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In this thread, Headvoid will post his thoughts on the Christmas tv advertisements

I'm surprised they can even get away with that. I wonder how many parents have been guilt tripped into buying insurance they could've got cheaper elsewhere, because there was a cuddly meerkat dressed as a butler included.
 
We have a new worst advert ever contender!

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(Why are Matt and Karen in it but no Arthur, THIS MUST MEAN RORY'S LEAVNIG.)
 
Yeah, bit of a fail, that. It's meant to be all epic and warm and fuzzy, but it just feels embarrassing. They presumably filmed it in September, with the BBC Breakfast team having a nice chat on the sofa about the wonderful "Indian summer" we were having, then being bundled off to another studio and being told to "just do whatever... something Christmassy. And SMILE!" as they roasted in those awful jumpers. Everyone's got such rictus grins... ugh.
 
Still, I guess it does pretty much sum up the average Christmas. A bunch of people who wouldn't normally want to be anywhere near eachother, forced together by fate and failing in the self determination to resist the peer pressure to join in with traditions that no one understands or can remember the origins of. All the while smiling inanely and pretending to thoroughly enjoy the soul destroying experience.
 
The Target Lady reminds me of Jerri Blank. Maybe that's what they were going for.

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headvoid said:
AN OPPORTUNITY TO GRANDSTAND!

The John Lewis ad is made by thoroughly intelligent, yet alarmingly unpleasant people. As a friend of mine pointed out to me, he is fairly sure the creatives who pitched that idea not only have never met a child that age but have no idea they are actually like crack addicts.

More later when I am not tired.
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I think the John Lewis people "got to" Headvoid. :(
 
We will hunt them down and bring them back!

I wonder what happened to Curiousa2z.
 
I find them really off putting. They might as well have covered someone in moldy fruit and had them do pelvic thrusts at the camera. I just have to look away until it's over.
 
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