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    Subject: this is pretty cool...



    You thought those people that set up roomfuls of dominos to knock over
    > were amazing... There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in
    > the film.
    >
    > Everything you see really happened in real time exactly as you see it.
    > The film took 606 takes. On the first 605 takes, something, usually very
    > minor, didn't work. They would then have to set the whole thing up again.
    > The crew spent weeks shooting night and day. By the time it was over,
    > they were ready to change professions. The film cost six million dollars and
    > took three months to complete including full engineering of the sequence.
    >
    > In addition, it's two minutes long so every time Honda airs the film on British
    > television, they're shelling out enough dough to keep any one of us in clover
    > for a lifetime. However, it is fast becoming the most downloaded advertisement
    > in Internet history. Honda executives figure the ad will soon pay for itself simply
    > in "free viewings". (Honda isn't paying a dime to have you watch this commercial!).
    >
    > When the ad was pitched to senior executives, they signed off on it immediately
    > without any hesitation - including the costs. There are six and only 6 hand-made
    > Honda Accords in the world. To the horror of Honda engineers, the filmmakers
    > disassembled two of them to make the film. Everything you see in the film
    > (aside from the walls, floor, ramp, and complete Honda Accord) is parts from those
    > two cars. The voiceover is Garrison Keillor. When the ad was shown to
    > Honda executives, they liked it and commented on how amazing computer
    > graphics have gotten.

    > They fell off their chairs when they found out it was for real. Oh, and about those
    > funkywindshield wipers. On the new Accords, the windshield wipers have
    > water sensors designed to start doing their thing automatically as soon as they
    > become wet.


    > It looks a bit weird in the commercial.

    Honda Accord Ad, a Flash Animated video by Honda UK

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    Re: Pretty Cool -Email I got

    Whoa, 606 times is too much of anything except sex
    R.I.P. GearedUp

    Lord, make me strong, and let the weak find comfort in my strength.



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      Re: Pretty Cool -Email I got

      THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING!! I ALWAYS LOVED THAT KIND OF STUFF. TOO BAD THEY DIDNT DO THE MUSIC FROM THE OLD WARNER BRO. CARTOON'S WHENEVER THEY MAKE THAT KIND OF THING
      HE WHO MAKES A BEAST OF HIMSELF, GET'S RID OF THE PAIN OF BEING A MAN!!


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      • #4
        Re: Pretty Cool -Email I got

        That is cool, but I am a little suspicious of the three tires that roll up the ramp after getting hit by something much smalller and travelling at a slow speed. Still, it is cool.

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