Dante’s Inferno “Go to Hell” Super Bowl Ad Rejected by CBS

February 2, 2010

A Super Bowl advertisement for Electronic Arts’ Dante’s Inferno game has fallen victim to CBS censors.

An original version of the ad had utilized the tagline “Go to Hell,” but that phrase was deemed to over the top for viewers of this Sunday’s big game and CBS rejected it. The Hollywood Reporter blog reports that EA will instead substitute the more sedate tagline “Hell Awaits” instead.

Another HR blog showcases a few more rejected Super Bowl ads and asks “What's a better value: spending $3 million plus production costs to air a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl or saving that $3 million when standards and practices lawyers at CBS reject the ad and everyone talks about the commercial anyway?”

Tim Tebow’s Super Bowl spots, paid for by Focus on the Family, are still set to air despite protests from pro-choice groups.

Thanks JT!

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Re: Dante’s Inferno “Go to Hell” Super Bowl Ad ...

Submitted by Weatherlight on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 01:22.

I think its the better of the two, I really like the music :D

~Weatherlight~

Re: Dante’s Inferno “Go to Hell” Super Bowl Ad ...

Submitted by axiomatic on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 14:10.

Well there is speculation going on right now that Tebow's Moms story is a little sketchy right now. Some of her story does not factually add up. Don't quote me but I think I remember reading that abortions were illegal where she lived at the time so in truth is was never an option for her, but thats apparently not stopping her from romantacizing her situation. Regardless though, the ironic point is that her "choice" to have Tim was really an option of "choices" and her stance should really be "pro choice" because thats exactly what occurred in her situation. No one forced her to have Tim, she chose too, yet what she is advocating is hypocritical to the choice she had.

Focus on the Family is using her for their persoanl gains as well so thats real classy of you FotF. (vomit)

Re: Dante’s Inferno “Go to Hell” Super Bowl Ad ...

Submitted by DarkSaber on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 13:16.

Shouldn't the headline be "CBS Tell Dantes Inferno to Go To Hell"

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Re: Dante’s Inferno “Go to Hell” Super Bowl Ad ...

Submitted by Valdearg on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 16:12.

Haha. I couldn't agree more.

Re: Dante’s Inferno “Go to Hell” Super Bowl Ad ...

Submitted by Thad on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 12:57.

Ad suggesting women should ignore professional medical advice because one time somebody who did so mothered a professional athlete = good, clean entertainment. The phrase "go to Hell", however, used in reference to someone literally going to Hell? No, that's just offensive.

Re: Dante’s Inferno “Go to Hell” Super Bowl Ad ...

Submitted by Cerabret100 on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 13:41.

personally that abortion ad seems way to shaky to me. I mean, someone could just say "oh yeah? well my mother didn't get an abortion like the doctor (medically trained to save lives) TOLD her to, and she died, so i grew up without a mom".

It was a coin-flip either way, not some fact that the people against abortion are right.

But yeah, this just reeks of double standards.

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DorthLous: Anybody tried Hiversaire? Thoughts?05/22/2013 - 5:48pm

E. Zachary Knight: New Humble Bundle Weekly Sale. Alan Wake: https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly No Linux or Mac support. :(05/22/2013 - 1:46pm

E. Zachary Knight: Microsoft talks about the lack of backward compatability. You're backwards. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/192801/If_youre_backwards_compatible_youre_really_backwards.php05/22/2013 - 1:39pm

E. Zachary Knight: That is absolutely nuts there. As bad an experience XBox Indie Games was, the problems weren't with the self published side of things. Forcing a publisher onto independent studios is not going to help.05/22/2013 - 10:43am

MaskedPixelante: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-05-22-microsoft-wont-let-indies-self-publish-on-xbox-one And the hits just keep on coming.05/22/2013 - 9:20am

E. Zachary Knight: AE: You beat me to it. That's what I get for taking the night off.05/22/2013 - 7:40am

E. Zachary Knight: To continue the confused and convoluted messaging system present in EA, They are making Wii U games: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/192753/EA_is_working_on_Wii_U_games_after_all.php05/22/2013 - 7:33am

Imautobot: I gotta admit, I seriously believed Microsoft was going to "Bring It" with this new console. But they failed, and I think that failure might be Epic.05/22/2013 - 7:27am

Andrew Eisen: Well, the Xbox One reveal certainly had an interesting affect on the big 3's stock prices. https://twitter.com/AndrewEisen/status/33705126448977100805/21/2013 - 10:45pm

PHX Corp: http://kotaku.com/so-the-xbox-one-reveal-screwed-up-a-lot-of-peoples-kin-509179256 So The Xbox One Reveal Screwed With Some People's Kinects05/21/2013 - 10:36pm

Zen: On a funny side note...both of my boys have already voted NOT to get the Xbox One as soon as they found out Minecraft won't transfer lol. Some people have priorities damnit! ;)05/21/2013 - 9:27pm

Andrew Eisen: Here's the full quote on EA making Wii U games according to Neogaf: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56112105/21/2013 - 8:19pm

Andrew Eisen: Xbox One may not be always on but that doesn't mean you can use it without an internet connection. http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-does-require-internet-connection-cant-play-o-50916410905/21/2013 - 7:39pm

Andrew Eisen: Polygon says EA's CFO says it is developing games for Wii U but doesn't provide that quote. http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/21/4351844/ea-developing-wii-u-games05/21/2013 - 7:11pm

Andrew Eisen: Well, I was right. Both Sony and Microsoft's consoles will be out by the year's end and both will be significantly more powerful than the current gen.05/21/2013 - 5:06pm

james_fudge: thnx05/21/2013 - 4:47pm

Zen: Just to let ya know...you called it the "Xbox 260" in the backwards compatibility article lol.05/21/2013 - 4:26pm

Zen: @PHX Awesome, I will hit those up after class tonight. Going back to college finally! :) My kids have had a blast telling ME to do my homework now lol.05/21/2013 - 4:19pm

PHX Corp: @Zen I sent you a friend request on both PSN and XBL, just a heads up05/21/2013 - 4:16pm

Zen: I noticed it with the football players when EA showed off Madden as well.05/21/2013 - 4:11pm

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