I've just seen a traumatic advert

[Sean of the Shed]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

Fussbudget wrote:

That woman at 0:17 got a bra for Christmas? A fucking bra?? What a load of rubbish.

Perhaps she would have preferred a new iron or a saucepan set.

[Toby Gymshorts]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

[evilC]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

Can we see the attachments before we pass judgment?

[Fussbudget]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

The thing I don't get is, is it supposed to be some kind of sexy present? It's an M&S bra! It's about as sexy as getting some knickers from ASDA or a pair of orthopaedic shoes or something.

[Incandenza]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

Sean of the Shed wrote:

If you thought M & S couldn't get any more nauseating with their adverts, think again, this year's X-Factor effort takes some beating (snow effects provided by Frankie, one presumes, hope they have fun trying to edit him out). My poor wife is going to have to listen to this shit for the next two months, she works in the local store.

Didn't really see what was so terrible about that, besides the usual maudlin Christmas spirit in some advertisements.

Beats seeing Pomplamoose every commercial break, I can tell you...

[WOM]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

You hate me, don't you?

[Toby Gymshorts]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

evilC wrote:

Can we see the attachments before we pass judgment?

Are we talking about the bra, or the hoover?

[George]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

!!Rotten Adverts - Vintage Edition!!

I bet this one flew off the shelves down at the newsagents.

Warning: This link contains audio and visual footage of Derek Jameson.

[Freestyling buck wilding Stijn Stijnen]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

Exercise vigilance people, as we approach christmas, expect the fragrance adverts to go supernova.

Here is a choice selection that have made me want to puke on my shoes and chew my own face off.

1. Nicole Kidman - chanel no. 5

'I'm a dancer, I love to dance!' What the fuck? Seriously, what the frigging fucking fuck is that all about?

Baz 'Barry' lURGHmann directs? So he peaked a while back then...

OH DO PLEASE FUCK OFF YOU SHARK EYED/DEAD EYED PRODUCT FLOGGING AUTOMATON, YOU MARRIED TOM CRUISE, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ANYTHING?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!! GRANDADDY!? IS THAT YOU? YES! THIS IS WHAT YOU FOUGHT FOR!

2.Keira Knightley - Coco (the clown shoes)

STOP POUTING! STOP POUTING! I'VE SEEN YOU GO WITHOUT POUTING ONCE FOR AT LEAST THREE SECONDS, SO STOP IT! FUCKING STOP IT! 'OH I'M SO FUCKING CHEERY AND QUIRKY!' FUCK CHRISTMAS.

3.Orlando fucking Bloom - Boss(eyed) orange

YOU FUCKING WHAT? SO YOU LIKE HAVING YOUR MAKE-UP DONE AND LAUGHING A LOT? YEAH, LAUGHING AT ME NO DOUBT, THANK FUCK THEY GOT RID OF YOU AND KNIGHTLEY IN THE LATEST PIRATES FILM, YOU PAIR OF CUNTS.

4.Jared Leto - HUGO

IT'S A BOTTLE OF FUCKING AFTER SHAVE! STOP LOOKING AT IT LIKE YOU AREN'T SURE. UPSIDE DOWN, TURN IT AROUND, IT'S AFTER-FUCKING-SHAVE, 12 SECONDS IN, YEAH THAT WRIST ACTION IS WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT YOU, WANKER. WALKING INTO THE CLUB AT 13 SECONDS IN LOOKING LIKE YOU'RE THE FRONT MAN OF A BOYBAND WITH YOUR BOYBANDY MATES, FUCK YOU!!!

5.Sienna FUCKING Miller

OH THIS IS THE LIMIT!
WHY DOES THE WORD CUNT KEEP SPRINGING TO MIND? YOU TRENDY PRIMROSE HILL MOTHER FUCKER! I'D LIKE TO DRIVE A CAR OVER YOU, ARE YOU BACK WITH JUDE LAW YET! HURRY UP AND GET BACK TOGETHER SO YOU CAN BE A POX ON ONE ANOTHERS LIVES AS OPPOSED TO SOME OTHER POOR SAP!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!

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[Guest]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

It'll be a bumper year for Morrisey & Marr bless em

[Nocturnal Submission]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

If that's linking to the John Lewis advert then I thought it was terrific rather than traumatic.

[Fussbudget]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

It's not a bad advert with the sound off I suppose.

[Eggchaser]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

Have we mention Mr Mourinho's efforts at flogging us Braun shavers yet? It was, after all, only a matter of time before his smooth, smooth ways were employed in such a fashion.

[Diable Rouge]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

You know the holiday season is approaching when this ad comes on the TV - those kids must be in their thirties at this stage.

[Sam]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

I don't watch Argentine local TV late at night, for which reason I've only just become aware of this ad for a local cologne company which, yes, really is called Chester.

'Water is the essence of wetness...'

[Incandenza]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

That commercial would not fly on American TV. But then I've seen what goes on on the Argentine version of Dancing With the Stars.

[Sam]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

It's amazing, isn't it? (The advert, not Bailando.)

I can't decide what I like most: the fact that the makers don't appear to have realised how similar it is the the scene in Zoolander, the fact it's so utterly pointless (if less twattish than most perfume/cologne adverts), the fact the product has such a naff name (another popular Argentine brand of cologne - and I'm not making this up - is called Kevin), or the fact that this man, presumably a professional model, has the largest, most unkempt eyebrows I've ever fucking seen.

[Southport Zeb]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

I saw an advert for Payday UK loans the other day which appears to have been cast from actors rejected by Hollyoaks.

Scene 1
A woman in her kitchen. The washing machine suddenly stars spurting out bubbles that fill the kitchen (a problem that I believe only ever happens in dodgy sitcoms). Close up of the woman holding her hands to her face and calling 'Mayday!'

Scene 2
A World War II style military operations room, although to show that this company has aspirations of modernity the back wall appears to be made of radios and computers, possibly acquired secondhand from Thuderbird 5. A female radio operator announces that Julie from Rochdale needs £100 to repair her washing machine. The commander of the operations room, who appears to be modelled on David Niven, says that they'll approve that. We cut to a table with a map of Britain on it and £100 is pushed towards Rochdale in the style of ships been moved on the map table in Sink The Bismark.

I have suspicions that the advert was originally written to be included in the last series of Mitchell & Webb. However they decided not to include it and so the writers decided to cut their losses and sell it to whichever payday loan company bid most (hopefully not more than £10)

[Eggchaser]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

If I see those geriatric puppets loansharking again I swear I will do something the world will regret.

[Fussbudget]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

southportzeb wrote:

Scene 1
A woman in her kitchen. The washing machine suddenly stars spurting out bubbles that fill the kitchen (a problem that I believe only ever happens in dodgy sitcoms). Close up of the woman holding her hands to her face and calling 'Mayday!'

It's even worse than that, she's actually shouting 'Payday! Payday!'

[Incandenza]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

Liquid Plumr Double Impact

Needless to say, I doubt that this was made with the intention that it would air on American television, but was intended as a viral video, so mission accomplished.

[WOM]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

This is sort of fucked up beyond all belief, but quite good in the 'DQ targeting 19 year old males' sense.

[Incandenza]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

I saw that on Facebook a few days ago. Thought it was great until the very end.

[ian.64]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

Would have made a great, darkly-twisted award-winning short, though. An ad' though? Really?

It's a long and winding thread, this, so forgive me if the observation - that the music for the shit Health Lottery ads being Ennio Morricone's 'Ecstacy of Gold' from The Good, The Bad and the Ugly demonstrates the ad-maker's macabre sense of humour since the music in question is used for a sequence set in a cemetery - has already been made.

[Sean of the Shed]

I've just seen a traumatic advert

True. A scene that is supposed to depict man's irrational obsession with the acquisition of wealth.