Comments on: Video: The invincible Russian http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Mon, 28 May 2012 23:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive » Death Jump Video Opinion? Tell Us How It’s Done http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-2818442 Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive » Death Jump Video Opinion? Tell Us How It’s Done Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:40:10 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-2818442 [...] Nods to Hot Air. [...] [...] Nods to Hot Air. [...]

]]> By: Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive » Death Jump Video Opinion? Tell Us How It’s Done http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-2818443 Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive » Death Jump Video Opinion? Tell Us How It’s Done Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:40:09 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-2818443 [...] Nods to Hot Air. [...] [...] Nods to Hot Air. [...]

]]> By: BL@KBIRD http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957914 BL@KBIRD Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:01:43 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957914 I hesitated earlier but he is a genuine fake. I hesitated earlier but he is a genuine fake.

]]> By: mikeyboss http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957891 mikeyboss Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:27:58 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957891 Maybe he's a cat. Maybe he’s a cat.

]]> By: Don Carne http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957818 Don Carne Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:22:45 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957818 Fake! Of course. You can't fall that far and live. ronsfi on February 15, 2008 at 3:42 PM Tell that to that window washer in NYC who fell 42 stories, and lived. Fake!
Of course. You can’t fall that far and live.

ronsfi on February 15, 2008 at 3:42 PM

Tell that to that window washer in NYC who fell 42 stories, and lived.

]]> By: MirCat http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957660 MirCat Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:46:16 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957660 See what ya do is have a guy jump to his death then cut it with a 2nd guy that gets up. Simple. - The Cat See what ya do is have a guy jump to his death then cut it with a 2nd guy that gets up. Simple.

- The Cat

]]> By: Jim Treacher http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957525 Jim Treacher Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:38:00 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957525 You gotta be tough if you want to survive in Putin's Russia... You gotta be tough if you want to survive in Putin’s Russia…

]]> By: Virus-X http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957357 Virus-X Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:18:42 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957357 Maybe it was a scene from next season's installment of "Heroes". Maybe it was a scene from next season’s installment of “Heroes”.

]]> By: Mark Jaquith http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957255 Mark Jaquith Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:23:29 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957255 <a href="http://doubleviking.cachefly.net/videos/doubleviking/2008/02/15/jump.flv" rel="nofollow">Download the FLV</a> if you want to be able to analyze it more closely. The Quicktime player is nice because you can take it frame by frame. The frame at 15.24 looks suspiciously pixelated. This is the frame where he hits. The frame before is significantly clearer, as is the frame after it. I'm guessing that this is the cut. That would explain why the dummy doesn't bounce. Still, how'd they do the actual jump? It was convincing! Download the FLV if you want to be able to analyze it more closely.

The Quicktime player is nice because you can take it frame by frame.

The frame at 15.24 looks suspiciously pixelated. This is the frame where he hits. The frame before is significantly clearer, as is the frame after it. I’m guessing that this is the cut. That would explain why the dummy doesn’t bounce. Still, how’d they do the actual jump? It was convincing!

]]> By: Vincenzo http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957212 Vincenzo Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:57:00 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957212 The footage of the jumper was edited into the video afterwards. It's a real person jumping, just not jumping in that scene. The footage of the jumper was edited into the video afterwards. It’s a real person jumping, just not jumping in that scene.

]]> By: justkevin http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957179 justkevin Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:36:34 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957179 Yeah, I have to side with Ace on Romero. He's been milking his one success for decades in a way that would make Stallone blush. And DRI's dissection (autopsy?) of <em>Land of the Dead</em> should be the definitive review of that POS. Yeah, I have to side with Ace on Romero. He’s been milking his one success for decades in a way that would make Stallone blush. And DRI’s dissection (autopsy?) of Land of the Dead should be the definitive review of that POS.

]]> By: USBB http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957177 USBB Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:35:18 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957177 Hey didn't John Edwards say that when John Kerry was elected that people would rise up and walk??? Do you think he really got elected and Bush is just his puppet? This video makes me wonder what really is going on in Washington. Do Ron Paul's people know about this? Hey didn’t John Edwards say that when John Kerry was elected that people would rise up and walk??? Do you think he really got elected and Bush is just his puppet? This video makes me wonder what really is going on in Washington.

Do Ron Paul’s people know about this?

]]> By: jaime http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957174 jaime Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:33:11 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957174 I'm not saying the video is real, but I knew a guy once that worked on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico when he was young. While he was there, a worker fell from a similar height down to the steel deck, landing body-slam style. He got up and walked a few steps before collapsing and dying. I’m not saying the video is real, but I knew a guy once that worked on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico when he was young. While he was there, a worker fell from a similar height down to the steel deck, landing body-slam style. He got up and walked a few steps before collapsing and dying.

]]> By: AverageJoe http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957155 AverageJoe Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:25:50 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957155 <blockquote>Kind of reminds me of another video I saw some time ago, of the Afgan diving team. That was the Iraqi diving team: http://youtube.com/watch?v=mG7KjW9thwA null on February 15, 2008 at 4:05 PM</blockquote> Or the Afgan diving team: http://youtube.com/watch?v=bgWzmcmmAXE I make no commentary as to why the same video can be used for either country.

Kind of reminds me of another video I saw some time ago, of the Afgan diving team.

That was the Iraqi diving team:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mG7KjW9thwA

null on February 15, 2008 at 4:05 PM

Or the Afgan diving team:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bgWzmcmmAXE

I make no commentary as to why the same video can be used for either country.

]]> By: vinman http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957118 vinman Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:08:57 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957118 "superdelegate" = LOL “superdelegate” = LOL

]]> By: Dusty http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957117 Dusty Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:08:41 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957117 There appears to be a very clear frames right about 12 feet, or below the horizontal line marking the top of the first concrete wall panel. My guess is he jumped twice, once into one of those emergency air bags and a second time from a relatively safe height onto bare ground, then spliced at the point where he was horizontal on the second jump. If I'm right then one can watch in slow-motion and see much better where splice occurred because of the change in clarity of the moving body of the man. There appears to be a very clear frames right about 12 feet, or below the horizontal line marking the top of the first concrete wall panel. My guess is he jumped twice, once into one of those emergency air bags and a second time from a relatively safe height onto bare ground, then spliced at the point where he was horizontal on the second jump.

If I’m right then one can watch in slow-motion and see much better where splice occurred because of the change in clarity of the moving body of the man.

]]> By: null http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957115 null Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:05:53 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957115 <em>Kind of reminds me of another video I saw some time ago, of the Afgan diving team.</em> That was the Iraqi diving team: http://youtube.com/watch?v=mG7KjW9thwA Kind of reminds me of another video I saw some time ago, of the Afgan diving team.

That was the Iraqi diving team:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mG7KjW9thwA

]]> By: Hiney Von Pewps http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957113 Hiney Von Pewps Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:04:14 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957113 It's not blasphemy. It's truth. Romero is over-rated to the same epic proportions as the Doors. John Carpenter is the real thing. A stinking commie, but the real thing nonetheless. It’s not blasphemy. It’s truth. Romero is over-rated to the same epic proportions as the Doors.

John Carpenter is the real thing. A stinking commie, but the real thing nonetheless.

]]> By: AverageJoe http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957110 AverageJoe Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:02:16 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957110 Kind of reminds me of another video I saw some time ago, of the Afgan diving team. Kind of reminds me of another video I saw some time ago, of the Afgan diving team.

]]> By: Grafted http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957105 Grafted Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:58:40 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957105 Wow, Obama is empowering people already! Wow, Obama is empowering people already!

]]> By: DreadWolf http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957103 DreadWolf Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:57:46 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957103 Yep - no bounce is a "dead" giveaway. It looks to me like a dummy from the start - the knee bends and arm raises don't look natural. There's no real need to jump up - a person would probably just step off or out. I'd say a couple of wires to animate the jump and a splice to finish. Yep – no bounce is a “dead” giveaway.

It looks to me like a dummy from the start – the knee bends and arm raises don’t look natural. There’s no real need to jump up – a person would probably just step off or out. I’d say a couple of wires to animate the jump and a splice to finish.

]]> By: Chakra Hammer http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957101 Chakra Hammer Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:56:57 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957101 <blockquote>So, I’m guessing he didn’t get up and walk away after. How awful. TX Mom on February 15, 2008 at 3:52 PM</blockquote> Nope, he fell on accident! Thats what happens when people have you working on a roof with ice on it... >:}

So, I’m guessing he didn’t get up and walk away after. How awful.

TX Mom on February 15, 2008 at 3:52 PM

Nope, he fell on accident!

Thats what happens when people have you working on a roof with ice on it… >:}

]]> By: TX Mom http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957098 TX Mom Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:52:49 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957098 <blockquote>Chakra Hammer on February 15, 2008 at 3:49 PM</blockquote> So, I'm guessing he didn't get up and walk away after. How awful.

Chakra Hammer on February 15, 2008 at 3:49 PM

So, I’m guessing he didn’t get up and walk away after. How awful.

]]> By: Splashman http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957097 Splashman Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:52:10 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957097 <blockquote>Fake! Of course. You can’t fall that far and live. ronsfi on February 15, 2008 at 3:42 PM</blockquote> AP knows it's fake, as does anyone slightly less gullible than Obama voters. The question at hand is: how'd they do it? The jumper is moving before and during the jump. Therefore not a simple mannequin and jumpcut. The most obvious answer is CG and a bluescreen/rotoscope jump with a professional stuntman, perhaps as a boredom antidote by industry folks idled by the writer's strike, but it could very well be less complicated than that (cf. Crop Circles). Either way, a nice piece of work. Of course, massive compression artifacting and induced camera shake hides a multitude of flaws.

Fake!
Of course. You can’t fall that far and live.

ronsfi on February 15, 2008 at 3:42 PM

AP knows it’s fake, as does anyone slightly less gullible than Obama voters. The question at hand is: how’d they do it?

The jumper is moving before and during the jump. Therefore not a simple mannequin and jumpcut.

The most obvious answer is CG and a bluescreen/rotoscope jump with a professional stuntman, perhaps as a boredom antidote by industry folks idled by the writer’s strike, but it could very well be less complicated than that (cf. Crop Circles). Either way, a nice piece of work. Of course, massive compression artifacting and induced camera shake hides a multitude of flaws.

]]> By: TX Mom http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/comment-page-1/#comment-957094 TX Mom Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:50:25 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/15/video-the-invincible-russian/#comment-957094 <blockquote>jdub on February 15, 2008 at 3:28 PM</blockquote> Funny!

jdub on February 15, 2008 at 3:28 PM

Funny!

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