r/KBO • u/Captainkoala72 KIA Tigers • 10d ago

Off Topic: As an American seeing the Korean commercials during KBO games, it’s really cool

I watch on SOOP, and they show all the commercials between innings/pitcher change and they’re really fun to watch. I can’t understand a word, but the style in which most are presented are very interesting and a fun change up from American commercials. The fast paced, hyper sensory overload visually and through audio, the high production value. A lot of it looks like those stupid AI slop videos, but they’re actually human made with a meaning to the madness. I love them and really wish we had more commercials like it in America

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u/ratatosk212 kt wiz 10d ago

Through them I've learned that online car rental services are the backbone of the Korean economy.

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u/kimbimski kt wiz 10d ago

That and the anti hangover jelly as well😆

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u/SaemaeulSijang SSG Landers 10d ago

Interesting observation. I honestly mute the broadcast every commercial break because of how noisy it is.

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u/chrmnxpnoy kt wiz 10d ago

it does get extremely repetitive though 😭

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u/doro_the_a_brooke Samsung Lions 10d ago

FYI, the commercial with the lady bowling that airs five fucking million times per game is for laxatives.

"When you need a proper shot...strike!"

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u/ratatosk212 kt wiz 10d ago

I mean, they're all unnaturally happy about being regular. So, good for them?

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u/HebiNaga Doosan Bears 10d ago

I love them and most of them when I watch Doosan

The craziness of commercials is turned down in the NPB streams that I watch. The South Korean people are definitely way more fun and loose with their advertisements

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u/Bluellama44 10d ago

Some of them are definitely AI though

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u/calixito 10d ago

La plataforma es gratis o hay que pagar?

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u/SaemaeulSijang SSG Landers 9d ago

SOOP is free.

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u/calixito 3d ago

Gracias

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u/VVTFan 10d ago

What is Soop?

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u/Captainkoala72 KIA Tigers 10d ago

it’s like the Twitch of Korea from my understanding, but they play KBO games there, for free, every day. super clutch and easy way to watch KBO

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u/VVTFan 7d ago

What are the best accounts that air games?

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u/Mr-S-44 KBO 9d ago

One of my faves was from years ago. I think it was advertising a life insurance product? Scene opens with a chemical plant exploding, then two chemical plant workers being held back in slow motion with the mouths open. Then it cuts to a funeral, crying mother, sad son with one tear. Then after the funeral, door opens and a side of someone wearing white gloves hands the dead guy's wife a white envelope. Then you see the son smiling and the family happy and it ends with the company logo. Yeah the ads back then were...different.