Back to the Future | VFXcool (2/2)

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Unless otherwise indicated, all footage and images used to illustrate this video essay are property of Universal Pictures, Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic.
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[@marcan42]

Oh, the irony of explaining a split-screen effect with a 3D animated actor. Captain, I salute you.

[@DarthDesigner]

What are you talking about? Ami is real v.v

[@XenMaster]

I can see how you would think it's a 3D animated actor. But that was the whole trick. The SECOND Ami was just the FIRST Ami filmed TWICE.

[@AmaranthOriginal]

XD

[@Doan84]

+XenMaster he clearly didn't watch the video explaining how it works.

[@on_certainty]

i have no idea what you're talking about

[@MOSMASTERING]

1:55 "every corner drug store.. a little hard to come by" A nod to Doc Brown when he mentions getting plutonium in 1955.

[@brettvv7475]

I love the "Easter eggs" that CD puts in these videos.

[@MohnishDhangar]

Its 2020 and plutonium is still not available at every corner drug store.

[@ceselb]

You need to know the secret handshake. They keep it under the counter.

[@predawngaming7279]

You do know he said web store?

[@giberic]

did you know in this video when he mentions 'Back to the Future' this is a subtle nod to the film trilogy 'Back to the Future' by Spielberg and Zemeckis

[@BruceForte]

So, how did Ami high-five Captain D? We all know that Captain D is just a CG character composited into the real world.

[@sciblastofficial9833]

Bruce Forte He's not CGI. He's a robot made by Industrial Light, and the top half of his head is makeup to make him look like a human

[@banjobill8420]

I know this is a year old and a joke at that but the cgi avatar is composited ovee the real person.

[@drobnoxius9483]

No she's real

[@KaityKat117]

@@drobnoxius9483 "She"? We're talking about CD. He's the CG one. It's pretty obvious, dude.

[@joerym.9750]

Bruce Forte i got confused about the slate how he handed it over

[@danxepha4535]

7:30 The little bump/bounce as the Delorean lands that starts with the model on the right and seamlessly continues with the real Delorean to the left of the lamp post is such a nice touch. It really makes it look so realistic. It would have been much easier to have it land flat but they went to that extra effort to really sell the effect. Brilliant stuff.

[@jackkraken3888]

I'm jealous of Ami. Its probably cheap for her to go to any country in the world, she just emails herself.

[@androognoix1685]

Jack Kraken no she physically needs to be there for motion capture

[@blew1t]

what? no? what makes you say that?

[@Quandale-Dingle]

@@androognoix1685 r/woosh

[@azertycraftgaming]

@@Quandale-Dingle r/ihavereddit

[@blew1t]

@@Quandale-Dingle you're the whoooosh here, bucko. also, you misspelled whoooosh.

[@GrimGearheart]

03:02, that moment when you realize just how far Captain D has come. But then you immediately remember it's Captain D and have to wonder how much of that sound stage is actually real. Well done, Captain.

[@titan8990]

I just assumed none of it was real.

[@MoneyManHolmes]

I'm thinking the car at the end was real, but it's Captain D so I still have a good bit of doubt...

[@scaper8]

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if he revealed that every episode has always been 100% CGI and he's never even been if front of a camera. The detail is just that high in the stuff I _do_ know to be effects.

[@briandavid8691]

That guy who is the stand-in for the second Ami in that shot kills me every time I see him.

[@LinkTheHero]

That last shot was so fake. There's no way it got up to 88 mph that quickly.

[@memeomeme8351]

The new deloreans only need 20 mph to leap through time. VFX isn't the only thing that advances you know

[@recklessroges]

MrFusion is obvious, but you overlook Nitrous oxide being a thing? Where the Captain goes he does need --roads-- 142km/h

[@JJohnston4Life]

I don't like how slow it was going when it disappeared but there's a fire trailer much faster.

[@caleborg5688]

way to ruin my hopes and dreams dude

[@nenadmylink]

tesla does

[@GraveUypo]

2:50 that hand over looked perfect. i actually went "wtf" for a moment.

[@luckyllama1310]

It bugs me so much that you're so freaking talented and don't have more subscribers. Most underappreciated KZbinr EVER.

[@vn773]

Lucky Llama i think the number of subscribers a creator could have has can be misleading and even incongruous with average number of views that could happen in any given week, I've seen youtubers that have 127000 subs but only get about 30000 views on most their vids, in conclusion the quantity of folk subscribed to a channel is not indicative of either quality or even success

[@nitehawk86]

The problem is KZbin is heavily weighted to people that shit out vlog style videos every day.

[@alanbalsan]

this is youtube's biggest deal, they need stupid Paul-brother's kind of fast/brainless shit to plague with ads.

[@AwesomeBlackDude]

Very Understandable. My stuff is plenty simple,.. make your very own visual, music and keep it simple stupid. Here is one of my silly K.I.S.S. KZbin Project kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJDVZKerYrBskNk

[@Cyba_IT_NZ]

Agreed. All these crappy top ten videos that literally would've taken 5 mins to botch together are getting millions of views. YT really needs to sort out it's algorithms. Or it should have a section or reward for top quality content to get more eyes on it.

[@CesarDaSalad]

I love the Back to the Future trilogy so much. But watching these videos explaining the painstaking tasks the makers undertook to actually accomplish these films has made me love them even more. And it was darn entertaining too. Thank you CD.

[@DiThi]

Exactly my thoughts. Despite understanding now it's physically and logically impossible.

[@tonybeluga2796]

HOW ARE YOU DEMONSTRATING A PRACTICAL SPLITSCREEN EFFECT WITH A CARTOON PERSON? Great work.

[@duudiiss]

LMAOO

[@afrizaloktaputra1439]

I remember when I was kid, here in Indonesia my father and I watched this movie on TV and was amazed by the visual effect. Unfortunately, we only had the opportunity to watch the first and second sequel of the movie because we miss the third one, there was no TV on demand like Netflix that day. So we keep waiting until the TV channel broadcast them again. Now, when we enter internet era, finally I can watch entire sequel of the movie without my father. He never get the chance to see the end of the sequel. And he also never get the chance to see how the visual effect was made for this movie. YOU MAKE ME CRYING!

[@jenelaina5665]

♥️

[@harryf9885]

❤️

[@deliocache2528]

♥️

[@odiedog]

♥

[@palainanoctem3776]

He watched it with you, you'll realize that one day. He never left we just can't see him. Well....you can't.

[@TaranVH]

I love how Ami was standing on an apple box for that first scene.

[@munjee2]

Taran Van Hemert MA NGGA TAARIN

[@fohdeesha]

TARANNNN

[@munjee2]

Taa rin

[@johanreviews7587]

Taran you wish you could edit that good.

[@namelessguy199]

Should u edit this well on LTT vids

[@OmniscientWarrior]

According to legend: Ami never made it back to England.

[@roguishpaladin]

And we can blame Captain Picard: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGG1gKaQqa2doKs

[@CallMeVidd]

Thinking about how much more work it was to have Ami Yamato in those scenes where the camera is moving so much The amount of commitment and talent at play on this channel are waaay above youtube quality

[@jqpublic3104]

This channel takes my breath away. It is heartwarming, humours, nostalgic, educational, satirical and more. The production values (based on the constraints) for us mere mortals are second to none!

[@Arieljaay]

"They're available at every corner-web-store" I understood that refrence

[@skepticalbadger]

I CLAPPED

[@GleeChan]

I clapped at "I clapped!" I know that!

[@skepticalbadger]

Oh dear, I now feel I'm part of the problem :)

[@ericv00]

THESE ARE THINGS I KNOW!

[@mrchiefbs]

Are we all RedLetterMedia fans on CDs channel lmao

[@FigoNOVA]

This is how you justify buying a delorean

[@lforlight]

LuxMedia "It's a work expense, I swear!"

[@mrmaniac3]

LuxMedia no need to justify

[@penwoopydo]

LuxMedia I don't care about buying a DeLorean anymore, I'm all about getting a minature or a smaller toy like CD did

[@ceselb]

Easy, he just put a tesla as a base for the cgi model. Much better acceleration with an electric car. LOL

[@legoactionstudios9400]

I love it when you talk about a certain kind of visual effects for a while, and then blow our minds with an insane version of the said VFX

[@BolbiiS]

I'm pretty sure the the beginning being a reshoot of the ending of the first episode is a reference to the beginning of BTTF part 2 being a reshoot of the ending of bttf part one. Amazing

[@kikoitanhas]

Very very very good comment indeed. Kudos, sir!

[@cyphre]

Such nostalgia. 'Jennifer's House' 7:48 is right up the street from where my parents still live. I grew up there and saw it all happen.

[@JamiePohlOA]

cyphre You witnessed a Delorean landing on your street? Nope; I don't believe you.

[@roguishpaladin]

JamiePohlOA He just mumbled something about crazy drunk drivers and went back to sleep.

[@phteve1900]

I don't want to sound racist, but Ami looks CGI.

[@peter-william]

She is

[@bananatorpedo275]

Freakin woosh

[@petesetabandhu]

@@peter-william wooosh

[@bleach9859]

r/wooosh

[@Polybius1]

Wooooooooooosh

[@8-bithero62]

2 years later and I'm still watching

[@Xenro66]

That outro though! Wow! Just imagine if BTTF was remade with today's VFX. It would be absolutely seamless everywhere....But it would destroy the charm of all the work that went into the originals.

[@NighttimeJuneau]

Could be very similar to Ready Player One, total vfx overkill, a disaster of a movie in many departments.

[@Ratboy2004]

The story wouldn't sell today. It'd be competing with Avengers.

[@dkahl2803]

Oh boy would they ruin this if they tried to remake it today. They can’t improve these movies.

[@kingzach74]

@@NighttimeJuneau Ready Player One was AWesome in my opinion.,

[@arthaiser]

@@kingzach74 your opinion is wrong

[@TrueThanny]

3:30 You accurately CGI'd something I find maddening about movies and TV shows, which is that the actors always use empty cups. It's dead obvious the cups are empty, because the physics of an empty cup are completely different from those of a full cup (and even more so from a partially full cup).

[@kaitlyn__L]

I find the empty cup preferable to the times there’s actual water in there though. Which does happen now and then, presumably by a director who noticed it wasn’t moving right or wanted to force the actors to swallow before saying their lines. Spotting a glimpse of cold, viscous, clear liquid breaks my immersion more than having to assume the cup is halfway empty. Even rarer is actual coffee or tea, hot and steaming, but I’ve seen it maybe half a dozen times. Usually just for the pour/serve shot, rather than for the drinking, but occasionally the actor must’ve gotten it in only a couple takes because it’s still visibly steaming while they sip. (And that makes the tiny sips believable too!)

[@shairosenberg9333]

When the amazing quality doesn't match up with the sub count...

[@poppijoni]

2:48 The slate is giving me a headache. My first guess was you had someone raise a real slate from below and then masked him/her out. Then Ami was animated to match the slate's position. But then I noticed the shadow of the slate on her shirt, which means something additional had to be done... You could've done it manually, it's just some rectangular shape. But you also could've tracked a 3d model of a slate to match the position of the real slate, then turn off all the textures so that only the shadow is cast. But then I noticed the shadow of Ami's fingers on the slate... Come on! Well, I don't think you did that manually. You did have a 3d slate in there somehow. And if you had a 3d model in there, you could actually change between the two on the fly. But I can see fingerprints and smudges on the black part of the slate even when Ami's holding it and I don't think you'd go that far with texturing. Especially since you'd have to make those smudges match the real slate you're holding (I think it's a real slate, it looks very much real in your hands and you hold it so comfortably). So the 3d model slate is probably invisible all the way through and we're only seeing the real one. So I'm thinking you had a 3d model of a slate tracked to the position of a real slate that we see. You had to mask the slate where Ami's fingers are so that it looks like she's holding it (unless you can do that with some arcane rendering technique in your 3d software - I don't know very much about cgi at all). Then you cast Ami's shadow on the 3d model slate but you didn't render the slate, only Ami's shadow - as a transparent layer of course, otherwise it couldn't be composited on the real slate (unless you played with opacity/layer modes). And vice versa, you also rendered the shadow of the invisible slate on Ami. Please tell me I got it right, I spent like half an hour on this.

[@someonewithsomename]

The slate is real all the way. I don't see if it was moving on the set for the first part or is it stationary and the movement done in post later. My guess it's the second one. So basically, the slate is static all the way in the shot, than the guy picks it. The 3d character is animated with a 3d slate so that the final part is roughly matching the position of a stationary real slate in the end of animation. Than, textures from the real slate are comped into 3d slate to make the transition seamless. It least that's how I would have done that in the controlled independent environment. To make it work on the real production set, I would probably go with the first option - the real person on set holding the slate and interacting with the actor.

[@noneck8166]

What i noticed...and i don't know nuffin except this guy is a tricky fella....light angles on him and the girl are slightly different...his more horizontal , hers slightly higher...and the camera moves after he takes the slate...and the corner of the room is the divider between them....i also noticed maybe...a slight distortion in her right hand...but that could be cgi...i dunno....he's a slippery one....but i do like his stuff!!

[@spyrolad]

@@noneck8166 Captain Disillusion himself is animated

[@banjobill8420]

My best guess from the comments and pausing and playing certain parts is that the girl actually came to film on location or they had a stand in and then they composited the avatar over them. Pause at 2:50 and look at her left hand (our right). You can tell that it was a physical slate being held by a stand in (or Ami herself) and then the cgi was layered over it.

[@dakotadouglas5807]

poppijoni bro reading your comment was like watching an episode of CD that was brilliant

[@gchsbus]

I am not a KZbin producer but I am a KZbin video viewer and watch so many videos per day I lose count. As a huge Back to the Future fan, this video production (part 1 and 2) I literally got up and gave a standing ovation. I never do that. Everyone gives little credit for all the analog effects in the trilogy. They want to talk about the actors and the car and blah blah blah. The production of these two videos were nicely done and spoke heavily on the most important part of the films besides Bob Gale, Industrial Light and Magic. Absolutely Bravo here. This was very well put together. Every diehard Back to the Future fan that appreciates the production standpoint (the real fans) should appreciate this set of videos to the highest regard. Thank you.

[@chadwildclay]

Wow, you are crazy talented man. And the writing of this is just genius. I loved all the little subtle references like 'available in every corner drugstore'.

[@brotherputin3776]

I love how you only have 6 likes on this comment lol

[@genericusername4206]

@@brotherputin3776 same

[@ragingz3383]

him

[@Mr_Rouge]

@@brotherputin3776 I love how your comment didn't age well.

[@brianmchaney7473]

That last scene with Captain D getting into the delorean is clearly fake. He wasn't going anywhere near 88mph when he vanished.

[@RussellTeapot]

well, hello! technology is advancing, and now you can go even at 50mph to trigger the flux capacitor

[@inkmeal]

@@RussellTeapot Technically, we are farther into the future than we ever saw Doc go... so maybe.

[@IslandlifeIoW]

I had my first adolescent date at the cinema to watch Back to the Future. I was so consumed by the experience, I barely noticed her.

[@Dazanos]

This video alone, proves in my opinion that your content is light years ahead of any youtuber. Most tv shows really. I know this video took a lot of hard work and passion to create. Thank you.

[@ShutterAuthority]

Damn! Vfx was so much harder back in the day. Great demonstrations Btw!

[@deltib]

Look how far we've come though, you're watching some pretty impressive effects videos made by an independent film maker on a personal computer distributed through a global digital network.

[@sqrt-1646]

Woah, you here!

[@AndWeDanceVlog]

The HypeMachine was well worth it. Thank You CD for being a reminder why KZbin is an amazing place.

[@madscientistshusta]

Its literally makes me visibly angry ever time i check his subs.

[@thefreakmachine]

The animation on Ami is worth a thousand Mass Effect: Andromeda

[@APRICEPRODUCTION]

As somebody who does visual effects and even though I know how all this process was done, it's still great to watch, and love how professionally you explain it. The outside shot with the two Biff's. Must have been the toughest challenge when you consider the light changing of time of day. Matching that, though it's not 100% obviously, still works very well. If you watch the scene very closely when both Biff's are in the car, as the camera zooms in, you can see the plates wobble ever so slightly a bit, but you have to look very closely to notice. Also the later shot when Marty says no thanks to Biff, a couple of frames, will see his hat disappear over the cut line. But again unless you're really into visual effects most people don't notice these things. But I love the old school visual effects.

[@sofarky]

Boi you need more subs

[@mocmocmoc13]

oh crap you're right, not even 1 million.

[@RossLlewallyn]

This is his least favorite type of comment, FYI.

[@derekbond9521]

He's been gaining a lot, only only had 100k a few months ago

[@IamCombustible]

Kind of amazing that he doesn't considering how long he's been around.

[@manysnakes]

Also far and away the most common.

[@xeractus]

Am I an unusual youtuber in that I've been watching CD's videos for years and yet never heard of this 'Ami' person?

[@nzfoy3568]

She's an animator.

[@LifeLibertyMS]

I have binged watched about 15 to 20 episodes of your channel over the past 2 days. You are so incredibly talented with VFX, storytelling, and overall production value of the channel! I’m disappointed in myself for just now watching your channel! I hope for great things in your career!

[@parthbhatt4576]

Every time you explain what went into making a shot or an effect, and I start to understand the scale of the project, the sheer amount of work and dedication that went into creating something so incredible, I tear up a little. You're not just incredibly knowledgeable technically, you're an exceptional storyteller. Thank you for your hard work Captain D

[@outsider344]

You made this friggen masterpiece and didn't even link your patreon in the description?

[@LetMeExplainStudios]

Two awesome people in one video! And I learned a lot too!

[@cermet1880]

Let Me Explain Studios Hi!! Rebecca. I've been subbed to you since when you had 10k subs.. Maybe even lesser :) so happy to see how far you've come!

[@pandamaster8306]

Hi Rebecca

[@willmanhambone6986]

Let Me Explain Studios that's cool that you watch CD

[@nzfoy3568]

Why are there so many animators here?

[@artandstuffproductions3640]

Senyaha Mailliwa yeah it is. I had no idea you watched Cpt. D

[@Selrisitai]

I admit it: I had to hold back sentimental tears when he lovingly and expertly recreated the time machine disappearance, lighting effects and fire-streak at the end.

[@cruxmind]

I'm glad Ami Yamoto is finally getting her name out there on bigger channels. She's amazing.

[@TheNoerdy]

5:15 that high five was super cool

[@lucasbeveridge640]

This only makes me love those movies even more. If I ever meet Bob Zemeckis... I will probably freak out and make him very uncomfortable

[@billiam6398]

1:03 it took me a second watch to realise that’s captain d in that film and that it isn’t an actual old-timey example of that trick

[@wquibell]

Can you please do a VFXcool for Terminator 2? I find it amazing that the CGI graphics seem light years ahead of other movies in it's time....

[@juancorona4996]

Oh yes!

[@7ktTube]

I will probably be the most excited person in the world if a Terminator 2 VFXcool video notification pops up on my screen

[@DarthDesigner]

I found you from the Ami video.....I'm glad to have found your channel! It's awesome!

[@yangtra2534]

How did you post this comment 22 hours ago? The video is uploaded 10 minutes ago! And if you didn't, then sorry.

[@thedarkfelix]

I guess they are Patreons and the Captain provides the secret KZbin link to his Patreons in advance.

[@huzi37709]

Songify KZbinrs He went faster than 80mph. Duh.

[@DanielRenardAnimation]

Many are glad to have found this channel. It had remained hidden for nearly a decade, even though Captain D was actually... DOING stuff on his channel, unlike _[insert name of most KZbin Celebs here]_ who could spend 5 minutes farting into a jar and they'd be driving off in a brand new sports car by the next day. Really bugs me how YT treats users like this. :( I guess they were afraid he'd "ruin the magic" with debunking.

[@GETUPANDGO]

I'm certainly glad to have found it. And it is too bad that YT favors the ridiculous channels...all in the name of business and money making I guess

[@uLLeticaL]

Another CD master piece!

[@GoodieM8]

wtf are you the real ulletical?

[@blaster-zy7xx]

I always need to watch Capt ' s videos at least twice. The first time just to understand the story of the technical trickery he is letting us in on, and a second or third time to absorb the magic he conjured himself in telling the story.

[@ANewPseudonym]

Whoa those effects are incredibly complicated, this gives me entirely new appreciation for those movies.

[@SpaceKingDinosaur]

Damn, I absolutely LOVE these VFXcool segments! I hope you make countless more episodes. I can tell how much effort each takes, so just know that it is appreciated. Outstanding work. Oh, and bless you / curse you for introducing me to Ami Yamato and thus forcing me to subscribe to her. Now I have a whole backlog of her videos to catch up on, and I blame you. : ) Keep being amazingly awesome!

[@galacticcore0796]

8:58 Heartfelt conclusion of the entire journey this little guy is pointing at his di🚂k -Captain DisIllusion 2017

[@lobley2]

It blows my mind how much sophistication and work went into making things work that you barely or just don’t think about when watching the film. It never occurred to me to wonder how MJ Fox was in the same scenes playing multiple characters. I just dumbly watched those scenes with suspended disbelief.

[@beefknuckles]

This 2 part series is criminally underrated and made me appreciate the Back to the Future movies SO MUCH more. Your enthusiasm speaks volumes about how important these films are to your industry and I want to thank you so much for breaking this down in a way that a layperson like myself could understand.

[@philpheburbs]

Honestly mate, this is so wonderful. I'm a BTTF fan who's watched just about every documentary and BTS thing there is to see over the years. Not only did you find something new to tell me in your videos, and present it in an insanely creative and technically brilliant way, but it's clearly a genuine love letter to the Back To The Future films and shows your passion for VFX. Massive bigups :) 👏

[@SolidRollin]

This is the best sequel since Aliens and T2.

[@LaykaTheWuffinator]

The ending of this video with Captain getting into the DeLorean brought genuine tears of joy to my eyes!

[@fetamean]

7:50 YES! I remember thinking this shot looks really good for what it is. Like, you can tell that the car was partially vfx, but as soon as it passes behind the pole, it's back to normal. Such a brilliantly seamless shot.

[@PXLFilms]

Great Scott! I love how you talk about vfx like if it is poetry. It proves to me, and everyone that you love what you do and what you've done. Bravo, Captain D.

[@WarningHazMat]

That last shot was so cool! Even made me tear up man. Freaking AMAZING!

[@Scripture-Man]

Back To The Future is my favorite film franchise, and, having only just discovered Captain Disillusion, he's instantly one of my top 5 favorite KZbin channels.

[@Jesses001]

Effects like this are one of those things that if working properly, you never notice. The better it works, the less of it you notice.

[@creatorsremose]

Yes, you're a genius, that's obvious and you're a maestro of VFX... but I don't think you're appreciated enough for how brilliant of a director you are.

[@chrisjacobs9934]

agreed!!

[@sarlacc66]

1:50 THAT REFERENCE !

[@lichbanelb]

You are the only other person who noticed that after scrolling through a hundred comments. Nice!

[@RafaelNelvam]

I'm honestly crying. The perfect trilogy with such perfect explanation, attention to details such as the modulation of the music in the beginning down two tones, too many things to mention. Congrats and long live Captain Disillusion

[@DaveHefty]

We take for granted the amount of effort and work you put into these videos. Thank you for teaching me something new while getting to enjoy trip down memory lane.

[@AstraVex]

Okay, ive watched this 5 times now. This is beyond great :) I love how Ami stands on a box in the beginning, its frigging adorable!

[@Spiderelectron]

4:11 'Video system" is an Edirol R-4 Audio recorder! LOL. Nice one, captain!

[@CaptainDisillusion]

SpiderElectron A multi device system could be driven by any device. It’s common on a film set for everything to be synced via timecode that’s coming from the audio recorder.

[@Spiderelectron]

@@CaptainDisillusion Aye aye captain. But the R-4 knows nothing about timecodes ;-) I actually thought it was deliberate - showing an audio device when talking about a video device. I thought it was one of your fabulous visual gags!

[@FamousSnatcher]

Thanks for using Back to the Future as example of the evolution of VFX. These were the most influential movies of my childhood and I will always hold them dear to my heart.

[@DoubleBob]

You could have just said : "They hired look alike actors and got pretty lucky" and I had believed you! The effort and talent behind the real process is just magical.

[@Peepholecircus]

Ami and CaptainDisillusion?! great vid, and one of the best collabs I've seen for a long while. A+

[@ngandy1000]

Found you through Ami’s channel. Now I’m binge watching ALL your videos! Great stuff and I can’t wait to see more!

[@AmiYamato]

My work here is done!

[@ChrisSchroederPurdueEngineer]

NETFLIX TAKE NOTE!: Pick this guy up for a documentary on VFX. I could listen to your voice all day, very natural and satisfying to hear you explain complex things.

[@kingzach74]

This is incredible, the amount of detail, the amount of work that went into this...it's just mindblowing. CD, you really deserve way more subscribers and way more credit for all that you do.

[@tygra2886]

1:23 Well...Goodbye Monetization

[@ignaciobengoechea3789]

Yamato and Captain Disillusion in the same video. My favorites and more underrated youtubers together. Good team!!

[@arthaiser]

third time i watch this video now. i love back to the future and this is like a quick documentary on how not only is a great story but also has a lot of work behind and was actually a pionner. and narrated by someone that clearly shares my love for the trilogy and knows what he is talking about.

[@xystem4701]

1:50 I love the amount of casual references and quotes you weave into this. Such a love letter to the films

[@maoistlily1432]

Why is there no more VFXcool? On things like Jurrasic Park or Star Wars?

[@ProtoPropski]

Wow, Ami!! Of all the channels I really never expected you to guest star in CaptainD’s Channel I thought that maybe you would like guest stay with Kazuna Ai, but hell I love this.

[@comedyloungeofficial]

You are awesome! The amount of time and dedication you provide on your films (because calling them videos is an insult) is mind-blowing not to mention your storytelling is off the charts. You are educating and entertaining man, love it.

[@Saturn49YT]

The irony of explaining vfx from 30 years ago with more vfx than were in all three movies combined. Well done. 👍

[@ParkerEdwardsParties]

Explaining split screen with a CG model. That's some meta ish

[@DiamondSG]

@[ Soviet Maverick ] if he was would he debunk himself 😕

[@N0N0111]

+CaptainDisillusion Thanks for telling me the story behind the shimmering face!

[@SvenLeuschner1]

God damn ... The trilogy was already my all-time favorite just for it's storytelling alone and now you made me appreciate it even more

[@parkerbeck3580]

I love it when geeks can geek out over their favorite thing. It's great that you're not a stuffy technician only concerned with technical methods, but you actually love the epic story too.

[@MegaScytheman]

Wow its amazing that Ami decided to reveal her face!

[@TheGreen_Banana]

I've tried, but I just can't find the words I need to explain how highly I think of this video and the rest of your channel.

[@ErzengelDesLichtes]

Looking back at these old special effects in any movie that did them, part of me is so glad we can do these things sooo much easier today with computers, while another part of me is sad that we no longer have to be so creative in creating these special effects.

[@user-ct8my8rv9c]

Learned more about the history of VFX in these two videos then I have in many hours researching the subject..some of the best youtube videos i've watched and so very well produced and edited, kudos

[@JackTheLion]

My Sunday just got a lot better, thanks Cap'n!

[@eroomorih5946]

The first shot of Captain... a reference to Marty opening his garage at the start of the second movie?

[@LeanBacalzo]

He even repeated his spiel from the previous part, like how the first part of BTTF2 is a re-shot of the ending of the first film.

[@tonyadigitalnorway1155]

The production values in these videos are way better than a lot of commercial productions that are currently broadcast. Not one second of these shorts is filler - just amazing. Looking forward to some major company picking your episodes up and seeing what you can do on a larger platform.

[@coolguyhino92]

3:40 The most impressive part of that scene is that Marty's mom doesn't scorch her hand off by grabbing the pizza from the oven by the metal tray. (I know it's not *really* an 'oven', sssstfu)

[@dimitreze]

7:38 great scott I was waiting for the video to end to talk about this scene this is the best scene, the most invisible effect, the most cool one as I got older and beginning to know more about movies, I was so pleased with myself when I noticed how this scene was made I love Back to the Future too and I actually have a very nice video about it on my channel thanks for this bro ☺☺☺

[@jeremyfinn7684]

Amazing as always

[@waggerdagger2831]

Great mini-docu about the technical aspects of the movie, truly enlightening, well narrated! I just can't believe that I have spent time on the Internet since like before 2000 and on KZbin since it launched, and not until a mere couple of days ago did I hear about Captain Disillusion. Crazy.

[@jeffvandam874]

I was floored when you got to the very end of part two and talked about the lamp post scene! That has always been my favorite visual effect in the entire trilogy! I was waiting for you to mention it the entire time. Great videos.