Even more adverts you despise

Go Harvey Go

Arcsurvivor wrote: »

All the car and insurance ones. Geico has some stupid ones.

I quite like the "Somebody's Watching Me" ones from nearly a decade ago...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91LQWQEyD8w

Say Your Number

The ad where Santy goes into McDonalds to get carrots for the reindeer.

Where the hell is there an open and fairly busy fast food restaurant on the early hours of Christmas day, I hope the staff are getting well paid to put up with that bullsh1t.

RabbleRouser2k

Say Your Number wrote: »

The ad where Santy goes into to McDonalds to get carrots for the reindeer.

Where the hell is there and open fairly busy fast food restaurant on the early hours of Christmas day, I hope the staff are getting well paid to put up with that bullsh1t.

It's a thanksgiving meme, but it works for Christmas too. ^^

Some very grinchy individuals who don't like that advert-you're meant to suspend disbelief and just go with it. It's mostly heartwarming.
For all we know they're getting double or triple overtime for working x-mas day.

AndrewJRenko

Arcsurvivor wrote: »

All the car and insurance ones. Geico has some stupid ones.

Yer wan with the Dub accent who puts on her posh telephone voice where she speaks without moving her lips for her one line "I like it all online" or similar in the its4women insurance ad - grates on my ears every time.

flazio

Could someone tell Guinness that the match is over. You can start the snow ad now.

Say Your Number

In the Guinness Christmas ad when your man says "Don't forget to turn the lights off" in a condescending tone, I wish the other fella would reply "Ah f*ck off ya prick"

flazio

Say Your Number wrote: »

In the Guinness Christmas ad when your man says "Don't forget to turn the lights off" in a condescending tone, I wish the other fella would reply "Ah f*ck off ya prick"

He does sound a bit exasperated when replying "I won't"

caviardreams

That SuperValu "consider" campaign is nauseating, as if your grocery shopping should involved deep and meaningful contemplation on the nature of washing powder or a sliced pan :rolleyes:

The Christmas one also has a really annoying guy saying "our suppliers and staff" right at the end and it took me ages to even work out what he was saying.

"Consider" scrapping the ad guys :mad:

afkasurfjunkie

caviardreams wrote: »

That SuperValu "consider" campaign is nauseating, as if your grocery shopping should involved deep and meaningful contemplation on the nature of washing powder or a sliced pan :rolleyes:

The Christmas one also has a really annoying guy saying "our suppliers and staff" right at the end and it took me ages to even work out what he was saying.

"Consider" scrapping the ad guys :mad:

Also, isn’t one of those ‘designer’ collections in dunnes stores called Considered? Considered by Helen James, I think. So not very imaginative by super valu standards.

Try_harder

I hate that SV ad, their diction is terrible

2ndcoming

It beats "The Super, The Valu" whatever da eff that was supposed to mean. They seem to really struggle for simple ad catchphrases.

Dickie10

the radio ad, i know this is tv but i foookin hate it. its for OPEL and it has two men , one is "Jay" who is 20 something sounds like hes from Offaly /Laois they have him made out to be really dopey and perhaps an apprentice, the other is another guy seems to be the boss, he has a really ,really horrible dublin accent and is really condescending to the other guy, jay. really hate there banter , the dub sounds a pure pricck, sounds a real man about town , no it all wannker. reminds me of the detective actor on fair city. also sounds so unrealistic, like the chances of having an apprentice from down in Laois /offaly working for a dub is slim enough, they sound like there in building trade again dubs are the minority at this . its usually all rural subbies. the dubs are poor enough at that sort of thing.bit too unionised

applehunter

The new An Post Christmas post ad is very very gay.

lertsnim

The Dunnes Stores ad with the terrible acting. Awful.

jellybear

I know it's been posted about before, but the Ulster Bank mortgage ad with the couple moving the couch around their house drives me crazy!!
The faces she makes and the way she says "Yeah, it's good" really annoy me.

Pentecost

jellybear wrote: »

I know it's been posted about before, but the Ulster Bank mortgage ad with the couple moving the couch around their house drives me crazy!!
The faces she makes and the way she says "Yeah, it's good" really annoy me.

I quite fancy her but that is very annoying. To be honest all of the banks ads are on so often that they all get annoying. Do they really need to advertise mortgages so much? What does it actually achieve?

lertsnim

I see that bastard Vodafone ad from last year is back again. The one with the dabbing young fella and his family after opening his Christmas presents.

I'll give Vodafone some credit though. Their ads are consistently the worst ads all year round.

Pythagorean

Can't stand the Mc Donalds ad "Did somebody say MaccyD's?", the one where the kids do manic dancing like epilepsy, in ridiculous places like art galleries, and outside in pouring rain, and of course they have to have people "of colour" in it just to make even more annoying and PC, look at the last scene where the two coloured girls get their burgers and fries, and the look on their faces would suggest that they have just been given some priceless treasure. Calling Mc Donalds "MaccyD's" suggests they are trying to make it sound chummy and nice, maybe some sort of allusion to Michael D ?

EPAndlee

lertsnim wrote: »

I see that bastard Vodafone ad from last year is back again. The one with the dabbing young fella and his family after opening his Christmas presents.

I'll give Vodafone some credit though. Their ads are consistently the worst ads all year round.

And that stupid laugh your wan does when the young lad dabbs

tom1ie

That ****ing SuperValu add with the man saying " but I just got your name tattooed on my...."
Woman says " with our CAR insurance"
FFS! Bloody feminazis!

Elmo

EPAndlee wrote: »

And that stupid laugh your wan does when the young lad dabbs

I was watching that and think is dabbing still a thing.

lertsnim

Pythagorean wrote: »

Calling Mc Donalds "MaccyD's" suggests they are trying to make it sound chummy and nice, maybe some sort of allusion to Michael D ?

Maccy D's isn't an Irish phenomenon.

RabbleRouser2k

There's a new advert for Tipperary Crystal that's trying to be mawkish and sentimental, but is either confusing or poorly thought out.

The ad is shortened to a 30 second or so version- but I have no idea what the pitch for this was.

Like, we don't see any Tipperary Crystal in the advert, we just see a bag-is the Crystal meant for the daughter? And the mum getting dolled up looks like she'll do 'anything' for that Tipperary Crystal.

(Maybe my mind went into the filthy zone because I saw the book they're reading said 'A Chubby little snowman'.)

Elmo

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

Like, we don't see any Tipperary Crystal in the advert, we just see a bag-is the Crystal meant for the daughter? And the mum getting dolled up looks like she'll do 'anything' for that Tipperary Crystal.

I think all the ornaments and the jewelry she is wearing is from Tipp Crystal. No?

RabbleRouser2k

Elmo wrote: »

I think all the ornaments and the jewelry she is wearing is from Tipp Crystal. No?

You see, I had to google that to see if you were right, and you are.

I got absolutely none of that from the advert.

Elmo

SuperValu all things considered Christmas ad.

They seem to be trying to link all of the different parts together


as a poem read by a different person

But all things considered it does work, much like this post.

donkeykong5

jellybear wrote: »

I know it's been posted about before, but the Ulster Bank mortgage ad with the couple moving the couch around their house drives me crazy!!
The faces she makes and the way she says "Yeah, it's good" really annoy me.

Never hated an advert before. Until that one. !

Purple Mountain

Maybe I'm just a bit wet behind the ears but I just don't get the Skoda ad.
The one where they say that even though it's not built in Ireland, it's made for Ireland.
But...the opening scene is a father and bride and it appears that he's having engine trouble.
How's that supposed to inspire someone to buy a Skoda?

RandomName2

jellybear wrote: »

I know it's been posted about before, but the Ulster Bank mortgage ad with the couple moving the couch around their house drives me crazy!!
The faces she makes and the way she says "Yeah, it's good" really annoy me.

Especially getting a loan for a fricking sofa! Wouldn't even mind if that sort of attitude didn't end up in Ulster Bank having to go into public ownership less than a decade ago.

RabbleRouser2k

Elmo wrote: »

I was watching that and think is dabbing still a thing.

Yeah-'flossing' is the thing this year. Not dabbing.

(the above is 'flossing' in case folks don't know).