Sadly, I wasn’t playing blood bowl…
I enjoy football. I know, it’s verboten thing for a geek to enjoy. If we enjoy it, we should keep it to ourselves. Enjoying football could lead to Madden. I can’t help it, though. A boy likes what he likes…
Speaking of which. This last Superbowl was aptly named
This ad uses the voice of a TV serial killer to tell women that they impose so many rules and behaviors on men that the only choice we have is to buy a sports car. Wait, what?
This ad is truly awful, and anyone who thinks that angrily telling their s/o that watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer or True Blood requires more repayment than the inevitable hot sex* is, frankly, someone so dead to the world that not even an awesome sports car** will make them human.
And that was only one ad, among many, many, many more. Little remarked on was “Man’s Last Stand”‘s total opposite:
This song featured a joyous examination of the life of man. The whole thing is done to the finale of the William Tell Overture– a song about a man triumphing over an entire nation for his love of a woman. In contrast to the Dodge ad, this one speaks to men, and says, in essence “living up to society’s expectations isn’t always easy, but you’ve overcome it all, and deserve some really nice soap.”
The Dove for Men the ad seems to say that’s for little boys. Real men are comfortable enough to use the same soap as their wives. You know what? I agree. I’m not going to buy anything that calls me insecure. Because everyone knows that cool doesn’t need to swagger…
*true story: Both of those shows will get the watchers laid. Because they’re _hot_
** Which the Dodge Charger is not. I mean, have you seen their ad?***
*** Circular reasoning? I think so!
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