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Location: Somewhere between S@%&# stirrer and Saint | I kind of thought it was a down year for commercials.What did U think and your favorite? |
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Location: SE KS | I liked the Clydesdale ad, however, thought it was hilarious when the wolf was stalking the puppy!!! (as in, I don't believe a wild wolf would have been anywhere near the farm!)
The Fiat commercial was good too!!! It was probably my favorite.
I think they all tried too hard to outdo & flopped on most of them! |
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Location: White Mountains of AZ | I liked the Older people commercial about 100 years...forget what is was advertising though! |
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Location: North Dakota | Budweiser is always good but overall the commercials SUCKED. There were so many things like old memes and screaming goats that are so out of date and overused that they were just lame. |
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Location: ND--it snows, it floods, it snows, it floods | I liked the Doritos Plane commercial and the Doritos Pigs fly commercial. The old people one was advertising cars. The Chevy Colorado one at the beginning was very good but I really question having wi-fi in a vehicle..... |
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Location: Desert Land | I liked the esurance commercial with Brian Cranston as Walter White in the pharmacy. I love Breaking Bad, so I am just desperate to see anything BB related. |
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Location: Kentucky | TheOldGrayMare - 2015-02-02 3:04 PM I liked the esurance commercial with Brian Cranston as Walter White in the pharmacy. I love Breaking Bad, so I am just desperate to see anything BB related.
I can't wait for Better Call Saul :) |
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Location: Desert Land | Murphy - 2015-02-02 12:08 PM TheOldGrayMare - 2015-02-02 3:04 PM I liked the esurance commercial with Brian Cranston as Walter White in the pharmacy. I love Breaking Bad, so I am just desperate to see anything BB related. I can't wait for Better Call Saul :)
I know...me too!!!!
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Location: Montana | Budweiser commercial was good of course, the Snickers commercial was funny. I thought Chevy's commercial was dumb, but I kind of liked the idea of McDonalds commercial. But I do think they've had better commercials other years. |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | We did't watch so we are seeing some of the commercials being raked over by the media. I find it absurd that Nationwide is getting so much bad press because it's a reality commercial
instead of living in the world of make me believe. If this upsets people so much I would say that is why they don't watch the news and know what is going because they sure wouldn't like that reality..LOL
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| docschic - 2015-02-02 1:50 PM
I liked the Doritos Plane commercial and the Doritos Pigs fly commercial. The old people one was advertising cars. The Chevy Colorado one at the beginning was very good but I really question having wi-fi in a vehicle.....
I loved both Doritos commercials!! |
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Location: That part of Texas | Nevertooold - 2015-02-02 4:57 PM We did't watch so we are seeing some of the commercials being raked over by the media. I find it absurd that Nationwide is getting so much bad press because it's a reality commercial
instead of living in the world of make me believe. If this upsets people so much I would say that is why they don't watch the news and know what is going because they sure wouldn't like that reality..LOL
I didn't like the Nationwide commercial because it made me think of all the people across the U.S. who had probably recently just lost a child and instead of being able to get away from that for a little while, escape reality and enjoy the game, it got pushed in their face just so Nationwide could sell insurance. I'm also sure that some parents who had lost an older child were already thinking this was the first year they were watching the Superbowl without their son or daughter and it was hard anyway . . . they didn't need to have that thrown at them. |
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Location: North Dakota | I agree I don't feel the Superbowl was an appropriate place for such an ad. |
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Location: Home....Smiling M Farms | Not a commercial, but I was super excited to see the trailer for the next Jurassic Park movie! |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | Red Raider - 2015-02-02 6:15 PM Nevertooold - 2015-02-02 4:57 PM We did't watch so we are seeing some of the commercials being raked over by the media. I find it absurd that Nationwide is getting so much bad press because it's a reality commercial
instead of living in the world of make me believe. If this upsets people so much I would say that is why they don't watch the news and know what is going because they sure wouldn't like that reality..LOL
I didn't like the Nationwide commercial because it made me think of all the people across the U.S. who had probably recently just lost a child and instead of being able to get away from that for a little while, escape reality and enjoy the game, it got pushed in their face just so Nationwide could sell insurance. I'm also sure that some parents who had lost an older child were already thinking this was the first year they were watching the Superbowl without their son or daughter and it was hard anyway . . . they didn't need to have that thrown at them.
They were actually trying to make a statement that so many accidents are preventable. I wonder how many parents were drinking and watching the game and didn't have a clue what their kids were doing and where their kids were? Accidents happen...not paying attention to what your kids are doing happens way too much. JMHO |
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| Nevertooold - 2015-02-02 8:00 PM
Red Raider - 2015-02-02 6:15 PM Nevertooold - 2015-02-02 4:57 PM We did't watch so we are seeing some of the commercials being raked over by the media. I find it absurd that Nationwide is getting so much bad press because it's a reality commercial
instead of living in the world of make me believe. If this upsets people so much I would say that is why they don't watch the news and know what is going because they sure wouldn't like that reality..LOL
I didn't like the Nationwide commercial because it made me think of all the people across the U.S. who had probably recently just lost a child and instead of being able to get away from that for a little while, escape reality and enjoy the game, it got pushed in their face just so Nationwide could sell insurance. I'm also sure that some parents who had lost an older child were already thinking this was the first year they were watching the Superbowl without their son or daughter and it was hard anyway . . . they didn't need to have that thrown at them.
I still don't think that the Superbowl was an appropriate place to air that ad. They're claiming that the purpose of the ad was to promote a website/initiative of theirs for childhood safety...which is great...except I have no recollection of what the website address was. What I recall from the ad: your child is going to die, we're Nationwide. Seems to me they could've featured the website much more prominently, and skipped their brand placement if their intentions were to promote the website. |
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Location: Phoenix | The Walter white and Kim K commercial were my favs! Otherwise they sucked big time. I did see a hilarious meme with the "I died" nationwide commercial.
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Location: That part of Texas | Nevertooold - 2015-02-02 8:00 PM Red Raider - 2015-02-02 6:15 PM Nevertooold - 2015-02-02 4:57 PM We did't watch so we are seeing some of the commercials being raked over by the media. I find it absurd that Nationwide is getting so much bad press because it's a reality commercial
instead of living in the world of make me believe. If this upsets people so much I would say that is why they don't watch the news and know what is going because they sure wouldn't like that reality..LOL
I didn't like the Nationwide commercial because it made me think of all the people across the U.S. who had probably recently just lost a child and instead of being able to get away from that for a little while, escape reality and enjoy the game, it got pushed in their face just so Nationwide could sell insurance. I'm also sure that some parents who had lost an older child were already thinking this was the first year they were watching the Superbowl without their son or daughter and it was hard anyway . . . they didn't need to have that thrown at them.
I understand what the premise of the commercial was and why they made it. I just wish they had elected to air it at a different time and place.
I had to watch a good friend of mine who just had a miscarriage digest that commercial. This was the first time we had been able to get her and her husband out of the house since it happened before Christmas. Our Superbowl party weekend was about getting them back to normal and looking forward to the future. That commercial was like getting a kick in the teeth. She wasn't smiling and laughing as much after that.
I know Nationwide did it to start a conversation about accidential deaths and the need to avoid them. It shouldn't have been a surprise though to see how such a commercial would affect others who had lost children in other ways and how that might affect them watching it.
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Location: "...way down south in the Everglades..." | QH<3er - 2015-02-02 2:36 PM
I liked the Older people commercial about 100 years...forget what is was advertising though!
Thought that one was cute too...it was for Dodge :-) |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | Red Raider - 2015-02-03 9:54 AM Nevertooold - 2015-02-02 8:00 PM Red Raider - 2015-02-02 6:15 PM Nevertooold - 2015-02-02 4:57 PM We did't watch so we are seeing some of the commercials being raked over by the media. I find it absurd that Nationwide is getting so much bad press because it's a reality commercial
instead of living in the world of make me believe. If this upsets people so much I would say that is why they don't watch the news and know what is going because they sure wouldn't like that reality..LOL
I didn't like the Nationwide commercial because it made me think of all the people across the U.S. who had probably recently just lost a child and instead of being able to get away from that for a little while, escape reality and enjoy the game, it got pushed in their face just so Nationwide could sell insurance. I'm also sure that some parents who had lost an older child were already thinking this was the first year they were watching the Superbowl without their son or daughter and it was hard anyway . . . they didn't need to have that thrown at them.
I had to watch a good friend of mine who just had a miscarriage digest that commercial. This was the first time we had been able to get her and her husband out of the house since it happened before Christmas. Our Superbowl party weekend was about getting them back to normal and looking forward to the future. That commercial was like getting a kick in the teeth. She wasn't smiling and laughing as much after that.
I know Nationwide did it to start a conversation about accidential deaths and the need to avoid them. It shouldn't have been a surprise though to see how such a commercial would affect others who had lost children in other ways and how that might affect them watching it.
I was told there was also a commercial about domestic violence. Why isn't anyone talking about that? Maybe the woman that just got the crap beat out of her went to a Super Bowl party to get away also.
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Location: That part of Texas | Nevertooold - 2015-02-03 3:31 PM Red Raider - 2015-02-03 9:54 AM Nevertooold - 2015-02-02 8:00 PM Red Raider - 2015-02-02 6:15 PM Nevertooold - 2015-02-02 4:57 PM We did't watch so we are seeing some of the commercials being raked over by the media. I find it absurd that Nationwide is getting so much bad press because it's a reality commercial
instead of living in the world of make me believe. If this upsets people so much I would say that is why they don't watch the news and know what is going because they sure wouldn't like that reality..LOL
I didn't like the Nationwide commercial because it made me think of all the people across the U.S. who had probably recently just lost a child and instead of being able to get away from that for a little while, escape reality and enjoy the game, it got pushed in their face just so Nationwide could sell insurance. I'm also sure that some parents who had lost an older child were already thinking this was the first year they were watching the Superbowl without their son or daughter and it was hard anyway . . . they didn't need to have that thrown at them.
I had to watch a good friend of mine who just had a miscarriage digest that commercial. This was the first time we had been able to get her and her husband out of the house since it happened before Christmas. Our Superbowl party weekend was about getting them back to normal and looking forward to the future. That commercial was like getting a kick in the teeth. She wasn't smiling and laughing as much after that.
I know Nationwide did it to start a conversation about accidential deaths and the need to avoid them. It shouldn't have been a surprise though to see how such a commercial would affect others who had lost children in other ways and how that might affect them watching it.
I guess they are not talking about that ad because it's more about the message than anything else. If Nationwide wanted to talk about the statistics involved in accidential deaths or even one being portrayed in a 911 call, it would have been different. Why? Having a dead kid talk about the things he will not do isn't just about the accidential death rate. It applies to anyone who has lost a child for whatever reason.
I haven't lost a child myself but I would have to say that the thing that probably sticks with you the most and haunts you the most is the things they have missed out on life. I've heard that never goes away and it's hard for some parents to see that when the kid's friends go through those stages of life. I've had friends die young and I can see the hurt in their parents eyes at big events like graduation, weddings, baby showers, etc. That pain never goes away. That's why I particularly hate that commercial. It was a deep blow to those outside of the issue given the way how they framed it. |
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