Ads that get right on your tits

[piku]

Do the magazines actually last their full run?

They do, yes. They're very niche, but they're set up in such a way that they only need a few thousand people to subscribe to the whole run to make some cash.

That's not so bad then. I'd be well peeved if I subscribed to "niche spoon collector's monthly" and only got 6 of my promised souvenir spoons, especially when they tend to give away the important stuff towards the end. "Build a ship in just 24 months... and in month 24 we'll give you the outer hull and mast! so if you don't last the run, you end up with a collection of junk that's useless."

[mightyzim]

Dolce and Gabanna (I don't give a shit about the spelling) apparently makes you a slut (male or female)

[sack]

But that's what they're all about these days. People are so used to traditional adverts that they filter them out instinctlively, so the advertisers need to have a different angle that just gets you talking about the advert. Then when you are out and about and maybe think you fancy some chocolate-related product you subconsciously 'trust' Cadbury's because their name is subliminally etched into your subconscious and so tend to choose theirs over some other brand.

That and for every promise or claim you make 10 people will be lining up to complain or sue you because in some circles it's almost a hobby. So why not just make no clains or promises and entertain the viewer for 30 seconds and give them a talking point at work or on some forum? Effective and legally safer ground.

Given that TV *is supposed to be a form of entertainment* it actually doesn't seem like such a bad thing for me, except when they get it badly wrong. But that goes for the programs too.

[Yak]

I think one of the main reasons ads get on your tits is the constant bloody repetition. Even something clever and mildly amusing starts to grate when it's shoved in your face again and again.

If an advertiser really wanted to make themselves stand out from the rest, and at the same time spare everyone the grinding tedium of endlessly repeating the same thing, why couldn't they record some fairly long kind of story thing and then chop it up into 50 or 100 30 second "episodes" that got shown sequentially? I don't mean like those stupid coffee ads which were episodic but only over a very long period of time and you still had to see the same one again and again in the meanwhile, I mean something where each time the thing was shown it was a new piece.

Might even get people *wanting* to watch the ads just to see the whole story.

Also I must note that Barry Scott doesn't shout nearly enough any more on the Cillit Bang adverts.

[Mellers]

ANY christmas ad which nauseatingly uses the phrase
"we got xxxx all wrapped up"
(bleurghhhh!)

or suggests that Santa does all his shopping at their shop/department store/computer outlet, mobile phone warehouse/crackden/warehouse/whorehouse/outhouse or dog house.
AAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!

[Orava]

If an advertiser really wanted to make themselves stand out from the rest, and at the same time spare everyone the grinding tedium of endlessly repeating the same thing, why couldn't they record some fairly long kind of story thing and then chop it up into 50 or 100 30 second "episodes" that got shown sequentially? I don't mean like those stupid coffee ads which were episodic but only over a very long period of time and you still had to see the same one again and again in the meanwhile, I mean something where each time the thing was shown it was a new piece.

Your wish is granted. Just watch Corrie in the new year.

Product placement is to be allowed on British TV shows, in a move due to be announced next week.

Independent broadcasters will be allowed to take payments for displaying commercial products during shows.

The change is intended to bring in extra funds for commercial broadcasters. Experts believe it could raise up to £100m a year.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8252901.stm

[adam]

i just imagined all the product placement being done by live video compositing, and being able to turn it off for a fee, or have famous paintings displayed on detergent bottles or soft drink cans instead of brand names

[RedOktober]

Also I must note that Barry Scott doesn't shout nearly enough any more on the Cillit Bang adverts.

And doesn't call himself Barry Scott, because it isn't his name.

[Mark]

Also I must note that Barry Scott doesn't shout nearly enough any more on the Cillit Bang adverts.

And doesn't call himself Barry Scott, because it isn't his name.

Yeah right, you'll be trying to persuade us Santa doesn't exist next.

[sack]

I hate product placement, or outright stopping whatever is ghappening to just discuss a product. In spain Telecinco (which is like heat magazine in PAL format) gave the most baffling version of this on $GENERIC_CHATSHOW. You know the sort, some woman whining that a bloke doesn't love him and she loves him so much, blah blah blah...

So typicallly the girl was crying and very emotional and the presenter said something along the lines of 'You are upset, you need to take some time and maybe for emotional support talk with your friends....'

And she whipped out a mobile phone and continued '... And the 'jabber on like an arsehole' package from some mobile company lets you do just that with masses of free minutes, more texts than you know what to do with, a phone that does everything except make the tea... blah blah blah' and the sales pitch continued.

I can't remember much more about the context (like which program, or mobile operator) but even knowing how shitty and low those kinds of programs are that was a new low that made me laugh in amazement.

I prefer adverts to product placement thanks.

[Ollie]

Depends how it's done; for example I don't see it as a problem that all the computers in House that would probably be in shot anyway happen to have Dell logos clearly visible, but I do object when the flow of the editing in Heroes is interrupted by a completely gratuitous and irrelevant close-up of a Sprint phone or modem.

[Ratsoap]

Not an ad as such, but I just noticed that on the side of the box that my hoover came in it says: 'Imagine a vacuum that creates pefection'

I'd rather imagine one that cleans the friggin floor.

[RedOktober]

Also I must note that Barry Scott doesn't shout nearly enough any more on the Cillit Bang adverts.

And doesn't call himself Barry Scott, because it isn't his name.

Yeah right, you'll be trying to persuade us Santa doesn't exist next.

I bet a lot of people felt the same way as me about it.

"HI, I'M BARRY SCOTT"

No you're not. So the first thing you do is lie? You can fuck off.

[Cloudane]

I guess Neil Burgess was deemed not to sound right. Maybe if he was selling veal burgers.

[kitkat]

If an advertiser really wanted to make themselves stand out from the rest, and at the same time spare everyone the grinding tedium of endlessly repeating the same thing, why couldn't they record some fairly long kind of story thing and then chop it up into 50 or 100 30 second "episodes" that got shown sequentially?

You mean like the Oxo ads, where the family grew up and the ads evolved over time?