any advert with horribly dubbed soundtrack
What the cunting fuck is wrong with you - Kinder Surprise, Febreze, fucking "want to do a poo at Paul's"? You're spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on your adverts every year, possibly month, and you can't spare a few grand to re-film what is always a ridiculously simple advert. No, instead you pretend like we won't sodding notice the actors' mouths bobbing up and down when they're not speaking and a sound quality like they're in a bubble. Well fuck you. I know I'm not your target market but I fucking hate you.
(cypherspace is not a toaster, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 15:29, 6 replies)

Yeah that "Just for Men" ad with the "I'm gonna need some more Ties" really grates on my scrote.
(frightfullybored, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 15:31, closed)

AAARGH!
You beat me to it. Pet hate of mine.
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 15:31, closed)

This.
Croc Odor Fridge, that male impotence one....how is it possible to fuck something as easy as dubbing up so badly, look at it, go 'yup, that'll have them beating down the doors' and put it on national television?

My theory is that the ads were originally filmed in a different country, and the bad dubbing is due to accent mismatch...but I doubt they do this. It's slightly more comforting than believing people are just that incompetent though.
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 17:51, closed)

There's probably a bit of received wisdom in the advertising trade
that if something's obviously dubbed it draws people's attention to it
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 9:58, closed)

I
Always assumed it was a Euro Ad that was filmed in (say) Spanish, then overdubbed in a variety of languages. They are crap though.
(kitescreech still here, Sun 18 Apr 2010, 14:16, closed)

sometimes it is
sometimes it isn't. Sometimes they're clearly mouthing other languages, sometimes they're saying the words that are then horribly overdubbed. Could be trying to correct the accent or some horrific speech impediment. Either way, fuck them.
(cypherspace is not a toaster, Sun 18 Apr 2010, 17:59, closed)