebook for posting a sarky comment about those James Corden adverts. Not about his weight or anything. About the actual adverts. This was someone I knew in real life and had always got on very well with. But apparently: "If that's what you think about one of the nicest people in showbusiness what must you think of the rest of us?"

Had no contact with this bloke since, but on the off-chance he's reading this, I'd just like to say: "I thought you were okay David but now I think you're a prick." So there.

[yesitsme]

You are that Horne bloke, whatever his name was (Matthew?) and I claim my £5.00

[mothman]

You'd be out of luck, he's blown all his cash on legal fees trying to get the 1000mile restraining order Corden has against him. He can barely set foot in the British Isles anymore. He can't even try to get work in the US because whenever he goes to NY or LA to audition, Corden hears about it and gets there first, and Horne has to leave. The other guy in the insurance ads? Horne's ex's new fella. Helps that he even sort of looks like Horne. Horne's kids even call him Daddy. It's sad, really.

[yesitsme]

I'm not anti-gambling but the non-stop barrage of adverts is nothing short of a scourge on society.  Worse than drugs, worse than drink it's fucking up lives like there's no tomorrow.

Gamble responsibly my arse.

The worst of these betnow365 cunts has to be the 'Health Lottery'.  Not the NHS y'see but a lottery that 'makes donations' to y'know 'health things'.  How that's allowed I'll never fucking know but they've surpassed themselves with their latest ad which basically boils down to 'Don't buy food - Gamble!'

You mother fuckers.

I hope you all die.  Genuinely.

[Stoneage Dinosaurs]

There's a spotify advert now for MBNA credit cards where the gimmick is telling the listener they need the "MBN A-Team", and the music they've got playing in the background sounds like they didn't get permission to use the actual A-Team theme so they've commissioned someone to make something that sounds exactly like it but is just different enough to be copyright compliant.

[GMTV]

When some shitey youtube advert comes on I tap furiously in the hope it has a video uploaded I can write a withering comment on.  Always a disappointment when there isn't and it's just a link to a website.

[Sebastian Cobb]

It's probably been 5+ years but if you can tolerate Spotify ads you're better than me.

[Camp Tramp]

That Lloyds advert with the dreadful version of the Olive song is really annoying me at the moment.

[yesitsme]

Those two Nationwide arseholes are back.  It's like they never went away.

I hope one of them knows the other's pin number and cleans them out.

[Clownbaby]

I'm gEttington very sick of the DUM DE DE DUM song in the LV adverts

[gilbertharding]

Those two Nationwide arseholes are back.  It's like they never went away.

I hope one of them knows the other's pin number and cleans them out.

I think they might be a couple but my wife insists the one on the left with the woolly hat is gay.

[gilbertharding]

I'm gEttington very sick of the DUM DE DE DUM song in the LV adverts

Heard in the context of The Sonics other output on a compilation LP, it stands up well in comparison to songs like Psycho, Strychnine, Boss Hoss and their DEFINITIVE version of Louie Louie... but its adoption by Liverpool Victoria makes me embarrassed to admit I know them.

[Dr Syntax Head]

Heard in the context of The Sonics other output on a compilation LP, it stands up well in comparison to songs like Psycho, Strychnine, Boss Hoss and their DEFINITIVE version of Louie Louie... but its adoption by Liverpool Victoria makes me embarrassed to admit I know them.

I loved that song once way back in my garage rock obsession. I hate it now. Louie louie however will always remain cool no matter how many times I hear it. Right now i'm gonna put on The Creation Makin Time

[Dr Syntax Head]

That Lloyds advert with the dreadful version of the Olive song is really annoying me at the moment.

Much discussed here but it is the very perfect example of evil sharps bin contents. I want every single person and horse involved in that ad to contract a terminal illness.

[dr beat]

Went to the cinema last night and there was a new overblown John Lewis ad - bunch of kids at a school show doing a version of Bohemian Rhapsody with over the top special effects.  Crowd lapped it up.  I was sat there thinking 'god is this their Christmas ad? The bloody football season's barely started yet!'

[gilbertharding]

Is that different to the version that's on the telly? I'm sure even in the 'full' version I've seen Bo'Rap is subjected to some quite savage cuts.

[dr beat]

Didn't realize it was already on telly.  It certainly went forever.

[Icehaven]

I saw it a couple of weeks ago in late August on TV and had the exact same 'Christmas ads, wtf?!' thought but someone on here said it's not their Christmas ad, it's something to do with them working with Waitrose. Still feels suspicious though. Fuck knows what their actual Xmas ad will be, Freddie Mercury reanimated?

[Pseudopath]

I don't understand this First Direct advert. Not only is it shit and annoying, but why would other banks be "made to display this news in their thousands of branches"? Surely you wouldn't bother getting a sign printed up if you lost?

[Maurice Yeatman]

"I'm thinking 'comedian who can look pleased with himself'. Ideas?"