also hate the trend of "find us on facebook". Why would I care that your shitty product is on facebook and why would I even look it up?!
Not really ad-related, but a similar vein to this - many entertainment programmes now flash up hashtags on the screen at the beginning just in case anyone wants to tweet about them. What a sad nation we are!
Got one to beat the new Weight Watchers one and I thought that would be impossible! This one is for something called Lazy Garlic and is quite simply awful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4MyoFmODB4
A little OT but when I went home from Christmas my little brother told me there is a boy in his class who's mum took part in creating that terrible Littlewoods christmas advert! Apparently she wrote the lyrics to 'My lovely muva' :eek: Should tell her it sucks! Suprised if she hasn't heard that by now lol
At first I thought maybe he made it up, but who would make that sort of thing up? Not exactly the most amazing thing to be proud of!
I hate this. Its so bloody lazy. I've noticed a lot of competitions have moved to facebook.
Don't get me started about this. The amount of friends who I've had to put on "ignore" on Facebook because they keep entering competitions! I get fed up of having to trawl through them all!
Wiltshire Farm Foods with bloody Ronnie Corbett!!! He goes skipping along like a poison midget to some "poor old sod that can't get out" who's blatantly an actor in a very nice, plush house and actually looks like he could run a mile himself.
Did I seriously just see an advert for a matchbox toy of an Eddie Stobart lorry. It's not so much the lorry (well. yes, it is) it's the words the guy was saying to accompany it. Maybe people could put it going upwards on the stairs so they can pretend to be trying to get past it on a hill.
Harveys - "At those prices, you'd be mad not to." EXCUSE ME?! Are you saying that I'd be mad not to spend £899 on a table and chairs? No... just... NO!! :mad:
Harveys - "At those prices, you'd be mad not to." EXCUSE ME?! Are you saying that I'd be mad not to spend £899 on a table and chairs? No... just... NO!! :mad:
The whole campaign is really annoying, both the adverts around Coronation Street and the stand alone ones in the ad breaks.
That poundstopocket.co.uk loan advert I saw the other day and also an advert for a company called postalgold (one of those adverts asking for your gold). These adverts really annoy me :mad:
Mazuma Mobile. What a rip off! The only way you can get more then about £1 for your phone is if you decide you don't want your iPhone a couple of weeks after buying a new model!
I've only just found this thread - another way to waste my time, lol
But must admit ad-hate is one of my own personal hobbies too...:o
I think I'd have to echo anyone who's mentioned Haribo as close to the top of the league. Is it supposed to be 'cute' when that little girl acts like a vicious little cow to her dad? And is it also Haribo (or another product) that has the operatic singing over the wedding scene - that one makes my skin crawl. :mad:
I wouldn't mind if Haribo were at least nice sweets - but they are vaguely flavoured lumps of plastic gum. :rolleyes:
I saw the new Churchill advert Yesterday. The 'nodding dog' model seems to be a cheaper version of the previous, it has very odd facial movements (compared to what it had before) and most strangely of all, its paw moves! Although one only sees the end of the paw and not the rest of the model, it is clearly established in the previous adverts that only its head moves and thus ruins the continuity.
I hate this. Its so bloody lazy. I've noticed a lot of competitions have moved to facebook.
It's not lazy though, it's because they gain a wealth of information about who's buying/interested in their product because idiots sign up for their competitions, offers and associated facebook crap.
People really don't seem to realise how much information about themselves they give away.
I hate those "Give us your old phone/cds/dvds/games" ads. I admit I have used one of them for DVDs etc but the rate of return they give is actually awful.
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I hate this. Its so bloody lazy. I've noticed a lot of competitions have moved to facebook.
Is it me, or does that ad never change no matter how many different pages you click on?
Not really ad-related, but a similar vein to this - many entertainment programmes now flash up hashtags on the screen at the beginning just in case anyone wants to tweet about them. What a sad nation we are!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4MyoFmODB4
At first I thought maybe he made it up, but who would make that sort of thing up? Not exactly the most amazing thing to be proud of!
Wouldn't it be more interesting if Churchill got
a West Highland Terrier called Macmillian as
a sidekick?
Don't get me started about this. The amount of friends who I've had to put on "ignore" on Facebook because they keep entering competitions! I get fed up of having to trawl through them all!
Bet he says that after annoyed viewers punch him in
the face.
clearly never heard of adblock then....
The whole campaign is really annoying, both the adverts around Coronation Street and the stand alone ones in the ad breaks.
Actually no
Churchill - Just lame. Why Martin Clunes? At least it's not that tug of war one I saw about 5,000 times.
But must admit ad-hate is one of my own personal hobbies too...:o
I think I'd have to echo anyone who's mentioned Haribo as close to the top of the league. Is it supposed to be 'cute' when that little girl acts like a vicious little cow to her dad? And is it also Haribo (or another product) that has the operatic singing over the wedding scene - that one makes my skin crawl. :mad:
I wouldn't mind if Haribo were at least nice sweets - but they are vaguely flavoured lumps of plastic gum. :rolleyes:
It's not lazy though, it's because they gain a wealth of information about who's buying/interested in their product because idiots sign up for their competitions, offers and associated facebook crap.
People really don't seem to realise how much information about themselves they give away.