Persephone

Not sure why you have an issue with a throwaway comment I made about how we avoid the increasingly constant ad breaks during films in my household. I'm sure most people on here would have understood the 'cheaper' aspect of my post.
We don't watch enough TV to warrant paying extra for MySky and neither of us are that bothered about High Def either so we'd rather spend the money on something we are more interested in. If you want HD and MySky then go for it, we're happy with our set up as it is now.
The $150 was off the top of my head and I've just had a quick look, I managed to find a hard disc DVD recorder for $250. Wondering if the HD in my original post confused you?
I see little point or reason in continuing with this 'discussion'

By the way, punctuation exists for a reason

Persephone

Back to the original thread!

The New World ad! Can't stand those demented shopworkers making their vegetable instruments and then forming a special band to play them. Do you get a lobotomy and free happy pills on starting work there? They all look so insanely happy at getting the chance to play their carrot/courgette pipe or their pumpkin violins I cannot find a single redeeming feature in this ad


My attempt to provide a link for all you people not in NZ has failed. Think yourself lucky!!!

bourbon-biscuit

I like the thinking farmer's ute ad. Also, the psychology is pretty obvious ... a 'smart' farmer would buy one and most people would prefer to think of themselves as smart. He's also young and hot, which most ppl want to be too.

I like that ad- I don't think it should be in the binner list.

Bo-Jangles

Here's the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDSAmdkhsgs&NR=1

What's worse, of all the tunes they could have chosen, they chose a bloody Dave Dobbyn song.

I do like the Countdown series of ads though.

Bo-Jangles

Furthermore, you would think they might tell people they've changed the schedule yet again. :curse: What happened to Dancing on ice tonight? Erm four parts into the series and it's suddenly been replaced by a new series: 'The Wedding House' FFS!!

I searched around internet and found this:

Like I have time to sit and watch TV at midday on a Saturday. I wouldn't have minded half as much if they had replaced it with something less tacky.

Charismatic

There was a good program on earlier about Mayan canal building though . It was on Prime (which seems much better than TVNZ).

Bo-Jangles

Shame I missed it, I wouldn't mind seeing something educational, maybe some natural history or something vaguely documentaryish from outside of NZ just once or twice a year.

We can't get Prime.

Charismatic

Wouldn't it be terrible if you could get them on the internet. Oooops:






Remember children, reading is intellectual theft just as much a YouTube is .

old dragon

My husband grunts like a female Eastern European tennis player when that add comes on - he absolutely hates it. They do all look like they're on day release from an institution though.

Woodpigeon

They remind me of the old Bisto ones with Linda Bellingham

I saw Phil Vaughan, who plays the dad in the Countdown Ads, in a theatre production down this way a couple of months ago, he was pretty good (though I did have trouble divorcing him from his on-screen charcter at times and viewing his stage character totally unbiased) - think he's in another one soon too.

Lynda63

Never mind the demented band playing ad for New World, what about the clever baskets ad.

It drives me crazy, 'what do the clever baskets have on offer this week'.

Sounds to me more like what the money grabbing clever b******s don't have on offer. Makes me want to throw my TV out.

old dragon

I really hate the patronizing 'food in a minute' adds and the one where that woman who looks like an extra from Blake's 7 tries to sell us a Fisher and Pikal dishwasher drawer or tablets for some such thing. I can't get past her nylon bat wing top long enough to take in the information.

gozzy

The vegetable playing numpties are from moteuka. they probably smoked the veggies when they got home. Need I say any more