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Posted on 11-12-09 05:25:45 AM Link | Quote
I kinda see her point, though... the Sony commercials aren't exactly the most politically correct at times. :\

Not saying they're sexist or paint women in a negative light. They're just... not very good. :\

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Posted on 11-12-09 05:28:42 AM Link | Quote
I could care less if they're trying to market to guy gamers. Just stop making it seems that the females in the ads are mindless drones who only play child-like games and are used as eye candy.

Mind you, this is nothing against LBP.



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Posted on 11-12-09 05:37:00 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Anya
and are used as eye candy.

You're aware that this is true for 90% of all adds, right? :/

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Posted on 11-12-09 05:43:03 AM Link | Quote
Yep. But I'm more passionate about video games than other products/ads.

I want my eye candy for once.

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Posted on 11-12-09 06:20:56 AM Link | Quote

Oh, I understand.

Sorry Anya if I seemed harsh. But I did not see where you were coming from.

I looked at the commercials as a comedic point of view.

Which I will now point the question to Drag: Why are the PS commercials so bad?

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Posted on 11-12-09 04:45:23 PM Link | Quote








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I also feel that I need to partly apologize for the show CSI, for giving a false impression to computer illiterate people as to what the internet and what computer technology does. I also need to apologize for the bad puns, sorry about that.

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Posted on 11-12-09 09:28:49 PM (last edited by The Red Snifit at 11-12-09 06:29 PM) Link | Quote
Originally posted by Anya
(Video 1)
Sure, lets show the wife/mother playing Little Big Planet. Cause that's all she can play, right? Where's the love for the FPS games?!

Seeing that the purpose of that commercial was to promote the fact that the PS3 has family games, I think it did a fairly good job with it. Besides, the mother could, in theory, be a fan of FPSs, but that's not typically the kind of game one plays with their preadolescent children, regardless of gender, hm?
(Video 2)
Dense chick doesn't know it's a damn video game. WTF?

Okay, I can understand why one might find this one to be in bad taste. Even if it isn't really the point of the commercial, the girlfriend's blatant stupidity certainly recalls a tired, old stereotype to get said point across.

So, yeah. Advertising to women games that weren't directly aimed at girls in the first place just isn't nearly as profitable as what they're doing now, so from a business standpoint, it makes perfect sense. It's not really fair, but that's how it works.
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Posted on 11-12-09 11:32:09 PM (last edited by Terra at 11-12-09 08:32 PM) Link | Quote

I think a while back, there was a Snickers commercial where two guys accidentally "kiss" while trying to get a Snickers, and then they kill themselves by drinking motor oil because they don't want to be perceived as gay or non-manly

LGBT people exist, dammit. We're human, too, you know.

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Posted on 11-14-09 06:44:43 AM Link | Quote

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I apologize for people like this.

Educate yourself. Mainly when the word "SEX" comes in

She is worse than that Paris Hilton shithead

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Posted on 11-14-09 07:36:15 PM Link | Quote
I think a while back, there was a Snickers commercial where two guys accidentally "kiss" while trying to get a Snickers, and then they kill themselves by drinking motor oil

...I think I remember the first half of that, but the motor oil suicide? In an ad? Don't think that would fly.

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Posted on 11-14-09 07:38:58 PM Link | Quote


I don't remember watching the actual ad, just reading an article about it, so I could be wrong, or it had multiple versions.

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Posted on 11-14-09 07:40:29 PM Link | Quote
I only remember the one where they start trying to bend/break things and rip out their chest hair. It was set in an office, I believe.


How old is that commercial now, anyway?

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Posted on 11-21-09 11:28:52 PM Link | Quote
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If you want to piss me off, use sex in an advertisement for a product that has absolutely nothing to do with sex. Needless to say, nearly all advertisements piss me off. It's the main reason I stopped watching TV.

Axe and Frank's Red Hot Sauce are two in particular that make me want to do indescribably violent things to their creators.

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Posted on 11-21-09 11:32:02 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by HyperHacker
If you want to piss me off, use sex in an advertisement for a product that has absolutely nothing to do with sex. Needless to say, nearly all advertisements piss me off. It's the main reason I stopped watching TV.

Axe and Frank's Red Hot Sauce are two in particular that make me want to do indescribably violent things to their creators.

I saw a few GoDaddy commercials. Sex sells... websites?

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Posted on 11-22-09 12:00:32 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by jamosup
Originally posted by HyperHacker
If you want to piss me off, use sex in an advertisement for a product that has absolutely nothing to do with sex. Needless to say, nearly all advertisements piss me off. It's the main reason I stopped watching TV.

Axe and Frank's Red Hot Sauce are two in particular that make me want to do indescribably violent things to their creators.

I saw a few GoDaddy commercials. Sex sells... websites?


Sex sells anything.
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Posted on 11-22-09 04:18:03 AM Link | Quote
It's okay man, it's okay.

We don't need another bearded hippie apologizing for things..

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