Comments on: Epic moonwalk video http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/epic-moonwalk-video.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mace Ojala http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/epic-moonwalk-video.html#comment-1469970 Mace Ojala Sat, 07 Jul 2012 11:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169789#comment-1469970 That is indeed nothing short of epic! Thanks for the laughs :D That is indeed nothing short of epic! Thanks for the laughs :D

]]> By: feetleet http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/epic-moonwalk-video.html#comment-1469781 feetleet Sat, 07 Jul 2012 03:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169789#comment-1469781 Wheelies' wheels ARE in the heels.  But it feels like he's peeling with the toe.   Wheelies’ wheels ARE in the heels.  But it feels like he’s peeling with the toe.  

]]> By: feetleet http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/epic-moonwalk-video.html#comment-1469777 feetleet Sat, 07 Jul 2012 03:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169789#comment-1469777 Remember when this guy made a whole action career based on one move? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayd7BAczuHY It's as if the world got a billion times more talented with the advent of the Internet.  Seriously, Candyman, make more videos please!  Parkour saved James Bond.  Boarding, cold, wet and skate, made sports interesting again.  And Marquese Scott made the Zach Morris time-out a dance move.  You can do ALL these things?  I hear Wimbledon is more amenable to dance-fight-porn these days.  You should seriously crash it. Remember when this guy made a whole action career based on one move?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayd7BAczuHY It’s as if the world got a billion times more talented with the advent of the Internet.  Seriously, Candyman, make more videos please!  Parkour saved James Bond.  Boarding, cold, wet and skate, made sports interesting again.  And Marquese Scott made the Zach Morris time-out a dance move.  You can do ALL these things?  I hear Wimbledon is more amenable to dance-fight-porn these days.  You should seriously crash it.

]]> By: Anon_Mahna http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/epic-moonwalk-video.html#comment-1469762 Anon_Mahna Sat, 07 Jul 2012 03:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169789#comment-1469762  50m reverse sprint skating?  50m reverse sprint skating?

]]> By: Anon_Mahna http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/epic-moonwalk-video.html#comment-1469761 Anon_Mahna Sat, 07 Jul 2012 03:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169789#comment-1469761 This is why I like youtube so much.  I had never heard of Janelle Monae before, and I find her (after listening to several 'tubes of videos) music to be very tasty to my auditory taste buds. Thank you for posting this, and cluing me in. This is why I like youtube so much.

 I had never heard of Janelle Monae before, and I find her (after listening to several ‘tubes of videos) music to be very tasty to my auditory taste buds.

Thank you for posting this, and cluing me in.

]]> By: Petzl http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/epic-moonwalk-video.html#comment-1469409 Petzl Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169789#comment-1469409 Even when you slow-mo it, it's still incredibly hard to see where he's (actually) pushing off and where he's landing.  The foot is quicker than the eye. Edit: Might he have that type of shoe that has a small wheel in the base of the sole? it would aid in bringing the foot behind him, plus it would explain that "scraping" sound that accompanies his stride ... Even when you slow-mo it, it’s still incredibly hard to see where he’s (actually) pushing off and where he’s landing.  The foot is quicker than the eye.

Edit: Might he have that type of shoe that has a small wheel in the base of the sole? it would aid in bringing the foot behind him, plus it would explain that “scraping” sound that accompanies his stride …

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/epic-moonwalk-video.html#comment-1469410 bcsizemo Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169789#comment-1469410 Like Janelle Monae: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHgbzNHVg0c&feature=player_detailpage#t=252s Like Janelle Monae:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHgbzNHVg0c&feature=player_detailpage#t=252s

]]> By: Evan G. http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/epic-moonwalk-video.html#comment-1469399 Evan G. Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169789#comment-1469399 Mr. Animation has been doing this for longer, also in Santa Monica and Venice.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ9elviGg0k  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbwUbvWtJRM  Mr. Animation has been doing this for longer, also in Santa Monica and Venice. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ9elviGg0k 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbwUbvWtJRM 

]]> By: Red Pill Junkie http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/epic-moonwalk-video.html#comment-1469340 Red Pill Junkie Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169789#comment-1469340  And broke your childhood :(  And broke your childhood :(

]]> By: Red Pill Junkie http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/epic-moonwalk-video.html#comment-1469338 Red Pill Junkie Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169789#comment-1469338  I bet his name is Tlob Niasu ;)  I bet his name is Tlob Niasu ;)

]]> By: tyger11 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/epic-moonwalk-video.html#comment-1469331 tyger11 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169789#comment-1469331 This should be an Olympic sport. This should be an Olympic sport.

]]> By: relawson http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/epic-moonwalk-video.html#comment-1469320 relawson Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169789#comment-1469320 We used to do something like that on a long huge puddle in the street that would freeze in the winter. Made waiting for the school bus more fun. Then they fixed the street :( We used to do something like that on a long huge puddle in the street that would freeze in the winter. Made waiting for the school bus more fun. Then they fixed the street :(

]]> By: kktkkr http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/epic-moonwalk-video.html#comment-1469305 kktkkr Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169789#comment-1469305  Now watch it backwards.  Now watch it backwards.

]]> By: Tom O'Neill http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/epic-moonwalk-video.html#comment-1469285 Tom O'Neill Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169789#comment-1469285 Ok! 21 seconds well spent! Ok! 21 seconds well spent!

]]> By: royaltrux http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/epic-moonwalk-video.html#comment-1469280 royaltrux Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169789#comment-1469280 That is terrific, though I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around the physics. That is terrific, though I’m having trouble wrapping my mind around the physics.

]]> By: Greg Miller http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/epic-moonwalk-video.html#comment-1469259 Greg Miller Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169789#comment-1469259 Wait, what, how?! That was awesome. I wonder if it would work on a non-wet (and thus slick) street, though. Wait, what, how?! That was awesome. I wonder if it would work on a non-wet (and thus slick) street, though.

]]> By: Sagodjur http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/epic-moonwalk-video.html#comment-1469224 Sagodjur Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169789#comment-1469224 I think the internet has conditioned me to not enjoy videos like this as much if there isn't an epic fail at the end. I think the internet has conditioned me to not enjoy videos like this as much if there isn’t an epic fail at the end.

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/epic-moonwalk-video.html#comment-1469217 franko Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169789#comment-1469217 more like "moonsprinting", amirite?? more like “moonsprinting”, amirite??

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