Superbowl Ad Game Wrap Up

Superbowl XLV was a great game and, for once, the highlight was on the football and not the ridiculous ads that cost a fortune to air during the most coveted of time slots. That didn't stop the Mad Men from trying to get our attention though, and I decided to post a few of the ads that stood out during the game.

First off was Eminem's two commercials. One for Lipton Brisk and another for the Chrysler 200, emphasizing Detroit above the actual car. For someone who has had an enormous amount of commercial success, Eminem has steered clear of actual commercials. Though he is still a long way from appearing in the amount of commercials Dr. Dre has, we applaud Eminem for keeping it real in the spots.

Next up is a Best Buy ad featuring the omnipresent Justin Beiber and The Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne. Beiber, who is promoting a movie, is impossible to escape. He stood in for John Stewart on The Daily Show last week and was the featured musical guest on a painfully unfunny SNL. I suppose he's here to stay for a while, but it still makes me wince when I see him standing opposite of Ozzy Osbourne hocking cellphones for Best Buy. See the commercial below and check out the clip under that, where only a couple of months ago, Ozzy Osbourne asked "Who the fuck is Justin Beiber?"

The best ads during the game came came in the form of movie trailers from Marvel. They debuted the trailers for Captain America: First Avenger and Thor. Maybe I'm just a comic book geek, but both of these movies look stellar and and are definite first day must-sees. Oh, and there was also a trailer for Super 8, a movie written and directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg. Not much was revealed except their involvement. Check em out below.

Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Episode 3 Trailer

The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts Trailer

The Go! Team is an amazing mash-up of various styles and influences and they have an album dropping on February 1st entitled Rolling Blackouts. Check out the trailer for the album below and a mini documentary on the group under that. The Go! Team was one of the first groups we spotlighted here at Digitally Read almost a year ago and if you like what you hear, make sure to swoop up their album when it drops next month.

Enter The Void

Enter the Void is a French film released in 2009, written and directed by Gaspar Noé. Labeled by Noé as a "psychedelic melodrama", It stars Nathaniel Brown in his debut role, Paz de la Huerta (of Boardwalk Empire fame) and Cyril Roy, also in his first role on film. The story is set in Tokyo and focuses on Oscar, a young American drug dealer who gets shot by the police, but continues to watch over his sister Linda and the events which follow on from his death during an out-of-body experience, floating above the streets of Tokyo and occasionally entering people's minds to observe their dreams. The entire film is shot from a first-person view, and occasionally has Oscar staring over his own shoulder as he observes moments from his past. Warning: This movie or it's previews are not intended for the epileptic.

Alice in Wonderland - Superbowl Movie Trailer

I can't wait to see this movie. It already looks like a drug trip, so drugs would only enhance the experience, right?

Fallout: New Vegas

For those that don't know: I'm an avid gamer. Call me geeky or whatever but there's a few games coming out that I just can't wait to play. One of those has been the shrouded in secrecy sequel to Fallout 3 entitled Fallout: New Vegas. Today the teaser trailer hit the net, and although the trailer is almost identical for the one for Fallout 3, New Vegas has got me feeling the itch.