Short video of girl jumping through basketball hoop.

February 17, 2006 6:21 AM

Is this for real?
posted by Baby_Balrog to sports, hobbies, & recreation (10 comments total)

no
posted by grex at 6:28 AM on February 17, 2006

nope. fake trailer for a fake movie to get people to turn off their cell phones (i'm sure you've seen one of those by now.)
posted by tumult at 6:32 AM on February 17, 2006

It was actually posted to MeFi a year ago. That discussion should have everything you could possibly want to know.
posted by smackfu at 6:39 AM on February 17, 2006

Ack! Sorry - searched around a bunch. Didn't find anything. *pokes self in eye with flaming pitchfork*
posted by Baby_Balrog at 7:24 AM on February 17, 2006

*pokes self in eye with flaming pitchfork*

This seems unlikely. Post video please.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 7:34 AM on February 17, 2006

She definitely goes in front of the hoop if you pause it. Probably slapped the hoop to make it look like she went through.
posted by Ironmouth at 7:40 AM on February 17, 2006

That would be so astoundingly dangerous. Had to be fake.
posted by teece at 12:05 PM on February 17, 2006

To me, the funniest part of the video was after she touched down — the guys were so busy whooping, chest-bumping and high-fiving that they totally ignored her. That rang true.
posted by rob511 at 2:58 PM on February 17, 2006

I'm reasonably certain that the entire hoop and backboard are CGI. That would be the easiest way to do this -- film the stunt then align the other elements as needed.
posted by dhartung at 8:26 PM on February 17, 2006

Not true, but cool looking.
posted by OmieWise at 11:52 AM on February 21, 2006