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Old 04-05-2016, 21:20
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Another vote for all these depressingly conformist "time-lapse" ads featuring clichéd nuclear families through the decades. It's not the passage of time that I object to, but the sheer depressing uniformity of the families and lifestyles that are represented.
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Old 04-05-2016, 21:26
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I wondered how long it would take Scamcer "research" UK to show a kid getting Chemotherapy.

Another vote for all these depressingly conformist "time-lapse" ads featuring clichéd nuclear families through the decades. It's not the passage of time that I object to, but the sheer depressing uniformity of the families and lifestyles that are represented.

Always multiculti to the point of blatant PC tokenism, always upper or lower middle class, mum always wears the trousers and dad is a wimp. I quite agree with your post.
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Old 04-05-2016, 21:28
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Old 04-05-2016, 22:03
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On a channel I watch there is the same show trailer on every godamn ad break. A show called Heartbeat(s) or something - it looks absolutely dreadful. Even when I fast foward it (thanks Tivo!) the ad drags on and on and on.

I hope it bombs.
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Old 04-05-2016, 22:18
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On a channel I watch there is the same show trailer on every godamn ad break. A show called Heartbeat(s) or something - it looks absolutely dreadful. Even when I fast foward it (thanks Tivo!) the ad drags on and on and on.

I hope it bombs.
It totally flopped in the US. RottenTomatos gave it just 17% based on US reviews - and they'll watch any old dross.

http://www.metacritic.com/tv/heartbeat-2016

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/hea...arch=heartbeat

Critics Consensus: Heartbeat is a Frankensteined drama made up of hospital genre cliches and unlikable characters, though the cases-of-the-week are sporadically interesting.
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Old 04-05-2016, 22:30
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What is it with those Captain Morgan adverts where the bloke is wearing a mask and riding a horse with some eighties music in the background
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Old 05-05-2016, 05:28
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the dominos advert with mouths superimposed on their faces talking gibberish
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Old 05-05-2016, 07:33
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Another vote for all these depressingly conformist "time-lapse" ads featuring clichéd nuclear families through the decades. It's not the passage of time that I object to, but the sheer depressing uniformity of the families and lifestyles that are represented.
and they miss out the acrimonious divorce with the kids going astray, the son selling drugs and the daughter becoming a crack whore, no? so just my family then
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Old 05-05-2016, 07:40
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Ugh! I just saw that dreadful Kris Akabusi ad again. Anyone who says 'boom!' at the end of a sentence deserves a smack!
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Old 05-05-2016, 08:41
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and they miss out the acrimonious divorce with the kids going astray, the son selling drugs and the daughter becoming a crack whore, no? so just my family then
Haha!! That made me giggle.
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Old 05-05-2016, 09:36
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and they miss out the acrimonious divorce with the kids going astray, the son selling drugs and the daughter becoming a crack whore, no? so just my family then
O/T but I do that with the cringemaking "Xmas letters" you get, where both parents are so fantastic, wonderful jobs, exotic holidays, the kids have cured cancer and won olympic gold medals etc etc

I do a reality reply where everything that that is rubbish that has happened that year is listed in great detail.
The next year you don't get so many of the "positive" ones.
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Old 05-05-2016, 10:42
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That Philidelphia ad. Uurgh. I don't know if it's the daughter lecturing her mother about safe sex or the religious overtones, but it sets my teeth on edge.
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Old 05-05-2016, 11:29
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That Bonprix advert really does my f*****g head in.

So its this girl who wears a dress and as she is walking with her friend she sees her ex who has a bird on his arm who obviously isnt looking at her so she panicks and gets some new clothes to try and impress him and make him jealous.

Get a ***** grip love he doesnt love you and its obvious you are still in love with him loser.
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Old 05-05-2016, 13:07
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Another vote for all these depressingly conformist "time-lapse" ads featuring clichéd nuclear families through the decades. It's not the passage of time that I object to, but the sheer depressing uniformity of the families and lifestyles that are represented.
I also hate them, but for me it's just the sheer schmaltzyness I really can't stand.
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Old 05-05-2016, 13:46
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Ugh! I just saw that dreadful Kris Akabusi ad again. Anyone who says 'boom!' at the end of a sentence deserves a smack!
^This^
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Old 05-05-2016, 14:56
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There's an ad for Shark vacuums with two stereotypical representations of nerdy Yanks speaking the sort of scientific rubbish, sorry garbage, that sounds like it was written for saved by the bell with real English translated subtitles appearing on screen.

Real American English as it sounds as lazily written as the supposed technobabble.
If they must use American adverts (complete with the poorer picture quality) at least work on the text for the British market.

The ad actually makes me consider paying the extra premium for a Dyson.
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Old 05-05-2016, 15:52
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There's an ad for Shark vacuums with two stereotypical representations of nerdy Yanks speaking the sort of scientific rubbish, sorry garbage, that sounds like it was written for saved by the bell with real English translated subtitles appearing on screen.

Real American English as it sounds as lazily written as the supposed technobabble.
If they must use American adverts (complete with the poorer picture quality) at least work on the text for the British market.

The ad actually makes me consider paying the extra premium for a Dyson.
Get a Henry! Mine is absolutely fantastic, works every time
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Old 05-05-2016, 16:21
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Can I vote for that w***** from the Go Compare ads. Honestly why cant he **** off!
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Old 05-05-2016, 16:40
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ped egg ..yuk !
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Old 05-05-2016, 16:56
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uSwitch: *Bangs on camera* “Oi, listen up

No, **** off you rude tit, you’re the one trying to sell stuff to me.
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:07
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Can I vote for that w***** from the Go Compare ads. Honestly why cant he **** off!
bring back the woman with the RPG
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:48
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I see Admiral don't know when to quit.
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Old 05-05-2016, 17:58
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I've got two adverts that are pressing my cider at the moment.

Firstly is the one for Intel with the camp one from Big Bang Theory. Its the whole being geeky, yet somehow being better or smarter than everyone he talks to (the airport security guard, the business woman with the slow running laptop & the Cash Delivery guards). Possible this kind of geeky condesending attitude is a positive thing in America, but I don't think it works in the UK. In fact the closest I can think of characters like this Intel guy that worked in the UK was Frasier & Niles in Frasier and only because in most episodes they were loveable culture-vultures, and in episodes where they became insufferable pompous smarmy know-it-alls they would get their comeupance by the end of the show.

The other ad at the moment is the one for Men United (Prostate Cancer UK). This is a charity that I support but I truly hate the current advert with the old role-reveral trope, in this case the teenage boy is acting like an adult and talking down to his middle aged father (who reacts like a teenager) about prostate cancer. It's the cutisy language used by the teenager with things like 'adult nap time' (sex), 'your stuff' (semen), man milk (semen in the longer version of the ad) & then forces his father and his golfing mate to go online to read up about it (again in the longer version). Why can't they just make a plain and straightforward advert telling us about Prostate Cancer?

I honest think that any charity that put out a straightforward ad would probably be highly effective as I can't be the only one who has mentally turned off to all the charity adverts now, as all they can seem to do is poor attempts at comedy or try to be shocking. Just having a spokesman looking down the lense and reading in a stern but not threating voice about the issue would be so different that people would probably take notice.
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Old 05-05-2016, 19:15
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For those of us who reckon there is trend of making men appear stupid, insignificant, visual punchlines or eye-candy in adverts, well it appears things are only going to get worse in the future.

The ASA is launching an investigation into how women are stereotyped in advertising. The offical statement does have a token mention that they will also look at men being shown in stereotypical roles, but I feel that will mean that in the future that men can't be shown to be masculine and that the mocking and belittling of men will continue unabated.

Here is how the Guardian is covering this:
http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...-women-adverts

And here is the ASA statement, which is dated 28 April. Seems funny how none of the media noticed this until today. I think its because a couple of MPs twitter'd about this and they have all now reporting on it:
https://www.asa.org.uk/News-resource...x#.VyuMS3tv880
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Old 05-05-2016, 19:27
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The other ad at the moment is the one for Men United (Prostate Cancer UK). This is a charity that I support but I truly hate the current advert with the old role-reveral trope, in this case the teenage boy is acting like an adult and talking down to his middle aged father (who reacts like a teenager) about prostate cancer. It's the cutisy language used by the teenager with things like 'adult nap time' (sex), 'your stuff' (semen), man milk (semen in the longer version of the ad) & then forces his father and his golfing mate to go online to read up about it (again in the longer version). Why can't they just make a plain and straightforward advert telling us about Prostate Cancer?

I honest think that any charity that put out a straightforward ad would probably be highly effective as I can't be the only one who has mentally turned off to all the charity adverts now, as all they can seem to do is poor attempts at comedy or try to be shocking. Just having a spokesman looking down the lense and reading in a stern but not threating voice about the issue would be so different that people would probably take notice.
is it only me, or am I right in thinking that the female cancer ads are supportive and sympathetic, the prostate one is just insulting and pathetic
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