[Hobbestetrician]

Weird plotholes in commercials that attempt to have some sort of 30-second narrative. Where did that come from?! Why is he doing/saying that?! How did that happen?! It makes no sense!! I wish I had an example right now but my mind is failing me.

[6.8]

WHY IS USING YOUR PRODUCT A CHALLENGE

[cnizzle06]

Is that rain?

[VanWinkle]

Commercials where the visuals consist entirely of someones finger poking some touchscreen for one.

Similarly, recently I've seen quite a few commercials where the transition from one shot to the next is a disembodied hand swiping the old shot across, or pinching to zoom a new scene in or something. Is that supposed to be cool?

[NEOPARADIGM]

In general terms my time is extremely valuable and I don't find commercials anything more than an annoyance bordering on consumer-capitalist propaganda. They can all fuck off. If your product is good and serves a purpose, I suspect I'll hear or read about it without you blowing millions of dollars on a mini-movie that I'm barely paying any attention to if I'm watching it at all.

[Hobbestetrician]

Cologne/Perfume ads where a bunch of random shit happens to the pretty person and them whispering the name breathlessly at the end. Pretentious garbage and every single one of them follows the same template.

[bengraven]

America:

Men in commercial aimed at men: bbqs, sports, beer, blondes

Men in commercial aimed at women: dumb asses who can't clean up after themselves

Women in commercial aimed at men: tits, beer, slow motion

Women in commercial aimed at women: you need a break from life, vaseline lens, slow motion

[AngryMoth]

Sooo many things, but one in particular I noticed recently; fake interviews with customers. There was a toothpaste ad I saw where they set up a booth in a mall and were trying to pass it off like these was just random people endorsing them when it was so clearly acters reading from a script, and I realised that this is a trope that gets used all the time. Besides being fucking annoying its just so lazy and derivative. I don't know if its because I'm marathoning Mad Men at the moment but it seriously pisses me off that someone got paid to come up with that bullshit.

Also deliberately obnoxious songs. We have so some really obscene ones in the UK. Confused.com, gocompare, webuyanycar, all that shit makes me want to smash my tv when it comes on.

[Mudkips]

I hate when commercials show that your only option besides being a housewife is to be a complete whore.

And when you're a housewife, your only sense of accomplishment in life comes from driving 3 shitty kids to hockey practice in a minivan or talking to other moms about how they all bought the same minivan and how they're the "cool moms". So thankful for DVRs.

[Trent Strong]

In general terms my time is extremely valuable and I don't find commercials anything more than an annoyance bordering on consumer-capitalist propaganda. They can all fuck off. If your product is good and serves a purpose, I suspect I'll hear or read about it without you blowing millions of dollars on a mini-movie that I'm barely paying any attention to if I'm watching it at all.

So commercials aren't trying to get you to buy a specific product from a specific company, but are propaganda for a capitalist system and a consumer lifestyle? I can't really see that. Besides, it's commericals that allow free entertainment to exist. I don't want to pay for every TV show I watch. I'd rather "endure" a few bad commericals. Jeez.

[lunchtoast]

The current Fox promo voice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BnHi5jC_YM

[SwiftSketcher]

I hate commercials where the consumers are total fucking toolbags to other people. Like these "Game On Santa" Best Buy commercials. Yeah some real Christmas spirit here Best Buy, fuck you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6dg9...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuTF1...feature=relmfu

Fucking mean-ass bitches.

Or these obnoxious phone commercials with these smug ass fucks that talk down to everyone, on top of airing all the damn time. "That was so 9 seconds ago!! OH YEAH ON FOUR-G-EL-TEE-EE THAT WAS SO 3 SECONDS AGO!!1!!OH YAH WELL THAT WAS SO 3248450 SECONDS 4G!!1!!1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvVVQGgbKk0

Man kiss my ass phone commercials.

[Copernicus]

Zoey.

[wenis]

I never want to buy the shit they're selling...

[KarmaCow]

Creams and Shampoo: 'It has <some plant> extract to <change something on the molecular level> *CG bullshit*.'

There was some cream that said it had shiitake mushroom extract and it did something. Does someone knowing that it uses shiitake extract really mean something to anyone?

[Alphahawk]

A couple years back they had these "Brand Power" spots whose tagline was "helping you buy better." They were designed to look like a PSA but they would essentially consist of someone going "You should drink some V8/Florida Natural Orange Juice/ other brand named product" I just found those so insulting.

[meijiko]

Fucking rich pharmaceutical companies that buy up a whole minute of ad space just so they can tell us all the side effects of their products. I realize it's probably regulated, but they make the most annoying commercials. I don't want to think about nausea or internal bleeding while I'm watching Jeopardy, fuck you.

[zoukka]

I am always baffled by brands like Coca-Cola combined with sports and healthy looking people. They fit with musicians and celebrities no problem, but does someone think those statue-like super athletes ever drink garbage like that :D

[meijiko]

I am always baffled by brands like Coca-Cola combined with sports and healthy looking people. They fit with musicians and celebrities no problem, but does someone think those statue-like super athletes ever drink garbage like that :D

I felt the same way about McDonalds + the olympics.

[LuchaShaq]

Over dramatized commercials. No, it's not that fucking hard to cook spaghetti!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd0jdL8_XB0

Those are the only commercials I DO like.

Does someone have the commercial where a kid is trying to poor milk in his cereal spilling it everywhere with a look on his face like the apocalypse is happening? SO GOOD

[Aurongel]

Super sped up legal dialogue at the end of pharmaceutical commercials:

somerestrictionsapply.ifyouarenursing,pregnant,ormaybecomepregnant,thanyous houldstoptakingthedrug.pleaseseeyourdoctorifyouencounteranyofthesecomplicat ions.

[dNA.sequence]

"Visit us online at www.neogaf.com BACKSLASH forum"

Don't know why but it really pisses me off.

[Boss Doggie]

I really hate when commercials portray an extremely easy activity as the biggest ordeal in the world that only the advertised product can fix. No, wait, I fucking love it.

Ahh infomercials. They're like ads except funnier.

[PigSpeakers]

Does yogurt really cause women to reach orgasm? What about philidelphia cream cheese? WOMEN. Please comment. It's vital.

[SalsaShark]

Women having yogurt gatherings or some crap

[Karkador]

Ukelele music. There seems to be this huge trend in ads now to use a cute little ukelele ditty as background music for whatever their selling. It's EVERYWHERE, spanning many different types of products, and I can't stop noticing it. Oh my god, make it stop.

[Alrus]

People having totally unnatural conversations.
Some sentences repeated 10 times in a row (the Head-on stuff).
Same commercial airing twice during one single commercial break.
Beer ads still being targeted toward macho men.

I really hate when commercials portray an extremely easy activity as the biggest ordeal in the world that only the advertised product can fix. No, wait, I fucking love it.

Infomercials are hilarious most of the time but it always makes me feel sad that people get conned by those.

[jkanownik]

Lip-synced lines in those damn pharmaceutical commercials. Is it really that hard to find one person that looks & sounds good? It drives me absolutely nuts because my brain picks up on the disconnect between the actor/actress and the voice every single time.

[G-Fex]

I hate commercials where the consumers are total fucking toolbags to other people. Like these "Game On Santa" Best Buy commercials. Yeah some real Christmas spirit here Best Buy, fuck you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6dg9...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuTF1...feature=relmfu Fucking mean-ass bitches. Or these obnoxious phone commercials with these smug ass fucks that talk down to everyone, on top of airing all the damn time. "That was so 9 seconds ago!! OH YEAH ON FOUR-G-EL-TEE-EE THAT WAS SO 3 SECONDS AGO!!1!!OH YAH WELL THAT WAS SO 3248450 SECONDS 4G!!1!!1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvVVQGgbKk0 Man kiss my ass phone commercials.

You nailed it.

I fucking HATE that phone commercial, yet they keep making them.

And then they got that new shit with the mom and daughter crying like really fucking annoying crying talking and it's horrible.

[Boss Doggie]

Lip-synced lines in those damn pharmaceutical commercials. Is it really that hard to find one person that looks & sounds good? It drives me absolutely nuts because my brain picks up on the disconnect between the actor/actress and the voice every single time.

And speaking of said commercials, made up statistics. Nine of ten doctors agree.

[Copernicus]

Burger King being a bigot.

[Lord Snow]

Any advert for female beauty products. They usually have a load of tiny spheres getting fired at hair folicles, pores, wrinkles etc with a tag-line saying 'contains regeneration maximum micro maxi mini hydro revitalisation silky shine' or some similar shit that NOBODY has ever heard of. And usually the female that is in the advert is hot as fuck anyway and doesn't need said product.

[Alrus]

Any advert for female beauty products. They usually have a load of tiny spheres getting fired at hair folicles, pores, wrinkles etc with a tag-line saying 'contains regeneration maximum micro maxi mini hydro revitalisation silky shine' or some similar shit that NOBODY has ever heard of. And usually the female that is in the advert is hot as fuck anyway and doesn't need said product.

Well the woman is hot because she used the product of course!

Also the faux-scientific things in the commercials are just there to make it sound like the product is more than a regular shampoo/skin cream/whatever.

[Keavy_Rain]

I hate it when they're advertising something to women, and the guy is some dumbfuck screw up who doesn't understand her at all.

This. So much this.

Same thing with TV and movies. It's like this epidemic of "Dumb men who can't do shit except earn money, drink beer, watch sports, and get their wife pregnant." I took a class on feminist history and openly stated that shit like this is tearing down men instead of empowering women. Shockingly, the women disagreed and cited countless examples from their own lives of how men are just terrible at anything.

Guess I'm one of the good ones, but everyone wants Mr. "can't do shit."

/angryrant

I know this was a trend when I was a kid, but I hated the ads for cereal or McDonald's that had a group of kids with a coherent storyline if you put the commercials in order. It creeped me out when I realized I was watching a show made of ads.

I guess the trend moved to make products as a part of the show, where they have a storyline that follows the product and how it's affecting the characters or the characters comment on said product. "I can't believe our witness is dead. Jerry, call the boss using your (hot new phone) on (phone carrier) because we need help. Jack, come with me in the (hot new car). Let's pray the (feature of new car) can get us through (situation.)"

[ascii42]

Commercials (often geared for men, beer and trucks) that spell out whatever the narrator is saying, either entirely or partially.

Yes, thank you Ford.

[Boss Doggie]

Also the faux-scientific things in the commercials are just there to make it sound like the product is more than a regular shampoo/skin cream/whatever.

Any advert for female beauty products. They usually have a load of tiny spheres getting fired at hair folicles, pores, wrinkles etc with a tag-line saying 'contains regeneration maximum micro maxi mini hydro revitalisation silky shine' or some similar shit that NOBODY has ever heard of. And usually the female that is in the advert is hot as fuck anyway and doesn't need said product.

I love how they claim how they can regenerate skin cells. If they actually studied science, you'll know dead skin cells don't regenerate.

[Kinyou]

Ads (mostly for Perfume or Cars) that have NOTHING to do with the product itself.

[Demigod Mac]

Talk to your doctor.

Talk to your doctor.


Talk to your doctor.


Talk to your doctor!


Come on, BigPharmaCo. Take some responsibility if your customer experiences anal leakage from your product whilst frolicking in green fields with their spouse!

This oft-used cop-out won't do.

[Escape Goat]

Families always look fake. None of them look like they belong to the same family and the cheese factor is always off the chart.

[The_Hitcher89]

Women sitting around talking about defecation
Bad dubbing (not sure how common this is in America)

[Labombadog]

Mostly when they use the bandwagon effect.

They insert a popular actress/actor and say something along the lines "I'm doing it, why aren't you?". Ugh it pisses me off.

[ClassyPenguin]

McDonald's lifestyle ads.
Also, mcd's as a reward for children.

[Zoe]

I hate that products still misrepresent themselves to a rather knowledgable public. A good example are these Siri commercials. It's rather common knowledge that the system (while fine) doesn't typically work as it's shown and the public generally knows this. We read blogs, there's word of mouth, twitter, youtube videos. Why the BS? I don't know what the alternative is of course but airing these commercials that many know are false just seems rather odd to me.

They axed the first round of Siri commercials after the lawsuit. The ones with the celebrities are actually realistic (albeit sped up).

[LyleLanley]

I hate it when they're advertising something to women, and the guy is some dumbfuck screw up who doesn't understand her at all.

I hate that damn yoghurt commercial where a man overhears his wife on a phone talking to her friend about how she ate a bunch of pies or whatever but the man is too big of a fucking idiot to realize that she's just talking about the fridge full of yoghurt that he's looking at.

I also hate those new Sony commercials where people talk to their friends about how amazing their tablet is. That one kid at the end of the commercial who shows his friends that he can stream video to his TV with his new tablet but finishes his sentence with "but get your own" makes me so angry.

Cologne/Perfume ads where a bunch of random shit happens to the pretty person and them whispering the name breathlessly at the end. Pretentious garbage and every single one of them follows the same template.

Reminds me of the Mr. Plow commercial

[Spawnling]

ugly dudes, beautiful women

This. Not to mention those commercials for TV shows and just ask yourself.... WHY? Then you wonder why you didn't think of that idea.

[Boss Doggie]

Reminds me of the Mr. Plow commercial

Hahahah yeah, that was being parodied by that scene

Man, reminds me of that artsy bullshit Coca Cola used in their ad.

[Baconbitz]

This commercial because they involve the kids. Looks dangerous.

[Kreios]

How about car commercials? I never understood those. Like I go out every day and buy a $20,000 car with a payment plan, simply because they parade something shiny in front of my face. There's no way to put a "buy now" sign on $20,000.

[LyleLanley]

I forgot to mention how much I hate every commercial for that TV show "Men at Work" or whatever it's called.

http://m.youtube.com/?reload=3&rdm=m4kh7d1dn#/watch?v=WikuS68bZVw commercial because they involve the kids. Looks dangerous.

That link brought me to a Google search for the word "This".

[Baconbitz]

I forgot to mention how much I hate every commercial for that TV show "Men at Work" or whatever it's called. That link brought me to a Google search for the word "This".

I edited the response.