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Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's… no, really, it's a person! That's what people in New York city have been screaming over the past few weeks as numerous folks saw, well, people flying over the skyline. What the heck? Could Superman be real? Nope -- you're just being sold to again! The flying people are actually nifty flying people-shaped aircraft designed by the Thinkmodo ad agency to spread the viral word about Chronicle, an upcoming 20th Century Fox film in which -- you guessed it -- people fly.
You can (and should) watch the super-cool devices in action in the video above. Thinkmodo's Michael Krivicka gave TechCrunch the low-down on the campaign:
Since the three main characters of the movie have the ability to fly, we came up with the idea of staging a few “flying people” sightings around NYC. We achieved that illusion by having 3 custom-made aircraft (which were shaped like human beings) fly above designated areas in NYC and NJ.
Cool, huh?
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Ridnarhtim
February 01, 2012 at 3:53am
Makes me wonder what people's reaction would be if some people ACTUALLY were flying. They'd probably assume it's some kind of trick or stunt...
jerryfrost
January 31, 2012 at 8:16pm
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JohnP
January 30, 2012 at 9:26pm
Terrific! I bet there were quite a few fender benders on the Brooklyn Bridge over this stunt.
Jox
January 30, 2012 at 8:16pm
This has been around for awhile now. Check out www.rcsuperhero.com
- Jox
Blaze589
January 30, 2012 at 2:41pm
Ha ha. Fly that over a Christian church and they'll think it's the rapture lol.
bling581
January 31, 2012 at 10:45am
"Ha ha. Fly that over a Christian church and they'll think it's the rapture lol."
Yeah, because the Bible mentions flying people...
Blaze589
January 31, 2012 at 4:19pm
I've never read the Bible but I know for a fact the rapture was never mentioned in the Bible but rather made popular by the "Left Behind" series of books. Some ignorant people take it as a fact that is why I made mention of it.
bling581
February 01, 2012 at 11:12am
"I've never read the Bible but I know for a fact the rapture was never mentioned in the Bible but rather made popular by the "Left Behind" series of books."
Completely backwards statement. It was completely based on the "rapture" that's stated in the Bible. I know this isn't the place for religious discussion, but don't go stating "facts" when you really don't know.
kiaghi7
January 31, 2012 at 4:07pm
Ummm... Yeah, it actually does...
For instance just the innumerable angels, archangels, seraphim, cherubim, ect.
Keep in mind there are references to them appearing both with and without wings...
Let's not even begin counting the "ascended into heaven..." bits about various figures.
vrmlbasic
January 30, 2012 at 1:59pm
That is pretty cool, I hadn't heard about this until I saw this article. At first glance (of the pic on the main page) I was thinking that it would be people base jumping in those "wing suits" that I'm sure we've all seen videos of on YouTube. ;)
Though in the "zero-tolerance" ultra-paranoid NYC how did these people get permission to do this? Remember the panic that struck when Air Force One flew around NYC for photographic purposes back at the beginning of President Obama's administration?
I did think the music was interesting. It had a cool Deus Ex feel to it IMO. Reminds me that we need more DLC for that, and a high-res texture pack. ;)
OliverSudden
January 30, 2012 at 12:47pm
It's a shame they didn't have this going in May of 2011, with rapture fever going full tilt.
Holly Golightly
January 30, 2012 at 12:39pm
That is some pretty cool music. When I see these flying people, makes me think of the future or possibly aliens. To me, it is only a matter of time before we start using jetpacks to commute to work. So this concept is not so far out.
