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Pause, Rewind: Ranking the film and television trailers that aired during Super Bowl LI

Holy shit, what a Super Bowl.

The greatest quarterback of all time leads the greatest comeback of all time on the biggest stage of all, and New England comes home with another championship. It’s easy to forget that a ton of new movie trailers dropped during the game, but as we all catch our collective breaths and swim through a cultural sea of hot takes, Vanyaland has you covered with a ranked recap of what millions saw but maybe already forgot.

Now, thank Jesus Christ most of these ads aired in the first three quarters, because if they’d aired in the fourth quarter (or -- gasp! -- in overtime) we probably wouldn’t have paid any attention. It’s also a little bit bullshit that most of these ads are online in their extended forms, but what the hell. Let’s hope that doesn’t become a trend.

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2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

In a normal year, this probably would have been our pick for the best trailer of the game, given that the first Guardians movie was among the best films we saw in 2014 and we couldn’t be happier there’s another one only a few months away. The whole gang is back (and in the case of Zoe Saldana’s Gamora, wielding a crazy huge gun), Groot’s adorable as always, Dave Bautista is still killing it as Drax, and the action looks totally killer. We knocked a few points off for a lack of Kurt Russell (who’ll be playing Ego, living planet and Star Lord’s dad), but Christ does this movie look fun. Plus, who scores their trailer to Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” and makes it work?

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