Commercials you can't stand!

[Ark2]

Originally Posted by _Q_

The fat loser British kid trying to play goalie. I ####ing hate that punk with a passion. His voice makes me want to practice my slapshot just so I can take a 100 mile per hour shot right at his head from the hash marks.

There's no way you could shoot the puck that hard.

[keratosis]

Originally Posted by troutman

Keg Commercials = Keg "O" Face when food arrives

Chairs vibrate now, didn't you know?

[HockeyIlliterate]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Ah, and that Maybeline commercial with that squeeky voice singer with the whatever the hell kind of poofy on the top haircut 50's thing shes got going on.

Honestly, I don't understand the thought process behind the commercial.

A make-up company ostensibly trying to sell make-up products to women, but only to those women who want to look like a man? Absolutely bizarre.

Originally Posted by OffsideSpecialist

That sappy Apple commercial where the family makes a video of their time together and everyone cries and hugs each other when they watch it.

That family sure gets awfully emotional over a 30 second video that reminds them of what they've done over the past few days. That family must all suffer from some short-term memory problems or something.

[Muta]

Any of the Wendy's commercials these days. While hot, the main chick is incredibly rude and condescending to everyone. Just watch. She literally thinks she's God's gift to earth / burgers, and she stays skinny by BJ'ing hundreds of burgers a day (probably).

[Daradon]

^^^ Agreed, Apple has been getting WAY too self important and preachy in their commercials recently. The Christmas one didn't bug me too much because so many companies roll out the sap for Christmas, but it's been a trend for their advertising in the last six months for sure and it's not just overly sentimental, but so self important.

'More people video tape their babies birth with iPhone than anything else.'
'We changed the world, your welcome!'

[Inglewood Jack]

Until Apple is able to once again release a product or feature nobody else has, the sappy "more people use an iPhone every day than anything else" commercials are all they've got.

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate

That family sure gets awfully emotional over a 30 second video that reminds them of what they've done over the past few days. That family must all suffer from some short-term memory problems or something.

I guess a lot of you don't have teenagers. Basically it was a family get-together where the teenage son seemed uninterested, bored, and just playing on his smart phone no matter how much the extended family tried to engage him. As it turned out, he wasn't actually shunning his family, he was making a video of the visit.

While this won't be something I record to play for next Christmas, I can at least appreciate that some thought went into the writing, and it's a comercial that shows something the product can do. I can also appreciate the marketing; it's aimed at older parents in a way of telling them "get your teen an iPhone, and it will bring you closer."

[HockeyIlliterate]

Originally Posted by ken0042

I guess a lot of you don't have teenagers. Basically it was a family get-together where the teenage son seemed uninterested, bored, and just playing on his smart phone no matter how much the extended family tried to engage him. As it turned out, he wasn't actually shunning his family, he was making a video of the visit.

While this won't be something I record to play for next Christmas, I can at least appreciate that some thought went into the writing, and it's a comercial that shows something the product can do. I can also appreciate the marketing; it's aimed at older parents in a way of telling them "get your teen an iPhone, and it will bring you closer."

Thanks for the explanation. Seriously. I had no idea that was the intended point of the commercial.

I still don't like the commercial, though.

[OutOfTheCube]

Originally Posted by ken0042

I guess a lot of you don't have teenagers. Basically it was a family get-together where the teenage son seemed uninterested, bored, and just playing on his smart phone no matter how much the extended family tried to engage him. As it turned out, he wasn't actually shunning his family, he was making a video of the visit.

People missed the point of that? Yikes.

I don't have any kids at all and picked that up the first time.

[Daradon]

Yeah, I think we all got that. I could tell that was the direction they were taking the commercial 7 seconds in.

Jerk teens with their nose in device all the time, how dare they!

Oh look, it was all a clever fake out, he really does love his family, how sweet.

Screw you Apple!

[OffsideSpecialist]

At my family gatherings, it's the middle aged women that have their nose in their devices all the time. They don't make videos that we cry over though.

[Table 5]

At our gatherings, all the women are busy making videos in vertical mode. It drives me crazy.

[Muta]

Another commercial that I wish would die - that Expedia commercial with that guy getting scared of his own family, and then recognizing his happy place is his phone where he can visit said travel company's website. Here's why I hate this:

1) The MUSIC. GEEZUS, I want to plug my ears. Uncool for a commercial on high replay.
2) Why the hell are you scared of your wife knitting? You've never seen that before? Sissy.
3) You get tangled up in your own jacket? Idiot.
4) You're scared of the small family dog, the one wearing a Christmas outfit? Laugh.
5) You're scared of your son dressed up in winter clothing acting like a moron? Doofus.
6) You're scared of your daughter playing the Psycho theme on the violin? Perhaps you should check that little heathen into a mental hospital then, Then, yourself.

I will not visit Expedia any time soon because of this lame-ass commercial.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate

That family sure gets awfully emotional over a 30 second video that reminds them of what they've done over the past few days. That family must all suffer from some short-term memory problems or something.

They are certainly forgetting the tantrums, slammed doors, and arguments at Xmas dinner.

[Puppet Guy]

That O'Keeffe's Working Hands ad is getting irritating. Although the bike mechanic guy sounds like Hank Hill.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Muta

Any of the Wendy's commercials these days. While hot, the main chick is incredibly rude and condescending to everyone.

You and my 73 year old father must be the only two people on earth that find her "hot". She is not even a real red head.

[Muta]

Originally Posted by troutman

You and my 73 year old father must be the only two people on earth that find her "hot". She is not even a real red head.

She's cute, what's wrong with that? She's better looking than 99% of the usual sasquatches that roam this earth.

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by _Q_

The fat loser British kid trying to play goalie. I ####ing hate that punk with a passion. His voice makes me want to practice my slapshot just so I can take a 100 mile per hour shot right at his head from the hash marks.

I like that he talks about how great he is and then the commercial shows him skating down the ice while the play is on

[OutOfTheCube]

Originally Posted by Muta

Another commercial that I wish would die - that Expedia commercial with that guy getting scared of his own family, and then recognizing his happy place is his phone where he can visit said travel company's website. Here's why I hate this:

1) The MUSIC. GEEZUS, I want to plug my ears. Uncool for a commercial on high replay.
2) Why the hell are you scared of your wife knitting? You've never seen that before? Sissy.
3) You get tangled up in your own jacket? Idiot.
4) You're scared of the small family dog, the one wearing a Christmas outfit? Laugh.
5) You're scared of your son dressed up in winter clothing acting like a moron? Doofus.
6) You're scared of your daughter playing the Psycho theme on the violin? Perhaps you should check that little heathen into a mental hospital then, Then, yourself.

I will not visit Expedia any time soon because of this lame-ass commercial.

Another person entirely missing the obvious point of a commercial? He's not scared of his family, he's scared of winter. And all the wintery things happening are spoofs of horror movie tropes. Then he can escape with a warm vacation that he can book through his phone.

It's still kind of an annoying ad but at least it's trying to do something.

[DuffMan]

Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate

That family sure gets awfully emotional over a 30 second video that reminds them of what they've done over the past few days. That family must all suffer from some short-term memory problems or something.

They are overwhelmed with emotion when they realized the teenage son is not on drugs, coming out of the closet, or depressed and suicidal. This is usually the case with most teenagers who aren't sociable at family gatherings when there is no one else there, their age.