REFLECTOR:Incredible Commercial for Honda!

[Jim Agnew]

In the accompanying text it stated that the tires were
weighted as well as the oil being used to slow down the
ball bearings.

Jim
--- Andy Millin <amillin@net-link.net> wrote:
> Rob,
> 
> I believe it is real, but there is more there than meets
> the eye.  It looks
> like they have a weight inside the tire at the top.  With
> the bump to the
> right, they want to roll uphill as the weight comes down.
>  This would also
> explain why they don't roll back down.  They said it was
> real.  They didn't
> say it wasn't "doctored."
> 
> My two cents.
> 
> Andy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:Incredible Commercial for Honda!
> 
> 
> In a message dated 6/14/2003 8:25:25 AM Eastern Standard
> Time,
> jim_agnew_2@yahoo.com writes:
> 
> > One great commercial, all by hand, no computer use...
> click
> > on
> >
> > http://home.attbi.com/~bernhard36/honda-ad.html
> 
> Hey Jim,
> 
> That was really cool but I can't believe they are trying
> to claim no
> computer animation. Most of the time that is believable
> but the sequence
> where the tires roll up the ramp is clearly faked to me.
> First off the
> initial tire is not rolling fast enough to impart enough
> energy to push the
> next tire UP the ramp.
> 
> Second you can see that the tire accelerates as it goes
> UP the hill! Also
> notice that the tires do not roll back down the ramp,
> they just stop.
> 
> No way is that "real" but it's still very fun to watch!
> 
> Rob
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James F. Agnew
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Tampa, FL
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