Incredible Machines. And I thought I was a geek. These things are just cool. Also, beware the theme song. It will end you.
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Incredible Machines. And I thought I was a geek. These things are just cool. Also, beware the theme song. It will end you.
Zack 9:17 am on 21 April 2006 Permalink
I spent the better part of my day at work yesterday watching this video, and tring to plan my own. Since then, I’ve been consumed by this sh*t.
And yes, the theme song will ruin you. I have $5 bucks for anyone who remixes with the theme song and posts it on this site. That’s five whole dollars! Almost enough for a gallon of gasoline.
aly hawkins 9:46 am on 21 April 2006 Permalink
I couldn’t stop watching! When it first started to load, I was like, “Twelve minutes! Good Lord, doesn’t Michael know some of us have lives??” And then the song started and it was over.
Zack 9:57 am on 21 April 2006 Permalink
Just remember Aly – you’ll never get that 12 minutes back. it’s gone forever.
Morphea 10:06 am on 21 April 2006 Permalink
I, too, couldn’t take my eyes off, even whilst answering the company’s phone, for all 13 minutes.
Stick 10:24 am on 21 April 2006 Permalink
I don’t get it… what’s “the taco not so itchy” mean?
Sheesh, now I’m gonna be singing that in my head all weekend.
Zack 10:39 am on 21 April 2006 Permalink
Don’t ask me to translate Japanese again. The last time I did that, it went horribly wrong.
Sharolyn 8:43 pm on 21 April 2006 Permalink
I quote Gretchen:
“You don’t have to get through a third of (it), just to discover you’re not really that interested, but need to finish what you’ve begun (or is that just my dilemma?).”
‘Very captivating!
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june 8:13 am on 23 April 2006 Permalink
“Isn’t that SO cool?!….Isn’t that SO cool?!…Isn’t that SO cool?!…That’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen!”
Zane, age 5
“Oh! Oh! Oh! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh…”
Nate, age 2
Cliff 9:21 pm on 23 April 2006 Permalink
I loved these things — we have several perpetual motion machines in Boston Logan airport and at the Museum of Science and I cannot take my eyes of of them.
There’s also an amazing Honda commercial that only ran a few times overseas — 2 minutes of the most amazing sequence imaginable. They even roll a car to start it up! Here’s a link to a high quality AVI file. Also, just search on ‘Cog Honda Accord Video’ to find others.
michael lee 9:36 pm on 23 April 2006 Permalink
Cliff – the link is broken, but I think I found the ad you’re talking about.
link
It looks a little CGI to me, but cool concept. One of the thinks I love about the Japanese videos is the economy of motion – each step seems to have just enough motion to carry it through to the next step.
Matty 4:52 pm on 24 April 2006 Permalink
Mike –
Just a note. there are only three real bits of CGI in the “Cog” piece.
1. The water was digitally enhacnced so you can see it better.
2. The lights on the car are not really lit.
3. They couldn’t actually fit the whole thing in one long hallway, so they had to create it in two parts. Thanks to the wonders of motion-controlled cameras they were able to merge the two halves in to one “seamless”, kick ass commercial.
Matty
Chad 9:42 am on 25 April 2006 Permalink
Make… the… song…. stop……….
michael lee 10:37 pm on 28 August 2006 Permalink
awwwww, man – they took the video down! Anyone wanna find a new link for me?