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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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1. The Fate of the Furious

We here at Vanya typically abide by this metric when it comes to our Super Bowl trailer evaluations: Go big or air during the Puppy Bowl. By that metric, it’s obvious that we’re giving the number one spot to The Fate of the Furious which features not one, not two, but three ridiculous action set pieces in just under a minute. Where else will you see a vintage black Charger direct a missile into the path of a fucking submarine? Where else will you see Ludacris use a giant wrecking ball to destroy a fleet of bad guys? Where else will you see Kurt Russell force Jason Statham and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to work together? Nowhere, that’s where.

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