It's that time of year again!
It's the Super Bowl. The day of the year when hardcore and casual football fans a like get together, eat terribly unhealthy food, make silly wagers and cheer for (or against) a team they are often only vaguely familiar with.
But that's not all.
Some of the main attractions every year are the commercials. It's weird, because usually we all hate commercials. It's why we have DVRs. Skipping commercials has become the new American past-time. But it's different on Super Bowl Sunday.
Why? Because these commercials are almost always epically awesome! Every year, the major corporations battle to come with humorous and/or just flat-out attention grabbing ads. They pay millions of dollars for them, so you know they've made a big effort to make sure they absolutely kill.
Some are winners, some miss the mark. Either way, it's usually a lot of fun.
Nowadays, everything has gone viral. This now includes the Super Bowl commercials. In an innovative move to ostensibly get viewers to become familiar with the ad spots before gameday, the companies have released the ads online for you to watch them.
I saved you the work and picked out some of the finer inclusions.
After the jump, you can check out my favorites from this year's batch of Super Bowl commercials.
Enjoy:
"A Dream Car. For Real Life." -- 2012 Kia Optima Big Game Full Commercial --
(Extended Version)
Official 2012 Honda CR-V Game Day Commercial - "Matthew's Day Off" (Extended Version)
"Transactions" (Extended Version) - 2012 Acura NSX Big Game Ad #JerrysNSX
The Bark Side: 2012 Volkswagen Game Day Commercial Teaser
Chevy Sonic "Stunt Anthem" Super Bowl 46 Commercial
Cars.com "Confident You" Super Bowl Commercial
Hulu Plus Super Bowl 46 Commercial
Doritos - "Hot Wild Girls" Super Bowl 46 Commercial
Chevy "Happy Grad" Super Bowl 46 Commercial
"The Avengers" - Super Bowl 46 Spot Teaser
Which one is your favorite?
I'm actually old school in that I want to wait until Sunday to see them. I'm glad you did this so that I know what's coming. I'm really looking forward to The Avengers trailer.
ReplyDeleteIt's a super short teaser trailer, but I got excited. I'm totally geeking out for this movie.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I also like to wait. However, I do know that the VW Bark Side commercial played during the Pro Bowl and I've seen the Chevy "Happy Grad" one a few times now.
ReplyDeleteYeah, neither of those will be shown for the first time on Sunday because they were released in advance to "tease" them. It's a new thing companies are doing where they will release the spots to be shown on a limited basis, so people will look forward to them on Super Bowl Sunday.
ReplyDeleteThat's weird. Seems like it would be like saying "here's the ending of Lost. Now you should watch our show!"
ReplyDeleteMeh. Not entirely. The versions of the commercials you have seen where shorter and not exactly the same. It would be more akin to showing the first 5 minutes of a LOST episode and then showing the whole thing later.
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