I can hear the comments now: “Not a hack.” Yeah that might be true, but it’s still enormous puppets running around Berlin – that in its own right is pretty cool. The show, put on by the street theater group Royal De Luxe, is part of the 20th anniversary for the fall of the Berlin Wall. Spectators watched as the Big Giant rose from the water in search of his niece, the Little Giantess. We won’t spoil the ending, but its a happy one. Reminds us of the similar giant marionette group La Machine, and their La Princesse.
Not a hack.
not a hack
is it sad that my first thought was “oh sh*t! its a big daddy!”
not a hack.
*yawn*
Not a hack.
not a hack… because it lacks an Arduino…
Awesome hack.
Only a hack if it uses hydraulics rather than cables. ;)
would be better if it were the 50 foot woman… and she was in her birthday suit. :-p
not a hack haha
@mcsquid no, that was my first thought to lol
they also do that :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HZmFomXluU
mecanical hack ! with recycled parts !
You guys are dumb. They put together a giant marionette with full articulation and then rigged a machine to control it’s every action. This is a hack in every respect. What do you guys consider hacks?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFUEXxHeKi0
ROYAL DELUXE
not a hack
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Creepy giant puppets that walk out of the sea… WTF
I keep reading about this sort of enormous performance, and hope I can someday see one in person. Looks so fun!
It’s definitely a hack! I was there, saw it, and it was awesome. And they didn’t build a machine to controll the big giant marionette, there was a shitload of crazy French in funny clothes pulling ropes and stuff to move it!
I don’t know what you consider to be a hack, but I saw the Giants in Berlin and think it WAS a great hack.. just take a look at this picture: http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/5327/img8783.jpg
This machine is awesome..
That thing is drunk. It is going trip and fall, crushing a bunch of people in that crowd.
Hack of the year nomination…
Not a hack.
More details would have made this very interesting. I have no idea what it takes to make a marionette that large. It would have been good to see some build details.
Pink Floyd would be proud
Not a hack, but cool nevertheless.
it was make by a french team
vive la france