Super Bowl XL Ads

[citruscurtis]

Believe... believe... many commercials throwing the Hail Mary tonight.. and then again many commercials asking us to pray for mankind

 

[citruscurtis]

Thank goodness for the Olympics... commercials being run again

 

[sam_gordon]

That was the point... they were not stars and in their TV roles they were all losers....or nuts....had to have remembered the movie quotes

Huh? I wouldn't say all of their TV characters were losers. I was just trying to figure out who the ad was for.

And who was the guy w/Jennifer Anniston? I didn't recognize him.

 

[_19disnA]

On several of the ads it wasn't even clear what product they were pitching until the end of the ad. Think a lot of AI companies burned a ton of money on ads hoping we look at their website..................LOL. Reminds me a bit of all those crypto ads a few years ago.

The TurboTax ads stand out as strange and not really accomplishing anything. With any tax software the typical person just does a 'fill in the blanks' with figures from various provided W2, interest, dividends, capital gains forms.

That one religious organization has been buying ads on several big events the past few years. Who they represent or what they are actually promoting is never clear. Where they get their money, I have no idea. I assume the first thing their website does is ask for a 'donation' but have never bothered to look at it.

 

[BrianL]

Huh? I wouldn't say all of their TV characters were losers. I was just trying to figure out who the ad was for.

And who was the guy w/Jennifer Anniston? I didn't recognize him.

Yes, it was for Dunkin.

 

[Mizzoufan]

Budweiser has hands down the best.

 

[soccerdad72]

Huh? I wouldn't say all of their TV characters were losers. I was just trying to figure out who the ad was for.

And who was the guy w/Jennifer Anniston? I didn't recognize him.

I think it was Tom Brady

 

[sam_gordon]

I think it was Tom Brady

What was the "nuts" reference then?

 

[soccerdad72]

What was the "nuts" reference then?

No clue. Obviously it was a take off on the scene in Good Will Hunting, but no idea why he mentions nuts.

 

[BrianL]

No clue. Obviously it was a take off on the scene in Good Will Hunting, but no idea why he mentions nuts.

I believe they mean "donuts." It is a play on the Bostonian colloquialism, "How do ya like them apples?"

 

[hardcorestitch]

The most magical one of all:

 

[Nayan]

I liked:

The Bud commercial, then they show the shot of an eagle sitting on the horse (in stadium I think)
Halfway Insurance
Raisin Bran
Relax your tight end

 

[HopperFan]

Pre-Game Show
Half-Time Show
Commercials
Game

 

[hardcorestitch]

Pre-Game Show
Half-Time Show
Commercials
Game

I only listened to it via an audio broadcast instead of NBC… it only increased the spectacle…

 

[citruscurtis]

What was the "nuts" reference then?

Because All those actors drove the surrounding characters nuts.... including also #199... imagine how he drove folks nuts

 

[BrianL]

Pre-Game Show
Half-Time Show
Commercials
Game

That's about how I felt. Commercials were so-so overall, the game was terrible. I really liked what they did with the halftime show, even if the music isn't really me thing. I respect the artistry and liked that it was different.

 

[citruscurtis]

I liked:

The Bud commercial, then they show the shot of an eagle sitting on the horse (in stadium I think)

So why ?... I think it was a significant commercial in it's nod to commercial history ....so it stayed very low key and not all that memorable

 

[jimmymc]

The only two standouts were the Ritz and Dunkin ads for me. And even those were just alright compared to a lot of previous years.

So many AI ads that just reinforced how much I don't want or need AI integrated into basic functions. Great, an AI assistant can use hundreds of gallons of water to help you match the formatting on a spreadsheet. Maybe you can just make the formatting tools and templates more intuitive?

I did love Bad Bunny and Green Day's performances.

 

[BrianL]

So many AI ads that just reinforced how much I don't want or need AI integrated into basic functions. Great, an AI assistant can use hundreds of gallons of water to help you match the formatting on a spreadsheet. Maybe you can just make the formatting tools and templates more intuitive?

I mean, formatting on spreadsheets is already pretty intuitive! It's not hard. Format Painter is handy.

 

[Smugpugmug]

The amount of ads focused on AI and gambling was uh, pretty bad.