How will they top WILL I AM?

[Tommy F.]

Originally Posted by pandamonium

Any thoughts how they will try to top what they did for kick off last year? I am sure that Dean and friends have some tricks up their sleeves. My guess and this is just a guess is that it may be Barack Obama. That would explain the pre recording kickoff...

Chuck Norris.

[2829ron]

Originally Posted by 7h0m54

Chuck Norris.

That would be epic!

[JaneYoung]

This is one of those threads that needs an "I am here" button because it is all over the map.

Discussing the entertainment side of things - Will.i.am has continued to show interest and a great deal of curiosity in the science and technology side of things. I'm not familiar with Chuck Norris's interest or Madonna's, or, for that matter, many of the folks that Will.I.Am brought on board with him last year. Maybe at this point, it doesn't matter. Maybe a big name star is enough - I really have no idea. It would be great to see a panel of big name writers, directors, special effects folks who love the continual development of technology and robotics and how that helps them fulfill their visions/dreams/goals. Star Wars, Star Trek, Indiana Jones, Godzilla, Avatar - that would be cool. It would also be cool to have a panel of the animators from Pixar visit and talk about old times and current times. It would also be interesting to have a panel of doctors who work closely with robotics in surgical procedures.

There are lots of wonderful people that could entertain/inform us in ways that we can only dream of and imagine.

Jane

[Ninja_Bait]

Originally Posted by emmywashere3849

you don't want to see Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake?

How about Tom Jones?

[GaryVoshol]

The Pentatonics.

[topgun]

AC/DC, Van Halen, ZZ Top all work for me.

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by emmywashere3849

you don't want to see Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake?

I've already seen too much of that.


While the promos for i.am.first were great, if there is celebrity interaction in the kickoff, I'd like to see it be specific to the event, not just "I'm a celebrity and I think general science is cool." Miley Cyrus relating a story about her freshman Biology class doesn't really directly transfer to FRC. But if she's revealing part of the 2012 game with a gamepiece in her hand, that would be legitimate and true.

To piggyback on what Jane said, I'd like to see a mixture of mainstream entertainment celebrities and science celebrities (although it could be argued that we've had that for years with Dr. Flowers, Mr. Kamen, and Mr. Lavery).

Possible crossover celebs would be Paul Sr. and Paul Jr., the Mythbusters (I know, Kari's done VEX and Grant's done FRC), Chris Hardwick, Conan O'Brien, Peyton Manning (since it's obviously a football game and he's not doing much these days anyway), Oprah Winfrey, Mike Rowe.

[Expectopatrobot]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

The Pentatonics.

THAT. WOULD MAKE. MY LIFE.

[joe5joe7]

Does no one think that having Matt Smith or David Tennant reveal the game would make their life complete?

[Ninja_Bait]

Originally Posted by joe5joe7

Does no one think that having Matt Smith or David Tennant reveal the game would make their life complete?

Vwarp vwarp vwarp. "Hello, everyone! Please don't build Daleks or Cybermen this year. A sonic screwdriver is included in your kit of parts; however, it cannot be used as part of the control system. Let's build some robots! Allons-y!" Vwarp vwarp vwarp.

[Chexposito]

Mythbusters, anyone else wouldn't be appropriate. If you were going to do a bike builder like Taylor Suggested it'd have to be Jessie James, he's much more of a fabricator. Really like I said before, we just need Morgan Freeman to talk, that would beat everyone, including Chuck Norris.

[runfrodorun]

Metallica is going to play a show every single night of St. Louis.

[Robert Cawthon]

Originally Posted by Chexposito

Really like I said before, we just need Morgan Freeman to talk, that would beat everyone, including Chuck Norris.

I'm sorry, but in my humble opinion, Morgan Freeman, although I like him as an actor, would not top Will-I-Am or the Mythbusters or Chuck Norris.

[Sconrad]

Originally Posted by Robert Cawthon

I'm sorry, but in my humble opinion, Morgan Freeman, although I like him as an actor, would not top Will-I-Am or the Mythbusters or Chuck Norris.

Are you kidding?! "Hello Dean!" "Who are you?" "I'm God, and I want your FRC teams to build me a robot!" IMHO, FIRST Almighty would top i.am.first any day!

[AlecMataloni]

Originally Posted by runfrodorun

Metallica is going to play a show every single night of St. Louis.

Hopefully, they wouldn't show up with Lou Reed.