Domino Effect

[EggbornHatchedrotten]

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php

>> And you thought those people that set up
roomfulls 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 six 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 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.
It looks a
>> bit weird in the
>> commercial.

[Taunto]

Am I the only one that came to this thread expecting an in-depth look at the spread of communism through eurasia?