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~iff.donald
{f TV ADVERTS REVIEWED
{g -------------------{a
After the apparent success (someone
said they liked it) of last issue's
{nTV Advert reviews{a, we present some
more. This time, however, they're so
crap that you can't fail to deplore
them!!)
{mCompany: {lBT
{mAgency : {l?? Doubtlessly expensive
{mTitle : {lKeep the World talking.{a The advert involves some very
artistic shots of Stephen rolling his
In case you didn't know, this electric wheelchair through parts of
advert features {kStephen Hawking,{a the ancient Egypt, using it as an example
cerebral palsied scientist accredited for his message; all this was
with being able to think in possible through people talking and,
twenty-six dimensions whilst only (quick cut to desolation-after-war
being comversant through the use of a scene) the World's worst mistakes
speech-computer. caused by not talking. Very clever.
(Come back, Beatie!)
He couldn't have put it better for people using speech computers or
{mBT {a if they had prompted him. He those with a stutter to
couldn't have put it better for {mBT{a if counterbalance their higher
they had dubbed the film with {lAmiga{a phonebills.
{lvoice synthesis{a. In fact, he
coudln't have put it better for {mBT {aif {m Company:{l Radox{a
they had his voice-computer and chair {mAgency : {l??{a
wired up to the director's chair via {mTitle : {lLet off Steam{a
a {fSCART {alead. Which of course they
did. (Allegedly). This advert will obviously get a
good review because it features
No, this advert is fine except {mBT{a female nudity. This is one of the
slipped up on one of the finer few advertisments to have escaped the
points. BT were no doubt made female-rights lobby's freshly
painfully aware that speech-computers {ndove-washed {a hands - yes girls, you
are slower than the human tongue when can have naked men, but try to take
Stephen's computer took a long time away our naked women and you'll have
to get the message across. This will a fight on your hands, matey.
have been reflected in a higher bill
for airtime. BT, of course, are the A slightly more revealing camera
only European telephone company not angle would have been nice, but it's
to offer concessionary rates to very nice; she slips into her {lRadox{a
bath (soothing music plays), the
voice-over tells us a little about
Radox and the steam above the bath
forms a clock (nice computer
graphics!) A thirteen hour clock is a
little tacky, but {kHAIL RADOX{a!
~iff.donald