Thursday, February 15, 2007
Superbowl Challenge
It occurred to me that people may forget just how awful this year's superbowl commercials were. The chest-hair ripping, suicidal robot, and old Coke commercials were utterly worthless, and those who spent their time, stayed at the office late, wasted part of their lives putting them together. Madison Avenue should be kicking their own asses when a user-generated commercial beats their stuff out, except for the Fed Ex and the Bud Lite commercials.
I want to challenge everyone to remember this next year. Advertisers should be given an oppurtunity to recant. In the event that they do so, and the commercials are decent, then pardon them, and do what you usually do. If another series of commercial breaks matches last year's superbowl, then screw the commercials. If any of them are actually any good you can check them out on YouTube anyway (I don't think any advertiser will complain that people are watching their copyrighted commercials). Then nothing bad will happen.
In the event, however, that the commercials are as bad or worse, then it is time to realize that just like any other commericials, Superbowl commercials are useless and should just be skipped. Flip through the channels instead. If you're not a football fan, then you have 4 hours of your life back on a Sunday night. But you'll probably waste it, by reading this blog, or watching good commercials on youtube.
I want to challenge everyone to remember this next year. Advertisers should be given an oppurtunity to recant. In the event that they do so, and the commercials are decent, then pardon them, and do what you usually do. If another series of commercial breaks matches last year's superbowl, then screw the commercials. If any of them are actually any good you can check them out on YouTube anyway (I don't think any advertiser will complain that people are watching their copyrighted commercials). Then nothing bad will happen.
In the event, however, that the commercials are as bad or worse, then it is time to realize that just like any other commericials, Superbowl commercials are useless and should just be skipped. Flip through the channels instead. If you're not a football fan, then you have 4 hours of your life back on a Sunday night. But you'll probably waste it, by reading this blog, or watching good commercials on youtube.
Labels: Other News Items, Superbowl Ads
Monday, February 05, 2007
I want to tell the world that the Superbowl Ads were Awful
Here's some commentary from Yahoo! if you care to read that, but there are a couple things that went unaddressed.
1) Chevy had terrible and creepy ads. None of them were funny in the first place, but at the same time were all quite stupid. After the one with the old guys dancing around the car, I thought they were really trying to top the Whopperettes from last year (as a sidenote, the Whopperettes was funny, at least, in that Mel Brooks kind of way). But the suicidal robot was terrible. I drive a Chevy, and after those ads, I don't think I ever want to again.
2) Coca-Cola gets a big fat BOO! for not airing new ads; I had seen all of them before. If you're gonna get that many spots, you need something new. One new ad would have been better than this. I guess the fact that they can't make a decent root beer wasn't bad enough for them.
3) Budweiser's clydesdale "awwww" ad was ok, but didn't quite live up to the previous year's one. Granted, that was a tough act to follow, but still.
Honestly the Nationwide ad was one of the best ones, as was the FedEx ad, although I think my favorite was the Bud Light rock, paper, scissors one.
1) Chevy had terrible and creepy ads. None of them were funny in the first place, but at the same time were all quite stupid. After the one with the old guys dancing around the car, I thought they were really trying to top the Whopperettes from last year (as a sidenote, the Whopperettes was funny, at least, in that Mel Brooks kind of way). But the suicidal robot was terrible. I drive a Chevy, and after those ads, I don't think I ever want to again.
2) Coca-Cola gets a big fat BOO! for not airing new ads; I had seen all of them before. If you're gonna get that many spots, you need something new. One new ad would have been better than this. I guess the fact that they can't make a decent root beer wasn't bad enough for them.
3) Budweiser's clydesdale "awwww" ad was ok, but didn't quite live up to the previous year's one. Granted, that was a tough act to follow, but still.
Honestly the Nationwide ad was one of the best ones, as was the FedEx ad, although I think my favorite was the Bud Light rock, paper, scissors one.
Labels: Superbowl Ads
