“Who Needs to Wait until Game Day?”
When it comes to the days anticipating the superbowl, a lot of companies decide to release some commercials to the public. I somewhat don’t like that because it prevents the viewers from the actual “anticipation” for the commercials on Game Day. It happens every year where I will hear one person in the room ruin the commercial and shout “OH I SAW THIS ONE” or “HE GETS PUNCHED IN THE FACE NEXT! WATCH!” I rather the commercials not be released onto youtube or news week because it just ruins the excitement of the commercials. For example, so far I’ve seen 6 different superbowl commercials already and the superbowl isn’t for another couple of days. On the other hand, now I can give my own ratings to the commercials before the real ratings are actually released.
After reading through Ad Age “See more superbowl ads early” there was one commercial that really caught my attention. Firstly, the Century 21 commercial was just horrible. I didn’t laugh at all. The past years, Century 21 commercials were semi par so as of now, Century 21 is at the bottom on my totem pole.
The Axe Apollo Lifeguard commercial was okay to me. The reason as to why I liked it was because the lifeguard decided to go out and save the drowning lady but before he actually saved her he decided to fight the shark. Something people never do, especially lifeguards. The whole Astronaut kind of threw me off because it was very random and out of no where. I really didn’t see the connection with axe and the astronaut. So that commercial is at the number 3 spot.
At #2 is the Volkswagen. I actually uploaded that video onto my facebook page a couple days ago. It was very clever being that I am from Jamaica. The accents were funny although supposedly a lot of people felt offended due to the horrible accents. I liked it because it had ties with Jamaica. A lot of people may not know the reason as to why they were acting like they were Jamaicans. I think its because the Volkswagen at one point was the number 1 car in Jamaica. In the 80s and early 90s everyone were driving “buggies” in Jamaica including my parents so I guess once they step foot into the volkswagen, they felt like they were 1. in Jamaica and 2 they were at ease. The man kept telling his co workers “don’t worry mon, just relax.” Basically, what he is trying to say is that the Volkswagen is a very calm and relaxing vehicle and that once your in the car you are at ease and relaxed. Therefore, Volkswagen stands at #2 on my list.
And last but not least, the “Audi 2013 Big Game - Prom” commercial is #1 for me. It was hilarious starting with the Mother getting her son ready for prom, babying him like every mother does on that night to the father stepping up big time and tossing his son the keys to the AUDI. Every child would love to take that car to prom. Once he got the keys he felt like the man and that no one was stopping him that night. Not even the Principle since he parked the car in a reserved spot. He then walked into the prom with his chest high and had the courage to go kiss the beautiful lady who was I guess the prom kings date. In conclusion, the boy left the prom with a black and blue eye but at the end of the night he didn’t care at all because he was driving the AUDI.
