what the HELL was that (Final Destination 2 ad)
 

so yeah, I was just surfing the video games forum, and all of a sudden a HUGE fullpage ad for Final Destination 2 showed up (in flash format no less) and it had the option to skip the ad, it took me 2 minutes to do it, it did not allow me too, it was so annoying to be surfing a forum and all of a sudden BAM.

sorry if I vented too harshly

Gah!

Same thing here - it replaced the screen as I was posting. I had to close my browser and reload DVDTalk... plus I was made to appear foolish by having to EDIT my post... the shame :(

Seriously, that was the worst online ad I have ever seen... urgh

New premium service gets announced.

Horrific ads accidently get into the rotation.

Coincidence?

Eeewwww. Got it too. I hate those. :(

But I still want to see the movie - I sicken myself :(

Welcome to the wounderful world of the 'Intermercial'. The bad news is that it takes over the entire page between pages. The good news is you shouldn't see it any more frequently than 1x per hour.

This ad type was required for this campaign and so we've got to run it.

It's not something that will become a regular ongoing ad type for the site.

Yea, this new ad is misleading with the fake "skip" button on it.

But here's a quick solution:

<b>Just close the window, open a new window, and jump back on dvdtalk.</b>

Not the easiest thing to do, but at least you don't have to watch the full ad that way.

-k
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:mad:

Not true... I've seen it 3 times in the last 30 minutes. If you adopted this sort of ad as a regular thing, I'd have to find another forum to hang out at and support. (yeah sure, a few people would be happy to see less of me, but I've been supporting and contributing to this site for several years now and I think for every person who dislikes what I have to say, there's a person or two who have enjoyed or benefited from it - besides, I doubt I'm the only one who feels this way about these ads). I'd rather have pop-up ads than these.

Pass this message on to your advertiser: I was going to purchase this film, but now I will not. Simple as that.

The Premium Membership cannot come soon enough.

Promise? ;)

Seriously, this is the most horrifically awful kind of advertisement that there is... but if this is the way that Kleinman.com Inc. can raise the money to continue to give us this forum, I will suffer through it.

On the plus side, Geoff... if this did become a regular feature of the forum... you would definitely drive up your sales for the new Premier Memberships. :D

You know, I'm cool with the banners, the pop-unders, links to stores to buy stuff, but this one!? This one would be enough for me to not go back to a site.

You do not have to close your browser to get rid of the ad quickly. I just hit my back button and it was gone.

Geoff, I know you need money to keep this site up and running, but this ad campaign.... What happened to the days of you stating no pop ups would ever be accepted at your site?

Premier Membership where are you??

I never got it :( I feel left out ;)

actually, if the skip it button doesn't work, I think that's something Geoff could address with the advertisers.

Me too. I wanted to see this film (I really liked Final Destination 1), but I won't be renting or buying it now. Just like those stupid FearDotCom ads, this ad campaign has caused me to refuse to support the film. Maybe if enough people send this message to the advertisers, the intrusive internet campaigns will stop.

I was wondering how this place turned in IGN. Thanks for the clearup.

Amen brother! I have seen it approx 5 times in 30 minutes.

It doesn't bother me that much but if it continues or if this becomes a regular thing...yuck!

Geoff...I will buy a T-shirt, hat, whatever it takes.

For those of you who are seeing it more than 1x per hour.

Please post:

Your browser type and Version
your OS and Version

Also are you blocking cookies or not? If you're using IE and blocking cookies, you can go into:

Internet Options > Privacy

and at the bottom of the menu is an option to enter websites to allow cookies on.

The ads for this are coming from ads.gorillanation.com

Again, let me reiterate that intermercials are not something we see doing on the site on a regular basis (like IGN or some of the other sites that now do this as part of their site). This is a special studio campaign which required this kind of advertising.

I will of course give feedback on our member's experience with the ads!

:yack: Final Destination ad :down:

I am seeing it about once every 10 minutes.

I'm using Explorer 6.0.2800 on Windows 2000 professional with all the updates installed. I am not blocking cookies.

This ad sucks. I quit using yahoo groups because of ads like these. The only way I'll watch Final Destination 2 now is if I see it for free somehow. :down:

Take over ads suck. I can deal with pop ups, but these are the pits.

How long will it be running? I'll plan on visiting a lot less until it's gone.

I think the ad pop up is dependent on you actually going past it, by watching it or skipping it. I had been clicking back and then moving forward again. Now that I've actually gone through it (I had to, as it popped up after I clicked "submit reply") I haven't seen it again.

IE 6

Video Game forum

I get it about every 4th click.

Not blocking cookies.

I want a premium membership, please.


:(

IE 6

Video Game forum

4 times in 30 minutes.

Not blocking cookies

Strange thing is I have not seen it once outside of the Video Game forum.

AXE HOUSE PARTY


Actually i saw the FD2 ad over at comingsoon.net and thought "Thank God i dont' have to put up with this over at DVDTalk."

:(

There is a skip button on the ad itself that doesn't work, but there is another skip link on the top of the page that still works. Click on that one.

Can someone point me to a web page that will always start you off with a flash take-over ad? I want to test something.

I haven't gotten it at all yet. I guess I've been lucky. I hate those damn things.

5 times in 30 mins videogame forum
IE V.6
WinME

How long will this ad campaign be going?

I got it using Win 2000 I.E. V5.5 every 10 minutes or so, it seems to have slowed down. This is a really crappy ad.

btw, this thing is crashing my browser now when it pops up, the forum never loads so I have to close and restart the browser as it's hanging there.

Vile.

That ad ****ing sucks.

Another DVD I will be making sure nobody I know owns.

well, in Geoff's defense, I've only got it once in the entire time the ad has been running.

I haven't seen it at all. I picked up the DVD this afternoon -- maybe if I wave the keepcase in front of the screen frantically, the ad will go away.

I've gotten it three times in the last twenty minutes or so.

I get it constantly, at least once per time I browse the game forum. Of course on Mozilla is never loads now so I have to close and reopen the browser

Yes, its picking up back again. It also crashes my browser. What a joke. DVDTalk should pull this ad.

Just got this for the first time and came right here to complain. Not surprisingly, it was in the Video Game Forum. When the pop-ups started, it pissed me off because I simply hate them. But not as much as these full page ads. This is the exact reason I don't subscribe to sites which put their "non-subscribing" members through that. MAKE IT STOP!

I have yet to see this monster.