[SG Talk] Lousy Ads That Make You Cringe [Archive]

macdawn

01-21-2005, 02:46 PM

"Eee... Darling, Where's your Di Lam?"
"Na, that's the Di Lam lor!"
"This you call your Di Lam?"
"Then how?"
"Got to go to XXX Mattress to buy Di Lam"
(Di Lam being the local slang for mattress)
.................................................. ...
"What? Buy mattress free handphone?
Darling, you hear, buy mattress free hand phone!"
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:glug: :glug: :glug: :glug: :glug: :glug:

Does this sound familiar? No, you did not hear it wrong, this was indeed taken off a locally produced advertisement, singlish, bad english, complete with a lousy 'slang'. :rasp:

In the place where we are suppose to promote good english, we actually have this kind of ads, which really boggles the mind. And this is not the only ad that is appearing on the local TV channel, and even on cable TV :bigyuck:

Are the standards of the local advertisements dropping? Or am I the only who is making a big fuss over this? :worry: Any more lousy ads you people can think of? :shifty:

-MacDawn

YuCheng

01-21-2005, 02:57 PM

hmm macdawn.. how come i don't see it on TV? hahha.. but reading it is funny enough.. and its really kinda lame to use 'Singlish' for commercials.. and speaking of commercials, i just saw one on TV- its Jay's Imcomparable Concert CD.. hahaha.. but i sure hope we wont see that kind of lame commercials on TV..

Emjay

01-21-2005, 03:24 PM

I think that Di Lam advert is that MegaMattress trying to make singaporeans feel at home and close to heart gone wrong. haha, but really, it seems like just a cheap advert that, exactly, makes me cringe.

And another advert that's cringe-worthy is the poka carrot one! The one with the young guy handing over his poka drink to the girl next door? Well, it's supposed to tell audiences that you get good eyesight if you drink their drink, but haha the irony is that although they try to incorporate the family thing when the guy joins his family for a photo, but he's the only one without glasses!

Okay, if he's the youngest in the family, but nope, he's got a younger brother and that goes to show that he's so selfish he doesn't share his poka with his younger brother. haha, just an observation!

rachelle03

01-21-2005, 03:33 PM

The Mega Mattress CM is really totally lame. I agree about the poor quality of the ad. They even came up with another ad, the wedding night version! :rasp:

Pokka ad? I've never seen that though. :?

Anyone noticed the aged, yellowish, years ago Jin Fei Ren Rice ad on the 9pm - 10pm slot these days? The one where the guy happily finished his work and rushed back home. It's not lousy and yes, it's memorable. :happy: But could they kindly do up another ad after all these years? Even a simple eating rice procedure will do.

eunicezy

01-21-2005, 04:02 PM

Well, I don't even know that there is this 'Di Lam' advertisement. Guess I need to do some 'advertisement watching' these few days. But from reading dawnie's post, it did make me cringe. :bigyuck:

I don't really like the SK2 advert too. The one with Sammi Cheng or Sandy Lam. I can't stand their 'pong pong pong' sound effect. That certainly did not help to persuade me that the product is good.

catseyes

01-21-2005, 04:19 PM

The only such ad i can think of now is the Jin Tong brand mushroom when the guy tried to put some pepper on the mushrooms on a plate and the mushrooms rolled to one side, and then he tried to put some salt and the mushrooms rolled again. Next, he picked a mushroom up with chopsticks and ate it, and the slogan goes (well, is that even a slogan?), "Why so good?". I am not really convinced. :D

tangwk1990

01-21-2005, 05:09 PM

I want to especially highlight the Senzation Double Detox, a health product. All their customers in the advertisement say that this product had improved their health but when I look at their expressions (which is quite bland), I suspect if what they are saying are really true or not. :hmm: It seems irony when they have this expression and they are saying that this health product is good at the same time. It dosen't seem appealing to me. At least the consumers of another health product, Intenz, have some expressions when they recommend Intenz. That is more real to me.....

xiao_dk

01-21-2005, 05:16 PM

haha!!~ yea macdawn!! I can't stand that ad too~ It's so embarrassing but stupidly funny...

I can still remember another ad on channel 8 last time...the stupid SunPage IDD ad that goes :

"which IDD?" :excited:
"which IDD?" :-x
"which IDD?" :-)
"which IDD?" :?
"Sun Page IDD lah! Hand~some..." (the other guy hitting his head with that squeekish toy hammer 2 times when saying "HANDSOME")

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and for goodness sake... the both guys faces were painted and wore wigs like erm.. clowns?.. or whatever they were trying to be..... :rolleyes: but I must say that I actually found that ad stupidly funny....

that ad was really super low-budget.....and it's really a wonder how the company actually approved of such ads for themselves.... :shifty:

and yea... I really realised that the standard of local advertisments dropped....but I can't really recall when it started dropping....I can still remember the good and creative Mcdonald's ads...SingTel vs M1 ads.....those were really memorable advertisements which we would see everyday then...(and they were memorable in a good way).. I still remember The Viewers' Choice Awards (awards presentation of the best commercials in Singapore back then)....where those ads were vying for an award.....but...now?...I don't think I've heard from it for a long long time.....

macdawn

01-21-2005, 08:31 PM

Oh yes.. that IDD ad.... :rolleyes:

Another one that started me feeling about the deterioration of the local adverstisement, even before the mattress ad... was the Rainbow

F: Wow, you have such nice fish tank, where did you get it?
M: Rainbow.
F: Where?
M: Rainbow.....
:dry:

And another one, which is not really bad ad, but I had seen this ad when I was a kid, a long time back.... the Tiong Bahru Spectacle shop, where it was just showing still pics, and not ad clip. That ad is so old, I think I saw it when our phone number only had 7 digits, and the postal code had 4 digits. And they are still showing it.... :rolleyes:

-MacDawn

nunchakus

01-22-2005, 04:16 AM

Hahaha, I agree about the Rainbow ad. Man...they kept repeating Rainbow, Rainbow, Rainbow...and when the girl asked, "Then where is Rainbow?"...

the stupid guy replied, "Huh? You don't even know where?...Zen Zao Gao (That's bad!)"...

and still...he didn't tell where Rainbow was. :S

hisashiluv14

01-22-2005, 11:34 AM

Ugh, I hate that stupid mattress ad too! And I hate that irritating ice-cream ad with these two un-cute kids fighting over some stupid ice-cream! And the Starhub cable/digital whatever one too with the fat kid and the other kid with spectacles! Very annoying!

I don't remember seeing the Rainbow one though. Then again, I don't watch much TV, so... :-)

macdawn

01-23-2005, 03:57 PM

incomparable

01-23-2005, 07:38 PM

hisashiluv14

01-24-2005, 04:28 AM

I like the clap-your-hair Gatsby ad! I thought it was really cute. :-)

There's this ad that always plays in the West Mall Eng Wah cinema for a shampoo whose name I've forgotten. It features this woman and a clock and the hands of the clock are turning backwards and stuff. It's super irritating because the woman can't act and she's not even that pretty, and I'm forced to watch it whenever I watch a movie at West Mall. Truly annoying.

jiali

01-24-2005, 09:19 AM

I think the "wang wang" biscuit commercial is crap! It's always airing on ch U! I find it meaningless and irritating :-x

xiao_dk

01-24-2005, 03:22 PM

haha or what about the Kushinbo (?) ad??

Ku-shin-bo
Very very nice
Good to eat..

Something along that linE!!! oh man! it's so embarrassing just watching it. I can't imagine myself even going to that restaurant! :rasp:

haha....yah!! that KuiShin-Bo ad... I was about to mention it also.....it goes with a guy "rapping" in a totally monotonous voice :

"Dong Dong Dong...1 2 3...We....are....Kui-Shin-Bo..."
"Dong Dong Dong...1 2 3...Food Fresh Good Taste Japanese Food..."
"Dong Dong Dong...1 2 3...Suntec Tower Level 3..."
"Dong Dong Dong...1 2 3...We....are...KUI-SHIN-BO!!"

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:rolleyes: haha....I've no idea who the heck came out with that....but... hey.. heard that the food at this restaurant is really not bad~~ but I don't think I'll be able to stop myself from "rapping" that thing to myself when I go near that restaurant....

lepencil

01-24-2005, 04:15 PM

There's this ad that always plays in the West Mall Eng Wah cinema for a shampoo whose name I've forgotten. It features this woman and a clock and the hands of the clock are turning backwards and stuff. It's super irritating because the woman can't act and she's not even that pretty, and I'm forced to watch it whenever I watch a movie at West Mall. Truly annoying.
Hehe since it always plays when you watch a movie at West Mall, perhaps you won't see it if you catch a movie somewhere else next time. That aside, I'm sure you're referring to Michelle Chia (Xie Yun Yi) and her Lux (erm, right? :glug:) shampoo commercial. :tongue:

:rolleyes: haha....I've no idea who the heck came out with that....but... hey.. heard that the food at this restaurant is really not bad~~ but I don't think I'll be able to stop myself from "rapping" that thing to myself when I go near that restaurant....
The food spread is pretty impressive indeed, but good food comes at a hefty price of course. They've revamped their menu a little, focusing on even more premium seafood (think lobster, crab, crayfish, ama ebi, etc. :drool:), and as a result, prices have gone up somewhat. I was disappointed when they didn't have their ramen with spicy miso base anymore though. :oops:

Anyway, is it just me who feels that ads/advertisements are those found on print media such as newspapers, magazines, etc., whereas commercials are those with audio or/and audio-visual elements in them? I was too used to Gurmit Singh saying "we'll find out, after the commercial break". :D

YuCheng

01-24-2005, 04:28 PM

jiali[/B]]I think the "wang wang" biscuit commercial is crap! It's always airing on ch U! I find it meaningless and irritating :-x

relax jiali.. the 'Wang Wang' usually doesn't put up so much commercials.. its always when Chinese New Year just round the corner that they come up with so much of the Ads.. haha.. just bear with it.. i'm sure it will be less after the CNY.. :angel:

toilet_mermaid

01-24-2005, 04:32 PM

I totally agree with jiali tt the 'wang wang" ads are very annoying. 3 mins will hav at least 2 ads for "wang wang". arghh...

borrowed [heaven]

01-25-2005, 11:08 AM

i agree too. n in e whole advertistment, every line they say contains the word ' wang '. so irritiating that i'll jus press the mute button. and e advertisments look like they r shot years ago...

jiali

01-25-2005, 02:58 PM

Ok, i hope that Geqian is right! I wonder if anyone has complaint to mediacorp about that wang wang commercial yet... :dry:

YuCheng

01-25-2005, 03:24 PM

hey jiali.. there are lots of other stuff we have to complain to MediaCrap besides the lousy commercials.. for example, the stopping of some good variety shows on Channel U.. :dry:

and trust me.. the 'wang wang' commercials will be less after CNY.. :happy:

jiali

01-25-2005, 03:27 PM

lepencil

01-27-2005, 12:53 AM

Oh yah! That is so so true! The wo cai wo cai wo cai cai cai isn't airred on every tuesdays anymore! I really like that show! Instead, they show the repeat episodes of the previous season during weekends! Haizz
Lest we veer off-topic in this thread (please do keep in mind that we're talking about advertisements/commercials here), there already exists a thread where we can voice our grievances over the axing of variety shows from Channel U.

http://www.jay-chou.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7518

x_pEachiE_x

02-02-2005, 12:41 PM

The worse ad i've ever seen is the Mega Mattress one...i mean,the phone rings,the woman ( or izzit the man?? ) picks it up and goes "wake up!! blablabla"
gahh...they can do better,or get better actors??

j0ty

02-02-2005, 05:03 PM

Yeah, I agree the Mega Mattress is really lousy. The next ad that is on par with it should be the Rainbow one. Right now, these are the 2 that I can remember, though I know there are also rice, sauce,juice commercials etc, but not as bad as those 2.

Sometimes they just make the actors/actress recite their company name or product name that really irritate the hell out of us, am I right? And they thought they could drill those names into our heads!?

jiali

02-05-2005, 11:51 AM

I think that the hotel 81 ad is crap too.. It's lame and very cheesy!

Lai Cheng Hung

02-06-2005, 02:04 PM

I don't think such advertisement are that bad actually...

they have their own reason using singlish or "lame" english...
On my personal view, i think they just wanted to entertain the watcher... or maybe to let their advertisement personalised as in our very very own Sinapore advertisement...

But, there is a bad influence also...
what will foreigner think when they saw these advertisment? they might think that our language level is very low, whish will greatly affect our global reputation...

Anyway, I think it is okay to screen these advertisement since it is our own thing, which shows the creativity of our Singaporeans...

ene

02-09-2005, 12:21 PM

Reading this thread cracked me up ! :D

I mega hate (pardon the pun) the Mega Mattress one. As well as that Lux ad where Michelle Chia stands around looking majorly constipated with her hair that looks as if they got scooped out from the shower drainage.

How come no one mentioned that stupid ad for some Japanese restaurant ? It's at Paradiz Centre and no, I can't remember the name. She brings a group of girlfriends (who all look REALLY BAD) and tells them "lai lai lai, jiu shi zhe li!" in a totally ah-lian accent. They then proceed to bicker over what to order and the chef/waiter shakes his head in exasperation. GOD I HATE THAT AD :ranting:

But you guys realise something ? These advertisers have made their money's worth with those bad ads because we're here talking about it ! :rolleyes: In the advertising world, the rule of thumb is to either make a damn good ad or make a super bad one that makes everyone remember them.

And btw, I'm quite sure the "actors" in the mega mattress and the Jap restaurant ad are employees of the company. In fact, my friend who used to work for Singtel was in one of their ads because they were too stingy to pay for professional models.

Now you know :rolleyes:

tangwk1990

02-10-2005, 03:30 AM

Reading this thread cracked me up ! :D
How come no one mentioned that stupid ad for some Japanese restaurant ? It's at Paradiz Centre and no, I can't remember the name. She brings a group of girlfriends (who all look REALLY BAD) and tells them "lai lai lai, jiu shi zhe li!" in a totally ah-lian accent. They then proceed to bicker over what to order and the chef/waiter shakes his head in exasperation. GOD I HATE THAT AD :ranting:

Yeah, ene. I also hate that ad!!!!! :crazy: That is the Tao's resaturant and I always see that when I'm watching the Starhub cable TV, channel 52. You know, I'm getting really sick of that!!!! :sick: It has lack of creativity and some more, they're really ugly!!!! YUCKS!!!!!! :oops:

.huifen.

02-10-2005, 04:17 AM

I had just watched the Gatsby advertisement.... :dry:

I still remembered they had another ad that went:

*people with Tomahawk hairstyle all posed around*
*in slow drawl*
If you're happy and you know it clap your hair
*the hair splits in centre to clap*
If you're happy and you know it clap your hair
*hair clap*
..........
:rolleyes:

-MacDawn

Yea! That was one irritating ad. It's just kinda stupid. And the way they sing the song doesn't sound like the hair gel is a good thing. It's so like the hairgel can make people so dull. Phews

lattae

02-13-2005, 02:14 PM

I don't believe no one mentioned this yet. I totally detest that Shop 'n Save ad. Yes... that Xiang Yun one! :bigyuck:

"Sheng Sheng Sheng... mother zui bang"

Lack of content aside, there is lack of creativity in the way they promote the store. And the whole repetition of "Sheng Sheng Sheng" is irritating. I don't mean to be judgemental/shallow, but that lady is really ugly, and the way she says "Sheng Sheng Sheng" while staring into the camera with the xxx product in her hand is a total turn off. It's causing me nightmares already.

What the CRAP!

laruku

02-14-2005, 06:56 AM

:lolabove: That 'ugly lady' is Edmund Chen's MOTHERRRR~~ Whahaha... :oops:

jiali

02-14-2005, 10:56 AM

Oh my!! Is that soo?! Luckily Edmund Chen doesn't look like her at all! Edmund Chen has baby face..

petheads

02-14-2005, 02:31 PM

Xiang Yun's mother-in-law doesn't like the way she looks on the ad too! :tongue: She said in some interview that she thought she looked so much older in the ad. I always imagined her as looking somewhat like Oshin coz' Edmund's cheeks are always so red. Instead, she just looks plain scary in that ad. :retard:

blue_ice

02-14-2005, 04:38 PM

yea...i hate thad ad...pratically everytime thad it is aired...i would laugh...hahas...its jus too awful but perhaps to an extent thad its funny too...

ene

02-15-2005, 05:11 AM

OMG. That's Edmund Chen's mum ? :shock: I would never have guessed. I thought it was Xiang Yun's mum or something. Hm......

Well, everytime the ad comes on, I just channel surf :whistle: so it doesn't really irritate me. Hehe.

tangwk1990

02-15-2005, 08:11 AM

j0ty

02-15-2005, 09:42 AM

Has anyone mentioned the bust enhancing ad? I think it's been around for a long time. The one that shows the mother hugging her 2 kids with a super low cut blouse? It doesn't quite make sense to me, well......why would anyone need their services after giving birth, when by nature, a woman's breasts would tend to increase in cup size after child birth?!?!

Most of the time, these stupid ads do make an impression. But what I remember are the scenes, not the company name. So too bad to these advertisers, you are so lame I wouldn't even bother who you are and what you are!

tangwk1990

02-15-2005, 09:46 AM

liwei_jay

02-16-2005, 06:08 AM

guys... anyone remember the beer ad??
heineken i think.. the one which everyone who clicks their heineken
would start to break dance or sth...
first i find it cool.. but later on.. i find it stupid and boring..

and also the carlsberg..
where ppl ring the bell of those whose drinking carlsberg...
stupid...rite?? :bleh:

macdawn

02-21-2005, 03:02 PM

The Carlsberg one is still okay, at least I am not cringing at the sound of it. But I am indeed cringing to the sound of that Tao restaurant advertisement. One advertisement that I had the luck to keep missing, was the HO-ly Crap one... Lucky me.... :rasp:

I am also fed up with those slimming ads, with those fake people saying, "I used to be like this, and now I am this!" Frankly, I don't find those 'after' pics not much of difference to the 'before' pics... :laughing:

-MacDawn

laruku

02-22-2005, 08:12 AM

OMG! This reminds me (the slimming ads thing) of the FISH LEONG one. The one where she goes, Women need C. Contour, Confidence and dunno what..

EEEWwwwww... Of course the advertisement was for Cenosis.. But seeing her fishy face on TV is enough to turn me away from the TV.

And i AM glad I've never seen the HO-ly Crap one either... Phew...

tangwk1990

02-22-2005, 11:39 AM

Did you people still rememberour local movie, I Not Stupid???? There is this Caucasian, or what we Singaporeans call Ang Mo, who work for an advertising company. Then you know what??? He made an advertisement for the Ba Gua company and it really make me puke!!!! Of course it's not in real life. But that really makes me sick as that Ang Mo invited two girls to dance around and say Ba Gua!!!!! :rasp: YUCKS!!!! And that Ang Mo packaged the Ba Gua products into black packages. If that ever happens in real life, I'll definately be so sick that I want to faint...... :dead:

petheads

02-22-2005, 04:28 PM

ene

02-26-2005, 02:20 PM

Has anyone mentioned the bust enhancing ad? I think it's been around for a long time. The one that shows the mother hugging her 2 kids with a super low cut blouse?

Most of the time, these stupid ads do make an impression. But what I remember are the scenes, not the company name. So too bad to these advertisers, you are so lame I wouldn't even bother who you are and what you are!

Well said. But what really cracks me up is how I cringe when the camera pans to her face and she's erm, less than pleasant looking. I can't help but think they should have a line that says "Yes ! Grow your bust but I'm sorry, you can't do much to impress if you have a less-than-pretty face". I mean, it's like insinuating that yes, she's got big boobs thanks to xxx product but too bad, she has to live with her face.

I have nothing against ugly people, btw. I just find that ad so bad, it's puke-inducing. And you're right. We don't remember the actual product names, just the really bad ad.

tangwk1990

02-26-2005, 02:41 PM

Speaking of I Not Stupid, that reminds me of another Jack Neo movie The Best Bet (and the Worst Ad).

I hated it so much when the MRT stations all conspired to play at full volume the theme song - "Bai Lui Li Bai Hui Bu Hui Kai?" That was the only ad they played for at least a week I think. I heard (may not be true though) they stopped running it earlier than planned coz' SMRT received too many complains on how irritating it was. It was so jarring to hear that blaring ad in the morning especially for zombies like me who are forced to drag ourselves to work.

Good point!!!! I also do notice that SMRT Media in MRT stations always repeat the same few ads every few minutes, maybe not even a minute. It's really irritating!!!! :crazy: I mean, people will get sick after seeing the same ad almost ten times before the train arrives!!! Worse still if those ads make us cringe!!!! The noise also makes me frustrated, especially when there are very few people at the MRT stations. Can't we just rest in peace while we wait for the train!!!! I still remember at all MRT stations, it kept on blasting about the Singapore Navy thingy, I think. :? I found that quite lame and I soon got bored.... :dry:

macdawn

02-28-2005, 02:50 PM

Recently, the ad that is started to irritate me, is the tooth whitening advertsiement, starring, STY, erm, I mean SLY..... :shifty:

That fake ah-beng grin, with the 'sparkle' in the teeth, and all those 'fans' lusting after him..... That's turning me off all teeth whitening products FOR GOOD.
:bigyuck:

-MacDawn

ene

03-01-2005, 05:16 AM

macdawn

03-01-2005, 03:20 PM

~Oh, I just found another one... the organics one, where the girl tipped a glass of water over her head, and told the boyfriend she got caught in the rain, when it is all sunny outside. I just thought it is so cheesy :bigyuck:

-MacDawn

j0ty

03-01-2005, 04:10 PM

dawnie *LOL* Same here ! In the first place, I already hated his grin which he flashed ever so often during Sin Idol. Trust the advertisers to use it in an ad and subject all of us to it on a semi-permanent basis. When oh when will the ad end ? :cry:

I'm surprised they did not try to put some computer animated "SPARKLES SPARKLES" beside his teeth to make it more memorable!! Wahahahahhahaha....!!!

His mouth almost looked bigger than his face, like this -->http://cybergifs.com/faces/grin2.gif. Would prefer that Sly don't give such a big smile, showing all his teeth! A slight smile should do.

liwei_jay

03-03-2005, 05:56 AM

whoa.... i'm beginning to feel blessed...
cuz at least the worst ads i saw is not as bad as u guys say ones..
of cuz the "tao's" was irritating.. cuz SCV always repeats ...
and the SLY one was stupid also... :oops:
sorry sly fans.. but that's the truth... (eh but it quite suits him u knw.. with the big mouth :bleh: )
oops... so sorry.. guess i go overboard liao... :shy:

hisashiluv14

03-03-2005, 09:38 AM

Is that the one in which he was advertising for some toothpaste or whatever? Haha! I always laugh at his English whenever I see it. Sorry! And yeah, totally agree with what you guys said about his smile - don't smile, please; you look better that way. Ew.

I hate SMRT ads! I thought that signboard thing was supposed to let passengers know in how many minutes their train will arrive, but whenever I look at it to check the time (I'm a very impatient person and I hate waiting for trains and buses), all I see is some STUPID, IRRELEVANT AND IRRITATING AD! Like, AHHHH!!! Talk about crap passenger service! And hell, the relevant info is always soooooo tiny! Who the hell can see how many minutes the train is arriving in at the extreme end of the station?!

Thank goodness for me, I never did come across the ad for that Jack Neo movie. Ha!

tangwk1990

03-03-2005, 09:51 AM

Talking about SMRT, I just travelled on the MRT yesterday and I really hate the ads that are pasted on the train windows!!! :crazy: I mean, I can't enjoy the sceneries outside the MRT as well as on buses!!! Yesterday, I took the MRT and on the windows, the ad made it look like those people on the train are in prison, with the "bars" pasted on them!!! Actually that was an advertisement on drugs and I believe that the ad is conveying the message that tells us that taking drugs will land us in prison. Well, that's quite true but I found it quite stupid!!! And with the "bars" pasted on the MRT windows, it is really irritating!!!

Sly!!! YUCKS!!! :crazy: I really hate his smile. I mean, his teeth is very ugly when he smiles!!! :sick: I have not really seen the ad but I went to 7-11 recently and there are posters with Sly's face on it and his big mouth was smiling!!! Gosh, that really makes me sick!!! :ill: I think I won't dare to go to 7-11 for this period of time until they can remove the posters... :dry:

macdawn

03-03-2005, 04:28 PM

I'm surprised they did not try to put some computer animated "SPARKLES SPARKLES" beside his teeth to make it more memorable!! Wahahahahhahaha....!!!

They did... I am pretty sure the ads I saw had that silly 'bling' added to his teeth.... lousy english, coupled with that fake smile.... the perfect ah beng advertisement :bigyuck:

Just kill me, and spare me from all these torture :dry:

-MacDawn

eunicezy

03-03-2005, 05:10 PM

I don't really like the Sly advert as well. I thought the advertisers should have chosen someone who at least have a nice smile. Sorry Sly fans, but I do think that his smile / grin is rather weird.

What about the recent M1 ad? The one with lots of people doing those 'chicken' actions? I don't really get what the ad is trying to show us in the first place. I think I was too busy laughing. :roll:

macdawn

03-03-2005, 05:26 PM

That M1 ad..... what's the milk carton that appeared in the first scene got to do with all those people "laying eggs"? That is another ad that's going to go down in the stinko history of lousy ads... :oops:

-Macdawn

liwei_jay

03-04-2005, 03:32 AM

yah... i dun understand that one too, macdawn
what's with all the pppl acting like chickens and laying eggs??
r they tryin to say ppl also can lay eggs?? :laughing: hahahahaha

oh ya.. this reminds me...
saw the ad for the top 5 best ads.. at ch5 or ch8 (any1 saw it??)
i can only remember the no. 1... is the heineken one.. which irritates me the most :dry:
ooh and the fifth is the mary chia's slimming ads.. the one with ivy lee and another actress one..
anyone care to fill in the sec, third and fourth??

tangwk1990

03-04-2005, 06:47 AM

MUAHAHAHAHA!!!! :roll: Those people laying eggs are quite funny to me at first. But then I thought, what is M1 trying to tell us about all those people laying eggs so suddenly. Till now, I don't really understand what the ad is talking about.... :hmm:

macdawn

03-04-2005, 06:53 AM

Although I don't have anything against the Heineken ads in general, there is one question that keeps popping into my mind when I see their ads.

What the heck do they mean by 'PROBABLY the best beer in the world'? :glug:
They are not sure if they are the best?

-MacDawn

petheads

03-05-2005, 03:11 AM

If I don't remember wrongly from a class I took, no company can proclaim themselves to be the best. Because it would be a matter of opinion, and not factual so they can't do that. That's why they have to use a modifier.

macdawn

03-06-2005, 04:49 PM

Well, most commercial are claiming to be one of the best, and I remember some ads in Singapore had claimed that according to the surveys by AC Nielson (or something) they are they best in Singapore.... I believe that was the Y** N** Haircare centre's claim..... :whistle:

-MacDawn

petheads

03-06-2005, 05:02 PM

I'm thinking that they probably have to say exactly what they are best about and be able to back it up by facts. Maybe the fastest growing hair, the most powerful engine, the cheapest flights, etc. They can't say they are the best and that's it. As in, they have to say in which area. So Carlsberg cn't say they are the best beer coz' best in what? Getting us drunk faster? Making us go to the loo more often?

Guess you can tell Carlsberg is not my choice of poison. :D

lattae

03-06-2005, 05:17 PM

As I was walking though the underground linkway between Wisma Atria/Takashimaya... I was traumatised by the ads found on the side. Not only were majority of them about firming busts, reducing waistlines... they are done up in the most horrendous manner. Imagine a lady with a tape measure around the bust "saying" something to the extent of "wow, so big". :wacko:

Gimme a break already

macdawn

03-06-2005, 05:28 PM

All those bust enhancement advertisements on TV and newspapers..... someone should tell those people who are signing up for these packages, that Size really doesn't matter..... and guess what, with small boobs, you won't have to worry about the effects of gravity as you age :laughing:

And all those ads, that sayd, no pills, no crash diet..... then you see on the fine print "With a suitable dietary plan". Yeah what kind of "dietary plan", chocolate chip and fudge? :rolleyes: It is the fine print where all the information is...

-MacDawn

lattae

03-06-2005, 05:50 PM

I am okay with all these slimming/bust enhancement ads... All I ask of them is to be tasteful. The ones I saw today is totally :bigyuck:

smilepiggy

03-08-2005, 01:04 PM

Haha. YES! those bust enhancement ads are like trying to get everyone with small busts to feel inferior or sorts. And its sometimes really funny cos some of the models have bodies too unproportionate for themselves, so it ends up being more unnatural. :D

i hate ads that outs all the details in small prints and the misleading info in bold and all. its just irritating!

petheads

03-08-2005, 04:39 PM

I hate the Koka Revolution ad! The guy's voice is so irritating! I think it tries too hard to be different and it is different/unique. It's the first ad that I've seen that I makes me want to switch channel immediately!

But if the purpose was to create awareness, then it has succeeded all right. I'm not eating Koka till they stop that ad.

lattae

03-08-2005, 04:47 PM

oh... but don't you think the guy in the koka ad has his hand placed over a certain male anotomy too long too often... :oops: looks obscene to me.

tangwk1990

03-09-2005, 10:51 AM

I've not seen the Koka revolution ad on TV but I see lots of them at bus stops!!! :oops: YUCKS!!! And the ladies are really ugly, especially their lips!!! And one of these ads is just outside my school!!! :crazy: Really disgusting and I have to pass by it everyday when I am waiting for my bus when I go home... :dry:

liwei_jay

03-10-2005, 01:43 AM

originally by lattae
oh... but don't you think the guy in the koka ad has his hand placed over a certain male anotomy too long too often... looks obscene to me.

lattae, are u sure?? i never noticed or really like tat ad also ...
basically every time the ad come on.. i'll juz walk away or change channel... :bleh:
hmmm.. :hmm: maybe i should really take a look at the ad one day..
i always saw the ads at bus stops too.. it wasn't so bad lo.. lol... :wink2:

nevets1219

03-10-2005, 01:55 AM

Yup, there are often too many fallacies in ads. Some use "mob mentality", some make impossible offers, some make leaps to conclusion that just don't make sense....and so on. Like the deodorant CM where the products are recycled and it turns girls on to be around the recycled product.

jiali

03-12-2005, 06:10 PM

I hate the new McDonald's commercial. The one with the guy running towards his breakfast like the breakfast was his girlfriend. He also had his breakfast on a swing!! Aargh! so dumb! :oops:

macdawn

03-12-2005, 07:07 PM

The new MacDonalds ad, I think, it is warning you NOT to eat them breakfasts, because those breakfasts can give you hallucinations.... just look at that poor guy in the ad! :rolleyes:

And strangely, my egg macmuffin never had such a thick egg between the muffin. :dry:

-MacDawn

xin0829

03-31-2005, 03:40 AM

liwei_jay

03-31-2005, 03:49 AM

hahahaha :laughing:
i juz never understand what the ad's trying to tell (Mc D's)
anyway, macdawn.. me agree that my egg mc muffin never look tat good too... :dry:
they're cheating us!!! hahahahaha...

Kazunori

03-31-2005, 10:02 AM

I hate the new McDonald's commercial. The one with the guy running towards his breakfast like the breakfast was his girlfriend. He also had his breakfast on a swing!! Aargh! so dumb! :oops:

Haha, I just saw that one. I thought it was so dumb it was hilarious actually.. which is probably a good thing. :)

macdawn

04-21-2005, 03:58 PM

*sweeps the cobweb from the corners*

Hmm.... I just saw another ad I thought was pretty crappy. Fann Wong's shampoo ad. White tea? Is that Tea with Milk, aka Lattae? :whistle:

-MacDawn

lattae

04-21-2005, 04:26 PM

It has NOTHING to do with me :dry:

anyway... I dislike it when Fann starts speaking english... I mean, what's up the the accent man?

moku

04-21-2005, 10:11 PM

There is now this contest or whatever thingy called the "TrackAd", some ads are nominated. And i can't believe one of them is the shop N save's, SHENG SHENG SHENG, MOTHER ZHUI PANG!!

That's lame! ~ Faint

:D :D :D :D :D
lol, i completely agree with you! I was very surprise when I see the ad being nominated too!I mean, there's nothing really special about it, and in the ad i think xiang yung really like become an auntie! She looks better in <xi lin men>!

And I think the mac new ads is not lame, is completely LAME!
its was like mac's breakfast was the onli breakfast available on earth, and the guy was like, oh, my darling, my darling breakfast! If they never shoot the next scene, I think the guy is going to hug the breakfast and give it a kiss too!

hmmmm.... about fann's accent, i got no comment! Maybe she got it from shooting too many out of singapore film, i think!

jmin13

04-22-2005, 07:26 PM

As for me, I think I can't stand those slimming pills Ads...from Fann Wong to Elva to Michelle...The slimming pills seem like they are having the same purpose (can reduce by 300x) but different brand...the worst is the trimfit...the one got the hand on the tummy....and goes...Wo Ai Chi Wo Ai Chi when the row of foods was shown...stupid n lame ads..

Enough of the bad ads, do you guys have any fav.ads ? I think mine will be those ads by Jay (heez!) and the super 3-in-1 by Li Nan Xing and Zoe Tay....the ad gives us a very smoothing feeling..

moku

04-22-2005, 10:05 PM

its true that the commerical from li nan xing and zoe tay is quite nice, but i think this thread is talking about lousy ads, so I think its not approperiate (i forget how to spell the word) to discuss about nice ads here!

macdawn

04-23-2005, 04:41 AM

Enough of the bad ads, do you guys have any fav.ads ? I think mine will be those ads by Jay (heez!) and the super 3-in-1 by Li Nan Xing and Zoe Tay....the ad gives us a very smoothing feeling..
Hello,

This is my thread to diss lousy ads, so let's not bring in nice ads to spoil the mood, yay? :wink2:

Another, I am not really sure if considered ad, the PCK 'theatre' performance. :bigyuck: I used to think PCK was okay, but it just got worse and worse. As a TV show I am already just holding in my dinner, a play? :sick: :dead:

That stupid ad I saw, both on TVmobile and on BIG page ads on the Straits Times..... Just kill me, I can't take anymore of thise brainless stuff :bang:

-MacDawn

xin0829

04-23-2005, 04:42 AM

:D :D :D :D :D
lol, i completely agree with you! I was very surprise when I see the ad being nominated too!

moku: Give me a five then! *piak*

Now then i realised, how come no one talks about the DHL(or Fedex? can't remember!) ad? That is not a new one.

It shows a "flying parcel" inside the office and everyone is "trying very hard" to catch it. The exaggerated part is there was this very action-pack man who did a spilt to avoid being hit. Next when the parcel flew out of the window, a DHL (or Fedex) delivery van happened to be driving past, and a deliveryman inside held out a net to catch the parcel.

Whew!! So much for a parcel!

jmin13

04-23-2005, 06:20 PM

opps...sorri....juz wanna see whether we can discuss about other ads tat u guys like...sorri to be off topic....

macdawn

04-25-2005, 02:35 PM

How about that ad that Olinda was doing for a slimming company, in the newspapers and magazines? They made her purposely sit and look fat, with all the extra bulges all emphsized? I mean, okay, she was plump. So does that mean, they die die must make her be a spokeswoman for a slimming centre. And is that a good way to portray her? They fact that she can sing, doesn't really matter, because she is fat? :oops:

-MacDawn

[Edit] I just saw a new lousy one.

The NTUC ad, which a guy tried to chat up with this girl with a mp3 player. Totally crappy :bigyuck:

Where do they come up with such stuff.

liwei_jay

05-06-2005, 06:56 AM

hahahaha..
macdawn.. maybe it's because they can't find anymore creative idea...
that's why hav to use this crappy way.. :bleh:

oh ya.. u remember the shop n save ads..
the "SHENG, SHENG, SHENG" and then "mother zhui bang"...
hahaha.. now my ofc ppl.. came up wif another one..
it's call..
mother qiao wo .... "HUA HUA HUA"... :laughing:
see... creative rite?? ppl like us also can come up wif better ideas than them... :bleh:

macdawn

05-06-2005, 05:34 PM

Oh, another really crappy ad that appeared on the media, this time the radio....

For the life of me, I can't recall what's the name of the company, except when the ad is on, all you hear is that company's name, in a 'singsong' voice. :crazy: .... repeats it, and repeats it, and repeats it...... and I don't think the voiceover (the girl's voice) is going to make it into the Singapore Idol/Superstar anytime soon :dry: . As for the composer of that tune, he should be dragged out of the door and shot :rifle:

Was it COMFORT? :oops: sorry folks, my mind must have tried to block it..... :whistle:

-MacDawn

kasic_fantasy

05-11-2005, 11:36 AM

macdawn LMAO your really very observant! :roll:

i use to hate a ad bout a washing detergent. if i'm not wrong its by a brand called 'UIC'. the lame ad just keep going on singing "UIC ~oh UIC"...then i was like :?

another one is SuperStar porject one. i just find it super noisy :oops:

liwei_jay

05-11-2005, 05:10 PM

hmmm ... :hmm:
washing detergent commercial huh...
is it radio or TV??
sorry.. :sweat: usually in front of the comp..
the only time i infront of comp also it's at cable tv and
they dun hav much commercial.. :shy:

but UIC?? doesn't it sounds like "yiu ai si" in hokkien?? wanna die again??!! :bleh:
funny name..

spax

05-12-2005, 02:47 PM

Hmm....I agree with you guys that our ads are really lousy. =_= That's why I don't watch television that often. All those boring and irritating ads without any creativity, I just hate them.

Slimming companies, washing detergent. Those ads would really make me sleep. Aiii....I don't know what's going on with these people....

fujiwaratofushop

05-13-2005, 07:54 AM

there is an ad for some restaurant called tao's or somethingggg like that
for some reason that ad irks me to no end!

est_tag

05-21-2005, 02:07 PM

hahaa..well, if you had noticed, there's this ad called the "REVOLUTION". the ad was like, this guy wearing a mask and he just keeps going 'revoluuuution~'. and at the end of the ad, i seriously had no idea what happened for the past 10 seconds of the ad.

my, some ads are really -_-" yeah? ads in countries like USA are really good. there's this advertisement that's really good.

for example: this guy (man 1)is munching on a chocolate and sees another man (man 2) who is panting and having his palms on his car, perharps to catch his breath or something. man 1 mistook man 2's action as an attempt to push his car down and man 1 pushes the car down the cliff.

that ad was an avertisement for a chocolate. i found that TOTALLY interesting! =)

macdawn

05-30-2005, 06:31 PM

Sigh, let's not bring good/interesting ads to spoil the dissing mood, ya? :wink2:

hahaa..well, if you had noticed, there's this ad called the "REVOLUTION". the ad was like, this guy wearing a mask and he just keeps going 'revoluuuution~'. and at the end of the ad, i seriously had no idea what happened for the past 10 seconds of the ad.

I think you are talking about the Pokka instand noodles advertisements.... :?

Talk about those breast enhancement/slimming/hair growth ads.... it is those crappy ads galore after 2am here in Singapore. Those lousy ads go with the B-grade movies they show on channel 8 in the wee hours.... :bigyuck:If you thought those ads you see in the daytime is bad.... watch channel 8 after 2am :rolleyes:

I remember last time, during the wee hours, you also get those chat-line ads, telling you you can makes lots of friends by calling that 1900- number.... and the way they portray those ads, it is no wonder those ads only appear after 2am :crazy:

Then there are those ads promoting those ringtones downloads.... one I remember vividly is the one by the TCS girl, trying to pretend she's doing an ad when someone's obiang ringtone rang out and she gave that 'disgusted' look.... can anyone say FAKE-O? :rolleyes:

I don't really mind downloading songs previously, but after watching her ad, I've lost all desire to do so :wacko:

-MacDawn

jiali

05-30-2005, 06:55 PM

oh macdawn, i think the girl you're talkin about is mediacorp actress Joanne Peh. Yeah, i hate those ringtone commercials too. Very annoying. :oops:

kasic_fantasy

05-30-2005, 07:33 PM

man those ringtones are damn lousy and damn expensive and took a damn long time to arrive :dry:

but well...recently theres this ad for breast...taken by a Channel U artist 'fu fang ling'. i was like feeling damn idiotic...i mean okay her figure did improve but then the lines of the ad was damn lame. they dont really connect well and the ad itself was kindda long. and fu fang ling was damn skinny in it..and somemore wearng black :dry:

come on man...the ad is lousy enough and the clothes were even worse :dry:

no_pride

06-13-2005, 04:01 AM

sjlifed

06-13-2005, 01:42 PM

3 ads on TV I dislike so far:

1. The McDonald's breakfast ad. Oh my god! The guy is treating his breakfast like his girlfriend, argh...his screw must have been loosen! This is sick!

2. Fedex (correct spelling?) ad...oh manz, they 3 guys were acting as if they were super heroes. Running and chasing around for that 'mysterious' box. Dumb!

3. "Yuan Qi Shen Cha" endorsed my Stella Ng. Eeks!...she's so good at acting cute. The sight of her in that ad makes my wanna vomit. I hate the part most when she say "fan(2) nao(3) sayo...nara!". *faints*...

yup.totally agree.the fedex one is still not too bad la.
but the McD de a bit disgustin lor.
i as an ex-McD worker agrees fully.
stella is my ex-sch senior.
she damn act cute la.
*faints.
the henkins[dunno how to spell] is stupid too.
the ppl r always interrupted.or privacy invaded.sigh.
but there r lots of gd ads too.smiles.

macdawn

07-07-2005, 04:17 PM

Just found one.
The Singapore Brainest Kid ad, with that sumo and kiddie sumo.
That's got to be one of the brainless-est, dumbest ad of the year. :rasp:

-MacDawn

sleepin'tom

09-09-2005, 04:59 AM

I would like to mention about the ad that gave me the deepest impression during my 15 years of watching of tv. The ad is not shown anymore(i hope). Phewww.... It was the washing powder(red colour one) ad. A bloke was advertising it and it did not show the washing powder's unique selling point. oops.. I think i did. A bunch of children and that bloke dancing or exercising together at the end. I thought it was trying to show the washing powder could be eaten. :crazy:
I watched like this :glug: whenever the ad was shown.

*slaps forehead

liwei_jay

09-09-2005, 06:24 AM

sleepin'tom

09-09-2005, 04:15 PM

Did u guys watch the new ribena blast whatever it is called. A teenager drinks it and off he goes!!! POOOOOM!! SHOOOOO!!! High into the sky.... He landed safely and shouted with exhilaration," WOOOHOOO!!!" :? Huh? :?
I thought that was an advertisement of a rocket fuel. He will be the first human to step on Saturn if he replaces hydrogen with the ribena blast whatsoever. No offence to ribena fans, I'm one too. I tend to go by my head. How unromantic of me. :shifty:

ler83

01-05-2006, 10:21 PM

let me tell u something...the worse ad has to be *drum roll*...

All of Zoe Tay's commercials trying to get the message across that she is the one and only mother in the whole god damn world.

Specially worth mentioning....

"extrim X zhi fang...cha cha cha.."
"da tui zhi fang...cha cha cha.."
"mami zhi fang...cha cha cha.."
"tun bu zhi fang...cha cha cha.."

Burn her alive!

TheSuperOne

01-06-2006, 08:03 AM

Yea, nowadays so many lousy ads. Especially those slim body shop. Doing so many ads for what? If ppls want to slim down, they will go. What for keep advertising. Now, when it come to ads, i will just stay away from the tv. I now think that even News are nicer than those Ads.

eunicezy

01-06-2006, 12:47 PM

There is a mattress ad out there which is really gross too. Is it from the same campany which macdawn mentioned in the first post?

I hated the part where the husband agreed to buy the mattress, and then the wife goes 'Lao Gong Ni Zhen Bang!" (Hubby, you are the best) :wacko:

crescentgirl

01-09-2006, 11:58 AM

Yah, i agree!! It's so low-class. Amateurish ad...
I don't know if this counts for an ad but there was once this trailer for the next episode of 'EXTREME JAPAN' with Michelle Chia as the guest star. She was eating this squid ice-cream which was in pukish green colour and she went right out to open her mouth in front of the camera. IT WAS SOOOOO GROSS!!!! You could practically see the insides of her mouth and her green-stained green. one word : EWWWWWWW

isaac_1988

01-11-2006, 09:20 AM

well, the chinese new year is coming and get prepared to see a whole lot more reused ads from don't-know--how-many-years-ago (due to small ad budget), introducing to you those cny stuff, like barbequed pork.

stitchphil

01-11-2006, 05:43 PM

Actually, all the weirdest ads come after the midnight belt. Almost all the ads were like... erm... basically, you won't get much appeal on the products on the Ad itself.

There is this one really old ad about Yahoo mobile or something, and I was so surprised it was still running, and every time I see the two people with the big mouths singing away a stupid tune that just continues to ring in your mind long after the ad, I feel like puking!!

jo_jayfan

01-18-2006, 09:44 AM

hahas. lately there is one from the OSIM company. LOL. with the girls dressing like cowboys, sitting on the machine and waving their hands. :laughing:

i even thought it was some ad on places to go? and i was like HUH? when i saw the last part of the commercial. but i guess most old uncles will be attracted to it! LOL

the recent FAN-TASTIC ad is not bad though. hahas. thought the song is kinda nice! :laughing: love the dancers! heard the hamburger kinda scuks though.

Starylosophy

01-18-2006, 11:30 AM

Oh yea, the iGallop is like quite hmm... disgusting? :sweat:

Perhaps the those who are slightly older might understand what I'm saying. But it was featured in the Sunday Times that iGallop has many benefits which help tone up parts of the body.

Sweet Neko

01-18-2006, 12:28 PM

Well the two ads that are from TVB of that Tong ying ying saying gong hei fak choi and the lift thing is soo bad... and the ad where their are two babies butts that bump each other... those ones make me cringe...

The new coke commercial is really stupid as well. These teenagers swing the coke around their heads, stop because everybody is staring at them and then everybody suddenly follows them...

And then there's the ones that from china... they are soo boring... and some of them are freaky *espeicially the ones featuring medicines and pills*

liwei_jay

01-19-2006, 05:12 AM

iGallop is just so distracting..
i mean the advert.. :whistle: at least to the male species
i find it stupid and useless.. :bleh:
if it's really so good.. i bet everyone would just start and take up cowboy classes just to stay fit.. :dry:

oooh.. regarding the Mattress ad..
the Mega Mattress one..
it's so stupid you knw.. and the worst thing is that ch8 keep playing it..
making me wanna switch channels.. -.-'' and got scolding..
i think this is a New one?? cuz it has a son now.. :?
anyway.. it is still stupid..

really wonder what is the advert ppl thinking nowadays..
are they really so out of idea??

ler83

01-19-2006, 04:43 PM

well all the igallop lacks is a dildo. wahahhahaha:excited:

piglet

01-20-2006, 04:29 AM

agreed with you guys..the igallop ad is really :bigyuck:
it's like some xxx toy.. sorry if i am offensive..

did you guys watch that advertisment where one guy keep pressing the traffic light button just to cross the road to buy 'bak kua'? and he ended up eating the bak kua with two injured fingers?? :tomato:

oh well..though new year is coming..that's not the way to spoil the traffic light

liwei_jay

01-20-2006, 04:41 AM

yah..
i find that stupid too..
at first.. when i see the ad..
i was thinking why was he in a hurry to cross..
then after tat shows the bak kua only i knw that he's trying to get to the bak kua shop.. :dry: so stupid...

stitchphil

01-20-2006, 03:15 PM

To say the truth, I find that ad on the new osim product rather offensive... It's like they are opening trying to promote a *censored* toy, its gross!! :oops:

I mean, how do one actually have any form of exercise done on that stupid piece of machine? Yucks.

ler83

01-20-2006, 08:03 PM

well it does. It's suppose to firm up ur ass and supposedly burns fats in ur waist area through the 'cowboy' motion. erm..but i have my reservations of cos...considering the suggestiveness of it.

the girls look to be so enjoying the 'ride' in the advert. damn...:rasp:

stitchphil

01-21-2006, 09:23 AM

Haha... It still intrigues me why would anyone want to exercise that part of their body. Still, that is no reason for osim to make that rather offensive ad though. :dry:

I've just caught the bak kua ad today as well... It was like.. erm... :dry: as well... It was funny when you watch it the first time, but as it keeps playing and playing over and over during every commercial break.. its, stupid to say the least.. :bleh:

Starylosophy

01-21-2006, 09:32 AM

I just really could not stand the iGallop advert.

What it makes it worst is the expression of the models who are using it. It totally puts me off.

stitchphil

01-21-2006, 09:54 AM

I just really could not stand the iGallop advert.
What it makes it worst is the expression of the models who are using it. It totally puts me off.

YES!!! I so agree, Starylosophy, the expressions on those models is like they are... well, I better not say in here to keep my post as PG. But what make me sick is the fact that they have no shame whatsoever to be in such an ad. Yucks.:oops:

jo_jayfan

01-22-2006, 09:23 AM

hahas. those "models" can only attract old uncles, seriously. hahas. i don't even think guys 20-30 will find them attractive! :laughing: stichpil is one very good example! :D at first i even thought one of them is XIA XUE! hahas, cause i saw a picture of her in cowboy suit before!

stitchphil

01-22-2006, 02:32 PM

Haha jo_jayfan, the models actually disgusts me rather than turn me on... Yucks, that ad can make you lose your appitite for dinner. Haha.. XIA XUE some more, she happens to be 21 too. Haha, I think people like her would rather die then to star in such ads. Or any other girls who have dignity for that matter.

liwei_jay

01-23-2006, 02:13 AM

haha..
in a nutshell....
we all agree that igallop looks useless..
and exercises in a suggestive way.. i'm still put off and sick of tat ad..
-end of discussion-

Have you all wonder...
does it matter to the ppl(the one who make these ad).. whether it's bad or not..
i think to them is.. as long as it's being remembered... that's all it matters..
if you remember there used to be a survey or so..
the most popular adverts or sth like that...
a few of the high ranks ones are actually those stupids one..
which gives ppl the deeper impression.. :dry:

stitchphil

01-23-2006, 04:24 AM

Hmm... that's some food for thought... Good point... But...

Why do they have to resort to such low tactless ideas to grab people's attention? :sweat:

I wonder how the people in the ad feel? Perhaps, money talks...

jo_jayfan

01-23-2006, 10:11 AM

hahas. i guess they don't really care, like what liwei said, just want to leave an impression.

but i certainly like fedax's advertisments. pardon me, i can't remember the correct spelling. fedax is one of the companies who have really creative and nice ads! :laughing:

liwei_jay

01-23-2006, 10:53 AM

haha..
yyups..
i rather watch those courier services ads..
they r much more aspiring and creative too..
at least make sense.. >.<

ZY..
the reason they get those girls to do those act/ads is CUZ..
then it would attract perverted/dirty minded men/old mans to BUY it for their wife/gf/mistresses... etc... :whistle:
just wat i thought... >.<

stitchphil

01-23-2006, 11:26 AM

LW... haha.. What a sick reason for them to act in it. Its not like they will receive any form of commission with every iGallop or whatever is it they call it, that is sold. :oops:

Haha.. I agree jo_jayfan, Fedex has some of the most interesting Ads around. And it packs a good laugh along with it too.

jo_jayfan

01-23-2006, 05:39 PM

liwei_jay

01-24-2006, 01:30 AM

yikes.. :glug:
what kinda ad is that, jolene??
i swear i never saw anything so scary.. >.<

hey.. talking bout Fedex..
you knw the one where there's this fella walking on water..??
i heard he's darn goodlooking.. a cousin of my colleague.. hehe..
tot of asking my colleague to intro.. :brows: but then found out that he's in Australia.. :( wasted.. hahahaha...

stitchphil

01-24-2006, 05:40 PM

Gees jo_jayfan... Sounds like a scary Ad!

Haha. LW... you even took notice of the fella in the Ad.. I just love the idea of that Fedex Ad! Its so refreshing and attention grabing!

liwei_jay

01-25-2006, 01:23 AM

:lolabove:
i find the ad funny and different..
very creative.. :)
the guy.. hehe.. it's just becuz the ad is put quite frequent.. *whistles*

jo_jayfan

01-26-2006, 10:31 AM

i totally have NO idea of what that commercial is about. i saw it quite late at night. LOL, one of the cheapskate CM? hahas.

how i hope they air jay's panasonic CM on TEEVEE! :D

hahas. love the part when the delivery man walk across the water, then they play some "heavenly" song! LOL. that really entertained me! :laughing:

and i am SOO glad that they have kinda stop airing "mega mattress" 's CM

catseyes

01-27-2006, 05:22 PM

i saw another weird advert today! hhahas. it is on this japanese woman shouting "sensei! sensei!" which means teacher/senior. then the sensei helped her pull her hair and her face became really horrible!
LOL! i totally couldn't understand that advert.

I think it's some manual facelift operation to remove wrinkles and etc by pulling the hair. So that's why the modern lady said you don't have to go through so much pain to look prettier. :D

ler83

01-28-2006, 07:17 AM

hui90

02-04-2006, 01:33 PM

dunno abt u guys but i'm beginning to be irrate by the KFC advert starring edmund chen and his family. The part that specially makes me cringe is when their daughter (for the chinese version of the ad) asks "mami jing wan chi she me??" argh!! :crazy:

HAHAHA! ME TOO! i'm kinda irritated by that advert too! hahaha and also during CYN got the advert about the "bak gwa" about a guy wanted to cross the road to buy it. but lot of cars den he keep hitting the button wanting the "green man" to appear faster. I think the advert should be at night den because the shop is closing so he's rushing to buy the "bak gwa". hahah!

jo_jayfan

02-06-2006, 11:02 AM

LOL! thanks cateyes, i realised that CM is starting to be more and more common! really gross. :laughing:

i thought that "bak gwa" advert is quite interesting!:laughing: as in creative! not so sure about the KFC one, is it the one where the whole family are playing with puzzles? LOL

stitchphil

02-06-2006, 11:57 AM

Haha... I found the "bak gwa" advert rahter interesting too, but it sort of gets tiring after too many runs just like any other advert.

And yes, the KFC advert is the one with the entire family playing puzzles, what has playing puzzles gotta do with KFC anyways? :oops:

And you know what really gets on my nerves? Its all those Army Adverts, because they're all so fake and over glorifying of what we really do in those days. :sweat:

jo_jayfan

02-06-2006, 12:11 PM

seriously? i kinda think ARMY ADVERTS are cool! :D tanks, submarines and all! i never get bored looking at them ! :yeah: and they got really cool slogans!

stitchphil

02-06-2006, 12:28 PM

Hahaha!!! Then you have been decieved!! Ask anyone who has already served the Army and they'll all tell you the same. The Adverts make us look so DIAO, but the truth is, yes, though we do (or at least I do) sit on helicopters, assault boats and stuff in my NS and reservice days. But we're all cursing when we are doing it... Hahah... Things they don't show you on TV... :brows:

chapman

02-06-2006, 03:48 PM

Yup. Those army ads are so "bluff". Where got look so cool in military warfare? Haha.. I always snigger at those army, navy, air force ad. Even the police ads make me laugh.....

stitchphil

02-06-2006, 04:19 PM

Hahah.. you laugh at them! I puke at the very sight of them!! It's so fake can?! And I guess it's always an amusing sight to see an Advert of your own profession. Because they have a way of glorifying things to make them have the 'wow!' factor. But its actually something completely different. :oops:

chapman

02-06-2006, 04:34 PM

True, true... we always make fun of those slogans too.....

Police : An extra ordinary career... Extra Job, Ordinary Pay.

Haha.

stitchphil

02-06-2006, 04:41 PM

Hahahah... didn't know you guys in SPF make fun of your Ads too... We make fun of our posters too. In fact, we even have our own version for all of the 7 different posters they came up with.

There's one that said: SOLDIER, BROTHER, LEADER... and we added.... F*****

Then there's another one that said: Not for fame or fortune... (then for f***)

There are a lot more, but i can't really remember all of them, and cannot write about them too much here, a lot of young users who have yet to serve. Later the Government blame us then die.

chapman

02-06-2006, 05:30 PM

Yup.. there another one with the F word, but I do not want influence the young one... remember your army initial? SAF? Serve and F***

hehe. End of lambasting on govt ads. Next.....

jo_jayfan

02-08-2006, 11:44 AM

hahas. WERT. okays, ALL advertisments glorify their own products :/ hahas. part of government propoganda! :D that's what advertisments are for! just like lately, there is this advert which encourages people to give birth to more children.

hahas, i realised after discussing in this thread, i begin to look out for advertisments more often! :laughing:

stitchphil

02-08-2006, 12:27 PM

Hahah... Me too... I didn't heard about the ''Bak Kua'' Ad until I heard it here because I seldom watch TV.

And I guess that's how the Adverts, especially those by the government is meant to do. Because they have a point to drive through, and they did so very successfully! But the end process... well... :shifty:

ler83

02-08-2006, 07:35 PM

liwei_jay

02-09-2006, 01:43 AM

there's a pretty funny ad i saw some weeks or months back..it doesnt air regularly but it was rather amuzing for me.
if i'm not wrong it was launched by the SPCA about pet sterilization. in the advert it showed a cat bouncing a condom which was inflated into a 'ballon'..then it went "burst!"...the next scene showed many kittens surrounding the actual adult cat, followed by some text saying something like "your pets don't know how to use protection.." (something along that line).
freaking hilarious

lols..
this is funny..
never seen this before..

btw.. does alot of you listens to radio??
my office admin always switch the radio to 95.8 (*so i'm forced to listen too.. >.<)
well.. i think it was around last yr..
when they have this erotic? or suggestive advert
where's there's a lady speaks in a very suggestive tone about some very suggestive stuff.. (*i think.. couldn't remember liao)
and the purpose of the ads is to promote safe sex.. -.-;;

ZanZan

02-09-2006, 04:33 AM

i rem one where there's this guy who advertising for washing powder for clothes.

i cant rem what was the dialogue like but i kinda felt disgusted.

ler83

02-09-2006, 02:11 PM

lols..
this is funny..
never seen this before..
btw.. does alot of you listens to radio??
my office admin always switch the radio to 95.8 (*so i'm forced to listen too.. >.<)
well.. i think it was around last yr..
when they have this erotic? or suggestive advert
where's there's a lady speaks in a very suggestive tone about some very suggestive stuff.. (*i think.. couldn't remember liao)
and the purpose of the ads is to promote safe sex.. -.-;;

i do remember the above mentioned. something which goes "hello this is nikki..." then she will ask u to call her or something. These AIDS ads were also seen on posters everywhere for a period of time with some scantily dressed model in suggestive poses. Somehow i feel the ad really contradicted itself.

stitchphil

02-09-2006, 03:10 PM

LW... Haha.. I've heard and read about that Ad before, the one with a Nikki. There's this number you can call to 'contact' her, but when you do, there'll be this message that tells you to practice safe sex. It was on the papers sometime ago.

ler83: I've seen those Ads before, not on TV, but on the bus stops posters where there have been rabbits, dogs and hamsters. It's rather attention grabbing I must say. :bleh:

cinnimon~

08-02-2006, 05:31 PM

the WANGWANG thing makes me puke

and the
AIYOH
i use sunpage*sumethingthingthingthing*
SHI AH WO YE *somethingsomethingsomething*

and

shop and save
SHENSHENSHEN
MAMA JIU BANG!

localhost

08-26-2006, 11:56 AM

one is good, two is better! that's sounds familar right.

the hilo milk thingy poster at the bus stops or magz. some people see liao become high. *laughs*

ene

08-26-2006, 08:34 PM

Did anyone remember that AUDIOHOUSE ad during the World Cup? The one that asks you to predict the winner of the ad and get your purchases free or something?

The English voice over was soooo bad, I cringed everytime it came on!!

xin0829

10-26-2006, 07:12 PM

Has anyone seen the SUNPAGE ad?

They showed many animated chicks saying Cheap! Cheap! Cheap! to emphasize it was CHEAP to make overseas using SUNPAGE. Since "chick" and "cheap" sounded alike.

But the fact is "chick" ends with "K" and "cheap" with "P". So they don't really sound alike.

*off topic*

I must mention this, the mentos ad was cool!
The guy was late for class so he sneaks in. The teacher has his back facing the class since he was writting on the board. The guy is walking backward to his seat so when the teacher turned, it would look like he was trying to escape from the lesson instead. How smart! Lol.

Melvin

12-30-2006, 01:22 AM

oh yea the mentos ad is cool i must try it sometime lol

i think the best denki ad sucks the most

sinyee

12-30-2006, 11:45 AM

I absolutely hate the "zap zap" commercial. Zap zap here, zap zap there. Goodness it is really irritating. I want to zap that person's mouth instead.

¦-Metal-Gear-¦

01-03-2007, 11:28 AM

hmm. i hate the mymall.sg ads. its reli a turn off ads.

lousy webby concept and lousy ads.

Wendy

01-04-2007, 05:44 AM

I agree with that mymall ad.. It keeps screening at least thrice every commercial break.. that's why i don't like to stick to my seat during every commercial breaks..

Muzi

01-06-2007, 07:59 AM

the silkygirl ad in btwn project superstar II. the full version where a lady stepped into this old photo studio then this old ahpek who was sleeping, suddenly sprang to life in his retro getup and takes photos madly. one ridiculous move: the ah pek turned round and round cuz he was so happy that a pretty lady finally stepped into his studio. poor ahpek...

sjlifed

01-23-2007, 09:09 AM

haha...think silky gal shld hire a new advertiser to help them..
i feel tt they r bringin down their products..
i dun lyk the bed advertisement too..
the guy is so monotone.
the one where he buys 8 beds n say tt he needs a rest too..

off topic**i think the bed ad where tt guy drooled all over n th weddin thing was a better concept..

the new mac adv too.its ok at first.till the parents say.."ni bang baba mama shou shui, baba mama ge ni men zhao cai.."
i fainted..haha