Memo to the dirty blonde in the Overstock.com commercials: Get over it. You’re not a raving beauty, you’re not exotic, you’re not hot. Stop trying to titilate me with your blahness.
Frankly, I’m don’t get these annoying commercials, but let’s not call this a rant, so join in with your feedback.
The advertising angle seems confused and the sexual subtext kinda weird. Are we supposed to be wowed by this gal’s supposed beauty and hotness? When she lets down her hair and tossles her mane, am I supposed to get all lathered up and start rumaging for rejects on their website?
The camera in one of the commercials momentarily focuses on her slightly spread-open legs, as she sits there with a tennis skirt on. Next, we’re hit with the tres clever “O” tie-in, which I suppose evokes orgasmic themes.
Frankly, I can’t see the connection between orgasms and merchandising rejects.
Annoying: 3 on a scale of 10.
Hot: 9 on a scale of 10. I just love that soft purr, that constant eye contact, the fact that they picked an unheralded 41-year-old working actress instead of some ad agency bimbo.
Sabine Ehrenfeld is the Information Age Lorelei. I want to take her hand and follow her into the pleasures of the deep.
I think she is attractive, but in a way I don’t usually find women attractive. It’s like she’s ninety percent hot but not quite…there’s an element of wholesomeness there that makes her somewhat like a pretty soccer mom rather than an all out hottie.
Still, there is something about her that is mesmerising. I can’t take my eyes off her when that commercial is playing even if I’m on the computer or playing a game of checkers or backgammon. There’s also a hint of smugness in her expression after she says “It’s all about the O…” I don’t think it’s intentional – she’s probably trying to convey some other emotion – but that’s how it looks nevertheless, and I find it slightly off-putting.
And I was very surprised to learn she is 41 years old. True, the focus is soft, but Hollywood is full of 40-something actresses who would love to look that good. I would have sworn she was about 28.
(And as an aside, the first few times I saw that commercial I thought it was a Target ad.)
Happily married man checking in. I can’t help but watch when the Overstock commercials come on. I’m firmly in the “she’s a raving beauty” camp on this one. I like that she doesn’t appear to be covered in a bunch of make up. You can tell she’s in her early 40’s, but the years don’t subtract from her beauty at all. The voice and the faint accent seal the deal for me.
Oh yeah, she’s definately hot, in a “I’m desperately selling what’s left of my sexual wares in the 2 years I have left before menopause to a national audience in exchange for cheap mail order shit.”
Yeah, I thinks she’s hot, but I’m confused as to why the makers of the ad think I’m going to buy stuff from Overstock.com just because I want to have sex with her.
Anyway, once we’ve thrashed this one out, anyone want to discuss the deep weirdness of all the different varieties of Stacker 2 ads I’ve seen?
