WAW: Hughes Net — Lady Talking
jtherkal: I don’t know why they even made this ad. It’s perhaps the most ignorable, boring, worthless ad in history. Trying to criticize it is like trying to critique a rock for not being a statue. It’s just there. It’s not good, but there’s nothing glaringly annoying about it. Couldn’t they at least have gotten a hot girl to do the talking? No, let’s get a moderately attractive, middle-aged, red haired woman instead. Everyone knows they’re experts on high speed internet. And another thing, having your website name be “hughesnet.com” is confusing. Even though I watched the commercial three times in the last five minutes, I can’t remember if it’s hughes.net, hughes.com, hughesnet.net, hughesnetdotcom.org. It’s a miracle I even remember that this ad exists. It doesn’t really even deserve to be rated. F.
sjbooher: I like it. I think this is a perfectly informative ad for a product many people probably do not know a whole lot about. I know I learned something. While the pitch lady is a bit annoying and too chipper, she probably plays well with household decision-makers. Give me a simple, informative ad describing a product, instead of an over-written ad that tries too hard to be funny, any day of the week. A.
jtherkal: You basically like the WNBA of advertising. Passing, jump shots, layups and more passing. Fundamentals. Me, I’ll take some flash.
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:16 am
What you both missed is that this woman is an alien sending messages to her kind. Did you see when the Hughes was circling the earth? A clear Southern sky? Something tells me that this has to do with those mysterious lights in Phoenix.