Comments on: RadioHeadRocket

RadioHeadRocket

srboisvert — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 05:16:42 -0800

RadioHead. 2+2+rocket cam = 5. This is strictly an experiment, not an official music video.

By: angry modem

angry modem — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 05:25:12 -0800

I fail to make the connection despite the second part of the song clearly starting at the liftoff of the rocket. I guess it seems more clever to others.

By: aladfar

aladfar — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 05:44:18 -0800

I'm certain this has been posted before - perhaps more than once - but it's still cool.

By: Outlawyr

Outlawyr — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 05:57:06 -0800

For those with a short attention span (me) skip to the middle when the damned thing finally takes off.

By: snarfodox

snarfodox — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 06:04:29 -0800

As a kid I once tried to create a home-made rocket using a zinc dust and sulphur fuel mixture. My experiment glowed white for a moment and then turned in to several hundred tiny projectiles and a large amount of fire. Right then and there I decided that rockets were cool.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 06:41:29 -0800

wow. V. cool. I've seen tons of kiteCam vids, but never a rocket taking off. Thanks, srboisvert.

By: ScottUltra

ScottUltra — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 07:12:17 -0800

The timing of the video is nice and the idea is neat, but that typography is terrible. It would be much, much better without it.

By: abcde

abcde — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:17:25 -0800

ScottUltra: That's actually one of Radiohead's Hail to the Thief-era fonts. (here's the backup on their site of the HTTT site at the time, which happens to quote some lyrics from 2+2=5 on the front page)

By: abcde

abcde — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:18:51 -0800

And yes, Radiohead's web design is migraine-inducingly bad (contrast their album art, which is gorgeous)

By: thisisdrew

thisisdrew — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:07:06 -0800

It never ceases to amaze me how most mefites can look at something very cool, very novel, and bit by bit, critique the thing into a dark hole. the similarity to music critics comes to my mind. ...spewing critical factoids about all the details, and ignoring the novelty of the thing as a whole. Cartman: "I thought the rocket things was cool. scew you guys."

By: delmoi

delmoi — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:48:11 -0800

Haha. I agree, Rocket = cool. I thought the video was fantastic, and it did have that sort of sureal-radiohead feeling while the rocket was being carried around and setup. I just wish they had two cameras, one pointing up, and th eother down. The takeoff was really cool, especialy when set to the change in music. I suppose your enjoyment of radiohead's music might have a big effect on your enjoyment of the video.

By: bondcliff

bondcliff — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:06:31 -0800

That rocket is very cool. Makes me want to build one of my own.

By: Ogre Lawless

Ogre Lawless — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:55:47 -0800

I thought both sites were well worth the visit. I wasn't expecting much from amateur web music videos, the genre having been bludgeoned to death by flash animations of kitties. I think the text could have been a bit more fully scrolling, but I didn't find it awful. The use of the rocket footage was pretty well edited for an amateur job and the LOS added a nice arty feel -- wish somebody could do a job with that for reals, you know? I wanted the camera more under the canopy for the flight down. Also, for a lipstick camera that I could attach to strange things and walk around with.

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:32:09 -0800

i'm with ScottUltra. cool video, crap type. i can't believe it's the actual type from hail to the thief ... if it wasn't for the words, i could have believed it was actually a Radiohead video (ok, the timing would have been suspiciously amateur ...) very good.