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Ad portrays army guy as 'trophy BF'

STOMPer lovestruck cringed throughout this advertisement that promotes dating men in the Singapore Army. She also doesn't get the point of the whole advertisement.

Said the STOMPer:

"I am not sure what the point of this commercial is.

"Is it to 'market' army regulars as a 'good catch' for Singaporean girls, as if he's a trophy boyfriend?

"Or is it to convince a guy that, if he signs up to the army, he can hook a pretty Singaporean girl who would gush about how he's 'smart, out-going, on a scholarship, works for this huge organisation, gets to travel and always has time for her'?

"I watched the commercial a couple of times and I'm still confused.

"What do you think?

"I'm not as pretty as any of the girls in the advertisement so does that mean I'll never get to have a cool army regular as my boyfriend?

"Actually, I cringed throughout the entire clip and think I sprained my neck."

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Human_Nature said   on 9 Apr, 2011   Report as offensive  
He probably chow keng an MC just to hook up w this bimblian
jouthekitty said   on 23 Nov, 2010   Report as offensive  
Lol true story, I've gushed about my navy boy like that to some extent to my friends before.
XD
lovelybones said   on 22 Nov, 2010   Report as offensive  
lol jealous they dont make an ad about you ah???
my_goodness said   on 22 Nov, 2010   Report as offensive  
@Svendra yeah you're rite.... it managed to get the attention of so many people... but of course is it the rite attention.... i'm sure this 'big' organisation would want a positive response rather than a negative one when they decided to air the ad! HAHAHAHA!!!!! Oopss misfired! LOL!!!!
Svendra said   on 22 Nov, 2010   Report as offensive  
@my_goodness: actually by definition, it's a good ad, considering the fact that it is published here for FREE and hundreds, if not thousands, of people are taking notice of it. If it was another 'normal' ad in Singapore, nobody will even notice it, let alone talk or start flame wars about it.
my_goodness said   on 22 Nov, 2010   Report as offensive  
HEHE! oh yeah one more thing... if I am one of those girls or that guy in the uniform.... I'll be damn embarrassed lah! Agreeing to be in such an ad! But on hindsight, I would agree if they pay me WELL! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
my_goodness said   on 22 Nov, 2010   Report as offensive  
This ad can be nominated as "Worst ad for the year 2010" and it can win big!!! Gosh!
Mixaaahh said   on 22 Nov, 2010   Report as offensive  
You want to see a bad advertisement?Look at the xinmsn catch-up ad.I don't even know what they're doing.There's like one dude who is paralysed waist down and can only move his hands like a robot,and the rest are in some army uniform.Gave me a headache.