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This is the best commercial ever. Read this and then check
out the link below.
>> >>> Be sure to read the info first, then watch the clip.
And 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
its elf 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.
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 funky windshield wipers. On the new Accords, the
>>windshield wipers have water sensors and are designed to start doing
their thing automatically as soon as they become wet.
Click on the link below or copy & paste.
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php
93 TT- N/A to TT, Auto to 5 speed, upgrade central. Stage ...Fast!
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The tires rolling UP the ramp made me shake my head a little but overall it was a pretty amazing little display. Good find.
John
77280Z (Spooky), 83ZXT (Garage Queen), 86ZXT (Bulldog).
Proud owner of 10/03 Z car of the month.
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yeah thats been posted before...its like naked women though...you never get tired of lookin at em..
1976 280z 2+2 - Risen from the dead - garaged since 1988. Pallnet Fuel Rail and guage - ES rack and front bushings - 260Z 4Speed - Arizona Z Car Clutch - H4 Lights - Lots more to come...
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that was awsome..... the time it must of took.....
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must have taken.
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'05 350Z Chrome Silver Touring
'73 240Z
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^^what he said....
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I am wondering if it was done with a computer, eh?
-1981 280zx
-89 Jeep Cherokee
F-54 - N-47 - 9.8:1 comp - 6-3-1 header -Schneider (470 lift, 280 dur.) - full 2 1/4 exhaust- Pallnet fuel rail - 6 puck ceramic clutch
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that commercial is very old, and no computers were used in the making.
If you were wondering about those tires going uphill - don't, because they are simply weighted on the far side to make them roll that way.
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"It required 606 takes and cost $6 million to shoot and took 3 months to complete."
After knowing that it's quite stupid actually lol
85' 300ZX NA
86' 300ZX Turbo
88' 300ZX Turbo
89' 300ZX Turbo
300ZX Turbo Project
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I think it was run during the superbowl... Millions alone.
-1981 280zx
-89 Jeep Cherokee
F-54 - N-47 - 9.8:1 comp - 6-3-1 header -Schneider (470 lift, 280 dur.) - full 2 1/4 exhaust- Pallnet fuel rail - 6 puck ceramic clutch
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I still don't see how some of it worked, perhaps it was the camera angle. The impact of one wheel hitting the other can't make it go uphill, if they are actually the STOCK wheels the ad claims they are.
19[TT]91
My TT beauty is gone.
2[00]2 Honda 954RR
Suzuki 1200 S; sportscar eater
19[I4]94 Integra GSR Sedan
Long live the Z...
aka SAHTT
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someone said before the room was slanted. now sidewayz is saying the tires are weighted.
who knows what's true anymore.
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'05 350Z Chrome Silver Touring
'73 240Z
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The room was not slanted. The tires were weighted. I read an article about it loooong ago.
Chris
76 280z --- turbo in the works
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The same "wet seeking wipers" a couple years ago? Norm K
Norman Krell