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New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
28 Dec 2012, 11:50
by Vcrew
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
28 Dec 2012, 12:52
by tugpilot
Far too similar to "To Fly to Seve" for my liking.
Assume it was meant to make me laugh (didin't). And are they afraid to use the A333 as it still features a 346 flying over near the end.
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
28 Dec 2012, 12:54
by Pete
There's an associated competition with the new ad for Flying Club members, which one of these items appears more than once:
A photo of Richard Branson
A photo of an origami paper plane
A photo of the statue of liberty
Link
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
28 Dec 2012, 13:27
by gayboyzuk
Not sure any of our last few flight experiences came close to this !!! v( maybe spend more money on the flight experience and keeping loyal customers ?| than advertising
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
28 Dec 2012, 14:58
by PaulS
Perhaps they should have this playing on a loop in the crew rooms before they board the aircraft
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
28 Dec 2012, 15:27
by Slipperman
Not one of their best I feel.
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
28 Dec 2012, 16:53
by DocRo
Oh boy!
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
28 Dec 2012, 17:25
by slinky09
Scratching my head at this one ... ?|
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
28 Dec 2012, 17:32
by simonallardice
It's odd...not really sure it achieves anything.
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
28 Dec 2012, 17:35
by pjh
Corporate brand advertising bearing no relation to the product offering in reality? Hold the front page! :w
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
28 Dec 2012, 17:54
by Slipperman
Just watched it again, to give the benefit of the doubt, but I still can't get the message... I think it's very forgettable.
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
28 Dec 2012, 17:55
by nguba
It's a nicely produced ad but I'm not sure it takes the Virgin Atlantic message anywhere.
The 25th anniversary "Still Red Hot" ad told us that Virgin Atlantic was innovative, ground-breaking and different from the competition. "Your airline's either got it or it hasn't" told us the same. This ad tells us the same. To be honest, they could have saved money repeating the old ads.
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
28 Dec 2012, 18:24
by clarkeysntfc
What a load of piffle.
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
28 Dec 2012, 19:58
by buns
I may be in the minority here but not only did I like the production values, I also saw the "Tongue in Cheek" side of Virgin poking fun at themselves
buns
PS. It would be good if some of it rubbed off on those members of crew that come across as surley and disinterested
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
28 Dec 2012, 21:35
by mrsbond
Sorry I liked it!

Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
28 Dec 2012, 22:13
by Miss G
buns wrote:I may be in the minority here but not only did I like the production values, I also saw the "Tongue in Cheek" side of Virgin poking fun at themselves
buns
PS. It would be good if some of it rubbed off on those members of crew that come across as surley and disinterested
I quite liked it too, nice little video.
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
28 Dec 2012, 22:25
by Tinuks
It's not bad, but it isn't great either
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
28 Dec 2012, 22:32
by Petmadness
Like the advert, well produced. Start ensuring that a majority of your crew practice what you preach, not a minority.
That's all, thank you and goodbye!
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
28 Dec 2012, 23:19
by Sealink
I loved it.
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
29 Dec 2012, 00:48
by tontybear
Bag of complete and utter bo**ocks !
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
29 Dec 2012, 10:45
by at240
What is it with VS and its portrayal of female crew?
Nice to see typical gender stereotypes being subverted.... Cough, cough.

Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
29 Dec 2012, 11:45
by Hamster
tontybear wrote:Bag of complete and utter bo**ocks !
+1! Its awful! Nearly as bad as that old BA advert with the footballs.
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
29 Dec 2012, 13:44
by Darren Wheeler
It's an advert, nothing more, nothing less.
If the success of a business was related to the sense it's adverts made, Guniness would have gone bust years ago.
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
29 Dec 2012, 21:31
by benchsmith
i think the ad was good but nothing special for which I expected from VS, I think they excelled themselves with the "Feeling Good" ad and it is very hard to follow something like that up, I didn't really feel there was anything majorly "WOW" or "That's different" or from the second it came on kept me interested.
Re: New Advert! Flying in the face of ordinary

Posted:
29 Dec 2012, 23:48
by DOUGALSMUM
Absolute tosh , a waste of money , and a waste of my time spent watching it !