Julian Sutter

Superbowl 44 has come and gone.  In order to add some extra entertainment to the event I cracked open my wordpress and took a few notes about the commercials.  The notes are quick and disjointed, and that is what you get from this format of blogging =).

My two favorite commercial moments are the first two videos embeded in the post.  First the intro by Jay Z was AWESOME, and secondly the “man’s last stand” was REALLY dead on.  Great job this year marketing peeps!

First though, which commercials worked on me the most?

Audi A3 TDI commercial (cause that car is hot), and the Charger commercial (because of the hook).

Jay-Z Superbowl 44 Introduction.

Jay Z made the most epic Superbowl intro ever. #sb44

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I TOTALLY agree. I am not a huge Jay-z fan, nor do I follow football.  That however was an amazing intro for the games.

The music was great, the video was awesome and it set the feel for the game well.

Charger Commercial – Man’s Last Stand

Seriously, this commercial was really catchy. I know it has caused a bit of a stir on the web, but from a marketing point I thought it was pretty genius.

Some female bloggers were not very happy with the charger commercial. Instead of jumping into that discussion in this post, I am going to do some more research, grab some opinions and see were it goes from there. This may turn into a post at a later date, thats for sure.

Bud Light Commercials

The house of bud light was pretty funny. The cheese factor was meh, but still funny.

The book club was GREAT!

Hyundai Sonata Commercials

Very impressed with the approach of Hyundai this year.  The commercials seem to really be focusing on buiding the class of there brand.

Just saw the one about not bret farve still being in football in 2020 was a great play.

Budweiser Commercial

Human Bridge.  Okay I have to admit that this seemed cheesy at first, but a community forming a human bridge for the truck was classic.

Doritos Commercial

A dog sneaking behind a human and bark collars him out? Absolutely!

Just plain BADASS

Kid kicking his moms dates ass?

Again.. AWESOME

Doritos Casket? That was cheesy (bad pun) but still had some saving values.

Coke Superbowl

Having the Simpsons in a commercial just seemed cheesy.  Plus they took the simpsons style and totally fluffed it (noticed the backgrounds).

Bridgestone

Free Willy meets hang over theme?

That was just lame.

Cars.com

The commercial with the “really smart guy” was entertaining until they tied it to using cars.com. The brand attachment felt really thing thin.

Dove for Men

Any commercial staring off with sperm hitting an egg has my vote.  The commercial was really whitty however. It captured the “constant drive of being a man” really well.  Although I don’t see myself using dove, they did a great job.

Google Commercial – Search On

Google great job of keeping up with bing on media buys! The commercial about searching for a job in Paris did a great job if reminding viewers that we use google all day, every day for a lot of things.

Kia Sorento Commercial

This was rather interesting but surprised me.

If you have not seen this it’s worth taking a look.

Travis Barker is still in my mind the dude from Riverside who used to give drum lessons to my classmates. You guys might know him from blink 182. Either way, the remix is pretty sweet.

A good female friend of mine sent me a random “what are you up to” chatty message the other day. I figured this meant she was bored, so we proceeded to back and forth about our day. When I asked “how was your day” she answered with this fantastic rant

i’m so busy…it’s horrible. got my oil changed monday and now it’s leaking like CRAZY- aka by morning i may have no oil in it at all, and i’m supposed to go in to work in the morning but now i will have to go the opposite direction back to the place where i got the oil changed which is near school (where i will be at 6pm tomorrow, but again, the oil will be gone by then) and have to try to get my boss to let me come in late and still leave on time b/c then ih ave to go home and read for the class that i have at 6pm and then i have to leave at least an hour and 15 minutes before i have to be there (so by 4.45) b/c i have to take backroads all the way to school due to traffic on all the freeways at that time of day……

fucking car. fucking oil change. fucking idiots.

FANTASTIC!

Seriously her rant was so awesome. What made it even better was that her next message was /rant off.

Ah, the friends I have are awesome.

Night

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So, I ended up watching both these videos, totaling over 1 hour, but well wroth it.  If you don’t have a lot of time to sit back and watch, I recommend at least glancing through the first one.

So, after watching these lectures (which I found to be SUPER interesting) I am still stuck with the through “but if I was obviously innocent, wouldn’t I want to explain that?”  and “but I have nothing to hide!” also pops into mind.

That said, anyone who knows me, knows that I have the ability to both run my mouth and run it right into a hole worth of digging out of.

Now, I am not recommending that people be rude to cops, or refuse to answer basic questions.  The lecture does make a good point though.  When it comes down to it, nothing you say can help you later, it can only hurt you.

One thing I can say is that authority figures can be REALLY intimidating.  They know there job, and if you are pulled over, questioned or even walking buy a cop, its on there terms.  I do have a story about trying to lie to an authority figure (fire) back when I was in junior high.  I can tell you from experience, that was a really really stupid idea.

So if I get pulled over for speeding, and am asked “do you know how fast you were going?” I won’t be jumping up and down screaming “I TAKE THE 5th!”  I will try and keep my mouth shut through.

*Disclaimer – I am a web developer / internet marketer.  If you think this is legal advice… yeah good luck with that.

Seriously, this is AWESOME.  Someday when I have my ranch, Ill have to get me one of these. =).

*Disclaimer: This post is a general reflection and does not relate to any single person I have dated.  For the most part, I have felt very respected in most of my relationships.

Today I stumbled onto a blog that was talking about the 5 things that guys fear most in dating.

The list was fairly generic with things like “You will turn crazy after pretending to be sane”.  One item however did stick out to my and was worth the read.

Fear #4: You Won’t Respect Him

A wise psychologist once wrote, “In a relationship, women want to be cherished and men want to be admired.” Men do want their partners to admire them. Not in a ticker-tape parade kind of way, but as a quiet nod of respect for what he does and has accomplished. We all know this on some primal level.

One of th reasons that I watch TV is because of the commercials.  This commercial hit the spot and Charlize Theron is REALLY hot.

Earlier this evening I was watching comedy central and bo bournham was on.  If you have never seen him before he is a dorky white comedian who has a lot of music based bits.  His songs are a bit crass but have a nice level of self deprecation.

One of the best songs by Bo is “True Love”.

Growing up I attended La Sierra Academy in Riverside.  A small school, known for great teachers and being one of the first local schools to establish a dress code.   Anyone who has attended La Sierra (and many who havn’t) may know Mr. Veglahn.  Although he did enjoy a successful singing career in the mid 70’s with a few christian albums it is his American Literature Rap that stands out above the rest.

Due to this early literature based rap influence, this song by MC Lars has a very special place in my heart.

I present “Mr. Raven” by MC Lars.