bill simmons IS bill simmons IN the book of BASKETBALL

"no flex zone" is so familiar to me (and i loved it so much when it first came out) that the ad doesn't even register to me as annoying

"what a pro wants" is so much worse, man. like why would chet and sga know or like that song which came out before chet was born and nobody has listened to or mentioned in decades?

the no flex zone ad is easily the best of the ads they play constantly during basketball classic song and i like vibe of the family the kids seem like they know something funny, the worst are those emotionally manipulative ads from lilly the company that was gouging life saving insulin

i like the what a pro wants ad its nice theyre signing together but then the end is bad when shai is all a lil flat, feel like sort of thing where theres a line thats in the shape of a punchline but isnt actually a joke its just someone saying something is everywhere in ads now some sort of new pernicious ad man strat, like the one where melo tells eli you not slick or the one where grant hill does all the talking then ant says oh i know

i agree i don’t really understand the hate for it. it’s dumb but it’s not exactly like our best minds are in advertising these days. mostly i find it kinda cute, they seem to be having fun. i do agree w/ ppl who point out that they’re too young to really have nostalgia for an early xtina single tho

the singing is cute and they seem like good guys, harmless ad imo

they look extremely uncomfortable! if you’re going to do something like that you gotta actually let yourself get into it. F minus

for me, it’s more “oh god why are they being forced to do this?”

it's definitely awful, but i feel the opposite of lagoon - the singing is cringe, the song choice is weird, the whole premise seems detached from any sort of reality, and the only redeeming quality of the commercial is SGA going "lil bit flat, we'll get better" as if there *is* some backstory that we're unaware of, like these two dudes are on a journey toward trying to sing well together for some reason. it's like that's the only part of it that has even a hint of intrigue?

it's also the only line of the whole thing that's delivered in a natural way, not stiffly acted.

the crypto ad about pizza is good too bad they cant make cyber money that good

i dont like seeing will smith and martin lawrences old puffy faces in the bad boys 3 ads they shouldve used the face deaging tech on them

were dying goon, we're all just dying and decaying cant get ai to stop it baby

not in the bad boys universe

theyre not bad boys anymore, theyre bad men

will smith and martin lawrence in....grumpy old boys

see thats the direction they shouldve gone

The only truly random number generator is the one in Bill Simmons’ head when he says, eg “he was one of the 12 to 13 best guys in the league in ‘88” or “he’s one of the best guys we’ve seen in what, the last six to seven years?”

— Brad (@BGM_22) May 15, 2024

lol

one of the most accurate tweets

the spinal tap school of measuring things

That’s good

i dont like seeing will smith and martin lawrences old puffy faces in the bad boys 3 ads they shouldve used the face deaging tech on them

― lag∞n, Wednesday, May 15, 2024 7:25 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

realized theyre supposed to be beat up in the scene where they look bad, its not obvious in the ad tho i had to pause it

also, 'tis the fourth film in the grumpy old boys saga

oh shit lol lost track, part 2 is classic tho

the mma themed crypto ad with an eminem impersonator complaining about the haters is too much lol