I love seeing the animatronics from movies like this. It makes things so much more real. It's easier for the actors to put themselves in the position of their character rather than having to think up the monster. I'd take animatronics over CGI any day.
Really, the best special effects are a combo of practical effects and CGI. Purely CGI and the overall look and texture doesn't look realistic, purely practical effects and the camera shots have limitations. Best if you operate an animatronic puppet for the first shot, then later crop out the control rods, add CG details and movements, and enhance the lighting to help it "blend" with the real things.
They did that for Mad Max and Men in Black right? And those mix of effects really worked out well. There should really be more films blending the two for the best effect :)
actually the best is when even the trained eye can't spot the effect being used. as you said practical effects have their limits, CGI does too, they're just tools. a movie like jurassic park who has been made blending both tech (and actually far less CGI than people might think nowadays) it doesn't age nearly as much. not to mention, it'll be an absolute shame for the practical SFX industry to disapear, guys like Stan Wiston, Phil Tippet, Rob Bottin, Rick Baker, Tom Savini and the like are absolute national treasures.
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This must be one of the best animatronic ever made ! When you mix real art of a powerful artist and animatronics workers you can't be wrong. CGI never gonna beat real life performance and the Queen is there to remind us !
+Jonathan Klein Both has their ups and downs. CGI is kind of overused, but you can't really say that one is really better than another, as both are completely different techniques.
I think a combo of CGI and practical effects makes a great movie. Like the first Jurassic Park! The scene of the T-Rex escaping the paddock and attacking the car with the kids in it was a combo of CGI and practical effects. I had to BEG my mom as a kid to see it and she was reluctant due to how "expensive" it was. After the credits my mom announced it was worth the price of admission!
I love seeing Paul Anderson being so excited in this, he's just so transparent about the whole thing, just a big kid making a monster movie. I'll bet this was the most fun of all the Alien movies to work on. ...was it? Yeah, I'm officially asking, you guys have worked on all but two of them, which set had the most congenial working environment? And also, why the hell *didn't* you work on Prometheus?
I love the Queen ADI built for this movie, she looks great! Also, seems to be on the nice side when not acting - that birthday-cake presentation made me laugh, have never seen THAT one before. :-)
Makes me proud and happy at the same time, that some studios even can get shit done without CGI. But apparently Alien/s and Predator/s (the first 2 Pred movies, the 2010 not though) are the only movies still loved, still being watched and still being shown sometimes in free tv and that for decades. If i remember correctly, the first Alien movie was in 1979. So, in 3 years this franchise can celebrate it's 40th "birthday"...Cool.
OMG that was amazing! Watched every second of it! Man if I could play in a movie like that and get to know the aliens and predators more that would be Awsome ...
My goal in life is to work on a set with an animatronic just like this, but at the same time, I'm not sure any work would get done, I might be too busy crying my eyes out at how amazing it is to be there, in the presence of such a thing of beauty, of such a gestalt masterpiece of imagination, ingenuity, and grunt work.
The best thing about AVP were definitely the visuals and alien animatronics themselves. They looked so real and that alien vs predator fight was awesome too.
There are points where it looks like a real animal on set because it's movements look so natural. I love animatronics and puppets, it always looks so neat on film.
she has to be, to match the agility n speed of the predator. imagine what it would be like if they used the fat alien queen design from aliens. the predator will run 10 circles around her bfor she catches up.
It's like playing with a HUGE animatronic toy. A very creepy and awesome animatronic toy. I love when Alien films have practical effects, yet my dream would be to see a functional animatronic Xenomorph in the flesh and wires.
i want that robot in my room the queen looks so awsome hope you make more awsome videos good luck but i don't know why this channel has just 110 000 subs they make so cool videos and put so much time into it i just don't get it
I love seeing the animatronics from movies like this. It makes things so much more real. It's easier for the actors to put themselves in the position of their character rather than having to think up the monster. I'd take animatronics over CGI any day.
Really, the best special effects are a combo of practical effects and CGI. Purely CGI and the overall look and texture doesn't look realistic, purely practical effects and the camera shots have limitations. Best if you operate an animatronic puppet for the first shot, then later crop out the control rods, add CG details and movements, and enhance the lighting to help it "blend" with the real things.
They did that for Mad Max and Men in Black right? And those mix of effects really worked out well. There should really be more films blending the two for the best effect :)
actually the best is when even the trained eye can't spot the effect being used. as you said practical effects have their limits, CGI does too, they're just tools.
a movie like jurassic park who has been made blending both tech (and actually far less CGI than people might think nowadays) it doesn't age nearly as much.
not to mention, it'll be an absolute shame for the practical SFX industry to disapear, guys like Stan Wiston, Phil Tippet, Rob Bottin, Rick Baker, Tom Savini and the like are absolute national treasures.
Here's some FUN BEHIND THE SCENES footage we recently found of THE ALIEN QUEEN. We wanted to share this FIRST with you, our most AWESOME supporters... as a THANK YOU. ALL of our videos will be available to you (before anyone else/released to the public), here on GOOGLE+!. THANKS, AGAIN and please keep the comments and questions coming! Let us know what you'd like to see more of!
seems pretty quiet for being a huge mechanic puppet, is it hydraulic?
where is that queen now?
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The little hisses from the hydraulics are actually very fitting and sound like alien breath, hah
yeah then they add a tiny bit cgi into the mix and it sounds louder and better
Gambit cgi doesnt add sound . idiot
Yes, that was genius given the cold environment.
Maybe they should use some of those sounds and distort em to use for the movie.
Love the derpy moment at the end with the birthday cake. Very amusing :-)
This must be one of the best animatronic ever made ! When you mix real art of a powerful artist and animatronics workers you can't be wrong. CGI never gonna beat real life performance and the Queen is there to remind us !
Absolutely beautiful work there... Really loved that movie, too.
Wow... even with the Xenomorph Queen, she has a heart, and the cake isn't a lie. GlaDoS, does your cruelty know no bounds?
DarkCyberElf (Mylon Requiem) Hehe shes beatifull!
Although it's covered in drool
Animatronics are way better than CGI
+Jonathan Klein Agreed
+Jonathan Klein Both has their ups and downs. CGI is kind of overused, but you can't really say that one is really better than another, as both are completely different techniques.
I think a combo of CGI and practical effects makes a great movie.
Like the first Jurassic Park!
The scene of the T-Rex escaping the paddock and attacking the car with the kids in it was a combo of CGI and practical effects.
I had to BEG my mom as a kid to see it and she was reluctant due to how "expensive" it was.
After the credits my mom announced it was worth the price of admission!
Agree, yes so far.
Totally worth the price of admission ! even for just one T-rex scream on Dolby Suround ;)
I love seeing Paul Anderson being so excited in this, he's just so transparent about the whole thing, just a big kid making a monster movie. I'll bet this was the most fun of all the Alien movies to work on.
...was it? Yeah, I'm officially asking, you guys have worked on all but two of them, which set had the most congenial working environment?
And also, why the hell *didn't* you work on Prometheus?
Imagine waking up in the morning opening the curtains to find her highness standing there
I would be pleased
Is it how you are with the daleks. :D
AssHeadMgee who wouldn't
HARD
What an amazing set this must have been. I would have loved to have stood next to that. So great.
The puppeteers should have made Queenie look like she was interacting with the film crew lol
Amazing technology you built there, props to the team!
Such an impressive animatronic in so many ways... scale, range of motion, and detail. Fantastic work!
Meet her on set she was such a sweetheart kindest actress I ever meet
I love the Queen ADI built for this movie, she looks great! Also, seems to be on the nice side when not acting - that birthday-cake presentation made me laugh, have never seen THAT one before. :-)
When she goes up to the queen with the spear, I just started laughing. The queen itself looks great though.
HER MAJESTY simply is B-E-A-UTIFUL !!! :-)
I wish they did more effects like this now days.
It's happening;)!!!
Aww! She got her own cake! :3 I love her. She so beautiful, majestic, and CUDDLY!!!
Bruh you could prank so many people in the middle of the night with this 😂😂😂
Makes me proud and happy at the same time, that some studios even can get shit done without CGI.
But apparently Alien/s and Predator/s (the first 2 Pred movies, the 2010 not though) are the only movies still loved, still being watched and still being shown sometimes in free tv and that for decades.
If i remember correctly, the first Alien movie was in 1979.
So, in 3 years this franchise can celebrate it's 40th "birthday"...Cool.
OMG that was amazing! Watched every second of it! Man if I could play in a movie like that and get to know the aliens and predators more that would be Awsome ...
No question one of the most frighting movie monsters in film history !
Happy birthday john🎊🎉🎂🎁🎭
i must admit this is actually more fascinating than the actual movie scene ;-)
who want this as a wedding gift?!
* Hand shoots up *
Me I want it holding the cake
such a damn cool anamatronic, and i love the xenomorphs
It's just amazing how they make her look so lifelike!
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I have always wanted to see this stuff!!!
My goal in life is to work on a set with an animatronic just like this, but at the same time, I'm not sure any work would get done, I might be too busy crying my eyes out at how amazing it is to be there, in the presence of such a thing of beauty, of such a gestalt masterpiece of imagination, ingenuity, and grunt work.
The dream and nightmare of an action figure collector...
The best thing about AVP were definitely the visuals and alien animatronics themselves.
They looked so real and that alien vs predator fight was awesome too.
6:31 Omg an Alien Queen giving cake! XD
Paul Anderson needs to make another "Event Horizon" type movie.
Best visual Queen to date!!
Everybody gangsta until the real gangsta starts to walk
This is so cool. Love to have this in my yard. 😀
Wow, remember when FX looked real because it WAS real?
So cool, so much behind this.
They have done a good job and with the filmmusic it is much more scarier. ;-)
Amazing piece of movie history =)
This is why the movie was ..no IS such an amazing film, still to this day because they used animatronics & men in suits. So freaking cool!
There are points where it looks like a real animal on set because it's movements look so natural. I love animatronics and puppets, it always looks so neat on film.
Fantastic!! Keep em' coming :)
Goes in my garage, thanks.☕😄
Amazing work.
Oh my god, so life like! It's like it's CG
WOW ! it's almost ten years ago
I wonder how will it make in the future
***** ?
Is it wrong that I find her kinda cute
Nope, I do too :P
+Elliott Dove SAME??? But i like Female Muto better :D
ok this is really wrong ._.?
puddles pug Shes beatifull!!
puddles pug uhh no no it isn’t. I find it cute too.
Dafq
WoW that queen must brush a lot everyday!
This is freaking awesome
this is so cool im a big fan of the movies
I'm dying about how cute the end bit was
Yes she was holding the cake
fantastic job
I want to put an alien queen on my roof, like a gargoyle.
I liked AVP1 alot, part 2 had great FX and some good story elements.
THIS IS AMAZING
Shes so beautiful, and in her new reincarnation she looks much more agil and predatory-like than in aliens
she has to be, to match the agility n speed of the predator. imagine what it would be like if they used the fat alien queen design from aliens. the predator will run 10 circles around her bfor she catches up.
It's like playing with a HUGE animatronic toy. A very creepy and awesome animatronic toy. I love when Alien films have practical effects, yet my dream would be to see a functional animatronic Xenomorph in the flesh and wires.
So nice I love the queen
lol Love the birthday cake part ^^ 6:30
LOVE THIS!
woooo amo esta pelicula los mejores de los mejores
dont ya love how the alien holds the cake for him
but drools on it
meh its cake
Guys, love your faces at 5:22, you're both 200% in it. :)
how much did it cost to make her??
Beautiful
I would be scared shitless if i would interact with that or just stand next to it 😂
But its amazing at the same time
Movie magic at it's finest
This is so cool.
see THIS is how you make a movie hollywood
THIS IS HOW
you just got to use SOME cgi
very good
Cool queen did good job on movie
I wonder how much that order cost. Like, was it anywhere near a mil. for that? I have no idea.
If I was there is person, I'd be shitting bricks...
She's a beauty!
awesome !!!
What did they do with the enormous animatronic xenomorph Queen after they were done filming? Some nerd would pay millions for that thing.
lol the alien keen is saying do you want ancake? XD XD XD XD
I love The queen
i hear around the video in bacground a lot of czech langue people. where it was filmed?
WONDERFULL
i want that robot in my room the queen looks so awsome hope you make more awsome videos good luck
but i don't know why this channel has just 110 000 subs they make so cool videos and put so much time into it i just don't get it
All hail to the queen
at the ending was the alien holding a birthday cake?? i havent seen the movie yet so.... :C
They just don't make em like this anymore..
My dog looks just like that.
If I ever get a giant house, I want a queen and at least 3 soldiers in my hallway, working with sound!!!
Why is crue using old television tube monitors and not flat lcds?
Nice job.
real queen alen
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Anyone know the provenance of this Queen? Is she from a human?
woooow i bet this took a lot of work *_*