XComercialsX

EMINEM · Post by **EMINEM** » Tue Apr 09, 2002 9:25 am

X-rated commercials? It sounds inevitable, but I don't think it will come to that. According to an art director friend of mine here is DC, the execs recognize the difference between good and bad advertising, and very rarely does a commercial that resorts to using sex, explicit or implied, to sell a product go on to win the admiration of other firms, or any one of the perennial awards that those in the industry base their careers and portfolios on, since it betrays such an obvious lack of creativity.

frogus · Post by **frogus** » Tue Apr 09, 2002 9:38 am

My opinion on the worst adverts is probably tampon's and women's sanitary products, don't get me wrong...

'Can I have a biscuit Jo?'
'Yeah'
'Can I make a sandwhich'
'Yeah'
'What about one of these sweets?'
'Sweets?'

New BrandName Tampons are so small, and so discrete, you won't know it's a tampon...even when you eat it!

and sleep I think you've got a major feminist uprising on your hands...who says Wood Stain's for men? What you really wanna be thinking about is the clean shaven, half-naked blokes on ads for gilette etc...every bit as disgusting as adds for leg waxing etc...

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:07 pm

hey, don't knock the semi-naked men! what have they ever done to you?!

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:24 pm

Originally posted by frogus
clean shaven, half-naked blokes

Actually, I like those commercials.

But, they're not selling anything I want to buy on those commercials.

frogus · Post by **frogus** » Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:27 pm

Originally posted by Robnark
hey, don't knock the semi-naked men! what have they ever done to you?!

shhh...

noone else need know about that eh Rob-N?

Kameleon · Post by **Kameleon** » Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:56 pm

Originally posted by frogus
'Can I have a biscuit Jo?'
'Yeah'
'Can I make a sandwhich'
'Yeah'
'What about one of these sweets?'
'Sweets?'

Ah, bane of my life...and the dubbing is really terrible too, almost as bad as that one with the cartoon chipmunk, for Colgate I think it is.

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Tue Apr 09, 2002 1:25 pm

Originally posted by Kameleon

Ah, bane of my life...and the dubbing is really terrible too, almost as bad as that one with the cartoon chipmunk, for Colgate I think it is.

It's like it's an advert for another country isn't it? You just want to stick a tampon in thier mouths to shut them up!

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Tue Apr 09, 2002 1:32 pm

or shove one in every avaliable orifice and hope toxic shock syndrome kills them

or maybe that's just me

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Tue Apr 09, 2002 1:54 pm

Originally posted by Robnark
or shove one in every avaliable orifice and hope toxic shock syndrome kills them

or maybe that's just me

I didn't consider myself that violent, but what the hell, crack on if you want!

Kameleon · Post by **Kameleon** » Tue Apr 09, 2002 1:57 pm

Originally posted by Robnark
or shove one in every avaliable orifice and hope toxic shock syndrome kills them

or maybe that's just me

Not just you, but I was thinking larger than a tampon..."bargepoles" come to mind...

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Tue Apr 09, 2002 2:59 pm

impaing cartoon chipmunks on bargepoles eh? sounds like an interesting hobby

Aragorn Returns · Post by **Aragorn Returns** » Tue Apr 09, 2002 5:57 pm

advert???? are you talking about commercials? sheesh, can't you people speak english?

Kameleon · Post by **Kameleon** » Wed Apr 10, 2002 1:09 am

Originally posted by Aragorn Returns
advert???? are you talking about commercials? sheesh, can't you people speak english?

Ignore him, he's from Orange County

Aragorn Returns · Post by **Aragorn Returns** » Wed Apr 10, 2002 9:47 pm

first of all, the advertisments on TV are called commericials, say it with me, commercials, secondly, the ones in newspapers, magazines, even sometimes on TV can be abreviated to "ads" not "adverts"

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed Apr 10, 2002 9:52 pm

Originally posted by Aragorn Returns
first of all, the advertisments on TV are called commericials, say it with me, commercials, secondly, the ones in newspapers, magazines, even sometimes on TV can be abreviated to "ads" not "adverts"

Actually, they're called by a host of names, none of them repeatable in this forum. "Tools for brainwashing" is about as close as anyone could come, I suppose.

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Wed Apr 10, 2002 9:52 pm

Originally posted by Aragorn Returns
first of all, the advertisments on TV are called commericials, say it with me, commercials, secondly, the ones in newspapers, magazines, even sometimes on TV can be abreviated to "ads" not "adverts"

Question: What authority dost thou have about abbreviating when thou can't even spell abbreviate right?

Aragorn Returns · Post by **Aragorn Returns** » Wed Apr 10, 2002 10:04 pm

authority from god! so back off!

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed Apr 10, 2002 10:07 pm

Originally posted by Aragorn Returns
authority from god! so back off!

LOL!

Hey, if you've got Urd on your side, put in a good word for me.

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Wed Apr 10, 2002 10:14 pm

Originally posted by Aragorn Returns
authority from god! so back off!

Which one? Was it Thorin? Are you sure it wasn't one of the demi-gods? What makes you think this god has more authority than the Goddess of Death and Rebirth?

Aragorn Returns · Post by **Aragorn Returns** » Wed Apr 10, 2002 10:17 pm

shut up! that's why!