For those who did watch the Super Bowl, what did you think of the ads?

[Initech]

This is the first Super Bowl in *YEARS* where I have not really seen any ads that really stood out. But I do have a best ad and a worst ad.

Best ad - T-Mobile ad about equality. Wow, that was awesome. And I'm sure that it will piss off more than a few Trump fans. I can hear them throwing their remotes at the TV, if they watched at all.

Worst ad - Honda. WTF was that commercial? They wanted you to find something hidden in the background, but I was too busy being creeped out by the extremely creepy looking guy in the foreground to notice anything happening in the background. Bad commercial.

Your thoughts? No haters please.

[muntrv]

1. T Mobile and Mass Mutual.

[thinkingagain]

5. Yes I liked those

But I smiled at the football players dancing to time of my life. kinda a uplift to mostly dull commercials I was hoping for more that had meaning like last year then the few they did

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I didn't care much for Dodge using MLK's speech to sell Ram pickup trucks.

[hay rick]

7. Me neither.

It was a great game, but that ad made me throw up in my mouth a little. That ad made me think that it was catering to the Ram buyer who wants to think he isn't really a racist just because he always votes Republican and has a Blue Lives Matter bumper sticker.

[Initech]

8. Yeah that one was very poor taste.

[ailsagirl]

19. It certainly was

tacky tacky tacky

[CurtEastPoint]

35. BUT...they had to pay royalties and get OK from King's children, who are...

easily swayed by money, tacky or not. Shame on the advertiser and even MORE sham on them.

[ailsagirl]

39. I didn't realize they had to get the OK from King's children

So, in other words, they're fine with it

[lunasun]

13. Oh I'm glad I missed that one . Getting more guacamole or something good

[gopiscrap]

14. me neither

[Ilsa]

27. That one irked me too.

It's one thing for Geico to portray Washington Crossing the Delaware Turnpike. But MLK's words were crassly misapplied at the end. All of those people shown were in service to others. The truck, any brand, cannot compare.

[sueh]

3. I thought the M&M candy commerical with Danny Devito was pretty funny.

[lunasun]

12. + And I associate him with always sunny in Philadelphia so perfect

[gopiscrap]

15. I liked that one also

[MichMary]

4. I LOVED the one with the Vikings

making their way to Minneapolis, only to turn around when they find out their team isn't playing.

I'm still a little pissed that they took out Aaron Rodgers. This season would have had a whole different ending if he hadn't been injured . . .

[Ilsa]

28. Hubby didn't catch that. I had to woman-splain it to him. LOL nt

[secondwind]

6. We didnt like most of them.

[muntrv]

9. I liked the ad for the upcoming Solo movie too.

[Initech]

18. And Avengers: Infinity War looks awesome too!

[lunasun]

23. + +++ Yes !

[Pachamama]

10. Avocados from Mexico Ad....

That was hysterical....

I also loved the Dirty Dancing ad with Peyton and Beckham

[Ilsa]

29. Just fyi, Eli, not his brother peyton.

Eli is definitely more uptight-moving than Peyton, IMO.

[Auggie]

32. Avocados was one of the few that promoted an actual marketing strategy. Jeep was another.

[lunasun]

11. Worst was Verizon ad came off like riding coat tails of first responders . Pretentious and what if

the responders were using AT&T ? Verizon a hero for being there ?
TMobile , Sprint. you looked so good after that imo

[Initech]

20. Yeah there were a lot of really terrible ads this year.

Honda, Verizon, and Dodge RAM were definitely the worst of them.

[lunasun]

22. I missed the Ram one. Thank cheeses

and nachos . Would have irked me bigly from what I hear it was very awkward for all

[genxlib]

16. Social Justice won the night

Regardless of the winners and losers, I was struck at how many brands wanted to position themselves on the right side of the culture wars.

Some were great Mass Mutual (full disclosure it featured my daughters school)

Some were misguided. MLK selling Dodge Ram trucks is wrong on so many levels. But just stop for a minute and think about where we are when a tough-guy all-american truck company wants to align themselves with MLK. Even though it was a bad idea, I am heartened that they thought that was the right positioning for them.

It is pretty clearly a backlash to trumpism

[jaysunb]

24. +1. n/t

[Hoyt]

34. Good point.

[3catwoman3]

17. The enunciation on the Tide ads was pretty sloppy..

I kept thinking the guy was saying "tie dad."

[DinahMoeHum]

21. About 5-6 ads by NBC for the upcoming Winter Olympics. . .

. . .they released earlier this week.

This one features US snowboarder Chloe Kim:

[demmiblue]

25. I liked the Lindsey Vonn one:

[Ilsa]

30. I liked the Paralympics ad, overcoming physical disability. nt

[machI]

26. Did you see the Super Bowl IV ad from 1970?

Back then there was the automobile manufacturer named Pontiac and they made cars young people wanted to own.

[Kittycow]

38. The Humbler? Lol

Regardless, I'd kill to own a GTO like that but I couldn't afford to run it. Plus it would never pass the emissions test here in Portlandia.

I love how the engine was rumbling

[Owl]

31. Vikings one was fun. The rest mostly blah.

[JDC]

33. I thought diversity was the theme. A slap in the face to Trimpanzees

On that front, I enjoyed them all the more

[Shrek]

36. Bitterly disappointed

Crocodile Dundee reboot with Danny McBride needs to be real.

[LeftInTX]

37. I saw the Mass Mutual Ad awhile back

Probably on CNN's New Year's Eve......