Even more adverts you despise

whisky_galore · 26-10-2020 7:38pm

Immortal Starlight wrote: »

The Volvo ad where the 2 fools go reversing their car blindly out onto the road. Then look at each other shocked when they almost cause an accident.

Just saw that now.
An acknowledgement that we share the roads with these kinds of eegits.

waxmelts2000 · 26-10-2020 7:43pm

The one that annoys me is the car salemans ad from Dublin, shouting the ad. Its so loud, wonder is he drunk !

Americanisms · 26-10-2020 7:47pm

madmaggie wrote: »

I'd love the ould lad to say "yes, the
monster is is there, he's one ugly fkr" then disappear off the screen making choking sounds.

Bart, I don't wanna alarm you, but there may be a boogeyman or men in the house!

galvo_clare · 26-10-2020 8:04pm

I hate the RSA ad with the cyclists making a case for more space.
What gets me is the gob****e giving the thumbs up to the truck driver while obviously in his blind spot. Are the RSA saying this is a smart place to be if you’re on a bike? You won’t be seen by the driver anyway.

jojofizzio · 26-10-2020 8:18pm

Sam Hain wrote: »

I thought they were special needs, the "butch" one goes on like a female Mr Bean. Its a horrible ad regardless of its meaning.

And then being spied on by a Peeping Tom with a long-angled lens??
What the hell has any of it got to do with a mobile phone provider??
One of the more bizarre ads on telly...

jojofizzio · 26-10-2020 8:20pm

pgj2015 wrote: »

The advert where the woman is out jogging and sees a house she wants to buy, then sends a picture of it to her partner/husband.
The bit I hate is where the bank employee has a big smile on his face when they buy it, like he is about to cry as he is so happy for then couple. its so fake.

When I saw that sequel ad first I thought she was going out with the banker fella,there was so much flirting going on between them,then he arrives at the house and she’s all over some other bloke ,and there’s the jilted fella smiling coyly at the pair of them....couldn’t get my head around it

Whestsidestory · 26-10-2020 10:37pm

The ad with some gobshi** in a pink hat

RabbleRouser2k · 27-10-2020 2:51am

kravmaga wrote: »

The Tesco mobile advert, 2 women on a bench making strange faces and eyes at each other, no verbal communication between them.

You know when you know, then you have another woman across a river or the sea looking through binoculars observing the 2 women on the bench.

Maybe its just im getting old, cant make it out at all, not funny , just stupid.

Is there something sinister as myself and my partner think it might be some kind of Lesbian 3 some on the agenda , lol

I think some of these folks think the adverts are 'clever' or abstract. I remember Guinness made some 'what the hell was that?' adverts in the past.
I know a teacher told us, the class, one time that some of these adverts are deliberately designed to annoy you.

The reason being, the one's that annoy the s**t out of you stay in your brain. It's like when you have One of those days where everything goes to crap.

Mal-Adjusted · 27-10-2020 3:57am

Immortal Starlight wrote: »

The AIB ad where the man says “let’s take the risk, let’s really go for it now” It’s like listening to Fr Stone and his exceptionally droll voice from an episode of Fr Ted.

What annoys me about that ad is that they treat "taking that risk" as a wonderful heroic moment, not something that might financially cripple you for the rest of your life, not as if it's a risk for the bank, who'll reposess everything up to your soul if they can.

Banks are also notoriously risk-averse, so the ad rings a bit hollow.

27-10-2020 8:55pm

Where are ye all getting "lesbians" off that brutal Tesco Mobile ad? There seems to be a huge cohert of posters in this thread whose heterosexuality is being threatened by TV advertising.

27-10-2020 9:06pm

Yeah it’s fairly obvious what the general message of it is too, they’re eyeing the phones the whole time. It’s just a bit overdone but I’ve no idea where anyone is getting lesbians from.

Was the woman at the end looking through the coin operated binoculars in something else? She’s a very familiar.

Elmo · 27-10-2020 9:18pm

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Yeah it’s fairly obvious what the general message of it is too, they’re eyeing the phones the whole time. It’s just a bit overdone but I’ve no idea where anyone is getting lesbians from.

Was the woman at the end looking through the coin operated binoculars in something else? She’s a very familiar.

There is a man dress as a dolphin clearly they are lesbians in lesbos and the other more attractive looking straight woman is look disappointingly at a dolphin instead of a woman! At the end of the day all women are lesbians they just haven't realized it yet.

It's all there.....just read between the lines.

trashcan · 27-10-2020 10:30pm

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

I think some of these folks think the adverts are 'clever' or abstract. I remember Guinness made some 'what the hell was that?' adverts in the past.
I know a teacher told us, the class, one time that some of these adverts are deliberately designed to annoy you.

The reason being, the one's that annoy the s**t out of you stay in your brain. It's like when you have One of those days where everything goes to crap.

There's probably more than something in that. If you think about it, the worst thing you can be is the bland ad that no-one can remember. Mind you, I think they are too clever at times with the annoying adds. Half the time I can't remember what it is they're flogging.

screamer · 27-10-2020 10:36pm

jojofizzio wrote: »

When I saw that sequel ad first I thought she was going out with the banker fella,there was so much flirting going on between them,then he arrives at the house and she’s all over some other bloke ,and there’s the jilted fella smiling coyly at the pair of them....couldn’t get my head around it

Thought the same thing, maybe it just shows what you have to do these days to get a mortgage!

Muahahaha · 27-10-2020 11:31pm

jojofizzio wrote: »

When I saw that sequel ad first I thought she was going out with the banker fella,there was so much flirting going on between them,then he arrives at the house and she’s all over some other bloke ,and there’s the jilted fella smiling coyly at the pair of them....couldn’t get my head around it

yeah its bizarre, and then the banker at the end in slow motion with his cheesy grin looking at the couple hugging. Also it annoys me that in the first ad when she is jogging its a red brick house they're buying but its not the same house the banker calls around to in the sequel ad

Ol' Donie · 27-10-2020 11:45pm

the purple tin wrote: »

Stupid McDonald's ad where the mother gives her car to her young son. I hate it because
> There isn't a teen in the country who would turn their nose up at a free car. No matter how ugly it is.
> Your friends would not be laughing at you bacause you are driving your Mam's car. They would be looking for lifts to x, y and z. Any teen with a car of their own suddenly becomes Mr popular with their friends, no matter how ugly it is.
> He drives to McDs using his Ma's petrol and buys her a cheap burger with her own money which he nicked out of the car. Thanks for nothing, son!

Just saw that. It took me a minute to realise that the free car the kid got was something he had to endure.

galvo_clare · 28-10-2020 9:33am

And I’ve just noticed that at the start of the ad the car is reversed into the drive as it should be. How did the car flip around?
Don’t know why Volvo, of all companies, appear to be endorsing a very dangerous practice.

Immortal Starlight wrote: »

The Volvo ad where the 2 fools go reversing their car blindly out onto the road. Then look at each other shocked when they almost cause an accident.

CoBo55 · 28-10-2020 11:26am

galvo_clare wrote: »

And I’ve just noticed that at the start of the ad the car is reversed into the drive as it should be. How did the car flip around?
Don’t know why Colvo, of all companies, appear to be endorsing a very dangerous practice.

That song is absolutely dreadful....

madmaggie · 28-10-2020 1:30pm

The osteoporosis infomercial annoys me. I know it's well intentioned, but still annoying.

lertsnim · 28-10-2020 1:39pm

Deleted User wrote: »

The dubbing is brutal. Possibly worse than the Christmas one with the kid playing reindeers.

That one will be due another run in the next few weeks. Can't wait to put my foot through the tv.

whisky_galore · 28-10-2020 2:22pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Just saw that. It took me a minute to realise that the free car the kid got was something he had to endure.

Ungrateful little git.

What did he expect, a brand new Subaru?

RabbleRouser2k · 28-10-2020 3:43pm

I wanted to hate the lifebuoy advert (for the new handsoap).... but I can't, it's got this retro animation that's got so much charm.

screamer · 28-10-2020 3:47pm

The radio ads for virgin broadband speed, some gob****e on a piano and some sausage tying butcher and the voice over guy taking the absolute p:ss out of them, makes my ears bleed.
TBH I’d have the world record for speed of changing the radio station because of it!

Immortal Starlight · 28-10-2020 5:31pm

madmaggie wrote: »

The osteoporosis infomercial annoys me. I know it's well intentioned, but still annoying.

How many more songs from my teenage years is it possible for them to mangle. It's ridiculous.

the purple tin · 28-10-2020 6:27pm

There is an English ad for Brexit. Basically telling business owners that things will change after the 1st of Jan.
Almost everyone in it comes across as surly and mildly patronising, like the viewer is a moron and they have to explain it really simply.
One of them says 'I'll give you a moment to jot that down, first of Jan' :rolleyes:
Yeah I think i can remember New Years day without writing it down thanks, ya muppet.

ifconfig · 28-10-2020 6:37pm

Is it just me or is that McDonalds advert just deliberately cynically trying to pay some kind of cringy homage to Normal People and Connell/Paul Mescal ?

Casting a character as an awkward, gormless goofy college fresher type who awkwardly answers his mother's questions in one or two syllables .. and then finds sudden joy in life by buying a drive through takeaway and then cruising his neighbourhood blaring "all da hitz" on the car radio ?

I cannot help imagine that the brief for this advert sought a Connell lookalike and a kind of doting mother and full of awkward teenage angst and brutally inarticulate vibe - dull grey/dodgy haircut,etc.
Within a year of his McDonalds epiphany he will be nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Just saw that. It took me a minute to realise that the free car the kid got was something he had to endure.

whisky_galore · 28-10-2020 7:42pm

the purple tin wrote: »

There is an English ad for Brexit. Basically telling business owners that things will change after the 1st of Jan.
Almost everyone in it comes across as surly and mildly patronising, like the viewer is a moron and they have to explain it really simply.
One of them says 'I'll give you a moment to jot that down, first of Jan' :rolleyes:
Yeah I think i can remember New Years day without writing it down thanks, ya muppet.

The Irish (radio) one is some tennis themed thing with crowds cheering. There's not much to fcukin cheer about really.

jackboy · 28-10-2020 7:50pm

Muahahaha wrote: »

yeah its bizarre, and then the banker at the end in slow motion with his cheesy grin looking at the couple hugging. Also it annoys me that in the first ad when she is jogging its a red brick house they're buying but its not the same house the banker calls around to in the sequel ad

That banker reminds me of littlefinger from game of thrones. He is just so creepy and looks like he is up to something.

Storm 10 · 28-10-2020 10:03pm

The add for Tesco mobile has to be the most stupid one I ever saw two girls sitting on a bench on an Island cringy looking at each other and being watched through binoculars by another.

How do these get passed it's rubbish

Acosta · 28-10-2020 10:56pm

Argh! McDonald's dubbing Irish accents over English accents is so pointless and irritating when I've already seen it loads of times on UK TV

Ol' Donie · 28-10-2020 11:04pm

Immortal Starlight wrote: »

The Volvo ad where the 2 fools go reversing their car blindly out onto the road. Then look at each other shocked when they almost cause an accident.

Just saw this a minute after reading your post.

Remarkable ad. If you and your partner are sufficiently imbecilic that you wouldn't think of having one or other of you guide a car with your children into it onto a road that trucks fly down, then this is the car for you.

But really, neither of you should have a licence.

Darth Melkor · 28-10-2020 11:43pm

Acosta wrote: »

Argh! McDonald's dubbing Irish accents over English accents is so pointless and irritating when I've already seen it loads of times on UK TV

They change the car registrations to Dublin ones and the change in the car to euros but forget 20 mph signs and the red Post boxes!

the purple tin · 29-10-2020 8:34am

The ad with some english comedian standing in front of her mirror and putting on moisturiser thet she got for free while waffling away.
'Someone said my skin looks nice, she gets to stay in the inner circle, haw haw'.
:mad:

Tim76 · 29-10-2020 9:52am

the purple tin wrote: »

There is an English ad for Brexit. Basically telling business owners that things will change after the 1st of Jan.
Almost everyone in it comes across as surly and mildly patronising, like the viewer is a moron and they have to explain it really simply.
One of them says 'I'll give you a moment to jot that down, first of Jan' :rolleyes:
Yeah I think i can remember New Years day without writing it down thanks, ya muppet.

The viewer is a moron. If Brexit had been explained to them really simply in the first place then they wouldn't be in this mess!

Sam Hain · 29-10-2020 7:38pm

jackboy wrote: »

That banker reminds me of littlefinger from game of thrones. He is just so creepy and looks like he is up to something.

Permanent Support
Online-Phone- Branch-In your girlfriends knickers

the purple tin · 29-10-2020 7:43pm

Tim76 wrote: »

The viewer is a moron. If Brexit had been explained to them really simply honestly in the first place then they wouldn't be in this mess!

FYP

Hyperbollix · 29-10-2020 8:23pm

QUOTE DEVIL.IE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY...................ON YOUR CAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRR INSURANCE............

I'm not a violent person, but I'd love to grab that John Mcguire and put his head through a very thick piece of glass at high speed.

NeftDaslari · 29-10-2020 8:27pm

Did they have to edit 20 seconds out of that Tesco mobile ad? I cannot explain what’s going on.

CoBo55 · 30-10-2020 12:15am

NeftDaslari wrote: »

Did they have to edit 20 seconds out of that Tesco mobile ad? I cannot explain what’s going on.

It really has to be removed it's absolutely dreadful.

Does anyone know what that Ikea ad is all about? I really don't get it...

trashcan · 30-10-2020 1:27am

ifconfig wrote: »

Is it just me or is that McDonalds advert just deliberately cynically trying to pay some kind of cringy homage to Normal People and Connell/Paul Mescal ?

Casting a character as an awkward, gormless goofy college fresher type who awkwardly answers his mother's questions in one or two syllables .. and then finds sudden joy in life by buying a drive through takeaway and then cruising his neighbourhood blaring "all da hitz" on the car radio ?

I cannot help imagine that the brief for this advert sought a Connell lookalike and a kind of doting mother and full of awkward teenage angst and brutally inarticulate vibe - dull grey/dodgy haircut,etc.
Within a year of his McDonalds epiphany he will be nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature

100% going for that vibe alright. Ironically Paul Mescal came to prominence in an ad himself, the Denny "Bali ........haunis" ad. Which wasn't actually the worst.

Tim76 · 30-10-2020 10:18am

I've a feeling that everybody is not going to love Christmas Lisa pretty soon given the fact we're going to be watching those crazy dance moves ad nauseam for the next 2 months.

CoBo55 · 30-10-2020 10:48am

Tim76 wrote: »

I've a feeling that everybody is not going to love Christmas Lisa pretty soon given the fact we're going to be watching those crazy dance moves ad nauseam for the next 2 months.

It's dreadful, the voice over is so wooden.

Say Your Number · 31-10-2020 12:56am

I like that Oral-B ad, where your one is talking to dentist, I like it because she has an empty smile on her face when the dentist is talking, like she has no idea what she is saying.

Looked at the English version of the McDonald's ad, surprised to see it had Westlife in it, thought they would have used a different song there, but I suppose they were big in England 20 years ago.

RabbleRouser2k · 01-11-2020 11:51am

Eir have a new advert with Ballymaloe, with Darina Allen in it...

Nope... if I hated Eir before, I hate them far more now.

neris · 01-11-2020 10:01pm

What is the obsession with "dancing" in phone ads.

Thargor · 01-11-2020 10:33pm

Noooooooooooooo the fooking GOMO mong dance ad is back!

48 need to hit them with the fact that they're 50% cheaper quick.

01-11-2020 11:04pm

Aldi Top Gun parody.

I Love Top Gun. Quite like Aldi, but it's a bit full on for a christmas ad.

CoBo55 · 01-11-2020 11:25pm

Thargor wrote: »

Noooooooooooooo the fooking GOMO mong dance ad is back!

48 need to hit them with the fact that they're 50% cheaper quick.

24?

Aceandstuff · 02-11-2020 1:59am

trashcan wrote: »

There's probably more than something in that. If you think about it, the worst thing you can be is the bland ad that no-one can remember. Mind you, I think they are too clever at times with the annoying adds. Half the time I can't remember what it is they're flogging.

GO COMPAAAAARE! GO COMPAAAARRRE!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Elmo · 02-11-2020 10:48am

CoBo55 wrote: »

24?

Really want to re-create the gomo ad with a bunch of OAP their actual market.

48 is currently 8 per month compared to 13

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