Microsoft sometimes makes nice ads

[Seraphim_Ephyon]

That’s right, I thought it was quite good.

[Silhouette2]

@Nulani

Yes, exactly. That would terrible considering the fact that they already run around and pretend shoot eachothers with real guns or at least realistically looking plastic guns. But it’s a rubbished ad still: a) It’s not fun. b) It’s boring. c) It’s too long. d) It has little to nothing to do with what is actually being advertised. Do you really still question why it was banned? It was banned because it’s rubbish.

So that gets it BANNED? Europeans are always too willing to use The State to enforce opinions. We have freedom of speech in America.

[BigNutter]

ok, Several European Govements have a tough stance on Gun crime, they don’t want to promote it.

Nul, your points are in ofcom rules UK’s TV Body, and they can not allow it. That ad is 1:31

@ofcom's Guide lines about Ad Timings

7.1 Identification of Long Advertisements
7.1.1 Any advertisement that lasts longer than one minute should be particularly
carefully assessed to ensure that there is no risk of confusion with programme
material.
7.1.2 Except where the style makes it is fully apparent that it is an advertisement, any
advertisement which lasts more than a minute must be flagged as such (for
example by superimposed text) at the beginning, and at the end (if its character
as an advertisement is not clearly established at the end).
7.1.3 Where an advertisement adopts a programme style (for example documentary,
studio interview, cookery demonstration) there must in addition be a five second
reminder to viewers of its advertising nature in every full minute

It is not aparrent it is an Advertisment until the last 10 seconds. I’d doubt it is shown here on the UK. It NOT banned it is just hard to get it on air, and it have to be on after 9pm, the watershed. (Another rule, mass "killings"are usually shuned to 9pm).

[cait_sith]

@Seraphim_Ephyon

Which ad was the one with all the mosquitoes? Or am I thinking of something totally unrelated?

I think your thinking of the old discovery channel store commercial.

[Setz]

http://media.putfile.com/FPS-doug

Was the first thing that came to mind when done watching it. XD

[Kraken]

I too thought that was a little funny, but I guess it depends on your taste in absurdist comedy.

They hit a number of cliches; the walkby/double take, the “Mexican standoff” complete with nervous glances, one guy vaccilating on his target, upturned tables, railing death, John Woo style dual gun action, hiding behind ridiculously penetrable obstacles (c’mon, a mall map?), someone (janitor) walking in on the gunfight unwittingly and quickly taking cover, and breaking the 4^th wall (lol we’re postmodern).

Any others you spotted?

[GunsmokeMist]

I loved the commerical, fps doug was just dull and stupid.

[Mercenary09]

I wish I could have spotted something, Kraken I found it worthwhile of my time, anyways. What would the guy in the cab be considered…? And uhh… what’s the 4th wall?

[GunsmokeMist]

Fourth wall

[Kraken]

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