LeBron upstages Rogen, Rudd in Samsung's Super Bowl ad
LeBron finishes strong against Rogen and Rudd.(Credit:Samsung Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)Some brands will make you wait to see their Super Bowl ads.Not Samsung.Having teased quite brilliantly with its mockery of the NFL's strict trademark regulations, Samsung has now released the full version of the real thing.The real thing from The Next Big Thing again features Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd.More Technically IncorrectAmy Poehler tries to seduce Best Buy boys in Super BowlPriceline gets Shatner an angry daughter for Super BowlCars.com's Super Bowl ad teaser: The call of the bizarreCan Amy Poehler help Best Buy during the Super Bowl?What the E*Trade baby will be doing during the Super BowlLike Samsung's Galaxy Note, this ad is a slightly bloated but likable affair, indulgently allowing its stars to free-associate with good humor and not so much dwelling on niceties such as, well, the products.Mr. Show's Bob Odenkirk again comes along for the ride, puncturing Rogen and Rudd's pretensions to stardom with heartless glee.The ad asks you consider archeage power leveling just how old Rudd really is. It asks you to imagine Rogen in a diaper. It confirms your suspicions that crowdsourcing is the deepest joy of the lazy and the tight-fisted.There's even a little mockery archeage gold of Psy and his Gangnam Style.Then LeBron James appears and you're asked to appreciate what real stardom is about.It's all enjoyable enough, and well suited to the gout-inducing starfest that is the Big Game.
LeBron upstages Rogen, Rudd in Samsung's Super Bowl ad