davedlg 0 #1 October 14, 2005 I just saw the new TV ad featuring Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper skydiving in support of Referendums C and D You can download it here Check out the fancy editing! He is shown approaching the plane and in the plane with his own rig, however, in freefall he is doing a tandem with the tandem master edited out! It also shows him landing his own tandem canopy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #2 October 14, 2005 Quote Check out the fancy editing! He is shown approaching the plane and in the plane with his own rig, however, in freefall he is doing a tandem with the tandem master edited out! It also shows him landing his own tandem canopy. !!! Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #3 October 14, 2005 thats wierd to seethat harness strapped to..nothing.LOL Pretty fucking cool that the guy would use that for an ad thoughMy photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff.Donohue 0 #4 October 14, 2005 That was sort of surreal... I dig how you can see part of the tandem rig but not all of it, as though the editor didn't quite know how to make a tandem rig look like a solo rig.... And then, as he's landing, you see a sort of shadowy figure behind him appear and then sort of disappear... I wonder if he's using a BOC cloaking device... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisha 1 #5 October 14, 2005 Does anyone know who the older guy is in the black & white Allianz Life commercial? Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #6 October 14, 2005 That's kind cool. 'No mayors or pub owners were harmed during the filming of this commercial' -- Isn't anyone got to start yelling at them for approaching the plane from the front? it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davedlg 0 #7 October 14, 2005 Quote'No mayors or pub owners were harmed during the filming of this commercial' -- For those of you not up on your Denver politics, Mayor Hickenlooper owns the Wynkoop Brewing Company, one of the bigger bars in lower downtown denver. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tink1717 2 #8 October 14, 2005 I wish more politicians would have the balls to get out and do something like that.Skydivers don't knock on Death's door. They ring the bell and runaway... It really pisses him off. -The World Famous Tink. (I never heard of you either!!) AA #2069 ASA#33 POPS#8808 Swooo 1717 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #9 October 14, 2005 I dunno, for me the fact that he presented the jump dishonestly (as if he jumped solo) sort of negates any props he'd get for having the balls to make the jump. Anybody notice the canopy the solo jumper deployed and the tandem canopy have reversed colors?www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 42 #10 October 14, 2005 I hadn't noticed the colours... that's terrific! As for the deception in the ad... I think that any positive exposure our sport gets is a good thing "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #11 October 21, 2005 Quote Anybody notice the canopy the solo jumper deployed and the tandem canopy have reversed colors? He did two jumps to get the "take" just right... It could very well be that the footage came from both... Since the DZ's colors are purple and yellow, it is not unique that many of the tandem rigs are those colors... The guys probably grabbed two "yellow purple" rigs and did not realize they were inverses... But, pure speculation... I was not there... Travis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
