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Superbowl ads- 1st half scoreboard
Posted by: Al Ameriki ()
Date: February 01, 2015 07:55PM

Nationwide (invisible girl): STUPID and INANE

Budweiser: Dumb

Coke: Ridiculous and Stupid

Nissan: MAJOR stupid

McDonalds: Sickening and stupid

Fiat: Disturbing. Do we really need ads with a hard dick theme?

And I have no idea what the ad was for with Kim Kanye West, other than for her to show off her fat ass.



***The only amusing ad I saw was the Doritos ad***


And would someone please ask Hollyweird why we need a 4th Jurassic Park, a 5th Terminator and a 7th Fast and Furious. Are they just incapable of an original idea for a movie anymore?

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Re: Superbowl ads- 1st half scoreboard
Posted by: just curious ()
Date: February 01, 2015 07:58PM

Al Ameriki Wrote:
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> And would someone please ask Hollyweird



Why do you call it "Hollyweird"?

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Re: Superbowl ads- 1st half scoreboard
Posted by: i see ip's ()
Date: February 01, 2015 08:04PM

Oh goodie, Stabitha is back.

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Re: Superbowl ads- 1st half scoreboard
Posted by: yahho ()
Date: February 01, 2015 08:20PM

"I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it's because in addition to the fact that the sea changes, and the light changes, and ships change, it's because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea - whether it is to sail or to watch it - we are going back from whence we came.

[Remarks from President John F. Kennedy at the Dinner for the America's Cup Crews, September 14 1962]”

I just leaned something from a commercial.

It is a a shame today's politicians cant reference evolution without being attacked by the evangelicals.

There are already over 650 thumbs down and a dozen negative comments on Facebook about this commercial.

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Re: Superbowl ads- 1st half scoreboard
Posted by: Katy Horrible ()
Date: February 01, 2015 08:27PM

Halftime show- F

Possibly the worst Superbowl halftime show I've ever seen.

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Re: Superbowl ads- 1st half scoreboard
Posted by: Always ()
Date: February 01, 2015 08:36PM

Loved the "____ like a girl" ad.


Is it me or is this set of Superbowl ads just right for libtard social justice and liberation?

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Re: Superbowl ads- 1st half scoreboard
Posted by: wasted money ()
Date: February 01, 2015 09:11PM

Always Wrote:
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> Loved the "____ like a girl" ad.
>
>
> Is it me or is this set of Superbowl ads just
> right for libtard social justice and liberation?


Not really sure of the message other than we are running out of cross sections of people who we think are oppressed in some way. I guess the message may have been the self esteem of females is compromised. Since I have worked for many female bosses who have busted my chops, im not sure I would believe much of it.

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Re: Superbowl ads- 1st half scoreboard
Posted by: ffdude ()
Date: February 01, 2015 09:13PM

You had the Scientology ad. You had the Blue Angels fly over. You had the shot of the guys in Afghanistan, even though that war is over.

They did their best to make sure "Conservatives" were placated.

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Re: Superbowl ads- 1st half scoreboard
Posted by: Social Justice Warrior ()
Date: February 01, 2015 11:23PM

Yeah, that's about right cause regular Americans need to be placated.

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Re: Superbowl ads- 1st half scoreboard
Posted by: Jonas ()
Date: February 02, 2015 01:32AM

yahho Wrote:
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> "I really don't know why it is that all of us are
> so committed to the sea, except I think it's
> because in addition to the fact that the sea
> changes, and the light changes, and ships change,
> it's because we all came from the sea. And it is
> an interesting biological fact that all of us have
> in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in
> our blood that exists in the ocean, and,
> therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our
> sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And
> when we go back to the sea - whether it is to sail
> or to watch it - we are going back from whence we
> came.
>
> [Remarks from President John F. Kennedy at the
> Dinner for the America's Cup Crews, September 14
> 1962]”
>
> I just leaned something from a commercial.
>
> It is a a shame today's politicians cant
> reference evolution without being attacked by the
> evangelicals.
>
> There are already over 650 thumbs down and a dozen
> negative comments on Facebook about this
> commercial.

I this keeps the Westboro-type evangelists off of the Carnival Cruise lines I may select this vendor from now on.

Good marketing strategy.

They always have the ark up on Mt Arafat to fall back on.

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Re: Superbowl ads- 1st half scoreboard
Posted by: yYG6D ()
Date: February 02, 2015 01:50AM

Al Ameriki Wrote:
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> Nationwide (invisible girl): STUPID and INANE

It was interesting.

Given the cost of these ads, I assume the approach - apparently an attempt to recognize and compliment an ethnic niche they'd like the business of - was focus-grouped. But maybe not.

The cab going past the woman and picking up the *black* man - whom cab drivers notoriously avoid - was a rather "edgy" take on a cultural trope -- essentially saying, on the American social scale, Indian women are lower than blacks.

So, she is "invisible" -- a la Ralph Ellison's "invisible man" (i.e., black men in America).

But, recognizing her invisibility, she then proceeds to act like a fool, with no dignity whatsoever -- would this appeal to the (presumably) targeted ethnic niche? (I can't imagine it would appeal to anyone else.)

The whole thing seemed "too clever by half". And of potential appeal only to a hypothetical micro-niche: Indian women with a "war on women" mentality crossed with resentment at, or at least perception of, racist attitudes -- and not especially angry about these things, but rather able to take them in stride, and laugh knowingly apparently both at their own attitudes and the perceived racism (which is exposed as imaginary in the Matt Damon exchange?? Or is Nationwide holding itself out as the corporate equivalent of the liberal, enlightened, non-pandering Damon - the good American?)

Weird. I would be curious to know if it was the product of a creative department that was trying too hard to be clever and edgy, or one which based its approach on insights drawn from focus groups.

> Budweiser: Dumb

Contrived, but likely effective to the non-cynical, sentimental millions in the American heartland.


> McDonalds: Sickening and stupid

It appears that McDonalds has fallen out of touch with the American consumer -- is this an approach that will reinvigorate that relationship? Are they selling "Welcome to Costco, I love you," or fast food?

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Too, one wonders whether McDonalds employees have the performance skills to make such offers in a way that is charming and pleasant. It will require rather something more than simply asking, "Fries with that?"


> Fiat: Disturbing. Do we really need ads with a
> hard dick theme?

So long as we're selling viagara, yes, we do -- and big pharma has been pimping these sorts of visual puns for years now. I found the Fiat gag simultaneously grotesque, amusing, and disturbing. I wonder if the ad was aimed at men *and* women? Gay men?


> And I have no idea what the ad was for with Kim
> Kanye West, other than for her to show off her fat
> ass.

A cheeky appeal to the youthful niche familiar with the KK persona and antics.


> And would someone please ask Hollyweird why we
> need a 4th Jurassic Park, a 5th Terminator and a
> 7th Fast and Furious. Are they just incapable of
> an original idea for a movie anymore?

It's money that matters. Sequels and remakes of established hits is the safest way to spend the multiple millions it costs to make movies.

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