The CLAW - Part. 2
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the edges plec
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A semi bonor
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Shawn Bonneau
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U2 is getting old, (Bono and Adam are 50 next year), so it's gonna take a while before they get that middle part erect.
SMB
SMB
It looks like there's also a ring of lights around the base of each section. Looks an awful lot like the lights that were along the perimeter of the ellipse in Vertigo.
subnet
New Yorker
that's what I've been saying all along
if you refer to the flash animation on U2.com you will notice that the shaft is equi-distant top and bottom with the centrepoint being the top of the claw.
bring on the heavy use of magnesium lights I say
U2Fanatic4ever
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all this talk... anyone got a cigarette??? I thinkz i need one..
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Pretty cool to see the finishing touches going on now, like the spiral design we could see in the animation
I don't mind the orange, it's the color they've used since the beginning for the logo so I'm used to it now.
I don't mind the orange, it's the color they've used since the beginning for the logo so I'm used to it now.
the edges plec
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Looking at the pics it seems that the tower is as high as it's going to go now,I wonder if they're going to put the video screen up and the claws covers.
DontExpect
Acrobat
I was initially a little disappointed with the orange coloring on the tower, but now that it seems that segment of the design is going to be mostly obscured by the rest of the structure I've got no trouble with it.
Weird that they'd throw another color into the design though...the whole thing looks much better and serves as a cleaner blank slate for everything they do during the show if it's just black/gray.
As much as it "fit" with their album colors last time, I never understood why they had to put those horrific looking black and red towers up next to the screen during Vertigo outdoor. Sure, they looked kind of cool during the day time, but those colors didn't work at all with some of the effects they were trying to create.
In my opinion, when you're going to be tossing around state of the art lighting, etc., why bother with cheap tricks like paint?!
...unless the lights are going to shine through that colored fabric during Streets to create the red effect...
Weird that they'd throw another color into the design though...the whole thing looks much better and serves as a cleaner blank slate for everything they do during the show if it's just black/gray.
As much as it "fit" with their album colors last time, I never understood why they had to put those horrific looking black and red towers up next to the screen during Vertigo outdoor. Sure, they looked kind of cool during the day time, but those colors didn't work at all with some of the effects they were trying to create.
In my opinion, when you're going to be tossing around state of the art lighting, etc., why bother with cheap tricks like paint?!
...unless the lights are going to shine through that colored fabric during Streets to create the red effect...
MrBTH
War Child
Agreed, i think its a really surprising lapse in taste on the part of the designers to go with orange when a simple white or grey scrim as seen on the animation would be so much more flexible and in keeping with the rest of the design. Plus, like you say, it will probably intrude into some of the lighting effects that they may wish to acheive.
Hopefully when they see how bad it looks it'll be an easy enough job to change the orange sections.
subnet
New Yorker
ok
no, those flickr photos probably are not showing the shaft as long as it will be when fully erect through the hole in the claw. look at my previous post.
nonetheless, the claw will look infinately larger with the screens in place (however they will be rigged). I recon the animation on 360.U2.com does not even hint at the true capabilities of the overall screen system they will use.
People have hinted at "upstaging NIN visually", "dwarfing Rolling Stones", "Hoberman innovation". We're in for a treat.
kramwest1
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How dare anyone criticize the orange-stripped Bonor! 
(especially before it is fully erect)
Sometimes it's fun to have some color on the Bonor. You'd prefer scented or flavored?
Mark
(especially before it is fully erect)
Sometimes it's fun to have some color on the Bonor. You'd prefer scented or flavored?
Mark
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MrBTH
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^^ Filthy but funny...
Mavvie
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Mavvie
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well it's the first time they've put it all together... i imagine after it's 100% complete and battle tested they will work on taking it down and putting it back together again just to see how long it will take
I'm sure Mark Fisher and Willie Williams will be grateful for your expert opinion and change their plans immediately.
gherman
New Yorker
Ok. What is this thing supposed to do besides look huge?
BVS
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What does any stage do?
gherman
New Yorker
it flys and shoots laser guided rockets at unsuspecting hippies.
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DontExpect
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They're going to find me!! I will be destroyed via rocket at the first Amsterdam show...
elevated_u2_fan
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There had better be a seriously sweet "making of" on the DVD is all I'm saying...
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