Um, What Was Up With All The Holograms?
Man. Last night was historic. Yes, the United States elected the first black president. But more importantly, HOLOGRAMS were finally introduced into major news broadcasts. And not just any holograms. WILL.I.AM holograms!
Um...whuuuuut? Will.i.am is the worst. Beam him to jail, Scotty. But also back to my original question, whuuuuut? I do love that Anderson Cooper had to stay calm and professional when he said "we're now being joined via hologram..." Because no.
Not that CNN was alone in being so ridiculous. I can't seem to find any footage on-line from NBC's election night coverage, but that was equally insane. The pundits would stand in this CGI rotunda on an animated dais that had spinning wheels of etched runes rotating around them on the floor. So weird. It was like an all-night competition to see which network could have the best representation of a teenager in 1987's vision of the future.
Although the clear winner of the night for Best Graphics was totally The Daily Show's Indecision 2008, because this is incredible:
I will take rhino using a laser canon to place a golden helm on Barack Obama's head over a Will.i.am hologram any day. Or any Black Eyed Peas hologram, actually.
Posted by Gabe at 10:15 AM in Newsmagazines, Politics
Tags: CNN Holograms | Election 2008 | The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Indecision 2008 | Will.i.am Hologram
prop 8 passed. so depressing. but yay obama & colbert/stewart are always the best.
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I'm no law expert, but I'm not THAT upset about prop 8 being passed. It might be a big opportunity to have it repealed on a federal level.
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good point, but i'm not sure federal gov't can appeal the repealing of state laws (altho i'm not a law expert either)
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Actually, Prop 8 hasn't passed yet. They still have 3 million votes to count from absentee ballots. There's still hope! And trust me, Prop 8 won't be the last time we have a fight for gay rights in California. And I agree with Brad, especially with Obama in office, there still is hope.
No one in the United States should be a second class citizen.
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that's true too, it still sickens me though.
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Bleep bloop bleep, I am a robot from the future and holograms are a necessity in news casting now. Bleep blop bloop, the future is super exciting. Blop bloop bleep, robot out.
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No, robot! Don't goooooo I have sooo much to aaaaaaaaassssk!
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What was so insane about that will.i.am interview was how he made it all about him and how his momma was so proud of him for, um, writing a song. It seemed like the Coop was also a little baffled by the self-congratulatory turn the interview took. "on this historic night, let's take a moment to recognize the viral video prowess of will.i.am." I do hope, however we have more hologram interviews. then again, something like a matthew vadum hologram interview on the view might just make the universe explode through ridiculousness.
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Wolf Blitzer rides a hover-board
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