Oddly Uninspired & Unimaginative Superbowl Commercials

[Ash]

Is it just me or did anyone else think that the TV ads, which are a huge attraction of the Superbowl, were without a doubt oddly unimaginative and uninspired this year?
With the exception of the Budweiser ads which can always be counted on to entertain, hardly a single commercial was memorable.
Many of them inexplicably had a forgettable blandness to them.

I kept sitting there anticipating the commercial breaks only to be very disappointed when I finally watched them.
Uggh!  The people who designed the world's most expensive ads to get on TV  for this year's Superbowl need to be fired!

The Fedex ad with the alien with the mask on was pretty good but still seemed lackluster somehow.

The best by far was the Bud Light ad with the guys with the two dogs and how they're able to fetch Bud Lights for their masters.  
The other Budweiser ad where the donkey wanted to pull the sled with the Clydesdales was also great.

Other than that...DULL DULL DULL.

Did any of you also think the ads this year pretty much sucked?
I sure as hell did!

(Oh by the way, I write this with the half-time show playing....
OMG!!  UGH!!!!
If I wanted to see this s**t I'd turn the channel to MTV!)



Post Edited (02-01-04 23:01)

[Bgrade]

Half time shows are the worst thing that ever happened to the Superbowl.

Otherwise it was a good game.

As for Commercials.  
I did like the One with the snow volleyball. as well as the other Budweiser commercials.  The one with kids having their mouth washed out with soap was also good.


Tell Cadillac and Survivor to eat me.

[Brother Ragnarok]

I've been trying to get my roommates to make copies of the video (theyt had it taping) of Justin Timber(why can't they find him decomposing in the bottom of a)lake exposing Janet "Nearly As Much A Cyborg As Cher" Jackson's breast.  I checked, and there are already still photos and tapes going for in the vicinity of $20.  They have no sense of capitalism, I tell you.

Brother R

[Evil Matt]

I'm in total agreement.  I don't think anyone expected the actual game to be as good as it was, so they spent the past week building up the commercials.  There was so much hype surrounding the ads, they really couldn't live up to it.  That said, it's sort of like they didn't even try.  The Budweiser ads were good, and a couple of the new movies coming out (ie - Van Helsing) look AWESOME, but the thing that bothered me the most was the lack of Terry Tate, Office Linebacker.  That Reebok spot was honestly the funniest commercial I've ever seen.  I wouldn't even care if Reebok bought ALL of the Super Bowl advertising time and just ran the same Terry Tate spot over and over again.

[ulthar]

I agree wholeheartedly...very lame commercials.  Seems like some of last year's were funnier, but still not all that memorable over the long haul.

Being somewhat of a race fan (and Nascar commercials are the funniest in televised sports, as far as I know), I did happen to like the one with Dale Earnhart, Jr.

A couple of the Bud ones were okay, too, but a couple of them were kinda stupid.

Cadillac should ask for their money back.

Panthers ALMOST pulled it out!  It was a good game, overall, I thought.  At least it was close, not a blow out, which = boring.

[Cricket21a]

While i was driving home tonight. I was listening to one of those talk radio stations.  They had mention something about Janet Jacksons shirt being ripped off by someone else during the superbowl.  That has got to be so embarrassing for her.  Did they actually have that one TV?   I know it's live maybe and I didn't notice anyone mention it.  I don't really watch football, so i'm not really sure.

[Bgrade]

You wish it would have been embarrassing for her.... But NOOOO!!!!!

It was all intentional.  It was all staged.  It was all part of the halftime show. It was all stupid as hell.

Man, I hate most of  Pop Culture.

P Diddy, Kid rock and Nelly were ok.  Janet and Jason sucked bad bad bad.

[Flangepart]

What? No one saw the Simpson's Mastercard comm?
"I heard you! Stupid voice over guy..."

[Max Gardner]

Wasn't there supposed to be a new Hellboy trailer at some point during the Superbowl? That about the only reason I was watching it in the first place, and it never showed up, unless I missed it.

[Eirik]

I do not allow my family to watch the Super Bowl halftime show (I just don't think it's entertaining), so I missed Janet Jackson flashing her boob.  Someone told me she had a pastie on her nipple.  Who wears a pastie on their nipple when they don't expect to show their boob??  The whole "it was unintentional" cry from MTV - producers of the show - falls pretty flat.

And I agree with ASHTHECAT - the commercials sucked.  But then again, it is about the football game, and the game was a good one.

[ulthar]

Eirik wrote:


> And I agree with ASHTHECAT - the commercials sucked.  But then
> again, it is about the football game, and the game was a good
> one.

What is really, really sad is that the media and a bunch of other people seem to be prating on and on about the STUPID juvenile halftime show (which I did not watch either, I flipped over and watched Independence Day on FOX for a few minutes), and the commercials, while the game WAS a good one.  I heard today that there were several Super Bowl records set (such as longest td pass - hats off to Delhomme on a PERFECT throw, btw), and this is not getting covered.

Thanks, MTV and all the mindless idiots that think MTV is good for ANYTHING, for RUINING one of America's greatest cultural events.  Well, at least trying to.  The Super Bowl will be back next year, but MTV won't be on stage at half time.  NFL seems to have learned their lesson.

[-=NiGHTS=-]

Couple things, both involving nudity:

1) It wasn't a pastie.  It was actually a nipple shield--a metal sun-type thing that's attatched with a piercing.  Body mod stuff.  Either way, worst halftime show ever.  Shameless, shameless lip syncing.  They werne't even trying.

2) Did anyone catch the streaker?  They cut away from him really fast, right at the beginning of the second half, ran right out in the middle of the field naked, and dancing..  A New England linebacker FLATTENED him as he ran  by, chased by security.

My life is good.

[ulthar]

One of New Englands best defensive plays....but hey, not too many people can say they have been tackled by an NFL player while naked.

[jmc]

They always cut away fast whenever some moron runs onto the field.  

I missed almost all of it...didn't see any of the commercials.  My wife and I were busy packing for the extended stay hotel we're staying at for the next couple of weeks [place we're going to live isn't ready yet.]  

Last year I was working so I missed that one too.  

It seems like the Super Bowl has usually been pretty decent for the last six or seven years--there have been a couple of blowouts but some really good games too.  Much better than the Super Bowls during the Eighties and early Nineties.

[Velvet Brotha]

The beer commercial with the horse breaking wind takes the cake! I never laughed so hard in my life!!! : )