I didn’t watch the game, but I’ve watched some of the commercials online.
I have to mention the Angelina Jolie assassin movie. Do they seriously expect us to believe that you can “throw a curve-bullet” by swinging your arm around as you fire the gun?
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I have to mention the Angelina Jolie assassin movie. Do they seriously expect us to believe that you can “throw a curve-bullet” by swinging your arm around as you fire the gun?
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As soon as I saw that scene, I predicted that, shortly after the movie’s release, we’ll see a news report about some moronic high school or college student getting killed attempting to duplicate the feat.
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Since I didn’t see an add depicting Buckwheat sucking down watermelon and grape soda under the watchful eye of his fried chicken eating mammy, I have no idea what point you think you’re making.
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Advertisements that re-inforce these caricatures take away from the individuality of members of other cultures and throws them all into a big, homogenous Other category, the first step of discrimination.
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I have to mention the Angelina Jolie assassin movie. Do they seriously expect us to believe that you can “throw a curve-bullet” by swinging your arm around as you fire the gun?
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No. But damn if it isn’t a neat idea. Was the gun kata stuff in Equilibrium all that believable either? Not really, but damn it was cool.
It’s a comic-book movie that just looks serious. Seems we’re getting a slew of over-the-top action movies lately. I still haven’t seen Shoot 'Em Up and dearly want to. This looks to be in the same vein.
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The second one with Richard Simmons was even better.
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That commercial would have been more funny if the driver decided to hit Richard Simmons at the end… lol
I thought some of the commercials were pretty good, but my favorite of the evening was definitely the Peps commercial with JT. He cracks me up.
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No love for the talking stain?
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Got me chucklin’.
Pre-game, they played the Holiday Inn commercial. Three guys working in a suite, one of ‘em humming REO’s Take it on the run, baby… very badly. Making fun of him, the other two join in … Aaaakkk hiii uunnnn deeee ruuuummm haaaaaaaabbieee… and thinkin’ they’re into it too he smiles and joins in again. Hilarious.
The New York Times has a nice little interactive graphic listing all the Super Bowl ads in each game since 1984 and allowing you to see some.
The Charlie Brown coke commercial was my facvorite.
Did you know Richard Simmons is going tobe 60 this year. Seems weird to me.
I was amused/appalled by the panda commercial. Not appalled in a shocked, offended way; more in a mild “:dubious: huh, they can get away with that?” kind of way. My friends asked me if I found the commercial offensive, to which I replied, “Why should I? I’m not Chinese.” 
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Did you know Richard Simmons is going tobe 60 this year. Seems weird to me.
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And Alice Cooper turned 60 yesterday.
