How to make the Olympics more interesting: Grenade Ping Pong
This great music video by director Matt Devine picks up an idea I had many years ago while watching the Olympics on TV by mistake.
I was sitting there, watching and wondering. Why on Earth would anyone want to watch a game of ping pong (or if you’re rather posh you might prefer table tennis)? Why? Maybe because their lives are so empty that only the clicky-clacky sound of a plastic ball being hit by two “athletes” on a mini-sized court reminds them of what once was a beating heart inside their chest but now only echoes the emptiness inside them.
Yeah, that’s probably one reason to watch a ping pong game.
To make this niche sport more exciting and have it watched by millions you’d probably have to play it with a live hand-grenade, I thought to myself. And only 15 years later someone makes a music video with my idea. And my idea alone!
So… here’s Metal on Metal with Bastard.
via The Daily What.
Youtube snip:
Creative Concept: The Glue Society
Director: Matt Devine of The Glue Society
Production Company: Revolver
Executive Producer: Michael Ritchie
Producer: Caroline Barry
DOP: Danny Ruhlmann
Production Designer: Margot Wilson
Editor: Stewart Reeves for Guillotine
CG Supervisor: Bryn Morrow for Fuel
Lead Flame Artist: Chris Scott for Fuel
VFX Producer: Claudia Lecaros for Fuel
Cast:
The Red Team: Belinda Lee
The Blue Team: Micky Lung
Host: Austin Hollister
