OT, whats your opinion and view on the current status of commercials?

and how they have evolved over time of past years and decades?

are they better, worse, or what?

what would you change about them in ways?

and how they have evolved over time of past years and decades?

are they better, worse, or what?

what would you change about them in ways?

Oreno5267

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and how they have evolved over time of past years and decades?

are they better, worse, or what?

what would you change about them in ways?

racer8dan

Commercials are just as annoying as they ever were. Perhaps now some of them are a little sexually overcharged.

What really grinds my gears though, isn't so much the actual commerciasl....but all of the "pop-ups" I'll call them. You know, you're in the middle of watching something, just at a dramatic point, and a character from some other show just pops up on the lower corner of the screen with a dumb look on their face. Gosh I can't stand that. Totally kills the mood.

they are too long.

There are WAY too many now. In a half hour show there are now 3-4 full commercial breaks.

and how they have evolved over time of past years and decades?

are they better, worse, or what?

what would you change about them in ways?

Oreno5267

Yeah...more like devolved.

I wish commericals get straight to the point, their way to long

LOL@commercials these days, along with T.V. in general.

LOL@commercials these days, along with T.V. in general.

mitu123

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LOL@commercials these days, along with T.V. in general.

racer8dan

When the heck did anyone have a positive view of commercials? Commercials suck. Then again, I don't watch TV, or go on the internet too much for anything besides the Assosciated Press, or RT or Aljazeera.

I laugh at how bad they are.:D

mitu123

Usually they leave me saying, "WTF?" "That's awful" or "..."

can i ask this question: what time period were commercials good? i don't recall them ever being tolerable.

comp_atkins

1800's. The pictures couldn't yell at you backthen.

To watch a 40 minute TV show I'll probably have to sit through around 20 minutes of commercial unless I get up or flip the channel. I watch my tv and movies using better ways now though to avoid this.

Commercials are just as annoying as they ever were. Perhaps now some of them are a little sexually overcharged.

What really grinds my gears though, isn't so much the actual commerciasl....but all of the "pop-ups" I'll call them. You know, you're in the middle of watching something, just at a dramatic point, and a character from some other show just pops up on the lower corner of the screen with a dumb look on their face. Gosh I can't stand that. Totally kills the mood.

YellowOneKinobi

This for sure, it happens a lot when they advertise the next show during the previous show. They can advertise the next show during the adverts, really annoying.

One thing that has improved in the UK atleast is the volume of adverts have reduced so you no longer **** your pants when watching a movie that is super dynamic sound and then the advert comes on and sounds like an explosion in the movie. with the rise of skyhd and dvr for americans, I just record and skip through the adverts now.

I don't watch tv.

I actually like some commercials, if they aren't too poorly done. The ones on TV don't bother me much, what annoys me are those website and Youtube advertisements :x

I detest advertising in almost all of its forms, and commercials are the lowest of the low. IMO, commercials should be informative and nothing more, all this creating images that stick in people's head is just a ridiculous ploy and the sheer amount of money dumped into the advertising industry makes me sick.

I quite rarely see them since I don't watch TV and have Adblock plus installed. On the occasion that I do hear/see an advertisement, I kill it faster than my alarm clock. I can't f***ing stand them.

There's a reason why I don't watch much TV anymore.

I rarely see them. I keep my ABP subscriptions updated and I haven't had cable TV for years.

I took my cable box out so I have no TV. Haven't seen any in forever, but I remember them being absolutely deplorable. I can only assume they have gotten worse.

I don't really have an opinion about commercials anymore, as i haven't had cable for 2 years, and NoScript/AdBlockPlus stop most advertising and commercials on the internet. From what I remember I've always found commercials to be about equally terrible though.

I don't understand commercials. There's waaaaay too many of them and none of them ever make me want to buy their product. No idea how they get it to work on people.