*promote

Self promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 12:17pm PST - promote requested by original submitter Hybrid.

Needs a tag for Guy Pearce...

I look forward to floating robot camera men in 11 years time

Well its obvious that ever since we got the floating/flying car that the floating camera men were going to be just around the corner

i just wanna say... this is an amazing viral idea. i'm a tedX attendee, and this is just awesome.

*quality

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by gwiz665.

I hope the movie won't be this goofy.

Looks really rough, not just the image/VFX but the acting as well. I'm confused.

Visual effects were awful. So disappointed. Was hoping for a more realistic look of physical effects as mostly used by the trailer - just like the first (and mostly second) movie.

Also even the reverb effect on the audio for his voice seemed to be entirely inappropriate for a venue of that size.

Well, I thought it rocked my balls off.

He didn't rip his face off and reveal he was a robot? UNIMPRESSIVE, SIR.

... congratulations?

>> ^gwiz665:

Well, I thought it rocked my balls off.

>> ^quantumushroom:

He didn't rip his face off and reveal he was a robot? UNIMPRESSIVE, SIR.


Heh, I was expecting something similar. I thought another Guy Pearce would walk out and reveal the one who had just been talking was a robot.

>> ^NaMeCaF:

>> ^quantumushroom:
He didn't rip his face off and reveal he was a robot? UNIMPRESSIVE, SIR.

Heh, I was expecting something similar. I thought another Guy Pearce would walk out and reveal the one who had just been talking was a robot.


Dems is all robots? Aww, hell no!

>> ^ChaosEngine:

I look forward to floating robot camera men in 11 years time


Haven't you been paying attention? We already have those- they're just not really quiet enough for indoor use.

The military's been using them since the turn of the century, you might know them as "Drones", such as the Predator and the Global Hawk. Civilian versions are almost equally sophisticated, except they aren't used to also kill people. Here's some footage shot with a "Floating Robot Camera Man" from one of the recent "Occupy" festivals.

Oh, fuck Wayland.

Everyone knows Yutani is the real star. She invented the male birth control pill and the world was awesome ever since.

>> ^therealblankman:

>> ^ChaosEngine:
I look forward to floating robot camera men in 11 years time

Haven't you been paying attention? We already have those- they're just not really quiet enough for indoor use.
The military's been using them since the turn of the century, you might know them as "Drones", such as the Predator and the Global Hawk. Civilian versions are almost equally sophisticated, except they aren't used to also kill people. Here's some footage shot with a "Floating Robot Camera Man" from one of the recent "Occupy" festivals.
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Fair point, I guess they could be similar to a parrot drone. For some reason, I assumed they were supposed to be "anti-gravity" or some such nonsense

You had my upvote before I finished reading the title.

Nice idea but does come across as the hammiest TED Talk ever

I'm just tired of naysayers.
>> ^jqpublick:

... congratulations?
>> ^gwiz665:
Well, I thought it rocked my balls off.

There's a bit.ly link shown briefly in the background. Can anyone make it out? To me it looked like bit.ly/lgwQvj or bit.ly/lgwOvj

Edit: Nevermind, it's http://bit.ly/tgwQvj, and it just likes to apple.com Boooring.

>> ^direpickle:

There's a bit.ly link shown briefly in the background. Can anyone make it out? To me it looked like bit.ly/lgwQvj or bit.ly/lgwOvj
Edit: Nevermind, it's http://bit.ly/tgwQvj, and it just likes to apple.com Boooring.


Wait, what? I'm not sure that's exactly boring if you think about it. Wayland Yutani is pretty notorious for being downright evil as far as a corporation, to somehow link it to Apple is some pretty ugly commentary about how Apple has won over the world's consumers with it's beautiful white, shiny, smooth and slightly rounded products while at the same time breaking down doors gestapo style, working people to death, and ultimately being somewhat reminiscent of the opposite of what they try to portray themselves as...

I don't get it. Isn't Prometheus (the film) just another "reboot" film?

Noooooo. Not at all. New film, new ideas, merely set in the Alien universe.>> ^artician:

I don't get it. Isn't Prometheus (the film) just another "reboot" film?

Oh! Well then it could be as good as Alien Resurrection then. Or Aliens Vs. Predator.


>> ^Hybrid:

Noooooo. Not at all. New film, new ideas, merely set in the Alien universe.>> ^artician:
I don't get it. Isn't Prometheus (the film) just another "reboot" film?

>> ^artician:

Oh! Well then it could be as good as Alien Resurrection then. Or Aliens Vs. Predator.

>> ^Hybrid:
Noooooo. Not at all. New film, new ideas, merely set in the Alien universe.>> ^artician:
I don't get it. Isn't Prometheus (the film) just another "reboot" film?

A real TED talk would be titled "The Impact of Technology on Society in the 21st Century: From the Android phone to Androids, and Beyond" and would be given by an unassuming but compelling professor of some sort, rather than a businessman intent on making himself a physical manifestation of pure hubris.

But, good idea for a viral marketing campaign.

>> ^NetRunner:

A real TED talk would be titled "The Impact of Technology on Society in the 21st Century: From the Android phone to Androids, and Beyond" and would be given by an unassuming but compelling professor of some sort, rather than a businessman intent on making himself a physical manifestation of pure hubris.
But, good idea for a viral marketing campaign.


They're positioning him like a Steve Jobs or Craig Venter: the guys who can make the future work years before anyone else can figure it out.

>> ^chilaxe:

>> ^NetRunner:
A real TED talk would be titled "The Impact of Technology on Society in the 21st Century: From the Android phone to Androids, and Beyond" and would be given by an unassuming but compelling professor of some sort, rather than a businessman intent on making himself a physical manifestation of pure hubris.
But, good idea for a viral marketing campaign.

They're positioning him like a Steve Jobs or Craig Venter: the guys who can make the future work years before anyone else can figure it out.


Ah, a soulless sociopath.

(Jobs, not Venter. They really don't belong in the same sentence or thought process.)

"...and if you'll indulge me, I'd like to change the world."

What a great fucking line!

Guy Pearce is the best. Otherwise, I have no idea what most of you people are on about. Is this some kind of cult book being made into a film, that has you guys shitting all over something that looks pretty good?

>> ^kymbos:

Guy Pearce is the best. Otherwise, I have no idea what most of you people are on about. Is this some kind of cult book being made into a film, that has you guys shitting all over something that looks pretty good?


I agree. I think this was a very well delivered monologue. I wouldn't call it hammy. I wouldn't say the special effects held it back. I'm intrigued about the story and the character.

>> ^kymbos:

Guy Pearce is the best. Otherwise, I have no idea what most of you people are on about. Is this some kind of cult book being made into a film, that has you guys shitting all over something that looks pretty good?


Weyland-Yutani was the company Ripley worked for in the Alien movies. They were the shadow company responsible for terraforming the planet where the Aliens were discovered (by Humans, anyways) and the creation of the android Bishop. They also played some smaller role in the shitty AVP/Predator movies.

This video is a promo for the movie Prometheus, a prequel of sorts to the Alien franchise. It's going to be pants creaming.

When did TED go evil?