I Just Don't Get It

I've spoken of my love for TV quite a few times.  I love my TV.  My mom said that when I was little, I would leave during the show and come back only for the commercials.  I would memorize the little tunes and sing them constantly.  I thought about going into advertising, but I didn't think I was cut-throat enough to make a career out of it.  Anyway, have you ever been sitting on the couch, enjoying your episode of Castle or Gray's Anatomy, or Big Bang Theory and all of a sudden a commercial comes on that is just plain mind boggling.  How do people come up with this stuff?  I just wanted to share my view on two commercials that I just don't get.

 This is a commercial for Acqua Di Gio by Georgio Armani.  I just don't get it.  Please someone tell me why this poor chick is wandering alone in the rainforest?  Did her plane crash?  Was she supposed to be on Lost and got lost?  I get the connection of all the water and the "acqua" in the name of the perfume, but who is this commercial targeting?  Are there women who wander around in long maxi dresses in the rainforest that I don't know about?  I, for one, have never wallered around on the floor of the rainforest - there are snakes and scary bugs there people.  Also, she's rubbing leaves and flowers all over her half naked self.  Is there some handsome doctor in the next scene who is going to rub Calomine all over her from the poison ivy and other scary things she may get from those leaves?  Is this wandering through the rainforest a pastime that I was not aware of?  And what's with the rolling around in the water on the beach?

This is the scene from the movie From Here to Eternity.  This rolling around in the water, I get.  A man and a woman passionately kissing while the waves overtake them - that I get.  Rolling around by yourself in the water, not so much.  Not even to mention, those waves stir up lots of sand and you end up dirty in places that tend to be a little...irritating, to say the least.  Not that I would necessarily know from experience.  (blushing)


One more commercial that I just don't get is the Cialis commercial.  I couldn't find a video of it anywhere.  It's the one where the couple starts out in the kitchen, loading the dishwasher and then all of the kitchen walls disappear and they end up in the forest (what is it with the forest?) and I think eventually in bathtubs. 

First of all, I have never, EVER been loading the dishwasher and got, shall we say...romantic inclinations.  Never.  Ever.  Now, a better scenario might have been, him loading the dishwasher, while she was lounging in another room or something, maybe reading a good book.  Is it the dishwasher that is turning her on?  Do I need a new dishwasher?  I don't get it. 

Second, all the walls fall down and suddenly they are in the forest sitting on a rock.  WHAT?  What is it with the forest????  Then, all of a sudden, they are in seperate bathtubs on the deck, looking out on......you guessed it, the forest.  Seriously?  Not even to mention they are in seperate bathtubs.  Wouldn't they be in the same bathtub?  Is this supposed to be after their little tryst or before?    It's all very confusing for me.  I don't get it.  I'm not expecting either of these commercials to win a Cleo award anytime soon.   

Is it just me or am I the only one who thinks of these things while watching commercials?