Super Questions
February 6
So Elaine and I watched the Super Bowl tonight, mostly for the commercials. After last year’s crappy commercials I was skeptical, and I wasn’t disappointed in my skepticism. AdJab has a run-down of all the commercials if you want more details or whatever. Mostly just want to give them a link. Good site that just started.
I have a few questions about things I’ve noticed. First off, why are the winners of the Super Bowl the “world champions?” We don’t play anyone else in the world. We’re the only people who play this sport, really. Everyone else plays soccer, err football, err…whatever it’s called.
The other two questions were about the post-game show. When the owner of the Patriots (who sounded drunk when giving his little speech) said that “competition is what made America great,” Elaine and I noticed that you can make anything what makes America great. Free speech, competition, liberty, SUVs, color-coded threat levels. You name it, it made America great. Forget all that crap about freedom from taxation without representation. That had nothing to do with America. Nothing. It was all about being good Christians and playing some football.
Secondly, did anyone else notice that they played the theme to Star Wars at the beginning of the post-game show? How odd is that? I mean, yeah, they played U2 every time they wanted to have some “inspiring” footage, but that’s pretty standard pop-culture usage, but Star Wars?
The Ameriquest commercials, the designated driver beer commercial, and the careerbuilder.com commercials were pretty funny. Everything was…well, it wasn’t. Too many of them were hinged on some miniscule plot/joke/theme that didn’t translate very well to the average viewer. I would think that $2.6 million would be spent a bit more wisely. I dunno, I feel like I’m just bitching about stuff.
After the game and the post-game show and the post-post-game show (just kidding, but I’m sure it existed on some channel) a Super Bowl-themed Simpsons came on. It seemed a bit too cheesy, even for the Simpsons and American television. It was good, but it was mostly visual gags and one-liners instead of the usual intelligent Simpsons humor. After that was American Dad, which has was pretty disappointing, especially since it was created by those responsible for Family Guy.
Well, that’s enough complaining from me for one night.