Missing Commercial

[DonnaT]

Seems youtube's site, youtube.com/adblitz, where they want people to vote on their favorite super bowl ad doesn't have them all listed. At least as far as I can tell. For example, the livingsocial.com ad doesn't seem to be on the list.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33jb2Ns7yaQ

[DeeDee]

Hi Donna
Officialy, "LivingSocial's" commercial was a pre-game slot, but heres a link to it. http://emoney.allthingsd.com/20110206/l ... bowl-spot/#
Hugs
DeeDee

[DonnaT]

Ahhh. Heck, I thought it was one for the super bowl, since I saw it after tuning to the super bowl.

I reckon, if it doesn't air between the start whistle and the last whistle, it doesn't count.

[Anita]

A reviewer for the SF Chronicle said it harked back to the Holiday Inn Super Bowl commercial, where they used a transitioned woman coming back to her high school reunion. The reviewer implied that they were exploiting trans people then, and that they were doing that now.

I'm not sure they're exploiting us here, but then again, I'm not sure what they're doing. It's hard to win, using transgender subjects. If they pick a 'pretty' one, they're exploiting us. (Holiday Inn). If they pick a plain one, are they mocking us? I didn't quite get that feeling from this last commercial, but it was unexpected to see it.

I thought the guy/girl in the commercial was presented as someone positive, although I wished they would have given him a little more polish. I don't even think he had any makeup at all. On the other hand, being a man in a dress, with no frills, takes more courage (in my opinion), then trying to pass. They were showing a brave individual.

More opinions?

[DonnaT]

I didn't get a bad vibe from the commercial. More of a --here we are-- type feeling.

The commercial did seem to indicate that the guy kept going for more (better) deals. Whether he got carried away or not is for each person to judge.