[meteorite-list] Fake impact video

[Chris Peterson]

The clip is from a commercial for the Toyota Tacoma. The whole thing is at 
http://www.methodstudios.com/mot690 , complete with the legalese caption 
identifying the event as a dramatization, and the catch-phrase "Tacoma - 
meteor-proof" (before this actually gets aired the lawyers will probably 
make them add some small print that says "not really".

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darren Garrison" <cynapse at charter.net>
To: "meteorite list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Cc: <marco.langbroek at wanadoo.nl>
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fake impact video


On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 18:57:20 -0400, Darren Garrison <cynapse at charter.net> 
wrote:

>>  http://www.filecabi.net/host/file/desertmeteor/wmv
>
>http://www.movie-list.com/trailers.php?id=undead

Okay, now I know that the video clip IS from (or at least related to) that 
movie.  Both the video
clip and one of the trailers show the same beer-holding redneck in a plaid 
flannel shirt and a
baseball cap.  Looks like it isn't actual footage from the film, though, but 
instead an instance of
viral marketing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_marketing sort of like 
the viral marketing clips
set free onto the net for the movie Serenity (from the late, great Firefly)
http://slashdot.org/articles/05/08/24/0323234.shtml?tid=97&tid=99