Well this is new? and slightly annoying. But, I like.

Despite how intrusive and annoying this little ad. may be, it works. If I were to look out my door and see this, what I would immediatly think is "dang I wish it was real," then run to my computer and order. Cause lets face it, I'm a hungry girl and please tell me who the hell can resist those breadsticks and that garlic sauce, I'm  just curious. But, if your just ringing my doorbell leaving this in my peephole and then running, taht would be a completely different story. Don't mess with people's food Papa John's.

So A for innovation Papa John's, but I don't see this one sticking.

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So that's awkward.....Old Space basically giving Charmin the good old "F you!" or are they??

As the shot opens with a close-up on Charmin Freshmates with a voice-over stating;

“Charmin Freshmates are formulated to clean you better than dry bath tissue,” says a voiceover. “And they —— ”

Then the head of Terry Crews, the actor and former National Football League player, pops out of the box of Freshmates, as his hand, holding a can of Old Spice body spray, smashes through a wall.

“Old Spice is too powerful to stay in its own commercial!” Mr. Crews says, as the commercial closes with a shot of four Old Spice body spray scents and a slogan for the brand’s newest campaign, “Smell is power.”

This is not the only ad that Wieden & Kennedy have put out for Old Spice this year. Another similar advertisment involves Bounce, with the similar "Old Spice takeover theme."

In my opinion, I love this but feel it's a one time shot. In other words, if other brands began to follow Old Spice's theme we'd have a mess of Ads with multiple brands in them. Furthermore, this would get old. But koodos to Old Spice, this is hilarious, new, and innovative. I just love commercials that are fun to watch like this one, they are super effective and don't bother the consumer.

On the other hand, it is interesting though, both brands get showcased here and this is not the typical "brand v. brand" commercial, where one brand shocases it's prominence over another through pointing out flaws. Those, in my opinion, can be wholly ineffective and just plain annoying. It reminds me of  two annoying bickering sisters, to be honest. But, this ad doesn't necessarily 'hate' on Charim, it gets its fair share of airtime as well. Yet, viewers will walk away with Old Spice in thier minds rather then Charmin. Wholly, this gets me thinking are Charmin and Old Spice working together? Does this convey the right message to consumers? or does one brand overshadow the other? All  I know is that I would be interested to see the statistics resulting from this commercial on how consumers feel and act.

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Kia's Super Bowl Spot contends with leaders of the 'car commercial.' Kia's hamsters have been prancing around for way to long, it is great to see Kia come out with something new.

As early screenshots had not done it justice. In this spot Kia plays on idea of the sweetest of dreams, which of course incoporates the Kia Optima as well as that stuff that all men dream of (large sandwiches, Motley Crue, Adriana Lima, and MMA). The spot carries to protray that this dream trumps all, which in my opinion successful conveys the Kia Optima as the "cool, hip, and trendy" car which is the image Kia attempted (yet failed) to accomplish with their hamsters.

Yet, considering contenders such as VW, BMW, and Honda could Kia's spot really compete?  We'll just have to see where the hype will truly land.

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