The SB commercials

[Spaceman Spiff]

I really thought the Darth Vader/VW commercial was the best.

I think Doritos and the beer companies are trying way too hard.

Eminem = total sell out. Glad to see Lipton bringing back the claymation cartoons, but how can anyone take Eminem seriously if he's pitching iced tea? They should have brought that concept back along the lines of the Rocky or Babe Ruth ones that were awesome from back in the day. The Eminem motor city commercial was tolerable until he said something like "This is Detroit and this is what we do" and pointed to the camera.

The E-Trade baby has lost all steam.

Your thoughts on the SB commercials?

[PokerPacker]

disappointing. I was hoping to see Polamalu Head & Shoulders and Matthews Suave.

[Spartacus87]

Beer commercials are almost always terrible, and tonight was no exception.

Coca-Cola's commercials were all really boring.

The E-Trade baby needs to go.

The two creepiest ads were the one for Doritos with the guy desperate for Doritos dust and crumbs, and the one for some vacation website featuring this plastic baby getting its head crushed:

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/2236/babyabusegifpagespeedce.gif

I thought the best ones were the Eminem Chrysler ad, the Teleflora ad with Faith Hill, the VW Darth Vader ad, and the NFL ad showing all of the TV characters, which included this particularly awesome image:

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/2779/sofiaskins41.png

Sofia Vergara in a tight Redskins shirt is always FTW.

The usual movie trailer ones were cool too. Thor, Captain America, Transformers, Cowboys & Aliens, Battle: Los Angeles, and Super 8 all had good spots.

[Hubbs]

I thought the best ones were the Eminem Chrysler ad, the Teleflora ad with Faith Hill, the VW Darth Vader ad, and the NFL ad showing all of the TV characters, which included this particularly awesome image:

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/2779/sofiaskins41.png

Sofia Vergara in a tight Redskins shirt is always FTW.

Yes, that's a gigantic win.

And I agree with the Darth Vader ad, that was good.


The usual movie trailer ones were cool too. Thor, Captain America, Transformers, Cowboys & Aliens, Battle: Los Angeles, and Super 8 all had good spots.

I gave a standing ovation to the Cowboys & Aliens trailer in the bar I was at, and a couple dozen people joined in. The title alone is inherently awesome.

Anyone who hasn't turned off sigs should know that I liked the House spoof of the Mean Joe Greene ad, but judging by the reaction of a crowded bar, it was a pretty good ad even if you're not a fanboy.

[Spartacus87]

Anyone who hasn't turned off sigs should know that I liked the House spoof of the Mean Joe Greene ad, but judging by the reaction of a crowded bar, it was a pretty good ad even if you're not a fanboy.
The House one was also really good, I forgot about that commercial.

I also thought the CarMax one was funny. The wrestler in the folding chair factory sold it for me:

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[Bibby]

You guys didn't think the Bud Light kitchen remodel commercial was funny? Lol

[LaRonDontLikeUgly]

I thought the Audi commercial with the luxurious jail was brilliant. Kenny G was the cherry on top.

[Obibyn23]

Not to be a hum bug but I thought these commercials as a whole stunk. Sure I liked a few like the Vader kid and...umm...well honestly that was it. Just seems like there is a total lack of creativity by whoever is on the "creativity" team. I remember the commercials from my younger years and they seemed so much better...and way more creative...of course this could just be selective memory on my part.


Rant over.

[mardi gras skin]

Volkswagen/Vader was the winner by far. That was just great. Audi/Kenny G. was a clear second in our house. After those 2, a pretty steep drop off. House/Mean Joe, Coke/Dragon, Beetle/WV, Beaver/Bridgestone played well in our house.

The most polarizing was the Adrian Brody ad. All the single ladies liked it. The rest of us fell asleep.

[Fergasun]

The joys of trying to watch NFL with a 5 year old. We turned off half the commercials and ended up missing Volkswagon/Vader.. at least until the tail end of the commercial. It's not a problem strictly with the NFL, its a problem watching any sports with the sexual-ized commercials; and then the ads for violently-themed movies.... we can't make it through a TV break without turning off the TV. For what I saw the most memorable commercial was the "One Epic Ride" Kia commercial, where the car gets stolen by a policeman, a supevillian, Poseidon, alians, and the Aztecs (or maybe the Mayans?). Some reason I saw the Eminem Iced Tea commercial and liked it. My son would've liked the Vader commercial... maybe I'll show it to him on YouTube.

[ACW]

"Your rack is unreal." :ols:
The door getting owned by the dog amused me.
I DUG the one with all the characters (and not JUST because of Vergara).
Kardashian was :mmm:

[AsburySkinsFan]

1) My 9 year old son and I laughed hysterically at the Doritos commercial where the guy licked the dust off his co-worker's finger, that was awesome.
2) I burst out laughing when Rosanne Barr got creamed by that giant log.
Oh and "Test Baby" was hilarious too.
3) Epic ride was a really nice concept and well executed.
4) Darth Vader has really cute, my son liked it a lot.
5) House/Mean Joe Green was great, although I had to explain it to my son.

Bud Light = Fail on all attempts
Budweiser saloon Tiny Dancer = Fail

Oh after the Kim Kardashian workout commercial my son was like, "Uuhhh ok that was weird." I just nodded and said, "Yes...yes it was." :ols:

[ACW]

The finger licking one was disturbing. I :ols: at the Roseanne and House one. Also at the "What's a Bieber" one.

[KDawg]

The Kardashian one was full of win.

[Forehead]

As a proud pug owner, the pug through the door commercial was the overall winner.

[Kosher Ham]

At least you guys can stop calling the girl fat because she has a butt.

[RonArtest15]

The Chrysler commercial w. Eminem was the best of the bunch...my other two faves included the VW (Vader) and Audi

Overall, I thought that the commercials were REALLY lackluster....i mean...it's 2011 and folks still find humor in dudes getting hit in the groin? SMH...

[SkinsGuy]

Didn't care for many of them.

The Vader one was a winner. I also chuckled at the Pepsi Max one where we could hear the girl and guy's thoughts.

The rest? Bleh. Though I did like the part of the claymation Eminem commercial where he started to sing and there is guy there pushing a button and bleeping out about 90% of his lyrics. :ols:

[Spaceman Spiff]

That one Pepsi commercial is getting a lot of flak:

http://blog.classyblacklady.com/2011/02/racist-superbowl-commercial-pepsi-ad.html

http://www.change.org/petitions/boycott-pepsi---racist-superbowl-commercial-stereotypes-black-women

[AsburySkinsFan]

That one Pepsi commercial is getting a lot of flak:

http://blog.classyblacklady.com/2011/02/racist-superbowl-commercial-pepsi-ad.html

http://www.change.org/petitions/boycott-pepsi---racist-superbowl-commercial-stereotypes-black-women

:yawnee:
Where are the blog complaints about the stereotyping of white males? "I want to have sex with her...I want to have sex with her...I want to have sex with her...I want to have sex with her..." As if all white men just think about sex all the time. I'm so sick and tired of all this faux outrage.

[Spaceman Spiff]

:yawnee:
Where are the blog complaints about the stereotyping of white males? "I want to have sex with her...I want to have sex with her...I want to have sex with her...I want to have sex with her..." As if all white men just think about sex all the time. I'm so sick and tired of all this faux outrage.

That's men on the whole, dude. ;)

[Major Harris]

That's men on the whole, dude. ;)

and controlling behavior is women on the whole, no doubt. :ols:

[Hersh]

:yawnee:
Where are the blog complaints about the stereotyping of white males? "I want to have sex with her...I want to have sex with her...I want to have sex with her...I want to have sex with her..." As if all white men just think about sex all the time. I'm so sick and tired of all this faux outrage.

That commercial was hilarious.
I agree that most of the Bud Light commercials weren't that good, but I did like the dog sitting one.

[RansomthePasserby]

That one Pepsi commercial is getting a lot of flak:

http://www.change.org/petitions/boycott-pepsi---racist-superbowl-commercial-stereotypes-black-women


"Many of us have a theory that the media's obsession with discounting and disrespecting the image of black women in the mainstream media is somehow associated with the fact that our current First Lady is a beautiful and classy black lady."

Wait, what?

[TD_washingtonredskins]

I liked the Darth Vader one and the "Reply to All" one. I'm sure there were other good ones, but I was running around during commercials.

[AllWorldSkinFan]

That one Pepsi commercial is getting a lot of flak:

http://blog.classyblacklady.com/2011/02/racist-superbowl-commercial-pepsi-ad.html

http://www.change.org/petitions/boycott-pepsi---racist-superbowl-commercial-stereotypes-black-women

As soon as I saw that one, I was thinking "uh ohhh, that one is gonna go over like a lead balloon".

[Tulane Skins Fan]

I actually liked the VW commercial with the beatle running through the forest. Simple, but it made me chuckle the way they did the slow motion.

[AsburySkinsFan]

That commercial was hilarious.
Oh I agree, I was just pointing out the absurdity of the claim of stereotyping when most of the funniest commercials use stereotyping of all different folks.


I agree that most of the Bud Light commercials weren't that good, but I did like the dog sitting one.
Yeah, that one was pretty good too.

[Spaceman Spiff]

If I'm Pepsi I would promise to make commercials that don't include black women so the whiny I'm a victim segment of them do not have a reason to friggin snivel. Oh wait then they'd snivel about not being in commercials or why is the girl light skinned with good hair? :doh:[COLOR="Gold"]


Well, that settles it. I vote for NavyDave as sensitivity consultant.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/CZt68ZK2tQY/0.jpg

[FinalBeast]

The Darth Vader, Bridgestone, and the House/Mean Joe ones were my favorites. The Doritos bringing things back to life was pretty good also.

[SonOfWashington]

That one Pepsi commercial is getting a lot of flak:

http://blog.classyblacklady.com/2011/02/racist-superbowl-commercial-pepsi-ad.html

http://www.change.org/petitions/boycott-pepsi---racist-superbowl-commercial-stereotypes-black-women
Have you seen this racist Pepsi commercial that negatively stereotypes black women as angry and violent yet? In it a black woman bullies her black husband for eating bad things and at the end throws a can of Pepsi at a white woman he smiles at. Think I'm kidding? View the video here (you may have to click to see it on Youtube):Yes I do think you're kidding. Kidding that you are upset over this nonsense.


My God, people will ***** about ANYTHING.


Ok, so I agree that the commercial is depicting Black women as being controlling but it is also racist against white women. Why in the world did pepsi think it would be a good idea for a black woman to throw a can of soda and hit the white woman! They really did not think this commercial through very well!
:doh:

I ALREADY HATE THE OFFSEASON.

[skinsfan_1215]

Groupon exploiting Tibet worse than China does was the lowlight of the night, imo.

[Sticksboi05]

Vader wins easily. Super 8 trailer was sick. House aka Mean Joe Greene was funny. Kardashian = win. Liked the sitcoms one.

[pjfootballer]

I think they try too hard nowadays. I chuckled at a few, but overall, nothing struck me as good or brilliant.

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

As a proud pug owner, the pug through the door commercial was the overall winner.

This.

(Family's got two pugs.)

[Hubbs]

That one Pepsi commercial is getting a lot of flak:

http://blog.classyblacklady.com/2011/02/racist-superbowl-commercial-pepsi-ad.html

http://www.change.org/petitions/boycott-pepsi---racist-superbowl-commercial-stereotypes-black-women

Interesting. I wonder how racist it is to automatically assume that the producers of that commercial made the girlfriend angry because she's black, rather than the alternative explanation that they wanted to make a commercial about an angry girlfriend and happened to cast a black woman?

[Sweet Sassy Molassy]

Interesting. I wonder how racist it is to automatically assume that the producers of that commercial made the girlfriend angry because she's black, rather than the alternative explanation that they wanted to make a commercial about an angry girlfriend and happened to cast a black woman?

Agreed, I watched it, and the commercial made me feel just a little bit weird, not so much the angry black chick, just the concept in general. Maybe if she had thrown the Pepsi in the dudes face, and he ducked it and the couple had run off, maybe that would have been a better concept. But I didn't find it racist. Though in the write-ups it seems the context of the ad is misrepresented. She doesn't throw the Pepsi at the white chick, she throws it at her dude who ducks the can, and it hits the white girl. Either way, I don't think it was necessarily racist. If I dig deeper I can see it, but I think at that point it's all unnecessary speculation.

[KDawg]

Agreed, I watched it, and the commercial made me feel just a little bit weird, not so much the angry black chick, just the concept in general. Maybe if she had thrown the Pepsi in the dudes face, and he ducked it and the couple had run off, maybe that would have been a better concept.

Isn't that exactly what happened?

[Sweet Sassy Molassy]

Isn't that exactly what happened?

My bad, I meant it like when a guy has a drink thrown in his face at the bar. Make sense?

[China]

No mention of the Joan Rivers train wreck?

[Sweet Sassy Molassy]

No mention of the Joan Rivers train wreck?

I hate all of GoDaddy's commercials anyway, so this one was par for the course.

[Mr. Sinister]

Groupon exploiting Tibet worse than China does was the lowlight of the night, imo.

I agree wholeheartedly. That wasn't funny at all, and I have no idea how the people that made it thought that would go over well.

And I lol'd at the Doritos commercial where the guy spills the urn and the dudes grandfather comes back to life. That, Little Vader, Kim K, and the Snickers commercial with Roseanne getting blasted by the log are my favorites.

[GoSkinsGo]

I got a kick out of the Bridgestone beaver commercial. The guy swerves to hit the beaver then the beaver topples the tree and gives the ches pat 'I got you' point.

[Darth Tater]

Spartacus87,

Sofia Vergara in a tight Redskins shirt +1.

[Sweet Sassy Molassy]

Groupon exploiting Tibet worse than China does was the lowlight of the night, imo.

agreed on that one.

[Darth Tater]

Interesting. I wonder how racist it is to automatically assume that the producers of that commercial made the girlfriend angry because she's black, rather than the alternative explanation that they wanted to make a commercial about an angry girlfriend and happened to cast a black woman?
If anybody should be offended about racial stereotyping in this commercial, its probably the black male.

[ACW]

I WISH Kardashian was full of win. Of course, FIRST I'd need to change my name to Win...:drooley:

[Pick6]

Little Vadar was the best. The Bridgestone beaver and Roseanne snickers were a close second. I actually thought that the KK commerical was a little strange since she become famous for a sex tape, but I guess if you only got one talent use it.

[ConnSKINS26]

Don't know if its been pointed out yet, but Sofia Vergara isn't a Skins fan...it was edited:

http://www.fatpickled.com/?p=3411

[Lombardi's_kid_brother]

The Chryslter/Eminem ad was awesome, I thought. That hook from "Lose Yourself" is like the Rocky music of the 21st Century. You could put any action to it and it would be inspiring.

[Toe Jam]

The Chryslter/Eminem ad was awesome, I thought. That hook from "Lose Yourself" is like the Rocky music of the 21st Century. You could put any action to it and it would be inspiring.

Yup. That was the best commercial.

[Spartacus87]

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local-beat/Childrens-Hospital-Patient-Stars-in-Super-Bowl-Ad-115453244.html


A 6-year-old heart patient from Children's Hospital Los Angeles appeared in a Super Bowl commercial Sunday, playing Darth Vader in a car commercial.

Max Pagehasm, who is also part of the cast of "The Young and the Restless" was the little "man behind the Darth Vader mask'' in a Volkswagen ad that aired during Super Bowl XLV.

Max took off his mask Monday on TODAY. He said he had never seen Star Wars, so he didn't know a lot about the character he was playing.

When Max was just 4 months old, he was diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart defect. His parents, Buck and Jennifer Page, brought Max to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, where he received a pacemaker.

"Max's prognosis going forward is very good,'' said Dr. Michael Silka, head of the hospital's Division of Cardiology and Max's pediatric cardiologist. "He can essentially have normal activity and with careful care, a full life is a reasonable expectation.''

Max's parents see the attention as an opportunity to reach out to parents whose children suffer from heart conditions.

[ConnSKINS26]

At least you guys can stop calling the girl fat because she has a butt.

Why? As if she wasn't CGI'd and airbrushed as hell in that commercial.

[Mr. Sinister]

Why? As if she wasn't CGI'd and airbrushed as hell in that commercial.

No. she has definitely slimmed down recently.

[Darth Tater]

Don't know if its been pointed out yet, but Sofia Vergara isn't a Skins fan...it was edited:

http://www.fatpickled.com/?p=3411
You are an evil, evil person for stomping on my dream! :(

[ConnSKINS26]

No. she has definitely slimmed down recently.

I'll take your word for it. She was still airbrushed. Which isn't anything to be ashamed of...every celebrity is "edited", in commercials, pictures, etc.


You are an evil, evil person for stomping on my dream! :(

Sorry man. I was sad too :(

[Spartacus87]

Why? As if she wasn't CGI'd and airbrushed as hell in that commercial.

No. she has definitely slimmed down recently.
I think the point is that she's not as fat as some people make her out to be.

Like Predicto when he posts the same 2 pictures from a couple years ago of her in a bikini.

[ConnSKINS26]

I think the point is that she's not as fat as some people make her out to be.

Like Predicto when he posts the same 2 pictures from a couple years ago of her in a bikini.

Fair enough. I would never call her legitimately "fat" in the first place. I'm just on board with the people who say that for someone who's really only famous because she's "hot" or a sex symbol....she really isn't.

Which isn't to imply that I wouldn't hit that.

[Kosher Ham]

^^^ Thus making her a sex symbol.

:doh:

[ConnSKINS26]

^^^ Thus making her a sex symbol.

:doh:

No. Any normal guy wouldn't kick her out of bed...it doesn't mean she deserves to be a national sex symbol. That's reserved for another level of hotness...almost an unattainable level, if any of us non-famous schmucks are being honest.

[Kosher Ham]

Have you seen a picture of Billy Bob Thornton ?

Honestly... any guy can get any girl if he has his own stuff in check. Kevin Federline was not famous when he started dating a sex symbol.

[ConnSKINS26]

Have you seen a picture of Billy Bob Thornton ?

Honestly... any guy can get any girl if he has his own stuff in check. Kevin Federline was not famous when he started dating a sex symbol.

Billy Bob Thornton is a movie star. Not on the Brad Pitt/Tom Cruise/etc. level, but the guy's got money and fame. His looks don't factor into it. You think Kim Kardashian would have ever dated Miles Austin, or known that he existed even when he was in the NFL, before he broke out and became a star player? Hell no.

When it comes to a guy without the fame and riches, the looks do matter, when you're talking about a famous woman.

Obviously, all bets are off when it comes to two non-famous people, no matter the looks.

And Kevin Federline was a decently well-known backup dancer for many very famous groups before he started dating/married Britney Spears, who also probably wasn't/isn't mentally stable :ols: So he had access to a sex-symbol with mental issues.

That's a rare case.

[Kosher Ham]

It's not. Most hot girls are crazy. That is why Halle Berry has had a hard time keeping a guy.

[ConnSKINS26]

It's not. Most hot girls are crazy. That is why Halle Berry has had a hard time keeping a guy.

:ols: You know, in my experience, you're totally right on this point. For sure.

[ACW]

Don't know if its been pointed out yet, but Sofia Vergara isn't a Skins fan...it was edited:

http://www.fatpickled.com/?p=3411:obvious:

[ConnSKINS26]

:obvious:

Maybe to you. Many people around the board were saying that she was a fan, or wondering if she was. Why would that be obvious? It was a very small edit, as opposed to many of the large changes made to some of the other scenes in that commercial (for those who've seen those episodes of those shows)

[ACW]

Maybe to you. Many people around the board were saying that she was a fan, or wondering if she was. Why would that be obvious? It was a very small edit, as opposed to many of the large changes made to some of the other scenes in that commercial (for those who've seen those episodes of those shows)They were all edits. Fonzie a Packers fan? Newman a Cowboys fan?

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And I'm still trying to figure out...the "Your rack is unreal" one...was it THAT blatant, because if so I'm SHOCKED it got through.

[renaissance]

I really liked the Darth Vader one and the Eminem/Chrysler/Detroit one. The ones I hated were the groupon (or whatever they were) ones where someone was talking about like the plight of the rainforest or some developing country, then talking about getting a groupon to go to a restaurant??? Did I miss something there or was that totally awkward?

[Larry]

Roseann getting clobbered by a log.

Darth Vader and Detroit were really good, too.

[WALEOVECHKIN]

The Eminem/Crysler/Detroit was definitely the best

[Spartacus87]

The Eminem/Crysler/Detroit was definitely the best
SKL254Y_jtc

[Mr. Sinister]

I was listening to 980 on my way to the gym, and Czabe was listing his top five. I can't remember all of them, but he had the "Reply all guy" and the finger licking Doritos guy in there. In both commercials, I felt that they were trying way too hard to be funny. I'm more of a "subtle humor" type of guy anyways. One came off stupid and somewhat forced, while the other one came off as mildly amusing, but very disturbing.

[Spartacus87]

I was listening to 980 on my way to the gym, and Czabe was listing his top five. I can't remember all of them, but he had the "Reply all guy" and the finger licking Doritos guy in there. In both commercials, I felt that they were trying way too hard to be funny. I'm more of a "subtle humor" type of guy anyways. One came off stupid and somewhat forced, while the other one came off as mildly amusing, but very disturbing.
I thought the "Reply All" Guy commercial was funny.

The only problem was that it was for Bridgestone Tires, but it didn't get that message across at all considering it concentrated on a guy doing crazy things like jumping out of a tree on someone or running into a meeting to take everyone's laptops so they couldn't read his accidental e-mail. It just showed some tires screeching around tight corners, but that could easily be a sign of him driving like a maniac, not him having great tires.

Humorous commercial, but bad advertisement. At least the weird Doritos one focused on a part of Doritos that a lot of people actually recognize and enjoy- eating the dusty bits at the end of a bag.

[Redskinzfan30]

As a proud pug owner, the pug through the door commercial was the overall winner.

Agreed. I loved that commercial.

[Sticksboi05]

Kim K isn't a sex symbol any more than dozens of hot chicks people know of today. It's hard to define yourself today because of the amount of exposure. It's not like in the 90's for example when you knew the true sex symbols that really stood out from the rest. (Pam, Cindy, Schiffer etc.)

[Bubble Screen]

Anyone that says the wouldn't hit KK, I would probably worry about.

[rictus58]

Jeep/Chrysler has been trying hard to re-image their line-up the past year.
I liked the Chrysler add during the SB.
I also liked this one which came out when they released the new Grand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uIBL_ei5VM

[Kosher Ham]

I know most people loved the Detroit/Eminem commercial...not so much for me.

It was long and reminded me how dead of a city Detroit really is. It was sad not entertaining.

[thebluefood]

I liked the Doritos commercial where the guy brought his buddy's grandad back to life was pretty cool. The other beer/Doritos commercial were pretty wretched, though.

I dug the CarMax ad.

The House ad may've been my favorite, though.

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Don't know if its been pointed out yet, but Sofia Vergara isn't a Skins fan...it was edited:

http://www.fatpickled.com/?p=3411

Yeah, I could tell everything in that commercial was shopped.

I mean, Fonzie in a Packers jersey? Norm in a CURRENT Pats jersey? Didn't that strike anyone else as odd?

[Bang]

I thought it was a very lame crop of ads this year.

All of the ones that i've been reading or seeing on the news for the "top ads" i thought were awful.
I didn['t think the "reply all" was funny, the kid in the Darth costume was cute, but not OMG Super Bowl Awesome... and certainly not "let's have him on every news show" good.

the pug was OK, but predictable. Doritos usually have some of the best, funniest and most creative ads, but not this year.
I did somewhat like the Detroit ad, because it was something different. A new message, and interesting to watch.

Overal, I think Super Bowl commercials are now suffering from "We have to make the most awesomest funniest commercial ever!" syndrome. They're trying too hard.

Oh, and i hate Go Daddy. As a web developer guy, I can't stand it when one of my clients tells me that is who they used. It means I have a ton of hoops to jump thru to get my work done.
But hey, titties! That's what Go Daddy sells. Tits. They're "services" suck. The only reason anyone ever uses them is because of tits in their commercials, and while i recognize that as effective marketing, it smacks of all the plastic packaging with no substance that our country seems to prefer these days.
Oh, and Danica Patrick isn't really all that. Joan Rivers is naturally funny (the only natural thing she's got left!) but all the Go Daddy commercials ever do is show me some whores. Nothing sexy about trash.

Usually after the Super Bowl there's one or two that stick in my head, and mostly all of this year's ads were totally forgettable.
Because it's Tuesday, and I've already forgotten them.

Oh, and Rennaisance,, you were certainly not the only one that caught the creepies watching the Groupon commercial.
I thought it was extremey tasteless, and it's actually the only ad I've seen since the Super Bowl, and it's just as classless the second time around.

~Bang

[SonnyRules]

Worst batch of SB commercials ever. Unless I lost my rumor; I didn't laugh at one commercial....sad.

[Lombardi's_kid_brother]

Kardashian is reasonably pretty and has huge boobs.

Isnt't that what America is really all about?

[Tweedr01]

My bad, I meant it like when a guy has a drink thrown in his face at the bar. Make sense?
Fred? Fred is that you?

[KDawg]

Kardashian is reasonably pretty and has huge boobs.

Isnt't that what America is really all about?

I'm going to go ahead and say it... this thread is useless without pics :P

[Titaw]

I actually liked the Ozzie/Bieber Best buy commercial.

"What's a Bieber?"
"I don't know but, it kinda looks like a girl."

:ols:

[ConnSKINS26]

I actually liked the Ozzie/Bieber Best buy commercial.

"What's a Bieber?"
"I don't know but, it kinda looks like a girl."

:ols:

And it was funny that that was actually Bieber saying that (made to look older), making fun of himself. Gained a little bit of respect for him there.

[Mr. Sinister]

Yeah, I could tell everything in that commercial was shopped.


Ditto.

This year as a whole , was pretty underwhelming, although there were a few bright spots. The E Trade baby was cool when they first did it, three years ago. Besides the E Trade app commercial, most of the recent ones have been pretty meh. They need to go ahead and kill that one, or find some better material.

[Titaw]

And it was funny that that was actually Bieber saying that (made to look older), making fun of himself. Gained a little bit of respect for him there.

I noticed it instantly. I'm all for some self-deprecating humor. Ozzy was probably that lost during the entire commercial, there was no acting going on he was simply lost!

[ConnSKINS26]

I noticed it instantly. I'm all for some self-deprecating humor. Ozzy was probably that lost during the entire commercial, there was no acting going on he was simply lost!

:ols: That's exactly what I said while watching it...I was like "he's not even acting".

[Hubbs]

Ditto.

This year as a whole , was pretty underwhelming, although there were a few bright spots. The E Trade baby was cool when they first did it, three years ago. Besides the E Trade app commercial, most of the recent ones have been pretty meh. They need to go ahead and kill that one, or find some better material.

I give the E-trade baby another year for "frowned upon in this establishment" alone. The first time I heard that, it made me spit out my water.

[Spartacus87]

Jeep/Chrysler has been trying hard to re-image their line-up the past year.
I liked the Chrysler add during the SB.
I also liked this one which came out when they released the new Grand.
I do like that commercial a lot.

The only thing that I find sort of strange is that they went to the trouble of licensing Johnny Cash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down," but don't play any of it except for the instrumental background. Granted, a song about Biblical vengeance isn't very applicable to selling SUV's to begin with, and it's a really cool instrumental background, I just thought it was random that they'd use that song without really using it.


And it was funny that that was actually Bieber saying that (made to look older), making fun of himself. Gained a little bit of respect for him there.
Unpopular opinion alert:

I don't think Bieber is that bad. His music probably is (although it's not clearly not targeted to me so I don't really care), but he seems like a pretty charismatic, self-aware kid.

[Skin'Em84]

I liked the pepsi max one with the date, where the guy's like "I wanna sleep with her I wanna sleep with her."

[Teller]

I liked the beaver commercial. The one where he chews down the tree to keep the guy from driving over the washed-out bridge.

I'm also extremely disappointed that the Jillian Michaels/Danica Patrick spot wasn't subsequently known as the "beaver" commercial. :ols:

[OU_skins]

Groupon has charity funds on their site for the exact issues "exploited" in those commercials. I guarantee you 90% of the people getting all self-righteous about those ads have never donated a penny to those issues. I'm not saying the ads were all that funny. I just wish people would quit complaining about the "exploitation" of something that they've most likely never made any effort to change themselves.

[Bang]

Groupon has charity funds on their site for the exact issues "exploited" in those commercials. I guarantee you 90% of the people getting all self-righteous about those ads have never donated a penny to those issues. I'm not saying the ads were all that funny. I just wish people would quit complaining about the "exploitation" of something that they've most likely never made any effort to change themselves.

Cry me a ****ing river.
It was tasteless.

~Bang

[Corcaigh]

Groupon has charity funds on their site for the exact issues "exploited" in those commercials. I guarantee you 90% of the people getting all self-righteous about those ads have never donated a penny to those issues. I'm not saying the ads were all that funny. I just wish people would quit complaining about the "exploitation" of something that they've most likely never made any effort to change themselves.

Groupon intentionally tried to create controversy, outrage and 'buzz'. It's a cynical marketing tactic. They have to hope the added notoriety was worth the backlash from the portion of consumers who will avoid the brand and their advertisers.

[OU_skins]

Cry me a ****ing river.
It was tasteless.

~Bang

I'm not the one crying. I was just making a point that Groupon has probably done more to change these issues than most of the people complaining about their stupid commercial.

---------- Post added February-8th-2011 at 09:59 PM ----------

I'm not going to win any argument about that ad. I understand people thought it was tasteless. I'm not trying to change your opinion. I just thought the ads were more mocking the American culture of ignorance and indulgence than anything else. People act like what they did was so horrific, but at the end of the day, the company is actually making an effort to change those things, unlike most people. Pardon me if thinking that makes me an *******. I try to not get offended by these kind of things. It makes life easier. I will say that I've thought about Tibet and Deforestation more the past two days than I have in months. Maybe those ads were effective in a sick kind of way.

And before you crucify me for defending the ads...re-watch them and ask yourself this: Is the ad mocking Tibet/Deforestation more than it is mocking the materialistic/ignorant/always looking to save money society America has become? It is really more self-deprecating humor than anything else, because our society is that shallow.

[thebluefood]

Cry me a ****ing river.
It was tasteless.

~Bang

And if BANG says its tasteless, then damn it it's ****ing tasteless!

[Kosher Ham]

Sofia -

http://a323.yahoofs.com/phugc/5gS.CQw0zj7I/photos/fddae273328fb3633d3f426068c20bd7/mr_55c2a538a0b3c9.jpg?ug_____DJr7ZO1PH

http://shine.yahoo.com/event/the-thread/can-you-guess-which-a-lister-was-spotted-without-make-up-2451696/

[Spartacus87]

So, Sofia looks like a regular above average looking 38 year old woman when she's reporting to a movie set at probably like 5 AM and really tired?

I can't believe it.

[Kosher Ham]

No, she looks hit.

[Spartacus87]

No, she looks hit.
Maybe in that picture at that moment. I can only really take that with a grain of salt though.

It's like when Predicto posts the same 2 pictures of Kim Kardashian looking out-of-shape in a bikini and claims that they're definitive examples of her being a fat chick.

[Hubbs]

Yeah, I could tell everything in that commercial was shopped.

I mean, Fonzie in a Packers jersey? Norm in a CURRENT Pats jersey? Didn't that strike anyone else as odd?

I thought the obviousness of the shopping was part of the commercial.

Who actually thought all of those scenes were real?

[Mr. Sinister]

I thought the obviousness of the shopping was part of the commercial.

Who actually thought all of those scenes were real?


According to ConnSKINS26, "many people on the board," who believed, and still do, that Sofia is a skins fan because of the shirt she was wearing.

[thebluefood]

According to ConnSKINS26, "many people on the board," who believed, and still do, that Sofia is a skins fan because of the shirt she was wearing.

"many people on the board,"

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQhTeDn0hV_7sgnTXmOxKTkk1cwhzkrM li4u2HIY5FgMJHLuv3EZA

[Hubbs]

"many people on the board,"

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQhTeDn0hV_7sgnTXmOxKTkk1cwhzkrM li4u2HIY5FgMJHLuv3EZA

Yeah, that directly contradicts the most important lesson bestowed upon us by the heaping helping of dramatic wisdom that was Men in Black: "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."

[Mr. Sinister]

: "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."

You know what, I think about that quote everyday. I didn't understand it when I first heard it, due to being a 9 year old kid, but now that I'm older, I've come to realize that no truer words have probably ever been spoken, whether it was a movie or not.

[Sticksboi05]

Yeah, that directly contradicts the most important lesson bestowed upon us by the heaping helping of dramatic wisdom that was Men in Black: "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."

Agent K

[ConnSKINS26]

According to ConnSKINS26, "many people on the board," who believed, and still do, that Sofia is a skins fan because of the shirt she was wearing.

I can't speak about the other parts of that commercial, but there were definitely tons of people posting on the board who thought that she was, or could be. Probably because the alteration to her scene was so small, it looks plausible.

[Hubbs]

You know what, I think about that quote everyday. I didn't understand it when I first heard it, due to being a 9 year old kid, but now that I'm older, I've come to realize that no truer words have probably ever been spoken, whether it was a movie or not.

I actually think that truer words were spoken very shortly afterward: "1500 years ago, everybody knew that the Earth was the center of the universe. 500 years ago, everybody knew that the Earth was flat. And 15 minutes ago, you knew that people were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow."

(Forget, for a moment, that the reports of "knowing" that the Earth is the center of the universe or that it's flat were overstated. The basic message of that line still resonates: Imagine what you'll know tomorrow.)

[Sticksboi05]

Love Men in Black. On a side note, Hubbs, BC is going down Monday. :saber:

[Spartacus87]

I actually think that truer words were spoken very shortly afterward: "1500 years ago, everybody knew that the Earth was the center of the universe. 500 years ago, everybody knew that the Earth was flat. And 15 minutes ago, you knew that people were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow."

(Forget, for a moment, that the reports of "knowing" that the Earth was the center of the universe or that it's flat were overstated. The basic message of that line still resonates: Imagine what you'll know tomorrow.)
I think about that part a lot actually.

It's fairly deep for a summer movie like Men in Black. Good lines though.

[thebluefood]

Love Men in Black. On a side note, Hubbs, BC is going down Monday. :saber:

Men in Black is a very under rated movie. I should see it again one of these days.

[Hubbs]

Love Men in Black. On a side note, Hubbs, BC is going down Monday. :saber:

You shut your mouth when you're talking to me. :pfft:

[Sticksboi05]

You shut your mouth when you're talking to me. :pfft:

Ha, truthfully I'm nervous. I really wanted BU to win (puke). BC is back at #1 and peaking. Will take a super-performance to pull this off.

[Mr. Sinister]

Imagine what you'll know tomorrow.

That one was good, but the first line always hits home for me. The one thing that sets us as individuals apart from a wild animal, is our highly developed brains. We like to think of ourselves as very intelligent, rational, compassionate people, yet our history as a species has shown many times that we're fully capable of committing truly horrific acts, especially when faced with a situation that challenges our belief system/something we can't comprehend. We tend to become hostile.

That's why I'm completely captivated by movies like The Matrix, Armageddon, Invasion, I Am Legend, etc. I always find myself wondering what I'd do if I knew that the world was coming to an end tomorrow. How would I react? What would I do if I somehow found out that I was living in some sort of controlled alternate reality? Would I accept it? Or would I struggle to come to grips with it, lashing out in the process? It really takes you on a mindtrip.

---------- Post added February-9th-2011 at 11:11 PM ----------


I think about that part a lot actually.

It's fairly deep for a summer movie like Men in Black. Good lines though.

Yeah, although it was meant to be sci-fi/comedy action flick, it definitely had some serious philosophical undertones.

* Eh, sorry for the minor derail here.

[renaissance]

On a side note, Hubbs, BC is going down Monday. :saber:

NU was getting some love by the announcers for the Bruins game last night.

[LeesburgSkinFan]

I liked the Groupon commercials; they were clever. And it's not like anyone really cares about Tibet or the Brazillian rainforests anyway.

[ConnSKINS26]

I liked the Groupon commercials; they were clever. And it's not like anyone really cares about Tibet or the Brazillian rainforests anyway.

Wow.

[thebluefood]

I liked the Groupon commercials; they were clever. And it's not like anyone really cares about Tibet or the Brazillian rainforests anyway.

The saddest part about this post? It's probably a very accurate description of many people in this country.

[ConnSKINS26]

The saddest part about this post? It's probably a very accurate description of many people in this country.

You know, that's probably true.

[Sticksboi05]

NU was getting some love by the announcers for the Bruins game last night.

It's going to take a miracle to win Monday. We play BC three straight games actually. Beanpot Monday then at Conte Forum Friday and then at Matthews Saturday. It is going to get ugly and fast. Also surprised at how poorly Minnesota is doing this season but as long as they make the WCHA Tournament anything can happen.