Television slowly began to spiral downwards ever since the year 2000 passed. Television shows have become an endless cycle of repetitiveness, the quality of the channels is falling apart and the cartoons are hideous. No one knows exactly why this sort of thing happened. Television used to be a world where people could escape and enjoy the distractions of everyday life, nowadays it’s something else entirely.
One thing is certain in the midst of this degradation – originality is dead. The best proof for this fact are the commercials. Most of the commercials that are made nowadays, are made specifically for the internet and some are even made interactive. This, however, doesn’t make them any more original or interesting. And while trailers and promos for movies and video games will always be watched, internet and TV ads will never stop being bothersome.
Here’s a list of some of the most typical, predictable and boring types of commercials you can possibly see on your TV nowadays.
Car Commercials
If there’s one thing that SuperBowl has taught us, it’s that ANYTHING can be made into a car commercial. Okay, yes, SuperBowl is the “advert event of the year” but still, what does a levitating, wish-granting, purple-clothed, female genie have to do with a car? Yes, I just wrote that sentence and yes, you just read it. I’m at the loss of words for the car commercial that had a kid and his mom, gather the said kid’s friends, so that they could get his rugby ball back from a bunch of bullies. What. The actual. Schnitzel.
Basically, these commercials are showing us, the viewers, how good and incredibly handy it is to own a car. Did you read that? Good. Now let’s back this truck up. Most people that would jump at the idea of owning a specific car design, obviously don’t know how much time and money it takes to properly maintain your car. That is, until they get it.
Commercials About Cleaning
On to the next cliché. Commercials about cleaning services and cleaning products have existed for quite some time. The most obvious ones are those for the brand Mr. Clean (and his annoying tune). And while adverts for cleaning services aren’t broadcasted and/or created in/for every country, there is still a wide array of services these companies advertise – starting from domestic and regular cleaning services and going all the way to miscellaneous services such as office and carpet cleaning. The good thing about these commercials is that at least they’re straightforward about what they’re trying to sell. Even though Mr. Clean is a bald, muscular, white-clothed, male, cleaning genie.
Unrealistic Food Commercials
We all know these commercials. There are the ones where the food talks, where food is actually represented as a human being and even situations where food is a force of nature of a piece of fantasy. I do not understand how that will tickle your taste buds. And thanks to that sentence, I just imagined a duster with hotdogs instead of feathers.
But I digress, we’ve all been confused and/or baffled by the ideas people put into food commercials. There have even been cases where PETA has been forced to take action towards a certain commercial. In my country that commercial was a Thanksgiving feast, where the turkey cooked itself in the oven with the oil, spices and everything. Doesn’t you just love suicidal depression?
Commercials With Babies
I feel like I’m going on a wild rant here. How many commercials with doll-eyed, mushy-faced babies do you have to endure before you understand that you need diapers, after your wife has given life to your child? A lot apparently. The only commercial that are trying to be cuter than that are the ones for toilet paper. We live in the 21st century, and no one has been able to “cutify” the fact, that you need paper to wipe your arse.
Over-The-Top Commercials
These are last on this list, because every single category above has over-the-top commercials. There are commercials for energy drinks, airlines and even 3D TVs that go way beyond the point of simply selling a product. This can be a great way to make the viewers watch, but in the end, we know you’re trying to sell us a television. No one needs to know that they can go and swim in the Caribbean oceans with Jack Sparrow, with the help of a flat screen. You’d probably get electrocuted in the process if you attempted.
Or You Can…
Overall, bothersome and dull adverts will probably continue to exist for many years, with a few good ones here and there. At least you can skip the ones on the internet and mute those on the TV, you can’t do that when a Jehovah’s Witness show up at your front door now can you?