OT: So How About Those Superbowl Commercials?
Man, they were terrible. Way too serious... The SJW commercials are fine and dandy every once in awhile, but it felt like every other commercial was about some depressing cause that totally killed the mood. I know it's the Superbowl, more viewers and awareness yada yada, but Nationwide even had a dead kid commercial in there...seriously?
The Liam Neeson and Fiat ones were probably the best ones.
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:02 AM ^
That one that ended with the kid saying "...because I died in an accident."
CUMONG MAN. It's the Super Bowl.
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:20 AM ^
It's funny at first and then you're just like wait... aw man.
February 2nd, 2015 at 11:38 AM ^
That is a meme. What you posted is a .gif.
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:34 AM ^
Too soon?
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:52 AM ^
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February 2nd, 2015 at 7:09 AM ^
And I thought this was the worst use of unnecessary child-based fear mongering.
February 2nd, 2015 at 9:29 AM ^
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:04 AM ^
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February 2nd, 2015 at 12:10 AM ^
From the first ten seconds on, all I could think of was "please don't let this be about a kid with cancer."
And then, a freaking bathtub full of water and shit. It was even worse. I mean, what the hell. How is that even a way to sell insurance? Preventable accidents?
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:19 AM ^
I majored in Advertising in college and the first rule of advertising that every one of my professors would constantly pound into my head was, "Make sure that your message is simple, clear, and easy to understand,"
So, if someone asked me what Nationwide's message was, I would say that it felt like they were telling me to buy life insurace for my child because I never know when my neglect might get them killed.
Horrible, horrible, horrible idea/execution/everything. This should not have ever been brought up even in brainstorming.
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:33 AM ^
Make a commerical everyone will be talking about after. They win. Here we are talking about Nationwide
February 2nd, 2015 at 1:25 AM ^
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:20 AM ^
how I will never buy anything from fucking Nationwide ever in my enitre fucking life, and neither will anyone else in my entire extended family.
If that is what they wanted, then they got it.My sister-in-law (Pats fan) lost her 8-year old son (to a sudden illness, not a "preventable accident") last June. The commercial was horrifying to not just her, but to our entire family.
February 2nd, 2015 at 9:42 AM ^
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February 2nd, 2015 at 9:24 AM ^
Perhaps equally as pathetic was Nationwide's "we weren't trying to sell insurance" excuse (and their feigned interest in children's safety). Just own up to the fact that your marketing department made a huge, costly mistake.
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:02 PM ^
Their patheitic "we are just trying to raise awareness about childhood accidents, please go to this website, which is TOTALLY different than the website that we sell insurance on, really it is!" garbage is just embarassing.
I can understand a small brand wanting to start off a firestorm like this, but Nationwide? Everyone watching the NFL already knew about them because they advertise incessantly.
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:04 AM ^
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February 2nd, 2015 at 12:24 AM ^
That was my favorite as well, followed by the Fiat commercial and the phone charger commercial where the dog was walking a man. Slim pickings this year and the sentimental shit got old real quick.
Edit: Forgot about the avocado one, I'd put that 2nd.
February 2nd, 2015 at 7:34 AM ^
WTF, LOL, ewww, weird .... and you are left with undesireable images stuck in your mind + Loctite
February 2nd, 2015 at 10:20 AM ^
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:04 AM ^
The horses saving the puppy was cute.
The one with the guy just humming at the bed side of the girl was just hilarious because it made no sense.
Other than that......surprised there were no hilarious Doritos commercials.
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:08 AM ^
"The guy humming at the bedside"?
Do you really not know who Jeff Bridges is?
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:23 AM ^
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:46 AM ^
The commercial really tied the Super Bowl together.
EDIT: If you go to the link in the commercial, you can download the album. It's Jeff Bridges just rambling into what sounds like a cheap recorder backed by new agey horror movie music. This is amazing.
February 2nd, 2015 at 6:58 AM ^
I think it's safe to say WD knows more about memorabilia than movies
February 2nd, 2015 at 8:07 AM ^
The sick thing is he tries to make the references, but doesn't even know the movie.
February 2nd, 2015 at 10:05 AM ^
February 2nd, 2015 at 10:15 AM ^
You're out of your element.
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:26 AM ^
Dont recall that name on the roster. What year did he play?
/s
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:28 AM ^
Dude. If Brian sees this, the rest of your point total is toast. Go watch Big Lewbowski. Now. At the very least.
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:36 AM ^
He was probably 2 or 3 years old when Lebowski was released.
I didn't appreciate that film (or the greatness that is Jeff Bridges) when I was 18-20, either, man.
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:52 AM ^
Shit that movie is older than I realized.
It's not like I was giving him shit for never seeing Tron.
February 2nd, 2015 at 1:27 AM ^
February 2nd, 2015 at 7:01 AM ^
Cumong, Tron!?
February 2nd, 2015 at 7:37 AM ^
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:39 AM ^
I'm familar with the movie's memes. "yeah, well, that's just like, your opinion, man."
What can I say? I'm behind on the movie thing. I didn't see Billy Madison until two years ago (Ace's favorite movie).
I've never seen any of the Godfather movies, either and saw Star Wars V for the first time last year. The only one I saw prior to that was III when it came out like 10 years ago.
95% of the time I'm watching something, it's sports or sports-related.
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:45 AM ^
Maybe branch out a bit?
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:49 AM ^
+1 for relevant username.
February 2nd, 2015 at 1:31 AM ^
I'm with WD on this one... name 10 movies and I probably haven't seen 9 of them. I've got too much other stuff going on in my life and not to mention I've flown 120,000 miles in the last two years. Plus, there are too many people in Hollywood I'd rather NOT spend my $$$ on.
Funny story from a couple of years ago... I'm watching my nieces (grade school age) because mom and dad had to leave town on an emergency. When I put them to bed, they were pissed their room didn't have a TV in it. In fact, they told me, "you must be poor because your house only has one TV!"
February 2nd, 2015 at 1:40 AM ^
February 2nd, 2015 at 9:39 AM ^
Sleep keeps me busy. When I was in London last November, I worked a 26 hour day. 2 hours of sleep -- then clubbing with friends... I slept the entire plane ride back; I was out as soon as we boarded.
February 2nd, 2015 at 9:42 AM ^
Cool man.
February 2nd, 2015 at 10:54 AM ^
Not cooler than his avi.
February 2nd, 2015 at 11:59 AM ^
If Fred Durst and Kid Rock can do ballads, Caillou can be a gansta.