Guest Iain C Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Many on WATMM enjoy watching television adverts, and discussing them. In this thread you can post your favourite ads, maybe even post some print ads if you like them, or you can also post ads you don't like and discuss them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adjective Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I like the Dos Equis beer commercials with "the most interesting man in the world," played by El Guapo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Oldie but still very goodie: I judge all adds by this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Terry Tate series FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adjective Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 i like the sportscenter ads. they never make me laugh but i enjoy the lightheartedness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosmachine Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 http://www.get-out-and-play.com/ best thing you'll see today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boo Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 tango blackcurrent, 1997 voted one of the 100 best commercials of all time also voted "Best Long Commercial 1956-2001" by Film Four more info ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 tango blackcurrent, 1997 voted one of the 100 best commercials of all time also voted "Best Long Commercial 1956-2001" by Film Four more info ... That could only be more 1997 if it had Tony Blair rappelling in from one of those jets at the end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Tango Sprouts ad possibly the first ad ever made to not mention the product it was advertising. my mate thought this was actually an advert for sprouts that ripped off tangos style, and we argued about it for years http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwvB6CxKTCk#t=2m02s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 This one induced a state of Satori enlightenment: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 I absolutely love these commercials. The style and the atmosphere are both so perfect. Also, I love the fact that they don't make any sense until the very last bit. Brilliant. Also, the girl in the last video is a classic beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 I judge all adds by this one: That... was brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Once again beautiful pictures, atmosphere and style. I love the color grading as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Once again beautiful pictures, atmosphere and style. I love the color grading as well. bonus points for using the jon brion piano thing from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Once again beautiful pictures, atmosphere and style. I love the color grading as well. bonus points for using the jon brion piano thing from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind I was thinking the same thing. It's definitely one of the most beautiful theme melodies made in the last 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Carling Black Label (for those who didn't grow up in 80's britain, Carling did a long series of beer ads where somebody does something amazing, and then someone else comments "I bet he drinks Carling Black Label") Because the series ran for so long, it became increasingly inventive. Some of them are just simple and surreal, some animals. There was one very short one which . But there are two outstanding ones: A pastiche of Dambusters: ... and 'cowboy', perhaps the first meta-advert ever made: edit: see also , and , which is a piss-take of this very old spice ad which was on tv relentlessly at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Babar Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Babar Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 canal + again : first blackout : "look attentively at those frames" second blackout : "they can tell another story" final : "all the more reason to keep your eyes wide open" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Orange Cinema Adverts OK I don't think you have these in the states so a little background: There's a mobile phone company called Orange who sponsor these little adverts that come on before the main film in cinemas. The strapline is "Dont let a mobile phone ruin your movie. Please switch it off". In each advert a star is pitching a movie idea to the Orange Film Board (or sometimes trying to make the film) and the Orange marketing guys ruin the ideas with naff product placements. Brilliant! Here's a few of the early ones from a few years ago: Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) Sean Astin (Sam in LOTR) More recent ones include , a Steven Seagal one on a golf course, and Snoop Dogg. I think this Macaulay Culkin one is one of the greatest: see here for a complete list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 actually, forget all of that, this is the greatest advert ever: Honda 'Cog' (2003) ^ this was done, for real, with pieces of one of the first Honda Accords ever made. It took about 8 people working for six months to get the whole thing planned, designed and tested. Then in filming they did 20 takes per day for a week until they got it right. Due to space limitations they had to splice two tracking shots together into one long shot. But basically, what you see happening is really happening. The lengthy design and testing process made this one of the most expensive ads ever made. interview wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 actually, forget all of that, this is the greatest advert ever: Honda 'Cog' (2003) ^ this was done, for real, with pieces of one of the first Honda Accords ever made. It took about 8 people working for six months to get the whole thing planned, designed and tested. Then in filming they did 20 takes per day for a week until they got it right. Due to space limitations they had to splice two tracking shots together into one long shot. But basically, what you see happening is really happening. The lengthy design and testing process made this one of the most expensive ads ever made. interview wikipedia It wasn't exactly an original idea though was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Anyway, any kudos Honda deserve for that ad is to be stripped away as a result of that disgusting, awful campaign they did with Garrison Keilor. Rage-inducingly crap: Makes me want to punch kittens, topple babies from their cribs, and throw dented cans of fruit in syrup at old women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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