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figment ([personal profile] figment) wrote2007-02-05 11:32 am
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Short weekend update

Friday night: had dinner with Azure's cousin and his friend (in town visiting)
Saturday: baked bread. Made a new pair of pants. I'm very pleased with how they turned out; pictures soon. Went to a going-away party for a friend of mine from grad school; he's gotten a job with the BBC in London!
Sunday: lazy... finished another sewing project; pictures after it gets to its intended recipient. Eventually went to sorta-watch the Superbowl with friends J & K. As usual I mostly paid attention to the commercials and the socializing, and only minimally to the game. Left midway through 4th quarter. Nice time with friends. Prince's halftime show was great!
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Super Bowl Ads

[identity profile] minnehaha.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
How violent (http://uggabugga.blogspot.com/2007/02/darkness-of-super-bowl-adsseveral-of.html) were the ads, really?

And did the Americans Against Escalation in Iraq ad (http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/2/4/164620/6513) actually get shown?

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Re: Super Bowl Ads

[identity profile] birdfigment.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
The noteworthy ads - the non-trailer ones - were largely violent. I was a bit disturbed and didn't think that most of them were that funny or clever, either. Uggabugga exaggerates the seriousness of the Grand Theft Auto-style one; that was mostly "hey look everything is sweetness and light!" and the real violent overtones come only from the setting (since GTA, the game, is so violent). I didn't see the Toughbook commercial. The first one we saw was the Bud Light commercial, which I was astounded by - and really put off (not that I'd drink Bud Light anyway). The Doritos one was also too violent and not at all funny to me. I actually thought the Careerbuilder series was pretty funny, which the other violent ones weren't (to me).

The Americans Against Escalation in Iraq ad did actually get shown, and I was very excited to see it. I didn't expect it.

The one ad I heard about but didn't actually see was a proposal. I heard that some dude was going to propose to his girlfriend via a commercial at the SuperBowl but by the time we left, we had not seen anything of the sort.

Re: Super Bowl Ads

[identity profile] minnehaha.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Then there's this (http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/02/snickers-superbowl-web-site-promotes.html).

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