Dublin Terminal 2 TV ad

FantasticWinner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdjLBXlieI0

Lots of talk about Terminal 2 lately amid all the news of the bailout. I just saw the ad for it on TV last night and actually think it looks really well and makes you feel proud to be Irish. Have any of you seen it? What do you think?

JonathanAnon

It's about as full in that ad, as it will be at peak time... Good enough ad, but you cant avoid the elephant in the room that it's not needed and will cost a fortune to run..

MaceFace

What I want to know is why the hell the DAA are spending money advertising a new terminal?

What is the point?

BKtje

Looks quite nice, hopefully will use it when i come for a holiday at end of december/start january.

Anyone know if they are going to bother finishing/starting the new runway which I thought was to open in 2014?

Atlantic Dawn

If it was a private company Id see nothing wrong with it but its €500,000 of tax payers money used in its production and media slots, its not as if Joe Soap on a plane can makd a decision as to what terminal a plane lands in. Reminds me of the Eirgrid advert which assumed the average person had a spare power plant that they wished to get connected to a national grid.

maximoose

It is a good advertisement in that its well made, but what is the point?

Its not like its going to make people say "OMG NEW TERMINAL?! IM GONNA BOOK FLIGHTZ"

Waste of money.

Suspiria79

We gave the world Dracula

AOwannabe

Suspiria79 wrote: »

We gave the world Dracula

Conor108

The construction video of it is sweet too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtR8Vq52LWM

SVG

I hate it- it's so smug.

I don't like "ah sure aren't we great" ads at the best of times but this one really grates; especially at the moment.

humanji

MaceFace wrote: »

What I want to know is why the hell the DAA are spending money advertising a new terminal?

What is the point?

There's no point. It's the O2 now.

Ba-dum-tish!

I hate it- it's so smug.

I don't like "ah sure aren't we great" ads at the best of times but this one really grates; especially at the moment.

I kin dof like it for that reason. It's certainly smug, but he lists a load of great things about Ireland, which people tend to forget about. People need to be reminded about being Irish more. Sure it's great!

telekon

Conor108 wrote: »

The construction video of it is sweet too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtR8Vq52LWM

All I thought of while watching that ad is "look at all those construction lads that are now out of work".

Parakeets

If the Beaufort Scale of Wind is a highlight of our contribution to the planet,then they should have considered not making the ad in the first place. This scale is just a relative observational scale of wind. If a tree sways in the wind the force is 3-4 or if it falls down it's Force 10. Hardly rocket science. To me the ad is embarrassing.

JonathanAnon

SVG wrote: »

I hate it- it's so smug. I don't like "ah sure aren't we great" ads at the best of times but this one really grates;

Maybe the ad is to remind us of the stereotypical smug, conceited, egotistical person whose investments are now controlled by NAMA... and that if we see such a person we should land a plane on them...

I certainly have no problem with tipping the hat to Ireland geniuses,...but to produce a 30 second ad highlighting such people, at a time when we are known world wide as the people who cant do simple accountancy, seems futile..

Xivilai

I don't like it for its smugness.

In fairness, compared to some countries we've invented **** all

BKtje

All I thought of while watching that ad is "look at all those construction lads that are now out of work".

Exactly what i was thinking!

Our man in Havana

The reason for T2? So we can all emigrate in style.

Outkast_IRE

Well in fairness we mighnt need its capacity now, but in 10 years time it might seem like a good investment in hindsight. However i still believe they massively overpaid for it ! how the estimates and real cost can differ so much amazes me youd think they would have sub contractors locked into pretty tight contracts!
Ad on tv is good but i still dont see why its needed everybody in the country knows about it anyway at this stage.

telekon

Xivilai wrote: »

I don't like it for its smugness.

In fairness, compared to some countries we've invented **** all

Would have been epic smugness if they put this lad in a hard-hat too.

ironictoaster

telekon wrote: »

Would have been epic smugness if they put this lad in a hard-hat too.

Please don't tell me he's back?

UPCurley

What an awful ad.

So we invented all these things.

Does that mean that other countries can take credit for the forty thousand other things invented.

Oh, dear.

We really didn't invent that much after all.

But then again, we are only a small country.

We are very proud of ourselves though.

Ya, we are superior than all those other countries, aren't we.

It's like an ad Bono would do about himself (or have someone do to promote him.)

Get that ad off. It's a joke, especially in today's climate.

afatbollix

Love the add..

I just like that style of direction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlvBZ5Lu-W4

UPCurley

Yes, I agree with you.
I love the acutal style of the ad.
The content I have a problem with.
Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems all about how wonderful we are as a country/people and it rings quite shallow at the moment.
You know what they say about self praise, and it just seem ironic at the moment.
I love Ireland, but disliked the whole 'we're better than anyone else' vibe that eminated over the last ten years or so.
Prior to that our charm was that we were gorgeous, but didn't know we were.

afatbollix

Is it being shown abroad? Or is it just on TV in Ireland?

Dizraeligears

Isnt it strange how patriotic we become when we get near an airport.

son of rob

Is it controversial that Aer Lingus is the only airline to appear in the add? or do I stand corrected and they are in fact the only airline to use Terminal 2? or is Aer Lingus being advertised as another Irish success story????????:rolleyes:

JonathanAnon

son of rob wrote: »

Is it controversial that Aer Lingus is the only airline to appear in the add? or do I stand corrected and they are in fact the only airline to use Terminal 2? or is Aer Lingus being advertised as another Irish success story????????:rolleyes:

The only thing I see is the Aer Lingus plane, which is only distinguishable if you look very closely..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdjLBXlieI0

They were certainly not gonna give Ryanair a plug anyway, given their history..

It's kind of ironic that he's in the airport and he doesnt mention the Irish success story that is Ryanair all the same... perhaps even mention Michael O'leary or Tony Ryan... And they bring IN to the state, as opposed to Aer Lingus and the DAA who drain it of funds..

It's just a pity the state wasnt run like RyanAir, then we would have a lot less financial difficulties..

ashyle

I like the ad. Don't see the point of it, but it's nice.

Was in the terminal in December, it's lovely but really low ceiling-ed at the boarding areas, which isn't terribly modern. The day I was there, there were only 4 flights departing, so security had nothing to do but search people. Even though I didn't beep going through >:(

bigroad

The way i see it its a glorified bus station.For the the money a brand new airport could have been built.I would much rather see a new hospital being built.Or even maybe the daa should of invested in a few snow ploughs.Daa= shower of tossers.

MagicMarker

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

If it was a private company Id see nothing wrong with it but its €500,000 of tax payers money used in its production and media slots

No it's not.

bigroad wrote: »

The way i see it its a glorified bus station.For the the money a brand new airport could have been built.I would much rather see a new hospital being built.Or even maybe the daa should of invested in a few snow ploughs.Daa= shower of tossers.

Well, it's unfortunate that the Dublin Airport Authority don't specialise in building hospitals isn't it?

Why do people talk about Terminal 2 as if we're all paying for it? Not one cent of tax payers money was used to build the thing but we all still piss and moan about it.

Fúcking typical.

bigroad

I didnt say they specialise in building hospitals.who is going to pay for it if it dosent work out.

DeWitt

I think I'm in love with this David Murray fella.

Poly

ashyle wrote: »

Don't see the point of it

Yeah, it's the airline that makes the choice of which terminal your fly out of. So whats the point???

Carl Sagan

Doesn't look like it's getting used very much. Kind of just seems like a penis extension for the country.

MaceFace

MaceFace wrote: »

What I want to know is why the hell the DAA are spending money advertising a new terminal?

What is the point?

Exactly i mean you'll go where the plane is flying from. Isn't as if we have a choice and i honestly don't give a f*ck if it fly's from T1 or T2 either so long as the plane not a tar barrel with a fan

scoll

Conor108 wrote: »

The construction video of it is sweet too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtR8Vq52LWM

That's brilliant. Although it was a waste of money, you have to admit it looks pretty slick on the ad.

amdublin

I love the ad.

I love the building too. I was part of the daa customer trials and it's really impressive.

amdublin

Ps. I love your mans voice

JonathanAnon

amdublin wrote: »

Ps. I love your mans voice

Typical woman, if he's handsome, suave and speaks well (not like us from "out in the sticks") you'll believe any oul waffle that he comes out with ...

I much prefer the ad with the decent country people, a bit like D'unbelievables' family I guess, telling us that the rashers are great and don't shrivel up on the the pan.. (not like the ones that the city folk would sell you).. Now those people I can believe..

amdublin

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I much prefer the ad with the decent country people, a bit like D'unbelievables' family I guess, telling us that the rashers are great and don't shrivel up on the the pan.. (not like the ones that the city folk would sell you).. Now those people I can believe..

You're not saying you like a Denny's ad are you :eek:

Anita Blow

bigroad wrote: »

I didnt say they specialise in building hospitals.who is going to pay for it if it dosent work out.

Who's to say it won't work out?
The taxpayer did not pay for this. DAA got investment from private investors and the EIB.
In 2009, excluding the initial 40 million hit implementing a cost-saving programme, the DAA still made a profit. It owns a very successful, profitable international arm. From their Annual Report in 2009-

The DAA receives no Exchequer funding. Airport charges, commercial
revenue and borrowings are its only sources of income. To help fund the
necessary capital investments in new and improved facilities, gross debt
was €1.25 billion at year-end.

It's planning for the future.
People just seem to be complaining for the sake of complaining. The company raised the finance itself so taxpayers money doesn't even come into it so any "omg recession bailout imf nama" argument is a bit irrelevant

Spacedog

Xivilai wrote: »

I don't like it for its smugness.

In fairness, compared to some countries we've invented **** all

I invented the internet.

annieire

When i first saw the ad i thought it was long and boring. Then a section of it was played on The Republic of Telly, showing the wind blowing hair moment. Since then, the little DAA ad has grown on me. I quite like it now:)

Ruffty^

To the point of the ad, to that I have no argument since one cannot choose their terminal.