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SB XLVI Commercials

dgwphotography Jan 30 2012 10:29 AM

I dare any other commercial this year to be better than this one: [youtube:2lq7ijck]VhkDdayA4iA[/youtube:2lq7ijck]

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 30 2012 10:34 AM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

Just what we need: More overrating of Ferris Bueller. Now the dogs barking the Star Wars theme otoh...

Edgy MD Jan 30 2012 10:41 AM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

FB over-rating: A CPF tradtiion.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 30 2012 11:12 AM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

According to this link we never crowned a World Series of 80s Movies champion. Or did we?

Edgy MD Jan 30 2012 11:14 AM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

I'm pretty sure we did. I think it was Empire Strikes Back.

Edgy MD Jan 30 2012 11:19 AM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

I like how the Terminator had to survive consecutive confrontations with fellow badasses Rick Deckard, Frank Drebbin, and Daniel Larusso, who he barely finished off, 16-15.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 30 2012 11:20 AM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

Jesus, what a travesty. Lunchpail made me watch 'Phantom Menace' twice this weekend, speaking of overrated films. Who could possibly have thought "Jar Jar Binks" was funny or entertaining? How many people must have held their tongues?

TransMonk Jan 30 2012 11:49 AM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

Sorry. I liked the commercial. FBDO is overrated, but is still an enjoyable movie.

metirish Jan 30 2012 12:00 PM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

Liked the commercial .

Lefty Specialist Jan 30 2012 01:07 PM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

I watched it six times in a row. Loved the movie, loved the commercial.

HahnSolo Jan 30 2012 01:17 PM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

I'm confused why a company would spend millions and millions of dollars on a Super Bowl spot and then release it so it can be all over the internet a week ahead of time.

Ceetar Jan 30 2012 01:29 PM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

HahnSolo wrote: I'm confused why a company would spend millions and millions of dollars on a Super Bowl spot and then release it so it can be all over the internet a week ahead of time. To hype it of course. (And the %age of people that will have seen it come Sunday is tiny) Super Bowl ads aren't really ads anymore, they're 30 second 'shows'. Hype and pregame and postgame analysis of these things expand the value they get from it.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 30 2012 09:05 PM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

Better in concept than in reality, mostly because of its star. For a rich, successful dude, Broderick has looked strangely miserable for years, like someone who's desperately waiting for someone else to kill him, because he just can't do it himself. Yeah, I'll slap a sawbuck on the VW ad, too. [youtube:cs9wu44j]6ntDYjS0Y3w[/youtube:cs9wu44j]

Benjamin Grimm Jan 31 2012 04:15 AM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: For a rich, successful dude, Broderick has looked strangely miserable for years, like someone who's desperately waiting for someone else to kill him, because he just can't do it himself. That's because he's married to Sarah Jessica Parker, when he'd rather be married to Nathan Lane.

dgwphotography Jan 31 2012 04:48 AM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

That volkswagon add is, like most sequels, incredibly lame... It smacks of someone in the ad department saying, "Let's slash the budget, but keep the same theme". Worst. Commercial. Ever. Audi's entry: [youtube:pfljtbgd]lw9ZeXB2uKs[/youtube:pfljtbgd]

Edgy MD Jan 31 2012 05:36 AM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

Best. Worst. They're commercials.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 31 2012 06:28 AM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

Yeah, they're commercials, but they're art too, I suppose. I never understood the interest in Super Bowl commercials. I'll be watching this year, so I'll be seeing the commercials (though I'll probably watch on a bit of a TiVo delay so I can skip some of them). Last time I watched the Super Bowl, four years ago, it occurred to me that many of the commercials seemed to be designed to make drunk guys laugh and exchange high fives. Cute CGI animals drinking beer? Not my idea of hilarious, but they seem to do what they're designed to do.

Ceetar Jan 31 2012 07:05 AM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Yeah, they're commercials, but they're art too, I suppose. I never understood the interest in Super Bowl commercials. I'll be watching this year, so I'll be seeing the commercials (though I'll probably watch on a bit of a TiVo delay so I can skip some of them). Last time I watched the Super Bowl, four years ago, it occurred to me that many of the commercials seemed to be designed to make drunk guys laugh and exchange high fives. Cute CGI animals drinking beer? Not my idea of hilarious, but they seem to do what they're designed to do. Because everything about the Super Bowl is hyped x10. (And the NFL itself) It's all about inflating it's self importance, and they've turned the Super Bowl into a party day that everyone HAS to watch. Advertisers caught on that millions were watching and it quickly became a game to out-awe the competition. It's a show within a show. I'm always fascinated by what they come up with, even if often years nothing is that memorable. A lot of the ads are geared towards the lowest common denominator, but those are often the worst ones. They're also the ones that are merely a twist off the ones in-season and are selling the same thing to the same people, so it almost seems a waste. That space has to be better used geared towards the millions of non-football fans (Women, etc) that didn't see your (much cheaper) ads all season. I know I'm playing into their hand like putty, but I'm curious about what the culmination of the Morgan Freeman- Visa commercial is going to be where the guy wins tickets for 10 of his friends to the Super Bowl. (And I was amused the last time I saw it, because it features what appears to be a Ravens fan teasing his friend a Patriots fan and making him put on the Ravens helmet to get the ticket)

Frayed Knot Jan 31 2012 07:11 AM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ... it occurred to me that many of the commercials seemed to be designed to make drunk guys laugh and exchange high fives. I often get the idea that they're the result of ad company guys being given huge budgets which they then use in an attempt to impress other ad company guys. And while I suspect said ad guys could drag up piles of data which at least imply that said ads were hugely successful in increasing knowledge and sales of the product, color me skeptical.

MFS62 Jan 31 2012 07:15 AM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

Benjamin Grimm wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: For a rich, successful dude, Broderick has looked strangely miserable for years, like someone who's desperately waiting for someone else to kill him, because he just can't do it himself. That's because he's married to Sarah Jessica Parker, when he'd rather be married to Nathan Lane. True, but he'd also rather be married to the horse he rode in "Glory". Later

Nymr83 Feb 02 2012 05:17 PM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

First TV ad for The Avengers movie will air during the superbowl, for those interested in that. There's a 15 second clip out now that you can google

dgwphotography Feb 05 2012 02:21 PM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

Nymr83 wrote: First TV ad for The Avengers movie will air during the superbowl, for those interested in that. There's a 15 second clip out now that you can google [youtube]fZsu3sbWnAU[/youtube] This. Forget Ferris. Forget the vampires. This is the commercial I want to see...

metsguyinmichigan Feb 05 2012 04:41 PM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

Vampires add was pretty cool. Bud Platinum seemed kinda lame.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 05 2012 08:19 PM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

First TV ad for The Avengers movie will air during the superbowl, for those interested in that. There's a 15 second clip out now that you can google [youtube]fZsu3sbWnAU[/youtube] This. Forget Ferris. Forget the vampires. This is the commercial I want to see... And it's the only one I watched! (Started watching on TiVo-delay at 7:45, didn't have to watch a single commercial.)

dgwphotography Feb 06 2012 04:32 AM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

And it's the only one I watched! (Started watching on TiVo-delay at 7:45, didn't have to watch a single commercial.) Did you see the extended version online? [youtube]bGt-saFvkNk[/youtube]

Benjamin Grimm Feb 06 2012 04:49 AM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

I have now! Thanks!

Fman99 Feb 06 2012 10:36 AM Re: SB XLVI Commercials

This was my favorite from yesterday. [youtube:2nb21eaz]k9L-8372A3w[/youtube:2nb21eaz]