[Goober5000]

No words.  Just watch.

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

[Kamikaze]

[pyro-manic]

This ad rocks! I've only seen the complete thing once - they're only showing edited bits of it now.

If you want funny ads, watch "Tarrant on TV" on ITV1. Lots of strange people hurting themselves or each other in funny ways.

[CP5670]

Some parts of that look really fake but it is neat nonetheless.

[Starks]

Another example of Rube Goldberg showing the transfer of kinetic energy...

(For the record I am 15, my I.Q. is over 120...)

[Knight Templar]

Yeah I posted that at warpstorm a bit ago; pretty cool stuff. I wanna see the movie it's based off of.

[diamondgeezer]

Is this the thing with all the millions of car parts?

[Goober5000]

Yep.

They claim it was shot in one continuous take - no editing, no computer fudging whatsoever.

[Starks]

Rube Goldberg devices take years to perfect... This has to be fabricated.

[Knight Templar]

umm no. it's real. all of it.

[Starks]

There is also another way to prove it is fake...

A Rube Goldberg device by SCIENTIFIC THEORY, cannot excede or contain more than 20 kinetic energy transfers. There is one exception... Dominoes. A Rube Goldberg device is defined by 5 or more different energy transfers but cannot excede 20. A Rube Goldberg device also may incorporate different kinds of energy transfer.

[Knight Templar]

dude, what are you talking about?  take some time to watch the movie and it's plenty real.

[Anaz]

Originally posted by LLivingLarge
There is also another way to prove it is fake...

A Rube Goldberg device by SCIENTIFIC THEORY, cannot excede or contain more than 20 kinetic energy transfers. There is one exception... Dominoes. A Rube Goldberg device is defined by 5 or more different energy transfers but cannot excede 20. A Rube Goldberg device also may incorporate different kinds of energy transfer.

may I be allowed to add that there is no mention of it being a rube goldberg device.

specifically FROM their page
Yes, I know who Rube Goldberg is and yes, I know his influences on the above mentioned filmakers. Thank you.

influences on above mentioned filmakers. yes. INFLUENCES. They are laying no claim to some bizzare definition for a rube goldberg device that you remembered from a textbook

[Goober5000]

Originally posted by LLivingLarge
There is also another way to prove it is fake...

A Rube Goldberg device by SCIENTIFIC THEORY, cannot excede or contain more than 20 kinetic energy transfers. There is one exception... Dominoes. A Rube Goldberg device is defined by 5 or more different energy transfers but cannot excede 20. A Rube Goldberg device also may incorporate different kinds of energy transfer.

Reference?

Certainly it took a lot of work (five months of testing followed by a month of setup and over six hundred takes), but it's real.  And it's not all kinetic anyway - if you look closely, a lot of it is electrical.

[Starks]

First of all, count how many energy transfers are in the ad.

Second. Consult this link Rube Goldbeg Device as defined by Science Olympiad.

[Anaz]

Originally posted by LLivingLarge
First of all, count how many energy transfers are in the ad.

Second. Consult this link Rube Goldbeg Device as defined by Science Olympiad.

again, they lay no claim to it being a rube goldberg device. For a guy with a supposed 120 IQ, you sure have a lot of trouble with basic comprehension

[Goober5000]

You can theorize all you want, but if it's contradicted by direct evidence, you'll have to revise your theory.

This brings to mind the quote from Abraham Lincoln - "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

[Starks]

I know what I am talking about. Honda had the intent of wowing potential lessees or buyers with a "Mouse Trap" like device. I'm just stating the facts.

Let's end it at this before an all out flame war develops.

[Anaz]

Originally posted by LLivingLarge
I know what I am talking about. Honda had the intent of wowing potential lessees or buyers with a "Mouse Trap" like device. I'm just stating the facts.

Yes, that was their intent. The same intent of every car comercial ever created. To sell a product. This one happened to be exceptionally creative and dindn't involve rock music and/or mud, and as such deserved special mention by being posted on the internet. I pose a question to you, the question is "We should care because..?"

[Knight Templar]

stating facts that don't apply. This isn't a Rube Goldberg dealie. Get over it. It's all one run through, and it's not edited.

and there won't be a flame war, you're the only oe that doesn't seem to get it.