SKINS!!!!

Blakeborough
Did you watch it? Because if not, you can no longer consider yourself hip and happening. Unfortunately, I did watch it, and if this is what being cool is all about, then colour me loser for I want no part of it. After all the hype, I was kind of expecting to really enjoy it, despite the cringeworthy trailers and bafflingly pointless MySpace page. Alas, it's shocking. Kudos Channel 4 for your expensive and invasive advertising that graces every television break and bus-stop in Leicester, I'm sure it was well worth it. My biggest gripe, other than the horribly stereotyped characters (rich one, depressed one, virgin one, black one) was the complete lack of a plot. Somehow it began with that kid from About a Boy watching some woman with a horrible ass get naked, and ended with a stolen car being driven into a canal. I literally wanted to poke my own eyes out with a sharp object, but felt that I should give it a chance seeing as though my media lecturers have been academically frigging themselves over it. That I was thoroughly unimpressed I’m sure is an unpopular view, and we all know that I'll probably manage to sit through it again this week under duress from the lack of Celebrity Big Brother.

Blackett

Cant agree more, the advertising campaign for this wonderful piece of drama seems to invaded every orifice of my life. Well done channel 4 for trying a new approach to advertising a show (360 advertising I think is the buzz word for this blanket advertising style) and it did work and sparked genuine interest from some of my friends but must say it did make me want to burn off my own skin so I would no longer be associated in any way to the programme.

Gears of War Xbox 360

Blakeborough
Love this advert. Yes, 'Mad World' is overused, but it makes nice change to have a decent cinematic advert for a game rather than 30 seconds of promotion from a 'celebrity'. John Terry, you are guilty of this.

Blackett

I really enjoy this advert. Its a rare game advert where you actually get a feel for the story rather than "this is how pretty the game is!" or trying to make a game controversial in some way so no advertising needs to be done because the tabloids have done it for you (Rockstar this is of course you.) What I really like about this advert is the ending of it, I found myself wanting to learn more and find out what happens next, I cant think of another game advert that has made me think that way before, I think future games should take a leaf out of this book well done Epic Games.

Toys 'R' Us

Blakeborough

I'm sorry, I know its an oldie, but it had to go in. There's a giraffe on the checkout! It was never so much the advert itself that I loved, it was the song. I used to have Disney 'Robin Hood' taped from ITV, and this advert was on before it started. Ahh, nostalgia.

Blackett

The only problem that I with this advert is that it is no longer on t.v. I used to think that I was the blonde child. Although looking at this advert now I'm noticing that it seems to be promoting slave labour in children and forcing them to work all night, also why is every one white. Oh the joy of adverts when they did not have to be pc.

Chanel no.5

Morgan
Are you having a laugh. Boo. It's perfume Baz, not Moulin Rouge.

Blackett
I love this advert. Baz uses elements of the red curtain trilogy to show how extravagent, beautiful and elegant channel is. Ok the story is similair to Moulin Rouge but thats beacuse it's the archetypal love story of people falling in love from two different walks of life and in a couple of minutes you cant tell a whole new story and people be conected to the characters so that is why its like mini moulin rouge. I love this advert, and I love you Baz.

Blakeborough
Sorry Blackett, you're outnumbered on this one. The only reason that Baz made this advert was due to the large wad of cash he was offered to try and rejuvinate Chanel No 5's failing sales. No moral highground here, I'd have jumped at it like Vanessa to a cake. Unfortunately huge production cost does not make a good advert. Case in point...ugly Citroen bubble car.

Blackett
Im not saying that he didn't make it for a bundle of cash, it was well reported the disgustingly large amount of money that Nicole got paid for being in it. But there is no denying that the advert looks fabulous and no matter how twee the story may be its an amazing piece of cinematography and a perfect example of how to make even the shortest film look glamorous.

Blakeborough
Quite right, there is no denying that the advert is in a league of its own visuals-wise. However, I can't help but cringe throughout, knowing that Ms Kidman is taking it entirely seriously.
Come on Baz, you're an amazing director...did you really need to go down the Moulin Rouge route so soon after?
Alas, I fear that there is no end in sight for this debate.

Orange Animals Big Idea 60 second

JUST TELL ME HOW MANY BLOODY MINUTES I GET!!!

well after that, I do actually like the look of these adverts but OH MY GOD, the names of the tariffs only make sense when they're explained. RARRRR , Orange, we love you but really just tell us.

Motorola KRAZR

Blackett

There is very little I have to say about this advert, but it does offend, not only my eyes but my ears as as well. The song is a basic twaddle which attempts to make the phone sound fun, but really how much fun can a phone be unless its placed on vibrate. This advert confuses me with the images that it uses, the sight of a man with what seem to be dislocated arms does not make me want to run out and purchase this wonderful and extremely shiny piece of technology. That is all.

Blakeborough
I don't get it. So the phone is shiny? Like a mirror? And that's the only new feature?
I categorically hate Motorola phones with a passion. Every other phone on the planet has a very similar and simple layout. But oh no, not those kooky cats Motorola. 4,7,*, enter and # later and I still haven't managed to answer a call.