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Nebagakid · Feb 6, 2005, 10:05 AM

Hey, peoples, where can one see the ads that are going to be featured during the breaks in the Super Bowl today?

ManOfSteal · Feb 6, 2005, 11:16 AM

http://www.adcritic.com

sugar_coated · Feb 6, 2005, 12:28 PM

Super Bowl ads are very expensive. I hope they get their money back by selling more.

Mafia · Feb 6, 2005, 12:30 PM

Originally posted by sugar_coated:
Super Bowl ads are very expensive. I hope they get their money back by selling more.

i think thats the idea. i'm looking foward to the ipod commercial and the napster commercial.

maxintosh · Feb 6, 2005, 05:32 PM

I remember the good ol' days when AdCritic was free.

ManOfSteal · Feb 6, 2005, 06:06 PM

I like the Mustang Convertible and FedEx/Kinkos commercials the best thus far...

Mithras · Feb 6, 2005, 06:30 PM

Yuck. The Supreme Bowel.
Thanks, I'll have to use that.

Eug Wanker · Feb 6, 2005, 07:46 PM

Apple Pro Underwear · Feb 6, 2005, 07:56 PM

4 notes:

Olympus Camera/Music Player:
You'd think making a commercial like this you can't go wrong. but this euro-trash sounding commercial really turns me off. the "dancing" seems off. it certainly doesn't make me want to buy a camera. and doesn't every digital camera ad use than "picture" into the cam lcd concept already?

Robots (the computer animated movie):
looks better than "Cars" by Pixar at this point.

Napster commercial:
it makes sense! have an iPod? how much money does it take for you to fill that mofo up? 10,000 vs. $15 per month. not like i would get one but hey this commercial makes sense.

Bud:
they lost it... they're a joke. whoever buys that ****, stop buying it already please.

waffffffle · Feb 6, 2005, 08:06 PM

"Superbowl XXXVIII is brought to you by Napster, the biggest brand in digital music."

Huh? Biggest? In what way? People have forgotten about Napster as a file sharing service and most people don't even realize that it exists today as a legal service. How do you measure the size of a brand? Shouldn't it be measured by sales? Napster's really got issues there.

mitchell_pgh · Feb 6, 2005, 08:09 PM

Originally posted by sugar_coated:
Super Bowl ads are very expensive. I hope they get their money back by selling more.

wdlove alert

maxintosh · Feb 6, 2005, 08:59 PM

Originally posted by Apple Pro Underwear:
Napster commercial:
it makes sense! have an iPod? how much money does it take for you to fill that mofo up? 10,000 vs. $15 per month. not like i would get one but hey this commercial makes sense.

Yeah but stop subscribing or Napster goes out of business and *poof* -- your entire collection annihilated!

I'll own my music, thankyouverymuch.

gofridge · Feb 6, 2005, 09:18 PM

gofridge is Diana Pearl.

Apple Pro Underwear · Feb 6, 2005, 09:23 PM

Originally posted by maxintosh:
Yeah but stop subscribing or Napster goes out of business and *poof* -- your entire collection annihilated!

I'll own my music, thankyouverymuch.

i dunno though..

15 bucks a month gets me 1 store CD

subscribe and you can totally explore, get into new shyt and really make some dope full playlists

i daresay if Apple had this service, i would sign up every once in awhile to explore music

ManOfSteal · Feb 6, 2005, 09:24 PM

Originally posted by gofridge:
gofridge is Diana Pearl.

Ghoser777 · Feb 6, 2005, 09:28 PM

Originally posted by Apple Pro Underwear:
i dunno though..

15 bucks a month gets me 1 store CD

subscribe and you can totally explore, get into new shyt and really make some dope full playlists

i daresay if Apple had this service, i would sign up every once in awhile to explore music

Yeah, but like someone else said in another thread, having Napster for a whole year amounts to $180, or 180 songs on iTMS that you actually own, and can burn to CDs, etc. If you want to buy more than 180 songs a year and don't mind losing all your music if you ever miss your monthly payment to Napster, then sure, it's a good deal for you.

Apple Pro Underwear · Feb 6, 2005, 09:36 PM

Originally posted by Ghoser777:
If you want to buy more than 180 songs a year and don't mind losing all your music if you ever miss your monthly payment to Napster, then sure, it's a good deal for you.

didn't i just say i would do it for a month to explore?!

yeeash! apple fanatics!

Stogieman · Feb 6, 2005, 09:36 PM

Originally posted by Apple Pro Underwear:

Bud:
they lost it... they're a joke. whoever buys that ****, stop buying it already please.

I don't know, that first commercial with the skydivers was pretty damn funny. I wasn't expecting the pilot to jump out.

The Kinko's/FedEx commercial was my favorite.

Robots (the computer animated movie):
looks better than "Cars" by Pixar at this point.

I wasn't too impressed with Robots commercial. Funny you should mention Pixar. Almost everyone at the superbowl party I attended thought Robots was a new Pixar movie.

Ghoser777 · Feb 6, 2005, 09:57 PM

Originally posted by Apple Pro Underwear:
didn't i just say i would do it for a month to explore?!

yeeash! apple fanatics!

Ohpps - missed the part at the end. Not a bad idea for that.

deej5871 · Feb 6, 2005, 10:02 PM

I loved the two commercials about not judging right away. I liked the one with the convenience store and the "You're getting robbed." better than the other one, but only slightly. They were both really good.

Webscreamer · Feb 6, 2005, 10:26 PM

FedEx Kinko's

Anyone else think the commercials were not very creative, and some tried too hard to be good and ended up awful?

Oneota · Feb 6, 2005, 10:27 PM

Overall, I give the ads a 2/10 this year.

The skydiving Budweiser, the cat in spaghetti sauce, and maybe 2 or 3 other ads were good. The rest were shite.

Webscreamer · Feb 6, 2005, 10:31 PM

Ahhhh yes. The cat in spaghetti sauce was my second favorite. But besides the funny ones, you have to give credit to Anheuser-Busch for spending money on the ad dedicated to the troops returning home.

argod · Feb 6, 2005, 10:34 PM

http://dyn.ifilm.com/superbowlads

tkmd · Feb 6, 2005, 11:10 PM

The Tabasco commercial with the chick in the bikini was soooo hot... mmmmm

DigitalEl · Feb 6, 2005, 11:19 PM

The Tabasco commercial with the chick in the bikini was soooo hot... mmmmm

What he said.

Other fav I'm surprised no-one here mentioned was the one for GoDaddy.com, w/the hot chick testifying before Congress.

The cat in the spaghetti sauce spot was damn funny, too.

The Pepsi/iTunes spot was disappointing. It's not that the commercial was bad. It just wasn't Super Bowl commercial material. Pepsi usually has a huge Super Bowl presence. They didn't do anything memorable this year.

Too bad Apple won't push the Mac mini or OS X in a creative spot. It's like they're not even a computer company anymore. </cliche>

Viva consumer electronics, I guess!

MacNStein · Feb 6, 2005, 11:42 PM

Originally posted by DigitalEl:
The cat in the spaghetti sauce spot was damn funny, too.

The best, IMO. We laughed for 5 minutes over that one.

Overall, though, it was a weak showing.

Stogieman · Feb 7, 2005, 01:28 AM

Originally posted by argod:
http://dyn.ifilm.com/superbowlads

Thanks for the link. I enjoyed the Budweiser "Wardrobe Malfunction" ad that was banned.

nforcer · Feb 7, 2005, 01:58 AM

Originally posted by DigitalEl:
Too bad Apple won't push the Mac mini or OS X in a creative spot. It's like they're not even a computer company anymore. </cliche>

Viva consumer electronics, I guess!

I agree. iPod crap is everywhere. But no OS X stuff. Sometimes some iMac thing. Other G5 ads in magazines. But no commercials. How do they expect marketshare to rise if they do not advertise (on TV)?

videian28 · Feb 7, 2005, 06:49 AM

anyone know the name of the godaddy girl?

the_glassman · Feb 7, 2005, 08:47 AM

Originally posted by videian28:
anyone know the name of the godaddy girl?

I don't, but you can see the version Fox wouldn't let them air here.
http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/super...ding.asp?se=%2B

ManOfSteal · Feb 7, 2005, 08:55 AM

Originally posted by videian28:
anyone know the name of the godaddy girl?

Dixie Bubbles?

turtle777 · Feb 7, 2005, 09:14 AM

Originally posted by argod:
http://dyn.ifilm.com/superbowlads

Wow, that site is pretty slashdoted...

-t

ManOfSteal · Feb 7, 2005, 06:09 PM

Originally posted by the_glassman:
I don't, but you can see the version Fox wouldn't let them air here.
http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/super...ding.asp?se=%2B

You can?

the_glassman · Feb 7, 2005, 10:02 PM

Originally posted by ManOfSteal:
You can?

http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/superb...?isc=bpshdr001

sideus · Feb 12, 2005, 06:31 PM

Odd. The Nationwide MC Hammer ad isn't on that site.

spatterson · Feb 12, 2005, 09:22 PM

click here

These are some really good videos here... if you scroll down you will see that there are some super bowl ads.

Cheers