Comments on: OK Go's Rube Goldberg music video http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: kmoser http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725504 kmoser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725504 Niiiiiice camera work! Niiiiiice camera work!

]]> By: Andrew Plotkin http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725764 Andrew Plotkin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725764 "The Way Things OK Go"? ...Done now. “The Way Things OK Go”?

…Done now.

]]> By: gothicgeek http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-726040 gothicgeek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726040 Awesome! Awesome!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-729629 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-729629 Now that was fun but boys I need you to put everything back where you got it. signed - a mom & grandma who cleans up behind some boys. Now that was fun but boys I need you to put everything back where you got it. signed – a mom & grandma who cleans up behind some boys.

]]> By: Andrea James http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725541 Andrea James Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725541 I was curious about the State Farm Insurance truck at the start, then I saw the "making of" pieces on this vid were branded State Farm. Viralicious! I was curious about the State Farm Insurance truck at the start, then I saw the “making of” pieces on this vid were branded State Farm. Viralicious!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725545 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725545 Glorious Glorious

]]> By: Urthen http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725549 Urthen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725549 The only thing that could have made this better is if it ended with "I'm on a horse!" The only thing that could have made this better is if it ended with “I’m on a horse!”

]]> By: jlc3 http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725554 jlc3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725554 this was good. I enjoyed greatly. Did a lot of early videos with Michael Nesmith, though I think this would have been about as fun as sny of them. love the pile of smashed tv sets piled up behind the scene where the sledge hammer wacks the tv. could probably guess how many takes from that :) thanks - this was great fun. /john this was good. I enjoyed greatly. Did a lot of early videos with Michael Nesmith, though I think this would have been about as fun as sny of them.

love the pile of smashed tv sets piled up behind the scene where the sledge hammer wacks the tv. could probably guess how many takes from that :)

thanks – this was great fun.

/john

]]> By: Hendrik http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-727103 Hendrik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-727103 The original is musch cooler, lasts 30 minutes, is made in the eighties (1987) It has already been copied by Honda (still pretty cool) and now OK GO. It's a nice clip, well done, but the song is a bit lame and the idea is a bit old, while they don't really update it and do something new with it (except more complexity and obviously a bigger budget) So personally i think the clip is just a bit uninspired, sings of a band trying hard to relive the excitement and flow of their first lo-fi, small budget genius fitness idea. The original is musch cooler, lasts 30 minutes, is made in the eighties (1987)
It has already been copied by Honda (still pretty cool) and now OK GO. It’s a nice clip, well done, but the song is a bit lame and the idea is a bit old, while they don’t really update it and do something new with it (except more complexity and obviously a bigger budget)

So personally i think the clip is just a bit uninspired, sings of a band trying hard to relive the excitement and flow of their first lo-fi, small budget genius fitness idea.

]]> By: Dudeosaurus Rex http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725574 Dudeosaurus Rex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725574 One day, some crafty gentleman will develop a Rube Goldberg Von Neumann machine, which will develop out of control, overpowering its creators, deconstructing the great works of Man, turning the entire world into an overly complicated contraption, dedicated to making more overly complicated contraptions, which link into each other, augmenting and improving, using their mechanical energy to start others anew, in a eternal cycle of clinks, clangs and gunshots, until finally, when hope is all but lost, Humanity is saved by a misfiring trebuchet and the whole thing comes to a grinding halt. Then some poor bastard has to clean everything up. One day, some crafty gentleman will develop a Rube Goldberg Von Neumann machine, which will develop out of control, overpowering its creators, deconstructing the great works of Man, turning the entire world into an overly complicated contraption, dedicated to making more overly complicated contraptions, which link into each other, augmenting and improving, using their mechanical energy to start others anew, in a eternal cycle of clinks, clangs and gunshots, until finally, when hope is all but lost, Humanity is saved by a misfiring trebuchet and the whole thing comes to a grinding halt.

Then some poor bastard has to clean everything up.

]]> By: fencesitter http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725833 fencesitter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725833 Okay, what is it with these videos? "Not available on mobile." This and the Weird Al one. Oh well, I guess I'll watch it on my work computer after all.... Okay, what is it with these videos? “Not available on mobile.” This and the Weird Al one. Oh well, I guess I’ll watch it on my work computer after all….

]]> By: starfish and coffee http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-726361 starfish and coffee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726361 The black umbrellas falling then the coloured airplanes shooting out. Beautiful!! The black umbrellas falling then the coloured airplanes shooting out. Beautiful!!

]]> By: ryansoldout http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725855 ryansoldout Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725855 So did you guys just go out for drinks afterward and let the work experience kid clean it up? So did you guys just go out for drinks afterward and let the work experience kid clean it up?

]]> By: Opspin http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-726117 Opspin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726117 @zyodei and everyone else, sorry to tell you, but there's a cut around the 2:27 mark, curtain is jolted away, the shadow of the light doesn't match up. Still impressive though! @zyodei and everyone else, sorry to tell you, but there’s a cut around the 2:27 mark, curtain is jolted away, the shadow of the light doesn’t match up. Still impressive though!

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725609 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725609 Very cool, but I wonder if some of it wasn't triggered manually. Some of the steps look like there'd be too much variation in duration to synch up to music as well as it is. Plus, they would have lost a LOT of TVs to test runs. Very cool, but I wonder if some of it wasn’t triggered manually. Some of the steps look like there’d be too much variation in duration to synch up to music as well as it is. Plus, they would have lost a LOT of TVs to test runs.

]]> By: ohnatrz http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-726121 ohnatrz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726121 Yet again another amazing video. They have raised the standard for music vids. Am going to have to watch it a gazillion times just to take in all the details. Yet again another amazing video. They have raised the standard for music vids. Am going to have to watch it a gazillion times just to take in all the details.

]]> By: El Stinko http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725610 El Stinko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725610 WOW! So many awesome details. Most amazing, in my mind, was that they got certain sequences to sync with the music! the klinks of the bottles, the big steel ball lifting the picture shades.. I am in awe. WOW!

So many awesome details. Most amazing, in my mind, was that they got certain sequences to sync with the music! the klinks of the bottles, the big steel ball lifting the picture shades.. I am in awe.

]]> By: MetaScience http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725872 MetaScience Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725872 Rube Goldberg machines are in the top of my favorite things list. This has to be one of my favorite music videos of all time. Rube Goldberg machines are in the top of my favorite things list. This has to be one of my favorite music videos of all time.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725620 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725620 They did actually go through a lot of TVs, they're visible in the background just after the swinging one is smashed by a hammer. They did actually go through a lot of TVs, they’re visible in the background just after the swinging one is smashed by a hammer.

]]> By: nigelfootpowder http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725638 nigelfootpowder Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725638 @ lobster: we did lose a lot of tvs. you can see them in the background. but the TV smash happened close to the end, and most of the stuff that followed was bigger and thus more predictable. When things went wrong, it usually went wrong on the first floor. re: sync there were cues to start sections of the song at their corresponding parts of the sequence to help with that. The durations of parts was surprisingly consistent. @ lobster: we did lose a lot of tvs. you can see them in the background. but the TV smash happened close to the end, and most of the stuff that followed was bigger and thus more predictable. When things went wrong, it usually went wrong on the first floor. re: sync there were cues to start sections of the song at their corresponding parts of the sequence to help with that. The durations of parts was surprisingly consistent.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725642 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725642 Supper Awesome Supper Awesome

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-726163 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726163 Niiice! Niiice!

]]> By: jwepurchase http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-726167 jwepurchase Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726167 "there were cues to start sections of the song at their corresponding parts of the sequence" That is so simple it's brilliant. Why sync the machine to the song when you can sync the song to the machine? Should have thought of that when my inner troll was telling me it was impossible. Hats off to you. “there were cues to start sections of the song at their corresponding parts of the sequence”

That is so simple it’s brilliant. Why sync the machine to the song when you can sync the song to the machine? Should have thought of that when my inner troll was telling me it was impossible. Hats off to you.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725913 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725913 Awesome video, though it would've been even more awesome if they'd used a song from that album which doesn't already have an official music video- All Is Not Lost or Needing/Getting would've been fun to watch. Awesome video, though it would’ve been even more awesome if they’d used a song from that album which doesn’t already have an official music video- All Is Not Lost or Needing/Getting would’ve been fun to watch.

]]> By: MichaelRN http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725658 MichaelRN Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725658 Cannot stop smiling. Made my day. Thanks! Cannot stop smiling. Made my day. Thanks!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-726187 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726187 The original clip from the seventies looks a bit more dangerous http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy5nwV7vrdw much more fireworks. what's the matter with the kids nowadays? they do nothing without insurance? The original clip from the seventies looks a bit more dangerous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy5nwV7vrdw

much more fireworks. what’s the matter with the kids nowadays?
they do nothing without insurance?

]]> By: amuderick http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725697 amuderick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725697 phenomenal. congratulations. what i love the most is how the machine branches a bit to create effects on the actors (balls falling, etc) and does other work that is not a necessary part of moving the machine forward. And yet, it continues its unstoppable path to conclusion. fantastic work. phenomenal. congratulations.

what i love the most is how the machine branches a bit to create effects on the actors (balls falling, etc) and does other work that is not a necessary part of moving the machine forward. And yet, it continues its unstoppable path to conclusion.

fantastic work.

]]> By: zyodei http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725958 zyodei Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725958 That was absolutely epic. I thought that nothing could top that marvelous Honda ad from a few years back, but this does so - handily. The amazing thing is, I read they spent $2M on that ad..I don't think they did on this. It's some sort of pinnacle of human achievement. Was that all really one shot? That was absolutely epic. I thought that nothing could top that marvelous Honda ad from a few years back, but this does so – handily.

The amazing thing is, I read they spent $2M on that ad..I don’t think they did on this.

It’s some sort of pinnacle of human achievement. Was that all really one shot?

]]> By: Proxy Toaster http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-725729 Proxy Toaster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-725729 Not only is the machine rad as hell, but the camera work is stunning. Be sure to check out the *other* video for this song OK Go did with the Notre Dame marching band. It's even more dear to my heart. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJKythlXAIY Not only is the machine rad as hell, but the camera work is stunning.

Be sure to check out the *other* video for this song OK Go did with the Notre Dame marching band. It’s even more dear to my heart. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJKythlXAIY

]]> By: endymion http://boingboing.net/2010/03/02/ok-gos-rube-goldberg.html#comment-726003 endymion Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726003 Thanks Proxy Toaster. I totally agree. It's amazing that, despite how amazing the RGM video is, the Marching Band video is somehow even more amazing. Thanks Proxy Toaster. I totally agree.

It’s amazing that, despite how amazing the RGM video is, the Marching Band video is somehow even more amazing.

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