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Post by: diamondgeezer on March 09, 2005, 01:02:34 pm

Do de do do doodle do de do do... I'm reeeeady for love (http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/saab/blah/Singing%20In%20The%20Rain.mpg)... and a smiiiile on my face... (http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/saab/blah/Mint Royale - Singing In The Rain Remix.mp3)

:D
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Post by: pyro-manic on March 09, 2005, 01:17:01 pm

This is the Golf GTi advert, yes? It's an odd one for me. It's very good, but it annoys the hell out of me.... :D

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Post by: Flipside on March 09, 2005, 01:18:49 pm

The sight of Frank Sinatra Body-Popping is... strange ;)

Reminds me a bit of the Weezer 'Buddy Holly' track that shipped with Win98 ;)

Edit : I think it's the way it's animated that looks 'odd'. This sort of thing is bloody difficult to do, so I'm not knocking the skill involved, but it's like the Han Solo 'dodge' scene in the re-release of Star-wars, sometimes his shoulder to impossible things :(

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Post by: Fineus on March 09, 2005, 07:53:24 pm

It still reminds me of A Clockwork Orange - but that's no bad thing. Good find :)

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Post by: aldo_14 on March 10, 2005, 03:26:28 am

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Originally posted by Flipside
The sight of Frank Sinatra Body-Popping is... strange ;)

Reminds me a bit of the Weezer 'Buddy Holly' track that shipped with Win98 ;)

Edit : I think it's the way it's animated that looks 'odd'. This sort of thing is bloody difficult to do, so I'm not knocking the skill involved, but it's like the Han Solo 'dodge' scene in the re-release of Star-wars, sometimes his shoulder to impossible things :(

I think the only CGI bit is shoving the face on; the dancing was real.  So it's not impossible :D

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4312217.stm

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Post by: karajorma on March 10, 2005, 04:50:04 am

Yep. The dancing is real. Take a look at the vid from the Kollaboration (http://www.kollaboration.org/videos.php) site to see the guy in action when there is no CGI being used.

(It's the one labled "David Elsewhere at Kollaboration II!").

BTW It's Gene Kelly not Frank Sinatra :)

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Post by: Roanoke on March 10, 2005, 11:55:13 am

I'm not fond of the idea of using famous dead guys in adverts. Anyone remember that Ford Puma add with Steve McQueen ?

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Post by: Flipside on March 10, 2005, 02:42:59 pm

Yeah, I was half awake, hence my calling Gene Kelly Frank Sinatra, as I was reminded by PM ;)

Hmmm... Well, it is a dancer capable of 'rubber' bodying himself :)