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Hey, I drive a Ford truck.

I am watching Gunsmoke on TV Land and recording the game so that I can watch the commercials later. Really don't care about the game, though.

Saw about 15 seconds of the pregame while I was starting the vcr. Was the entire pregame about freedom, family, and values? I think I am going to be sick. Stop with the ***** propaganda, all ready.

Ameriquest I think it was. The guy on his cell phone talking to his buddy saying "you're gettting robbed" while he's at the counter of a typical middle america convenience store? Laughed my butt off. (I don't know if it was new for the super bowl but it was new to me!)

VISA Check Card...Spider-Man saying "read my lips". None of the hero voices seemed right, except for the special guest star at the end of the spot.

I look at the Super-Visa commercial this way…

Sure most of the heroes look ridiculous in live action and the fanboy part of me thought they got them wrong what with the voices and Cap having super strength but – between the :whops, false alarm” and the special guest star – damn it was funny. In the end isn’t that what really matters?

Now if they’d just quit interrupting the commercials with the stupid football game…

The Visa Card people looked like they had gone to Universal Studios Mavel Land for those horrible costumes.

I guess I'm asking too much for the movie actors in their costumes in the Ad.

The Batman Trailer looked ok....I expected more...

CONSTANTINE: I hate to admit it, but I'm interested in it. Face it, we all know they should have cast Sting, but now that it's done, I'm curious to see whether it works as a film in and of itself.

Yeah, now that it's done, I'll probably end up going to see it. Though, at the moment, I'm leaning more towards going to see it to see just how bad it turns out to be....

(Yeah, I try to keep an open mind and not judge too much from the previews, cause they've led me wrong before. But the Big Ol' Crucifix Gun(tm) is weighing kinda heavy in my judgement here... *g*)

I think Paul was upset with some of the bad press he was getting as the halftime performer, cause that was the best I've seen him preform in few years. Of course it helped he went with 4 good rockers for the performance.

Pretty bleah game, with both teams luck it's tied. I really wish I had the US commercials right now...

Loved the Salute to Soldiers one. Hoped it put things into perspective for the people who used Sunday Bloody Sunday as music for the players.

Was that Clancy Brown doing the voiceover for the Honda Ridgeline ad?

Eh. Halftime was fairly predictable, but still good. Not like he couldn't afford more, but that was still pretty cool of Paul to give away his bass and his jacket like that.

At least it wasn't Pat Boone humming the Teletubbies theme song like Bill Amend predicted in Foxtrot... ;-P

Peter,

Did you see the very self-referential Fed Ex commercial with Burt Reynolds and the Bear?

Well.. you got the point difference correct in your prediction.

NOw what I've been waiting for.. The Simpsons and American Dad.

For Kolker's sake! I just wanna watch "The Simpsons" already...

I haven't been watching any of this. What is "Tostidos?" Is it anything like "Tostitos?"

Constantine? Sting?? Crimony, I hadn't even considered that, hadn't even put that much *thought* into it.

I was ambivalent about Reeves having the role. Now I hate the idea...

A bit surprised Peter didn't say anything about the Batman Begins tv spot in his commercial blog....heh

I have to agree with "Odessa steps magazine", whomever he or she is. That Fedex commercial cracked me up. Talk about post-modern post-structrualism(sp?) on television. Hilarious.

I'll second the fact that I'm surprised nothing was said by PAD about the Batman Begins trailer.

Not a great trailer, but it does intrigue. I've already seen a lot more than what any of the trailers have shown (thanks to the preview at the Chicago Con '04. Trust me, these trailers show VERY little.....

Oh, and I agree about Glenn Close joining the Sheild. I may have to check it out again. I quickly lost interest last year.

That Visa commercial put Marvel characters back 25 years. It was pathetic. No respect for the source material, bad costumes, Spider-Man was a soprano, and Marvel agreed to let its characters be upstaged by Underdog. My god, doesn't Marvel have a brand manager?

"A bit surprised Peter didn't say anything about the Batman Begins tv spot in his commercial blog"

He mighta missed it. Looks like he missed the Visa spot too.

Speaking of which, I must be the only person on the Internet not screaming that the sky is falling.

Alan Coil,
"Saw about 15 seconds of the pregame while I was starting the VCR. Was the entire pregame about freedom, family and values?"

Don't know. Didn't see it. But I can understand how upset you must be. How dare any telecast include such vile things!

"I think I'm going to be sick."

I'm shedding a tear for you right now.

"Stop with the ***** propaganda all ready."

Stop with the ***** bellyaching already, especially over something you admit you only saw 15 seconds of.
Maybe if you put more energy toward positive purposes, you'd learn how to spell already already.

Okay, the Ameriquest commercials are officially the funniest things so far. This one with the cat was even better.

Having married into the ownership of a Persian cat (whom, I admit, has won me over), this was without doubt the funniest commercial of the night.

Iowa Jim

Did you see the very self-referential Fed Ex commercial with Burt Reynolds and the Bear?

While not as good as others, it was at least more creative than many. I hope they run it again.

For what its worth, I loved the game. Especially the last 2 minutes.

Iowa Jim

Everyone Else,
Okay, on to the ads....

VISA - Some of you are taking this ad way too seriously. It was funny and memorable. And to be honest, I thought Spidey sounded a lot like Tobey Maguire. Just enjoy it for it is - a commercial.

CAREERBUILDER.COM - Laughed my butt off, at all three.

BATMAN BEGINS - Looks pretty cool. I like the tone, atmosphere and vibe I'm getting from it.

The "Thank You" ad was simple, to the point, and moving.

I enjoyed the funny ads and I was hoping for better spots for Constantine and Batman Begins, but there is one spot that I'll be remembering tomorrow morning.

The commercial that hit me the hardest was the one showing the soldiers walking through the airport and people applauding. As I was watching that ad, my Dad quietly said, "Nobody did anything like that when I came back from Vietnam." I told him that I think the same thing every time I see something like that.

Remember the soldiers who came before.

Jerome Maida---thanks for the personal attack.

I already know how to spell already. I simply typed it wrong. When you become perfect, then you can attack others. Until then, try to act like a decent human being.

Support our troops---bring them home.

Sorry Peter, but my friends and I have been using "Cadillac of cars" for years now to refer to my bud's caddy. You should work that line into a comic (coughxfactorcough) though, it'd be funny as hell to see in print.

Re: Visa ad. Um, *I* had a better Cap outfit for Halloween, and that was from stuff I had lying around the condo (OK, so not everyone has a lifesize Cap shield replica lying around the condo...)

"Cadillac: No one ever says 'The Toyota of' anything..."

As I recall, a few years back some Harvard students got tired of all the "Duke, the Harvard of the South", "Michigan, the Harvard of the Midwest", etc. t-shirts and made up one reading something like "Harvard, the Harvard of the world".

Btw, anyone catch exactly what name Comic Book Guy introduced himself by to Flanders in the Simpsons ep? I thought I caught it, but couldn't come up with a single reason why that should be his real name (and I've been told it's not coincidence that Comic Book Guy has initials CBG).

The Comic Book Guy's name is Jeff something...

I was too stunned to have the same actual name (as well as a very similar body) to him, although I don't wear shorts and my shirt is normally tucked in.

Comic Book Guy is named Jeff Albertson.
I don't know why either.

Loren
Was that Clancy Brown doing the voiceover for the Honda Ridgeline ad?

Yes, he's doing Honda ads now.

Hope the Visa commercial hits online soon, as I wasn't about to sit thru the game to try and catch it.

Chris

Sting would've been perfect for the Constantine role maybe ten years ago or so, given that the character is based on him and all, but he's gettin' older, y'know. I was thinking that Jude Law would have been perfect for it.

And I thought, in that Mastercard commercial, that they were eating fish. Cause it was Charlie the Tune who asked if they all wanted the casserole, and I just assumed it was a tuna casserole...

The link for Batman Begins isn't working right at this moment, probably because of bandwith issues, but for future reference...

http://www2.warnerbros.com/batmanbegins/video.html

You missed what we thought was the funniest commercial of the night; the Lay's potato chips one.

Check out Go Daddy's Bob Parsons' blog at http://www.bobparsons.com/ Apparently the NFL persuaded Fox to pull the second showing of GoDaddy's commercial AND pull their marquis spot (the "Super Bowl sponsored by..." segments right before or right after the commercial block). The NFL knee-jerks again, and Fox succumbs. This is not right...

I liked the reading of the Declaration of Independence reading, very moving. I liked seeing all those NFL greats with the various charities they're involved with. I did cringe a bit at Steve Largent and Focus on the Family.
They're like the Taliban.
The Ameriquest spot with the cat cracked me up.
Sir Paul was great as always. I kept hoping for Ringo to show up!

I still say that James (Spike) Marsters would've made a great Constantine.

You know, just a few short years ago, the Super Bowl used to be THE time to see the first tv spots for all the big upcoming movies.

Now they don't need to bother because of the Internet.

Well, the Patriots can beat the Carolina Panthers and Eagles by three points in a free agency weakened league.That is all the evidence I need to call them one of the greatest of all time.

AHHHHHHH must fight....ugh..media...BRAINWASHING!

::takes deep breath::

Not only are they not one of the greatest all time, I don't even think they could beat the old Bills teams that got thumped by the Cowboys. I don't even think they could beat the Bledsoe led New England squad that lost to the Packers.

Jerome wrote: "VISA - Some of you are taking this ad way too seriously. It was funny and memorable. And to be honest, I thought Spidey sounded a lot like Tobey Maguire. Just enjoy it for it is - a commercial."

No, that's exactly the problem, the folks who made the Visa commercial did not take the Marvel characters seriously.

As someone who has been in a position where image and brand management was paramount, the Visa farce was a big step backwards for the serious protrayal of Marvel characters in mainstream media, in my opinion. It hearkens to the "Sock! Pow! Bam!" stereotypical news portrayal days of comics, which, if you ask me, comics enthusiasts should be avoiding like the plague.

The Pats the greatest of all time? Nearly impossible. The very fact that it is a league "watered down" by free agency means that today's Pats would likely get creamed by any of the dynasties of the past. But that only makes their accomplishment that much more impressive, as they were able to form a football dynasty without really having a dynasty.

Wins alone don't make a dynasty: you need to win/rule with essentially the same team in order to have a true dynasty. Free Agency pretty much means that we aren't likely to see a true dynasty for a while, but this comes close.

I thought the Visa MArvel commercial was goofy. But it was a Visa add. That "Sock, POW BAM" era has a certain hold on people, and I don't see anything wrong with a little indulgence once in a while. And I think that's what it was, an indulgence to things gone past.

Batman Begins should more than advance any harm done by last night's spot.

What? No mention of the Godaddy.com ad? The woman with the Wardrobe Malfunction in the Committee Meeting? (Maybe you missed it during your break)

(It was **supposed** to air twice, again during the 2 minute warning, but the NFL got upset after the first airing, contacted FOX, and they replaced it with a Simpson's commercial)

more here

I enjoyed the Kinko's ad too about the 10 requirements of a Superbowl ad.

I think Joseph Fiennes should've been Constantine..IMO..

Ah...found it.

Superbowl ads (including the Visa and GoDaddy spots) are online here:

http://www.tubespot.com/index.php?index=superbowl

Bobb, I don't even think this team could beat the Kelly led Bills that were constantly thumped by the Cowboys.....

The Mustang commercial: For what those things are supposed to cost when they roll out, I'd be tempted to drop the top for a brief spin, too...but I'd turn the heat ALLLL the way up.

The Cadillac commercial: I see they said both cars depicted would be available "late 2005." I assume that means the V-series versions depicted in the ad, but it got me thinking: Cadillac has been showing that Corvette-based two-seater, the XLR, in ads for something like two years now. Has anyone ever seen one on the road?

The P.Diddy Pepsi-truck ad: That's pretty much what would happen. Snoop Dogg has sold a lot of Chrysler 300's and if 50 Cent gets the '06 Charger he wants it'll move a lot of those, too. Remember the film, "Get Shorty," where Chili Palmer gets an Oldsmobile Silhouette in a rental mixup and by the end of the film it's the It Car in Hollywood?

The Ameriquest ads were hysterical, as was the Brad Pitt Heineken ad.

My friends and I had fun coming up with songs Paul McCartney could have done that would offend people: "Why Don't We Do It In The Road?" or "Back in the USSR" or "Revolution" or "Run for Your Life," for example. Most of those are John's, though.
It was a nice set, though, and it was kind of neat to see all those people who were clearly too young to remember Wings, let alone the Beatles, getting into "Drive My Car" and "Get Back."

Okay, Peter, I need the numbers for the next Mega-Millions drawing...

Paul

I don't buy this "not a real dynasty" crap for one second. This is the NFL, not Division A-II. THere is a high level of skill in every player on that field. The "dynasties" of the past had a few name players on each side of the ball, but it's the solid play of the guys that aren't TO or Brady that win games. That's never changed. The Pats have that kind of group behind Brady, tough skilled guys that do their job. Stopping an offense like the Eagles is no easy task for any tea, not matter what decade.

I like the "the Cadillac of cars" idea -- but I wonder if anyone under 30 even knows what that means.

Is Cadillac still the gold standard of luxury? Wouldn't it now be "the Hummer of -" whatever?

I don't know. Is still think it would be funny as hell, though.

"No one ever says 'The Toyota of' anything." Heh heh heh.

Must admit I find some weird double standards going on when people will get hysterical over a rather ugly nipple, but it's perfectly okay to show an image of what appears to be a man having just emasculated his cat with a cleaver. What if some small child asked its parents to explain the joke to them?

Could anyone seriously suggest that explaining why a cat might have its balls cut off is less of a problem than explaining that girls have nipples?

"Could anyone seriously suggest that explaining why a cat might have its balls cut off is less of a problem than explaining that girls have nipples?"

Okay, it may have been that I wasn't watching closely enough, but it looked to me like--when the woman stumbled upon the scene--the impression she was supposed to get was that the guy had just killed the cat and was about to cook it up in the pot. I didn't any "he was about to neuter the thing" from the image.

Not that killing and eating the cat is all that much better, but still...

PAD

Regarding the BATMAN BEGINS trailer, I liked the line at the end it where, after test driving the future Batmobile, Christian Bale asks "Does it come in black?"

Also, to my knowledge, no one has said the obvious to the news that Liam Neeson is going to be one of Bruce Wayne's teachers in the film: Batman is going to be taught by Darkman!

Jason Allen,
"The commercial that hit me the hardest was the one showing the soldiers walking through the airport and people applauding. As I was watching that ad, my dad quietly said, 'Nobody did anything like that when I came back from Vietnam.'"

You know, there was a similar moment for me. I was watching the game at my dad's. When the commercial came on, everyone was quiet and he just quietly said, "Just like when I came home."
He never, eber mentions Vietnam. So that was powerful. He then said the commercial was "cool" and that he was glad today's combatants are being recognized in such a manner.

"Remember the soldiers who came before."
Amen.

Alan Coil,
"Jerome Maida - thanks for the personal attack."

It was not intended as such. But if you are determined to be thin-skinned, after making a bombastic, abrasive comment like 'Stop with the ***** propaganda already', then...you're welcome!

"I already knew how to spell already."

Good for you.

"I simply typed it wrong."

I thought that might be the case, but having it separated into two words led me to believe otherwise.

"When you become perfect, then you can attack others."

But if I were to become perfect, THEN my attacking others would REALLY be unfair.
It wasn't an attack. It's called being sarcastic. Please do grow up.

"Until then, try to act like a decent human being."

Do you normally overreact this way?

"Support our troops - bring them home."

Because, of course, supporting them WHILE THEY ARE THERE is apparently too much to ask.

Because, of course, supporting them WHILE THEY ARE THERE is apparently too much to ask.

Oh, apparently.

But it's not too much to ask for them to die for a pointless/worthless cause, to die not defending their homes, etc.

Apparently it's also too much to ask for Bushies to stop assuming that one means the other when it comes to supporting our troops and not supporting the (baseless) war in Iraq.

I'm horribly offended that they showed that convertable commercial three times, forcing innocent children to witness the horror or a man being frozen to death over and over again. My eight year old wasn't watching, but she *could* have, that's enough for me to write a letter. When is that kind of disgusting filth going to be off the airwaves?

Frankly the MAstercard ad with Charley Tuna serving tuna casserole horrified me!!!

The Batman Begins ad seems mainly to show "Hey look! We have major stars in this movie!" (though the one bit with Lucious showing Bruce the military car that becomes the Batmobile, makes me like the new batmobile much more..justifiying it in story, rather than just cuz it looks cool!).

What, no love for the Napster commercial? ;-)

--R.J.

Not that killing and eating the cat is all that much better, but still...

You are right. That makes much more sense in context. Don't know what was going through my head. Even so my point is still valid, as you indicate.

Okay, we're all comics fans and pop culture fans, so of course we're going to discuss how Marvel is being dissed (no worse than Jerry Seinfeld walking down the street with a cartoon Superman, really), or the inappropriateness of Charley the Tuna eating casserole -- but what kind of science fiction fans are you people?!?

*T*H*I*S* is the Ad Of The Year, hands down:

http://www.boldlygo.com/superbowl/video_rocket.asp

It's HAVE SPACE SUIT, WILL TRAVEL by way of STAR TREK, and you don't even have to collect soap wrappers or write a slogan.

P. A. D., are you going to space on the ENTERPRISE?

I will be.

PAD wrote - "CONSTANTINE: I hate to admit it, but I'm interested in it. Face it, we all know they should have cast Sting, but now that it's done, I'm curious to see whether it works as a film in and of itself."

I feel almost the same, except I probably would have cast James Marsters. He would have just had to have done his Spike performance without the vampirisim.