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Anyone else think the new Guinness TV advert where they light a building up like a pint of Guinness is a bit out of touch, given that we're supposed to be environmentally conscious, carbon neutral, energy saving etc.
Seems to be giving out the wrong message - ignoring the fact it's advertising alcohol.
Anyone else think the new Guinness TV advert where they light a building up like a pint of Guinness is a bit out of touch, given that we're supposed to be environmentally conscious, carbon neutral, energy saving etc.
Seems to be giving out the wrong message - ignoring the fact it's advertising alcohol.
No, I like others thought it was imaginative and well done as usual by the guinness crew. I think that ads should be viewed as a bit detached from reality.
No, I like others thought
I think that ads should be viewed as a bit detached from reality.
Oh dear, people have too much time on their hands, this topic is almost as bad as the Sure Ad topic and the 3 unbelted teenagers.
Have you actually discussed this with other people, or are you speculating about what others thought?
Yes their product is alcohol, but their ads are often imaginative & well thought out. Did you think it was dangerous to encourage horses to go running through such choppy waters or wasteful of an entire village to go using their everyday items as dominos. Ads for products have to be catchy.Why? They are there to advertise/ build awareness (etc) of a product or service. Viewing them 'as a bit of detached reality' gives advertisers carte blanche to say whatever they like about a product and not have to worry about whether it is true - hardly in the best interests of consumers.
I wouldn't say discussed as much as Someone said' oh this is a cool ad' followed by many ya's. It didn't represent an opening to intellectual debate anyways.
Yes their product is alcohol, but their ads are often imaginative & well thought out. Did you think it was dangerous to encourage horses to go running through such choppy waters or wasteful of an entire village to go using their everyday items as dominos. Ads for products have to be catchy.
Did you think it was dangerous to encourage horses to go running through such choppy waters
Not sure every one agrees:
http://www.tribune.ie/article/2008/aug/17/wasteful-guinness-advert-drives-duncan-plain-crazy/
I have a lot of respect for Duncan but maybe he should concentrate his criticism somewhere more constructive than Guinness adverts.
I can just see the whole population flicking on and off lights trying to re-create the Guinness ad in their homes...
Oh dear, people have too much time on their hands, this topic is almost as bad as the Sure Ad topic and the 3 unbelted teenagers.
Can you go back and ask the same people that in light of global warming, energy price rises, waste etc that they still think it's cool - hardly an 'intellectual debate'.
The Sure advert was taken off the air for having 3 unbelted teenagers.
Fantastic. And what about all the dead squirrels and the African American golfer's armpits in the Right Guard advert ?
Youre missing the point, the Sure ad was filmed 'docu-reality' style, so didnt have the same 'suspension of belief' factor that the Right Guard ad has.
And the Guinness ad comes across as something fantastical, I dont think anyone actually believes that a building full of people are messing with the lights except for filming the advert, but the Sure ad was believable outside of being an advert. The difference is subtle, but its there.
I dont want to go over the Sure advert again...I made my points in the original post.
As did I - however if you wish to stand naked in a field of thistles in the rain for further discussion on it perhaps we could come to some arrangement.....
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