{"id":12961,"date":"2014-01-29T21:12:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T05:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=12961"},"modified":"2014-01-29T21:32:32","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T05:32:32","slug":"family-and-fallen-angels-in-the-noah-super-bowl-tv-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/01\/family-and-fallen-angels-in-the-noah-super-bowl-tv-spot.html","title":{"rendered":"Family and fallen angels in the Noah<\/i> Super Bowl TV spot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
$\"\"$ <\/a>Needless to say, there isn\u2019t a whole<\/i> lot of new footage in the 35-second Super Bowl spot for Noah<\/a><\/i> that Paramount released online tonight, four days before it will air on TV. But the ad does<\/i> give us a few new images and a few new bits of dialogue, as well. Check \u2019em out below the jump.<\/p>\n
First, here is the TV spot itself:<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\nThe most significant visual<\/i> addition to this trailer would have to be the shots that involve bright light of some kind. I\u2019m thinking it\u2019s probably safe to say that the image below has something to do with the angels who come down to Earth and become known as \u201cthe Watchers\u201d or, alternatively (as far as this film is concerned), \u201cthe Nephilim\u201d (and note how, once again, we see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2013\/12\/ancient-and-modern-cosmologies-in-aronofskys-noah.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">a spherical<\/i> Earth<\/a>!):<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2014\/01\/vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h53m16s113.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2014\/01\/vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h53m16s113-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h53m16s113\" width=\"590\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12963\"><\/a><\/p>\nNote also the shot below, which shows a bright pillar of light<\/i> that sends bodies flying. This is notably different from the shots we have seen before, in which jets of water<\/i> send people flying. Is this, too, related to the angels somehow?<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2014\/01\/vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h52m47s67.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2014\/01\/vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h52m47s67-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h52m47s67\" width=\"590\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12969\"><\/a><\/p>\nApart from that, most of the other new images and dialogue focus on Noah\u2019s protective relationship with his family. In one voice-over that plays over some familiar images, Noah says, \u201cThe storm cannot be stopped, but it can<\/i> be survived.\u201d<\/p>\nThen, over the next two images (and a few others from earlier trailers), Noah tells his wife Naameh, \u201cWe have to protect our family\u2026 and save the innocent.\u201d<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2014\/01\/vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h42m36s81.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2014\/01\/vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h42m36s81-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h42m36s81\" width=\"590\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12974\"><\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2014\/01\/vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h48m32s64.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2014\/01\/vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h48m32s64-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h48m32s64\" width=\"590\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12975\"><\/a><\/p>\nThis is shortly followed, after some other shots, by a close-up of Naameh herself:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2014\/01\/vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h51m38s117.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2014\/01\/vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h51m38s117-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h51m38s117\" width=\"590\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12977\"><\/a><\/p>\nAnd this<\/i> is followed, after a few more shots, by a shot of Noah telling one of his sons, \u201cProtect your mother! Protect them all!\u201d<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2014\/01\/vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h52m14s222.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2014\/01\/vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h52m14s222-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h52m14s222\" width=\"590\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12978\"><\/a><\/p>\nWe also get a new shot of Tubal-Cain, asking his followers \u201cDo you want to live?\u201d \u2014 no doubt just before he tells them all to storm the Ark:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2014\/01\/vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h50m19s98.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2014\/01\/vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h50m19s98-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h50m19s98\" width=\"590\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12982\"><\/a><\/p>\nAnd that\u2019s about it. Though it does bear mentioning that this ad spreads the following tagline out over three separate title cards:<\/p>\n<\/p><center>WITNESS THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE WORLD\u2019S MOST EPIC EVENT<\/center>\nThis is an interesting pitch, inasmuch as it comes very close to a tagline that was used in the <a href=\"http:\/\/defamer.gawker.com\/heres-a-leaked-trailer-for-paramounts-troubled-biblic-1450381569\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">special trailers<\/a> shown only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2013\/07\/church-groups-get-their-first-glimpse-of-noah.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">at church conferences<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><center>REDISCOVER THE EPIC STORY \nOF ONE MAN \nAND THE MOST REMARKABLE EVENT \nIN OUR HISTORY<\/center>\n\u2026but it doesn\u2019t quite go all the way to endorsing what you might call a historically literalistic interpretation of the Noah story in Genesis. The TV spot is<\/i> aimed at a mainstream audience, after all. That being said, it\u2019s still interesting to see that the TV spot at least hints<\/i> at the idea that the Flood was an actual \u201cevent\u201d etc.<\/p>\nCheck out my earlier shot-by-shot trailer analyses here:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2013\/11\/the-noah-trailers-a-shot-by-shot-analysis.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The first domestic and international trailers<\/a> (November 14, 2013)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2013\/11\/just-a-little-extra-footage-in-todays-new-noah-trailer.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The second international trailer<\/a> (November 29, 2013)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2013\/12\/noah-the-japanese-trailer-is-now-online.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Japanese trailer<\/a> (December 3, 2013)<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new ad for Darren Aronofsky’s Bible epic balances the intimate and the epic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[731,143,55,63,173,142],"class_list":["post-12961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-naamah","tag-nephilim","tag-noah","tag-noah-2014","tag-tubal-cain","tag-watchers"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Family and fallen angels in the Noah Super Bowl TV spot<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The new ad for Darren Aronofsky's Bible epic balances the intimate and the epic.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/01\/family-and-fallen-angels-in-the-noah-super-bowl-tv-spot.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Family and fallen angels in the Noah Super Bowl TV spot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The new ad for Darren Aronofsky's Bible epic balances the intimate and the epic.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/01\/family-and-fallen-angels-in-the-noah-super-bowl-tv-spot.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FilmChat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-01-30T05:12:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-01-30T05:32:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/files\/2014\/01\/vlcsnap-2014-01-29-19h53m16s113-300x168.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peter T. 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