io9: superbowl

Alec Baldwin Finally Admits His Alien Plan For World Domination

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:30:00 PST

We knew it: Alec Baldwin is an evil alien. All of a sudden, his preternatural comic timing makes total sense. Check out the best ad of the Superbowl.

After sitting through the many trailers and Superbowl commercials, we're going to have to give the io9 gold star of excellence to Baldwin's Hulu ad. Sure astronauts and House Of Pain are fantastic combination, but nothing beats the Baldwin delivery — nothing. Plus it reveals his super evil plans to eat all of our brains and gives viewers a small tour of the underground Hulu lair beneath the Hollywood sign.

Please, Hulu — more Baldwin alien ads!

The Moon Is No Place To Lose Your Tires

Charlie Jane Anders — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:55:22 PST

Hip-hop astronauts dance on an alien moon... until their space buggy gets jacked and their ship gets stolen, in this Bridgestone ad from the Superbowl. I have to admit a weakness for dancing space-dudes.

Heroes Superbowl Commercial Is Creepiest Thing Ever

Charlie Jane Anders — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:45:53 PST

This commercial, featuring the cast of Heroes playing football against "NFL legends," creeps me out. Maybe it's the way Angela Petrelli nods and smiles before sending Claire, wearing no protective gear, to get broken.

Pitting our heroes against ordinary, non-superpowered people, in a football game just pinpoints how ridiculous their powers are. It makes me think President Worf is right, and they should all get locked up in super-Gitmo. Which probably wasn't the point NBC wanted to make here.

Oh, but I know what'll make it better. How about Hiro lipsynching with Joe Cocker?

Meet Rainn Wilson's Army, From Monsters Vs. Aliens Superbowl Trailer

Charlie Jane Anders — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:31:59 PST

Strap on your 3-D glasses and prepare to meet the alien army of Gallaxhar (Rainn Wilson), from the Monsters Versus Aliens teaser that just aired. Looks like Ginormica gets the drop on the would-be overlord.

The Rock's Far Out Space Fantasy — With Stormtroopers

Charlie Jane Anders — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:16:12 PST

The new Race To Witch Mountain Superbowl teaser includes a better look at the alien bounty hunter chasing those space kids, plus The Rock's head floating in a trippy space fantasy.

This is a Disaster: Superbowl Edition

Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:00:21 PST

Well it's Superbowl Sunday, and the only thing remotely scifi may be the ads. So it's my second week in and I'm already doing a themed post. All ads, all for you.

JOHN CARTER
I don't know why people are excited for this. Car Dealers, no matter how hot their woman may be, are shady all over the universe.

LOST
Lost continues to give the viewers what it wants. Especially the dames.

FRAK BUCKET
No explanation needed I say.

GRACE
What Superbowl is complete without a creepy fake mouth talking baby!?

HE-MAN
We learned this week that John Stevenson, one of the directors on Kung-Fu Panda is handling the new He-Man reboot. I managed to steal an early teaser poster which shows some pretty predictable casting decisions from the man.

MISC
On a random note, commenter Brogan misread a comment of mine referring to Klingon Camp, and wanted to see a "camp" Klingon. I found this old Klingon TV Guide Ad that proves they existed and they were fab.

KNOWING
And finally...Nicholas Cage, Albino Cult, Coded Fortune Telling, The Director of iRobot? I am knowing one thing about this film.

This is Garrison Dean (who if he had a Facebook profile would set his status to: Garrison Dean is super excited to see the Transformers trailer during the superbowl) signing off. See you next Sunday.

Max Headroom's Blipverts Infiltrate The Superbowl

Meredith Woerner — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:30:00 PST

Forget the 3D commercials — this Superbowl Sunday, our eyes will be peeled for the one-second Miller High Life commercials. That's right Miller only bought 4 seconds of airtime this Sunday, but the beermaker believes that it's just enough time to make the right mental impact on the audience. Finally, Max Headroom's high-speed advertising nightmare has come true! Hopefully the high-intensity moments won't actually cause your brain to overload and explode. [Winston-Salem Journal]

The Rock's Cab Is A Magnet For Stormtroopers And Aliens

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:00:00 PST

Race To Witch Mountain's Dwayne Johnson not only chauffeurs around a pair of tween aliens in his cab, but apparently some of our stormtrooper buddies as well. Check out the Superbowl Witch Mountain trailer early.

MTV got their mits on this trailer before it airs on Superbowl Sunday, and I have to say I'm quite intrigued by the whole alien bounty-hunter sub-plot. I mean, that's a dead ringer for Master Chief, right? Disney's Race To Witch Mountain comes out on March 13.

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Finally, Chuck Gives Us A Reason To Love The Superbowl

Graeme McMillan — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:20:00 PST

When we found out that NBC's spy-fi comedy Chuck was planning a special 3D episode for next year, we were excited - and now that creator Josh Schwartz is promising us at least one special 3D sight that we've never seen before (Hint: It includes the words "urinal cake"). We can't wait to see what else the show has lined up for its February red-and-green bonanza. Schwartz explains why we're getting 3D Chuck in the first place, and also identifies the two dream guest-stars for the show, below.

Somewhat surprisingly, according to Scwartz, Chuck's 3D episode comes because of NBC's special plans for next year's Superbowl:

It was NBC['s idea]. They were doing this big promotion inside of the Superbowl and handing out 150 million 3-D glasses, so we are the beneficiaries of that. Initially their plan was to have a bunch of shows do it, but it was logistically complicated, so “Chuck” seemed like the best fit for that type of thing... [You'll get to see] Jeff eating a urinal cake in 3-D. The director of [Medium's 2006 3-D] episode is actually our resident director, so he had lots of experience with 3-D, and the technology has come a long way.

Who knew that organized sports could give such a gift to nerds? But the magic of three dimensions isn't the only thing that Schwartz is working on when it comes to the cast and crew of the BuyMore:

[The show's use of guest-stars] began, for me, as a search for Steven Seagal and Jan Claude Van Damme. While that proved fruitless, there were a lot of other people interested in doing the show... I’m not giving up [on Seagal and Van Damme]!

The muscles from Brussels teaming up with Charles Carmichael? Yeah, that might just make our year.

Reflections: Josh Schwartz [Comic Book Resources]