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Football Commercials
« on: Mar 11th, 2005, 5:50pm » |
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Brian Urlacher is in (a version of) this commercial. I know... It's tenuous. But, at least I attempted to justify my posting this here on "the Sidelines" and not in "the Bleachers". 
So, anyways, do you guys know this Nike commercial with the demonic-sounding  music in the background and all the dudes getting some wild, scary head gear fitting their persona or something in, what comes to my mind, Hellraiser-type fashion? It seems like the commercial affects many in a visceral and negative way. I've been with a couple dudes now that, when that commercial came on, they were like, "I HATE that commercial." When I ask why, they just say that it's dumb. It's like it just irks them. ... I don't know...  I kind of like it! Brings out the "Pinhead" in me! ... No, Mr. O'Reilly, bless your dear heart, I mean a different "Pinhead", the (long "e", capital "P") Pinhead.  Okay, that's Freddie, but you guys get the point. So, what do you guys think... or not (think, that is)?
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Re: That strange "Warrior" Nike commercial
« Reply #3 on: Mar 13th, 2005, 11:20am » |
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I'm not a big fan of it. In fact, I dislike it. I think it is either pointless or wrong-headed. If there is nothing intelligible about it, which is quite possible, it is pointless. If you want to say that it brings out the warrior-aspect of sports players (or something like that), then it's wrongheaded. Sports players, as sports players, are not warriors any more than anyone else, and certainly less than the real warriors -- soldiers. It's just exaggerated "macho-ism," I think.
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Re: Football Commercials
« Reply #7 on: Jul 26th, 2006, 5:58pm » |
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Have you guys seen that ESPN Fantasy Football commercial where Reggie Bush and his boys are doing their fantasy draft??? The guy with the first pick leans over to Reggie and says that he's going to take L.J. with the first pick. Reggie replies in disappointment, saying something like how lame it is that he got cheated out of being the #1 pick in the NFL Draft and now the same thing is going to happen in his fantasy league... So, his friend, feeling guilty, announces Bush as the first pick, and within the drop of a hat, Bush announces pick #2, L.J., saying how stupid of a pick "he" was at #1.   Gotta love it!!! 
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Re: Football Commercials
« Reply #10 on: Jul 27th, 2006, 12:42am » |
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Yea,... while I see whence you are coming, Phil, the slimy part of the hobby on exhibition, it is for the sake of a REALLY good joke, and, like any good joke, what's funny about it is precisely that it's a hyperbolic representation of what does (unfortunately) go on in the hobby (and, moreover, in life). I think it's comedic genius. I got a good laugh out of it. 
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...... if you can't infuse some humor into your "hobby" then you may need to see a psychiatrist.