Monthly Archives: February 2017
Here’s The Super Bowl Spot For Life!
Apparently, there was a Super Bowl spot for a film called Life. Somehow, I missed it. Maybe it aired while I was outside, trying to convince the cat to come inside.
Who knows!?
But, what that in mind, here is the Super Bowl spot for Life! Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal play astronauts and attempt not to get sued by whoever owns the rights to Alien.
Lisa Marie’s Six Favorite Super Bowl Commercials!
As you may know, if you’re one of our longtime readers, I only watch the Super Bowl for one reason. Right now, I know that at least three TSL contributors are happy because the Patriots won. And I know that at least one is upset that the Falcons lost. But me — all I care about are the commercials.
What were the commercials like this year? They weren’t terrible. As tends to happen with Super Bowl commercials, quite a few of them tried way too hard. A lot of people are going to go crazy praising the more political of the commercials. A few commercials attempted to comment on everything that’s going on in this country right now. That’s their right but I always find it amusing when big, faceless corporations spend millions on commercials bragging about how progressive they supposedly are.
That said, it was fairly easy for me to pick my six favorite commercials this year. It was also pretty easy for me to pick my least favorite commercial. Seriously, Febreze, what the Hell?
Here’s my top six. I’m not saying that these commercials would convince me to buy or do anything. But they did amuse me and that’s the important thing!
6) Yellow Tail Wine
I hardly ever drink so I don’t have any idea whether Yellow Tail is a good wine or not. To be honest, I really don’t care. Nothing bores me more than when people start getting all technical and in-depth about wine. The important thing is that the kangaroo is cute.
In fact, he’s almost as cute as the beaver in this 2008 commercial from Australia.
5) Tide
“I know, you’re trending.” This made me laugh out loud.
4) Bai
Christopher Walken and Justin Timberlake need to do more commercials together.
3) Wix.Com
Speaking of pairings that unexpectedly work, I hope that Gal Gadot and Jason Statham will return for this commercial’s sequel.
Finally, for my top two spots, I have to admit that I’ve gone back and forth as to which one of these commercials should come in first and which should come in second. I was even tempted to declare a tie but, in the end, one commercial managed to cling to the top spot.
First, here’s the runner-up:
2) Snickers
This commercial didn’t get much attention in the days leading up to the game. It probably didn’t cost a lot to make. It wasn’t trendy. It wasn’t flashy. It most definitely wasn’t political. But, by highlighting the absurdity of Super Bowl commercials, it nearly won the night. (Plus, it features Adam Driver and who doesn’t love that?)
And finally, my pick for the best commercial of Super Bowl LI…
(Drum roll, please…)
1) Squarespace
John Malkovich!
Congrats to the Super Bowl Champion LI New England Patriots!
Around here, we celebrate the championships of the teams that us editors are super stoked about. Anyone that has been following this blog for more than 1 year knows that I’ve been a New England Patriots fan since 1985. So, now that the New England Patriots have won the first Super Bowl to ever go into overtime, and also have won the Super Bowl from the biggest deficit, 25 points, I, pantsukudasai56, aka Zachary Boucher, can yell and scream and enjoy all this, and there’s one thing I have to post. I don’t know whether or not this has ever been our song of the day, but if I had to say a song that should be played all I can think is that we should all be listening to Pantera’s Walk.
To all the haters out there, RE-SPECT, WALK. Walk on home boy. You don’t have to like them, but you have to respect them. The Drive for 5 is over, the New England Patriots are the greatest football team ever, and Tom Brady is better than Joe Montana. Sorry Arleigh, it’s true.
Here’s The Evony Super Bowl Spot!
If nothing else, this commercial deserves credit for its use of Handel’s Sarabande from Keyboard suite in D minor.
Here’s The Super Bowl Spot For Baywatch!
Here’s the Super Bowl spot for what will probably be my boyfriend’s favorite film of 2017, Baywatch!
I have to agree with Dwayne Johnson. That’s no way to wear the flag.
Here’s the Super Bowl Spot For A Cure For Wellness!
Oh my God, this looks so intense!
Here’s the Super Bowl Spot For Stranger Things: Season 2!
Coming soon to Netflix!
Here’s The Fate of the Furious Super Bowl Spot!
Apparently, Jason Statham’s with the good guys now!
I’m curious to see how they’ll address the absence of Paul Walker but I also know I’m going to cry.
Here’s The Super Bowl Spot for Logan!
Three thoughts on this Super Bowl spot for Logan:
- Amazing Grace is an overused song.
- With that beard, Hugh Jackman is starting to look like Mel Gibson.
- Is it just me or does this commercial have a Mad Max: Fury Road feel to it?
