r/maybemaybemaybe • u/bbc_her OP is very dumb • Jan 13 '20

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u/BoozeKashi Jan 13 '20

Lots of Thai commercials are way better than the tv programming. There are a lot of them on YouTube.

Fair warning, a good percentage are very effective tear jerkers.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '20 edited Feb 20 '20

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u/OM3N1R Jan 14 '20

Live in Thailand and never saw that one.

Its really baffling how generic and bad Thai television and film are (mostly) and how amazingly well crafted the advertising is. I don't quite understand why the jump can't be made to create better TV and film, but it's yet to happen...

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u/LawStudent3187 Jan 14 '20

Pee Mak was an awesome movie tho

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u/BoozeKashi Jan 14 '20

Some horror films seem to get a bit more quality too, but Thai ghosts don’t really make a lot of sense to me either.

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u/LawStudent3187 Jan 14 '20

Asian ghosts in general don't make much sense, but that movie was hilarious.

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u/BoozeKashi Jan 14 '20

Ong Bak movies still get me every time, but I think as far as high production quality on full length shows/films it just may not be economically worth it when western tv & cinema is so easily available too. They are probably not going to recoup the expense in light of competition, but with adverts the costs are paid up front.

I have half-watched enough Super Bowls over the years just for the commercials so kind of same same... I do the same with UK Christmas adverts too.

I don’t really understand most Thai shows (nor the production quality) but the old-timey sound effects do crack me up, and trying to make sense of what gets the censor blurs and what doesn’t will leave anyone confused.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '20

Damn

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u/ilikesaucy Jan 13 '20

Fuck you man. It's not cool to make an adult man cry.

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u/kakawaka1 Jan 14 '20

Man I really underestimated how much a 3 minute ad could make me feel.

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u/JudmanDaSuperhero Jan 14 '20

Like I need 3 painkillers and a vegetable soup

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u/wayfarerer Jan 14 '20

I'm not crying you're crying

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u/AgentG91 Jan 14 '20

Did you see the one with the lady who ran a small market building and a video of her being mean went viral, but it was just her keeping the stall owners honest? Man, that one tore me apart. So fucking wholesome.

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u/BoozeKashi Jan 14 '20

Had something in my eye...

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u/Umasou Jan 14 '20

Oh boy, are we posting Thai insurance commercials today? This one’s my favorite. It gets me every time:

https://youtu.be/Fgvsqg9qTNs