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[joeyjoejoeshabadoo]

Loctite was the best.

The toe nail fungus ad was the most head scratching.

Budweiser's "we hate craft beer" ad was frustrating.

 

[Afrodium]

The Budweiser "we make beer for people who don't give a shit about their beer" commercial was the worst. Way to boast about how shitty your product is and expose how big of a threat the popularity of craft beer is to companies like Anheuser Busch (ah, who am I kidding, they'll just keep buying craft breweries).

 

[Lazyslob]

there were no good commercials. the fast and furious one was alright.

 

[Dai101]

LOCTITE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKe7j9tSwW4

What just happened?

 

[OneEyedKing]

Best: Like a Girl, really the only one that stood out to me
Worst: Nationwide for obvious reasons and the Jeep "This Land is Your Land" commercial for grossly misusing a great song to sell SUVs

 

[hydruxo]

LOCTITE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKe7j9tSwW4

I thought this was pretty awkward but I guess that was the point lol

 

[richiek]

The Snickers commercial with Danny Trejo and Steve Buscemi is the best.

 

[Afrodium]

The one where the dad was absent for his son's entire life but picks him up from school one day in a shiny new car from Nissan and makes everything alright was pretty awful too.

 

[Chichikov]

Fuck everything.

 

[Bo Knows GAF]

We were all talking shit about that Nationwide commercial all night at the Superbowl party I went to. What an awful ad. It worked obviously because we're here talking about it, but why the hell would you choose to air that? it's the superbowl, everyone is happy and the commercials are historically funny. Not cool

Clash of Clans was probably best if not at the top

The Mountain Dew commercial that aired after the game gets an honorable mention for me though, that was funny.

 

[HowZatOZ]

The Snickers commercial with Danny Trejo and Steve Buscemi is the best.

Sooo good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-...5114404&v=rqbomTIWCZ8&feature=player_embedded

 

[Penguin]

What was with all the mobile games?

Do they all make that much bank?

 

[freenudemacusers]

Fuck everything.

lol

 

[Zukuu]

It's telling how shitty the sport is, when there are 20 threads about its commercials, but only a single one about the game itself. lol

 

[hydruxo]

That Nationwide commercial was just super distasteful. Somebody is gonna get fired for that one.

 

[Dai101]

Sooo good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-...5114404&v=rqbomTIWCZ8&feature=player_embedded

Oh my god, that was fucking great!!

 

[kingocfs]

What just happened?

Tim and Eric happened.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

It's telling how shitty the sport is, when there are 20 threads about its commercials, but only a single one about the game itself. lol

some minutes ago mods closed like six different threads about the game. I Imagine they want to keep it in one thread.

 

[JasonUresti]

It's telling how shitty the sport is, when there are 20 threads about its commercials, but only a single one about the game itself. lol

Or it could be because there it an OT for the Superbowl to keep all the discussion in one place. lol

 

[Elitist1945]

Am I the only one who didn't find the Nationwide commercial distasteful? Sure, it was definitely depressing and unexpected, but they're bringing awareness to a GIANT event, which is good.

 

[hydruxo]

It's telling how shitty the sport is, when there are 20 threads about its commercials, but only a single one about the game itself. lol

There's an OT up for the game.

The commercials are almost as big of a draw as the game in most cases. Been like that for years. It has nothing do with the sport, good try though.

 

[canoli2006]

How about the Pierce Brosnan Kia commercial? I liked that one.

http://youtu.be/rSqqCI0LNHs

Honestly I just thought that the commercials were too safe this year. I like a little entertainment/controversy in these commercials. Ad agencies must be afraid that they might offend someone or group.

 

[hydruxo]

Am I the only one who didn't find the Nationwide commercial distasteful? Sure, it was definitely depressing and unexpected, but they're bringing awareness to a GIANT event, which is good.

It's not so much the idea of the commercial as it is when and where the commercial was being aired. Airing it during the Super Bowl where ads are primarily happy and funny is just not appropriate. They were going for shock value clearly and it was in bad taste.

 

[Einbroch]

The avocado commercial was pretty great.

 

[jamesinclair]

I dont understand how getting insurance saves your kid from dying.

Avocados was great. But why advertise avocados? Everyone loves them. Its like advertising toilet paper. Youll buy it anyway.

Car commercials all sucked predictably.

Liam commercial was good.

The Bud commercials which said "screw your craft beers" was a real WTF. Stick to puppies and horses bud.

The girls are good ad was ruined by the Always at the end. It just deflated the nice feeling.

Were all the ad agencies depressed this year?

 

[bsod]

Commercials were pretty bad this year. So much fake-ass sentimentality and celebrities selling bullshit.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

It's not so much the idea of the commercial as it is when and where the commercial was being aired. Airing it during the Super Bowl where ads are primarily happy and funny is just not appropriate. They were going for shock value clearly and it was in bad taste.

I don't think that commercial would have lasted long even if it had aired on a less public stage than the Super Bowl. "Buy our insurance because DEAD CHILDREN" is a really disgusting premise for an ad, period.

 

[LycanXIII]

It's telling how shitty the sport is, when there are 20 threads about its commercials, but only a single one about the game itself. lol

Because there's an OT for the game and a thread for each different commercial?

 

[hydruxo]

I don't think that commercial would have lasted long even if it had aired on a less public stage than the Super Bowl. "Buy our insurance because DEAD CHILDREN" is a really disgusting premise for an ad, period.

Agreed. It was an awful ad.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

It's telling how shitty the sport is, when there are 20 threads about its commercials, but only a single one about the game itself. lol

 

[friskykillface]

Nationwide has everyone talking about it though
They get the semi W

But yeah it was awful

 

[B.K.]

I thought they all sucked.

Was there an Age of Ultron TV spot? I watched and waited for it, but didn't see it.

 

[DonasaurusRex]

Nissan #withdad commercial was awesome

i agree, sadly i remember the add but forgot the product...go figure

the chevy one...lol i will at least remember it.

 

[Sanjuro]

The last two years have been the worst commercials. Someone sent them a memo to get all sappy.

I don't have any in particular I really remember this year, but they at least had a few which were funny. I was far more focused on gameplay this year.

 

[Zukuu]

Because there's an OT for the game and a thread for each different commercial?

Case in point.

 

[The Lone Courier]

It's not so much the idea of the commercial as it is when and where the commercial was being aired. Airing it during the Super Bowl where ads are primarily happy and funny is just not appropriate. They were going for shock value clearly and it was in bad taste.

I think it was just poorly executed. Its starts of with innocent over the top kid fantasies and then just abruptly cuts into the kid saying wait no I can't I'm dead. If they went more in line with this ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvLaTupw-hk it would have had more of an impact.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Fuck everything.

Commercial was absolutely horrendous but hey it lead to the creation of what might be my favorite meme of all time.

 

[The Cool One]

For those saying "like a girl", sure, good message, and maybe new to you, but not a super bowl spot. Airing since last June: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XjJQBjWYDTs

i knew i seen that commercial somewhere before

 

[mreddie]

Nationwide said they did the ad because of the exposure. It worked.

Also, the Snickers ad was good but sadly, I already saw it. Also, the Jeep ad felt misguided. The Dodge ad was more better handled.

 

[The Beard]

The one where the dad was absent for his son's entire life but picks him up from school one day in a shiny new car from Nissan and makes everything alright was pretty awful too.

Yeah, what was that shit ? They also ruined a great song in the process.

 

[Nothing1016]

I'm PhDFlores. Lol

 

[Autumn Wind]

I missed almost all of them except for just seeing the Weathertech one which I liked.

 

[Elfforkusu]

I liked the Nissan one.

BUT! That is probably because it had race cars in it.

 

[GtwoK]

I can't stop seeing people talking about this NAtionwide ad and posting pics all over twitter / facebook. But I can't find the damn ad anywhere. Anyone have a link / can explain what happened in it?

 

[jamesinclair]

I can't stop seeing people talking about this NAtionwide ad and posting pics all over twitter / facebook. But I can't find the damn ad anywhere. Anyone have a link / can explain what happened in it?

Have you considered looking at the OP?

 

[GtwoK]

Have you considered looking at the OP?

All I get from that is that the kid died in the commercial. Was it just footage of a kid dying or something?

edit: oops, I'm an idiot who cant see links

 

[jamesinclair]

All I get from that is that the kid died in the commercial. Was it just footage of a kid dying or something?

The link is literally in the OP dude. But here, Ill help

I think the obvious worst, for me at least, was this:

 

[LycanXIII]

Case in point.

Okay? Why would there be multiple threads for a single game?

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

I thought they all sucked.

Was there an Age of Ultron TV spot? I watched and waited for it, but didn't see it.

Disney wasn't going to spend $4.5 million for a sure thing, they probably use that money for the rest of their Marvel studio marketing budget than a 30 second ad.

 

[E92 M3]

Nissan #withdad commercial was awesome

I loved that commercial!