and they also played football
Feb. 7th, 2011 02:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jlhI love how one of the first things we saw after the Superbowl itself was Sue Sylvester talking about how bored she was.
I decided that since I wasn't going to a Superbowl party this year I'd just get some dips and have an at-home shindig for me and the roommate; Ali showed up later. I think our conversation was far more interesting than most of what was happening on screen. The game was good--interceptions turned into touchdowns are always exciting, and the Steelers kept up the pressure right until the end--but man, Joe Buck is just terrible. (Also Terry Bradshaw needs to cut his goddamned hair and Fox needs to lose the football-player-as-transformer mascot.) The BEP's were as dull, pointless and obvious as I thought they would be, given that will.i.am has ground any original thought out of his brain (he makes more money that way so I can't really blame him). Slash was just sad, and Usher's two minutes of dancing was more interesting than anything else that happened during that mess of a halftime show.
The ads were, I dunno, mixed? I don't have the distance on it all that I usually do, because I'm temporarily back in the business, and while I understand why PepsiMax decided they had to out-annoy all the annoying Bud Light ads, I'm still annoyed that they did it. There was so little that was new this year, really. I hate it when I can almost read the brief as I watch the ad. The X-Factor promos were ridiculous and over-the-top, which is usual for Mr. Cowell; I just found them hilarious. Anyone have ads they really enjoyed?
My local PBS station counterprogrammed with Jane Austen, which I thought was a pretty good idea. Tonight I will have another dinner of dip, which might be unwise but hey, at least I'll be dipping some broccoli into that leftover queso!
I decided that since I wasn't going to a Superbowl party this year I'd just get some dips and have an at-home shindig for me and the roommate; Ali showed up later. I think our conversation was far more interesting than most of what was happening on screen. The game was good--interceptions turned into touchdowns are always exciting, and the Steelers kept up the pressure right until the end--but man, Joe Buck is just terrible. (Also Terry Bradshaw needs to cut his goddamned hair and Fox needs to lose the football-player-as-transformer mascot.) The BEP's were as dull, pointless and obvious as I thought they would be, given that will.i.am has ground any original thought out of his brain (he makes more money that way so I can't really blame him). Slash was just sad, and Usher's two minutes of dancing was more interesting than anything else that happened during that mess of a halftime show.
The ads were, I dunno, mixed? I don't have the distance on it all that I usually do, because I'm temporarily back in the business, and while I understand why PepsiMax decided they had to out-annoy all the annoying Bud Light ads, I'm still annoyed that they did it. There was so little that was new this year, really. I hate it when I can almost read the brief as I watch the ad. The X-Factor promos were ridiculous and over-the-top, which is usual for Mr. Cowell; I just found them hilarious. Anyone have ads they really enjoyed?
My local PBS station counterprogrammed with Jane Austen, which I thought was a pretty good idea. Tonight I will have another dinner of dip, which might be unwise but hey, at least I'll be dipping some broccoli into that leftover queso!
