couldn't care much for either separately, but together?

gosh. gee golly wiz. leave it to beaver, even.

Amazing.

The geek in me was trying to figure out how they triggered the LEDs with the circles... I guessed RFIDs.

It wasn't until 1 minute in simple timing came to mind. :/

pretty impressive. the effort involved alone is heroic.

while the end product was pretty awesome, there's no way it would have been worth the mass effort

I might not have been done in one go. All of those sideways glances are chances for transitions.

They obviously transitioned, his hand changes from 100 note streak to 200 note streak.

This was apparently done through an actual effects team with help from Activision.

Yeah. The looks away reminded me of the opening of Strange Days, which is also made to look like a single, long shot.

the full story
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/11/20/real-story-behind-bike-hero/