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Yeah I was going to have to say the worst was either the Audi sexual assault kid or the juvenile Godaddy one until that farmer poo poo. The farmer one made the best jokes show up on my Twitter feed, though. Lots of Monsanto and federal subsidies stuff.
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Alpha3KV posted:GoDaddy has my early nomination for worst Super Bowl ad. Definitely the worst by far. I'd say it's even the worst GoDaddy ad, which is really saying something. Craptacular! posted:I complained about it somewhere else and was taken to task by someone who works in advertising who thought it was great. Turns out that polling agrees, though I wonder how many respondents were in the 18-49 demo. I guess Middle America really eats up all that salt-of-the-earth-this-is-are-country bullshit. I have no doubt that long, plodding piece of poo poo was focus tested to hell and back. raditts fucked around with this message at 08:14 on Feb 4, 2013 |
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Feb 4, 2013 08:12
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raditts posted:Definitely the worst by far. I'd say it's even the worst GoDaddy ad, which is really saying something. Danica Patrick is going to become a softcore porn producer after this, isn't she?
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Pyroclastic posted:I was watching the Iron Man movies instead of the Superbowl, but I was flipping back and forth. One superbowl commercial caught my attention for its sheer terribleness. It was a Dodge Ram commercial that was basically fellating farmers. It just kept going and going about how amazing and manly and religious and important and badass and American farmers were. Not saying that commercial or multiple others weren't awful but seriously is this just a thinly veiled "I'm too cool to watch sports" post? Its the most watched thing on TV every year. If you were flipping to the superbowl to watch advertisements you deserve every horrible ad you were subjected to.
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Pyroclastic posted:I was watching the Iron Man movies instead of the Superbowl, but I was flipping back and forth. One superbowl commercial caught my attention for its sheer terribleness. It was a Dodge Ram commercial that was basically fellating farmers. It just kept going and going about how amazing and manly and religious and important and badass and American farmers were. To be fair, I think it was done in part with/for FFA Edit:http://www.ramtrucks.com/en/keepplowing/ quote:You watch the video, you share a badge, the Ram brand makes a donation.+ Help us raise $1 million to support FFA and assist in local hunger and educational programs. FuzzySkinner fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Feb 4, 2013 |
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Feb 4, 2013 16:03
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The AV Club has a pretty good rundown of the various ads with links to the good/bad ones. http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-good-the-bad-and-the-godaddy-super-bowl-commer,91975/
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ElwoodCuse posted:The farmer one made the best jokes show up on my Twitter feed, though. Lots of Monsanto and federal subsidies stuff. The "FARMERS  " ad was great for all the jokes it spawned.
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raditts posted:
Yeah, it should surprise no one that people really like to be told that they're exceptional. The moment I saw that ad I both hated and admired it for doing what it was going for so perfectly.
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The real con of that ad is they aren't even targeting farmers. What would the point of that be? This isn't the 1800s, only a tiny percentage of this country works in agriculture. No, they want Mr. Middle Management Desk Wimp to feel like a badass when he tows his jetski.
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Feb 4, 2013 21:52
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It took a twenty minute speech to convey the same thing the State Farm ads do in a quick jingle "We are Farmers. Dum da dum, da dum dum dum!"
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Feb 4, 2013 22:12
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That's Farmers Insurance, not State Farm. Edit: The Dodge Farmer ad is pretty much the same thing as the Clint Eastwood ad from last year. Hoorah America, we're made of tougher stuff, let's go work really hard, and buy a car we don't need!
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Meltathon posted:That's Farmers Insurance, not State Farm. I hope I wasn't the only one rasping out "ITS HALFTIME IN AMERICA" as best I could during that commercial.
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Pretty sure State Farm and Farmers are based on the old Farm Bureaus and it's just a name. Also most farmers I know can be categorized into two groups: Group A are actual farmers, they drive beat up old farm trucks. Group B are "farmers" who hire illegal mexicans, bitch about socialism then hold their hands out for farm subsidies, and drive brand new trucks.
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ProfessorGroove posted:Not saying that commercial or multiple others weren't awful but seriously is this just a thinly veiled "I'm too cool to watch sports" post? Its the most watched thing on TV every year. If you were flipping to the superbowl to watch advertisements you deserve every horrible ad you were subjected to. No, I was seriously more interested in watching Iron Man 2 (which I had never gotten around to seeing) than the Superbowl. I flipped to CBS when the movie went to commercials to keep up with the game and usually flipped back immediately if commercials were on. I had to finish watching the horrible Dodge ad to learn who was pandering so much.
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Ironically I can't find a youtube video of it, but the youtube ad for Zoosk that starts "Liz, meet Brad" I swear is the only commercial on youtube right now. Someone did take it and try to make it "funny" I guess, though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPhRK-5hRI0
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So I saw the "Jimmy Cliff cheers up San Francisco" VW ad and I'm wondering what they had for Baltimore in case it went that way. "Cheer up, you've got..."
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Maxwell Lord posted:So I saw the "Jimmy Cliff cheers up San Francisco" VW ad and I'm wondering what they had for Baltimore in case it went that way. "Cheer up, you've got..." Omar?
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So why is every loving commercial using the music from Down On The Corner by CCR?
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Who else got an ad for Scientology during the Super Bowl? I'm in the New York market, and I can confirm that Michigan didn't get it.
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Baby commercials are rarely any good. I think they rely too much on audiences automatically thinking babies = cute and they don't bother putting anything else in the ad, if that makes sense. The writers just kinda assume "theres a baby, welp my work is done here".
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Pyroclastic posted:I was watching the Iron Man movies instead of the Superbowl, but I was flipping back and forth. One superbowl commercial caught my attention for its sheer terribleness. It was a Dodge Ram commercial that was basically fellating farmers. It just kept going and going about how amazing and manly and religious and important and badass and American farmers were. Because farmers aren't important? Yeah it's a pandering ad, but between this and TFF's Super Bowl thread, I really can't understand why this forum wants to lump in farmers with its typical "gently caress hicks" attitude.
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Meltathon posted:That's Farmers Insurance, not State Farm. Doh, I got that one mixed up. I think they're a little different. The Eastwood ad at least a little more concise whereas the Dodge ad just felt like it took forever.
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:So why is every loving commercial using the music from Down On The Corner by CCR? Because the better choice: "Lookin out my back door" is a little too obviously about an acid trip to use in marketing products.
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Judge Ito Boxing posted:Because farmers aren't important? Yeah it's a pandering ad, but between this and TFF's Super Bowl thread, I really can't understand why this forum wants to lump in farmers with its typical "gently caress hicks" attitude. Because it's not "gently caress hicks", it's "gently caress billion dollar lobbying groups who pose as hicks to pander". See: Peanut President posted:Also most farmers I know can be categorized into two groups: Group A are actual farmers, they drive beat up old farm trucks. Group B are "farmers" who hire illegal mexicans, bitch about socialism then hold their hands out for farm subsidies, and drive brand new trucks.
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Judge Ito Boxing posted:Because farmers aren't important? Yeah it's a pandering ad, but between this and TFF's Super Bowl thread, I really can't understand why this forum wants to lump in farmers with its typical "gently caress hicks" attitude. The problem with it is that it's from the late 70's, whereas today the 'Farmer' archetype really doesn't exist anymore (Small Family Farms are incredibly rare now). It's appealing to people who buy trucks to be 'people that drive trucks', not because of any actual need.
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Visual Sneeze posted:Do I just have an irrational pet peeve about this or are baby-centric commercial inherently irritating? Not gonna lie I like the e-trade one about "because apparently riding the dog like a horse is frowned upon in this establishment!" Only that one, though, and only because of how that line is read. The quiznos baby was a million times worse than any of the e-trade ones though.
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Wagonburner posted:Because the better choice: "Lookin out my back door" is a little too obviously about an acid trip to use in marketing products. "Fortunate Son" and "Lust for Life" have been used in ads, I don't think there's a bottom to that barrel.
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ElwoodCuse posted:Not gonna lie I like the e-trade one about "because apparently riding the dog like a horse is frowned upon in this establishment!" Only that one, though, and only because of how that line is read. The Quiznos baby was the one that got a terrible, short-lived TV show, right?
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raditts posted:"Fortunate Son" and "Lust for Life" have been used in ads, I don't think there's a bottom to that barrel. I've definitely heard a few commercials use "Semi-Charmed Life," too. fake edit: they were not meth commercials.
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:So why is every loving commercial using the music from Down On The Corner by CCR? Better that than "No Church In The Wild" by Kanye & Jay-Z.
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raditts posted:The Quiznos baby was the one that got a terrible, short-lived TV show, right? No, that would be the Geico Caveman. (So easy, a caveman can do it!)
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gameface posted:No, that would be the Geico Caveman. (So easy, a caveman can do it!) raditts posted:The Quiznos baby was the one that got a terrible, short-lived TV show, right? They both were; Cavemen was the GEICO show, Baby Bob was the Quiznos show.
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Welp, thanks to DirecTV the missus is now mortified at the prospect of a hawk snatching our dog when we let it outside.
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Edmantium posted:Welp, thanks to DirecTV the missus is now mortified at the prospect of a hawk snatching our dog when we let it outside. Don't let her watch that one Old Spice commercial, then.
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Pyroclastic posted:I was watching the Iron Man movies instead of the Superbowl, but I was flipping back and forth. One superbowl commercial caught my attention for its sheer terribleness. It was a Dodge Ram commercial that was basically fellating farmers. It just kept going and going about how amazing and manly and religious and important and badass and American farmers were. What kind of car do you drive? If you said a Prius, Civic, I ride a bicycle, Volvo, I ride the bus, or anything other than a US made truck, well then you'll probably not get the ad. That's OK because they really don't give a poo poo about catering to you, since you're not going to buy a Ram anyway. But the kind of people in the market for a truck who may consider a Ram are the kind of people who like the ad. Chrysler has been killing it the past few years and they've been putting out really good marketing materials and TV spots since the Eminem ad 2 years ago. They really refocused their attention and are catering only to likely customers instead of trying to convert die hard fans of the alternatives. BigBoss fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Feb 10, 2013 |
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Also they're donating a whole bunch of money to FFA based on the views of the commercial on Youtube, and since I work at an FFA school, that's pretty cool by me.
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BigBoss posted:What kind of car do you drive? If you said a Prius, Civic, I ride a bicycle, Volvo, I ride the bus, or anything other than a US made truck, well then you'll probably not get the ad. That's OK because they really don't give a poo poo about catering to you, since you're not going to buy a Ram anyway. But the kind of people in the market for a truck who may consider a Ram are the kind of people who like the ad. Chrysler has been killing it the past few years and they've been putting out really good marketing materials and TV spots since the Eminem ad 2 years ago. They really refocused their attention and are catering only to likely customers instead of trying to convert die hard fans of the alternatives. drat son, what did public transportation and car not made in America do to you? You seem to have a bit of a grudge, son.
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Cheapsteaks posted:drat son, what did public transportation and car not made in America do to you? You seem to have a bit of a grudge, son. There's no such thing as public transportation where the target audience lives.
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