Boy, have I got a fight scene for you. Scaramouche (1952) starring Stewart Granger. The final swordfight in the opera house is seven minutes long, filmed in a single take on nine cameras with 600 extras involved. The fight moves through the theater, up onto the balcony, into the lobby and back again. They got it all on the first take. Two people nearly died shooting the scene. It’s classic Errol Flynn style fight choreography on a massive scale.
Random fact: The director of chernobyl, Johan Renck was pretty big in the early 90s in sweden for his music under the stage name Stakka Bo, he then went to directing music videos for Madonna, Suede, Chris Cornell, All Saints, Kylie Minogue, Beyoncé, Robbie Williams, Backyard Babies and David Bowie, he also directed 3 episodes of the hitseries Breaking Bad
AHHHH! It happened! They showed a shot I worked on. I did the blood sim for Rickon getting nailed by the Arrow when I was a Junior FX artist! The studio I was in used Phoenix FD, and the task was made that bit more awkward because the stand in Rickon geometry we had tracked moved quite a bit through the 3D space as he gets shot and falls. So it needed a large simulation grid at very low seperation to get the detail. In the end I think we did a combination of sim blood, and a slight splatter on comped on top to add more and more droplets. I'd do this in Houdini these days and It'd be no bother at all. I'm not 100% if we had any of the oner shot, but we definitely did a bunch of the arrows landing in the other shots. Replaced a lot of tips on weapons like spears and arrows. I for one replaced the tip of a bone knife Tormund drives into Karstark's neck and a few spears poking through the Phalanx. I was also delighted at the time that I rendered a turn around for a spear and the compers used individual frames from the sequence to fill in the background of the phalanx. Just animating them with a transform node in Nuke. Good times!
its worth it there is so much good content on there amazing world of gumball the dark knight trilogy all the dc animated shows and movies + DCEU and the monster universe
Honestly it is a great streaming site. Watchmen, west world, game of thrones are all film quality shows and that’s just the surface of what they offer. They seem to always be adding new shows too and the movies that go straight from theatres to the service are great.
It's the best way to write as well, you shouldn't write a narrative, you should create a character and a world and the story should happen "to" the character not "around" your character. If your character can't react and respond to the situation in a realistic way in the world you created you don't have a good character, it's too shallow.
Oh my God, they litterally mentioned westworld, but didnt do a breakdown. That show has insanely good effects through all 3 seasons. Please do a breakdown.
@@ydid687 tbh I don't get the bashing of season 2. It was even better puzzle that season 1. And season 3 was just a result of everybody being tired of puzzles so they gave us a simple action season
Seeing Tom Scott and Slow Mo Guys in this was something of a surprise, but also wonderful. I'm not a VFX artist nor could I ever be, but I genuinely love this series. Great stuff lads!
@@demonsluger oh I can't mate, failed GCSE IT so no way I could do any of that 😅. Don't have a rig either (just have a smartphone), nevermind one good enough for that. Appreciate the kindness though!
@@likestoospooge you're right they should have instead trashed HBO, told us how horrible the service is, because that would have worked. So much entitlement. Go outside.
From a physics perspective, the shot that stands out as fake is when Jon Snow (on foot) swings his sword at a rider charging him (on horseback), and it’s the rider who goes flying with the impact….
Definitely need to have Nick’s dad, Alex, back more often! He’s awesome with the group, really gives the show an amazing authority, and has some legit enthusiasm!
Thanks for reminding me!! i totally loved that one! it had a great feeling to it that most American movies lack and reminded me why i dislike american filmmaking so much. It wasn't made with an eye on merch and spinoffs, and if it was, they buried it really well. The trolls looked like epic kids crayon drawings of monsters, which made them even more scary.
When I was a kid I was a huge fan of "Movie Magic", and now after decades i found this channel of you people, and all that love and forgotten interest came back to me like a wrecking ball. Thanks for giving me back that fascination, you guys are great!
@@wytho3751 Of course, so real, that people in whole working city walk around with children in the night. Nothing about that movie is real, or historical, and don't give me that "based on actual documents" bs, interpritation of these documents as well as this show were debunked and destroyed by famous russian historian Klim Zhukov and his colleague Dmitri Puchkov, on his youtube channel every episode has its own video, 1 hour long each, it is analyzed and debunked. All I have to say is: Westerners stay the fuck away from our history and culture, you understand none of it.
@@dogbin Did you not watch the last Lovecraft segment? They explained why the fire didn't look that great. Are you coming here to see them shit on shows?
@@DeanS946 They talked about the fire, yes, but the rest looked bad as well. GoT scene had lots of bad stuff in it too. I think we all want honesty from these guys.
@@freakazoid4691 did you want them to talk about the plot in GoT? Or was there something you think was bad cgi wise in the Battle of the Bastards. Genuinely asking.
Eh, I think part of the reason is that LDR is completely CGI. They mostly review visual effects and design that interacts with real footage, where LDR is just pure CGI in most cases. I could have sworn that they've talked about it at least once though.
@@BLUEKOMMEH It's also a show about detailing how they captured certain effects, how they solved certain challenges. The CGI varies a lot between episodes I'd still like to hear them talk about it even if it doesn't perfectly fit their series. People would enjoy it.
You guys brought back Alex! Hell yes. Everyone loved him last time. I don't think I've ever seen a guest get as much love from the CC audience than Alex did. Such an awesome guy and fantastic guest! He needs to be a reoccurring guest.
It's weird. When you first brought him on, I immediately recognised Alex Laurant's name from years of reading end credits and my collection of Cinefex magazines. I was thrilled! And then me mentioned the link to Nick. The whole thing just makes me so happy - Classic FX artist, a link to one of my fav channels - it's wonderful :)
Holy shit it's been years since I've opened a cinefex magazine (I think my parents finally threw mine away). Thanks for the reminder. Good times, those were.
I thought She'd just cross them from one side but she decides to go criss cross and I was like what ? Did they just Roto a scene like that with shadows painted on and particles . 🥂
That afro CGI looked ridiculous, but it really made the world of a difference that they wore an actual afro, to have the right lighting and shadow to make it look realistic.
I really wanna see them do the syfy show "the magicians" there are some really cool vfx shots throughout that show when magic is being cast and for different environments that are crazy good quality for the budget. It would be great to see them break down some.
@@cenciende9401 I mean, I actually really liked the show but whatever. And some of the VFX are genuinely super interesting and I'd like to get expert perspective on.
I don't know, you just glossed over the fact that you said they tied a rope around the horse's head and pulled it in the opposite direction to make it fall. And Niko was gleeful about having that knowledge instead of apologetic.
@@SchrodingersDinger All of that talk of the reactor being able to "explode like a nuke" and "raze Minsk to the ground" and how their "heroic efforts saved the world" was propaganda put out by the Soviet Union to make themselves not look like the incompetent fools they were. The truth is that A) the reactor *could not* explode like a nuke. They literally physically cannot do that. A nuke is designed to release all of the energy in the reaction within a millisecond (or less, ideally). A nuclear reactor is designed to release it as slowly, and as controlled as possible. B) Even if it could explode like that, the size of the explosion they quoted wouldn't even set car alarms off in Minsk, let alone have destroyed the city. Not even Pripyat (I think that's the name), which is basically a stone's throw from the reactor comparatively, would've had more than windows blow out at their quoted detonation. C) The reactor itself, as I recall, isn't what exploded - the steam system did. It over-pressurized and exploded. There was then a later secondary explosion most likely caused by the casing of the rods (I forget the exact metal composition, but it contains a highly alkaline metal) falling into the coolant, but I don't think anyone knows for sure. It bugs me how many people still believe the propaganda from this. This event, along with Three Mile Island (another case of human error, iirc) and Fukushima (not exactly the reactor's fault it was hit by a tsunami and earthquake, and all-in-all survived it pretty well), are what gets quoted as "NUCLEAR BAD COAL GOOD COAL SAFER" etc, when, objectively, nuclear power is one of the safer generators available. Their main downside is storage of spent fuel, but there are ways to mitigate that with designs *not* based on uranium-238.
Back in the day when Battlestar Galactica was on I was convinced they had the best space fights I've ever seen. The scenes were made so well you could feel the intensity and the danger. They felt alive. They fights didn't have the flashiest and the most grandiose CG effects, but there was something that made the simpler, better.
@@elitemook4234 Was just gonna say that. Hardhome was not only the peak of GoT, but one of the best episodes in TV history. Also fun fact, Miguel Sapochnik, who only directed six episodes of GoT, directed both Hardhome and Battle of the Bastards.
You should react to the 90s CGI in the Robin Williams movie "What Dreams May Come". It used special effects in a really creative way that we haven't seen since then. I would love some insight into how they might have created those images.
There's some really cool stuff in that. But one thing drives me CRAZY...if you're shooting an indie in 2005, why would you have your lead wear WHITE on a green screen??? There's spill on her for the entire movie, I don't know why they did that to themselves.
Watching them talk about Chernobyl makes me want to watch not only the HBO miniseries again, but also all of Kyle Hill's Half Life History episodes again, Kyle's narration is just sublime.
There's a practical effects shot in the 1st spy kids where Carmen opens a cabinet and nothing is in there, but less than 5 seconds later it's packed with food and looks naturally placed. I've watched over and over but can't figure it out! Any help? Haha
Looks like the interior of the cabinet would’ve been rapidly replaced with another which already had the food pre-placed and glued there. They might’ve had it set up on a rail, so they could just slide one out and the other one in.
@3:00 I would say that the first time I saw this technique used was in the opening scene in Saving Private Ryan. The shakey, handheld camera, documentary feel shots that moves between the characters was super effective. That scene was so powerful and disturbing, it left me thinking about it for months after I saw it.
Would love to see an episode (series?) on "Puppeters React" - there's a ton of cool practical (or practical/hybrid) creature work from Star Wars, Hellboy, Where The Wild Things Are, et that'd be fun to see covered!
Can you guys take a look at the CG in the movie “No Country for Old Men”. In the early part of the movie where Llewelyn(Josh Brolin) is hunting those deer and they look so good and the lighting looks really good but it’s not until he takes the shot and they ran, then I noticed that the movement looked strange. Can you guys analyze that movie?
I remember finding out that was CGI in a video. Never realised it at all previously. Might be good looking at Coen Brothers in general - O Brother Where Art Thou? was a revolution in digital filmmaking and it's rarely mentioned because it's so subtle.
@@unluckytourist hmm I’ve never heard of that movie. Is it great dialog like no country for old men. That movie is so cool. One of the things I like in that movie is the absence of music in the movie. They don’t use music to set the mood of the scenes. It’s just pure atmospheric sound with great acting. A similar movie is also Jackie brown. Hardly any music
@@keino111689 O Brother Where Art Thou? is like the opposite of No Country For Old Men, a tale heavily inspired by (greek) Homer's Odyssey, just set in 1930s Mississippi. Very funny, a lot of music
technically speaking, we are all processing stimuli from the world around us AFTER it has taken place. The visual image from our eye to brain is milliseconds behind. Pretty trippy when you think about it.
There's a show on HBO MAX called The Valley of tears and it has tank battles. Whenever you see more than two tanks the camera is static but in the last battle the camera moves a lot. Can you explain it to me?
I know this show is mostly based on TV and film, but I feel it would be a cool idea if you guys did a whole episode on music videos. There are really cool VFX used in music videos, both past and present.
@@MC-cp3po yeah but in the end it makes them look like sellouts, hbo pretentious af they should allow criticisms because I saw whole load of bad cgi coming from them
If y'all do another HBO watch, their war miniseries (band of brothers, the Pacific, generation kill) are all fantastic examples of invisible/settings VFX
@@macs2448 that's horrible if they really did that... especially knowing they could have easily done that in post production considering the entire scene was fake...
Suggestion: David Fincher's Zodiac. There's so many VFX shots that are seamless. You've already covered the CG blood spatter but there's so many more that are just clever film making. Goes across many of his films
Have you guys reacted to the effects in the Planet Of The Apes reboot movies? I think you should, especially the effects in the third one are spectacular!
It looks like those photos were from the photo shoot they did a few years ago. Maybe they haven't had time to organize a more recent on. Jordan and Nat came on last year iirc
![Noob To Max With DRAGON REWORK In Blox Fruits [FULL MOVIE]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LnBMOinoOvA/mqdefault.jpg)
Thanks for watching er'body! If you want to watch this entire show from the beginning you can do that here ►
ruclips.net/video/_4WrKeoeZhk/видео.html
Boy, have I got a fight scene for you. Scaramouche (1952) starring Stewart Granger. The final swordfight in the opera house is seven minutes long, filmed in a single take on nine cameras with 600 extras involved. The fight moves through the theater, up onto the balcony, into the lobby and back again. They got it all on the first take. Two people nearly died shooting the scene. It’s classic Errol Flynn style fight choreography on a massive scale.
I'll second that
Do they do the fandango in it?
never heard of it, but i’ll third that
@@Joescotterpuss It's not very very frightening.
@@jonathanrussell482 Only for Galileo, Figaro
Please make Nick's dad a recurring guest, i really liked him!
This is his second visit, I imagine he’ll be coming back a lot
He's great!
He technically is
Thirded, or fourthed, of seventhed or whatever. I totally agree, he's bomb.
I'd sub for that.
The thing i dislike is how fast all these video goes by like i can watch an entire hour long episode of VFX breakdown especially with Alex on the show
They have to plan for longevity. If they break down too much too quickly they'll run out of content and then lose traffic.
You can, but imagine couple million people returning every time for an hour long show? The audience would quarter real quick.
livestream!
@@eric_kelso_ they’ve already repeated some stuff, they’ve covered the Battle of the Bastards in a previous episode
It's because half of their videos are ads.
Random fact: The director of chernobyl, Johan Renck was pretty big in the early 90s in sweden for his music under the stage name Stakka Bo, he then went to directing music videos for Madonna, Suede, Chris Cornell, All Saints, Kylie Minogue, Beyoncé, Robbie Williams, Backyard Babies and David Bowie, he also directed 3 episodes of the hitseries Breaking Bad
It's a shame they did this TV show in English thought.. It takes all the realism away.
Are you his publicist or something?
@@Z4Zman i wish
It sucks how bad the story was though
Holy crap, I remember Stakka Bo!
AHHHH! It happened! They showed a shot I worked on. I did the blood sim for Rickon getting nailed by the Arrow when I was a Junior FX artist!
The studio I was in used Phoenix FD, and the task was made that bit more awkward because the stand in Rickon geometry we had tracked moved quite a bit through the 3D space as he gets shot and falls. So it needed a large simulation grid at very low seperation to get the detail. In the end I think we did a combination of sim blood, and a slight splatter on comped on top to add more and more droplets. I'd do this in Houdini these days and It'd be no bother at all.
I'm not 100% if we had any of the oner shot, but we definitely did a bunch of the arrows landing in the other shots. Replaced a lot of tips on weapons like spears and arrows. I for one replaced the tip of a bone knife Tormund drives into Karstark's neck and a few spears poking through the Phalanx. I was also delighted at the time that I rendered a turn around for a spear and the compers used individual frames from the sequence to fill in the background of the phalanx. Just animating them with a transform node in Nuke. Good times!
Hey that's awesome! thanks for sharing your story!
So as Jr fx artist you worked on very specific plot point deaths?
Nick’s dad is so cool. He needs to be on every episode!
This was the best 19 minute commercial I’ve ever seen. Honestly makes me want HBO Max even more
If you want to watch the shows, you can still pirate them (all due respect to the show makers)
Somewhere because of this comment a 20 year old HBO intern who recommended or vouched for this sponsorship deal... earned their wings.
its worth it there is so much good content on there amazing world of gumball the dark knight trilogy all the dc animated shows and movies + DCEU and the monster universe
Honestly it is a great streaming site. Watchmen, west world, game of thrones are all film quality shows and that’s just the surface of what they offer. They seem to always be adding new shows too and the movies that go straight from theatres to the service are great.
It just speaks to the production value 🤣. Always the silliest flex. You're just bragging about your budget.
“Real life doesn’t have a narrative, things just happen.” Kind of a beautiful quote from Niko there
It's the best way to write as well, you shouldn't write a narrative, you should create a character and a world and the story should happen "to" the character not "around" your character. If your character can't react and respond to the situation in a realistic way in the world you created you don't have a good character, it's too shallow.
Oh my God, they litterally mentioned westworld, but didnt do a breakdown. That show has insanely good effects through all 3 seasons. Please do a breakdown.
Right? And they had Eric on talking about stunts he did for it a while back too.
HBOs catalog is so big I’m sure we’ll get a part 2
sadly the writing isn't after the first season tho
Cthulhu was so little in love craft country…also it sucked
@@ydid687 tbh I don't get the bashing of season 2. It was even better puzzle that season 1. And season 3 was just a result of everybody being tired of puzzles so they gave us a simple action season
Seeing Tom Scott and Slow Mo Guys in this was something of a surprise, but also wonderful.
I'm not a VFX artist nor could I ever be, but I genuinely love this series. Great stuff lads!
As a side note, Gav from the Slow Mo Guys collaborated with them in a few videos.
ofc you can be just download the software and watch some youtube tutorials.
@@demonsluger oh I can't mate, failed GCSE IT so no way I could do any of that 😅. Don't have a rig either (just have a smartphone), nevermind one good enough for that.
Appreciate the kindness though!
@@The_Curious_Cat yeah I remember them
Also the footage from Veritasium's visit to the Pripyat hospital basement was a nice feature...
I really hope Nick's dad is gonna be on more often, he's so cool
If you want a much older film with some surprising effects, I recommend Bride of Frankenstein, especially the scene with Pretorius’ miniature people
Bride of Frankenstein is a classic. One of my all time fave old movies.
YES!!! I was trying so hard to figure out how those were done!!!
Awe man, you guy’s didn’t go over the skin shed of Lovecraft? Was looking forward to seeing how they did that
IMO might have demonetized them because it’s pretty bad ha. And she comes out nude from the process.
No time. They needed to get back to audibly telling us how great HBO is.
@@likestoospooge you're right they should have instead trashed HBO, told us how horrible the service is, because that would have worked. So much entitlement. Go outside.
@@aaronchamberlain4698 that may be true, but they could have blurred out the nekkid parts or just show the face.
@@Kevin-yw5qr There is a way to be subtle in advertising. You don’t have to say every show is your favorite which is obviously bullsh*t.
a hardcore henry scene breakdown would be cool that movie needs some love
Interesting, that would be cool.
I agree
Awesome movie
From a physics perspective, the shot that stands out as fake is when Jon Snow (on foot) swings his sword at a rider charging him (on horseback), and it’s the rider who goes flying with the impact….
Absolutely.
Super janky.
Definitely need to have Nick’s dad, Alex, back more often! He’s awesome with the group, really gives the show an amazing authority, and has some legit enthusiasm!
I love Alex's takes very poignant. Also, his voice is very soothing.
Nicks Dad suddenly wears Niko's T-shirt in here versus the VFX Artists reacts to THE MUMMY video.
hehehehehehehehe
SANDERRRRRR
wait... NICK'S dad?!!?! This entire time I thought it was Wren's dad. They look so similar!!!!
@@3yp0n yeah did you not see the last video with him? It was pretty good
Who the fuck is Nick?
@@eliasripley2357 do you even watch this channel? :0 No worries if not! Its the great Nick Laraunt :3
You guys should React to the CGI trolls from the Norwegian movie Trollhunter!
Thanks for reminding me!! i totally loved that one! it had a great feeling to it that most American movies lack and reminded me why i dislike american filmmaking so much. It wasn't made with an eye on merch and spinoffs, and if it was, they buried it really well. The trolls looked like epic kids crayon drawings of monsters, which made them even more scary.
Agreed!
Yes, I loved that film! It's even more incredible that it was created on such a small budget.
There was good animation in that. The scene with armor dude on the bridge they did a good job incorporating the creature into the line action plate.
Why problem make when you no problem have you don't want to make?
When I was a kid I was a huge fan of "Movie Magic", and now after decades i found this channel of you people, and all that love and forgotten interest came back to me like a wrecking ball. Thanks for giving me back that fascination, you guys are great!
Chernobyl is honestly one of the most chilling series I've ever seen
Real history. Real monsters. Real magic. Idk how folks can watch it and not feel a sense of powerlessness, awe, and horror.
@@wytho3751 are you describing Chernobyl? If so then it isn't what I thought it was.
@@wytho3751 Of course, so real, that people in whole working city walk around with children in the night. Nothing about that movie is real, or historical, and don't give me that "based on actual documents" bs, interpritation of these documents as well as this show were debunked and destroyed by famous russian historian Klim Zhukov and his colleague Dmitri Puchkov, on his youtube channel every episode has its own video, 1 hour long each, it is analyzed and debunked.
All I have to say is: Westerners stay the fuck away from our history and culture, you understand none of it.
@@trueomen5017 ok.
Yup one of the best series on HBO! Up there with True Detective. Skarsgard was great.
Those nuclear cells moving was the most horrifying thing I ever seen.
Such a fantastic, terrifying piece of cinema.
scarier than a horror movie!
Meh. Not great, not terrible.
The Thing U telling Seems Chirstopher nolan Seeing Kids Movies XD These guys are pros So Music videos Not that Much Educative Understand
“Hide yo kids, hide yo wife!” “HIDE YO KIDS, HIDE YO WIFE!!!”
Came to the comments to find this, not disappointed.
But do subscribe
And most random award goes to 🏆
Smart of HBO to see that sponsoring this is a good opportunity
Yes, I wonder why they had absolutely nothing negative to say about any of it.
@@dogbin only me who taught the second series the show looked like a PlayStation game it didn't look real at all XD
@@dogbin Did you not watch the last Lovecraft segment? They explained why the fire didn't look that great. Are you coming here to see them shit on shows?
@@DeanS946 They talked about the fire, yes, but the rest looked bad as well. GoT scene had lots of bad stuff in it too. I think we all want honesty from these guys.
@@freakazoid4691 did you want them to talk about the plot in GoT? Or was there something you think was bad cgi wise in the Battle of the Bastards. Genuinely asking.
At this point, I'm convinced they're ignoring Love, Death & Robots just for the lulz XD
Eh, I think part of the reason is that LDR is completely CGI. They mostly review visual effects and design that interacts with real footage, where LDR is just pure CGI in most cases. I could have sworn that they've talked about it at least once though.
”Hey guys, today we’re going to break down some Love, Death & Robots for you…it’s all CG” *end video*
@@BLUEKOMMEH It's also a show about detailing how they captured certain effects, how they solved certain challenges. The CGI varies a lot between episodes I'd still like to hear them talk about it even if it doesn't perfectly fit their series. People would enjoy it.
@@TheTechDweller True, and they could also make it into another Animator's react vid instead of a VFX one
Waiting for that Netflix sponsorship
You guys brought back Alex! Hell yes. Everyone loved him last time. I don't think I've ever seen a guest get as much love from the CC audience than Alex did. Such an awesome guy and fantastic guest! He needs to be a reoccurring guest.
Agreed!
Not doing a breakdown on the skin shed effect on Lovecraft Country is a huge miss. Hope to see it on a future episode.
That effect is digusting XD
@@hollandscottthomas oh yeah, unbelievably gross.
Yea that's what I was waiting for. We definitely need that for a future episode
Speaking of respect for history: Can you do Master and Commander, the far side of the world?
After all Surprise is on our side
I second that
Stand tall on the quarter deck son. Always
I love O'Brian's series. Lovely historical fiction.
One of my top five for sure
Would you all ever “break down” music videos? That could be a whole fun thing.
Only when someone pays them to do it
didn't they break down one of lil nas x's music videos or something
@@FrostyFoxGamingIGM yeah because their friend Mike Diva directed it
Great idea!
I'm sure whenever they can fit it into a good theme
Please do a VFX artists’ reaction video to Aliens (by James Cameron): some of the best old-school effects ever captured on film!
Yes!! 👽👽🔥
But thats all phyiscal props. Corridor just do crappy 3d.
Yes!
@@TheKodiak72 someone hasn't watched the show for very long 🧐
They should do the entire Alien Quadrilogy. The transition between the practical effects of 1-2 and the early CGI in 3-4 is pretty cool.
It's weird. When you first brought him on, I immediately recognised Alex Laurant's name from years of reading end credits and my collection of Cinefex magazines. I was thrilled! And then me mentioned the link to Nick. The whole thing just makes me so happy - Classic FX artist, a link to one of my fav channels - it's wonderful :)
Holy shit it's been years since I've opened a cinefex magazine (I think my parents finally threw mine away). Thanks for the reminder. Good times, those were.
I would love to see The Wicher Series when Yenn freezes the dwarfs in place and walks passed them.
I thought She'd just cross them from one side but she decides to go criss cross and I was like what ?
Did they just Roto a scene like that with shadows painted on and particles . 🥂
That afro CGI looked ridiculous, but it really made the world of a difference that they wore an actual afro, to have the right lighting and shadow to make it look realistic.
Hey man
its fantasy and sci-fi, its kind of supposed to be "ridiculous"
just some guy without a life
Man we watch all the same people bruv how
You again
Just gotta say that Alex has been a great guest!
Alex is a great addition. The sponsor is so organic, I hope they make it a regular thing. You rock, Corridor!
8:36 the model prop looks so goofy and happy, he has a big axolotl smile and I love it.
"In my humble (sponsored by HBOMAX) opinion" lmao
Nah but fr that was amazing haha 😄
Let's be honest tho, it is the best battle scene on TV yet! For real!
Lmfao
@@FaresDjebbar No.
Yes I also enjoy quality HBO MAX™ entertainment
I’d love a reaction to the CGI in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3
Yes Tobey is the best
Actually better, the CGI in all of Raimi's Spider-Man. The second movie is a ton of fun to look at.
That sandman scene is a cgi masterclass.
Love that Alex is back! Nothing beats real world experience at the levels he's had!
I really wanna see them do the syfy show "the magicians" there are some really cool vfx shots throughout that show when magic is being cast and for different environments that are crazy good quality for the budget. It would be great to see them break down some.
No thank you, that piece of crap show doesn't deserve the recognition even if there is some stuff to look at.
@@cenciende9401 I mean, I actually really liked the show but whatever. And some of the VFX are genuinely super interesting and I'd like to get expert perspective on.
The first Underworld movie is a gold mine for clips.
Bonus, Kate Beckinsale 🥰
Strange that they still haven't broken it down yet 👀
I love the voice of Alex. It is just making me happy for no reason.
He sounds like he’d be a very good narrator.
I'd like to see a reaction to the evolution of the Geico gecko.
Woah, that’s a cool idea
Cool idea! Could include the Chevron cars done by the great Aardman Animation, and when they moved from stop motion to cgi.
Great idea! I remember being amazed at the animation and modeling at a certain iteration, but never looked back at it.
I don't know, you just glossed over the fact that you said they tied a rope around the horse's head and pulled it in the opposite direction to make it fall. And Niko was gleeful about having that knowledge instead of apologetic.
Chernobyl is great, RIP Paul Ritter!
PaUl Ritter. Great, not terrible.
@@ramonandrajo6348 I don't recall the show showing the Soviet Union any favor.
@@ramonandrajo6348 you really enjoy being a prick... All of your friends must love you...
@@SchrodingersDinger All of that talk of the reactor being able to "explode like a nuke" and "raze Minsk to the ground" and how their "heroic efforts saved the world" was propaganda put out by the Soviet Union to make themselves not look like the incompetent fools they were. The truth is that A) the reactor *could not* explode like a nuke. They literally physically cannot do that. A nuke is designed to release all of the energy in the reaction within a millisecond (or less, ideally). A nuclear reactor is designed to release it as slowly, and as controlled as possible. B) Even if it could explode like that, the size of the explosion they quoted wouldn't even set car alarms off in Minsk, let alone have destroyed the city. Not even Pripyat (I think that's the name), which is basically a stone's throw from the reactor comparatively, would've had more than windows blow out at their quoted detonation. C) The reactor itself, as I recall, isn't what exploded - the steam system did. It over-pressurized and exploded. There was then a later secondary explosion most likely caused by the casing of the rods (I forget the exact metal composition, but it contains a highly alkaline metal) falling into the coolant, but I don't think anyone knows for sure.
It bugs me how many people still believe the propaganda from this. This event, along with Three Mile Island (another case of human error, iirc) and Fukushima (not exactly the reactor's fault it was hit by a tsunami and earthquake, and all-in-all survived it pretty well), are what gets quoted as "NUCLEAR BAD COAL GOOD COAL SAFER" etc, when, objectively, nuclear power is one of the safer generators available. Their main downside is storage of spent fuel, but there are ways to mitigate that with designs *not* based on uranium-238.
@@SchrodingersDinger Seconding this. I think the line "That is how an RBMK reactor core
explodes.
.. Lies." was pretty on the nose...
BRING ALEX ON MORE VIDEOS!!! He's the most awesome dad ever and his insight and experience is a gift to us
Back in the day when Battlestar Galactica was on I was convinced they had the best space fights I've ever seen. The scenes were made so well you could feel the intensity and the danger. They felt alive. They fights didn't have the flashiest and the most grandiose CG effects, but there was something that made the simpler, better.
You guys should react to the legend of Zelda fan film titled “Terrible Fate” it has some really interesting effects that I think you guys would like.
Duuude I love that film!
Curse of the Black Pearl.
Dead Man’s Chest.
At Worlds End.
‘Ye know what to do.
It's a shame that the Battle of the Bastards was where Game of Thrones peaked, but, damn what an episode to fall from.
Na, man. Hardhome was where it peaked.
@@elitemook4234 Was just gonna say that. Hardhome was not only the peak of GoT, but one of the best episodes in TV history. Also fun fact, Miguel Sapochnik, who only directed six episodes of GoT, directed both Hardhome and Battle of the Bastards.
@@ashb7 luckily the guy who directed hardhome, battle of the bastards and winds of winter is doing the new house of the dragon prequel show
nah season 4 was peak
@@phatlewt2932 exactly after that was just pure decline in writing. Characters getting ruined and plot holes everywhere.
Breaking down Band of Brothers and The Pacific would be amazing.
You should react to the 90s CGI in the Robin Williams movie "What Dreams May Come". It used special effects in a really creative way that we haven't seen since then. I would love some insight into how they might have created those images.
Yes. Agreed!
I agree. Some of those scenes were crazy. That river of faces or people if I am not wrong. That was crazy!
+1
Good shout!
Mirror Mask. Yall, it's INSANE. the WHOLE MOVIE. it's TRIPPY. PLEASE.
YES
I legit watched it the other day again, is definitely a odd movie and would be great if they reacted to it
There's some really cool stuff in that. But one thing drives me CRAZY...if you're shooting an indie in 2005, why would you have your lead wear WHITE on a green screen??? There's spill on her for the entire movie, I don't know why they did that to themselves.
@@WeeklyComedian Right!? I just... I have so many questions about that movie and I hope they look at it some day because I am curious for more takes.
Watching them talk about Chernobyl makes me want to watch not only the HBO miniseries again, but also all of Kyle Hill's Half Life History episodes again, Kyle's narration is just sublime.
The horses running into each other looks like they used Euphoria physics
It's good to have an "older" set of eyes on the react couch. Gives some added perspective from someone who's worked in the industry.
There's a practical effects shot in the 1st spy kids where Carmen opens a cabinet and nothing is in there, but less than 5 seconds later it's packed with food and looks naturally placed. I've watched over and over but can't figure it out! Any help? Haha
When you rewatch the scene to figure it out and also for nostalgia 😂😂
Looks like the interior of the cabinet would’ve been rapidly replaced with another which already had the food pre-placed and glued there. They might’ve had it set up on a rail, so they could just slide one out and the other one in.
I see you double comments
I cant find the scene what should I search?
Bruh, sorry but... That's not that hard to do. 🥲
I always like it when a different channel I love shows up in someone else's video. Hi, Tom! 😁
For HBO stuff, "Band of Brothers, and its sister series of "The Pacific" are both well deserving of a look.
Yep. They both have great effects. Both computer and practical.
Wren: "Hide your kids and your wife." So good 😂
😂😂good thing he didn’t say the next line
Nick's dad clearly didn't know the reference.
Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Generation Kill... Go!
@3:00 I would say that the first time I saw this technique used was in the opening scene in Saving Private Ryan. The shakey, handheld camera, documentary feel shots that moves between the characters was super effective. That scene was so powerful and disturbing, it left me thinking about it for months after I saw it.
I want Alex to be a regular on this show
Niko: Battle of the Bastards is the best battle on film
Return of the king: *Doubt*
Yep, LoTR stands quite well even after so many years
Battle of the bastards is ok, but any big fight in braveheart or waterloo is superior just because there is no CGI. ROTK is great too.
Yeah the HBO shilling was blatant.
He was so careful to qualify it as just opinion, but here you've done exactly what he didn't and outright stating another battle IS the best
I prefer helms deep
Would love to see an episode (series?) on "Puppeters React" - there's a ton of cool practical (or practical/hybrid) creature work from Star Wars, Hellboy, Where The Wild Things Are, et that'd be fun to see covered!
The Dark Crystal series!!!!
Team America 😅
Jurassic Park's had some puppets too, now that I think of it. (Including one puppeteer you can see in the movie!)
Nick's dad is awesome, his takes are perfect and his interactions with niko and wren are just 👌🏽 keep him coming please
Can you guys take a look at the CG in the movie “No Country for Old Men”. In the early part of the movie where Llewelyn(Josh Brolin) is hunting those deer and they look so good and the lighting looks really good but it’s not until he takes the shot and they ran, then I noticed that the movement looked strange. Can you guys analyze that movie?
I remember finding out that was CGI in a video. Never realised it at all previously. Might be good looking at Coen Brothers in general - O Brother Where Art Thou? was a revolution in digital filmmaking and it's rarely mentioned because it's so subtle.
@@unluckytourist hmm I’ve never heard of that movie. Is it great dialog like no country for old men. That movie is so cool. One of the things I like in that movie is the absence of music in the movie. They don’t use music to set the mood of the scenes. It’s just pure atmospheric sound with great acting. A similar movie is also Jackie brown. Hardly any music
@@keino111689 O Brother Where Art Thou? is like the opposite of No Country For Old Men, a tale heavily inspired by (greek) Homer's Odyssey, just set in 1930s Mississippi. Very funny, a lot of music
@@AccAkut1987 ok cool. I’ll check that out.
its weird to call the 80s history, but its genuinely been that long now
and to think i own 4 cars from the mid 80...
To be fair history is not required to be old it just means the past like something you searched on google yesterday is still called history
History is what happened 1 second ago.
Stop making me feel old!
technically speaking, we are all processing stimuli from the world around us AFTER it has taken place. The visual image from our eye to brain is milliseconds behind. Pretty trippy when you think about it.
Poor guy, he’s gonna be called nicks dad for a long time.
LOVED seeing Nick's dad again. I also love that we're all out here calling him Nick's Dad.
Nicks dad sounds like a Jeff Goldbum variant
I think it would be interesting to look at the VFX in “His Dark Materials” and contrast them with those in “The Golden Compass” movie.
They have done it all ready
I think they already have in a previous episode
Chernobyl was truly so great. Instant classic. I appreciate the dedication to history and accuracy. Amazing work
Pretty cool to hear Wren's fav effect from Watchmen was Looking Glass' mask. I was an animator on the mask effect.
There's a show on HBO MAX called The Valley of tears and it has tank battles. Whenever you see more than two tanks the camera is static but in the last battle the camera moves a lot. Can you explain it to me?
I know this show is mostly based on TV and film, but I feel it would be a cool idea if you guys did a whole episode on music videos. There are really cool VFX used in music videos, both past and present.
I wish they'd react to more bad cgi. This series has become "VFX artists talk about their favorite cgi"
Yeah they should’ve just called this “vfx artists ignore bad cgi” or “vfx artists react to great cgi”
Well this one was for HBO, so you didn't really expect them to point out a lot of bad things, did you?
This was sponsored by HBO, so they’re not going to slate it are they? Fool
@@MC-cp3po yeah but in the end it makes them look like sellouts, hbo pretentious af they should allow criticisms because I saw whole load of bad cgi coming from them
I love the fact that they often feature other youtubers I am subscribed to's content, and it just feels like a big youtube friend group.
Not an HBO suggestion but how about that Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie??? Could be for the CGI or the downright silly fight scenes.
Episode 41 covers it a bit
I think they did that already
The Crew wouldn’t be doing this if they didn’t think this was all high quality VFX. HBO has been crushing it for years.
They just conveniently did not mention any bad vfx at all
Hob paid for praise
@@downaquarist2781 true but they did tall about the voxels issue
“In my opinion the battle of the bastards is the best battle ever put on screen”
Laughs in The Battle of Helm’s Deep
And/or return of the king as well
i love nicks dad alex!!! literally brings so much insight and genuine joy in every video. please bring him on for more!!!
If y'all do another HBO watch, their war miniseries (band of brothers, the Pacific, generation kill) are all fantastic examples of invisible/settings VFX
THIS is what advertising is nowadays... got me interested in Lovecraft Country... gotta check that out now...
So they actually yanked that horses head around like that?...
Right? That can't feel very nice for the horse. My neck hurts knowing that.
@@macs2448 that's horrible if they really did that... especially knowing they could have easily done that in post production considering the entire scene was fake...
Nikos intelligence in each episode never ceases to amaze me.
Suggestion: David Fincher's Zodiac. There's so many VFX shots that are seamless. You've already covered the CG blood spatter but there's so many more that are just clever film making. Goes across many of his films
When will we get a rundown on Kung Fu Panda bridge fight against Tai Lung for both animation and stunts
I could watch endless videos talking about HBO Chernobyl, it made such an impact on so many aspects
There's an 80's movie called The Stuff. It's amazing with some old school amazing effects.
Jon should have been yelling 'serpentine' the whole time Rickon was getting shot at.
You should react to the fights in Cobra Kai. They are surprisingly good, specially when compared to the 80s movie
Niiice! I really enjoy when y’all bring Alex on!
Have you guys reacted to the effects in the Planet Of The Apes reboot movies?
I think you should, especially the effects in the third one are spectacular!
React to Starship Troopers!! I think the bug CGI still looks good now.
Because the animator who did the starship trooper is the same guy behind the Jurassic park
@@Dondingdingding Phil Tippet. I know. I always wanted this channel to react to ST, maybe even include him in the video.
Chernobyl is the most realistic chilling series I have ever seen. VFX enhanced it to another level.
Hell yes to the return of Alex!
Would be amazing for the Audio peeps in the industry to do an "SFX Artists React" episode or series!
Why is Clint still in the end card, but not Peter, Jordan or Nat?
They probably just haven’t gotten around to shooting a new photo for everyone
It looks like those photos were from the photo shoot they did a few years ago. Maybe they haven't had time to organize a more recent on. Jordan and Nat came on last year iirc
They haven't completed the blood ritual yet
@@vividandlucid XD