Coke creates advert that causes conservatives to go nuts

[ZirconBlue]

I do not own a TV. When I want to watch a movie or a cable series, I stream it on my PC.

I think the difference between "TV" and "computer monitor" is becoming vanishingly small. Would you consider your pc a "nice home theater" system?

 

[angrysoba]

I'm more disappointed in Bob Dylan for doing his FIAT commercial. There is so much wrong with that. What a joke. I never liked his music, but he went from "spokesman for a generation" (or whatever) to nothing in sixty seconds.

I don't think he ever called himself a "spokesman for a generation" and if he ever was that generation are now in their seventies, so it was hardly in "60 seconds".

Besides, it is rather old news that Bob Dylan has been doing commercials. He's been doing those for years and pretty much every time he does a new one somebody who says they don't care for him still squawks in outrage about the "spokesman for a generation" advertising underwear (or whatever).

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Your "nice home theater" doesn't contain a TV?

And I don't see how television insults our intelligence any more than movies do. That's just snobbery.

Honey Bo-Bo

 

[drewid]

Honey Bo-Bo

Ouch.

 

[Dr. Keith]

Honey Bo-Bo

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.

 

[PhantomWolf]

I think the difference between "TV" and "computer monitor" is becoming vanishingly small. Would you consider your pc a "nice home theater" system?

So vanishingly small that we have our 50" TV hooked up to an older computer which serves as an Internet connection for us to stream TV and movies onto the TV.

 

[cwalner]

Honey Bo-Bo

Prometheus.

 

[pgwenthold]

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.

And how many Jackass movies were there?

 

[Alareth]

Honey Bo-Bo

Is that a clown?

Our did you mean Honey Boo Boo?

 

[thaiboxerken]

Is that a clown?

Our did you mean Honey Boo Boo?

Honey Boo Boo is a clown child.

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Is that a clown?

Our did you mean Honey Boo Boo?

I didn't really bother looking up how they spelled the Dirigible Girl's name.

 

[drewid]

Your "nice home theater" doesn't contain a TV?

And I don't see how television insults our intelligence any more than movies do. That's just snobbery.

Advertising.

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Advertising.

Political campaign adverts.

 

[catsmate]

I noticed that Catsmate1 did not credit that quote. It is from James Nicoll

I assumed it was well known. It's been quoted (and mis-attributed) enough.

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.

Political campaign adverts.

Bedtime for Bonzo.

 

[ZirconBlue]

Advertising.

What about it? I watch TV all the time and rarely see any ads.

 

[Polaris]

And how many Jackass movies were there?

Three, plus Bad Grandpa, but those are actually funny/entertaining.

If you'd asked how many Tyler Perry/Madea movies, however...

 

[drewid]

What about it? I watch TV all the time and rarely see any ads.

Watch TV or watch TV derived box-sets? How do you avoid the adverts, especially in the US?

 

[lobosrul]

Watch TV or watch TV derived box-sets? How do you avoid the adverts, especially in the US?

By using a DVR and using the FF (or 30 second skip) button liberally? I cannot see how anyone can stand to watch TV live anymore. There are now usually 18 minute of commercials to the hour, and they are replayed about 10,000 times.

 

[Dr. Keith]

By using a DVR and using the FF (or 30 second skip) button liberally? I cannot see how anyone can stand to watch TV live anymore. There are now usually 18 minute of commercials to the hour, and they are replayed about 10,000 times.

Yeah, I never watch live TV and only watch the ads I want to watch.

Which is not always possible with DVDs. Some rentals won't let you FF the previews. Pisses me off to no end.

ETA: And there is no way to remove the product placement advertising from movies. I mean Marvel movies are little more than fancy Acura commercials at this point. Sure BMW started the genre with their film series in the early 2000s, but this is going a bit far.

 

[Corsair 115]

Watch TV or watch TV derived box-sets? How do you avoid the adverts, especially in the US?

Netflix is one way. (Of course, it does depend somewhat on what you mean by "watch TV".)