Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted September 5, 2017 Moderators Share Posted September 5, 2017 Seems far too expensive. Bring on Logan's Run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted September 5, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted September 5, 2017 Honestly, there are literally hundreds of adverts currently on TV that are worse than that He-Man & Skeletor one. There are probably a couple of dozen just for betting websites running on Sky Sports. Maybe I'm just a bit biased because I was the biggest He-Man fan as a kid, but I think it's harmless fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted September 5, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted September 5, 2017 I very rarely watch anything these days with adverts. So, when I do - Game of Thrones for instance - it shocks me just how bad adverts are. Like, I cannot believe that a) somebody thought they were a good idea and b) they work from a marketing perspective. A little OT but I have been using multiple adblockers and popup blockers for years now. The other day I turned them off as I couldn't access a particular site with them on. My gosh, is the Internet just all adverts now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted September 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted September 6, 2017 Not sure why, but you know the Flash advert that uses the queen song, it starts with a singing dog and ends with a blonde woman singing? I hate her so much. Not sure what it is specifically but I ditest her, more so than any other advert adult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted September 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted September 6, 2017 11 hours ago, Arch Stanton said: Honestly, there are literally hundreds of adverts currently on TV that are worse than that He-Man & Skeletor one. There are probably a couple of dozen just for betting websites running on Sky Sports. Maybe I'm just a bit biased because I was the biggest He-Man fan as a kid, but I think it's harmless fun. Betting adverts ARE the fucking worst to be fair, I've posted a couple of lengthy rants on here before about them. I don't mind the vampire guy though, whichever casino website ad he appears in. I still hate those He-Man ads though, and I was also the biggest He-Man fan. They just seem to be jumping on the Grumpy Skeletor and He-Man What's Up (where he sings to Four Non Blondes) internet popularity a few years too late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted September 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted September 6, 2017 They call it the remainder, that's the number that remains. Â Fuck off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted September 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted September 6, 2017 Saw that Fairy angry baby advert over the weekend, what a load of shite. I don't really watch TV, just ondemand stuff, and barely any of that, so hardly ever see adverts unless I'm in the pub or a hotel, and they pretty much all either confuse or annoy me at this point. When you're not seeing them all the time, they lose none of the irritation through repetition that they used to have, it's just all condensed into one smaller packet of pure rage. Hate the He-Man and Skeletor thing; someone, in some marketing office somewhere, decided that "80s/90s pop culture reference + 'random' = funny", and legions of idiots ate it up. Fuck off. Here's an orange singing an '80s power ballad? Why? Because it's a pop culture reference, and that's sort of like a joke, only it takes about a tenth of the effort to actually think of it.  Another advert I saw that was infuriating for different reasons, that seemed to be on the telly all the time, was about the amount of people struggling to find work/do their jobs efficiently because of arthritis-like illness. Nothing about their quality of life or general wellbeing, just "BE HEALTHY SO YOU CAN BE PRODUCTIVE, PROLES". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapnut Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Is it just me, or are various different companies using the same bloody songs for ads these days? I'm sure that Buzzcocks song on the McDonalds advert has been used by somebody else recently, and that Hall and Oates song has seemingly been used by everybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 (edited) 'How Do You Like Me Now' by The Heavy is a prime example of that. A few months back I heard in back to back ads for different products Edited September 6, 2017 by WyattSheepMask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted September 6, 2017 Something I really dislike about recent adverts (and @Onyx2 recently mentioned it too) is that there are so many where they use famous tracks covered by some "oh-so-ethereal" creaky-voiced girl playing acoustic. Nothing wrong with the style in itself, it's just so bloody over-used, smug and hackneyed, and this reached an absolute new low with the latest one, a rendition in this style of "Heads, Shoulders, Knees & Toes". Fuck the fuck off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Ah yes, the tiny imp-like breathy vocal I think someone called it on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted September 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted September 6, 2017 3 hours ago, WyattSheepMask said: 'How Do You Like Me Now' by The Heavy is a prime example of that. A few months back I heard in back to back ads for different products Yet every time I hear it, I shout out HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW? in Hardcore Holly's voice. Then I start babbling 'You broke my neck, Brock' repeatedly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted September 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted September 6, 2017 (edited) Haven't listened to TalkSport in a while. With good reason, this is even worse than Vanarama. "BEFORE YOU FIND A CAR AND FALL IN LOVE FIND A FINANCE DEAL THAT FITS YOU LIKE A GLOVE CARFINANCETWETYFOURSEVEN CARFINANCETWETYFOURSEVEN FIND A FINANCE DEAL BEFORE YOU FALL IN LOVE" Lots of honking noises and the sound of people slamming on handbrake. On songs that are everywhere, I feel like 'Hey Ho, Let's Go' by the Ramones is unnecessarily ubiquitous. Selling out like John Lydon with butter. Nothing screams punk like logistics companies. Edited September 6, 2017 by Gus Mears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 23 minutes ago, Gus Mears said: On songs that are everywhere, I feel like 'Hey Ho, Let's Go' by the Ramones is unnecessarily ubiquitous. Selling out like John Lydon with butter. Nothing screams punk like logistics companies. It's Blitzkreig Bop by The Ramones.  As for Lydon, he didn't sell out, he said from day one he was all about the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted September 6, 2017 I love the Blitzkrieg Bop, but it is getting really over-played now. Was perfect in the recent Spider-Man soundtrack, going for the "high-school teen coming-of-age" theme, but I'm going to not want to hear it any more if they keep using it so often in adverts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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