Super Bowl commericals
Published February 02, 2004
The commercials that had me scratching my head as to what the heck they were saying:
California Cheese "The hot cow" -- Definitely didn't make me want cheese. Aficionados of cattle probably ate it up, though.
Ford GT "Silhouette" -- Didn't really show enough of a car to allow you to know anything, but a decent set-up for the next few.
Cialis "Two Tubs" -- I have no idea what this might be selling, other than two older people sitting in a pair of claw foot tubs outside watching the sun set.
Monster "Soulmates" -- Apparently Monster.com has the ability to let you search for the exact person who will be interviewing you and doing personality matches?
Charmin "Illegal Hands" -- A good fit with the Super Bowl, but still a strange, vaguely homoerotic ad.
IBM "Muhammad Ali" -- A left field ad that didn't really sell any benefits of Linux.
Monster "In Love" -- A bunch of people getting ready for work. And this makes me want to use your site why?
SBC "Looking Back" -- What exactly are you saying here? You've been around a long time. So what?
Unremarkable advertisements:
Florida Orange Juice -- Very standard ad.
NFL Fallen Heroes fund -- Nothing remarkable, but it seems like a good cause.
Van Helsing -- This looks to be a very big budget summer movie flop to be. I could be wrong, but it looks way too much like The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Troy -- Looks like a decent flick, harkening back to the "cast of thousands" days of movie making.
50 First Dates -- Looks like a standard Adam Sandler Film.
Bud Light "The Ref" -- I can't decide if this was amusing or annoying. Or just misogynistic.
Miracle — Standard film commercial.
The Alamo — nice reference to Jaws in it ("We're gonna need a lot more men").
Philip Morris "One Of Five" -- Getting past the irony of a cigarette company advertising for people not to use their product, it was strictly average.
Starsky And Hutch -- Pretty standard movie trailer.
Secret Window -- Pretty standard vaguely Stephen King-like movie plug.
Chevy "Ten Vehicles" -- Standard car ad.
Nissan Altima "Attractive Car" -- I've seen this one many times before, so not much there.
Sony "Exchange Student" -- Also not new.
Acura TL "Wired Car" -- Neat toy, but nothing new as far as the ad goes.
Hidalgo -- Standard move trailer
The Anti-Drug "Life Rewind" -- a standard anti-drug ad.
AIG "Chalkboard" -- While fitting with the Super Bowl, it wasn't all that compelling.
Ciba Vision "Contact Lenses" -- ho-hum.
- Super Bowl commericals
- Published: February 02, 2004
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Nice review of the commercials. I didn't find any of them all that memorable. Last year was better. It's too bad for all that money spent that the thing people will remember most is Janet Jackson's halftime half second breast display.