MrEdwards
04-04-2003, 09:27 PM
What's with commercials these days???. It seems that in order to have an effective commercial, you must feature one of four things (take your pick)...
1) Bash the male gender and make them look like clueless, helpless, cave-men who would'nt know how to survive it wasn't for a female to lead them around on a 6-foot leash. It's always a good idea when making a commercial like this to show them grunting, scratching themselves inappropriately or getting "caught" doing something behind thier wife's back (like getting into the fridge without her permission).
2) Show feet. LOTS of feet. It begins quite innocently enough with a wide-angle shot of many feet and then turns into a varitable "foot orgy" with multiple zoom-ins of everyones feets (the bottoms, wiggling toes, individual toes, between the toes, a few heel shots, etc). I don't know about the rest of you but I don't particularly care to look at other people's rotten, funky, bony, hairy, vein-riddled feet. Feet belong in shoes - not sitting on my TV screen at 6:00 in the morning while I'm trying to ENJOY my morning coffee.
3) Dogs. It is impossible to do a "good" commercial that will sell your product effectively without showing at least one dog. Even a tail shot is acceptable. People like dogs. Feature in commerical=increase in sales. Simple enough concept but did these PR guys ever stop to think that not EVERYONE is a dyed-in-the-wool canine worshipper??. I mean, there are also cats, horses, birds, fish, snakes and even quite a few exotic animals. Why not shoot the commercial at a zoo and please EVERYONE?.
4) Ok, babies are cute. Well, actually they are kind of pink, slimy and wrinkly but I guess I can live with that. BUT...do I really want to look at naked baby butt-cracks when I turn my TV on?. Ummm...NO!!. What comes out of butts?. I'll give you a hint. It ain't chocolate pudding. Is this cute?. Well, if the baby was DRESSED, it might be or if you were some kind of perv, possibly but I personally could happily live to be 100 without ever seeing another one. Yuk!!.
Anyway, just a few pet peeves I have when it comes to commercials. I'm sure that I am totally alone in this and that everyone else finds these commecials to be the best experience of their lives and utterly adorable :D
1) Bash the male gender and make them look like clueless, helpless, cave-men who would'nt know how to survive it wasn't for a female to lead them around on a 6-foot leash. It's always a good idea when making a commercial like this to show them grunting, scratching themselves inappropriately or getting "caught" doing something behind thier wife's back (like getting into the fridge without her permission).
2) Show feet. LOTS of feet. It begins quite innocently enough with a wide-angle shot of many feet and then turns into a varitable "foot orgy" with multiple zoom-ins of everyones feets (the bottoms, wiggling toes, individual toes, between the toes, a few heel shots, etc). I don't know about the rest of you but I don't particularly care to look at other people's rotten, funky, bony, hairy, vein-riddled feet. Feet belong in shoes - not sitting on my TV screen at 6:00 in the morning while I'm trying to ENJOY my morning coffee.
3) Dogs. It is impossible to do a "good" commercial that will sell your product effectively without showing at least one dog. Even a tail shot is acceptable. People like dogs. Feature in commerical=increase in sales. Simple enough concept but did these PR guys ever stop to think that not EVERYONE is a dyed-in-the-wool canine worshipper??. I mean, there are also cats, horses, birds, fish, snakes and even quite a few exotic animals. Why not shoot the commercial at a zoo and please EVERYONE?.
4) Ok, babies are cute. Well, actually they are kind of pink, slimy and wrinkly but I guess I can live with that. BUT...do I really want to look at naked baby butt-cracks when I turn my TV on?. Ummm...NO!!. What comes out of butts?. I'll give you a hint. It ain't chocolate pudding. Is this cute?. Well, if the baby was DRESSED, it might be or if you were some kind of perv, possibly but I personally could happily live to be 100 without ever seeing another one. Yuk!!.
Anyway, just a few pet peeves I have when it comes to commercials. I'm sure that I am totally alone in this and that everyone else finds these commecials to be the best experience of their lives and utterly adorable :D