Peter Jackson’s Weta Studios makes a mermaid suit for a Double Amputee.
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65 responses so far ↓
1 PowerTorsk // Feb 25, 2009 at 12:43 pm
What!? I didn’t get to see her try swimming in the sea? Or did the program end at that point?
2 groyal // Feb 25, 2009 at 12:47 pm
actually a problem with the soundtrack
3 Anoniempje // Feb 25, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Good, but yeah, we need a part two
4 drockncrisso // Feb 25, 2009 at 3:02 pm
oh I WANT ONE!
5 groyal // Feb 25, 2009 at 3:41 pm
what I mean is that the 2nd part had to be cut out for copyright issues.
6 groyal // Feb 25, 2009 at 4:07 pm
part two link is at the top
7 drockncrisso // Feb 25, 2009 at 4:45 pm
awesome!
8 guitaRofl // Feb 25, 2009 at 4:53 pm
First Page.
9 groyal // Feb 25, 2009 at 5:00 pm
I have posted the second part
10 8gub // Feb 25, 2009 at 6:06 pm
I’m picturing the end of a date for this woman:Man: “Would you like to come up for coffee?”Mermaid: “Nah, I only eat plankton, bro!”
11 groyal // Feb 25, 2009 at 7:08 pm
cheers Bro
12 projekt84 // Feb 25, 2009 at 7:58 pm
doesn’t look very practical..
13 wakkawakka101 // Feb 25, 2009 at 8:37 pm
For a double amputee?
14 likethemodel // Feb 25, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Is there a version without the song?
15 Cathy Sherman // Feb 25, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Very cool! I had a mermaid fantasy when I was a girl. Maybe it was growing up in land-locked Kansas, where we have seas of wheat instead of huge bodies of water. I made myself a mermaid costume for Halloween, not very practical for going door to door.
16 YoukaiLaurana // Feb 26, 2009 at 7:10 am
The song is not great.I wish there was a camera in the water as well, so we could see the tail actually functioning outside a cramped swimming pool environment
17 blondieb23 // Feb 26, 2009 at 9:36 am
I want to see her swim underwater.
18 stephsstephs // Feb 26, 2009 at 1:52 pm
what a cool idea
19 xsunlx // Feb 26, 2009 at 2:41 pm
She better be careful during Dolphin mating season.
20 jordaninuk // Feb 27, 2009 at 3:01 am
i wonder how fast she can go.
21 Lefius // Feb 27, 2009 at 8:13 am
WOW!
22 andrewh23 // Feb 27, 2009 at 9:24 am
they’re going to find this woman in a net one day and the meda is going to piss its pants
23 Yast3r // Feb 27, 2009 at 9:32 am
Cryptozoology reports of a mermaid in that area soar.
24 dellarenee // Feb 28, 2009 at 7:38 am
I’m so excited because I’m studying costume design. I felt guilty for pursuing such a superficial career. I never knew that costume design could make a real and tangible difference in a person’s life. Now I’m 100% sure that this is how I want to spend the rest of my life!
25 chnmelissalol // Feb 28, 2009 at 10:08 am
cool!
26 SlicedTongue // Feb 28, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I wonder if she also gets to stink like a fish …bet this is great for her though. Also been predicted in Warren Ellis excellent Transmetropolitan
27 ThoroughbredWriter // Feb 28, 2009 at 12:46 pm
This is beautiful. What an encouraging story–we can all take heart from her story. God bless the mermaid, and those who created her freedom.
28 sunmanpatoo // Feb 28, 2009 at 5:16 pm
amazing, technology & imagination make perfect bed-fellows.
29 CHIC0411 // Feb 28, 2009 at 9:05 pm
I am a vascular tech and see poeple loose thier legs all the time, it’s sad but this woman is a huge inspiration and I hope she helps others to realize they can live thier lives to the fullest and still enjoy life! You go Girl!
30 DevonWhorton // Mar 1, 2009 at 5:09 am
Because you want to pursue this kind of design?*coughirrelevantcough*
31 hunnybunnyJ // Mar 1, 2009 at 6:21 am
thats really cool but wtf is going on with the song? talk about someone needed a new job!
32 groyal // Mar 1, 2009 at 6:30 am
the song was changed for copyright reasons
33 Taylafe // Mar 1, 2009 at 11:15 am
I WANT ONE!
34 hunnybunnyJ // Mar 1, 2009 at 5:41 pm
i was refering to the person who wrote the song! not the posters choice of music!
35 Aaaamory // Mar 1, 2009 at 8:26 pm
I wanted to be able to hear the video. Don’t care for the song at all.
36 greekperson0305 // Mar 2, 2009 at 1:06 am
Lemme get a saw. Hope you don’t like your feet too much. =P
37 Antennahat // Mar 2, 2009 at 10:44 am
It doesn´t seem to work right.. Not as impressive as I thought it would be.
38 SweetCheeks818 // Mar 2, 2009 at 1:39 pm
lmao Im sure she doesnt. Lemme sharpen that saw for you XD
39 Chick6517 // Mar 2, 2009 at 6:42 pm
ooo how fun.. i would want to try something like this at home.. but i know thats probably never going to happen haha but yeah good job. i really ejoyed the video
40 ampdev1985 // Mar 5, 2009 at 3:06 pm
It would be better to find a DAK-amputee model rather than DBK. But it’s really impressive!!! awesome!!!
41 taracka // Mar 5, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Get rid of the awful song, and put the spoken words back in. Children are watching this video too. Awesome mermaid suit though, she looks so cool!
42 Bcbcbren // Mar 7, 2009 at 1:28 pm
I hope a shark doesn’t spot her!
43 sleggthesockpuppet // Mar 8, 2009 at 10:01 am
i love the song (though it may not be especially approprate here) – - nevertheless, i think it’d stunningly good
44 kasia97 // Mar 8, 2009 at 11:18 am
I didn’t know i could love weta any more, but seems i was wrong : P Great job guys
45 AbyMartini // Mar 9, 2009 at 7:13 am
What’s the song? And that tail looks gorgeous. But she looks a bit cramped trying to swim with it. I guess it needs getting used to and practice.
46 charmprince1 // Mar 10, 2009 at 11:24 pm
BAAHAHAHAHAHA!
47 oddfae // Mar 11, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Commentary, please — lose the downer song.
48 Catrin Thomas // Mar 13, 2009 at 1:30 pm
I really like it becaus i’ve bean looking for real mermaids where my aunt lives, but no luck so I went on youtube finding usless stuff because wellthe fin they use exept for Pax Mermaids the movie and H2O just add water well you can see the heels, and as you see on whails and other fish it’s not one bump before the fin it’s one fat bump on the bottom and on the top axsept it’s alittle straightend out. Anyways I live in a small Hammlot called Rosebud. I am 10 years old and I went to Mexico “Myan Rivieara” and I went snorcaling alone, and a speed boat was coming so I got pushed under water by the wayves and saw somthing, so before I knew it I was on he sand my mom screaming at me saying “what did you think you were doing you made me have a heart attack!” So ever since I have been wanting to find a mermaid, or feel what it’s like to be one if you know what I mean?
49 Catrin Thomas // Mar 13, 2009 at 1:32 pm
I really like it becaus i’ve bean looking for real mermaids where my aunt lives, but no luck so I went on youtube finding usless stuff because well the fin they use exept for Pax Mermaids the movie and H2O just add water well you can see the heels, and as you see on whails and other fish it’s not one bump before the fin it’s one fat bump on the bottom and on the top axsept it’s a little straightend out. Anyways I live in a small Hammlot called Rosebud. I am 10 years old and I went to Mexico “Myan Rivieara” and I went snorcaling alone, and a speed boat was coming so I got pushed under water by the wayves and saw somthing, so before I knew it I was on he sand my mom screaming at me saying “what did you think you were doing you made me have a heart attack!” So ever since I have been wanting to find a mermaid, or feel what it’s like to be one if you know what I mean?
50 sumguy52 // Mar 14, 2009 at 5:53 am
Hands up who wants to work for Weta!
51 rawringbear // Mar 20, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Seriously, the title of the song would be cool. Googling the lyrics yields nothing.
52 ElDoctorJanItor // Mar 26, 2009 at 1:11 pm
CRACKED
53 feioo // Mar 26, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Oo! Me! Me!
54 maryellenks // Mar 27, 2009 at 6:07 pm
That song is horrid, wish we could have heard more commentary. But the tail is really cool!
55 VersionSix // Mar 31, 2009 at 8:23 am
The video’s pretty great, but I agree- put the original audio back on, that song’s both inappropriate and depressing.
56 Teodrof // Apr 14, 2009 at 6:51 am
it make her look like fish! different kind of fishes for different public holidays yes
57 mushnoodle // Apr 18, 2009 at 5:47 pm
imagine all the men whod go fishing for a future wife at the shores…
58 johnunder // May 6, 2009 at 1:43 pm
What the name of this song?
59 johnunder // May 20, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Please, the name of this song! x.x I am searching for a long time, and I wanna download the complete version, cause I get this little peace of the song.
60 Sue // Jun 5, 2009 at 4:21 pm
That’s pretty cool to help out an amputee. Good on them. It probably gives the company good PR in the business world as well.
61 You Tube Backgrounds // Jun 17, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Ugghh, to bad the song was changed.. Still pretty neat.
62 Jump // Jul 14, 2009 at 10:43 am
This is very nice post.It gives details about Mermaid Suits.
63 Bob from Harry Potter costumes // Aug 25, 2009 at 4:58 pm
What a fantastic costume – it’s not just for appearance but actually functions for swimming.
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64 Adam from How to Lose Weight // Dec 14, 2009 at 2:40 am
Is anyone else having a problem viewing the video or it just me?
-Adam
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65 Carlos // Jan 10, 2010 at 1:45 am
I have no problems with the video. The sound and video clarity is good. Brilliant job by WETA. It will be helpful for a lot of reason. If innovative creators like Jackson show their innovation towards such social deeds apart from movies, it will be really helpful. Thanks for it.
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