# Superbowl Commercial Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 26, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-commercial-thread/151104 "2003-01-26T23:07:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-commercial-thread/151104/21 "2003-01-27T05:49:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Smeghead \* > \*\*So am I the only one that thought the Hulk didn’t look particularly impressive? He looked pretty obviously CGI to me. \*\* That’s what I thought about the Matrix ads. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-commercial-thread/151104/22 "2003-01-27T16:54:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Natural-J-Bankie \* > **Well, I’ve only seen a few so far, but Superbowl XXXVII: Rise of the Machines was pretty damn cheesy, and possibly in contention for the worst Superbowl commercial.** T’wasn’t a commercial. T’was the opening of ABC’s Super Bowl Coverage! (To me, it seems that “coverage” in that phrase needs a capital. And an exclamation point.) [USA Today’s Ad Meter](http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/2003-super-bowl-ad-meter-chart.htm). Always fun. Rewatch your favorite Super Bowl Ads. [And here’s the Ad Meter itself](http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/2003-super-bowl-ad-meter-winners.htm). Random folks voted live on their favorite commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-commercial-thread/151104/23 "2003-01-27T17:09:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by peepthis \* > \*\*Are these commercials online anywhere yet, for those of us who watched the Game from countries that don’t show commercials during the game? \*\* Some of them are available on [aol.com](http://aol.com), but I think you have to be a member to see them. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-commercial-thread/151104/24 "2003-01-27T17:13:55Z")
The Matrix was great. Especially since they showed most of the scenes talked about from the Newsweek feature (100 agent smiths, the freeway scene, etc). The Hulk was great. " . . . but I know one thing for sure: you wouldn’t like me when I’m angry." I’ll agree that he does look a bit cartoony, but it’s much more impressive than Spider-Man looked. But the Matrix, for its wealth of “no way was that done outside of a computer” special effects, was pretty damn good. Movie effects are finally coming to where they want to be. The seashell budweiser thing was a bit hard to swallow though, since no way in hell is “join me for a bud light” going to ever work as a pickup line 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yawndave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/43a26b/32.png) [@yawndave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawndave)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-commercial-thread/151104/25 "2003-01-27T20:26:20Z")
I found an interesting juxtaposition in the some of the messages:Drugs are bad, Pot is bad, Smoking is bad;drinking beer and malt beverages is good! Couldn’t MADD afford a spot? ---
**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-commercial-thread/151104/26 "2003-01-27T22:49:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke \* > \*\*Some of them are available on [aol.com](http://aol.com), but I think you have to be a member to see them. \*\* I checked out AOL, and they have them accessible even for non-members. But, they only have 18 of them up, so I couldn’t check out the Willie Nelson or Hulk ads, for example. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-commercial-thread/151104/27 "2003-01-27T23:19:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mobo85 \* > **[USA Today’s Ad Meter](http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/2003-super-bowl-ad-meter-chart.htm). Always fun. Rewatch your favorite Super Bowl Ads.** …and so the curse of RealMedia continued through the ages… ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-commercial-thread/151104/28 "2003-01-27T23:31:35Z")
You folks don’t know how lucky you are - here in Germany we were forced to watch the same Burger King commercial EVERY FRIGGING BREAK aka EVERY TWO MINUTES. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-commercial-thread/151104/29 "2003-01-28T00:07:31Z")
I only got to see one new commercial because most of the commercials were about upcoming programming. I thought they were going to put in alot of new commercials not stuff about what’s on tomorrow night at 9pm. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-commercial-thread/151104/30 "2003-01-28T00:15:32Z")
Felcher Co.! How the hell did they get away with that? Thats worse than the kid who calls his brother a “dork”. The commercial was a total failure. I can’t even identify the product. * * * “I’ll not drink with Troy again. His idea of fun is administering speculative thunder kicks to the genitals of off-duty police constables.” ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-commercial-thread/151104/31 "2003-01-28T00:32:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gatopescado \* > **Felcher Co.! How the hell did they get away with that? Thats worse than the kid who calls his brother a "dork"** “Dork” lost its phallic meaning years ago, in my opinion. The ad was for Reebok. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-commercial-thread/151104/32 "2003-01-28T01:30:12Z")
Yo! You aren’t down with Terry Tate? You must be no football fan then. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-commercial-thread/151104/33 "2003-01-28T03:05:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\*I only got to see one new commercial because most of the commercials were about upcoming programming. I thought they were going to put in alot of new commercials not stuff about what’s on tomorrow night at 9pm. \*\* I guess ABC needs all the help it can get! ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-commercial-thread/151104/34 "2003-01-28T06:59:35Z")
[Found](http://html.ktvu.com/sh/idi/sports/superbowladverts/2003/launch.html) more, at my local news site… these look to be either Quicktime or MPEG. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-commercial-thread/151104/35 "2003-01-28T13:48:27Z")
We _need_ an office linebacker a la the Reebok commercial. Leave the copier with a jam in it and BLAMMO! Would have liked the Ozzie Pepsi Twist commercial a lot better had CNBC not spoiled the punchline the Friday before. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-commercial-thread/151104.md?page=1)