Can't stand Meteor Xmas carols ad

Slideshowbob

Anyone else feel like puking when they see that smug lad with the beard texting his mates?

January

Slideshowbob wrote: »

Anyone else feel like puking when they see that smug lad with the beard texting his mates?

No but I do when I see the smug b*tch in the red hat on the other side!

Sully

Slideshowbob wrote: »

Anyone else feel like puking when they see that smug lad with the beard texting his mates?

For a short clip, he does come across like some pain!

Suspiria79

The smuggest w@nker on the tv these days, alright

hairymick

Slideshowbob wrote: »

Anyone else feel like puking when they see that smug lad with the beard texting his mates?

He's just a jolly busker trying to earn a few shillings.

Slideshowbob

hairymick wrote: »

He's just a jolly busker trying to earn a few shillings.

a busker with a brand new phone - and a smug 'kno it all' smirk - come on !

Proxy

Smug beard, smug conditioned hair, smug clothes, smug face, and if I saw him he'd get a very smug smack round the face...

Thargor

One of the worst ads on tv alright, expect it in every ad break for the next month or two aswell.

iseegirls

Was just going to make a new thread on this aswell - seen it so many times over the last week - and he absolutely wrecks my head. It's actually putting me off buying a meteor phone now *



* hopefully meteor will see this, and then pull the advert so they can keep me wih them :P:P

Dennis the Stone

What is it about phone companies with smug tossers in their ads? The Vodafone one annoys me.. What do you want for Chrimbo babe.. Grr.

Slideshowbob

Ageispolis wrote: »

What is it about phone companies with smug tossers in their ads... The Vodafone one annoys me.. Happy Chrimbo babe.. Grr.

i kno wot u mean but

meteor man is alot more annoying i think

Hardrain

Lads, the real enemy is Luke from autoglass.

Wheelsonthebus

I absolutely hate this ad. Yer man just looks like a knob.

Everything about it is so unrealistic. (I know- it's meant to be) But when have you ever seen such cool, good looking types carol singing. Yer man looks like precisely the type of arrogant git who would look down his hairy nose and sneer at anyone partaking in such festivities. This is Ireland- the only people who carol sing in Ireland are old dears trying to raise money for the SVdP.

Then he texts all his other knob friends to come and help out. Ya like thats realistic. Could you imagine getting a text at 6 O'Clock in the evening from your friend Mr. Smugbeard? "Come and help me carol sing, these really mean people are singing in the same street as us" You'd be like- "Get a life you f*cking mong. Just go to another street" You're hardly gonna stop in the middle of cooking your spagbol to come in and help this numpty sing his little tunes. You would be thinking he was mentally deficient.

And the look on his smug face at the end- hardly looks like the type of guy out to fill the world with Christian harmony by singing Christmas carols.

The only more annoying ad on tv is that STUPID Avonmore ad that comes on after the weather. My girlfriend has to jump for the remote every time it comes on cos she knows there's gonna be a big 5 minute rant about it coming from yours truly.

humanji

I think that this ad is great. It gets a fantastic message across: Forget about Christmas spirit. Just be a c*nt and compete in games of one upmanship with complete strangers for absolutely no reason instead.

Actually, when you think about it, the beardy twat seems to be just busking, where as you generally get a choir singing on a street to raise money for charity. So that prick is actually stopping a charity from getting it's money. Hundreds of orphans are going to die from starvation and hypothermia this Christmas just so that guy can feel smug about himself. He sickens me.

AnonoBoy

humanji wrote: »

Forget about Christmas spirit. Just be a c*nt and compete in games of one upmanship with complete strangers for absolutely no reason instead.

Eh..... that is the spirit of Christmas, isn't it?

thorbarry

what i want to know is why where they singing directly across from one another, a recipe for disaster

Wheelsonthebus

humanji wrote: »

I think that this ad is great. It gets a fantastic message across: Forget about Christmas spirit. Just be a c*nt and compete in games of one upmanship with complete strangers for absolutely no reason instead.
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Exactly. Why would people who are giving up their spare time, volunteering, to sing Christmas carols be complete arseholes to each other? It makes no sense!

Plus what possible kudos could the choir crowd hope to get from breaking up the happy little threesome? It's not as if there's an A&R man wondering the streets looking to sign up a Christmas carol group.

Jesus when you think about it this group really is pure evil- I mean even hitler wouldn't have gone around town on Christmas eve going gangbusters on little carol singers like our own peter, paul and mary here.

Slideshowbob

Hardrain wrote: »

Lads, the real enemy is Luke from autoglass.

Luke is sound compared to Beard-man. Luke is just doing his job.

Shane10

ya meteor usually have good ads. must admit this one is already getting on me nerves. dont like it.

HankScorpio

Glad to see everyone has agreed on the one word which sums up this tosser. The miniute you see the ad you think to yourself-"What a SMUG git!".

SMUG, SMUG & MORE SMUG-can't stand him!!!

SprostonGreen

Yes, I hate this and have posted on the R&R page too.

Bully and intimidation - its the central tenets of the Christmas spirit of good will.

Fuc'k Meteor and F'uck Beardy Twatface.

jonas7

Shane10 wrote: »

ya meteor usually have good ads. must admit this one is already getting on me nerves. dont like it.

Meteor made good ads???

Suspiria79

Whadaya want for crimbo babe? Ultimate t0sser
And that's his real voice, poor cúnt

Marianne333

Hmm I think there's a bit of jealousy going on!!

I don't know what you guys are on about but I think that 'smug guy' is absolutely hot!!!

Slideshowbob

Marianne333 wrote: »

Hmm I think there's a bit of jealousy going on!!

I don't know what you guys are on about but I think that 'smug guy' is absolutely hot!!!

why is he hot?

please explain!

Marianne333

He's just terribly cute and seems like a nice guy to be around!

And also, even if you think he's smug, the guy is an ACTOR!!! He gets PAID for it!!

You wouldn't wanna punch Matt Damons smug face in just because he plays the bad guy in the departed!? NO! So...

Ajfunky

Wheelsonthebus wrote: »

I absolutely hate this ad. Yer man just looks like a knob.

Everything about it is so unrealistic. (I know- it's meant to be) But when have you ever seen such cool, good looking types carol singing. Yer man looks like precisely the type of arrogant git who would look down his hairy nose and sneer at anyone partaking in such festivities. This is Ireland- the only people who carol sing in Ireland are old dears trying to raise money for the SVdP.

Then he texts all his other knob friends to come and help out. Ya like thats realistic. Could you imagine getting a text at 6 O'Clock in the evening from your friend Mr. Smugbeard? "Come and help me carol sing, these really mean people are singing in the same street as us" You'd be like- "Get a life you f*cking mong. Just go to another street" You're hardly gonna stop in the middle of cooking your spagbol to come in and help this numpty sing his little tunes. You would be thinking he was mentally deficient.

And the look on his smug face at the end- hardly looks like the type of guy out to fill the world with Christian harmony by singing Christmas carols.

The only more annoying ad on tv is that STUPID Avonmore ad that comes on after the weather. My girlfriend has to jump for the remote every time it comes on cos she knows there's gonna be a big 5 minute rant about it coming from yours truly.

Havent laughed at something on boards so hard in ages

Slideshowbob

Marianne333 wrote: »

He's just terribly cute and seems like a nice guy to be around!

And also, even if you think he's smug, the guy is an ACTOR!!! He gets PAID for it!!

'terribly' being the operative word ;-)

why don't you go look for him on Grafton st if u really want to be around him or ring meteor - get the the ad agency and chase him up if u like him so much!

I realise he is an actor and got paid (but thanks for the insight ;-) ) - it just strikes me that he is supposed to be an endearing character in the ad (hence help sell Phones!!) yet he has irked me and many more on this forum by the looks of previous threads

funsize

Wheelsonthebus wrote: »

Then he texts all his other knob friends to come and help out. Ya like thats realistic. Could you imagine getting a text at 6 O'Clock in the evening from your friend Mr. Smugbeard? "Come and help me carol sing, these really mean people are singing in the same street as us" You'd be like- "Get a life you f*cking mong. Just go to another street" You're hardly gonna stop in the middle of cooking your spagbol to come in and help this numpty sing his little tunes. You would be thinking he was mentally deficient.

Roffles!

Great rant, had me in tears, thanks dude.

Marianne333

Well, have you looked around on this forum and noticed its all lads!!??

Maybe, just maybe, this add is finally FOR women!!! HOORAY!

We don't go around hating on all those gorgeous women on all the adds all the time just cause we're jealous of em!? That would take us all day, every day!

funsize

Wheelsonthebus wrote: »

Mr. Smugbeard

Hahahaha.. I'm still laughing at this.... I might just change my username to Mr. Smugbeard!

I need to get out more...

Slideshowbob

Marianne333 wrote: »

Well, have you looked around on this forum and noticed its all lads!!??

Maybe, just maybe, this add is finally FOR women!!! HOORAY!

We don't go around hating on all those gorgeous women on all the adds all the time just cause we're jealous of em!? That would take us all day, every day!

I aint a ad/media guru so excuse the terminology -

He is acting in a ''male role model'' so maybe aiming for guys market too! Doesn't work 4 me as a guy anyway!

FYI - 'Hot' guys on other ads dont bother me - eg George Clooney in Nespresso ad.

And I aint jealous of Mr Smugbeard I assure you - I figure he's more than welcome to the type of woman he would attract.

Tell you what - if im wrong and all ur female pals think he's hot, get them to leave a message here and prove me wrong!?

squidgey

I'm pretty sure I know who ole beardy is and he is a regular boards poster. It's the long[ish] hair that throwing me off.

Bondvillain

I heard that meteor were going for a corporate image somewhere along the lines of "Smug, unlikable and generally wanky - a company who's subscribers have more punchable faces than the débutantes edition of Social and personal."

If that's true, the campaign is set to be a massive success.

Deep Easterly

Proxy wrote: »

Smug beard, smug conditioned hair, smug clothes, smug face, and if I saw him he'd get a very smug smack round the face...

Slideshowbob

squidgey wrote: »

I'm pretty sure I know who ole beardy is and he is a regular boards poster. It's the long[ish] hair that throwing me off.

Let him know about this by all means - perhaps he would give his twopence worth!

JonathanAnon

I havent seen a TV in a while. Is this the one ye are on about?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XlyLyhbDow

cashback

I really hate ads like this that might as well have been shot in America. There's nothing Irish about the premise, can you imagine a load of Irish people singing 'fa la la la la, la la la' in the street? It looks like something from a made-for-tv movie, with their little red hats and scarves. Next we'll have Irish ads wishing us a 'happy holiday season'.
Look at the screen grab of the youtube video, isn't everyone in this ad very very punchable, not just beardy.

Mr E

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I havent seen a TV in a while. Is this the one ye are on about?

Yup, thats the one.
Don't know what everyone is so worked up about, to be honest.

JonathanAnon

Mr E wrote: »

Yup, thats the one.
Don't know what everyone is so worked up about, to be honest.

Well, it's a bit unrealistic. I cant imagine a smug pr1ck like that having that many friends.

HankScorpio

The point is that viewers are supposed to take Beardy's side against the other 'smug' looking carol singers who give the impression they're somehow better than Beardy's group. Where in actual fact it is Beardy that comes across as being arrogant and smug when he gets all his fake mates to outnumber the others.
Thank you for certain posters for pointing out that Beardy is in fact an actor(hope that doesn't spoil it for some people).
The problem is that Meteor has chosen an actor which actually makes you side with the posh, over the top carol singers as Beardy is far more annoying in every sense. Therefore the ad has epically FAILED!

Elmo

I think we are supposed to hate the good carol singers and not the bad ones. And yet I hate both.

Cactus Col

I like this ad.

The way the brunette relishes the way her singers force the beardies threesome otu of the picture, and the big F()CK YOU! at the end when beardie gets his mates out and destroys them.

Beardie knows he's a bastard, a completely unrepentant bastard, you cross him, and you get crushed.

Bondvillain

Aye. Very Christmassy - Relishing discomfort; envy; peer pressure; destruction of confidence and a big F()CK YOU! in a pear tree.

Bit like my family at yuletide, really. Anyway, my question is : why didnt beardy, the boss-eyed gonk and Phoebe from friends just p*ss off onto another street to bark out their smug hippy Christmas guff? Surely theres more than one street in Dublin that can accommodate hypothetical carol singers.

AND I didn't see any charity collection buckets in front of them. Leads me to believe that they were just going to pocket the money raised by their bullying their way in to the lucrative Christmas Carol racket , and spend it on 'kooky' berets, Newton Faulkner cds and lashings and lashings of silkysmug beard conditioner pour hommes from Molton Brown.

Thieving smug hypothetical hippies.

Elmo

Bondvillain wrote: »

AND I didn't see any charity collection buckets in front of them. Leads me to believe that they were just going to pocket the money raised by their bullying their way in to the lucrative Christmas Carol racket , and spend it on 'kooky' berets, Newton Faulkner cds and lashings and lashings of silkysmug beard conditioner pour hommes from Molton Brown.

Thieving smug hypothetical hippies.

They look like iPhone users on the O2 network, prob of to see a concert in the Point.

Mr E

Cactus Col wrote: »

I like this ad.

The way the brunette relishes the way her singers force the beardies threesome otu of the picture, and the big F()CK YOU! at the end when beardie gets his mates out and destroys them.

Beardie knows he's a bastard, a completely unrepentant bastard, you cross him, and you get crushed.

squidgey wrote: »

I'm pretty sure I know who ole beardy is and he is a regular boards poster. It's the long[ish] hair that throwing me off.

Ding! We have a winner? :)

MistyCheese

Marianne333 wrote: »

Well, have you looked around on this forum and noticed its all lads!!??

I'm a white female aged 18 - 49, Beardy Mc SmugFace is not an attractive male specimen. No matter how dumb the suggestions are!

Deep Easterly

Cactus Col wrote: »

I like this ad.

The way the brunette relishes the way her singers force the beardies threesome otu of the picture, and the big F()CK YOU! at the end when beardie gets his mates out and destroys them.

Nope, the real big F()ck you is that Mr Beard comes back! :pac:

Mr Beard is a bully. He can't sing and insists that everyone hears him. Real singers take over the show, he becomes jealous, calls up his dim-witted buddies and bullies the other choral group off the street with discordant crap.

Mr Beard represents the X Factor mentality our generation.

hairymick

MistyCheese wrote: »

I'm a white female aged 18 - 49, Beardy Mc SmugFace is not an attractive male specimen. No matter how dumb the suggestions are!

A white person on an Irish discussion board?No way!

talkinghead22

Bondvillain wrote: »

Aye. Very Christmassy - Relishing discomfort; envy; peer pressure; destruction of confidence and a big F()CK YOU! in a pear tree.

Bit like my family at yuletide, really. Anyway, my question is : why didnt beardy, the boss-eyed gonk and Phoebe from friends just p*ss off onto another street to bark out their smug hippy Christmas guff? Surely theres more than one street in Dublin that can accommodate hypothetical carol singers.

AND I didn't see any charity collection buckets in front of them. Leads me to believe that they were just going to pocket the money raised by their bullying their way in to the lucrative Christmas Carol racket , and spend it on 'kooky' berets, Newton Faulkner cds and lashings and lashings of silkysmug beard conditioner pour hommes from Molton Brown.

Thieving smug hypothetical hippies.

:D
No amount of Molton Brown can make that badly jumpered t0sser attractive.

And as a follow on from that awful woman with her, "does it clean cups? State of yiz".... Good Lord.
Someone in Meteor should pay for these crimes against advertising.

chalkitdown1

Hardrain wrote: »

Lads, the real enemy is Luke from autoglass.

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