ad after preachy, chastising ad

As long as it is advocating the proper viewpoint, everybody seems cool with it.

Was that "Our debt is with China" a political ad?

I thought it was some kind of Right-wing whargarbl because that seems to be a talking point for them, but I couldn't find anything about that particular sponsor of that ad with a quick google search. The fact that they played it twice in one commercial break was odd too.

You know, honestly, I didn't have much of problem the ad itself. What had me seeing red was its sponsorship from Focus on the Family, a disgusting, hateful organization of sanctimonious lowlifes who have destroyed the city of Colorado Springs and can all DIAF.

Seriously, when James Dobson kicks the bucket the world will instantly be a better place (just like when Falwell croaked).

I thought all the commercials sucked.

The ad isn't simply an advocacy of a particular moral position;

FTFY. The more I find out about the sponsor, the less I like. But I can still agree with this softened take on the issue without embracing their entire creed.

It's now an accepted truism that the Super Bowl is as much about the advertising as the on-field action

Stupid reporter when did the action on the field ever matter? The only thing that matters is getting millions of retards to sit still for hours and subject them selves to advertiseing.

No.

CitizenTed: I was horrified by the ads. I mean the endless "light" beer ads. Face it: if you have a weight problem or are trying to maintain a high level of fitness you shouldn't be drinking beer, period. If beer makers are going to market their products, they need to go full-bore balls-to-the-walls rich, tasty beer. When I want a beer, I want a goddamn beer. I don't want some faggy paper-thin beer. I want to see ads with frosty mugs overflowing with rich, hoppy beer. Toss in some scantily-clad sluts and I'm sold.

/willing to direct beer company's marketing dept. For beer.

This...

That was the last Super Bowl that won't be stuffed with ad after preachy, chastising ad I'll watch.

If they want to spend godawful amounts of cash on superbowl ads, go ahead. It's less money for operating their political machine.

/I just don't see them getting even a 1:1 return from the ads.

That Tebow shiat was one of the least retarded and offensive ads of the SB XLIV advertising shiatfest.

CitizenTed: I was horrified by the ads. I mean the endless "light" beer ads. Face it: if you have a weight problem or are trying to maintain a high level of fitness you shouldn't be drinking beer, period. If beer makers are going to market their products, they need to go full-bore balls-to-the-walls rich, tasty beer. When I want a beer, I want a goddamn beer. I don't want some faggy paper-thin beer. I want to see ads with frosty mugs overflowing with rich, hoppy beer.

You will be shocked by this revelation, but not everyone has the same tastes in beer as you. Your preference for rich, hoppy beer, while completely awesome, is tragically not shared by many, many people. These people prefer to quaff large quantities of lagers which, to me and you, taste weak and/or skunky. If offered a beer that we find tastier, they may actually give it a go but find it too bitter, strong, or whatever, and go back to their uberbrewery lager.

I used to fight and yell and moan about it, but now the most I do is offer someone some of the good beer and hope they like it. If they don't, it's not my business to force someone to drink (or eat) something they don't enjoy. At least the ads are occasionally entertaining.

Also, in Canada, we got the same 4 or 5 ads repeated all game, as they overwrite the "American" ads with Canadian ones. Can't remember the ads now as I was too busy enjoying a freaking great football game. I do remember countless Winter Olympics promos.

That's also the last Super Bowl with Tim Tebow.

That was the next to last Super Bowl that won't be stuffed with ad after preachy, chastising ad.

/Enjoy the 'leven lockout

Nabb1: You know, after all the build up and controversy, when that goofy little spot finally aired, I sort of had a "Be sure to drink your Ovaltine" moment. I mean, that's it? Really? After all that?

And look, abortion is still legal today.

The hype and ridiculous overreaction to this ad was laughable even before it aired, now it's just pathetic.

They didn't say abortion and it featured a football player. It was ok.

Hopefully next year FOX allow a pro-gay commercial to air on Super Bowl XLV.

Rapmaster2000: That's also the last Super Bowl with Tim Tebow.


Tebow annoys me so much, he makes me wish birth control was retroactive.

Herman.Munster: Tebow annoys me so much, he makes me wish birth control was retroactive.

A lot of white football players and coaches are conservative.

Then there's Pete Carroll.

Funk Brothers: Herman.Munster: Tebow annoys me so much, he makes me wish birth control was retroactive.

A lot of white football players and coaches are conservative.

Then there's Pete Carroll.

Although I do know that Kyle Orton is a big liberal. But then, anything short of incinerating the homeless is a liberal position at Purdue.

Tofino: You will be shocked by this revelation, but not everyone has the same tastes in beer as you.

Actually, no one does. Look in your typical Fark Beer Snob thread. Someone will post a perfectly good beer, say Spaten Optimator, and inevitably (just as someone will to this post) haters will descend upon it, judging it unfit for even killing your neighbor's fish. The cycle repeats. Boston Brewing company does their part to bring "real" beer to the masses, and Fark HATES THE F*CK OUT OF THEM for it. This is yet another reason why we can't have nice things.

On the other hand, tens of millions of people will drink a Bud Light, knowing exactly what it will taste like and forgetting it shortly afterward. AB (and their ilk) are masters of consistency and predictability. Their fans are legion and quite particular about their beer as well.

CitizenTed: I don't want some faggy paper-thin beer.

You are, from a statistical point of view, alone.

H31N0US: I thought all the commercials sucked.

Not sure they all sucked, but none of them were Super. They mostly all seemed to me to be trying too hard.

People are still talking about the Tebow ad? That was it? That was utterly forgettable.

On the other hand, I sure as hell remember Doritos Samurai.

What I dont get about the prolifers is this> Lets say you are preggos and you go in for an prenatal test and it reveals some ghastly deformity or some "issue" you dont really want to deal with until the day you die. You decide, "ya know what, lets dump this one and maybe try another time". I sure wouldnt want to bring a retarded mess into this world and deal with changing its diapers when its 30 when I should be retired.

robsul82: Gosling: On the other hand, I sure as hell remember Doritos Samurai.

I liked the Doritos funeral ad best.

I do not remember a single commercial from that game. All i remember is passing up and down the entire game, and smoking alot more than usual.

As someone who was completely unaware of this ad or its apparent controversy, all I can say is that Tebow looks kinda like a doofus.

Herman.Munster:
I do not remember a single commercial from that game. All i remember is passing up and down the entire game, and smoking alot more than usual.

Woops.. pacing.

don't touch my momma, and don't touch my doritos