Registered: Aug 2000
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Awesome Honda commercial

Could this be the greatest commercial ever!!! I was pointed to this link by a friend. I'm just sharing the joy. I heard it took 666 takes to get it right.

http://home.attbi.com/~bernhard36/honda-ad.html

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That was great... Thanks for the tip off. I don't watch TV much, if at all, and I would have missed this.

Rube Goldberg rocks!

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It's only being shown in the UK i belive. (thats what the local news said)

It is awesome though.. is it art or commercial? are all commercials art?

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OMG!!! That was sooo cool! I think I love the commercial more than the car though!

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Really cool, thanks for the link! I found it kind of sad that they used the tires rolling upwards, it makes the whole thing look a bit artificial, even if it is not.

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Originally posted by clulup
Really cool, thanks for the link! I found it kind of sad that they used the tires rolling upwards, it makes the whole thing look a bit artificial, even if it is not.

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Originally posted by miradu
It's only being shown in the UK i belive. (thats what the local news said)

It is awesome though.. is it art or commercial? are all commercials art?

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It's just plain old advertising. Very good advertising, but just advertising.

Unless you're referring to the thought of art as craft, or skillful use of personal creative power to make something.

I guess I just said the same thing you said

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Originally posted by miradu
It's only being shown in the UK i belive. (thats what the local news said)

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I saw this in passing on one of the auto-oriented news programs, and they also said it would never show in the US, and said it took over 600 takes.

It is great! I can't believe they would not make an American version of the commercial, but then again, I have never figured out how any car company thinks the junk they show in the US will sell cars (either the car or dealership ads)!

The tires do look a little staged, but I do think it would work exactly as shown if set up right.

I think the coolest part is the wipers 'walking' across the floor!

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whoa...

whoa..
heh.

whoa...
that was..cool..

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Originally posted by Madkins007

The tires do look a little staged, but I do think it would work exactly as shown if set up right.

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Originally posted by KRamsauer
They actually glued bolts to the inside of the tire so the weight is not distributed around the center evenly.

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