Dangerous TV ads?

[rainman]

Oh FFS.

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2009/09/07/1245c762a63b

We're doomed, I tell you.

[Blackshear]

But there was no problem with 'chucking her' in the sea, strapped to a container?

WHAT IF KIDS GOT SCARED?!

[Elysium]

Still amases me how ads can be affected by a tiny minority of people whinging when everyone else is cool with the ads.

[Pedrostt500]

Well we do live in Nanny Zealand, The add maker will get a stern talking to and 10 minutes on the naughty step.

[psycho22]

Some people need to live their lives and stop trying to find things to complain about. If some people are stupid enough to think ooh Im gonna be real cool and copy that ad and stand on top of my jeep with my mate driving thats their problem.

[Blackshear]

Some people need to live their lives and stop trying to find things to complain about. If some people are stupid enough to think ooh Im gonna be real cool and copy that ad and stand on top of my jeep with my mate driving thats their problem.

Agreed, messing with natural selection is not cool, guys, not cool.

[Big Dave]

I want to complain that the ads are so fucking stupid I felt dumber for watching them.

[Batcerb]

lynch the 3 people that complained

[bogan]

three people complained, and they get a little bit of text on the bottom of the screen now, surely that will shut them up!

Maybe next time they should just call a waaaaaaaaambulance for themselves, unless of course all are occupied tending to various kb'ers.

[rainman]

Some people need to live their lives and stop trying to find things to complain about. If some people are stupid enough to think ooh Im gonna be real cool and copy that ad and stand on top of my jeep with my mate driving thats their problem.

And yet, when I was a kid we would often hop in the back of a ute (no canopy) and be driven along at normal road speeds, sans seatbelts and other such cotton wool. On trips between towns, even, coupla hundred kms (it's a shit way to travel, of course - way better in the cab where it's warm and dry).

Maybe it was OK because by the time we were old enough to get on the back of the truck, we were smart enough to know not to jump off the fricking side. Sure, your chances in an accident aren't so hot, but for short trips?

I'd be quite happy standing in the back of an open jeep at 100km (hanging onto a roll cage bar or similar), for a short trip. Not much different to grabbing on the top bar on my mates boat when we go fishing...

[psycho22]

And yet, when I was a kid we would often hop in the back of a ute (no canopy) and be driven along at normal road speeds, sans seatbelts and other such cotton wool. On trips between towns, even, coupla hundred kms (it's a shit way to travel, of course - way better in the cab where it's warm and dry).

Maybe it was OK because by the time we were old enough to get on the back of the truck, we were smart enough to know not to jump off the fricking side. Sure, your chances in an accident aren't so hot, but for short trips?

I'd be quite happy standing in the back of an open jeep at 100km (hanging onto a roll cage bar or similar), for a short trip. Not much different to grabbing on the top bar on my mates boat when we go fishing...

You have a good point as I have done that myself, however you (And I ) had something to hold on to if you hit a bump. I would say that if you hit a bump with nothing to hold on to at 100kph you would at least stumble a bit.

[Blackshear]

And yet a good chunk of citizens ride motorcycles.
No seatbelts, no airbags (Some do, but pfft), no windscreen to contain bodily innards, etc etc etc.

HOLY SHIT A GUY WAS RIDING ONE OF THESE DEATHTRAPS ON T.V, CALL THE AUTHORITIES

[ynot slow]

Must be working though.Name of advertising is brand acknowledgement,any publicity is good publicity.People complaining keep the brand to the forefront,almost like ad executives plan it re complaints.

Mention Bugger and what comes to mind Toyota.

[nosebleed]

...Mention Bugger and what comes to mind Toyota.

Actually its 'boarding school' but thats a memory best repressed.

[ajturbo]

attack of the fuckin tree huggers again
or
AOTFTHA

[R6_kid]

Three people out of 3million potential TV viewers complained. So less than 0.000001% of the population is indicative of the nations feelings towards the adds? What a waste of time and money.

[EJK]

EVERYONE! Getting a perm is dangerous! Hence the dangerous ad!

[Clockwork]

Maybe the complainers just detested the stupid ad as much as I do and were just desperately looking for a way to get it off TV.

That one could be a front runner for the Fair Go Ad awards.

[Pixie]

Well we do live in Nanny Zealand, The add maker will get a stern talking to and 10 minutes on the naughty step.
Australia is worse - they banned the BMW Z ad because it showed a car sliding and would encourage hoons

[sunhuntin]

And yet, when I was a kid we would often hop in the back of a ute (no canopy) and be driven along at normal road speeds, sans seatbelts and other such cotton wool. On trips between towns, even, coupla hundred kms (it's a shit way to travel, of course - way better in the cab where it's warm and dry).

reminds me of that scene from the footrot flats movie with rangi and pongo sitting on the back when they left jess at the beach. its a wonder it hasnt been censored.

[PrincessBandit]

And yet, when I was a kid we would often hop in the back of a ute (no canopy) and be driven along at normal road speeds, sans seatbelts and other such cotton wool. On trips between towns, even, coupla hundred kms (it's a shit way to travel, of course - way better in the cab where it's warm and dry).



They still do, and more, in Raro. No complaints there I'm sure.

[Boob Johnson]

WTF!!! Are these people for real???


In one scene, stuntwoman Zoe Bell is standing up in a four-wheel-drive vehicle being driven thorough the tunnel as she talks on a mobile phone.
She's a fuckin STUNTWOMAN FFS!!! Good lord! What next!! :slap:

Pretty Woman was on TV a few weeks ago, that has Richard Gere hanging out the top of a limo & he ISN'T a stuntman, no complaints from these same morons & it's been on TV at least half a dozen times over the years!

[rainman]

attack of the fuckin tree huggers again
or
AOTFTHA

Eh? What have tree huggers to do with this? I ask because a) I am a card-carrying member of the tree hugger brigade, and b) I think the morons who complained about the ad are, well, morons.

Or are you just a bigoted idiot?

[EJK]

BRRRRRR!!!!

http://62.168.168.232/videothumbs/fdf875a61f3df65f62eca9e991db8fe5.jpg

[Naki Rat]

What we are shown on TV (and in media in general) is being made to suit the lowest common denominator. Looks like that has just dredged up the bottom three so best we cull them from the population and so increase NZ's average IQ :niceone:
Next...

[klingon]

Eh? What have tree huggers to do with this? I ask because a) I am a card-carrying member of the tree hugger brigade, and b) I think the morons who complained about the ad are, well, morons.

Or are you just a bigoted idiot?

:yes: I have personally seen Rainman hugging trees. However, hugging a tree while travelling on the back of a ute at 100kph sounds like a really bad combination. Kids - don't try this at home! :crazy:

[cowboyz]

I would like to complain about the ad with all the chicks in bikinis in it. Dont know what its for but it makes the blood rush from my head.

[cambridgedan]

Still amases me how ads can be affected by a tiny minority of people whinging when everyone else is cool with the ads.

unless its an advert that should actually be stopped then it needs more people :crazy: