{"id":1763,"date":"2009-02-03T19:33:28","date_gmt":"2009-02-04T01:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/?p=1763"},"modified":"2009-02-03T19:33:28","modified_gmt":"2009-02-04T01:33:28","slug":"superbowl-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/03\/superbowl-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Superbowl Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Ah, Superbowl XXVIIVXX. Everyone talks about the advertisements, which strikes me as a coup for advertisers, especially in this day and age. Did you know this (caution: veggies + sexy<\/a>) PeTA ad was rejected by NBC but they apparently had no problem advertising that Friday the 13th remake. I have a 6 and an 8 year old thanks and you know what? I find sexy stuff easier to explain to them than\u00a0why people\u00a0like to watch hockey-masked killers<\/a>.\u00a0Luckily they don’t pay much attention to ads. I’m not arguing that the PeTA ad is appropriate, I’m arguing that the horror movie isn’t. Also PeTA probably never wanted this ad aired. Much cheaper to have everyone YouTube it to “see what the controversy is.” Congrats if you just did that above . . .<\/p>\n

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The other ad I noticed and loathed was the one from Pepsi. It shows older icons and current “equivalents” – for example, Pepsi wants you to know that “Will.I.Am” is your generation’s Bob Dylan. “My Humps, My Bumps, My\u00a0Lovely Lady Lumps”\u00a0vs. “Gonna get lowdown\/gonna fly high\/all the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.” They also compare Belushi to Jack Black, which is insulting because the only thing those two have in common are weight problems.<\/p>\n

I find this insulting – but I’m turning 38 this year. I’m no longer in Pepsi’s demographic so I’m sure the fact that I was offended means the ad was doing it’s job. I urge Generation Download (I just coined that) to search for better equivalents (and to listen to some Dylan).<\/p>\n

Oh! If only there was some technology that made sampling music easier!<\/p>\n

Budweiser’s Clydesdales are no longer cute and this friendship with the Dalmatian “storyline” is dipping a bit into Joe Camel territory. \u00a0I know these ads aren’t targeting me. My wife is apathetic to them too (though she liked them when the campaign was fresh a few years back). But my kids love ’em and have been asking me about Budweiser. I can’t help them. See, I like beer. . .\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bruce Springsteen was truly “The Boss” and that performance actually rivaled Prince’s supernatural rainstorm of a few years ago. I especially liked seeing the man do a powerslide into a cameraman. And react as if that’s hilarious. Given that the National Anthem and “America the Beautiful” were lip synched by their “artists” I think the E Street Band showed them how it’s done.<\/p>\n

The game itself was a lot of fun but it kinda felt to me like both teams didn’t deserve to be there. Some of the stars did, mind you (Fitzgerald), but the teams didn’t.<\/p>\n

I missed the other commercials and that’s fine by me because I’m pretty sure I don’t want their products. Oh and hey Pepsi?\u00a0 While you’re here.<\/p>\n

Who is this generation’s “Boss”?<\/p>\n

It’s a town fulla losers! I’m pulling outta here to win!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ah, Superbowl XXVIIVXX. Everyone talks about the advertisements, which strikes me as a coup for advertisers, especially in this day and age. Did you know this (caution: veggies + sexy) PeTA ad was rejected by NBC but they apparently had no problem advertising that Friday the 13th remake. I have a 6 and an 8 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}