They all fall down. Except that list bit at the end.

December 3, 2009 10:19 PM

Ediface Wrecks: A Greek Tragicomedy About the Fall of Man's Handiwork #1 (With Apologies to Sophocles.)
posted by loquacious (18 comments total)

LOVE.
posted by maudlin at 10:30 PM on December 3, 2009

I will never get sick of these videos.
posted by lilac girl at 10:30 PM on December 3, 2009

Neato!

Since this post is basically just a single link to a great youtube video, I might take this opportunity to throw in a cool link myself.

Rammstein VS Cookie Monster.
posted by Effigy2000 at 10:38 PM on December 3, 2009 [1 favorite]

That is just incredible. Also, it contains one of the few not retarded YouTube comments, namely, the one that reads "How does a person have the patience to build something like that, knowing it will be knocked down?" That's something I'd like to know as well.

Also, I can not figure out how the parts that had the popsicle sticks "exploding" upward worked. Can anyone enlighten me?
posted by Caduceus at 10:48 PM on December 3, 2009

Geek, not Greek.
posted by pracowity at 10:56 PM on December 3, 2009

Oh man when it goes fast it's so cool.
posted by wemayfreeze at 11:04 PM on December 3, 2009

I got nervous at about 1:40 that the dominoes were spilling over too far and would prematurely set off the chain ahead of itself. Phew! Gotta have a drink now.
posted by zoinks at 11:21 PM on December 3, 2009

Argh, "ediface"? Argh.
posted by Malor at 11:21 PM on December 3, 2009

Also, I can not figure out how the parts that had the popsicle sticks "exploding" upward worked. Can anyone enlighten me?

That is potential awesome turning into kinetic awesome.
posted by YoBananaBoy at 11:34 PM on December 3, 2009 [5 favorites]

Yeah, what's up with the 'exploding' sticks? That was cool.
posted by From Bklyn at 11:54 PM on December 3, 2009

I'm gonna guess rubber bands are involved.
posted by empath at 12:44 AM on December 4, 2009

That was deeply satisfying. THank you, I could go back to bed sated.
posted by notsnot at 3:05 AM on December 4, 2009

I would only have the patience to build that if I knew it would be knocked down.
posted by damo at 4:25 AM on December 4, 2009 [1 favorite]

How does someone have the patience to build all that, knowing it will be poorly filmed?

(But awesomely executed--I too would love to know how the mechanics worked.)
posted by DU at 4:34 AM on December 4, 2009

Fun. I liked the part where stuff kept falling down in sequence.
posted by Babblesort at 9:19 AM on December 4, 2009

For the exploding popsicle sticks, it's all about tension. In grade school we used to make "popsicle stick bombs" or "throwing stars" as featured here:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Popsicle-Stick-Grenade-pocket-size/

I don't know how he constructed the square/four-sided ones, much less how he chained them together. Neat trick.
posted by loquacious at 9:42 AM on December 4, 2009 [1 favorite]

I had the sound off when I watched it and I thought it was all CG until about 1/2 way.
posted by bonobothegreat at 9:57 AM on December 4, 2009

Wow. Thanks!
posted by ZakDaddy at 11:11 AM on December 4, 2009