Not for Commercial use

So I had this entry planned that was an absolutely brilliant idea on my part. But then I think rain is wet so what do I know. But silly me I forgot what I was going to write about.

So I was thinking and being distracted by shinny things like chocolate covered bacon and vegan’s nightmare ice cream, when it hit me… I watch more www.Hulu.com than I do TV. And when I do watch TV I let the DVR get about 20 minutes ahead of me and then I start watching. With this method I can FF the commercials and all is well.

On Hulu you get one commercial every few minutes or so and that’s it. The thing is I never want what I see on TV. But to date I have become interested in trying several products and I want to test drive a car all because they were on Hulu. I find this strange as I am seldom swayed by advertising. I like word of mouth best for picking out what I want to try and not try. I don’t ever recall saying I want to test drive that car.

So all this got me to thinking, maybe we are oversaturated with advertising. Remember Minority Report? Tom Cruise, police, future crimes kind of thing? When you walked anywhere ads were beamed directly at you, you saw them every where. I think in that kind of culture you would become immune to them. Just back round noise to be filtered out.

I really feel advertising needs to change, although since I have bought my iMac I have noticed them more and more in product placement in shows. Like Fringe, Leverage, Community and V just to name a few. Even Family Guy mentions them. So there you have it, reduce commercials and have a greater impact on your demographic as well as those outside of it.