[Ammi]

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[Ammi]

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[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Ammi

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I really dislike the Argos ads. They’re up there with the annoying meercat ones.

[Cherie]

Kevin the Carrott is back for Aldi in a romantic setting I believe

[Cherie]

Kevin is debuting tonight at 8.15

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Kevin the Carrott is back for Aldi in a romantic setting I believe

…Aldi so far is just a bit of a teaser one, not the full ad yet…and a nod to Love Actually scene…

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[Ammi]

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[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…Aldi so far is just a bit of a teaser one, not the full ad yet…and a nod to Love Actually scene…

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Cauli Dog the detail in Aldis adverts are always on point

[Strictly Jake]

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Love!

[Ammi]

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[AnnieK]

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[Strictly Jake]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

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Hated last years, hate this one even more. Why are they making them really depressing. What happened to the cute animals or the animations? Guessing they can't afford to do them anymore. But last year on first watch i thought someone had died on it, the part where she asks her sister to join her or something like that and the sister says she can't.

This time I was certain the son had died or the dad had. This was incredibly bleak and dark. Bit a nice Christmas advert at all I dont really get it. So the song takes him back to a time when he was happy and raving and then he had kids? Is that the message??

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Strictly Jake

Hated last years, hate this one even more. Why are they making them really depressing. What happened to the cute animals or the animations? Guessing they can't afford to do them anymore. But last year on first watch i thought someone had died on it, the part where she asks her sister to join her or something like that and the sister says she can't.

This time I was certain the son had died or the dad had. This was incredibly bleak and dark. Bit a nice Christmas advert at all I dont really get it. So the song takes him back to a time when he was happy and raving and then he had kids? Is that the message??

Something about not the teen not being able to communicate with his Dad...guff

Its terrible and as a marketing tool is terrible, remember when you could buy a soft toy to go along with the advert, they used to sell out as well, cant see sales being particularly brisk after watching this, do they even sell Vinyl

[Strictly Jake]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Something about not the teen not being able to communicate with his Dad...guff

Its terrible and as a marketing tool is terrible, remember when you could buy a soft toy to go along with the advert, they used to sell out as well, cant see sales being particularly brisk after watching this, do they even sell Vinyl

I was literally just thinking that, do they sell music? Also there used to be great tracks that went along with the adverts that would make it into the charts, remember the Lily Allen one? This track isnt going to get into the charts despite it being a pretty great dance track but the part where it goes acoustic sounds awful

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Strictly Jake

I was literally just thinking that, do they sell music? Also there used to be great tracks that went along with the adverts that would make it into the charts, remember the Lily Allen one? This track isnt going to get into the charts despite it being a pretty great dance track but the part where it goes acoustic sounds awful

I just checked and they do...who knew!

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Strictly Jake

Hated last years, hate this one even more. Why are they making them really depressing. What happened to the cute animals or the animations? Guessing they can't afford to do them anymore. But last year on first watch i thought someone had died on it, the part where she asks her sister to join her or something like that and the sister says she can't.

This time I was certain the son had died or the dad had. This was incredibly bleak and dark. Bit a nice Christmas advert at all I dont really get it. So the song takes him back to a time when he was happy and raving and then he had kids? Is that the message??

…I think for me…(…the message…)…was that the nostalgia of the song also took the dad back to his son being born and the intense love that a parent has for their child…and maybe now going through a more difficult relationship time that many parents do with their children when their children are pushing into adulthood and independence etc…?…and not always showing that love so openly anymore but that moment did and that the son had put so much thought into the gift…for me, it’s not about a life of not having kids/it’s about the love that a child brings to a life…

[Ammi]

…probably overthink things but, yeah I didn’t mind it…not the best/not the worst but quite touching…

[Crimson Dynamo]

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

The Coca Cola ads are the ones that always make me feel Christmassy since I was kid (Toys R Us was the other, although they’re now back from extinction I can’t recall seeing any Christmas ads from them anymore).

[Strictly Jake]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

The Coca Cola ads are the ones that always make me feel Christmassy since I was kid (Toys R Us was the other, although they’re now back from extinction I can’t recall seeing any Christmas ads from them anymore).

Yeah same the coca cola one was always the one that would truly start the Christmas period. But I swear for at least four years they kept using the same one so it stopped being special and it was always one of the last company's to air its Christmas advert, like a few days before, but I love this years its the best Christmas advert so far from what ive seen

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

AI aside, its super cute and Christmassy

[bots]

to create something professional in AI, there has to be a knowledgable, creative person/team directing it

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

[Strictly Jake]

Also im surprised the lidl advert got to use wouldn't it be nice as their backing track as thats become connected with the sky mobile adverts. So i wonder what they think about it

[Benjamin]

The Christmas ads this year are weak so far (bar the coca cola one).

[Strictly Jake]

Actually although i do stick by the fact John Lewis adverts used to be a lot better...having ammis explanation of it and then I watched it again its not as bad as I thought. But it still feels pretty depressing. Maybe its a grower?