Sharessa Posted January 12, 2008 Yeah, I stopped watching TV years ago. And you guys think ads aren't in movies already? Have you guys seen Transformers? 0 Share this post Link to post
Lüt Posted January 12, 2008 Enjay said:How the hell do you stand to watch TV? I think I'd go batshit insane.Well, I haven't had a television that gets channels in about 5 years. Can't say I miss it, but these things tend to work like rental or mortgage payments, where they do 'nuisance raises' of $10-$20 per year over the course of a long time so that it never seems like much, but just not enough that somebody would up and move out. 0 Share this post Link to post
Enjay Posted January 12, 2008 Well, the last thing I watched on network TV was the Doctor Who Christmas special on (you guessed it) Christmas day, so I'm hardly a frequent viewer myself. ;) 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted January 13, 2008 Yeah, I watch TV when I'm at my mom's, which is rarely since she lives over an hour away now. So Xmas and Thanksgiving I watched TV. Last time before that I remember watching TV was when I was introduced to Heroes when it first came on the air. Decided to just get the DVD, which I now have. That's pretty much my strategy with TV. If there is a good show, I'll just get the DVD (or watch it over teh intertubes). Screw trying to watch it on their schedule. 0 Share this post Link to post
40oz Posted January 13, 2008 Lipozene commercials need to die. It fucking grosses me out when I'm watching madtv on comedy central, and then one of those commercials comes up and it starts explaining to me why people are fat and that it's not their fault. The a diagram of a fat person and where the fat builds up. It makes me wanna puke and I'm obligated to have to change the channel before I spill lunch all over the floor. I thought pharmaceutical commercials didnt go into great detail about what they're trying to sell, they normally just say "ask your doctor if it's right for you" What if commercials for yeast infection medication started explaining what it did. "Is your vagina beginning to inflame, causing it to itch and irritate? Well we can do something about it. Now this is an example of a vibrantly infected vagina. Notice where the more serious parts of the infection build up around the lips more so than the clit. If this vagina looks like yours then give us a call" *shudder* tv makes me sick. 0 Share this post Link to post
scorpion Posted January 13, 2008 JohnnyRancid said:It makes me wanna puke and I'm obligated to have to change the channel before I spill lunch all over the floor.I guess that product really works, then! 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted January 13, 2008 Pharmaceutical commercials that make you sick! That's a novel way to drum up business ;-) kristus said:I use Hostsman to get rid of all the ad crap online... I use Privoxy which is sometimes a little over-zealous with it's wildcard filtering. Enjay said:How the hell do you stand to watch TV? I think I'd go batshit insane. Australian commercial TV has adopted US advertising practices with the worst excesses being test cricket (one or two adverts between overs) tennis (when the players change ends) and any other sport with regular breaks in play. Apart from the ABC (still ad-free) I watch very little TV. The MUTE button usually gets hammered when I stray onto the other channels :-) 0 Share this post Link to post
Enjay Posted January 13, 2008 Maybe we're a little spoiled in the UK. Because we have the BBC channels, which are all non-advert, perhaps other channels feel that they can't get too intrusive with their advertising (although apparently that isn't holding true in Oz). It is all governed on a minutes of adverts per hour basis though. Quite a few of the satellite/digital stations are pretty crap. But that's a generally applicable comment about their content and not just their advert broadcasting policy. Increasingly, I've found myself adopting Danarchy's policy of buying good shows on DVD. Because my TV viewing habits are so infrequent, most of the time I simply forget to watch something unless I make a superhuman effort to remember it is on. If I have the DVD, then I can watch it when I want, even watch 2 episodes in a row (shock) and never miss and episode or never have an episode delayed or changed because of a "very important" sporting event running over. As Danarchy said, screw trying to watch it on their schedule. What's more, I have my own permanent copy to keep. 0 Share this post Link to post
exp(x) Posted January 13, 2008 JohnnyRancid said:Lipozene commercials need to die. It fucking grosses me out when I'm watching madtv on comedy central, and then one of those commercials comes up and it starts explaining to me why people are fat and that it's not their fault. The a diagram of a fat person and where the fat builds up. It makes me wanna puke and I'm obligated to have to change the channel before I spill lunch all over the floor. I thought pharmaceutical commercials didnt go into great detail about what they're trying to sell, they normally just say "ask your doctor if it's right for you" Lipozene isn't a pharmaceutical product. It's just another stupid over the counter diet pill. The only difference is that this one attempts to emulate prescription medications in packaging and name style. 0 Share this post Link to post
Texas Libra Posted January 13, 2008 Enjay said:A few years ago I was at a (considers whether to mention it or not... awww, what the hell) Star Trek convention (yeah, I know, I know, it wasn't my idea and I was dressed like a regular human, not a Klingon, and at no point did I raise my hand and tell anyone to live long and prosper). You have a lot to learn about how Trekkies really live, my friend. EDIT: And also, you're just now learning how American TV is full of advertisements? I thought it was common knowledge all over the world. 0 Share this post Link to post
Enjay Posted January 13, 2008 Texas Libra said:And also, you're just now learning how American TV is full of advertisements? I thought it was common knowledge all over the world. I always knew it, but it wasn't until I experienced the full horror of it that I realised just how bad it was. :) 0 Share this post Link to post
deathbringer Posted January 16, 2008 Actually, waiting a few months and getting the Doctor Who and Torchwood box sets would be about £40, considerably less than £135 for a TV licence which i bought specifically to watch those shows... shit. Still Torchwood series 2 starts tonight, so it had better be bloody good 0 Share this post Link to post
Csonicgo Posted January 16, 2008 deathbringer said:Actually, waiting a few months and getting the Doctor Who and Torchwood box sets would be about £40, considerably less than £135 for a TV licence which i bought specifically to watch those shows... shit. Still Torchwood series 2 starts tonight, so it had better be bloody good To this day I will NEVER, NEVER understand the reasons for a TV License. What happens if you don't have it?POLICE! DROP THE REMOTE HANDS UP WHERE I CAN SEE THEMEDIT: Yes, that's exactly what happens. :D 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted January 16, 2008 Csonicgo said:To this day I will NEVER, NEVER understand the reasons for a TV License. What happens if you don't have it? Then you have to eat the telly. 0 Share this post Link to post
Reckoner Posted January 17, 2008 That trailer is horrible and if I didn't know any better I would think it's just a big joke. Product placement is one thing, but having a full-length uninterrupted commercial inside of another commercial is a little ridiculous and doesn't exactly make me want to see this movie, nor buy an HP Pavilion. What were they thinking here? 0 Share this post Link to post
Bank Posted January 17, 2008 Speaking of ads, the Cloverfield popup on the forums is possibly the most annoying thing I've ever experienced. The worst part is it's not even really a popup, it just shows up in the same window. 0 Share this post Link to post
spank Posted January 17, 2008 The broadcasters here in Portugal go as far as increasing the volume two-fold during commercial breaks! During movies they occur right before climactic parts three, perhaps four, times and never last less than 20 minutes. The mere tastelessness of the embedded advert depicts how sick and desperate corporations are just to make a dime. 0 Share this post Link to post
Reckoner Posted January 17, 2008 Bank said:Speaking of ads, the Cloverfield popup on the forums is possibly the most annoying thing I've ever experienced. The worst part is it's not even really a popup, it just shows up in the same window. Yesterday it was just a stationary ad that you could close rather easily (but was still annoying), but now it slowly moves across the page and I sometimes have a hell of a time getting the mouse click to register in just the right spot, (occasionally I wind up opening the ad's link two or three times before I can close it). It wouldn't be so bad if not for the fact that it seems to open on nearly every single page without fail. I'm sure a lot of people must be influenced by these sorts of annoying advertisements (this and the one referenced in the OP) or else companies wouldn't use them, but I know any desire I could have possibly had to see Cloverfield or Jumper is completely gone at this point. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted January 17, 2008 spank said:The broadcasters here in Portugal go as far as increasing the volume two-fold during commercial breaks! Same here in the states. The thing is with movies, they have good sound mixing for the most part, and have quiet parts and loud parts for tension and such if not for artistic purposes. The same can roughly be said about TV shows. Commercials, on the other hand, max the shit out of everything, making them appear far louder than what else is on TV. During movies they occur right before climactic parts three, perhaps four, times and never last less than 20 minutes. I've noticed a thing or two about how they show movies on TV. They start out by showing the first half hour uninterrupted, enough to get you drawn in. Then they start showing commercials more and more frequently and longer, until at the end of the movie it takes like a half hour to show the last 10 minutes. Even worse, they edit movies "for TV" by just deleting scenes. Not because they're too violent or sexy or whatever, they just edit them "for time"...you know, so they can show their extra half hour of commercials. This is why, above all, I never watch movies on TV. ...unless there's a James Bond marathon. 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted January 17, 2008 Bank said:Speaking of ads, the Cloverfield popup on the forums is possibly the most annoying thing I've ever experienced. The worst part is it's not even really a popup, it just shows up in the same window. I can't get that floater to show up in Opera - lucky me :-) Danarchy said:Even worse, they edit movies "for TV" by just deleting scenes. Not because they're too violent or sexy or whatever, they just edit them "for time"...you know, so they can show their extra half hour of commercials. This is why, above all, I never watch movies on TV. I can understand the rationale behind editing "for time" - the broadcaster has X minutes of movie and Y minutes of adverts to cram into Z minutes of air-time. Obviously something has to give and the viewing public usually looses out :( 0 Share this post Link to post
Skeletor Posted January 17, 2008 Speaking of ads, that Cloverfield ad that keeps popping up is really annoying.... 0 Share this post Link to post
Ninja_of_DooM Posted January 17, 2008 Danarchy said:Even worse, they edit movies "for TV" by just deleting scenes. Not because they're too violent or sexy or whatever, they just edit them "for time"...you know, so they can show their extra half hour of commercials. This is why, above all, I never watch movies on TV. I know what you mean. I've seen so many different versions of Terminator 2 it's not funny. They cut bits out put bits in. I sometimes find myself asking "Wait, have I seen this bit before?" They show it a lot over here you see? 0 Share this post Link to post
Enjay Posted January 17, 2008 Csonicgo said:To this day I will NEVER, NEVER understand the reasons for a TV License. One of the big advantages is TV with no commercial breaks. I can certainly understand that. 0 Share this post Link to post
insertwackynamehere Posted January 18, 2008 The more I think about this, the more I actually think it's cool. I probably shouldn't but the guy is going into a real ad that I could watch and in that ad the person is talking about how they are in the movie which the ad is in. I dunno. It's just kinda trippy. 0 Share this post Link to post
Trilinear Posted January 18, 2008 insertwackynamehere said:They're called jumpers :P lmao 0 Share this post Link to post
deathbringer Posted January 18, 2008 To this day I will NEVER, NEVER understand the reasons for a TV License. What happens if you don't have it? Basically, it means you're paying for the BBC to not have adverts, and to also broadcast the world service, run its website and (ideally) be non-biased. Like a subscription pay-per-view channel that you have to pay for Though even if you don't use a single BBC service, and just want to watch ITV etc (the commercial-funded channels) you still have to pay for the licence. Loads of "hilarious social commentators" (twats who recycle the same unfunny 'material' year on year with the vaguest connection to news stories and obscure surveys they can get away with) in the right wing tabloids like to get uppity about it and claim that ITV "makes far higher quality programming for the small price of 10 minutes of ads". Except actually, they don't. 0 Share this post Link to post
Enjay Posted January 18, 2008 deathbringer said:Except actually, they don't. Indeed. They make mindless crap that gets knuckle-trailing mouth breathers watching in their millions, all to get as much advertising exposure as possible to draw in the advertisers. 0 Share this post Link to post
VileSlay Posted January 27, 2008 spank said:The broadcasters here in Portugal go as far as increasing the volume two-fold during commercial breaks! I believe her in the US they have the commercials at least one decibel higher than the programming. for all the ads that are crappy on tv, there are some that are pretty damn funny. speaking of ad whoring, next sunday is gonna be the biggest ad blitz. during the super bowl (american football championship for those that are umfamiliar w/ the sport) advertisers pay top dollar to get their ads in. some people who don't watch football will watch this game just to see the new ads. pretty lame. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted January 28, 2008 Heh, aside from the year the Seahawks got into it, I have never watched the Superbowl. Football is the worst goddamn sport ever, and those ads are never funny. 0 Share this post Link to post