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 2013-11-15 9:32 AM |
Pro  5761     Bartlett, TN |  Subject: Epic Splits
Jean Claude Van Damme doing the spilts between two moving trucks!!! Pretty cool commercial |
| 2013-11-15 1:47 PM in reply to: jford2309 |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: Epic Splits THAT is cool. I have to say, it makes me anxious, but it's amazing. |
| 2013-11-15 2:35 PM in reply to: Kido |
Pro 5761 Bartlett, TN | Subject: RE: Epic Splits Originally posted by Kido THAT is cool. I have to say, it makes me anxious, but it's amazing.
plus the trucks were rolling backwards! Did you see that? |
| 2013-11-15 3:35 PM in reply to: jford2309 |
Regular 5477 LHOTP | Subject: RE: Epic Splits That is freakin BA! Not too shabby for 53:) |
| 2013-11-16 8:59 AM in reply to: jford2309 |
Master 2642 Bloomington, MN | Subject: RE: Epic Splits Yeah, that IS amazing. He has some mad physical talents, but cannot act to save his . Very cool. |
| 2013-11-17 10:50 AM in reply to: jford2309 |
Champion 6539 South Jersey | Subject: RE: Epic Splits That's pretty cool. Although, as I was watching I was actually thinking the driving was more impressive than the splitting. (Made sense once I saw what the commercial was for.) |
| 2013-11-17 6:51 PM in reply to: LaurenSU02 |
Master 2380 Beijing | Subject: RE: Epic Splits Originally posted by LaurenSU02 That's pretty cool. Although, as I was watching I was actually thinking the driving was more impressive than the splitting. (Made sense once I saw what the commercial was for.)
Indeed! Driving in reverse in a combination vehicle like that takes some serious skill.... I am very interested to try this "dynamic steering" system. I wonder if they market it in the US as well. Volvos are my second-favorite truck to drive. Nothing beats a long-nose Pete, though!
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| 2013-11-18 3:21 PM in reply to: jford2309 |
Expert 793 South Florida | Subject: RE: Epic Splits I am thinking they started with the trucks apart and then drove closer together going forward, then ran the film backwards, so it appears the trucks were going in reverse. |
| 2013-11-18 3:47 PM in reply to: Turnin2 |
Elite 4564 Boise | Subject: RE: Epic Splits Originally posted by Turnin2 I am thinking they started with the trucks apart and then drove closer together going forward, then ran the film backwards, so it appears the trucks were going in reverse. Volvo swears up and down the commercial was filmed exactly as shown. Either way it's a pretty epic commercial. Kudos to whoever thought that one up. |
| 2013-11-18 4:51 PM in reply to: JoshR |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: Epic Splits Originally posted by JoshR Originally posted by Turnin2 I am thinking they started with the trucks apart and then drove closer together going forward, then ran the film backwards, so it appears the trucks were going in reverse. Volvo swears up and down the commercial was filmed exactly as shown. Either way it's a pretty epic commercial. Kudos to whoever thought that one up. They also said one take and some hidden safety rigs for him. If you look close, only one truck moves away. The right one holds it's line. Not that it makes it easier, but eliminates some of the coordination. |
| 2013-11-18 5:58 PM in reply to: Kido |
Pro 15655 | Subject: RE: Epic Splits Originally posted by Kido Originally posted by JoshR Originally posted by Turnin2 I am thinking they started with the trucks apart and then drove closer together going forward, then ran the film backwards, so it appears the trucks were going in reverse. Volvo swears up and down the commercial was filmed exactly as shown. Either way it's a pretty epic commercial. Kudos to whoever thought that one up. They also said one take and some hidden safety rigs for him. If you look close, only one truck moves away. The right one holds it's line. Not that it makes it easier, but eliminates some of the coordination. Which means they were likely "photo shopped" out of what we see on the screen. My bet is that either his feet are not just on the mirrors but rather on some platforms that were edited out, or he is wearing a safety harness tethered to a helicopter, moving crane, etc. No way it happened just as shown....as Volvo has admitted to. |
| 2013-11-22 12:14 PM in reply to: jford2309 |
| Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: Epic Splits The Van Damme commercial is incredible, hidden safety rigs or not, but this Channing Tatum spoof is pretty good, too. |
| 2013-11-22 3:28 PM in reply to: melbo55 |
Expert 2180 Boise, Idaho | Subject: RE: Epic Splits Originally posted by melbo55 The Van Damme commercial is incredible, hidden safety rigs or not, but this Channing Tatum spoof is pretty good, too. Too Funny! |
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