Yeah, it's probably fake

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:32 pm

REDEEMEDSKIN · Post by **REDEEMEDSKIN** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:38 pm

Wasn't there a point in time when Neil Rackers was considered one of the worst???

Oh well, that video was friggin' awesome!!! :rock:

BossHog · Post by **BossHog** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:40 pm

wow.

I don't know how it could be fake, you can see the entire ball flight on every one but the fourth.

I mean it might have taken 100 takes... but so what... you could give most people a million of them and they still wouldn't likely be able to do it.

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:46 pm

I'm leaning toward fake because it is reminsicent of a series of PowerAid commericals in which athletes do incredible things that were "randomly" caught on tape: LeBron draining 3-quarter-court shots; Vick throwing a football out of the stadium ... they all "looked" real ... plus I don't want to be the "WOW THIS IS SO COOL" guy and have someone post a link proving the whole thing is a sham so I hedged my bet

Justice Hog · Post by **Justice Hog** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:57 pm

fake or not, it's cool as hell...though it looks real....can it really be "real"?

HailSkins94 · Post by **HailSkins94** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:36 pm

Looks exectly like the powerade commercials...

Chris Luva Luva · Post by **Chris Luva Luva** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:45 pm

Fake. They can make anything look real nowadays.

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:08 pm

I don't care even if it is fake. That's awesome.

air_hog · Post by **air_hog** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:57 pm

Fios wrote:I'm leaning toward fake because it is reminsicent of a series of PowerAid commericals in which athletes do incredible things that were "randomly" caught on tape: LeBron draining 3-quarter-court shots; Vick throwing a football out of the stadium ... they all "looked" real ... plus I don't want to be the "WOW THIS IS SO COOL" guy and have someone post a link proving the whole thing is a sham so I hedged my bet

No way man, that's real.

And you can tell those Powerade one's are fake becuase for example, you can't even see the ball until it goes in for the LeBron ones. And for Vicks, the camera cuts out in the middle of the pass on it's way down, then cuts back in and the ball is going up again...

And remember last year when Neil Rackers tried to fight Khary Campbell or someone... what a dufus.

Mursilis · Post by **Mursilis** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:43 pm

air_hog wrote:No way man, that's real.

Check out the other two videos in that series (with Chris Simms and Braylon Edwards). Still think it's real? Think Braylon Edwards can catch a ball without actually looking at it?!?

"Use the Force, Braylon!"

Still cool though.

frankcal20 · Post by **frankcal20** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:43 pm

Thats a cool video.

air_hog · Post by **air_hog** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:30 am

Mursilis wrote:Check out the other two videos in that series (with Chris Simms and Braylon Edwards). Still think it's real? Think Braylon Edwards can catch a ball without actually looking at it?!?

No, but I bet he can see through the bandanna

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:40 am

Upon a second review, I'm on the fence as to whether these are fake or real.

On the one hand, I can see the camera-men waiting for quite a few takes before the kicking and throwing drills worked out. Edwards catching the ball with the bandanna on (if real) is obviously him seeing through it.

On the other hand, the ball leaves the camera in the Simms video (leaving all possibilities open), and I wouldn't doubt the skills of editors in making the kicking video look real.

I'm reminded of the commercial running during the World Cup with Ronaldinho trying on new cleats and kicking the ball against the goal posts. (I can't see the video since I'm work but I think this is it.)

In conclusion, there is no way I should be spending this much time thinking about it. Goodbye.

UK Skins Fan · Post by **UK Skins Fan** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:32 pm

Fake.