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  • If you look at Iron Man's first suit, the Mark 1, and compare it to the hero's nanotech suit from "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Avengers: Endgame," a lot has changed, but it's not just the technology in the world of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Animation tech has also evolved in the real world to make this suit possible on the big screen. We spoke with some of the VFX artists who worked on Iron Man’s suit over the past 11 years including Industrial Light & Magic, Weta Digital, Cinesite/Trixter, The Embassy, and Framestore to find out what challenges they faced along the way and how they were able to make the suit look so real.
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  • @jaan08011
    @jaan08011 3 года назад +8651

    As much as I thought his nano tech suit was cool and innovative, the first Iron Man suits are the ones that stick with me the most since they're the most realistic ones.

    • @a_prsn
      @a_prsn 3 года назад +22

      Yeah

    • @tahiatnawal
      @tahiatnawal 3 года назад +264

      Yup, they looked so real and had much more detail

    • @Cangaca777
      @Cangaca777 3 года назад +110

      It was very "alien tech" like. I agree with you but i wish i could see it in more diferent situations, it would probably be too op because it can transform itself in almost anything tony wants. but it would be awesome anyway

    • @leojei
      @leojei 3 года назад +51

      MK-1 was definitely very realistic (except for the flamethrower range), I suppose there are a lot of ppl who are handy enough (and have enough $ and time) would be able to build it.

    • @ririhaha182
      @ririhaha182 3 года назад +83

      Was it more realistic in its animation, or simply more realistic in its feasibility in our world...hmm i personally think the nano tech suit is as realistic as you could make a nano tech suit, it's just that the possibility of that liquid metal type of material is so far out of our reach, it makes it seem fake when really, from a design and animation standpoint, it's spot on as perfect as it could be :/

  • @poweroffriendship2.0
    @poweroffriendship2.0 3 года назад +6893

    _"This man is BORN to be Iron Man. He looks exactly like what I had in mind, when I created Tony Stark."_
    *~ Stan Lee to Robert Downey Jr.*

    • @MildSatire
      @MildSatire 3 года назад +111

      Mr. Friendship so true pog

    • @lestat2558
      @lestat2558 3 года назад +13

      So?

    • @MildSatire
      @MildSatire 3 года назад +125

      Collateral Channel do you have any common sense whatsoever?

    • @cajunboy67
      @cajunboy67 3 года назад +236

      I had a subscription to Iron Man and Avengers comics in the 80's. Tony Stark's personality in the comics was always a bit flat. RDJ and John Favreau take all of the credit for making Tony Stark a fascinating and likeable character.

    • @poweroffriendship2.0
      @poweroffriendship2.0 3 года назад +87

      @@cajunboy67 Sure it's a bit flat but there are times that are interesting about comic Tony Stark such as dealing with alcoholism. So that being said, the comic DID reflected on RDJ's dealing with alcoholism and that's why the Iron Man trilogy mentioned his habit a few times. Also, it was used to be distributed by Paramount, not Disney, which it make sense why the movie was different compare to some several MCU movies which it's full of dirty humor and adult themes. Plus terrorism.

  • @vinicius100470
    @vinicius100470 3 года назад +2800

    Evolved? I'm sorry but Iron Man 1 still has the most realistic (CGI) armor of all of them.

    • @IP_Films01
      @IP_Films01 3 года назад +240

      The CGI was flawless until after Avengers 2. It went downhill from there

    • @Lil_Valor
      @Lil_Valor 3 года назад +127

      I completely agree but at the same time I do understand that as the movies went on, the bigger the budget and the cgi demand became much more greater

    • @moondust2365
      @moondust2365 3 года назад +152

      It's probably the shiny-ness and them wanting the armor to be more "heroic" as opposed to human-like in form.

    • @XTREM3VIDZ222
      @XTREM3VIDZ222 3 года назад +12

      They just got easier to animate

    • @DarkLord30199
      @DarkLord30199 3 года назад +73

      IP Films bullshit, Thanos looks just as real as the humans

  • @ewill3435
    @ewill3435 3 года назад +981

    So long story short, over the span of 11 years, RDJ became a voice actor.

    • @bitslay
      @bitslay 3 года назад +50

      Not actually. He still has to do all movements on set with others while wearing a mocap suit

    • @BraedenRoesler
      @BraedenRoesler 3 года назад +58

      Uh no, he's still acting underneath most of the cgi suit. Guess you didn't pay attention to this video very well.

    • @ewill3435
      @ewill3435 3 года назад +105

      I'm glad to see that there are still those who don't understand hyperbolic exaggeration for use in humor.
      It was a joke.

    • @bitslay
      @bitslay 3 года назад +3

      @@ewill3435 lmao yeah. Ngl it is kinda true to some extent

    • @se7en427
      @se7en427 2 года назад +7

      @@bitslay I drink piss

  • @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun
    @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun 3 года назад +7134

    Take note that Tony only has one suit made out of actual iron

    • @sergeantmacnuggets1132
      @sergeantmacnuggets1132 3 года назад +534

      @aydooknow No he meant that the Mark 1 was made of iron bc tha rest like Mark 2 is made out of gold and titanium alloy.

    • @ballztoeclippings1619
      @ballztoeclippings1619 3 года назад +69

      @aydooknow that too, but i pretty sure he means titanium

    • @samstevens2945
      @samstevens2945 3 года назад +210

      He points that out when he is holding a newspaper that says something like “Ironman appears again” and he says something like “we technically it’s a gold-titanium alloy, but I like the sound of it” so that’s how they explain it.

    • @toniodotcom
      @toniodotcom 3 года назад +21

      It was not even iron.

    • @vorrdegard2176
      @vorrdegard2176 3 года назад +21

      No if u meant mark 1 from ironman 2008 in the cave than no
      Mark 1 was made from salvage missiles from stark industry which I think is made light weight aloys what do u think please reply if you find it unconvinced

  • @theodoro3188
    @theodoro3188 3 года назад +6512

    Yet can you believe this was made in 2008? Compared to Endgame, the CGI effects in the live action film are still timeless today

    • @poweroffriendship2.0
      @poweroffriendship2.0 3 года назад +265

      And it aged like fine glass of wine.

    • @nicolashf
      @nicolashf 3 года назад +166

      Same, the CGI it looks real

    • @yosifadillah
      @yosifadillah 3 года назад +19

      You can be anything in Movie

    • @edrrrk
      @edrrrk 3 года назад +115

      Cgi and animation were really good in the late 2000s.
      Pixar made Wall-E, Cars, Up and a few others I think in the late 2000s and they looked amazing. And that was almost 20 years after pixar started (1990s)

    • @lacamendry1731
      @lacamendry1731 3 года назад +29

      I just Don't know how The American CGI is So so so oooooo Realistic.
      I just don't understand How?
      I need The Secret!

  • @IP_Films01
    @IP_Films01 3 года назад +2256

    Marvel 2008: Yeah we don't wanna use a cgi suit unless it looks perfect
    Marvel 2018: Haha cartoon man goes pew pew

    • @lok4890
      @lok4890 3 года назад +25

      @@kiragod793 why would he know that?

    • @kiragod793
      @kiragod793 3 года назад +3

      @@lok4890 I don't know just wanted to tell ☺

    • @lok4890
      @lok4890 3 года назад +24

      @@kiragod793 dont give your info online dude. That is not right.

    • @kiragod793
      @kiragod793 3 года назад

      @@lok4890 ok bro sorry

    • @SirZeck
      @SirZeck 3 года назад +1

      @@kiragod793 cool,me too!

  • @brandonzhang760
    @brandonzhang760 3 года назад +656

    The suits don’t just represent Tony Stark’s advancing technology, they represent marvel’s increasing cgi budget

    • @jeromealday614
      @jeromealday614 3 года назад +60

      Advancing cgi budget?
      **Looks at PS3 cutscene Black Panther final fight**
      Yea....right....

    • @brandonzhang760
      @brandonzhang760 3 года назад +4

      @@jeromealday614 what

    • @brandonzhang760
      @brandonzhang760 3 года назад +2

      @@jeromealday614 PS3 cutscene Black Panther final fight? care to elaborate?

    • @hatme6078
      @hatme6078 3 года назад +26

      @@brandonzhang760 the fight scene in black panther was mocked online for how bad it looked, it was compared to what people think of playstation 3 game graphics

    • @brandonzhang760
      @brandonzhang760 3 года назад +4

      @@hatme6078 oh i see. yea i think its just some lighting issues causing the bad graphics, but i agree that marvel should have done better

  • @starmorpheus
    @starmorpheus 3 года назад +3295

    In Iron Man 2 my jaw dropped during the suitcase armor sequence. It looked so real and everything made sense visually. One of the many reasons why I don't like the nanotech armor is that it looks like Tony weighs 10 pounds in that thing. It looks very animated/cartoony

    • @grumpycat6429
      @grumpycat6429 3 года назад +20

      I found a anime version of your profile pick...is that the original?

    • @fernandodiniz8241
      @fernandodiniz8241 3 года назад +60

      @@grumpycat6429 His profile pic? It's a famous Claude Monet painting of his wife and his son.

    • @brandonzhang760
      @brandonzhang760 3 года назад +13

      @@grumpycat6429 lmaoo

    • @poweroffriendship2.0
      @poweroffriendship2.0 3 года назад +35

      People always said that Iron Man 2 is the "worst MCU movie" said Marvel fans. I think it's best that the movie is still important to the MCU despite the writing is sub-par and the villain only exist. The F-1 fight scene with the suitcase is great.

    • @brandonzhang760
      @brandonzhang760 3 года назад +5

      @@poweroffriendship2.0 lmao iron man 2 is really really bad, but I've watched it a lot and I'm kinda starting to like it tbh. its still a lot worse than the other ones, but its better than some movies out there. the movie was important to the structure and the buildup of the MCU tho, and it had some good scenes

  • @adithyamenon5207
    @adithyamenon5207 3 года назад +2303

    Endgame and infinity was suit didn't have a metalic texture. It looked like a tight t shirt. Whereas iron man 1's suit had scratch marks, armor like shape, bends, paint comes off when he gets hit. I just love the first one.

    • @lordshrimpramen5589
      @lordshrimpramen5589 3 года назад +218

      Pretty sure it’s because he was wearing Nanotech armor, it’s supposed to be tighter looking opposed to it being bulkier. I’m guessing that they were going for a sleeker design? Since Tony has been Iron-Man for so long, he’d have to find and make new materials for better more powerful suits.

    • @apolloclawk7408
      @apolloclawk7408 3 года назад +89

      He changed to nano tech probably because it was way lighter than his older models and easy to carry around since it just sits on his chest?

    • @philipprudolf8302
      @philipprudolf8302 3 года назад +30

      not sure if they are more realistic, although I feel the same about the early movies. I feel like they are more relatable since we all saw panels and surfaces similar in real life before. The nano-tech stuff is just so far ahead and advanced.

    • @castergilgamesh1778
      @castergilgamesh1778 3 года назад +14

      @@philipprudolf8302 yeah because iron man is sci fi and in the comics its also slim and the comics are the source material for the movies

    • @dusan92kovacevic
      @dusan92kovacevic 3 года назад +22

      So true. I couldn't wrap my head around for why Infinity war and Endgame armor looked so bad to me, especially in 4k, it's absurd how much it resembles video game cut scenes...

  • @Skeptic_Tank
    @Skeptic_Tank 3 года назад +38

    ironman mark 3 felt like the best suit in a realistic capacity. It really felt real and not just pixels formed over a body

    • @pcpt
      @pcpt 3 года назад +2

      yeah

  • @OpGamer56728
    @OpGamer56728 3 года назад +1209

    It’s so sad how a 2008 movie has better cgi than black panther

    • @chowder447
      @chowder447 3 года назад +69

      @@RippleOfReddit you can compare the time management for the movies lol

    • @thomaslao3411
      @thomaslao3411 3 года назад +133

      black panther's production team wasted so much time doing the sand particle animation. it's cool and all to look at but that seems less important than getting done the main components of your movie and as a result, you get a short pointless intro, a cool credit sequence and an unappealing looking end fight. that's like a cook focusing on perfecting his mashed potatoes rather than cooking and seasoning the steak, aka the main entree, correctly.

    • @chowder447
      @chowder447 3 года назад +10

      @@Richard-pt3dd you probably eat your steak well done

    • @brightgarinson3099
      @brightgarinson3099 3 года назад +7

      @@RippleOfReddit Regardless of the time, it was still worse.

    • @danielvillalobos4265
      @danielvillalobos4265 3 года назад +5

      The sad thing is Internerds whining about things they will never do, like be creative. All y'all emotionally stunted idiots do is whine.
      Thankfull, covid is here to cull this dumbass population of entitled zombies down.

  • @mtakum
    @mtakum 3 года назад +1563

    Still prefer the older suits. Those suits were heavy and intimidating.

    • @corepunch
      @corepunch 3 года назад +45

      Well said, nanotech one is like spider man's spandex

    • @pineaplehead5020
      @pineaplehead5020 3 года назад +31

      Heavy, slow, limited functionality

    • @jasonhalimz1161
      @jasonhalimz1161 3 года назад +2

      M8 homecoming is the best

    • @The_Man_Who_Sold_the_World.
      @The_Man_Who_Sold_the_World. 3 года назад +4

      @@pineaplehead5020 Yeah, it's improvement

    • @heroicdemi2567
      @heroicdemi2567 2 года назад +1

      @@pineaplehead5020 are you talking about the nano suit? beacuse tony can create ANYTHING that comes to his head

  • @T0mek87
    @T0mek87 3 года назад +276

    I prefer the CGI in the first Iron Man, even upon rewatch. Somehow they made the endgame suit look like a video game in such an expensive movie.

    • @mariovazquez4436
      @mariovazquez4436 3 года назад +5

      It’s because they used a lot of a real suit

    • @Zack-bl2gg
      @Zack-bl2gg 2 года назад +12

      It’s because they had a huge budget, but barely any time. All the money in the world won’t give you a second more of time.

    • @maxattack3853
      @maxattack3853 2 года назад

      I think that was the style

    • @therealwarmonger
      @therealwarmonger 2 года назад +3

      Endgame suit looked realistic. Infinity war suit was cartoonish.

    • @neogenesis2802
      @neogenesis2802 2 года назад

      Like they said in the video, civil war and age of ultron suits looks cool too but yeah in Iron Man 1 mark 3 suit looks much better over every suits especially the nano ones....it feels much like alien costume though ngl, but i still like it coz it's iron man

  • @jonathanalaba3809
    @jonathanalaba3809 3 года назад +35

    "Let's start where tony stark started..." I legit thought he was gonna cut to Jeff Bridges shouting "In a cave!.... With a box of scraps!"

  • @thechannelitrollwith1645
    @thechannelitrollwith1645 3 года назад +8

    The suits are definitely some of the most underappreciated parts of the VFX. Making them and animating them so they not only function in a glitchless and visually correcct way, but the animation concepts to convey weight and power had to come through in order for them to feel seamless. Thanks for the video, the content was extremely interesting.

  • @prof.evilpictures8696
    @prof.evilpictures8696 3 года назад +476

    I didn’t even realise that the Mark 1 was CGI in some parts

    • @m_b_a9567
      @m_b_a9567 3 года назад +9

      Me too o thought it was real and in the 2nd and the 3rd film it was cgi

    • @Amartin-mu6oj
      @Amartin-mu6oj 3 года назад

      Just like the quantum realm suits in endgame

    • @walidfakhfakh3660
      @walidfakhfakh3660 2 года назад

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      @m_b_a9567 2 года назад

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      @walidfakhfakh3660 2 года назад

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  • @weirdflex271
    @weirdflex271 3 года назад +420

    The Nano suit was probably my least favorite suit. Something about the older suits and how they came together at his call was super cool. Overall, I loved all of it.

    • @jamarij5814
      @jamarij5814 3 года назад +21

      One of the main reasons I liked the Transformers movies is because the auto bots and and the deceptions had so much details in their designs and they looked realistic, it’s the same with Ironman. I also hated his nanotech suit because it looked cartoony and lacked the metallic shine of his previous Ironman suits.

    • @auralian1428
      @auralian1428 3 года назад +11

      Jamari J it’s lame how he taps his chest and the suit just builds around him. It was way more grounded with the pieces having to be manually connected like a robot.
      Pacific Rim suffered from this too. The first film had badass ‘real’ controls on the Jaegers. The sequel had the controls be totally ‘holographic’ CGI and it’s just so much worse.

    • @durps8815
      @durps8815 3 года назад +5

      I agree, although I love the new creative weapons Tony can use with the nanotech suit, the mechanical movement of each piece falling into place is too cool

    • @SWDude2710
      @SWDude2710 2 года назад +2

      @@auralian1428 he made his new armour that way due to obvious advances in technology but actually because it's way easier to do that then wait for a bunch of robot arms to put the pieces on for you.

    • @daedalus3726
      @daedalus3726 2 года назад +5

      @@auralian1428 but that's not the point 😂 they didn't change his suit for the sake of coolness or aesthetic or whatever. It was a necessary upgrade, u reall think Tony would be facing against Thanos and his army with titanium suits 😂 it was a necessary upgrade, the nanotech suit gave him access to more weapons, and it literally regenerates a few time when its destroyed. its not lame, it was necessary for the plot

  • @TDKRISES88
    @TDKRISES88 2 года назад +18

    Honestly this video just showed how the first Iron Man's CGI AND practical effects hold up better than the newer iterations. Kind of similar to how Jurassic Park still holds up because of its blend of CG and Practical. Sometimes less really is more.

  • @romanator649
    @romanator649 2 года назад +4

    The mark 85 really just reflects how much work they put over the past decade into the final and perfected suit

  • @90sGamingGuy
    @90sGamingGuy 3 года назад +285

    The amount of creative ways Iron Man has used to change into his suit is truly amazing from a story perspective. My favorite is the helicopter scene in civil war

    • @vanitymaze2588
      @vanitymaze2588 2 года назад +4

      Mine is the suit case scene, It just looked so awesome and I loved it, It was my favorite moment in iron man 2 tbh

    • @XD2021
      @XD2021 2 года назад

      How badass those suits are they can't more badass than the summon suit in ironman 3

  • @xperialgaming6614
    @xperialgaming6614 3 года назад +635

    Big man in a suit armor, take that off what are you
    Tony: Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist
    I just cant forget this line

    • @sakifarjana7101
      @sakifarjana7101 3 года назад +12

      Xperial Gaming Tony: naked stark

    • @ishaankhuranagoc1518
      @ishaankhuranagoc1518 3 года назад +6

      Genius billionaire playboy philanthropist....reminds me of Elon Musk

    • @TheDragonballboy
      @TheDragonballboy 3 года назад +6

      If you're nothing without the suit then you shouldn't have it.

    • @benn454
      @benn454 3 года назад +4

      @@ishaankhuranagoc1518 Musk isn't a genius. He's just another Steve Jobs riding the coattails of actual geniuses.

    • @sentinal_entity
      @sentinal_entity 3 года назад +2

      @@sakifarjana7101 black widow in her mind: eh he's got a point

  • @-Chicken_
    @-Chicken_ 3 года назад +9

    Personally I like his 3rd suit the most, because it can be impersonated in the modern world and the animations of it were amazing; from the puff marks on the helmet to the technology warped in his suit, it was probably my most favourite . It also shows how his knowledge evolved and many people won’t agree with me but the 3rd personally is the best

  • @itsshrimpinabag9544
    @itsshrimpinabag9544 3 года назад +2

    This is so thorough, organized, and well-researched. It has a ton of attention but it deserves so much more.

  • @acemaxximus7175
    @acemaxximus7175 3 года назад +543

    Did they literally just cut the video while he was talking?!

    • @nagualdesign
      @nagualdesign 3 года назад +63

      😆 "..You're intrigued and you want to keep watching and-" _cut_

    • @nikkoXmercado
      @nikkoXmercado 3 года назад +85

      *A lesson every RUclips channel should learn:* RUclips automatically cuts about a second off whatever video is uploaded. So the lesson here is if you wanna cut right at the very end of someone talking, add at least one more second of blank video at the end so RUclips doesn't cut anything important away.

    • @Lil_Hickey
      @Lil_Hickey 3 года назад +34

      “... and find out what’s gonna happen” lmao idk why but it wasn’t cut off for me

    • @lavender_heart3831
      @lavender_heart3831 3 года назад +3

      999 WRLD
      You on iOS? Because I watched this on iOS and didn’t cut for me

    • @tuffn00gies
      @tuffn00gies 3 года назад +3

      Budget constraints.

  • @hisankidwai497
    @hisankidwai497 3 года назад +1557

    The older suits were more real like. In the recent movies the suit just looks too cartoony

    • @TFCRAFTER
      @TFCRAFTER 3 года назад +112

      Something about the older lighting made the suits look more realistic.

    • @obblivionkr
      @obblivionkr 3 года назад +77

      I bet it’s the more obvious imperfections in the old suit & the heavy feelingo animation.

    • @hisankidwai497
      @hisankidwai497 3 года назад +27

      @@obblivionkr yeah man and the suit ups were amazing

    • @vedantartstudio1094
      @vedantartstudio1094 3 года назад +5

      Civil war is the best suit!

    • @tahiatnawal
      @tahiatnawal 3 года назад +51

      @@vedantartstudio1094 Nah the civil war suit definitely looked kinda fake. The one in iron man 1 looked best

  • @girl-xk2db
    @girl-xk2db 3 года назад +3

    Wow, I was really taking the VFX for iron man in the earlier movies for granted. It looked so realistic, I never stopped to question it

  • @sterisk7743
    @sterisk7743 3 года назад +44

    People complained about marvel mostly relying on cgi not taking into account how much effort the animators put into those scenes.

    • @theoutcast229
      @theoutcast229 3 года назад +9

      Because that doesn't matter, why are people even bringing this up, it doesn't matter if you work hard or not, a good result is what matters, we don't care how you got it

    • @pumkinpatchwork
      @pumkinpatchwork 3 года назад +5

      @@theoutcast229 and a good result is what you got. the animations, textures, modeling, etc of the suit were genuinely extremely impressive. it was just the fact that marvel decided to take a less realistic approach to the suit.

    • @theoutcast229
      @theoutcast229 3 года назад +2

      @@pumkinpatchwork could be that

    • @magicstix0r
      @magicstix0r 3 года назад +5

      Do you think the effort put into it excuses the crappy product in the end?

  • @KS-mt1lb
    @KS-mt1lb 3 года назад +1325

    Ok. So I wasn't making it up in my head. Iron got more cartoony as the series went on.

    • @siddharth2796
      @siddharth2796 3 года назад +8

      Yup

    • @neferpitou.
      @neferpitou. 3 года назад +124

      I'd say not more cartoony it's just more smooth and it doesn't look like any suit in real life

    • @theorb9472
      @theorb9472 3 года назад +21

      @@neferpitou. exactly what i'm thingking. Plus we already get used to the old suit where it's much bulkier (kinda like seeing the rog phone 3 for the first time after seeing the rog phone 1)

    • @FuzzySamurai
      @FuzzySamurai 3 года назад +22

      it makes sense when you understand that iron man 1 - 3 has less cgi demand than age of ultron, civil war, infinity war and endgame. this is really easy to notice if you compare the iron man suit from spiderman homecoming and infinity war. you can just see the priorities went elsewhere. it's not to say it's bad. but the downgrade of the quality IS noticable

    • @neferpitou.
      @neferpitou. 3 года назад +5

      @@FuzzySamurai yeah I see your point having a reference in real life helped the older movies

  • @mathisbuilder
    @mathisbuilder 3 года назад +734

    I hate how most adults call those movies CGI messes, when in fact it's hundreds of hours of work from hundreds of hours from talented digital artists.

    • @AbdulRaheem-fk8ru
      @AbdulRaheem-fk8ru 3 года назад +58

      Mathisbuilder animators deserve much more credit

    • @awesomeawesome8350
      @awesomeawesome8350 3 года назад +2

      Which adults?

    • @ebi_tempura
      @ebi_tempura 3 года назад +50

      Yeah but I put effort into making a shit, that doesn't make that shit any more than a shit. Very few people discount the effort put in, but the end product still needs to look good

    • @rohithkumar8708
      @rohithkumar8708 3 года назад +34

      @@ebi_tempura shit loads of stuff in the mcu looks soo good that you wouldn't even notice it's cgi .black panther is one movie where cgi was unpalatable . apparently the movie was rushed

    • @tclturbo2456
      @tclturbo2456 3 года назад +9

      Bad CGI is bad CGI

  • @partheshsoni1905
    @partheshsoni1905 3 года назад +3

    Amazing, I didn't realize how difficult it must have been for creating this level of VFX perfection. Hats off to the VFX artist. Fabulous job 👏👏

  • @BlueClefto
    @BlueClefto 3 года назад +1

    10:34 I love how those spherical thingy things have their own detailed tripode.
    They're important

  • @chachwa9970
    @chachwa9970 3 года назад +540

    The first suit is the coolest looking it was a suit and now it’s a like skin covering

  • @FckPooTN
    @FckPooTN 3 года назад +627

    Tbh: in Endgame the suit looked most unrealistic and way more CGI than in the earlier movies.

    • @kennethmckenzie6882
      @kennethmckenzie6882 3 года назад +61

      The same could be said about the entire film

    • @boy638
      @boy638 3 года назад +18

      Coz nanotech.

    • @DropBearFace
      @DropBearFace 3 года назад +62

      I disagree. I'd say the Infinity war suit, and the one at the end of Age of Ultron are easily the fakest looking suits, though the cgi on the suits in Iron Man 3 was often pretty bad as well. But it seems like it had more to do with time and/or money constraints in IM3, whereas the IW and AoU suits looking fake probably had more to do with how they designed them.

    • @nulliverse1891
      @nulliverse1891 3 года назад +19

      @@DropBearFace yup, infinity war costume look so fake, especially in the first suit up scene, where his suit came out from his chest and start to covering his head. Its just doesnt feel right

    • @Whateveridksomething
      @Whateveridksomething 3 года назад +41

      Nah that's the infinity war suit, the endgame suit looked fantastic

  • @aaronp6554
    @aaronp6554 3 года назад

    When I want to watch a 'how it was made' type video, this is precisely the kind of content I am looking for. Most videos waste time with over-editing, but this is purely education. Great job.

  • @digitalranger4259
    @digitalranger4259 3 года назад +2

    I think the suits peaked at the Mark III, with a honorable mention of the suitcase suit from Iron Man 2. As a kid, I always liked how he carried the suit in his briefcase, because that's where you keep your business items, and being Iron Man was his business.
    I was surprised, seeing Iron Man 3, where he walks up to the suit and steps into it. You'd think he could have a model that was folded into quarters, and when he wanted it, it would unfold as he approached and allow him to step into it.

  • @Mikejguevarra
    @Mikejguevarra 3 года назад +309

    I always liked how realistic and bulky the first iron man suits were, the Nano Tech suit feels too much like magic for a non-magic character like Iron Man

    • @Goji01Films
      @Goji01Films 3 года назад +17

      It's not magic, it's tech.

    • @cl114c0777498d
      @cl114c0777498d 3 года назад +12

      @@Goji01Films that's what a witch would say...!

    • @sage296
      @sage296 3 года назад +9

      I mean it’s a comic book movie

    • @Goji01Films
      @Goji01Films 3 года назад +2

      @@cl114c0777498d I prefer space wizard, but that will do!

    • @gio3075
      @gio3075 3 года назад +3

      The nano tech suit is straight out of the comics thou?

  • @malcolmdevlin3434
    @malcolmdevlin3434 3 года назад +66

    I've always loved the consistent evolution of Tony's armors. Its all a big collaboration of the writers, artists, designers and vfx crews but it all perfectly fits into how Tony is always learning and applying new tech to his armors.

  • @mirrormaze213
    @mirrormaze213 3 года назад +2

    They did an amazing job with the suit in every iron man appearance. I really liked iron man three's customized suits at the end.

  • @dhruvboricha6052
    @dhruvboricha6052 3 года назад +48

    The moment when you realize that people here are commenting like they are CGI experts without even watching the entire video bruhh

  • @dkeys86
    @dkeys86 3 года назад +356

    Animators are not in charge of everything lol. You have animators, lighters, compositors, riggers the list goes on

    • @Marco-Tusenartist
      @Marco-Tusenartist 3 года назад +35

      @Jackson a broad term used ignorantly. They should rather us VFX artist or just CG artists as a correct term

    • @Many_vids
      @Many_vids 3 года назад +19

      It's better to call them as *VFX TEAM*

    • @mikeglasswell-gameplay
      @mikeglasswell-gameplay 3 года назад +8

      @Thomas L I Do, and i agree the term is quite broad. VFX artist or team is more appropriate

    • @24framedavinci13
      @24framedavinci13 3 года назад

      We know!!!!😒

    • @dkeys86
      @dkeys86 3 года назад +7

      @Thomas L you're talking to someone who's been an animator for 10 years and currently works at a vfx studio so I think I know what I'm talking about.

  • @akmalshaari7795
    @akmalshaari7795 3 года назад +61

    2007-universal studios
    2019-disney studios

    • @anirudhpuranik5222
      @anirudhpuranik5222 3 года назад +6

      Paramount pictures produced the first iron man movie in 2008

    • @MrGittz
      @MrGittz 3 года назад +7

      Anirudh Puranik No. Paramount *distributed* the movie. Marvel produced it. Meaning they financed it themselves. Paramount was responsible for getting it out there to the public.

    • @anirudhpuranik5222
      @anirudhpuranik5222 3 года назад +2

      @@MrGittz yeah you are right

    • @MBS..
      @MBS.. 3 года назад +2

      The incredible hulk was Universal

    • @nightprowler1
      @nightprowler1 3 года назад

      @@MBS.. That was Marvel Studios too. Universal only distributed it.

  • @Davidrsq
    @Davidrsq 3 года назад +1

    It's amazing the huge amount of work required to make just a single suit. I have a lot of respect for this people and the amazing job they have done.

  • @DanielRieger
    @DanielRieger 2 года назад +2

    As a modeler it really irks me when they say "animators struggled with lighting and textures". Animators didn't do anything about lighting and texturing, those were modelers, texture and lighting artists. Complete separate departments

  • @Paarths
    @Paarths 3 года назад +274

    Tony Stark made this suit in a cave
    Sir, we are not Tony stark

    • @zuhayrroha4392
      @zuhayrroha4392 3 года назад +36

      TONY STARK WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A CAVE
      WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS

    • @vedantartstudio1094
      @vedantartstudio1094 3 года назад +5

      People throw box of scraps in garbage
      XD

    • @Xxmo1221xX
      @Xxmo1221xX 2 года назад +1

      Lol

  • @bananachild1936
    @bananachild1936 3 года назад +354

    *"How Iron Man's VFX changed from being convincingly real, to obviously fake in over 11 years"* should've been the title of this video.

    • @Goji01Films
      @Goji01Films 3 года назад +15

      That like saying Thanos is fake, of course it is!

    • @zarsalan955
      @zarsalan955 3 года назад +18

      @@Goji01Films Thanos is real, idiot. Haven't you see Endgame

    • @Goji01Films
      @Goji01Films 3 года назад +12

      @@zarsalan955 b r u h

    • @zarsalan955
      @zarsalan955 3 года назад +7

      @@Goji01Films It's bruh, idiot, not b r u h.

    • @Tainted_Human
      @Tainted_Human 3 года назад +4

      @@zarsalan955 your an idiot. He is not real. His motion capture is. But he is cgi

  • @djtecmo7841
    @djtecmo7841 2 года назад +2

    This RUclips video has better VFX Explanation features than the bonus features of the Blue-ray disc

  • @PsychoRavager
    @PsychoRavager 3 года назад +49

    It's sooo weird how the first Iron Man has, at most, the best renders of the titular character.

  • @ClokworkGremlin
    @ClokworkGremlin 3 года назад +16

    it's remarkable that ILM only started using image-based lighting techniques in 2009. I remember reading papers about image-based lighting and light probes as early as 2003, and those were in a realtime context.
    Then I remember that it takes a number of years for that sort of thing to go from concept to production, and 2009 sounds about right.

  • @Charlie_Alpha_Lima
    @Charlie_Alpha_Lima 2 года назад +1

    The earlier suits are still the most impressive because the individual pieces have to slide in place in a believable manner. This takes a LOT of ingenuity on the animator's part

  • @mrsturtevant1
    @mrsturtevant1 2 года назад +1

    I LOVE seeing animation evolve like this!! Even animation "grows up".

  • @rangga676
    @rangga676 3 года назад +10

    3:44 i love how it just turns into an ad

    • @TimurSokol
      @TimurSokol 3 года назад +1

      And I get Nintendo switch ad with the snap intro 😂

  • @therandomshow5944
    @therandomshow5944 3 года назад +49

    So you mean that if they weren’t successful in their cgi of Ironman then thanos would have never existed Hmmm... 🤔

  • @landgrenwilliam
    @landgrenwilliam 3 года назад

    Love these types of video, I’ve literally watched it 10 times

  • @Grimmsworth
    @Grimmsworth 3 года назад

    Wow, could you imagine being in the board room and asking what someone did to change your work/suit - only to be informed everything was changed with no noticeable difference. I would cry in joy.

  • @vedantartstudio1094
    @vedantartstudio1094 3 года назад +4

    My favourite is the *Civil War* suite.
    The perfect combination between first and last suit.

    • @Kickinit-7
      @Kickinit-7 2 года назад

      Yes! And the homecoming suit

  • @Niviso
    @Niviso 3 года назад +21

    I feel that everything looked better back then

  • @rohitavhad2592
    @rohitavhad2592 3 года назад +1

    I love how the level of CG & VFX used in MCU & other Hollywood movies has been improved since many years & is still improving & upgrading (which we can see in The Mandalorian's making)

  • @johnprudent3216
    @johnprudent3216 Год назад +1

    Having seen the suit in all its iterations throughout this movie series, I gotta say the effects for the first Iron Man film still impress me just that much more because there was a blend of a real practical suit with a fully CGI suit. Because of this your mind could never truly pick up where one is being used and the other is not. It also seems to me that having the practical suit used in the film challenged the digital artists to make their animated version not only match the practical suit but also meld convincingly with the live background that the practical suit was shot in (as opposed to generating a virtual set).
    Just my thoughts of course.

  • @jemert96
    @jemert96 3 года назад +27

    "I used the suit to destroy the suit!"

  • @lordshrimpramen5589
    @lordshrimpramen5589 3 года назад +4

    I will NEVER get over the first suit up, it was everything and I will never forget it

  • @ErikWerlin
    @ErikWerlin 3 года назад +1

    After working in the vfx industry for years I can say with confidence that VFX artists do not get the recognition they truly deserve.

  • @AkaLxndon1
    @AkaLxndon1 3 года назад +6

    Marvel whenever someone asks about the armor or special weapons
    “You know, I’m something of a vibranium nanotech genius myself”

    • @Goji01Films
      @Goji01Films 3 года назад

      We see him develop this, he is the 2nd smartest person on MCU Earth so idk what you mean.

  • @ppgamerbucket3364
    @ppgamerbucket3364 3 года назад +11

    Tribute to Tony stark
    We will pay Disney and Marvel to make more iron man movies
    We love to see RDJ in that role

  • @RedevilsStudios
    @RedevilsStudios 3 года назад +56

    The first suits looked way better than the later ones.

  • @AnythingButOnes
    @AnythingButOnes 2 года назад

    Such an awesome step by step. Go glad we’re living in the era that we can see such realistic effects that makes Stan’s ideas come to life

  • @ultraokletsgo
    @ultraokletsgo 3 года назад

    Great video and summary! Really appreciated the creators insights on creating it. More content like this please.

  • @TheLuckyTim7
    @TheLuckyTim7 3 года назад +8

    I think the civil war suit was my favorite, love the color. The nanotech suit was interesting and tbh I don’t think tony could’ve taken on thanos without it.... but I do like the simpler versions that separate into multiple pieces

  • @gerrelsaunders
    @gerrelsaunders 3 года назад +13

    This was a fun and informative watch - thank you.

  • @user-cz3sh3dx1w
    @user-cz3sh3dx1w 3 года назад +5

    None can top the Mark 3 suit. It's timeless

  • @good-tn9sr
    @good-tn9sr 3 года назад +4

    Older suits were much more badass and it was so cool to dream about too.

  • @MNK_Games
    @MNK_Games 3 года назад +46

    In simpler words Artists are the real heroes...

  • @omarterrazaszte9789
    @omarterrazaszte9789 3 года назад +29

    0:13 I believe that the second suit is froam Avengers, 2012. Not Iron man 3

    • @AsamiSuch_
      @AsamiSuch_ 3 года назад +9

      Yeah that triggered me.

    • @Tainted_Human
      @Tainted_Human 3 года назад +2

      Yeeeah. He never wore mark 6 in iron man 3 or was ever at the Avengers tower. That's a pretty dumb mistake to make

  • @mrigankjain4857
    @mrigankjain4857 2 года назад +5

    I like the older suits, they actually look like they pack some bulk under the plates and are actually beyond military level tech that can destroy you
    The nanotech suits looked more filmsy and weren't as intimidating

    • @muwumax3491
      @muwumax3491 2 года назад

      Yeah, but I guess that was the point. The mentioned that they wanted a "liquid metal" kinda effect, but it really doesn't look good. But, I have one question...How does War Machine look so good and bulky in endgame, while still feeling lighter and more compact than before, but they mess up the character they pay more attention to? Also, for the less amount of time we see rescue, she doesn't look half bad, but god, they messed up Tony's suit.

    • @mrigankjain4857
      @mrigankjain4857 2 года назад

      @@muwumax3491 war Machine was still rocking the old design in infinty war and endgame(idr if he was in endgame), and rescue did look decent, but iron man didn't sit as well with me coz we are so used to the older type

    • @muwumax3491
      @muwumax3491 2 года назад

      @@mrigankjain4857 You are almost right. I love Don Cheadle, and unfortunately, for the very few scenes he appears in endgame in his suit, a lot of the plates with open space was closed to look like blocks protruding from the suit. This is most visible in the "What's up, regular-sized man?" scene. And, yes, I agree with you on Tony and Pepper.

  • @KillerTacos54
    @KillerTacos54 3 года назад

    How did they make such perfect CGI models in the original film ahhh. These guys inspire me so much. Anyway, this is such a fantastic video. The VFX stuff is always my favourite on the channel!

  • @ankush4683
    @ankush4683 3 года назад +12

    Just a simple sound of hammer hitting a metal scrap. Back then no one had thought how iconic it will be....
    ❤️Marvel❤️ Love you 3000❤️

  • @vlissblisskiss
    @vlissblisskiss 3 года назад +48

    I honestly think Marvel broke the movie industry. Nothing outside of other pop-culture movies sell as well. A post-Avengers world indeed

    • @jeromealday614
      @jeromealday614 3 года назад

      post-Avenger?

    • @genesisp3884
      @genesisp3884 3 года назад +1

      Name 10 non franchise movies that came out in the 2000s and actually made money. Cinema isn't dead, if anything, we have better movies now and more indie films than ever coming out on streaming services.

  • @AAvfx
    @AAvfx 3 года назад +42

    Trending on my today's list! 'Insider' with a great informative clip I'd love. Great B-Rolls! 😲

  • @guhh8792
    @guhh8792 3 года назад +13

    it required 10 marvel movies...
    and 2 spider man posters

  • @neonerfilms
    @neonerfilms 3 года назад +28

    Funny how the armors look way better in the first movie then it does in Infinity War and Endgame

  • @Necr0Mancer666
    @Necr0Mancer666 3 года назад +22

    This is so impressive. I marvel at the pioneers of visual effects.

    • @maad1670
      @maad1670 3 года назад +1

      marvel. Heh

  • @MarksmanSpecialist
    @MarksmanSpecialist 3 года назад

    im very humble in how much time have passed and vfx technology improved over the decade

  • @mathewomolo
    @mathewomolo 3 года назад

    I loved it when you could actually see the suit parts being stored somewhere.

  • @astralflick
    @astralflick 3 года назад +77

    It seems like marvel’s iron man cgi devolved, endgame and infinity war suits look bad compared to 2008

    • @secretchiley
      @secretchiley 3 года назад +7

      But they are logical. They had to show advancement in technology. Nanotech is only end goal that makes sense.
      While it may not look the best, from Tony's perspective it makes sense.
      EDIT: Also, i wouldn't say CGI Devolved. It just became less and less what could be possible in our world.

    • @colin3ds1
      @colin3ds1 3 года назад +2

      Its not a downgrade it's just different
      They decided to take a less realistic route as a stylistic choice and to do more interesting things using nanotech

    • @PowerRedBullTypology
      @PowerRedBullTypology 3 года назад +1

      @@colin3ds1 they could have put more effort in making it look real. Just because it's nanotech does not mean the CGI has to look cheap. The problem is not the concept of the nnotech, but rather the bad movement, lighting, shading, teture or other of such things that make it obviously look like CGI

  • @GhostCodeRG
    @GhostCodeRG 3 года назад +33

    the first movie still looks the best, everything feels heavy and looks worn and imperfect

    • @grumpycat6429
      @grumpycat6429 3 года назад +2

      Gimme the first suit and I’ll kik Tony’s arse from pure looks...the new suits are trash.

    • @chitbrothers7588
      @chitbrothers7588 2 года назад

      The old one looks kinda steampunkish
      I like it .

  • @zubairb3747
    @zubairb3747 2 года назад +1

    Massive respect for the VFX team for creating my favourite marvel character.. 👍❤️

  • @carldavies1382
    @carldavies1382 Год назад

    WOW the technology and all the vfx people that goes into the cgi that's mind blowing

  • @SyFyWire
    @SyFyWire 3 года назад +182

    This is SO cool 🤩

    • @jhpenguinn
      @jhpenguinn 3 года назад

      100th like 1st reply

    • @amit4Bihar
      @amit4Bihar 3 года назад

      The new suits look too fake

    • @pineaplehead5020
      @pineaplehead5020 3 года назад

      @@amit4Bihar make your own film, indian

    • @thoreo7390
      @thoreo7390 3 года назад

      @@pineaplehead5020 He has a point tho the new suits do look more fake than the Iron Man 1 suits

    • @josuetankson6633
      @josuetankson6633 3 года назад +2

      @@pineaplehead5020Toxic much?

  • @JL-ps9vn
    @JL-ps9vn 3 года назад +3

    Let's face it, the CGI on his suit got better over time. The reason why people prefer his older suits is because it's more realistic and has more of an impact on screen. Since IM1's MKII suit, all of it is basically CG. If his newer suits ever seemed sloppy in IW and EG, it's probably due to budget cuts from having so many big name actors on the same screen.

    • @AnshumanKumar007
      @AnshumanKumar007 3 года назад

      Yeah Thanos got the majority effort, obviously. Pretty much every time he was on the screen, he looked just great. Hulk in Endgame was also quite expressive. However, the rest of the stuff, they did background blurs to prevent anyone from noticing like with Titan in IW. Everything in Titan is purposefully blurred to prevent people from noticing imperfections and also give the artsy background defocus.

    • @JL-ps9vn
      @JL-ps9vn 3 года назад

      @@AnshumanKumar007 I'm sure if they had another solo IM movie, his new suit albeit nanotech will probably blow everyone's socks off

    • @viscoselight23
      @viscoselight23 3 года назад +1

      Somewhat, some of their CGI for better. Things like Thanos looks amazing but the CGI on people like Ironman and Spiderman are god awful. You can see a noticeable downgrade compared to some of their other apperences.

  • @grqfes
    @grqfes 2 года назад

    the suitcase one amazed me the most. when i saw the nanotech it was cool but i didnt get that feeling like i did watching iron man pirated on winter holidays on my laptop those years ago..

  • @FLUXXEUS
    @FLUXXEUS 3 года назад +2

    14:14 I'm still amazed that scene was completely digital, Tony wasn't there 🤯

  • @terang_bae
    @terang_bae 3 года назад +67

    I personally didn't like Tony's Nano suit, as being a bit too unrealistic. The other suits seemed almost as if it could exist in the real world, especially Mark 1. But Mark 50 & 85 were a bit far-fetched compared to it's progression thus far, possibly from the overly excessive use of CG in these last 2 Avenger films

    • @retrospace2150
      @retrospace2150 3 года назад +6

      Pretty sure this is a superhero universe but okay

    • @jacob791
      @jacob791 3 года назад +1

      yeah because tony stark had tech that felt like it was from earth but with the tech in infinity war and endgame it felt like he had alien tech that felt super unrealistic and not grounded at all

    • @neferpitou.
      @neferpitou. 3 года назад +1

      It's not over excessive use everyone should understand there are imagining things not yeah in "reality" that's why it seems unrealistic if it was seen noone will call it unrealistic

    • @Nekotaku_TV
      @Nekotaku_TV 3 года назад

      It was a good excuse to do less work for them.

    • @Nekotaku_TV
      @Nekotaku_TV 3 года назад +5

      @@retrospace2150 That's irrelevant... Why do people like you not understand this?

  • @websterbeats
    @websterbeats 3 года назад +4

    Imo suits in Infinity War and Age Of Ultron looked the worst followed by the suit in IM3. It looked great again in Endgame tho while all the older suits were always fantastic

  • @dusan92kovacevic
    @dusan92kovacevic 3 года назад

    I feel like a part of history. So much innovation and crazy tech went into making it, and we were the witness to the whole process and its evolution.

  • @mako4874
    @mako4874 2 года назад

    as someone who has worked in the film industry- and anyone else in the know - who knows-
    the key to good fx- is the lighting. and iron mans reflections and lighting seperate it from the pack. amazing.

  • @HIMVNSHU
    @HIMVNSHU 3 года назад +4

    2008 VFX were so realistics❤️

  • @prototypelq8574
    @prototypelq8574 3 года назад +4

    In my opinion, suits from the first film are still the best and most believable, because they are weighty and bulky. With each new film, suits become mobile and easier to transport/use/put, which takes away this invicibility feeling from the first film

  • @RobsSHiT
    @RobsSHiT 3 года назад

    The suits in the first iron man, are the greatest ones! They look the most realistic, even better then the ones from endgame and infinity war. Especially that shot where he blows up the tank and walks away!👌 perfection

  • @raviexthegod
    @raviexthegod 3 года назад

    I loved Iron man since I was young and saw the animated cartoon and fell in love with the technical aspect of it.

  • @thefourthfry
    @thefourthfry 3 года назад +6

    The first films showed a seriously realistic iron man and the nanotech suit completely blew that out of the water