Friday, April 8, 2011

Confusing Ads.

Not all ads are good. Some are just plain confusing like the Lovell Beer Ads. In fact, most ads aren't even memorable. And then, you get some that are memorable, but for the wrong reason. Such as, they don't make any sense at all.

Here, take this Samsung ad for example:



For those who can't read the text, it says "Even a Weather Forecast looks like a work of art". What is that what kind of weather forecaster dresses like that? Why does it look like she's twirling strings of light? I wouldn't even know this was for a TV unless I saw the picture on the bottom right hand corner.

Sony has been known to do some rather strange ads. But this one for the PSP still doesn't make sense to me:



If someone wants to interpret this for me, by all means, do so.

And then from PETA, I just ended up staring for a good minute before realizing this wasn't an ad for pornography.



Who still rides horse carriages in this day and age anyways?
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32 comments:

  1. Kicking RocksApril 8, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    lol horse carriages arnt cruel...they horses are exercising!

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  2. FangApril 8, 2011 at 10:40 AM

    Horse carriages aren't cruel. You can't keep humans in bed all day either, now can you?
    Also, the Sony one is very interesting. Typography could've been a bit better, but looks very interesting nonetheless.

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  3. AnonymousApril 8, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    I never see horse carriages around my area, but I do wish I was that horse atm haha

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  4. Major MackApril 8, 2011 at 11:17 AM

    im on a horse carriage right now. giddee-up

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  5. NinaApril 8, 2011 at 11:32 AM

    we have horse drawn carriages in louisville, lots of people use them for weddings and tours of the city, then if you go out a bit you see the amish using them.

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  6. TotoApril 8, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    nice stuff!!

    http://all-around-toto.blogspot.com/

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  7. D4April 8, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    White bits... I'm not sure... The more I try to make sense of it, the less sense it makes...

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  8. The Angry LurkerApril 8, 2011 at 1:08 PM

    The Sony one is weird, any explanation yet?

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  9. EmoGothApril 8, 2011 at 1:15 PM

    That's nice of Sony. They're assuming I have a girlfriend.

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  10. Matt NeumannApril 8, 2011 at 1:15 PM

    Haha, so true. Great blog...just started following!

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  11. GraftedApril 8, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    I've never understood the white bits either

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  12. KenzieApril 8, 2011 at 2:47 PM

    I dont get the white bits thing.

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  13. TheHarvesterApril 8, 2011 at 3:23 PM

    lol i honestly dont have a clue what that PSP ad in the second picture is supposed to mean. and that says something i work in marketing lol

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  14. DerpFilesApril 8, 2011 at 3:42 PM

    PETA: HEY LOOK! NAKED WOMEN! WANNA JOIN US? Their "ad campaigns" are really awful and condescending I think. HURR BEER IS BETTER THAN MILK! FRAT GUYS YOU WANNA BE IN PETA NOW RIGHT?!

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  15. Mr BouchardApril 8, 2011 at 3:48 PM

    Haha, those were indeed confusing and pretty stupid!

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  16. SphyrixApril 8, 2011 at 3:52 PM

    nice one dude!

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  17. TasosApril 8, 2011 at 6:29 PM

    hahaha! those ads are soo misleading. So sad some artists are paid so much money and do crappy jobs because they think it's "art"

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  18. DrackarApril 8, 2011 at 6:38 PM

    Horse carriages are popular in any actual city where they were ever popular. Tourists love that shit.

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  19. LhosreiffApril 8, 2011 at 6:50 PM

    I honestly cant think of anything else the PSP ad could be referring to...

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  20. JayApril 8, 2011 at 7:36 PM

    can't understand any of these...

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  21. UnknownApril 8, 2011 at 7:41 PM

    great if you dont even get the ad, how shall you remember the product

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  22. edApril 8, 2011 at 8:40 PM

    If someone wants to interpret this for me, by all means, do so.
    well - lets say you have a gf and she gets run over by a train b/c falling in the tracks and then her remains or "bits" will be plastered on the ad, thus making it make sense

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  23. Blog HuntApril 8, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    This is ridiculously confusing >_< What a joke ad!

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  24. MoobeatApril 8, 2011 at 11:22 PM

    It amazes me how some people hold a job in advertising

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  25. Aaron M. GipsonApril 9, 2011 at 1:01 AM

    Yeah, what the heck are "white bits"...that is going to stick with me for a while. I'm thinking that was what they were going for too...

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  26. Electric AddictApril 9, 2011 at 2:34 AM

    lol awful ads

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  27. Come At Me BroApril 9, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    This is great!

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  28. Biff TannerApril 9, 2011 at 3:24 PM

    I like the 1st one, whatever it means.

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  29. noogApril 9, 2011 at 4:16 PM

    Just when you finally think you can't hate PETA any more than you already do... they somehow prove you wrong...

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  30. LoneIslanderApril 10, 2011 at 1:27 AM

    You can ride Horse drawn carriages in New York city. Ride around Central Park and Stuff for a price.

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  31. GApril 10, 2011 at 7:17 AM

    god knows on the white bits add...and as for the girl on the horse - I just want to go riding with her lol

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  32. asldkasdApril 12, 2011 at 5:15 PM

    It's PETA, it doesn't have to make sense.

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