Flash mob in Sheffield...

**foxy11** · 7th April 2005

now, correct me if i'm wrong, but arent "Flash Mobs" supposed to be completely spontaneous (sp?) and free from mass planning etc in order to create more confusion and effect?

Well walking through meadowhall tonight I came across various camera crews and a couple of sets, and lots of annoying people thinking they are doing something new an interesting.

It turns out they were part of a "Flash Mob Opera" for bbc3 and will be shown tonight at 22:30 and Sat 9 Apr at 01:00.

Pity people were more interesting in looking at the psp I was carrying than the flash mobs.

**Lighty** · 7th April 2005

**Andy** · 7th April 2005

Originally Posted by Lighty

rofl!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**foxy11** · 7th April 2005

check out bbc3 now.

**Mule** · 7th April 2005

The BBC has taken a fun idea and completely got the wrong end of the stick ruining it entirely.

I'm glad you brought this up or I was going to have to.

"Flash Mobs" supposed to be completely spontaneous (sp?) and free from mass planning etc in order to create more confusion and effect?

Exactly! Setting up an orchestra and film crew with months of planning in advance is about as far as you can get from a flash mob. It's not spontaneous and it's trying to impose an entirely different art form onto something that's just supposed to be fun!

Total trash if you ask me.

Jumping on the band wagon.

**foxy11** · 7th April 2005

they are also telling complete lies... live my arse!. They just said ppl got a txt saying go to meadowhall at 8pm. I was in hours before 8 and there were crowds of people all in tshirts saying "flash mob", its all a big con.

**foxy11** · 7th April 2005

what a joke... one of these flashmobbers, that i must add i saw before 8pm. has just been shown with an ID card on their trousers with a photo on, very spontaneous

, not to mention the face paints and tshirts!. pfft!

**casio** · 8th April 2005

they had it on look north just before neighbours at lunch time and they were saying that people should come along and see it,

it looked like there'd been a shit load of planning going in to it, also i was in medowhall on monday (bought a d500) and they had big signs out telling people about the "flash mob" and big bbc3 signs up in the oasis

cas

**incognito�** · 8th April 2005

didnt they do summat like that the other week in a train station somewhere?

**MsDG** · 8th April 2005

The phrase "No shit sherlock" springs to mind!

I mean are you really telling me that you would expect a BBC camera man to turn up at a random with his little portable video 8, in the blind hope that some artists + crowds + policing + planing permission would all just happen?

**Mule** · 8th April 2005

Originally Posted by Dirtygirl

The phrase "No shit sherlock" springs to mind!

I mean are you really telling me that you would expect a BBC camera man to turn up at a random with his little portable video 8, in the blind hope that some artists + crowds + policing + planing permission would all just happen?

No, I'd expect them just not to do it in the first place... No wait, I mean I'd like them not to do it in the first place, I totally expect them to do it.

http://dictionary.reference.com/sear...&q=flash%20mob

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=bottom align=right>Main Entry: </TD><TD vAlign=bottom align=left>flash mob</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=bottom noWrap align=right>Part of Speech: </TD><TD vAlign=bottom align=left>noun</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=right>Definition: </TD><TD vAlign=bottom align=left>a group of people who organize on the Internet and then quickly assemble in a public place, do something bizarre, and disperse; also called inexplicable mob</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=right>Example: </TD><TD vAlign=top align=left>Organizing a flash mob involves emailing a group with instructions to show up at a certain place and time to do something and then disappear.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=bottom align=right>Etymology: </TD><TD vAlign=bottom align=left>origin was event called Mob Project</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=bottom align=right>Usage: </TD><TD vAlign=bottom align=left>flash-mobber, flash-mobbing n</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Planning months ahead, and performing an entire opera hardly constitutes a flashmob does it?

**MsDG** · 8th April 2005

So you are...

a sterile hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse, characterized by long ears and a short mane

or a

A small, usually electric tractor or locomotive used for hauling over short distances

????????

**Mule** · 8th April 2005

mule

Informal. A stubborn person.

**vinnienet** · 9th April 2005

Originally Posted by incognito�

didnt they do summat like that the other week in a train station somewhere?

Yes - they did it at Paddington Station in London and it was superb. I'm far from an opera fan but it was compelling viewing, I'll look out for this one.

**Lighty** · 9th April 2005

This all sounds like a load of bollocks to me and something that noone should give a flying fuck about

**MercuryRises** · 9th April 2005

Originally Posted by Mule

mule

Informal. A stubborn person.

Yeah, thats you alright!!

Don't you hate it when someone latches onto a good idea, then destroys it totally so they can make money out of it?

Problem is, this is happening everywhere and to everything.

For instance, the Reading Festival, is now properly known as "The Carling Weekend" at Reading.

What the hell is next?
Carling sponsor Reading,
The BBC steals Flash Mobbing
My prediction is "The Maxi Tampon Glastonbury Festival" or maybe "Britain, Sponsored by Microsoft"

Rant over