Adam Savage Meets Alien: Covenant's Xenomorph Animatronic!
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- On the set of Alien: Covenant, Adam gets up close with the animatronic Xenomorph head that's worn by the film's creature puppeteer. Seeing this head animate and lunge, we learn how the animatronic operators work with the performer to breathe life into this 9-foot tall creature.
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Most iconic creature ever! Scary and eerily beautiful at the same time.
Yes, it has a dark beauty and it’s graceful. The elegant curves and that violating mouth. Nightmare fuel, pure Giger
0:46 who else was expecting it to shoot out it's inner jaw
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I thought for sure the first thing she'd say to Adam would be, "Don't get too close; he bites."
2:07 When you try to sneak into your house drunk.
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I'd like to see a cut of the film with just the practical effects.
i realize Im quite off topic but do anyone know a good place to stream newly released tv shows online ?
it wouldn't fix the abysmal lack of subtlety or bad designs and writing but it would certainly look a lot nicer
Lol, do you pedantic guys know that if you erase CGI in movies you will only see goofy plastic animatronics that move like a turtle right ? Of course you don't know it, you ppl wouldnt say such dumb things if you did...
@@darthmalicos9973yes it’s crazy how many people that know absolutely nothing about vfx all rave about how movies need more practical effects and cgi sucks when they have no idea what the difference even looks like
( 4:12 ) That story was too cool to cut that short. It is amazing how the techniques in a film can affect different people differently.
I love how the head seems like it's paying attention to the conversation...
I love that he’s treating it like a real animal
The Xenemorph terrified me as a kid after sneaking out of my room and watching Aliens from the end of the hallway while my parents were oblivious. Every night that thing would crawl out from my closet on the ceiling as soon as the lights went out.
Even in my 40's now I think if I was Adam walking into the room with that head moving, I would be leery to get close to it. Ha, ha!
Holy hell that Xenomorph head looks cool.
Von Huyzen I would agree but something about the alien covenant alien screams xenomorph just the way it looks and I love the more open back tubes idk I just live the way it looks probably my fav alien look but I can see why the original giger design is more liked it’s gorgeous and terrifying
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@Von Huyzen i wish there was a Predator
Aliens & Jaws will always be favorite two movies from my adolescence. Just their presence on the screen makes the hair on my neck jump and makes me slide to th me edge of my seat.
I don't get why studios pay to have beautiful animatronics made and then they just animate over them. They did the same with Jurassic world
Diamond Gaming, I think it's to do with getting the right movement, the right size and also so it doesn't conflict with other moving items such as people.
Well, Jurassic World never had Animatronics. They were just models. Jurassic World: Lost Kingdom WILL have Animatronics again, apparently. First and foremost: Rexy.
The Jurassic World raptor heads were never actually animatronic, they were just still models for lighting/acting reference unfortunately, so always intended to be replaced. At least some animatronics made it into that film (the dying apatosaurus) whereas in Covenant I'm 90% certain all of the animatronics were at the very least massively augmented with CG, if not totally replaced. The CG Xenomorph flipping around the ship really killed any tension for me.
Thing is it helps the human mind perceive things as real. If it's 100% digital it often misses the mark because it doesn't really exist in the space. If it's just a muppet it misses the mark in some respects, finish usually. The best way to avoid uncanny valley is to use a hybred of both something real and digital effects to bridge that gap. Or so I've heard from people in the industry as a student.
Diamond Gaming it helps the actor know exactly what their looking at and also for eye lines while filming.
That scene where the animatronic Protomorph destroyed the camera with its extendable mouth was honestly... beautiful.
Eeeeeeren yeaaaagerrrrrrrrr
Nice to see that sweet animatronic Xenomorph that they made for the film! I always love when practicals are used in film(s). I just wish Alien: Covenant used the practicals to their advantage instead of the over use of CGI.
It's McGhee Would've been nice to see a combination of the two, instead of complete CG.
@@icecreamisnice117 agreed. Even AvP did a good job of balancing the two. Suits for close ups and CGI for action shots.
The demolition scenes are both cgi and practical the chestburster is all practical, the scenes on the planet are all cgi and most of the scenes of the demolition on the ship are practical
Hope to see the Big Chap in Awakening with the translucent dome and all
I love that story Adam had about his dad and sister at the end, and it's so true! We hardly ever see the Alien and when we do it's just the arm or face.
I'm happy that they're using physical and CGI techniques together, I thought the aliens in the film looked really good especially because they got to be as aggressive as they're meant to be, on a graphical sense I loved the film, I just wish the story wasn't really ruined
I love this series of Alien content. Always a pleasure to see behind the scenes. Thank you for sharing!
I cannot get enough of this BTS for Covenant
Impressive work, but Giger's original costume worn by Bolaji Badejo looked much better.
Everyone has to keep trying to re-invent it - and, every time, it's worse.
@@lewis7515 They keep giving it chicken legs. I hate the chicken legs.
I was just at Giger's museum in Gruyere last week, and I have to agree, the original costume was incredibly impressive, full of detail and a lot more elegant in many ways.
@@arturoorgaz The more humanoid qualities make it more unsettling, I think. Rather than having it run around on all fours and bouncing off of walls. That is so cool that you got to see Giger's museum.
@@arturoorgaz The original idea is beyond improvement. It was supposed to be a disturbing analog, of us.
A sentient being, built in principles of biology, intellect, morality and sociology, of its own. A nature and society, effectively, superior to ours - but totally and completely beyond our comprehension. Alien.
These insights are fascinating. Loving that Aussie accent also!
try again
PANZORification What are your thoughts?
PANZORification Maybe Canadian if not Australian?
Probably a kiwi if not Australian.
I'm thinking New Zealand. Weta (Peter Jackson's) maybe?
Wait a fucking minute what film did i see? Cause if memory serves me right the whole fucking film had cgi aliens there was no puppets in it at all
SephirothgeneX7 they're prolly touched up with cg
Carbon Night so ridley Scott basically did "the thing 2011" seriously i wished we had neil Blomkamps alien 5
Only non-CG scene is the chestburst
SephirothgeneX7 they used guys in alien suits and layered cgi over them to get the right movements and sounds, they used both
Peaceful RAGE that's basically buying a pizza and putting pineapples on it like what's the fucking point in making the damm thing if your gonna layer it with shit
Has the world ran out of 7 foot tall skinny black guys?
( if you have to ask, you need to look into the original Alien and how they did that... )
They also did it with predator but I think the guy was nearly 8 ft.
That's the best I reckon, having people dressed up and slightly animating some effects
Not the entire body.
Nope, every Predator film has been a full body suit with animatronic mandibles ( not counting the scenes in AVP where the whole character has to be cgi in order to do impossible jumps and such ).
SuicideNeil Oh yeah I meant to animated part in AVP.
other than that, That has to be the best costume design in my opinion
No, just watch the NBA.
Actually, Bolaji Badejo [the man who played the the Creature in the first film], was 8 feet tall. Any-one can correct me if I'm wrong, of course.
*Cool.✅😀*
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Credits to the late artist who created the Alien, H.R Giger.
As a spooky space kook, I must say that the xenomorph is a misunderstood creature that just wants to get to know the human race.
That's an magnificent Animatronic Xenomorph head, Xenomorphs are badass.
Wow, was that 1979? I remember sneaking into the theater to see it since it was rated R, but I could have sworn it was a few years later.
i love Adam, such a technophile and engineer really :D
I really dig the more organic take on the iconic xenomorph. It still honors to the biomechanical look, but it's not so heavy handed with it. To me it brings a bit more realism to it. It's just a touch more natural looking. Like nature mimicking mechanics. Well done.
What I remember from Alien I in '79 was that it was my first date and I left the parking brake on in my dad's truck going home. It was so scary! A few months later I remember my dad wondering how the trucks brakes were all burnt up.
these are my favorite kinds of videos on this page
We are in the year 2023 and there is still no movie that has been able to overcome this wild entity.
First thing she says is that 14 other people worked on this. Loved her.
im watching this with another youtube window playing "Alien spaceship ambience" it makes all the difference!
The design and animatronics is out of this world!
These suits are amazing. I really wish the practical effects were more apparent but I liked the movie nevertheless.
I luv xenos so cute! :)
I actually Pre-ordered the special edition Bluray from Target & it arrived today! It came with a 38 page art / production design book, & it's amazing. Easily one of the best special edition Blurays out right now. However, when I ordered it, I thought it was Pre-order only, but it looks like they have them available in-store as well. I wish I would've known about that before hand; that way I could've avoided this copy with it's cover damage due to the mail/packaging. And yes, I do have OCD. So buy yours in-person.
I love these behind the scenes videos ! Awesome ! It's a shame the movie itself was bad... :/
Ripley indeed had balls of steel… able to survived this kind of creature.
I love these shorts!! THank you!!
No ALIEN in this series of movies, will ever be able to match up to the original design by H.R. Giger and Carlo Rambaldi.
im glad she talked about it not being bio mechanical. i saw that in the trailers and barely anyone talked about it.
A Giger alien looks like it is wearing a space suit, the hoses and its back looks like a life support system. its all very interesting
AvP had by far the best animatronic xenomorphs.
Notice how much better the cuts from the original Alien look compared to the sequel.
I hope there's a cut of the movie somewhere where all the shots of the Aliens are the animatronics and actors, pre-CG.
AWESOME! I LOVE RIDLEY MORE AND MORE. PLEASE RELEASE A DIRECTOR'S CUT. I WANT MORE ALIEN!
I love this so much.
It may be cruel to say it, but I far prefer the stark biomechanical than the other more 'organic' ones and I much prefer the ADI and Stan Winston ones. But I much prefer the creature from the first film. You can't redesign a Tyrannosaurus Rex or a Shark. They're classic designs.
all that work and they replaced it with CGI in the final version
Like the The Thing prequel.
They did ?
Giger's original creature design was fantastic, and Alien an absolute classic film - near perfect in execution. Acting, directing, visual design, lighting, cinematography, special effects, and the script writing were all top-tier - and it still shows. And all on an $11 million budget.
Covenant, however, was a corporate franchise propelled mindless turd, with plot holes so big you could drive an armored personnel carrier through them.
I wish they didn't cgi over the practical effects..
@monkie wow did I really write that ('O_O) I dont remember
Sorry lol.
Ridley Scott: "I always work the camera, so I see exactly what's going on." Guess that's out the window.
people getting mad about this having CGI over it, but what they don't understand is these are just to get the right movements, sizes, and makes the interactions look more realistic, every film does this in some way. This film just decided to make it an animatronic for the movement.
The magic in the first film came from the WAY Ridley shot the Alien. The way it was lit. Keeping the mystery of it alive. The less is more approach.
This must have been before this rig was given up on. I spoke with Conor O'Sullivan on Alien Day, who was the creature effects supervisor and he described this very puppeteering rig, but said there wasn't enough time to both design and bug-test it to satisfaction and ran out of time before all the flaws could be remedied, switching over to pure CGI. You can see the obvious difference to what's on screen, due to this one having the much thinner limbs.
So, this is basically rare footage of the pupeteering rig they couldn't get to function right in time.
Adam you should make your own alien costume!!
And that's how film making is made... REALISM 😁👍🏻and not crappy CGI !
I prefer the 1979 effects over the 2017 cgi any day
It would be cool if they focused more on really cool animatronics that are ground breaking and new, instead of constant cgi
So, when are we getting that updated tour of Adams prop room/workshop?
It's amazing to think it's an animitronic instead of cgi
Jermaine Price ....they put CGI on top of everything
For those confused, they used practical FX on set to combine with CGI later. Having identical "objects" on set meant they could get accurate lighting references to help achieve better "realism" on the digital models or make composites.
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My opinion? Yeah, it didn't workout so great cuz the alien scenes were so damn rushed and reckless. The "character" was lost and CGI unimpressive especially since they simplified the alien design. Lighting was good though... not that it matters
All of this is on the cutting floor... lol well done Ridley
MiTiKoS FPV Well done Fox, who had final cut on this film, Prometheus, and all Ridley's major films for the past twenty years. This is why he releases director's cuts of every single film and they are always, always better for it.
I wish the Xenomorph was actually the focus in the movie. It was in the movie for like 5 minutes
Nice. Great film too.
Thanks for reminding me about the bluray, going to pick iup the steel book right know
You'll never top the original.
LOL, feels like the alien's gonna start complaining about being spoken about in the third person
I want to put that in my mailbox and wait for the mail lady.
The practical effects shots are instantly so much scarier than the cgi we ended up getting, just has a presence, more realism, movements are strangely more eerie, it just looks right. You can't beat the real thing :P However I loved covenant, but I think they mishandled the alien slightly.
I wonder if people understand that most serious films will be all in CGI in the future (I know they don't, hence all the comments on this video). Also, getting into the crazy 3D and 72 frames and such. Future looks bright, or dark, depending.
sad times... same story as The Thing prequel... awesome practical effects, covered up bz crappy CGI... sad times indeed..
I didn't find that out till after I had seen the movie. The CGI was just so bad in that movie which sucks because I didn't mind it as a prequel / remake to the original.
sadly, i didnt even like it as a prequel I just found it very cliche, like Friday 13th style slasher, and that's not what Alien was all about in the first place... there was no real tension in the movie, everything death just happens so fast, you dont even have time to care about the characters... its very average and thats sad, as im a superfan of the series...
"I could tell it was CG, therefore its crap"
Sad times indeed. So disrespectful.
The CGI combined with studio interference really bummed me out.
The Thing prequel didn't use the animatronics. The company decided to do the scenes with CGI.
So far ahead of it's time it is still the undisputed King....or Queen : ) of the Alien franchise.
The Xenomorph is so cute
Really sit back and imagine a 10 foot alien chasing you down that is so fucking scary the movie isnt but the thought of that irl i cant
I'm honestly surprised that Norm the Martian didn't make an appearance in this episode.
Ironic they showed the original chest burster in this video and not in the movie.
Wow to boldly go way beyond Ben Chapman & Rico Browning ! Cool !
0:42 I'd be afraid to get close
edit 3:05 That! That is terrifying.
Adam does the best BTS videos! Keep going Adam. :)
Xenomorphs are one of the best aliens in cinema
This is a combination of art, mechanic, engineering, and of course money.
It was a classic design. The perfect organism. I know, let's change it!
I haven't watch any of the Alien movies yet but I have read the graphic novel which was super cool!
Watch Alien, Aliens, and AVP those three I’d call the best (alien and aliens are masterpieces and AVP is just a fun action movie)
I've always wanted a zenomorph costume for haloween
I want one
Is it just me or does Adam really like Alien: Covenant? Lol I mean I seem to be one of the few people who liked it but Adam must REALLY like this movie
These videos are all from before the movie came out. So he's naturally gonna love all the production stuff, the sets, the suits, the monsters because all he's seeing is snippets and behind the set things. Which is pretty damn awesome. I'm sure he saw the movie by now but I don't think he's gonna publicly criticize the movie or something if he didnt like it. The diplomatic answer is: "eh not as good as the first one" Honestly it's not the worst alien movie.
Stew Hvidston He hadn't seen it at this point. I think they got the chance to visit the set and wanted to get their money's worth, basically. :) Probably should have released all the videos before it hit screens, however.
He seems to like the props and set design at least. I haven't seen the film but the artistry shown in these tested videos is really something.
Alien covenant is actually the worst alien movie though.
Wow that looks way better than any type of CGI in the film but you'll have to put in CGI or you'll be stuck with half of a xeno
1:38 - More hints of human? The head of the old '79 creature had an actual human skull under the dome up front, and the teeth, while obviously not pearly whites belonged to that skull. That's plenty of uncanny humanity for me. The skull under this new one is decidedly monstrous, so I don't know why she says it's got MORE hints of human.
(Don't get me wrong, It's a neat design and the craft is impeccable, but that bit just jumped out at me)
+PikkaBird I thought I was the only one to catch that at first
She was talking about the way it moved.
GeeWizard at 1:13 she says it's about the way it looks, not the movement.
the original is more biomechanical. This one is more just biological. As in muscles and bones and tendons ribs etc. Human-like biology.
See, everyone says that, but the old xenomorphs did not have like Terminator arms or anything. It looked good. This new design... seems like the guy was drunk when the facehugger got him. To me, this movie is the worst. Even worse than Prometheus. Even worse than Alien 3. Because they kinda officially ruined xenos in this movie. To me, this movie doesn't exist, its just a memory of a nightmare.
Practical effects always above CGI graphics
I love this kind of stuff.
Gigers fantasy come to life 👏👏👏
A long time ago I bought a very detailed rubber ALIEN Head that I use to wear to Halloween Parties. People at the parties thought it was Very Cool. I still have it.
MORE, MORE, MORE PLEASE !
that moment when you realized alien is played by actual humans😂
I lost my shit when he said hello handsome and touched the chin
This movie rocked though! Would love to check out any alien production.
All that work and they went with a CGI model. I wonder if they used this for a single shot
I thought it was done by CGI 3:19
it was cgi, they just used the animatronic as a reference for CGI artists
legooreostudios well in some of those shots where the puppeteer can't be seen, its more likely that the animatronic was only touched up with cgi to make it match the rest of the film.
Love it so much!! Keep doing alien covenant stuff!