fishfan46 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Just finshed up our tour of the new sales center and found out that the HR celebration is going to be a large mechanical marlin that "jumps" 65 feet above the cf pool. I knew that there was going to be a celebration, but this was the first I heard of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARLIN BURGER Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 well yes and no it looks like this its real ugly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Love Me Some Fish Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Just finshed up our tour of the new sales center and found out that the HR celebration is going to be a large mechanical marlin that "jumps" 65 feet above the cf pool. I knew that there was going to be a celebration, but this was the first I heard of this. 65 feet? wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entendu Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Goddamnit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishFan88 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 i think its gonna be awesome, but then again my fashion sense leans towards the tacky. kids will love it, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnellders Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 i think its gonna be awesome, but then again my fashion sense leans towards the tacky. kids will love it, at least. Kids love John Cena, doesnt mean its good...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBullet Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 i think its gonna be awesome, but then again my fashion sense leans towards the tacky. kids will love it, at least. Kids love John Cena, doesnt mean its good...... LMFAO... Fruity Pebbles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJuice Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I'm of two minds regarding that artist's sketch. 1. the sketch does not give me a warm and fuzzy feeling 2. I have a feeling that the actual execution of the CF Homerun art will be absolutely stunning. 65 feet? wow..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trey05Marlins Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Playing devils advocate, but a drawing probably can't do the artwork justice. We're talking about a large scale piece and I think it will be much different than that drawing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish4Life Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 That picture is more of a painting, thing wont look close to that IMO, look much better... but yes Im sure it will have tons and tons of colors... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbethan Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I still have the video rendering of it somewhere. I should find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejandrasnow Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I don't know if it's just that I'm extremely tired but that drawing looks so comical to me right now. Especially the explosions, the marlins tripping on acid with those enlarged pupils and the upside down bird on the bottom.... :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poptart Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I hope the Marlins never hit another homerun after this season. trade Stanton. than "piece of art" is seriously an abomination to the stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Love Me Some Fish Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I hope the Marlins never hit another homerun after this season. trade Stanton. than "piece of art" is seriously an abomination to the stadium. Agreed. Tear the whole thing down. Start over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejandrasnow Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I hope the Marlins never hit another homerun after this season. trade Stanton. than "piece of art" is seriously an abomination to the stadium. Agreed. Tear the whole thing down. Start over. Start over!? After that debacle we should be condemned to sun life for the rest of our miserable existence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarlinKidd101 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I hope the Marlins never hit another homerun after this season. trade Stanton. than "piece of art" is seriously an abomination to the stadium. You don't even know what it looks like yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Love Me Some Fish Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I hope the Marlins never hit another homerun after this season. trade Stanton. than "piece of art" is seriously an abomination to the stadium. Agreed. Tear the whole thing down. Start over. Start over!? After that debacle we should be condemned to sun life for the rest of our miserable existence! Too bad Sun Life wouldn't want us anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I still have the video rendering of it somewhere. I should find it. I remember the video and it made this thing look stupid as sh*t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotcorner Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 reminds me of a pinball game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroncoBob27 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 That picture is more of a painting, thing wont look close to that IMO, look much better... but yes Im sure it will have tons and tons of colors... I hope you are right. We moved our seating so we could get the full visual effect at the new pond without all the twisting and turning we would have had to do with comparable seating from where we are now. That picture does nothing for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeroFishOne Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 I think it's rather funny. When we hit a homer, I'm sure going to be thinking other things then, "dang, whats that flaming pile of sh*t in the pool?" Maybe I got weird taste but I like the picture. I've never seen fish that happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 The Sun-Sentinel used to have an animation of this monstrosity on their website, but it seems like the team ordered them to take it down because it would spoil the "surprise." I did manage to find a screen grab of it though: It's going to look close to the painting, but without the background. If you look at the rest of Grooms' work, you will see that it's pretty comparable in terms of style. As I remember from the video, this thing unfolds into different tiers. As you can see there are three different tiers of Marlins. When the "artwork" is fully unpacked, the Marlins move back and forth along those semicircles while the whole thing is going to be lit up by carnival lights. Based upon the painting, the video, and Red Grooms' previous work, I think it's very probable that this will be a tacky piece of sh*t and that the rest of the country will mock the franchise for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbethan Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 I saved the video when it was on the SunSentinal website, I'll post it soon so that we can all agree with Jorge Julio about the horrificness of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 reminds me of a pinball game. It does, doesn't it! The Sun-Sentinel used to have an animation of this monstrosity on their website, but it seems like the team ordered them to take it down because it would spoil the "surprise." I did manage to find a screen grab of it though: It's going to look close to the painting, but without the background. If you look at the rest of Grooms' work, you will see that it's pretty comparable in terms of style. As I remember from the video, this thing unfolds into different tiers. As you can see there are three different tiers of Marlins. When the "artwork" is fully unpacked, the Marlins move back and forth along those semicircles while the whole thing is going to be lit up by carnival lights. Based upon the painting, the video, and Red Grooms' previous work, I think it's very probable that this will be a tacky piece of sh*t and that the rest of the country will mock the franchise for it. I still wish they'd have done an anamatronic Marlin that comes out of (real) water and flips and flops around like an actual Marlin would. I saved the video when it was on the SunSentinal website, I'll post it soon so that we can all agree with Jorge Julio about the horrificness of it. I remember seeing that video too and wasn't impressed by it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishFan88 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 no it looks like the insane child of a pinball machine on acid that screwed an arcade game on crack, at sun life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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