Ads that make no sense .....

Mr E · 12-05-2002 9:54pm #1

OK.... here is one for you....

Anyone seen any ads lately that don't make any sense ??

Top of the list for me is the Disprin Direct ad. As far as I can make out, Disprin Direct will help you hotwire cars (probably the reason there is a shortage of the stuff in Dublin!!!)

Any others?

jonno · 12-05-2002 10:19pm

I agree Im gona get me some of those. Could come in handy someday.

Kali · 13-05-2002 12:16am

stupid tia maria ad where some guy nearly runs over a wolf while driving.... goddamn pointless.

on a plus note that aib ad with the guy in the cinema is quite good... well done on that whoever

Makaveli · 13-05-2002 12:33am

The new adidas football ads dont seem to make all that much sense or maybe I'm just not paying proper attention to them.

Saruman · 13-05-2002 8:06am

All those O2 ads because the name change itself makes no sense! Stupid name for a company....

Mr E · 13-05-2002 12:59pm

Originally posted by Kali
on a plus note that aib ad with the guy in the cinema is quite good... well done on that whoever

I think 90% of whats good about those ads is the brilliant music.

Inspector Gadget · 13-05-2002 2:04pm

Originally posted by Saruman
All those O2 ads because the name change itself makes no sense! Stupid name for a company....

Yeah... I get the distinct impression that they've confused O2 with H2O - or am I alone in that?

Gadget
(P.S.> The music from the AIB ad is actually by the Walls (ex The Stunning) - it's something they had lying around and had never put lyrics to when an ad company came to them looking for a tune, apparently...)

seamus · 13-05-2002 2:12pm

Originally posted by Inspector Gadget

Yeah... I get the distinct impression that they've confused O2 with H2O - or am I alone in that?

No you're not alone, but whoever came up with those ads messed it up. The big bubbles are supposed to be oxygen bubbles. Obvious? No.

If they were called H20 they probably would have used a fish in a tank......

Inspector Gadget · 13-05-2002 2:30pm

Originally posted by seamus
If they were called H20 they probably would have used a fish in a tank......

Probably not, actually - there's a credit-card company in the UK called Goldfish who've beaten them to it. And since they (O2) are producing one set of adverts for all their markets, it wouldn't be prudent, I wouldn't think... (what other types of fish could you use that were "cute" enough?)

Gadget

Shad0r · 13-05-2002 2:31pm

Originally posted by Saruman
All those O2 ads because the name change itself makes no sense! Stupid name for a company....

Why?

Originally posted by Inspector Gadget
Yeah... I get the distinct impression that they've confused O2 with H2O - or am I alone in that?

They havent confused o2 with H2O. They arent trying to sell oxygen or water.

Originally posted by seamus

No you're not alone, but whoever came up with those ads messed it up.

I disagree. I think its fantastic advertising. Fair enough the stratagy they've employed means that to be effective they have to plough (and I mean truck loads) of money into their advertising campaign but just because the ads dont say "o2, we're your new digiphone" dosnet mean that they messed up.

They are very cleverly (imho) branding their product while alot of people still arent 100% sure what the product even is.

Gaz · 13-05-2002 2:34pm

I disagree ... all those adds make you think of water (well they make me think of water) not oxygen.

Shad0r · 13-05-2002 2:36pm

On the subject of that Disprin ad.

GODDAMN thats a terrible ad. In fact that is the worst ad on tv atm. :rolleyes:

One of the best ads is still the Nivea Ad imho

Marketing strategy: "erm...lets put a really sexy, fit bird jumping around and doing excercises whilst waving our product around"

Brilliance!

Gaz · 13-05-2002 2:41pm

Yeah those adds are great for nothing else but the nudity !

Anyone else think they are getting alot braver with those adds, ive seen a few where you see ass in full view and im nearly certain ive seen one with breasts in full view ...although i could be wrong on that one

Cake Fiend · 13-05-2002 2:46pm

That stupid Guinness ad with the surfers pisses me off.
And the ad for One2One where they're talking about how your personality is defined by "every one-to-one you've ever had" - very good as a standalone short, but it annoys me the way they have this thought-provoking, almost poignant clip but straight afterward are all like "buy our product". There are plenty of ads around like this - they may have absolutely bugger all to do with the actual product; they are relied on to be interesting and memorable to provide a sales pitch of some sort. Bit of a perversion imo.

(if this doesn't make sense, I blame it on lack of sleep)

Cerdito · 13-05-2002 3:05pm

That stupid Guinness ad with the surfers pisses me off.

Haha....Did you know that was voted the best ad of all time on Channel 4? I agree it's a bit confusing. The Leftfield track is great though. Also they seem to have changed the words of the voiceover with yer man saying even more stupid stuff than before. Interestingly, I'm pretty sure it's the same guy who does the voiceover for the new Nike 'cage' advert.

pendulum · 13-05-2002 4:48pm

Anyone else seen the advert on sky for "squeek" (i think) magazine ?
A schoolgirl walks into an assembly hall and just explodes into pink slime all over fellow pupils..
Weird or what..

Victor · 13-05-2002 4:54pm

Originally posted by Darth Homer
I disagree ... all those adds make you think of water (well they make me think of water) not oxygen.

It won't sell bread for them though, will it?

BLITZ_Molloy · 13-05-2002 5:26pm

Then Pentium3 adverts they used have that said the processor would speed up your internet!

The IFC made them remove that claim from the P4 adverts.

sceptre · 13-05-2002 5:46pm

Originally posted by Sico
And the ad for One2One where they're talking about how your personality is defined by "every one-to-one you've ever had" - very good as a standalone short, but it annoys me the way they have this thought-provoking, almost poignant clip but straight afterward are all like "buy our product".

Aye, poor advertising.

But then, like all mobile providers, they're not advertising a phone (or a mobile provider) - they're trying to sell you a lifestyle.

(as with some other advertisers)

Mr E · 13-05-2002 6:46pm

Still a personal hate of mine is the Dell ad.

"Who was that?"
"Dell. I was ordering my new PC. Its got an intel Pentium 4 processor"
"Really?"
"Yes really."

sceptre · 13-05-2002 7:27pm

... and the guy that he gets on to in Dell at the end of the advert is actually called "Del";)

("hello, Del, how can I help?" - she's obviously been ringing one of those dirty chat lines)

Winters · 13-05-2002 7:32pm

I REALLY hate thoese kombucha (or whatever the hell it is) ads. They have some acrtress jst sitting there talking about c**p which has more or less nothing to do with the producd! they annoy me SOOOO much!

Kali · 13-05-2002 8:03pm

oh is that orange?
no its for my constipation.

.enough said.

Inspector Gadget · 13-05-2002 8:27pm

Originally posted by Kali
oh is that orange?
no its for my constipation.

.enough said.

"Just call us the (constipated?) family!" :eek:

Gadget

Jim · 13-05-2002 9:15pm

i hate that add for yoplat yogurt, with the pointless music and the weird distorted faces!!

why the hell did the company pick that add?? its neither entertaining or informative. all it tells us is that if ur face is twisted in some phiscally impossible way then eat yogurt???

[di da do, do da de de da etc....] [ugh]:(

Mr E · 13-05-2002 9:32pm

I cannot watch that Yoplait ad. It physically turns my stomach.

Ads that make no sense .....

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