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February 4, 2007
The Superbowl: A Review
Another disappointing Super Bowl has ended. A brief review:
1. The game itself was not very interesting. The Bears offense never got going and their defense, never convincing against the Peyton Manning Experience, just wore out at some point. And the Peyton Manning Experience, while steady and assured, was certainly not exciting: it felt like they were just making sausage out there.
2. Prince's half-time show was dumb and incoherent. I didn't need to hear songs like "Purple Rain" and "Proud Mary" blended into one another.
3. The commercials were just not funny. Occasionally there was some promise ("Connectile Dysfunction" was an interesting nub of an idea, the Cheryl Crowe add started out promising ("Trouble began immediately, when she realized she would actually have to use the product she was endorsing"), etc.) but even in these cases the joke quickly fizzled.
I gave up by 9pm EST and turned to HBO's Rome. The adventures of Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo seemed more promising. Now its time for 30 minutes of putting practice and then bed.
Posted by dag at February 4, 2007 10:37 PM