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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: ZaktheLad on November 11, 2013, 02:50:19 pm
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I do love the Christmas adverts on the telly and this year they seem particularly good. I watched the John Lewis one for the first time yesterday and it is superb! Quite a tearjerker ad but absolutely brilliant. John Lewis really do have a knack of doing excellent Christmas ads as the previous couple of years have also been fab.
My other favourite so far this year is the Ant & Dec Morrison's ad with the gingerbread man.
The Christmas ads make up for the poor telly that's on at the moment - particularly now Downton Abbey had the final episode of the series yesterday :(
Apologies in advance for all those of you who hate Christmas ads!
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I rarely watch "live" TV - mostly download stuff but HAD t watch the last episode of Downton last night so caught a few Christmas ads. Some are terrible but I thought the John Lewis, M&S and Morrisons were really good. Must cost them a FORTUNE :o
Looking forward to the Downton Christmas Special now - and Series 5 :excited:
Do you think Michael Gregson will turn up in the Christmas special?
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I'm confused ??? I saw the Ant &Dec one the other day and could have sworn the Waitrose sign came up at the end of it, then I saw the same vid last night and it was Morrisons. Must have fallen asleep between the end of that and the next ad I think
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I saw the John Lewis ad at the weekend and thought it was brilliant! I usually watch pre recorded stuff and skip the ads but I was ironing so ended up seeing them and I'm glad I did, what a lovely thing to watch at christmas time!
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We have not seen any live telly for ages, well only the news, we appear to have been watching all the DVD's we have collected and they mostly have been good......I like a lot of adverts better than the programmes on TV, we often play "guess what they are selling" sometimes its very hard!!
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i hope you don't find this offensive , and not very xmassy , but i found it sort of funny ;D
Russian Tampax Commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGZpWOMGJCM#ws)
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yeah - thanks John and Helen. I have just spent an age on Youtube watching TV ads and having a few laughs.
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I'm looking forward to the Downton Christmas special - that's already top of my list for 9pm Christmas day! Can't imagine what storylines will be involved but I do think Michael Gregson will turn up again! Whatever the storylines it's sure to leave us looking forward to the next series in 2014! I can also see a romance between Mr Mosley & the Ladies Maid blossoming and eventually between Mrs Hughes and Carson!
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I am actually working on a film next sunday, some of the local film makers have entered a ITV comp, they asked if i would do some camera work….which is great..but now they want me to act as well….. to play the part of a farmer :roflanim: agh well !!! you only live once…. and the winners can win £5K :fc:
at least its not a friggin Zombie film :roflanim:
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I'm looking forward to the Downton Christmas special - that's already top of my list for 9pm Christmas day! Can't imagine what storylines will be involved but I do think Michael Gregson will turn up again! Whatever the storylines it's sure to leave us looking forward to the next series in 2014! I can also see a romance between Mr Mosley & the Ladies Maid blossoming and eventually between Mrs Hughes and Carson!
Not Mrs Hughes and Carson but maybe Isobel Crawley and Mary's godfather?
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Not Mrs Hughes and Carson but maybe Isobel Crawley and Mary's godfather?
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Yes, I definitely think there's a storyline there somewhere!
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I did watch the Ant and Deck advert last night and it gave me a Christmas spirit lift.....I love all the glitz
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I rarely watch "live" TV - mostly download stuff but HAD t watch the last episode of Downton last night so caught a few Christmas ads. Some are terrible but I thought the John Lewis, M&S and Morrisons were really good. Must cost them a FORTUNE :o
So now you know why you are paying so much in the shops.
Thank goodness I never watch TV!
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Someone posted the John Lewis one on Facebook so I watched it and thought it was horrible. It said to me, "Don't buy your presents at John Lewis. You're likely to get a load of abuse."
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i thought it was cute, i love watership down etc very clever.
tampax one is a hoot! :thumbsup:
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the best one i ever saw for watership down was at a butchers, you read the book ,you seen the film, now eat the cast :roflanim: with a load of :bunny: :bunny: :bunny: :bunny: :bunny: hanging up
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:roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim:
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the best one i ever saw for watership down was at a butchers, you read the book ,you seen the film, now eat the cast :roflanim: with a load of :bunny: :bunny: :bunny: :bunny: :bunny: hanging up
:roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim: Wonder if they sold any
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My husband made the point that the bear in the John Lewis ad would probably die due to waking during hibernation.
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the best one i ever saw for watership down was at a butchers, you read the book ,you seen the film, now eat the cast :roflanim: with a load of :bunny: :bunny: :bunny: :bunny: :bunny: hanging up
Absolutely brilliant! ;D
Mind you, a colleague of mine (long time ago, when I worked in regional development) once complained because a leaflet of a local farmer (organic Aberdeen Angus beef) featured some rather nice calves. According to her, that wasn't the way to go if you wanted to sell beef - nobody would buy it because they wouldn't want to see these sweet little cuddly baby cattle slaughtered... ::) (Actually, the farm did very well and never had problems selling their products.)
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Seen it now. The music makes it for me especially as my son and his mates once won a school talent contest playing the Keen track.
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i'm gonna be a right old grump as its the music that ruins it for me. There seems to be a real craze at the moment for a certain type of female voice that is used in adverts. I think they are different singers but all sound the same and strip all the power, emotion and meaning from some fabulous songs, replacing it with something totally vapid because it sounds pretty. e.g The Power of Love in last years otherwise wonderful John Lewis ad where a snowman treks miles to buy his lady a scarf- not a patch on Frankie Goes To Hollywood's original, The Twining's ad with "Wherever you will go" again not even close to the original by "The Calling and of course this years John Lewis- what was wrong with Keane ??
Worst of all is not an ad but is the Children In Need song for this year "How Long Will I love You" totally murdered by another ethereal, mystic female. The fantastic original by The Waterboys is just about my favourite song of all time- Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !! shouldn't be allowed- sorry x
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i'm gonna be a right old grump
I'm definitely one of those. I haven't got a clue what anything in this thread is about.
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i'm gonna be a right old grump
I'm definitely one of those. I haven't got a clue what anything in this thread is about.
You are not the only one!
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i'm gonna be a right old grump
I'm definitely one of those. I haven't got a clue what anything in this thread is about.
You are not the only one!
Ditto! No TV here....
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We have one but rarely watch. It's a big square old thing given to us by a neighbour. The children's friends look at it in disbelief. I tell them it's a valuable antique. ;D Children flick through sometimes but even they can't find anything worth watching half the time.
Neighbours and friends just smile sympathetically at me now if the conversation is about TV/celebrities etc. ...... they know I haven't a clue. ;D
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suddenly feeling I watch far too much tv (and listen to too much music) - glad to have freed up the grumps to put in an appearance though. at the end of a hard day I tend to light the fire and just veg out in front of the box. what's the alternative ? - having a conversation with the OH :idea:- heaven forbid
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im a real sook, even the sainsbury one brought a tear.
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and now, !!! the making of the film (Ad)
https://vimeo.com/78254514