I'm loading up on Polonium for the Putin Zombie Apocalypse. Because you know he's working on some kind of Event Horizon / Universal Soldier eternal life/cloning program that will invariably go wrong.
Some of the visuals were really cool, but the guy has no stage charisma. As for the game, it was boring and we turned it off a few minutes into the 3rd quarter. Good for Tom Brady, I guess. All the “Go Buccs” signs around my area was pretty odd, though.
Like many Super Bowls, unfortunately. The big game almost never lives up to the hype, and not having a houseful of people like usual, there were no distractions from the lameness. The one bright spot for me was that my buddy was in a Super Bowl commercial (M&Ms). It’s been a lean year for actors and this will be huge for him. About the halftime, according to my teenage daughter we, and all of our friends, didn’t like it because we’re old. 300 people dancing with jock straps on their heads convinces me otherwise.
There have been a lot of decent Super Bowls in recent years. I guess some people might not have liked the Pats/Rams game because so few points were scored, but it was a pretty good football game. Actually, going back and looking at a list of winners, of the last 10 I would say that 3 were at least very good (45, 46, 53) and 4 were genuinely great (47, 49, 51 and 52).
The halftime show needs to go way back to its roots. A stunning marching band would be more entertaining to a wider portion of the audience than artists they've been putting out there for decades. No matter what singer or band you put on that stage, there's going to be a huge portion of viewers that don't like their music or, like me in this Superbowl, has no clue who the hell that dude in the red jacket even is. It needs to be a show at halftime, not a concert for 1/3 of the viewers. Until we get away from that, 2/3 of the viewers are going to be saying, "what the fuck did I just watch," every year.
She doesn’t remember how Michael Jackson did so much more during his halftime show, by simply STANDING STILL FOR A FULL MINUTE. Or how Indiana Jones braved all sorts of death traps to save the Lombardi trophy. Or even after they started to make the show less of a spectacle, Prince crushed it by just being Prince. And of course - The Spectacle. (I’m at work so I can’t post a pic, but I’m sure Rush has it on his hard drive)
It definitely was trying too hard. Dude's plastic surgery is beastly. Holy shit...he really went for that "give me that Michael Jackson as the Elephant Man" look. I thought the Weeknd got me-too'ed over a bunch of songs he wrote about fucking girls on drugs or something?? Also, the creepy, tighty-whitey mask dancers was....an interesting choice. I can't say I ever saw a halftime show and was like "oh, yeah, that's awesome", but...I mean....that was some weird, coked-out shit. I think my core complaint is I'm fucking tired of Tom Brady. Since I was fucking 19 I've been seeing him in the SB more years than not, and it's a bizarre form of over-exposure. He's like the football version of Tom Cruise: sure, you're the GOAT, but go the fuck away already, no one actually likes you as a person.
As someone who was a highschool band dork who competed in marching band show competitions... Yes. I'd tune in for that, if only for nostalgia.
That streaker was handled more violently than that kid that shot two people in Wisconsin. That dude in the pink women's swimsuit should be on concussion protocol.
I do get this, but on the other hand, this is a Gretzky-level domination of a sport. I'm a Buffalo Bills fan so I hate Tom Brady as much as anyone, but I do have some appreciation for the fact that I'm watching an absolutely historic achievement by an incredible athlete.
I recommend everyone watch The Last Dance. It's interesting to see the extreme level that these top-tier athletes are operating at.
The whole reason the NFL put MJ out there at half time was because of the previous year. Upstart network Fox had crazy show called In Living Color, featuring lesser-known comedians like Jim Carrey and The Wayans Brothers, along with these dancers called the Fly Girls. They actually advertised to basically "flip over to Fox during halftime." They KILLED it and murder the ratings, and took NBCs audience away. The NFL said, never again, and thus began spectacle shows. I don't. But, I have Google. Spoiler: Star Nipple
I still can't get over how weird that whole episode was. Everything about it: whoever thought it would be a good idea, the insane overreaction, and then Timberlake's "Superbowl? I don't even watch sports"-style sprinting away from it as fast as possible.
Wait, are you implying it was planned? Sir, it was a WARDROBE MALFUNCTION. Justin Timberlake has superhuman strength, in that he can, in one quick motion, rip off the cup of a leather bra/corset/whatever - so easily in fact, that Janet Jackson's balance wasn't even affected. It's simply coincidental that the lyrics he was singing at the time were "Gonna have you nekkid by the end of this song." And who wouldn't wear the most gigantic, most-of-the-nipple-covering design under all that clothing that was obviously meant to never be ripped off on stage at the Super Bowl?
That's like, your opinion man... JT is a god damn angel sent from our heavenly father. Don't you dare besmirch his good name! He was a patsy I tell you. The Manchurian Tit Exposer.