Ray Lewis compared to Bane from Batman: The Dark Knight Rises.
Picture by Calvin Fero/Twitter
More and more people watch live events such as the Superbowl with a second screen such as a smartphone or an iPad in order to discuss the happenings with their digitally connected friends. We saw this emerge at the London Olympics, when the internet mocked Paul McCartney’s lack of a singing voice in unison, and last night’s Superbowl blackout was another perfect occasion for the Twitter comedians and commentators to chime in. Here’s a few of our favourites:
Clearly the Superdome couldn't handle Beyonce.
— Ben Parr (@benparr) February 4, 2013
#PowerOutage. Does this mean Bane is about to appear & collapse the stadium??
— The Dark Lord (@Lord_Voldemort7) February 4, 2013
PEOPLE OF GOTHAM
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) February 4, 2013
Hm, did Nate Silver organize the blackout to keep his rep?
— Alex Knapp (@TheAlexKnapp) February 4, 2013
Perhaps Superdome should stop using Boeing batteries
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 4, 2013
In case you were wondering how the lights came back on at the Superdome…… pic.twitter.com/7KB8Sx8M
— Doug Mataconis (@dmataconis) February 4, 2013
This would have never happened if the Superdome had a gun.
— Gary He (@garyhe) February 4, 2013
RT @daibaker: This time, it's the rich people trapped in the Superdome. #superbowl47
— Occupy Wall Street (@OccupyWallSt) February 4, 2013
And the best marketing of the event was not the television commercials, but in fact whoever was running the Oreos twitter feed that posted this that was retweeted almost 15,000 times:
Power out? No problem. pic.twitter.com/dnQ7pOgC
— Oreo Cookie (@Oreo) February 4, 2013
