Le Ballon

1. xayzer
   January 14th, 2009 at 6:11 pm

   When I was a kid the very first (and last) balloon I ever got slipped out of my hand. It was an elephant. I cried the whole day. Not a spoiled brat type of cry, but true, sincere sadness. I kept wondering what would happen to it, when will it stop going higher and higher, will it be lonesome. If not for that event, I wouldn't have looked twice at that video. Now, it almost brought me to tears.

2. Scrabbler
   January 14th, 2009 at 6:59 pm

   Bad physics ruins it!

3. Johnny Cat
   January 14th, 2009 at 8:47 pm

   I liked the Yeti family.

4. Wickethewok
   January 14th, 2009 at 9:31 pm

   I remain unimpressed with the French space program.

5. Jacki
   January 15th, 2009 at 1:54 am

   I liked it up until it reached space.
   Then flaws against physics kind of kept popping into my head. haha.

6. PK
   January 15th, 2009 at 3:01 am

   Bad physics does ruin it. It would be much nicer the balloon burst and the ghost of the balloon hits the ceiling at the edge of the universe. (You know, since we still can't prove ghosts.)

7. Let'sgetphysical
   January 15th, 2009 at 3:36 am

   Oh come on. Everyone knows balloons float in space. Have you ever NOT seen a balloon float in space? I rest my case.

   Boy was this thing well storyboarded. That thing with the astronaut's helmet was wonderful.

8. atomicsecrets
   January 15th, 2009 at 7:09 am

   I've always told my daughter that her lost Trader Joe's balloons go to the moon. It hasn't backfired on me yet, but that's probably a matter of time.

9. PJ
   January 15th, 2009 at 8:14 am

   amazing animation

10. Anon
    January 15th, 2009 at 7:50 pm

    And the wind from meteors wouldn't be as depicted, if any.

11. ted
    January 16th, 2009 at 8:54 pm

    Loved the ending. I'm surprised nobody's commented on the fact that there probably isn't a big ceiling on top of the universe - physics, you know.

    The astronaut's helmet part was the best.

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