Anyone else sick of commercials, poker commercials especially?

I can't stand watching commercials these days.. Maybe it's because i'm a little older and i understand the marketing behind it, and how the notion of "sex sells"
But seriously everytime i watch a commercial i can't help pick out the subliminal messages in them. For instance today i saw a commercial for the very first time. I bet it has probably leaked out to the rest of the world now, however i'll post it here for you to look at.

Watch the commercial first before i explain the subliminal message behind it. Just think "sex" when watching it, and try and put the pieces together.. It's an advertisement for pokerstars with a young attractive female pro Vanessa Rousso.

http://www.pokerstars.net/poker/tv/ i dont know if it will show the one with vanessa rousso but just look at the bottom and scroll across, and you will see it.. it's called "Vanessa Bungee 30"
























The whole idea is she is taking a bungee leap off a bridge, and this is essentially the same as playing poker. It's about taking risks in life and how poker can be compared to this..

The subliminal part doesn't start until about 15 seconds in when she is leaning over the edge.. She leads out by saying "that's why i love poker, it's where i get my buzz" Notice the perspective you are watching it from? It's directly behind/above the table, which basically engages you more feeling that you are the one at the table... So when we see this table we're seeing her(or you) as the focal point.. So when she says she gets a "buzz" from playing poker it basically means or an orgasm( pleasurable response) don't believe me? why do you think in the next 2 seconds there is a view of a river? The Water represents a woman's vagina, and the poker table represents a mans penis......


They take a keen focus on beauty in between the Table shot and the river shot, to remind you a little more that this is a pleasurable beautiful thing.

and to top it all off! at the very end "with more FREE TO ENTER tournmanet than any other site" represents that your ticket to sex is knocking at your door and it's at pokerstars.


Oh advertising.. It's a beautiful thing. I notice these kind of things everytime i watch a commercial.. And i would say 90% of commercials hold at least 1 subliminal advertisement whether intentional or not, it is there
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  • You have discovered that attractive people are used in advertisement and often times relatively attractive women (Russo is attractive in the poker world, but fairly average in the real world) are used as a means to get the attention of men in an industry with a heavy male user base.

    You may want to consider a longer manifesto about this breakthrough in the future.

    All the best.
  • I know what you mean. I totally get wood every time I see Danny playing hockey. But ya, I would fuck Vanessa. Hard. From behind, just like in the ad.
  • I want to know why on-line poker sites always show people playing live poker?
  • -ev, monteroy
    monteroy, -ev

    you two are my favourite faceless posters.


    OP..how the hell does river=vagina? A bit of a stretch if you're going off of some 'dive into wet' pun?
  • Monteroy wrote: »
    Russo is attractive in the poker world, but fairly average in the real world

    SHHHH, don't blow the whistle on poker-cute... I don't want to go back to being average. ;)
  • One group of commercials that I HATE with a passion are jewelry store commercials. Watch the way they portray men as useless tits who need to buy their wife a $1000 necklace else she's leaving, playing into their self-esteem issues. Oh and women are also insulted by being portrayed as money hungry gold-diggers (he better give me that necklace or I'm outta here).

    Goes back to the power of the river errr vagina in the end.
  • BigChrisEl wrote: »
    I want to know why on-line poker sites always show people playing live poker?
    :biggrin: I like watching the poker commercials, but they are using basic marketing - sell the sizzle instead of the steak. Many of them don't make sense if you think about what's being shown. Watching the pros playing in a live poker table will make me want to play more at the WPT, WSOP or live cardroom than signing up online.

    When I went to Casino Rama this week, there was not a single person walking out with their arms up, but a lot of depressed-looking, sleepy-eyed degenerates with empty wallets! The Fallsview Casino's missing King ads are stupid; forumers Fallsview & 13CARDS would have thrown out the player's buddy for coaching him that the opponent is bluffing. The most accurate poker ads are those of Party Poker, where they show a lot of unhappy losers then they show ONE happy winner at the end; now I have confirmation that 9 out of 10 online players are losers! :D
  • hey now...what about the cash man...ohhhhh yeah.

    seriously though, do women these days even want jewellery anymore?

    Sandy's one of my very small sample size of female friends.. I can't imagine wanting that for Christmas, I'm guessing she'll agree.

    If your girl DOES want that: I'll offer 2-1 that she's boring as all hell and you should have just spent the money on whores throughout the year instead of a gf at x-mas.

    (seriously though, PVR and FF kids, wave of the future...I'm certain a few of you now wish they made them for forums so you could skip my posts.)
  • no offence but... are you some crazy religious guy that sees sex everywhere?

    You're a bit paranoid but hey it's fine.
  • But seriously everytime i watch a commercial i can't help pick out the subliminal messages in them.

    And i would say 90% of commercials hold at least 1 subliminal advertisement whether intentional or not, it is there


    You need to look up the word subliminal before you use it in a sentence. There is nothing subliminal about these commercials. They are overtly using sex to sell, like many before them (Coors Light anyone).
    Subliminal wrote:
    Subliminal persuasion is the use of an advertising message presented below the threshold of consciousness. A visual or auditory message that is allegedly perceived psychologically, but not consciously. Also called subception.

    In order to be subliminal, you must not be able to detect it with the naked eye. A common way to accomplish this is to insert a frame (say a desert image) into every 10th frame of a commercial for a softdrink. While the eye cannot see it at first, the brain actually picks up on this and can make you feel thirsty.
  • Read the Clam Plate Orgy, it basically lays out that any advertisement is sexually charged. A little over the top as it would take Denny's menu pictures and equate butter melting on a fluffy pancake and equate it to a pearl necklace.

    To quote Ron White,
    "DeBeers says, diamonds will leave her speechless. What they really mean is; Diamonds, that will shut her up"

    All good advertising is meant to manipulate you.

    It does this using pain and pleasure.

    Look at the guilt placed into any domestic products advertising;

    If you have germs your a dirty lousy mother, but if you use X cleaning brand that youll be good and your kids will love you.

    Scare ones are good too;

    Germs are evil, bad, look at the bird flu your gonna die!!!!! But if you use our anti-bacterial spray you'll end up living longer then everyone else ensuring your genetic seed materials will be around to repopulate mars!

    The scary part is how conditioned you become to this process by the age of 4, if you're exposed to TV advertising an hour a day. An amount that typical/average to North Americian children.

    Extrapolate that model to today's current climate where 60% of americans thought that Iraq was involved with 9/11...scary
  • zunni74 wrote: »
    Watch the way they portray men as useless tits who need to buy their wife a $1000 necklace else she's leaving
    I gave this girl a pearl necklace once. She was not impressed so I'm not sure why this is a big deal giving these things as presents. Come to think of it, maybe it was the call from the clinic the following week that pissed her off.

    I'm confused. Now it's pancakes and butter?
  • wtf pancakes and butter...you're a pervert.

    I'm pm-ing a mod to have this thread jailed.
  • BigChrisEl wrote: »
    I want to know why on-line poker sites always show people playing live poker?


    Because the reality would be this:


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  • You got way tooo much time on your hands.
    :D

    Now I gotta clean the pop off my keyboard and screen.
  • Kristy_Sea wrote: »
    wtf pancakes and butter...you're a pervert.

    I'm pm-ing a mod to have this thread jailed.

    Shut up and take the syrup
  • Caddy, I'm really disappointed in you. You promised you wouldn't share that photo.
  • -ev wrote: »
    Caddy, I'm really disappointed in you. You promised you wouldn't share that photo.


    My bad, Fatty
  • cadillac wrote: »
    My bad, Fatty
    What's up with the hate all of a sudden? In private chat, you always used to call me 'Snuggle Bear'. Now you don't even respond to my email. I mean, shit, I even told you where to find that cock extender. Sometimes I just don't know who you are. Did I say or do something wrong? Just give me a chance to fix it, Pooky.
  • I hate most poker commercials also, but sex sells. If you read my first post on this website you should know that I hate watching televised poker events, but I don't mind watching a game for 5 or 10 minutes when someone like Vanessa Rousso or Jennifer Tilly is sitting at a table.
  • I smell buttsex
  • InsaneGuy wrote: »
    I smell buttsex


    Then put your pants back on
  • ALL I can say is OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    HOw the hell do you get sex out of that .. And how the hell did you come up with the river being a womans virgina and the poker table a mans dick penis whatever... Man you watch to much tv or not enough. or you really are high on yourself as a male poker player... I dont know which one it is but man whatever kinda drugs your on can I have some ... wow... and what Kristy said about the pancakes.. holy moly... man... I have never lol... seen a post like this in a long time..

    Maybe they will help the pain in my neck.. lol
  • I think that the subliminal message in your post is that you aren't getting any.
  • Is it true that the height you pile your chips denotes penus size?
  • If you don't like being advertised at then buy a PVR. Skip'em all!
  • JohnnieH wrote: »
    If you don't like being advertised at then buy a PVR. Skip'em all!

    Or if you like em you can watch over and over and over...:D
  • I too, hate these commercials.

    Not for the same reasons though.

    I liked the old Party commercials that depict poker as a fun easy activity.

    Not as a game of skill.
    Not as something to get better/good at.

    Why?

    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  • I liked the old Party commercials that depict poker as a fun easy activity.

    That's a damn good point. Those commericals are +EV
  • I don't mind commercials when the same commercial isn't seen over and over again in a small time frame. Then I get annoyed. If it's something that I'm looking for on purpose, such as just looking at more amusing commercials such as an older PokerRoom commercial with one beating another guy promoting how to lose properly. Yeah they also, have the sexual innuendo commercial too, but since we don't get the ads here, you don't have to watch it on TV...just on Youtube or something if you want to see 'em.

    But if it's commercials that I have to endure through over and over when watching a hockey or football game then it's just bad. Even if it's the funny ones that I like, then I get sick of seeing them. If only they didn't have to show the same commercial in a period or quarter but mix it up, it would be easier, but not happening anytime soon.
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