Mark Vader Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 So what were the best and worst commercials this year? Best: Tide: By far the funniest line of commercials. Bringing back the Old Spice guy and turning it into a Tide commercial was brilliant. NFL: Eli Manning & Odell Beckham Jr.'s dance was hilarious. Disney: The movie company was wishy-washy on whether they would debut a trailer for "Solo", but what we got was a real treat. The Infinity War trailer was very nice too. Netflix: Good trailer for their "Cloverfield" prequel. Budweiser: Water. Enlightening moment. Worst: M&M's: Red M&M turns into Danny DeVito. Completely lame. Amazon: Alexa loses voice. Nice try, but ultimately a let down. Kia: Steven Tyler. Silly T-Mobile: Babies. Condescending cultural issues. How does this make me want to buy a phone from them? We can't have the "please stand for the flag" commercial, but this one was alright. Groupon: Tiffany Haddish. This made no sense. Weirdest: Doritos Blaze/Mountain Dew Ice: Peter Dinklage & Morgan Freeman. Neat seeing the two actors, but the payoff was strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watkins101 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 The Bud Knight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 watched the first half's all in a row 2/3 were movie ads Budweiser trying to look righteous stealing an MLK speech was brutal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 i thought that was a car commercial..... 1 minute ago, row_33 said: watched the first half's all in a row 2/3 were movie ads Budweiser trying to look righteous stealing an MLK speech was brutal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndirish1978 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) Eli was the MVP - Dirty Dancing had me crying. Peter Dinklage Doritos was good too Edited February 5, 2018 by ndirish1978 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, Mark Vader said: So what were the best and worst commercials this year? Best: Tide: By far the funniest line of commercials. Bringing back the Old Spice guy and turning it into a Tide commercial was brilliant. NFL: Eli Manning & Odell Beckham Jr.'s dance was hilarious. Disney: The movie company was wishy-washy on whether they would debut a trailer for "Solo", but what we got was a real treat. The Infinity War trailer was very nice too. Netflix: Good trailer for their "Cloverfield" prequel. Budweiser: Water. Enlightening moment. Worst: M&M's: Red M&M turns into Danny DeVito. Completely lame. Amazon: Alexa loses voice. Nice try, but ultimately a let down. Kia: Steven Tyler. Silly T-Mobile: Babies. Condescending cultural issues. How does this make me want to buy a phone from them? We can't have the "please stand for the flag" commercial, but this one was alright. Groupon: Tiffany Haddish. This made no sense. Weirdest: Doritos Blaze/Mountain Dew Ice: Peter Dinklage & Morgan Freeman. Neat seeing the two actors, but the payoff was strange. The weirdest was probably the best for me. Anything Peter Dinklage is cool in my eyes. They over saturated the game with Tide commercials and they were poor imo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 The 30 seconds of dead air were the highlight for me. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewin Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) I liked the Tide ads not just for the clever idea, but also the execution - thought the guy from Stranger Things was perfect Thought the Eli/OBJ was a bit too long - could have got to the money shot much sooner IMO. All I could think after seeing it was how hilarious it would be if they did the lift as an actual celebration in a game now I actually really liked the Avacados from Mexico one - I chuckled out loud "the wi-fi is out!" I absolutely hate any earnest commercial overreaching to send a heartfelt lesson to the human race Edited February 5, 2018 by stevewin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBonhamRocks Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 I enjoyed Tide, Doritos/Mountain Dew, Giants dancing, and Solo/Infinity War trailers. However, still eagerly awaiting the return of PuppyMonkeyBaby. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 I liked the Amazon Alexa one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 5 minutes ago, stevewin said: I absolutely hate any earnest commercial overreaching to send a heartfelt lesson to the human race Seems consistent coming from a guy with Billy Burr as his profile pic. (I approve and agree.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) 16 minutes ago, row_33 said: watched the first half's all in a row 2/3 were movie ads Budweiser trying to look righteous stealing an MLK speech was brutal Wasn't that a commercial for RAM trucks? Edited February 5, 2018 by Mark Vader 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCity Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Eli/OBJ Dirty Dancing was brilliant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 10 minutes ago, Mark Vader said: Wasn't that a commercial for RAM trucks? sorry, could be, after the 4th attempt to look righteous i lost track 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewin Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 1 minute ago, whatdrought said: Seems consistent coming from a guy with Billy Burr as his profile pic. (I approve and agree.) I like Burr - but the avatar is also a McD reference - when they first hired him I thought they looked like they were separated at birth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Allan in MD Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Though it wasn't totally new for the game and was run right after the game ended, I love Geico's "Washington Crossing the Delaware Turnpike" add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 5 minutes ago, stevewin said: I like Burr - but the avatar is also a McD reference - when they first hired him I thought they looked like they were separated at birth Now I'm imagining McD doing standup... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big C Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 10 minutes ago, row_33 said: sorry, could be, after the 4th attempt to look righteous i lost track Think it was. Budweiser did, however, run an ad about them canning water for some area that was struck by a disaster or something along those lines. Seemed a little self righteous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobot Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Hate to be the Debbie Downer on this one.... but SB commercials have been terrible for at least 10 years now. Forced jokes that aren't funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Madness Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 3 minutes ago, Jobot said: Hate to be the Debbie Downer on this one.... but SB commercials have been terrible for at least 10 years now. Forced jokes that aren't funny. This thread is evidence to the contrary. #ursulaupper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMIEBUF12 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 What about the one that went like this? “When you cheat on your taxes you go to jail.When you cheat in football you get to sleep with a super model.” I thought that was a direct dig. at Brady and couldn’t believe a commercial like that ran during the superbowl.It was right at half time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 I liked the Cure Auto Insurance commercial: "if you cheat on your auto insurance, you get arrested, but if you cheat at football, you marry a supermodel." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art in PNS Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 No Great superbowl commercials as far as I was concerned. All way to PC , just plain boring. But the game was a winner !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Madness Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Too PC? Why would a laundry soap commercial need to be offensive or controversial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillyG Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 50 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said: The weirdest was probably the best for me. Anything Peter Dinklage is cool in my eyes. They over saturated the game with Tide commercials and they were poor imo. Just couldn't sink your teeth into that Tide, huh? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinatraSinger Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 I think the Tide commercials were brilliant. Not necessarily funny, but brilliant. I know that I was, as well as everyone around me, whenever a new add came on I would wonder if it was a Tide add or not. The people in their marketing department hit a home run, they basically piggy backed on all the other commercials. Anytime you see clean clothes, it's a Tide commercial. BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Grundy Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 The BUD KNIGHT!! Went into store, came out with beer. Told dude, "See you after the battle". Priceless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 42 minutes ago, QCity said: Eli/OBJ Dirty Dancing was brilliant. I boycotted the SB yesterday so have not seen many commercials. I did, however, see this one today and laughed my head off. Gave me a whole new (better) opinion of OBJ. What good sports the NY Giants are (no pun intended). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Fortunately, the games have been better than the commercials the past few years (how refreshing). Nothing struck me as memorable or effective for things I'd be willing to buy or causes I'd donate to. Which makes spending $5 million for 30 seconds of airtime a waste of $$$ IMO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayboy54 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 The Coke commercials were awful in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemma Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Tide commercial wasn't the funniest but it will have carryover. Real clever. Everything that is clean becomes a Tide commercial. Whoever came up with that will keep that account for awhile. Also, watching a couple of pros (Dinklage & Freeman) was unexpected fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriveFor1Outta5 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 59 minutes ago, Westside Madness said: Too PC? Why would a laundry soap commercial need to be offensive or controversial? They could have given us a live broadcast of a tide pod challenge. That would have been both un PC and awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 I thought the Jeep running over the serene waterfalls was really odd. How many people drive up waterfalls. I get it, it's a Jeep, but go around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 I expected a Cheetos commercial. Would have been much more appropriate considering the Cheatriots, than the Doritos spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 I was at a loud watching party last night so couldn't hear/didn't see many of the commercials, but I looked up the Tide series today and those are awesome! I think the Alexa one was pretty "cute" too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 28 minutes ago, snafu said: I thought the Jeep running over the serene waterfalls was really odd. How many people drive up waterfalls. I get it, it's a Jeep, but go around. I thought it was funny the Jeep ad came right after the one with Matt Damon talking about the need for fresh drinking water. Way to go Jeep! Screw up the water quality for people downstream... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Only ad I saw was for Fabrese - # Bleep don't; stink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 The Budweiser/water commercial would have been funny if they showed them putting Coors Light into the cans (same thing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Westside Madness said: Too PC? Why would a laundry soap commercial need to be offensive or controversial? Because people need to be upset about something. Edited February 5, 2018 by The Wiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, The Wiz said: Because people need to be upset about something. That needs to be in the Commercial Woman I Find Attractive thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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