muikabochi 208 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Seen the new Nova ad? The "follow up" to the girl who couldn't help the gaijin trapped under some incredibly strange, er, piece of twisted metal in a playground? This time she goes off to Nova to get some English speaking skills, and comes back to help the dude - who now has incredibly long hair. In the time it takes for him to grow his hair that long, she only learns "Can I help you?" Doesn't sound very effective to me. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Haha I thought the same when I first saw it. Eigo wa muzukashii desu ne. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Not to mention she wouldn't be able to lift the silly thing off him anyway! Never heard of the hyakutoban silly bint? Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I also thought exactly the same thing when I saw that CM. If it takes you (nova) that long to teach someone English and only to that level, you should be trying to hide it not to advertise it! Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 The guy trapped in the playground is Jack Nicholson isn't it? Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Ocean11: The guy trapped in the playground is Jack Nicholson isn't it? Straight out from "wolf"... Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I havn't seen it and won't but sounds funny Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Thats Jack Nicholson? Didn't realise that at all. Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderbird2 0 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Neither did I. Made me laugh that, thought the same. Crappy ads all round. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 but that's not Jack Nicholson. (Is it?) Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Thanks Goemon You guys need to lighten up I thought it was funny and even chuckled out loud Is the second one out there as well? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Yes, Toque, I agree. My 8-year old made a number of very similar points to those posted above, and if he could type, I'm sure he'd want to share his observations with a world of other ad-obsessed 8-year olds. 2pints,mate, you think that's not Jack Nicholson, but can you be sure? After all, many other American celebrities have found themselves in humiliating circumstances in Japanese ads. Link to post Share on other sites
Goemon 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 He's clearly a cloned combination of Jack Nicholson, Rip Torn and our own Danz/Snowjob: Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Not JN. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 If it's not JN, it could be OBL. Link to post Share on other sites
HighlyTrainedNovaTeacher 2 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I'm a little concerned that the ads do not reflect the high level of training us teachers have and the quality of the lessons. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 Is there a new one? I caught what seemed like the end of a 3rd installment just before. And.. some ad by Mitsubishi with the ending word "Trustship" Nice. Lets trusting. Link to post Share on other sites
HighlyTrainedNovaTeacher 2 Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Not sure if there is a new one or not. We are all highly trained though. Link to post Share on other sites
Goemon 0 Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 The jungle gym CM was filmed here if you want to check on danz. Link to post Share on other sites
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