by scotia47 » Mon Jun 21, 2004 11:40 pm
Let me think...
All of Gap's ads. Just something about them that rubs me the wrong way.
Ditto with all of Levi's ads. I think Ant & Dec did that running through the wall thing much, much better.
That "First Alternative" ad, with that bimbo repeatedly squawking "I'm NOT your sister, dummy!". I think the obvious answer is, "DUUUHHH!"
They seem to have stopped now (thankfully), but I couldn't stand those Samsung ads with people saying "sung, sung, sung, sung" etc. in the background. Really got on my tits.
Ditto with the Carte'dor (sp?) ads. I liked the one with the cook in the submarine, but I hated the other two. I mean, how many women would chuck guys out of houses or moving cars just because the dessert wasn't up to scratch? (OK, probably a lot but still...)
I also hate the "quote me happy" ones. Who doesn't?
What REALLY pisses me off is when companies import adverts from the States, then insult your intelligence by having all the actors' voices redubbed with English ones. What, have Yanks started speaking some weird, gobbledegook language indecipherable to anyone livng on this side of the pond? I think not. Cuplrits include:
Leap Frog (makers of infant learning aids).
Nestle (the Cheerios one, where the dad is apparently talking about football formations. In reality, it won't be the kind of football we're used to).
McDonalds (that new one for the reduced-salt Chicken McNuggets).
Infomercials for the likes of that abdomen-vibrating-belt-thingy. Has anyone ever actually bought one?
And there's probably a few more that I'm too annoyed to think of just now. At least Garnier and Maybelline haven't seen the need to go along with that retarded practice.