VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi 59

[@CorridorCrew]

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[@thecreatonaut6165]

I think "The Rise of the Guardian's" deserves a reaction. The most underated Christmas movie ever. Awesome story. Great voice actors. Always hoped for a sequel. You guys are killin at Corridor!!

[@eddiegreencheez]

Hell Yeah dude, I love that movie so much lol

[@eddiegreencheez]

@marcoscolga24 other than die hard lol

[@divinemugasha6549]

Truly underrated

[@captainteeko4579]

It’s based on a book series. The books are way crazier than I thought lol

[@thecreatonaut6165]

@@captainteeko4579 I'll have to check those out. Thanks.

[@Xfacta12482]

I like how Clint stops by without an introduction. Its like your buddy growing up who never had to knock the door & just walked in.

[@farihaasif415]

True

[@chrisjlocke]

The reason why we changed our door locks. Nigel was always a pain.

[@ahall9839]

Man, some people just have the most uninteresting things to say.

[@hard2hurt]

Clint on the couch is a great present! Thanks guys.

[@johnwatchesyoutubeandstuff3947]

Icy Mike! Love your content sir!

[@HarrisonBorbarrison]

Didn't he leave Corridor?

[@inebri8ed]

@@HarrisonBorbarrison he comes back every now and then

[@ImTheCatman88]

His hat is awesome! :)

[@benjaminlazaro344]

"Look at that neck!" - Clint

[@PachetePockets]

Sam's shirt blends in with his chesthair so well I thought he was shirtless under the Santa jacket almost the whole time.

[@Necromancer0225]

Lol me too

[@WillWilsonthesafetyguy]

As an old fart who went to *film* school and shot on film stock using actual, mechanical, frame registering cameras, I cannot stress enough how absolutely *INCREDIBLE* and bonkers that elevator shaft shot from Die Hard is. Jan de Bont is a certifiable mad scientist. We've definitely lost something as filmmakers moving to digital especially in the realm of cinematography.

[@deluxejay69]

No we haven't lost anything. Knock it off. There are more incredibly inventive filmmaking techniques now than there ever have been. Filmmakers have access to more effective, more flexible, higher quality tools and tricks than they ever have to tell their stories. You just cherrypick the best examples from "then" and the worst examples from "now" to justify complaining about something. Quit acting like more people being able to express themselves more effectively is somehow a bad thing.

[@Joe-xo4yg]

I don’t believe he claimed that more people being able to express themselves is a bad thing. Some old skills and perspectives grow and change with the passing of time, some get lost. Not necessarily a bad thing, sometimes somewhat sad Cheers & chill 🌻

[@macvirii]

I disagree with Jay, I did my audiovisual grad school on a time that we where going to digital for all the benefits. But it's clear to me that the inventiveness took a hit, the "we'll fix in post" became much more of a statement on set. When you had to think and engineer practical solutions, it was marvelous. Not that you can't apply the principals on digital, you certainly can. But most will decide not to. Most because of budget or lack of engineering prowess. But in the analog times, at least in my opinion, the motto was always: necessity is the mother of invention.

[@JustABeeInFPV]

Moving from physical to digital means that some innovations that were used in massive amounts back when film was used can be replaced with digital methods. Miniatures and explosions? A 3d model and an explosion sim. They can redo it for no cost if they have to.

[@VincentMaslowski]

@@JustABeeInFPV the use of creativity and miniatures will always make for a more interesting story than "Yeh, we just did it with digital 3d models"

[@giannipuface9441]

This new guy Clint had good chemistry with the guys. He looks so comfy on the couch... as if he used to be a main cast member or something

[@ashishhkumarr994]

Haha!!

[@Nate_M_PCMR]

Lol

[@denizdemir9255]

always a joy to have Clint around. Merry Christmas everyone!

[@SpookyPancakes]

Twin

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

meri krismin

[@ruemangel]

Ya. Come on Clint, just go back to Corridor already.

[@patrickdubois6614]

Fr it’s so weird with Clint gone I need like a 4 seat couch for all of them

[@theofficialnicholasyee]

And a happy "UGH LOOKADAT NECK" to you!

[@jotivu]

Another great forced perspective from Elf was when Buddy's father is on his back while he rides the bike. They actually had a sort of triple tandem bike set up, with Will Ferrell at the front and the dad right at the back so he appeared small, then had a kid in the middle seat who ducked down but kept his hands on Will Ferrell's shoulders to appear as the dad's hands.

[@CameronKinsey]

Yes! Was just about to comment this, thank you

[@xxSeanVxx]

Wanted to say that this is the most "breakdown" video you've done in a while and I love it.

[@JunkyardDigs]

The first 70 seconds of this was chaos, and I loved it 😂

[@trigonometrisk]

I’ve followed this series for a long time now, but my mind was still blown hearing about the slowed down camera in Die Hard. That’s incredible!

[@SoniasWay]

As someone who wants to learn CGI, I can say these videos are so informative and helpful

[@devilrobrob]

Ill teach you

[@Dog3D]

@@devilrobrob this man is not a thirst this is a god damn drought

[@fanime1]

As someone studying it, it's amazing how much what I learn in school actually is used by the industry. I kept thinking watching this video, hey, I know how to do that!

[@Zathren]

Haha. Literally just watched The Santa Clause for Christmas Eve. Still love that movie, way more jokes in it when you're an adult than a kid.

[@Jogwheel]

The first 30 minutes are legitimately some of the funniest in any holiday comedy. Every joke about Judge Reinhold and his sweaters still kills me. Love this film 😊

[@gashur1704]

I watched Elf this morning and literally said to myself I would love to see the behind the scenes

[@brendenzielinskitpt2647]

The cgi is also bonkers lol. It’s amazing how much VFX has changed in the last 2 decades

[@theindexfinger3434]

Dude same. And thought of these guys after seeing the vfx as an adult.

[@anonymousaccordionist3326]

My family watched it last night as well!

[@d-sign-code]

I'm so happy to see Clint in the show again :) such a charismatic dude :)

[@heartbreakrichy5826]

The “Elf” behind the scenes made my whole month worth it lol

[@K_Rob]

They really need to get some of the legends that worked on matte paintings and miniatures during that mediums golden era on the couch. It’s really a fading art I’d love to learn more about. Before there’s no one left to teach the tricks.

[@tbotalpha8133]

They literally had Adam Savage on the couch last time, talking about his experiences creating miniatures for the Star Wars and Matrix movies.

[@K_Rob]

@@tbotalpha8133 I was talking more the 70s and 80s during the height of doing art like that. Adam was great to see but his career of working didn’t begin until the late 90s and basically ended in 2003.Still it’s a wonderful start and hopefully they get others like Adam on the couch.

[@jaredsilvers2782]

@@tbotalpha8133 Matte paintings aren't miniatures though..

[@Clyptonix]

Love that the die hard explosion distracted them so much they didn't notice you can see through John McClain's head.

[@paintspot4988]

Never ever stop this series. It's best thing on youtube

[@julienj8430]

I just watched The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and some specials effects are pretty impressive - the invisible guy and Mr Hyde, which I am curious if you'd discuss how they made them. The rest of the movie is plagued by too many special effects which are not always too great, so that can be nice for you guys to check it out for a good laugh. MERRY XMAS to y'all, keep bringing great episodes :)

[@YouLousyKids]

The special effects are the only thing they did right, and even that they got wrong. (Why is the Nautilus a gleaming, boring, sideways, white monolith the size of an aircraft carrier when the imaginative sub that *looks like a nautilus complete with moving, grasping tentacles* from the comics would look amazing onscreen?)

[@JOznprk]

They have an episode where they discuss it. I just don’t know which one it was lol. But they definitely broke it down

[@sanu1167]

I love how Clint despite being struggling with all the videos in his channel still finds the time to chill with you guys

[@Rusbon]

idk why but Clint and Wren ignoring Sam is just hilarious😂

[@georgegood5646]

Sam was comped in lol

[@Ballbuster42069]

Sam always looks like he never wants to be there

[@eddiegreencheez]

Peter Jackson has done probably the most insane use of forced perspective. He had sets and objects that were like moving jigsaw puzzle, its crazy

[@markotropp3898]

They did a whole episode on that back in the day!

[@darthray77]

That Die Hard explanation actually blew my mind! Meery Christmas to you guys!

[@curtiswfranks]

Truly amazing. I am found with even greater appreciation for that film.

[@byrondavison5516]

We can’t forget the presence Alan Rickman that is in so many Christmas movies.

[@russwaddel08]

9:35 - that motion blur is something the Blue Sky animators did for the Peanuts movie. They had to add in the black lines around Snoopy's feet when he does the "beagle dance." They also added in extra feet to sell the illusion. Very underrated, because people didn't realize the attention to detail to make the CGI "comic accurate."

[@TheSantifive]

Shout out to whoever is doing the editing. It's been a long way from that first episode and I'm loving it! To anyone who doesn't get it, whenever the crew speculate about how something is done and we get the "visualization" of a guy on a blue/green screen or whatever, someone had to do it. Also the hilarious slap sound whenever Clint hits Wren with his hat has to be added, and just so much stuff. Just props overall, production quality is up there for sure.

[@ratmaninadress2467]

Never expected to find a crossover between two completely unrelated channels I watch. Hella funny seeing Tomska in a CC video :')

[@teher1k]

If you squeeze your eyes just a little bit Sam looks like full display chest hair pride Casual Friday Santa.

[@Obedspoem]

For a split second I though Sam had chest tattoos 😂

[@MrSpannners]

@@Obedspoem Haha me too

[@peterjunior]

A boy called Christmas. The vfx is impressive!

[@chalk2348]

For sure, I was blown away by the animal work and animations.

[@RhysWilliams-u3o]

I watch the Christmas carol in new york while i was on holiday from Wales... it blew my mind. The strongest memory i have of that trip to new york.

[@Junboe]

Thank you Corridor Crew, thank you for Offensive Bowling and all the reaction videos you’ve made thus far. I love the “behind the ‘behind the scenes’ “ kind of insight you guys provide, not to mention the guests you have on are the real deal. Thank you guys again and Merry Christmas!

[@PrashantMhj]

That Analog time remapping trick in Die Hard elevator shot 😲😲 Genius 🙌 Shoutout to Corridor Crew for coming up with a VFX shot every once in a while from a movie that they breakdown and it just blows up my mind 🤯 Also Clint mimicking sound effects of that blast from @13:45 was gold 😁

[@ericfak]

I read that Arnold flying around as Turbo Man is actually the first Houdini simulation ever (or at least when the software first was named Houdini) for the jet pack smoke! Merry Xmas!

[@sjaatime]

In Christmas Vacation, toward the end when the sewer explosion sends the lawn decoration flying I remember watching as a kid and always noticing the box around the image they comped into the shot of the sky.

[@dylanward5680]

Just Binged Severance and I could never skip the opening credits. It's so satisfying to watch and see clues about it the show. I would love to see an episode dedicated to well done CGI intros. ( Severance, Game of Thrones, Westworld, new Lord of the Rings....etc..) love every episode. Keep it up everyone!

[@Jogwheel]

Merry Christmas, crew! Thanks for all the great content this year 👏👏

[@themostdislikedchannel]

👏

[@faizfuad8361]

@@themostdislikedchannel yea but its one of the rare ones where there is mutuality and them happy for him to pursue and focus more on him but of course they always open their doors for him.

[@faizfuad8361]

Oops i replied on the wrong comment

[@kristoffer2322]

Hey Jogwheel We all miss your awesome movie reviews. Hope you make a comeback soon!

[@pockystyx4087]

Just sat down to watch Klaus again; still amazing what they pulled off from a visual standpoint. Wish more animated films aped its aesthetic lol

[@thejuniorseas7683]

If I'm not mistaken, it was all hand-drawn and then they incorporated digital lighting! It's a very beautiful aesthetic, and I love the story as well!

[@deadpoolloll28]

BRO this channel rly is the most entertaining thing on KZbin. keep up the good work.

[@ryanw1511]

You obviously haven't watched tactical toilet paper reloads

[@danielvalvo5562]

Just watched Scrooged last night, and the scene where Bill Murray is pushed through the window and held over the street still holds up for me!

[@GuildOfTheBlackCrow]

Awww. Wren is so happy to have Clin back.

[@TheVoidWanderer]

Man Tomska as a guest would be so cool! Reacting to his own KZbin stuff, that would be amazing!

[@degrassi420]

@clackStackzhis ridiculous surfshark ads have some vfx in them iirc

[@TwinOpinion]

Analog time remapping! That's hardcore! I knew it was a tapered model, but I never would have guessed they remapped the explosion by turning off the camera. Brilliant!

[@cosmiccoldbrew9489]

Oh thank God, I was wishing for something like this to watch. It's a Christmas miracle. Happy holidays everyone

[@jamesmarker3956]

I love the costumes and it’s always nice to have Clint!

[@nicholasnisbet7094]

that die hard fact is probably the most creative yet simple solution I've seen

[@iczyg]

10:55 Wren - "I'm not going to get anything for Christmas this year." Jake ( who was Wren's secret santa this year) - Am I a joke to you?

[@manafreak696]

I love how you guys didn't talk about Tim Allen's outfit changing during the morphing of his face. You can clearly see it's a different material and shade color.

[@lyndakorner2383]

That's intentional.

[@schmarmot3168]

One oldschool Christmas VFX spectacular: the 80’s BBC miniseries The Box of Delights. So much ambition, and so many matte lines.

[@likehell5803]

Thank you for all you give back to us, we appreciate all of the work!

[@stylezmorales]

Oh, and Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all of you guys at Corridor, you are the greatest gift to the internet. Keep wrendering!

[@carlrs15]

Will Ferrell reportedly tried to get Jon Favreau fired from the production of Elf multiple times...Favreau had to pay for a screen test out of his own pocket to assuage the doubts Ferrell kept raising with the studio higher-ups

[@Janzer_]

yeah I like ferrell stuff but there's some bad stories out there about him stealing projects too. oh well.

[@RJALEXANDER777]

Jeez. So there's an alternate universe out there where Will Farrell discredited Jon Favreau and he never went on to do all the cool Marvel and Star Wars stuff.

[@dubbingsync]

@@RJALEXANDER777 so that means I have to live in a world with one of the most overrated Christmas films, Elf in order to have the MCU and the Mandalorian… this is tragic to find out.

[@spencerstone7696]

WHAT!? Literally just watched The Santa Clause and Elf this morning as we were opening presents and making breakfast and thought of you guys trying to guess what styles were done to the effects. This is a Christmas miracle! lol

[@zydeco4866]

Does anybody else want a puppeteers react where they get professionals in the fields of animatronics and puppets and let them talk about their craft, i.e things like the Muppets?

[@jedironin380]

That would be cool! It would be amazing if they could get Frank Oz on the couch! (Foz E. Bear, Miss Piggy... Yoda!)

[@Galeno181]

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. It was a great puppet show. Also the Jim Henson movie back in the 80´s

[@adityawankhede7260]

Don't you just feel giddy, seeing all of them in the Christmas spirit. Oh man, I love that so much.

[@jburnettfilms]

Merry Christmas Crew, next year you guys should do a stuntmen react exclusively on Home Alone 1 and 2. They both have some incredible, and hilarious, stuntwork!

[@arvidp.247]

A lot of comedies have great stunt work that doesn't get appreciated because it's played for laughs. The stunt driving in the opening scene of Christmas Vacation would also be fun to look at.

[@streetballplayer100]

Zemeckis's Christmas Carol is my favorite! Great episode guys, Merry Christmas!

[@cuppajo5750]

I think it'd be really cool if you guys did an animators react to Arcane Season 1 - I think the animation style and visuals are totally worth talking about in that show!

[@rylan71]

one of my favorite movies of all time is "last action hero" its considered the last "action hero movie" id love to see a deep dive on all the stuff that went into it!

[@iloveyouman.amentalhealthp4328]

Your bells were driving me crazy! 😂

[@nightspicer]

For the VFX series you gotta react to the *last agni kai fight from ATLA.* It's so stunning! And *Aslan from the Chronicles of Narnia!* Also at the end of second one there's a big water creature, so it might be cool to see what you think about that. And for stuntmen react It would be cool to see you react to the duel from "Potop", it's really good sword fight (tho technically it's sabers i think)

[@thedapperfoxtrot]

Exactly what I wanted for Christmas! Love you guys!

[@Kruggy0]

I'd love it if they looked at some of the old Harryhausen stuff, like "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" and especially the skeleton scene, or "Jason and the Argonauts"

[@jedironin380]

I think they've touched on that before, but it's been a while since I saw those episodes. Ray Harryhousen was a Master!

[@Kruggy0]

​@@jedironin380 Oh, really? I've gotta search for it then. And yes, he absolutely was!

[@__dane__]

“It’s like Easter with a big man” - Clint

[@andrisplatypus6617]

Thanx, Corridor for a most excellent year! Hope you had a great holiday season!

[@keitholsen8787]

In Gremlins during the stop motion that reveals hundreds swarming in, one of the street lamps goes out. The light on set actually did burn out, the animator was afraid he’d have to start over, but they said they’ll just add a sound effect of a light breaking.

[@darkwolf5319]

Thank you for the Christmas special! You all are killing it

[@PolishStitch]

Merry Christmas Corridor Crew! So it's probably really simple but the Christmas effect I never understood is actually from the Rankin Bass Rudolph. I know they're all stop-motion however how do they create the scene where the Abominable Snowman 'sinks' into the water? I'm sure it's super easy but I can't figure it out

[@EpicJosh84]

if I had to guess, I'd say they have different models of the Abominable cut into different fractions and they're just setting them down (like taking off a Lego person's legs then their torso to make them disappear into the floor but more complicated)

[@TomSka]

👌

[@darcybrown6486]

When they say your name kinda stilted

[@baimun]

Thank you for all of the great content this year!!!.... including the Green Screen'd Wren at 13:01!! :D

[@pkpckls]

Our psychological hardwiring to focus on the emotional reaction in his eyes served the vfx artists so well in that Tim Allen shot. A good transition of him widening his eyes between shots meant our brains filled in all the gaps that the technology available to the artists couldn't fill

[@SharmClucas]

I've always wondered how they got the Ghost of Christmas Past to look so floaty in Muppet Christmas Carol.

[@chrissugg968]

It took me ages to realise Sam actually had a shirt on under his Santa robe.

[@Prospero6802]

You guys should do Arcane next. It's gorgeous! Edit: Also, Merry Christmas!!

[@SimpleBanana]

6:23 So I just watched this movie recently and one of the things I noticed was that they were doing big sweeping 360 degree shots in the scene that they were just showing. It was weird because it felt like it was being shot on a camera but they were able to go 360 because there was no end to the set. Super cool though.

[@footballfever70]

I was just thinking about this channel while watching that classroom scene from Elf on Christmas Eve. You guys changed how we watch movies...all I could think of was how they pulled off the forced perspective

[@BramBergs]

There could've been good use of a popcorn guy to hide the food on Sam's teeth at @9:46 too

[@JCsoloPlays]

I thought Sam's shirt was his body hair for a second lol

[@SirAnanas]

I'd love to know more about how they did the animation in Klaus

[@9547Gaming]

I love to see you have a look at the sled race in A Verry Merry Toy Store. Definitely worth bring an smile an laugh to everyone

[@jackjackmckean3791]

The greatest Christmas gift is that y’all consider die hard to be Christmas movie. Now I can finally rest. Merry Christmas guys

[@AmazingTransformationLux]

Guys, I'm of course interested in your reaction to special effects in old films. BUT to be honest, I'm looking forward to the continuation of the Jedi Academy movie (To The DEATH), when will there be a continuation of this film and will there be at all?

[@KimiRaikkonen123]

Im looking forward to spiderman 3 (Tobey's spiderman) review.

[@elPufferino]

@@KimiRaikkonen123 congratulations on retirement 🤣

[@spike5499]

@@elPufferino what

[@asterunum]

They already have. Can't remember which episode though.

[@KimiRaikkonen123]

@@elPufferino Kiitos veli

[@lundylow]

4:18 "Why do his fingers look like Voldemort's wand?" Clint laughing at that is strange. Based on his time on VFX Artists React, I just assume Clint has only ever seen like ten movies. I do know Clint's well-researched and knows his shit in real life, and his "I haven't seen this very popular movie" is played up for meme-itude. I hope no one thinks I'm actually talking shit about Clint.

[@murdocfubar6304]

Waaait.... That's Jim Carrey ?? (says Clint)... for god's sake man my 9 yo daughter knows that's Jim Carrey, go watch a bunch of movies followed by a few how it's made ones after that go watch some more flicks aaaaaaand then come back and sit on that couch. I miss Niko already, that guy really knows his stuff.

[@earthmover9767]

I also think it's Dumbledore's wand that they are remembering lol

[@KidTonyGaming]

They should do a series where they react then re-create a few scenes rather than just verbally explaining it

[@frankoanimates9550]

😡We want animators react and make it diverse like the other ones

[@shroomyboi4380]

I've been binging these videos and haven't seen it yet, but I wanna see the inception scene with the rolling buildings when they first introduce the architect

[@YouLousyKids]

Since you guys have done Elf and before you've done Iron Man, I challenge you to watch "Zathura", the film in-between in which Jon Favreau learned all the SFX techniques that would go on to make Iron Man so wonderful. It's a great mix of practical, models and CGI. Several characters are part costume and part CGI, leading to such joyous accidents as the robot that slips and skids because that's what the actor did. (The bonus features on that DVD taught me so much...but mostly, an appreciation for Favreau, who tries to NOT rely on CGI but uses it well.)

[@gabrielhansmann8676]

We need a reaction for the Netflix series „Arcane“. I think in terms of Animation it’s groundbreaking!

[@gokulpatinharappat6931]

Can we get a counter on how many times Wren said the word "actually".

[@kobus_n]

A suggestion for a react episode : Children's shows. A show on Amazon Prime, Jesse and Nessy, has some seriously good effects. The textures on some of the characters are so good. I can't make out if it is CGI, or a combination of puppets and CGI. The hula-hooping mop is just superb.

[@deadknight1402]

0:39 - The satisfying crunch of Wren's nose. What could be more Christmasy than that?

[@Rockvillianisme]

11:16 hitting the kid in the face with your sofa video box - the timing worked perfectly, bravo!

[@lararesende7499]

Wren as an elf is perfect. Wren has the magical spirit of an elf. 💖💚

[@kallisto9166]

He was born to wear that elf costume.

[@pepsimanHD]

There is definitely tension between Sam and Wren. Hopefully everything is well with them.

[@ButcherBB]

Was looking for this comment I caught that too

[@Usario321]

Holy shit I JUST watched The Santa Clause like 2 hours ago and I was like: “I wonder if the corridor crew ever made a video about this movie’s CGI effects” lmao

[@PhantomStella]

Merry Christmas! The Santa Clause is a go-to movie during Christmas and so is Rise of the Guardians

[@Draenen]

7:00 The mocap area in Digital Extremes (Warframe, Bioshock, Unreal Tournament, etc.) has the cameras set up in the room. I've never been at a live recording session so they may not use the dots? But I think they mainly use it for reference more than direct porting anyways. Either way, seeing the room in person is dope (I mean the whole studio is dope but still)

[@HaienTwitch]

The Elf movie is really cool. I recommend everyone watch "The Movies That Made Us" episode about it, because this was Will Ferrells first lead role as an actor and the story behind it is really interesting.

[@logan317b]

Fun fact: in The Polar Express, right when we first see the elves, one of them isn’t being animated and is stuck in one pose. Trust me it’s there.

[@theechothief5594]

Oh Clint. He never fails to show his lack of basic pop culture awareness. “That’s Jim Carrey?!” I don’t think Clint watches movies. Ever lol.

[@farihaasif415]

Glad to see Clint back in the show, even for only as a guest! 😊😊

[@wonderlandinc.4067]

Happy new year folks, thanks for all the work and vids. Wish the best for you all.