have you seen the Challenge adverts?
-
I've seen it about three or four times now. I didn't really like it at first but it has grown gradually on me and has started to seem quite funny. I thought similar to GG about the Treguard impressionist. I preferred the ads that Challenge had for s4 and I think that s5 should be advertised in the same way. Maybe the same way as other programmes are advertised, where they take clips of characters/people in those shows and it sounds as if they are talking about (if anyone knows what I mean).
-
Don't worry Marge, I know what you mean!
It does grow on you, although I agree it'd be nice to see some actual footage from the show. Still quite funny.
-
What's your order of preference for the Challenge ads.
Mine is:
3rd - the one for s5
2nd - the ones over the Summer with the s4 clips
1st - the documentry for s3 (my favourite)
Oh I forgot the one with the office blokes - one with a bin on his head crashing into the wall and being laughed at by colleagues. I can't decide which one for third now out of that and the one for s5.
-
I've included a few other means of advertising they've also used. Hope you don't mind.
1st Mentioning Knightmare and the time it's on after other programmes. They seem to do this a lot with other shows. It's cheap, and I'd guess fairly effective. I don't hear them do it with Knightmare, really.
2nd The Documentary. Yep, nice for the fans, thought I'd guess it wasn't really an advertising tool as such.
3rd The S4 Advert. over the Summer for KM and TCM jointly. Got the point across, and showed clips, so people browsing who'd remember the show by sight if not by name would understand.
4th S5 Advert. for KM and Gamesmaster jointly. Quite funny- pity there's no clips.
5th "The guy with the bin on his head." Nice idea in theory, to fit with the way they advertised other shows in the same 20 seconds or so. At least it mentioned the show's name, I guess!
6th No Advert. That was how it was for a fair while when it was a new regular show on Challenge.
7th Giving the wrong date of the next episode after several KM installments. Yep, they did that for a while too.
So, yes, I guess the current ad. could be better, but it's an improvement on some ways they seemingly sought to promote the show in the past!
-
I rather like the current one. It's quite funny- if they do others in the future, I'd like to see something on the same theme, with Treguard and the Gamesmaster continuing their conversation a bit. It'd be more fun if the advert poked fun at itself for being slightly tacky. That's hard to explain without an example. sigh
-
One thing to be said for Challenge, they know how to do a good montage. I've just seen the advert, and it's the first time I've seen anything from S6 in 12 years.
They've made it look impressive. Anyone who sees that ad should want to see more.
-
Yeah, a nice touch that was. I also liked the way Treguard said 'You're quite sure you want to do this?'
to a new dungeoneer.
-
I would love to see the knew ad and of course series' 6-8 but that's impossible unless something happens before then (14th April) which I doubt.
...and I doubted and something did happen. I will be able to see the ad and s6-8 after all because my dad has decided to subscribe the ntl digital for a year. Yay .
-
I know which ads there have been when they were:
-
The short documentry (Tim Child and Hugo Myatt interviews)
-
The series 4/TCM ads
-
The series 5 (I think) and Gamesmaster ads
-
Oh and the Office one with the worker with a bucket on his head being guided into the wall by colleagues
What other ads have been shown and is there a knew different one for series 3 or are Challenge (which I doubt) showing the documentry again?
-
Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.
Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.
With your input, this post could be even better 💗
Register Login