VFX Artists React to THE BOYS Bad & Great CGi 2

[@anthonymcgrath]

"Eat f**king Timothy" the gnarliest scene in the whole series for me lol! The cg was superb for that whole sequence but can we give serious props to the actor Chase Crawford for genuinely looking like he was trying not to gag and at the same time not cry at the thought of eating his friend. The whole scene was so convincing.

[@asktoseducemiss434]

Is Wren wearing A Rotor Riot Destroy All LiPo's T-Shirt? Been flying since late 2013 much FPV love.

[@Hhhh22222-w]

it's kinda insulting tbh, it's a cultural delicacy

[@senseirazor737]

@@Hhhh22222-w It’s really not that deep… like at all.

[@Florian0103]

@@Hhhh22222-w yeah but not alive right

[@ashab6806]

@@Florian0103 Pretty sure they eat it alive. Ive seen a mukbanger eat one alive

[@KingsGlaive42]

Honestly impressed with the VFX from tv-shows lately. It would have been unthinkable for tv-shows to have movie-quality vfx 10 years ago.

[@Comicbroe405]

Agreed. It's a really good thing.

[@panathatube]

The dragons in Game of Thrones looked more "real" than Smaug in the Hobbit.

[@littleredruri]

@@panathatube i think they both looked real enough

[@iankelsall25]

agreed, i have wanted the C crew to do a breakdown of Stanger things' season 3, which had some awesome effects in it.

[@jordanhanson6611]

Unless you're Disney+. =/

[@the_indicted]

Wren: I am permanently traumatized and emotionally scarred Stephan: My job is complete.

[@szupko]

*scarred 🙋‍♂

[@123-k5o7f]

*scarred

[@Skeks_s]

The partial hand, head explosion was a great bit of exposition in action about how her powers work as well. Until then we'd only seen her undistracted, being able to give her full attention to the head explode execution. I really like this touch.

[@shaukahodan2373]

thoughts. Also the Red Sea scene in The Ten Commandments.

[@NoisqueVoaProduction]

16:18 Just watched season 4 episode 1-3 and he is the stuntman that is thrown into the building by Homelander's son, Ryan. So good to see that the stunt coordinator, John Koyama, had a cameo in the series, well deserving. They even used his real name. Koy!

[@robbyb3ll4s]

WAS ABOUT TO REPLY WITH THAT!

[@kiwoxgen9929]

he's the dude that went splat from homelander son's true force 😏

[@notenoughcalories]

The amount of realistic gore they created in this show is insane. How they even visualise these scenes... Is kinda scary ngl

[@seollenda]

There’s a huge reference out there called the internet and it’s many.. videos😉

[@buggy5079]

@@seollenda they go to r/morbidreality

[@SlightlyInactive]

Well the gore is the easy part, anyone with a knowledge in anatomy would easily visualize it. The funny and realistic parts like someone still alive with half their body missing always had issues being executed properly, i think of twd, some of the zombies looked ASS… this show definitely doing it a lil better imo

[@Horzydood]

Getting a reference for gore is easy. You can find some fucked up gore vids easy on surface web. I watched one recently where a Ukrainian castrated a Russian soldier with a box cutter, stretched his sac like it was silly putty.

[@thomasmusgrave7595]

idk i think more often than not the gore is more fantastical than realistic, this show overall fails to show just how well our skin holds us together. Obviously its awesome to watch im js.

[@SyntheticFuture]

This is hands down the best series in a long time. The story telling is amazing, the violence is brutal, the comedy is surprisingly dark. I love this series so much!

[@flannel7977]

I’d love it so much more if they switched up the swearing and got creative instead of just F bomb because they can

[@kenwao542]

@@flannel7977 i get what you mean but there are not many words they can switch to

[@3y35poihjpn]

@@flannel7977 omg they are swearing! Most of the public swear more in real life than in the show

[@aroberts3213]

no

[@SyntheticFuture]

@@aroberts3213 man your motivation is so good that I totally agree with you. What a terrible serie!

[@mitchellbrown06]

This is one of the only shows that consistently conjures a sense of loss for every death that occurs. When someone dies, you feel it and it’s visceral and gross and makes you feel the way a death should in reality. Good work on the VFX team fr.

[@Just_Ben_YT]

How to survive in the boys Don't be a speedster

[@Vo_Memes]

I think it would be interesting to see about "Everything Everywhere All at Once" VFX

[@rodrigoferreiramaciel4815]

that'd be awesome

[@vertoviaflaneuse]

been waiting for this!

[@abelhart5510]

Yyyeesssssss

[@anthonyrodriguez9761]

That and choreo for the fight scenes!

[@travismaybe]

@@anthonyrodriguez9761 in the commentary, the directors mention finding the group MartialClub on youtube and getting them to do some fight choreo in EEAAO. They've also done some performance work for Shang-Chi and the recent Mortal Kombat film.

[@CactusJack252]

I love how this show turned everything up to 11 and each season actually gets better than the last. A lot of shows can't say that, especially super hero theme driven shows.

[@Harmzz]

Season 2 was weak, S3 was great until the finale

[@Hoigwai]

The Timothy scene was on the ragged edge for me. I had to keep saying in my head that it was 100% cg cause man it was tearing at my soul.

[@jno8039]

Probably my most awkward show ever

[@sherlokderp9730]

Suggestion. The black hole 1979. OUTSTANDING practical effects, wire stunts, and even an early CGI opening

[@dashfatbastard]

Incredibly underrated film. If Star Wars hadn't happened I doubt it would ever have been made. I think it influenced films like "Sunshine" and "Event Horizon".

[@b.l.fisher8230]

@@dashfatbastard Sunshine is incredible...

[@haitolawrence5986]

In the theater back then The Black Hole had this brooding haunted house atmosphere that was next level. The sensation of being in deep space sitting on the edge of something unimaginable was amazing. Also the John Barry score is one of his best.

[@capsjukebox]

For a Disney movie it was really dark in premise and pretty interesting robot designs like Maximilian

[@rjs617]

@@haitolawrence5986 The movie really plays as if it is a nightmare. Such a weird film. The spaceship didn’t look like anything you would expect, like it was made out of repurposed building materials from a greenhouse, and the dining room had a chandelier in it. It is crazy that the movie was made after Star Wars, but it managed to look like it had been made decades earlier. It shows how good Lucas and ILM were at the time.

[@Thomas_H._Smith]

Idea for future VFX react: The giant squid scene in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. You guys gotta see the original sunset version vs what's in the final film, I'd love to see your thoughts. Also the Red Sea scene in The Ten Commandments.

[@jbdubz553]

That’s a really cool idea

[@brokenbox_media]

The squid wasn’t VFX, it was a practical animatronic.

[@Minotaurfrog]

Yes I second this!! In general, I love seeing how different film makers and vfx artists go about underwater scenes, similar to how you have to have an interesting way of looking at things to realy pull off a space based movie with “no gravity”

[@ME-wy5uv]

@Don't read profile photo scam bot

[@rickrollerdude]

@@ME-wy5uv Just report it, man

[@dareka9425]

How times have progressed. I remember watching a whole season of Heroes following the two power-copying superhumans, Peter and Sylar, geting more and more powerful and closer to one another. When they finally meet all powered up and ready to punch another and...the door closed. What an epic fight. The door is rattling, there were loud sound effects and lights flashing at the seams of the door.

[@Duaality.]

"The Head Wedding" is probably the best title anyone could've thought of for that court scene

[@khandimahn9687]

I very much agree with LESS blood mist! That's just not how blood reacts to impacts. Even blood sprays are too much too often. I know movies and shows want to make things dramatic, but you don't spray a pint of blood from a 9mm hit or sword cut. Explosions, sure, a bit of mist makes sense.

[@roguesoul6760]

Im sure all the holywood action movies youve watched has made you an expert in blood splatter analysis. The only time you see a pint of blood from a gunshot is Tarantino movies. Lmfao go touch grass you clown.

[@FishoD]

Tarantino’s Kill Bill begs to differ. Clearly Every human has about 50 litres of blood in them. And it’s under massive pressure. So a slight cut is a fontain of blood through the whole room.

[@Quij123]

I cut my hand on stainless steel and more than a pint of blood poured out

[@CiaphasKirby]

The iconic blood spray from sword cuts is from Kurosawa samurai films, when they accidentally set the pressure too high. Kurosawa ended up liking the style of it. It was always meant to be excessive.

[@RKroese]

Did you ever sneeze with a bloody nose? It sprays tiny droplets.

[@will_williams_12]

Just learned that Everything Everywhere all at Once was done with only 5 VFX artists. Would love to see a whole episode dedicated to it

[@tarettime9392]

@EverythingHAX they were referring to the VFX team which consisted of 5 artists (or atleast 5 dedicated VFX artists)

[@zeandiaz1791]

No fucking way?? 5 people?? That film is one of the best films I have ever seen

[@travismaybe]

@EverythingHAX where are you getting that EEAAO had dozens of uncredited digital VFX workers?

[@SnailHatan]

No, it wasn’t. Why do people just repeat shit they heard without actually learning for themselves?

[@Hhhh22222-w]

​@EverythingHAX lol obviously not just 5 people

[@gkscharlie6826]

Got the chance 2 years back to talk with Stephan sir. And he is such a humble, talented and supportive person. One of the very few big names I had interacted with who is so calm and humble

[@stephen12holbrook]

I worked under Stephan for a pilot show that never aired as well as Iron Fist. One takeaway I observed is he is a borderline masochist with the kind of shows he likes to take on. Seeing the kind of difficult shots he had to tackle for The Boys made me cringe at the amount of overtime he and his artists must have put in. I have a lot of respect for his ethic and that he loves a challenge, but I personally would never want to work on shows like that again, the schedules can be brutal!

[@supertrixie3029]

4:26 “Your note is like, ‘dope’” …..Complete and utterly sad silence 😔💀🪦

[@cameronfabela2353]

Wait watching this now Koyama is in season 4 acting as a stunt coordinator that is actually so cool that they had the opportunity to literally just put him in as himself.

[@thedeathanator7139]

exactly what i was thinking lol

[@grimmriffer]

The octopus scene broke my heart. Imagine being in a state of such institutionalised submissive terror that you would eat a conscious creature as it begs for mercy ... without even going into the fact that you're killing your lover. Also, it was gross.

[@blackmantis3130]

He could have chosen not to

[@cortster12]

@@blackmantis3130 You try telling Homelander no and see how that works out.

[@pluviosity]

@@cortster12 yeah. But also, Deep is a pure pathetic wimp.

[@blackmantis3130]

@@cortster12 regardless he could chosen not to.

[@cortster12]

@@blackmantis3130 Would you have been brave enough to tell Homelander no?

[@OZefiroMusica]

As an engineer, when I saw the two lasers colliding midair I was like "dude, that's not how light works", but the second after I was like "well, it looks cool anyway".

[@scottfitzpatrick1939]

Hahah i always give some poetic license like maybe its a property of the super power it some had mass or something

[@elijah4606]

You know I was thinking about how those laser eyes are putting out quite a few watts and uhh, they're coming from his body, which is powered by food. So the question is, why isn't Homelander constantly eating to have enough calories to power his lasers?

[@jeanmichel2642]

in all these shows they just have to stop talking about laser light, but instead another material thing like plasma projected.

[@palmeristo]

As a human, when I saw a bunch of superheros I was like "nah man".

[@BiRios]

@@elijah4606 he probably eats high calorie things off camera; making his treatment of A-Train worse. Or, the lasers come from a different energy source, like Starlight’s and Cyclops.

[@TheInternetIsDeadToMe]

The Boys is one of the best shows I’ve seen in a while for so many reasons. Stephen Fleet is clearly one of the reasons this show is working on another level. He knows his craft inside out and is clearly getting the best out of all the teams he is working with. Great interview.

[@biplavpoudel]

Chace Crawford as Deep deserves some recognition for his acting. 🔥🔥

[@Reevesi]

The Boys is such a well created series. It wasn't until series 2 that I recognised the actor playing Homelander (Antony Starr) played Lucas Hood from Banshee (another great series). Triple A+ job folks. Top shelf VFX.

[@Amascut]

A lot of the absolutely insane gory visuals in the tv show Hannibal would be well worth looking at. Mason Verger eating his own face was unbelievable.

[@rubyjones274]

Loooove Hannibal

[@amandasnider2644]

It's the most realistic in my opinion but, I'm not a doctor or serial killer so my opinion isn't worth that much lol

[@LEE-337]

Can you guys please talk about video game trailers like Assassin's Creed Unity and the Titan Fall ones? Thank you in advance.

[@ghostrider1289]

I agree with you broo

[@ooiiooiiooii]

Respectfully they already don’t know much about 3D, so I don’t think they could add anything meaningful from the conversation

[@1975steelersfan]

@Don't read profile photo shut up

[@frextion5867]

blizzard trailerrssss plzz

[@leolizard3152]

Just got done playing Unity lol. Fun game

[@jameswhatsit]

For a vfx gore review the Spartacus TV series from the early 2010s went absolutely nuts on the cgi blood, they sort of nailed that balance between cartoonishly unrealistic, but it didn’t pull you out of the show! After watching it, I was so desensitised to blood effects that I kept on thinking people “seriously injured/killed” in action movies weren’t even “hurt”.

[@andrewsissons808]

It actually would've been pretty sick/hilarious if Butcher's and Homelander's lasers went through each other and struck both of them in the head.

[@austinsavage5962]

Seeing wren smile so wholesomely makes me smile i hope he is as happy in real life as he is in these videos because god he just brightens my day so much

[@legoshi6531]

The Boys is amazing, you feel everything the writers want you to feel and it's just amazing.

[@itayg25]

"The Head Wedding" is the single greatest thing I've heard in a long time, and that episode was awesome!

[@MrFrog4Prez]

You guys should do the end scene of Once Upon A Time in Hollywood. It's a nice gory blend of cgi and practical and just an awesome scene in general!

[@xanschneider]

What an amazing show. I never expected it to be so good. Not only the effects, but also the characters. Homelander is probably the best superhero ever.

[@TylerL220]

Not sure you took the right message from the show lol

[@xanschneider]

@@TylerL220 Homelander is the good guy, right?

[@RetroSavvie]

@@xanschneider not a chance

[@RetroSavvie]

@@xanschneider He is a sadistic and narcissistic psychopath who enjoys killing people and believes he can do whatever he wants. He let a plane crash once, which killed many people in the process, and showed absolutely no remorse for the result.

[@ActiveSufi]

Every single time I watch something from you guys, i’m reminded that I don’t actually know a lot and i’m glad because I’m able to learn more things. Thank you guys for keeping this series up and improving it with each new episode.

[@anthonyorf8827]

You guys should watch the severance intro, it looks like it uses some really creative simulations and reminded me a lot of some of the things you guys have made, it's probably the one of the best tv show intros I've ever seen

[@CHAITHANYAkitta]

the fight club

[@Weloz92]

That's a very cool intro, both visually and technically speaking.

[@will-in-a-million1146]

I’d love to hear your guys’ opinions of the Umbrella Academy, specifically that fight scene from the first episode of season 3.

[@blackjackentertainment1790]

The dancing included? 🤣

[@Vihan__17]

the scene where sloane jumps at the samurai is so bad like no offense i loved the show but that particular scene's cgi was horrible

[@zackv322]

For the stuntmen/women react, there's a scene in homefront where Jason Statham fights two guys at a gas station and one of the guys takes a fall and it looks so much like his head hits the concrete. It's bugged me for years how it looks so real!

[@user-dd4fv6qj8g]

I'll give you a hit. It probably did.

[@NiPeMiRecenziiFilme]

Then dont watch chinese/indonesian/thai martial arts movies, those people always end up injured.

[@edentang1757]

@@NiPeMiRecenziiFilme fr im pretty sure jackie chan legit broke his spine once from a 10-ish metre fall

[@griffgames9538]

Jason Statham himself was a bad ass earlier in his career -- doing a lot of physical stunts and fights. He was an Olympic-level athlete, right, so his fitness was insane and he was pretty fearless and adaptable - learning martial arts, mild parkour, in-car stunts, etc. With age (and bigger contracts/more restrictive insurance clauses) he had to back off on the riskier stunts, but he can still sell a good-looking action set piece today. He doesn't need to work as much lately after accumulating a solid net worth in his early-to-mid career.

[@kayce851]

@Zack Van Vleet I took a look and I think I see the shot you mentioned. The stunt guy clearly lands with his left forearm/elbow first and then plants his right hand to brace the impact. He then extends the left arm forward and lands shoulder first then he tilts his head downward. The long hair makes it look close, but his head doesn't make contact with the ground. Just good stunt work.

[@MoreBestEverFoodReviewShow]

I need someone to explain why Starlight has a awful skin softening filter in every scene. It’s worst than that beauty Box filter from 10 years ago. Did she ask for that?

[@jishan6992]

Hey didn't expect you to be here

[@notabot5878]

Yea lol whats up with that

[@jennymcelligott]

It was really bad in "Under the Banner of Heaven". Super noticeable and the actress didn't need it at all.

[@billg1308]

She actually did something to her cheeks, it doesn’t look good

[@mastroortsam]

@@billg1308 yeah took me a little to get used to it

[@jsolfin185]

TV Show Gangs of London has some really good gory effects. You Looked at on an earlier stunt people react episode but the effects are also top notch.

[@LEOxuan]

Yes! I’ve been waiting for a part two to the Boys VFX artists react.

[@believeinmatter]

This show is so excellent, and I recommend it highly to anyone who hasn’t seen all of it yet! Although i hope people have seen it if they’re watching this video 🤔

[@drdripransom342]

Yes was waiting for this Season 3 was very brilliant I sincerely hope they make season 4 remarkable too, it will be interesting to see how they can top season 3

[@abelhart5510]

Bro that whole Soldier Boy, Butcher ( and a little bit of Huey) v Homelander fight was by far one of my favorite scenes in the whole show. I got so hyped when butcher walked in, it was a masterpiece! Thank you guys for talking about that scene I loved it so much Oh and that transition into the sponsor portion of the video was hilarious, you guys are great 👌

[@ryansplace2009]

"The Boys" has definitely done a lot of firsts in visual effects. Next time Stephan Fleet is on, please ask what feedback he's had from the community. Has he invalidated some of the older techniques with his methodology on this show?

[@MasterMugatu]

Throwing it out there. The practical effects in Alien 1&2 against the visual effects of Alien 3 and seeing the comparison between them 👌🏻

[@Klossus]

The colour of human blood in movies is interesting as I rarely se an accurate representation. I imagine it breaks immersion for people who see a lot of it (I'm in healthcare). In real life there is a range of colours, arterial is bright red, venous is dark blue, purple or almost black in low light. In a real injury, there is always a mix of these colours and you can often see swirls and eddies of bright red arterial blood usually on a generally darker pool of venous or mixed blood inside the wound. Of course it can also be the other way around depending on what kind of bleeding dominates. The blood mixes very quickly so once it leaves the body one colour tends to dominate. Once exposed to air, it sometimes brightens slightly as the oxygen from binds to haemoglobin but once dried or clotted it tends to darken again. Old blood on clothes and surface is often very dark, can be almost black. Blood clots in large wounds are the weirdest, strangest looking things, like shiny dark red (but again, depends on the type of blood that formed them) wobbly pieces of very soft jelly, most comparable to raw chicken liver I think.

[@HaienTwitch]

When it comes to cinema "real" blood does not look good on screen at least older movies and series because real just looks unreal on screen.

[@fuzzyapple]

Are you working in human healthcare? Because human blood is never blue. It can maybe have a cooler shade of red in cold white light, but it's definitely still red.

[@ammie886]

Are you trolling?

[@Klossus]

@@fuzzyappleyeah you're right, venous blood is rarely truly blue but I always thought that is because it always contains a mix with some oxygenated haemoglobin. Fully deoxygenated haemoglobin is very dark purple-blue, although it's rarely seen in real life. However, when someome has extremely low oxygen saturations, they appear 'cyanosed' ie blue. Yeah yeah I know, it's more like purple but isn't that just a mix of red and blue?

[@hoggusrampant]

Where's the bright pink foamy blood come from? (Saw a butchered steer)

[@flyingfox2005]

Idea for future VFX react: One of the best digital gore sequences, that still holds up today is the half digested Billy sequence from 1998's Deep Rising. The sequence was over seen by Blur Studio and is a master class in how to do horror effects with digital tools.

[@lobsterthieved]

Something to react to: the VFX from oblivion (2013) honestly deserve an entire episode to themselves. Totally blown away by so many things which made me wonder the degree of vfx vs practical effects. Highly recommend the movie too.

[@matthewtownson]

so happy to hear the return of screaming sam censor! (15:35)

[@kyleg1464]

Gore effects: I've always loved that moment in Starship Troopers (during the first big battle scene) where the soldier gets impaled (when he's like "you want some? here's some!"), then he's un-ceremonially tossed into a group of warrior bugs, and they all go at him, and you see his severed limbs flying up.

[@ethai1]

I really hope you come back for more shots from the boys. I'm especially interested in you guys analyzing the fight with Translucent in season 1

[@hrizhi]

You know that the episode is gonna be good when there's a disclaimer at the starting

[@Kalepsis]

You guys should look at the VFX in Westworld next. Some of the stuff they did in the first season was astounding, and there are very few janky shots in the series.

[@KuntaKinteToby]

The VFX team has done simply a wonderful job with everything in The Boys, not every single piece holds up to 100% realism, but the few examples where it doesn't are so short that you are not at all bothered by it. I appreciate that they are trying to keep it realistic, insofar as a show about people with superpowers can be. If someone implodes your skull with their mind powers, it should damn well be bloody!

[@stevengranted1259]

Just finished binge watching From season 1-3 and it's one of the best shows

[@kabascoolr]

Idea for future VFX react: The Expanse. A lot of realistic looking space scenes and other CGI. One talked about CGI is the "crazy belter flying through the ring" scene in Season 3.

[@jasethomas5198]

Yup this one. The cgi takes a jump in quality when the show moved to Amazon too

[@thellamapool2328]

I’d love to see you guys cover the first Final Destination. The DVD had a vfx featurette that really shows a lot of how they did it.

[@Mattened]

That frame, right at 13:08, of the octopus on the plate, looks more realistic than the final pass, with the dull teal & orange-y color grading over it.

[@JesseArt]

I just re-watched Blade II the other day and was very impressed with how the film-makers constructed the infected vampires with the faces that open up sort of Predator style, with an Alien like sucker bit. It was way better than I was expecting.

[@leo88775]

Well Guillermo Del Toro is a VFX turbo nerd to be fair, he always delivers on great VFX. His Hellboy movies are awesome for how old they are now

[@jscott4reel]

Please react to District 9! It blew my mind at the time and would love to see how it stands up in your eyes more than a decade later

[@figgehn_]

A more practical FX film Zombi 2 (1979), also know as Zombie Flesh Eaters by Lucio Fulci would be awesome to see, and do anyone know if there is a behind the scenes of that somewhere?

[@ChavinMedina]

I would really love to see you guys review the original practical fx ending to Little Shop of Horrors. It’s a shot that not a whole lot of people know about since it was cut from the movie but it is seriously impressive

[@c.d.rstudios4691]

The kaiju one?

[@sancho4975]

18:43 just a Marvel director talking to the VFX artist

[@hed420]

19:06 It's Houston . Check him out on the Tech Talk podcast with Barnacules Nerdgasm and actor David Hewlett from the Stargate series.

[@Karl_Hungus_Nihilist]

Being a Danny Boyle fan, I was always wondering about the VFX in Sunshine. Every shot with the sun seems like it took a lot of research.

[@bmg50barrett74]

Idea for future VFX React: The Orville. A comedy-drama sci-fi show has no business have special effects this good (specifically the last season, the most recent two episodes).

[@MC---]

The latest episode 9 was great. This new season has been really well done. Each episode feels like a movie.

[@awandererfromys1680]

@@MC--- The writing is great as well, the stories have real heart. Old-school TNG vibes. It's an amazing show all around.

[@yagelbar]

Episode s03e09 - Domino

[@arisucheddar3097]

I'm massively obsessed with how well they do space battles. There are so few movies or series that properly use space in all directions and stage their fights on one boring plane, like the ships are on wheels.

[@joshuabennett374]

A interesting movie to look at for some weird special affects is Rubber. It's about a tire that becomes sentient and goes on a killing spree. It would be cool to see you react to some of the affects of the tire.

[@THEdanieljohnson94]

Can’t remember if you already covered it but so much of Final Destination 2 is the perfect combo of digital and practical gore and I remember there being great step-by-step breakdowns on the dvd extras of how they did it.

[@Weirdbrit]

I just saw the movie "Carter". It really needs its own episode. It watches like a complete one shot, so it would be awesome to see them explain where the hidden cuts are. It also has great fight choreographies and...not optimally done vfx, so basically the perfect movie for an episode

[@lokithecat7225]

Corridor Crew: We are masters of Video, and CGI Also Corridor Crew: We can't quite figure out how Chapters, or Timestamping works on KZbin.

[@mag6362]

I loved the explosion of the hand and jaw in the 2nd shot but i cant get over the fact when his whole body gets blown up it kinda looks like he gets blown updwars instead of imploding like the rest of those shots wich kinda makes it look less real for me. But overall the insane quality of the vfx is still astounding for a tv show

[@KillerTacos54]

I pray that we get more of these episodes with the legend himself, Stephan Fleet

[@inanimatesum4945]

Kudos to the production team of this. Awareness of how practical it would be to CG certain shots compared to using some practical steps in shooting a shot and applying CG in a more natural way is something that needs to be more industry standard and normalized. It also lends to making such bold shots like the octopus scene.

[@TotallySquirrel]

The Strain has some nasty, gory VFX. Would love it if you could take a look at that show in one of your compilations some time!

[@AngryBerb]

PETA is definitely not an organization I'd try to be seeking appraisal from.

[@zero11010]

I love when these guys talk to someone and sound like complete amateurs by comparison. It lends honesty and credibility to what they do. They’re not at that high tier level for this movie stuff. They love it immensely and they can do it a little. It’s nice that they don’t pretend to be more than they are. 👍

[@nunyabidness3081]

I understand what you’re saying, and am certainly not trying to negate it at all. I think perhaps the main facet of it isn’t that (most of) the Crew isn’t capable of making feature level effects. Instead, it’s that many of them are, or at least have an understanding of how to do it, if not execute it alone. However, with the restrictions of time being what it is to upload quality content like this on a semi regular basis, with a team this small, what we see, as you know, is super impressive. I know you weren’t being negative in your assessment of their skills in general, I just figured I’d weigh in a bit. I too enjoy watching them talk to, learn from, and be inspired by the industry professionals the Crew is fortunate enough to have had access to as of late. It’s really something, and every once in a while, usually Niko, may notice something a professional may not have picked up on, sometimes even in their own work! Anyhow, I think Niko, Sam, Wren, and Clint could likely make it as industry professionals, should the idea ever strike their fancy. For now, however, I like my boys right where they are. :) Cheers dude, hope this came across the way it was intended, and not as an argument.

[@AndyGilleand]

Please react to the VFX from The Orville Season 3. They have been incredible. Also, watch it if you haven't. Best Sci fi out there right now.

[@7kortos7]

18:00 in refrence to the lasers. the eye beams are more like super heated plasma since a laser wouldn't cause destruction like their beams do. yall have seen the video where the guy makes a light saber? need to point two of those at each other and that's how it would look. very violent and volatile equilibrium.

[@AshTooAsh]

With the whole laser eyes colliding thing, I was always under the assumption that "laser eyes" as far as a super power goes was just an easy way of describing the power. "Well they look like lasers and they are coming out of their eyes..." In my mind, the "laser" part was always just non-specific energy.

[@MaxIronsThird]

It's more like hot plasma. Cyclops' version is just concussion beam or something like that, it's not even hot, it's like a wave is hitting you.

[@jdrummerdd]

@@MaxIronsThird none of it is real, it can be anything.

[@16BitMovies]

Harvey (two-face) Dent in the dark knight is an amazing visual effect. You may have covered it before but worth another look. Stylised gore I think it was described as.

[@kayce851]

They briefly talked about it in the 10th episode of the VFX react series if you're interested.

[@16BitMovies]

@@kayce851 Thanks.)

[@cjordahl]

I loved the scene where the eye lasers met in the middle, and it looked great, but after hearing Stephan Fleet talk about their process I wish they had followed their intuition to make it more 'realistic'. It would have felt more like 'The Boys' to have the beams maybe interact briefly but then pass by each other. Practically speaking it would be essentially impossible for narrow and fast-moving beams to hit each other, and especially exactly half way between the two guys. The beams could still interact, throw sparks or molten drops or something -- these are superhero eye beams after all, they don't have to behave like real lasers. But the perfectly precise placement is what seems less 'realistic'.

[@jacklxv]

The beam comes out of their eyes. To meet the other beam all they need to do is look each other in the eyes...it's not that hard to believe the beams collide.

[@cammcgra]

I love this series. But would also love to see more videos of you recreating classic VFX, like Terminator 2 shot with Wren. Keep up the awesome work!

[@Bottle_of_airYT]

7:41 head wedding is the most legendary name, mixing game of thrones with the boys

[@iankelsall25]

this is just a guess, but i'd figure that the sup's laser eyes would have to be akin to plasma, a super heated matter discharge that could melt steel.

[@makhnobux]

that's what i've thought as well. i think another fact to support this headcanon is that if they were pure lasers bright enough to be seen by the human eye while passing through air, i'm pretty sure everyone would go blind

[@iankelsall25]

@@makhnobux i guess its walking the line between what looks 'real' and what looks cool. The audience is invariably going to go with cool.

[@voidling2632]

But the matter has to come from somewhere...

[@rocketgroot4311]

*18:05* *I could be wrong but..* *i think there's a misconception about (laser eyes)* *It's heat vision* *It's not concentrated light it's concentrated heat..*

[@CardboardRaider]

I’m pretty sure it’s concentrated light that causes heat

[@ericks.lopezdelarosa5545]

Wren: we are not going to show "the scene" The scene: 6:55

[@OseiBayard]

TV shows have come so far. It's awesome, especially when compared to something as wild as Mirror Mask

[@thynameislegion]

1. Pans labyrinth - bottle to nose scene. 2. Mirrors - mouth rip sequence. 3. Hemlock Grove- first wolf transformation. 4. Neil Marshall's hellboy - monster destroying London sequence.

[@gibn1542]

Not to discard all the great stuff in this episode but the fact that they refer to the trial scene as the "Head Wedding" is fuckin awesome

[@devilisdutch]

I think it's head wetting.

[@shravan1005]

@@devilisdutch no its head wedding

[@shravan1005]

@@devilisdutch because the meaty flap is called the necklace

[@ROBOHOLIC1]

It's a pun on the Red Wedding

[@metelineblue294]

headbang

[@MrSpannners]

I love how The Boys, a satire of superheroes, made a better version of superpowered beings fighting than actual super hero movies.

[@failedleopard3685]

Would love to see some of For All Mankind reactions, it has some very good effects, and sometimes it makes you squint your eyes and not know why it looks off!

[@feelflows]

I’ve been looking for a For All Mankind suggestion!! Such an underrated show

[@CapitalFoodAdventure]

Great work team - thank you for getting us such great talent from across the industry. Always looking forward to the next VFX artists react.

[@laurenbendik2006]

I’m just in awe at what vfx/cgi can do. Seems like a really cool job!!

[@toyotagaz]

Can't wait to see you guys react to everything everywhere all at once vfx

[@jyrinx]

For which they can cram the whole VFX team onto the couch.

[@MaxIronsThird]

it's mostly SFX

[@woofless3246]

honestly i’m waiting for the day that corridor crew is hired by a huge movie studio for a big vfx job

[@VEE0034]

16:16 Fun fact: John Koyama is the guy who plays Emilio in Breaking Bad aka the corpse that falls through the ceiling lol

[@wboomshakalaka]

I don't know yet if yall have reacted to FURY or not. But, the effects in that movie, the gore, the physics of the tanks, and all the lighting is incredible. Would highly recommend reacting to that.

[@loganpraz2566]

I feel like these are one of the rare episodes where they aren’t just talking about old or known techniques but rather where they are learning present effects being used by others that they can keep in mind and actually learn from and use it for future videos

[@cenciende9401]

They've made it very clear many many times how much they do (and we all can) learn from the past and apply that knowledge (which is often forgotten) to the current.

[@jeehoonoh]

9:28 Oh damn never thought about that. The VFX artist for the boys probably had to look at a lot of ACTUAL pictures of gore for realistic references...