down0 Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Has our attention span gotten so short that ads have to consist, not of catchy phrases (You deserve a break today), but phrase fragments? "Real. Comfortable. Jeans." "Drive=Love" I'm. Gonna. Retch. Ads=Stupid. Don't even get me started on what I call "Happy, dancing actors" ads..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Got barfbags? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Be Young. Have fun. Drink Pepsi. Make Seven Up Yours. These ARE complete sentences but no less revolting. Particularly because the 'product' is cheap sugar-water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Anderson Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 I dunno siglady, first time i saw the "up yours" spots I cracked up pretty good. I'm easily amused though. SA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 ...speaking of Start-trek(Joey from Friends's voice -on)...I'd like to "make Seven"...if you know what I mean... (voice - off) har-d-har-har Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
down0 Posted December 18, 2002 Author Share Posted December 18, 2002 Just saw another one: Shift_Drive How about Stop_It Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 Somewhere along the line I picked this up... "It doesn't matter if you make a good first impression or a bad one...as long as you make an impression." How many ads/commercials have you seen...often...that you remember the neat commercial...but have no idea of the product or service? hmmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonedaddy Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 Flex-" How many ads/commercials have you seen...often...that you remember the neat commercial...but have no idea of the product or service?" Very often! A couple of nights ago a commercial runs by and Bonemomma looks at me and asks, "Were they trying to make a point, or are they just targeting stupid people who have credit cards?" I can't remember the commercial she commented on now, but it could have been one of several. The marketing ploy is too obvious for me: If you're cool, you will get the nebulous message. Un-cool people will never figure it out, dude! So, be cool and buy our product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 Commercial production has become so visually sophisticated that the conscious mind blows off the thought of the manufacturer of the product in many cases (god knows what the SUBconscious mind has been embedded with, though). I'd put money on the fact that we ALL thoroughly remember (perhaps in great detail at that) the Victoria's Secret adverts AND who's responsible.......!...... Oh absolutlely yeh, the "up yours" was great comic relief--was happy to see they got away with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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