The Cog (Honda Commercial)

[qsterq]

This video is not real. Computer generated. The give away is at 1:15, the plank is shown passing the window, yet the window is able to do down right through the plank.

[backroadsonline]

You're actually wrong there

qsterq...did you not notice the plank had a cut in it? lol

[51Cards]

This is in fact real, with only one cut at the halfway point where the muffler rolls (you'll see the floor change). It was done in 2 - 1 minute sequences stitched together and required well over 100 takes to get right. Search the web for more details on how it was done. (all of the parts came from one disassembled car, save for extra batteries to power more than one item)

[comedyjon]

Sounds plausible with the exception of the tires rolling at the 0:30 mark. They are pretty obviously rolling uphill with a lot more momentum than could possibly have been imparted to them.

[gzmkt]

The tires roll up hill because they are weighted inside. When the previous tire hits them it moves the weighted portion just past the top, after which gravity pulls the weighted part to the bottom, making the tire roll up hill (regardless of the size of the object that knocked them off balance, so long as it is big enough to push the weight past top center).

[purple31princess]

OMG That must have been a really long room. lol

[talkingasparegus]

to think that this was made only from the parts of that car....

[SakuraElite]

omg we watched this in science as part of one of our potential energy lesson XD

[ManelituhxD]

awesome

[alispuax]

what`s the song at the finish called?

[ihonzawa]

The song at the end is "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang.

[lovetoontown]

y r the tires going uphill? lol

[famguy231]

how hard is this for people to get. i didn't need someone to tell me how they went up, i sat their for about half a second and said "hmmm, what is a reasonable explanation for that being physically possible???" and then it came to me. they have very heavy weights at the top, christ!!!

[viper5dn]

The tires are going uphill because the tire that provides the initial "push" is much larger in mass. Force = Mass * Acceleration, and momentum = inertial mass * velocity. Given the larger mass the large tire exerts a force on the smaller tires that is able to push them up the incline.

[famguy231]

Look at what the second to last tire does after it hits the last tire. It begins to roll back for a moment as you would expect, and then... wait for it... it starts rolling back up again!!! Not only does your idea not explain this at all, but any half intelligent person watching this could easily tell that the speed at which the first tire hit is not enough to drive multiple other tires up an incline, no matter what its mass!!! Plus you'll notice each tire PICKS UP speed as it rolls! Fuckin tard

[dinkyface]

Agreed, and good spot! That's just made me realize it was REAL!

[famguy231]

In the future, before you bust out scientific equations formulated by people who actually were smart in order to make yourself seem smarter, make sure you yourself actually understand the application as well as the limits of what you are talking about. Go back to school.

[famguy231]

The tires on the incline have extremely heavy weights near the top, but precisely located toward the right to offset gravity and prevent them from rolling down before they have been hit. Period.

[viper5dn]

First of all, I just graduated from Cal... so there's that. Second, you are telling me that the inertial mass of the weight coming down somehow automatically nullifies with gravity at the bottom and thereby stops the tire and prevents it from rolling backwards? Before we resort to ad hominem at least know what we're talking about, k? Otherwise you just sound like an idiot.

[famguy231]

I sound like an idiot? Coming from you, the person who is claiming that an unweighted tire was able to roll up an incline, hit another tire, roll back a short distance, and then... here's where you become a moron... start rolling up the incline AGAIN on its own? I'll take that as a compliment.

[dinkyface]

'gravity at the bottom'?

[Anarchemitis]

or they're all weighted on one side.

[BoxCarBoy12]

Okay... Anyway, what's the name of the song at the end?

[haulpogan]

i no everyone says its not CGI bt it looks fairly suspicious at de ole sugarhill gang part.... watch de speakers...

[ArmourLeader]

No it isn't CGI, like someone said on another post of this, the wheels at 00:30 are weighted inside at specific places so they roll up the plank. Just a bit of basic physics you areshole.

[wtf01s4]

god thats cg are you people morons

[pigpenthegreat]

No, but it seems you are.

[BMPizzle]

look for the film The Way Things Work and then tell us its CG

[VGSpieler]

It's not CG, although it was done in two separate halves because they couldn't find a studio big enough. It still took somewhere over 1000 takes to get it to all work.

My point is fuck you, you're wrong.

[pk22cm]

Seems like you got answerred, the one who said it was it!

[skonte]

pulleys i dont know what you mean but the tyres were unevenly filled with weight thats why they seemed strange

[Doddytsn]

gay

[Velvetyice]

This commercial actually took 606 takes and $10.9 million to make. Amazing how much work and money they put in a single commercial. I would have given up after 6 takes most likely lol.

[opterios]

Best commercial of all time!! Mostly because it is absolutely no faked.

[rorrt]

at 29 seconds they used pulleys if you have wseen the making of, i saw it on Channel 4 UK

[freemasones]

muy bueno!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[jlasf]

This commercial is not faked in any way. They shot it over and over and over until it worked. Amazing!!!!

[rorrt]

Yeah i heard at 29 seconds is the only time they used pulleys

[sophiebarton]

Amazing

[smartblessy]

nice...

[hanbob]

I love this advert. Honda always do the best ads x]

[rorrt]

i think you'll find Audi make the best adverts

IMHO

[pwnisher]

that's so crazy