Comments on: Hot Wheels corkscrew jump with real car http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 06:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1535718 ocker3 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1535718  Yeah, but you can easily see that it's constructed to be that shape, they didn't try and make it look collapsed, just rickety and old. Poor overall prop construction imo, at least compared to other Bond films  Yeah, but you can easily see that it’s constructed to be that shape, they didn’t try and make it look collapsed, just rickety and old. Poor overall prop construction imo, at least compared to other Bond films

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1534283 Donald Petersen Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1534283 Seems ever so much cooler without <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzCIbhLUUA0" rel="nofollow">the slide whistle</a>, however. Seems ever so much cooler without the slide whistle, however.

]]> By: Matthew Petty http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1534023 Matthew Petty Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1534023 Agreed. It's fine to have slomo, different angles and so on, but the first one should have been just a straighforward run. THEN break it down with edits and angles. Agreed. It’s fine to have slomo, different angles and so on, but the first one should have been just a straighforward run. THEN break it down with edits and angles.

]]> By: leebenningfield http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1534021 leebenningfield Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1534021 Chevy did this with a modified Sonic http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=_LleYanG7_Q This video even has a normal-speed shot of the whole jump. The landing looks a little bit rougher. Chevy did this with a modified Sonic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=_LleYanG7_Q

This video even has a normal-speed shot of the whole jump. The landing looks a little bit rougher.

]]> By: Matthew Petty http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1534022 Matthew Petty Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1534022 That kind of makes it worse! The creators felt the engine didn't sound badass enough, so they covered it up with trying-too-hard rock. That kind of makes it worse! The creators felt the engine didn’t sound badass enough, so they covered it up with trying-too-hard rock.

]]> By: Robert Vinson http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1534020 Robert Vinson Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1534020 That's a VW flat four. It sounds like a sewing machine. That’s a VW flat four. It sounds like a sewing machine.

]]> By: Matthew Petty http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1534019 Matthew Petty Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1534019 I wonder what the engine sounded like. Also, no POV? I feel bad for dissing on this, because it's a cool idea (if not the first), but I agree with the comments about editing and music as well. I wonder what the engine sounded like. Also, no POV?

I feel bad for dissing on this, because it’s a cool idea (if not the first), but I agree with the comments about editing and music as well.

]]> By: Matthew Petty http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1534017 Matthew Petty Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1534017 Plus arms being crossed - 2DMAXXXXX Plus arms being crossed – 2DMAXXXXX

]]> By: Michael Ryzewic http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1533979 Michael Ryzewic Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1533979 This needs to be a Groupon. This needs to be a Groupon.

]]> By: Itsumishi http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1533968 Itsumishi Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1533968 I hate to ruin your party, but I believe the idea was that the strange twisted ramp used to be a bridge, however being made of wood and being old, most the bridge has given way, leaving the remaining a twisted hunk of corkscrew jumpin' fun (boy). I hate to ruin your party, but I believe the idea was that the strange twisted ramp used to be a bridge, however being made of wood and being old, most the bridge has given way, leaving the remaining a twisted hunk of corkscrew jumpin’ fun (boy).

]]> By: Jonathan Roberts http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1533952 Jonathan Roberts Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1533952 It plays like me reading a sentence when I'm too tired to focus. It plays like me reading a sentence when I’m too tired to focus.

]]> By: howaboutthisdangit http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1533949 howaboutthisdangit Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1533949 And people walking in slow motion; that's a dead giveaway. And people walking in slow motion; that’s a dead giveaway.

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1533924 noah django Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1533924 golly, i could tell that was a cool stunt by how extreme the music was, and how heavily edited it was. golly, i could tell that was a cool stunt by how extreme the music was, and how heavily edited it was.

]]> By: Ladyfingers http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1533911 Ladyfingers Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1533911 No, it definitely was a real car. A pioneering stunt for its use of computers to design the ramp. No, it definitely was a real car. A pioneering stunt for its use of computers to design the ramp.

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1533903 ocker3 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1533903 Of course, the question of why anyone would build something at an angle like that doesn't appear. Nor does the Really weird sound effect, that was actually in the movie itself Of course, the question of why anyone would build something at an angle like that doesn’t appear. Nor does the Really weird sound effect, that was actually in the movie itself

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1533867 nixiebunny Mon, 17 Sep 2012 03:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1533867 It might just be possible that the movie version was not quite a real jump with a real car. It might just be possible that the movie version was not quite a real jump with a real car.

]]> By: Shaedo http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1533866 Shaedo Mon, 17 Sep 2012 03:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1533866 "Jeepers, why not ONE regular, normal-speed, non-stop, single-viewpoint take? Is the feat so lame that they have to make sure you don't have one?" YES YES YES. I want to see the stunt! NOT some lame splicing together of camera angles! “Jeepers, why not ONE regular, normal-speed, non-stop, single-viewpoint take? Is the feat so lame that they have to make sure you don’t have one?” YES YES YES. I want to see the stunt! NOT some lame splicing together of camera angles!

]]> By: ocatagon http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1533864 ocatagon Mon, 17 Sep 2012 03:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1533864 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6iksKTURlA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6iksKTURlA

]]> By: BogBot http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1533825 BogBot Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1533825 While I can't remember there being any corkscrews, this reminded me of playing Stunt Car Racer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn32IgQGrOQ Oh, and what PaulR said! While I can’t remember there being any corkscrews, this reminded me of playing Stunt Car Racer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn32IgQGrOQ

Oh, and what PaulR said!

]]> By: Michael D http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1533808 Michael D Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1533808 Coming back from a trip one day in the southern part of Chicago I saw a semi-truck that had attempted this in a construction zone, one wheel in the traffic lane, the other going up the concrete ramp wall they'd laid for an off-ramp. He'd only gotten half-way up, though stalling with his truck and trailer hanging there in the air at a 45 degree angle. Think what he could have done with a running start in the desert! Coming back from a trip one day in the southern part of Chicago I saw a semi-truck that had attempted this in a construction zone, one wheel in the traffic lane, the other going up the concrete ramp wall they’d laid for an off-ramp. He’d only gotten half-way up, though stalling with his truck and trailer hanging there in the air at a 45 degree angle.

Think what he could have done with a running start in the desert!

]]> By: Ed Ligget. Tuba. http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1533801 Ed Ligget. Tuba. Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1533801 Psh. Not only did they do this almost 40 years ago in The Man with the Golden Gun, but they landed it more solidly than this too. Psh. Not only did they do this almost 40 years ago in The Man with the Golden Gun, but they landed it more solidly than this too.

]]> By: ROSSINDETROIT http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1533800 ROSSINDETROIT Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1533800 This is superbadass. Thanks for making me feel 9 years old for a minute there. This is superbadass. Thanks for making me feel 9 years old for a minute there.

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1533799 Paul Renault Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1533799 Jeepers, why not ONE regular, normal-speed, non-stop, single-viewpoint take? Is the feat so lame that they have to make sure you don't have one? Jeepers, why not ONE regular, normal-speed, non-stop, single-viewpoint take? Is the feat so lame that they have to make sure you don’t have one?

]]> By: Snig http://boingboing.net/2012/09/16/hot-wheels-corkscrew-jump-with.html#comment-1533796 Snig Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181278#comment-1533796 It made me irrationally happy that the ramps were colored orange. It made me irrationally happy that the ramps were colored orange.

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