When the Game is Away, the Commercials will Play

Jack Vuagniaux, Staff Writer

The 2017 Super Bowl was one of the most memorable football games ever with the first overtime and the largest comeback in Super Bowl history.  Another aspect of the Super Bowl that always brings greatness is the quality and creativity of commercials that come between heart-wrenching plays and crushing tackles.

“Big Game”- Wix.com

As a restaurant owner creates a website and plans his business expansion, Jason Statham starts an intense fight that ends in the restaurant being destroyed.  The owner moves to a food truck.  In a second ad Statham returns with his sidekick, Gal Gadot, and drives the truck off a ledge in a transporter-type car chase.  When everything seems calm on the owner’s new floating restaurant, Statham returns with a cliffhanger.

“Brady Everyday”- Intel

Ever wanted to see what Tom Brady does on a daily basis? Now you can with incredible 360 degree cameras.  Intel proves that anything can look epic, even brushing teeth and eating pancakes off the ground.

“Hero’s Journey”- Kia 

Melissa McCarthy finds ways to help the environment, but after multiple tries at saving whales, rhinos, trees and more, she settles on driving the new eco-friendly Kia Niro.

“Live commercial”- Snickers

The Wild West looked a lot better when it was staged.  Snickers provides a live commercial starring Adam Driver. Driver pushes over a post and everything goes bad from there.  “This was funny realizing this was actually done live,” Victim of Lag said in a comment.

“Romance”- Skittles

Katie had a boy at her window, but she was too busy eating the skittles he was throwing to her.  Her parents pushed her out and ate some, as well as her grandma, a robber, cop and beaver.

“If that’s a Buick”- Buick

“If that’s a Buick, then my kid’s Cam Newton.”  This quote sees that kid turn into Cam Newton and stiff arm three toddlers before throwing a screaming pass to his teammate.  The coach remarks that if the car that pulled up was a Buick he would be a supermodel.  With that, he becomes Miranda Kerr.  “[It’s] nice of them to include the Panther’s offensive line as well,” commenter ENASTY7ALLDAY said.