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Another thread about advertising for headvoid, OKAY?

I'M NOT HEADVOID but I must speak up for the ogre community, who most likely are deeply offended.

Might as well have him be a black man, and he comes up from the water as white as Jeff Daniels.

MAYBE IF WE LIVED IN A POST-ANTI-OGRIST WORLD THIS WOULD SEEM INNOCENT...
 
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http://www.collectorsweekly.com/art...s-vintage-ads-any-woman-would-find-offensive/
 
Hi headvoid can I get your advert opinion on this advert because I fucking hate it so so much

[video=youtube;tg762649_X8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg762649_X8[/video]

Thanks in advance,

Tomtrek (The)
 
Wacky, I have nothing to add on the ogre advert apart from what Charlie Brooker said. It was actually quite depressing. A case of TOO MUCH INSIGHT JUST SHOW ME PRETTY PICTURES.

I often think of the Andrex (Toliet Roll) campaign recently called 'Scrunch OR Fold" - Really? I don't want to know if anyone scrunches of folds, no thank you very much. I'm sure lots of money was spent on research and it is deeply, honest truth but just... no thanks.

Cassie - Weren't the 70's great? I miss the power cuts and Misogyny and racism.

The Tomtrek - I haven't seen that, but all it tells me is that they can't actually tell you what Hive does because it is too complicated. This is an awareness campaign that is designed to get the name remembered. They would have been better sponsoring a football team or The Chase or something like that. Instead they talk to us about parrots and badgers cos THATS FUNNY. I hate these kind of adverts too. You should be in some of the meetings where we decide the multi channel follow up to these adverts. We seriously consider that people will check up online about Hive and research it via social media. As if anyone really gives a shit. Especially as it is British Gas, which notably was relegated to a grey logo at the end. DO WE MENTION THE FACT IT IS MADE BY ONE OF THE MOST HATED COMPANIES IN THE UK? (how about a little grey thing at the end?)

I've also seen another advert recently which makes me puke. This is what i call the "MOOD FILM FUCK UP" basically when someone shows a mood film to a Client and they say a la Mr Creosote - ILL HAVE IT, YES, JUST LIKE THAT. In this case, it was Charlie and Lola as a mood film ended up with this:
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(note the use of "me and Dolly"

and the Charlie and Lola for reference.

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That butter commercial just gave me flashbacks to the first time I saw my dad's penis. Makes me want some buttered toast!

I hope we aren't bothering you when we bug you about ads HEADVOID. I like reading about all of it. Sometimes I think about how I reacted to ads when I was a kid compared to how I react now. I almost never have the urge to go out and buy something I see advertised, but when I was a kid I WANTED EVERYTHING.
 
BTW - if everyone who said "I'm not affected by ads" truly wasn't affected by ads we wouldn't do it anymore.

Not saying you are worse or better than anyone else. A lot of it is mainly re-assurance we are not fucking things up. "hey , they are on TV, they wouldn't do that if it was shit"

Oh, but they would...
 
I was disappointed that the wrestlers advert didn't have actual wrestlers in it. Also wouldn't it be more disturbing to children to think about their parents beating each other up rather than them having sex?
 
I used to wonder why tv people cared about demographics, like why don't they care what I want to watch on TV? I BUY STUFF!! But it is because after years of disappointment, I no longer have a burning desire to buy things I see advertised. Now and then I'll think oooh, I want that, but it usually fades. I don't mean that ads don't have an affect on me, they still give me a little twinge sometimes, but it's not the same. Not to mention the fact that I have already decided which laundry detergent, deodorant, shampoo, and toilet paper I like the best.

I remember once when I was about 12 seeing an ad for some terrible greatest hits album, and I wanted it so fucking much. I wrote all the information down, I had to wait for the commercial to come back on so I could get all of it.. then my mom wouldn't get it for me, lol. I was that way about lots of things I saw in ads. I thought if I didn't get it now I would never get it. I am sure I was a pain in the ass when I was a little kid.
 
There is a critical age at which we believe that our purchases are transformational. It really isn't until we hit our mid 30s that we begin to understand (and our peers as well) that our possessions do not define us.

There is a mid life point where we begin to worry about our mortality and try to reinvent ourselves a little. This often results in a blip, rather than a complete overhaul of our buying patterns.

There, pop psychology from an old hack.
 
I think the ad world has been clinging to the 18-49 demo for too long. Baby boomers are still the biggest pool of consumers, and they are all over 50 now.

Younger people simply don't sit down and watch TV as much, and when they do they are harder to count because they're doing it on any number of devices (and possibly downloading it illegally).

WHY DON' CHOO WANT MY MONEY NO MO'???
 
headvoid said:
There is a critical age at which we believe that our purchases are transformational. It really isn't until we hit our mid 30s that we begin to understand (and our peers as well) that our possessions do not define us.
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My possessions will always define me due to my utter lack of personality.
 
The sub sector of Doctor Who / Trachtenberg aficionados has been well researched and found to be "sub optimal" and best reached through "sarcastic social media engagement campaigns"
 
headvoid why are all adverts really bad???

Thanks

[video=youtube;6d0nlhLhC8I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d0nlhLhC8I[/video]
 
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