VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi 65

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[@CorridorCrew]

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[@HiddenPufferfish01928]

Harsh, only 17 likes and its a pinned comment 💀💀

[@polyestermammoth740]

Deep fakes have the potential to be a HUGE threat to our communications, so to say ‘don’t worry about it’ and to be so dismissive is to not understand that.

[@ironized]

The irony of a CGI luke and a puppet grogu is never lost on me.

[@flammablezeus]

While there is a puppet of Grogu, he's often CGI and animated to look like a puppet.

[@ironized]

@@flammablezeus I’d swap the word “often” to “rarely”.

[@ironized]

And in that scene it was the puppet. They only use CG when they cannot use the puppet.

[@lukeskywalker6809]

Yes, they should’ve made a puppet Luke and a real Baby Yoda.

[@_vakas]

@@ironized No, it's pretty often.

[@alexnurse3498]

I love that while most of the suits in "Man of Steel" were CG, Faora's suit at 8:52 was real and gave them the perfect lighting reference to work with. Unlike in "Avengers Endgame" when they didn't even have the final design of the suits at the time of the filming... which I guess only shows that the progress of the tech in just a few years.

[@sam8404]

Not sure if I'd chalk that up to technical progress, sounds like it was just better planning/coordination between the crew and VFX department.

[@gregsmw]

@@sam8404 the "technical progress" he is talking about is how the marvel team didnt NEED the on set suit to perfect match lighting, while the man of steel team felt they needed the real thing enough that they made a practical physical copy maybe the man of steel team didnt need it, but if so, why did they go through the effort of making it?

[@fakename287]

@@gregsmw why make any props ever? Why bother with on-set filming, or in a few years why bother with actors at all now that deepfakes are becoming better? Just hire voice actors and do everything in post. Another decade or two and AI may be good enough to where we just need a script and some version of Siri can give you a good VA too.

[@Archedgar]

I was truly blown away when I found out that General Zod's armor was completely CGI. I'm usually pretty good at spotting CGI but if I hadn't been explicitly told that his armor was full CGI, I would never have realized it. I assumed it was actual armor but with CG touch-ups here and there.

[@automotiverenderings]

I always thought just their helmets were CGI

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

@@automotiverenderings same

[@megamanxhunter]

Only the Kryptonian female's armors are real.

[@grabdaCikan]

Same

[@sheepbentley4717]

@@megamanxhunter why did they make hers but no one else's?

[@robertward5047]

What I loved about the luke reveal was how you see him and are immediately blown away then you think, ah but he won't open his eyes, then he does and your like DAMN. Then he speaks when he is off camera and your like, ah they are not gonna show him actually talking, then they do and your like DOUBLE DAMN. they like drip feed it throughout the scenes until you end up with full body luke lightsabre in hand doing his thing. They did it spot on. Didn't reveal all their cards in the first scene and left you on the edge of your seat as to what you would see next.

[@bunksoup8137]

Annihilation (2018) has several disturbing and mind blowing fx shots. The mutant bear, the 3d Mandelbulb, the shiny alien, the flower people, the shimmer. It’s a decent movie, but a visual work of art.

[@Simeon_Harris]

yes! gorgeous looking movie (with a wonderful score). shame it didn't quite live up to the books, but the vfx were done really well.

[@siddharthverma4017]

i think they did annhilation

[@Nova-ru5mm]

I really want to see them look at Peacemaker. Not only does Eagly look really good, but I thought the scene with the Gorilla looked amazing and I'd love to see what they have to say about it.

[@hussainsetranjiwala402]

yess same heree!

[@alexanderhahn8583]

Yea that eagle was LEGIT!

[@leonardomonteleone5429]

This right here

[@kylelevely6731]

I back this 👍🏻they def need to that show has some great vfx

[@jdmillspa]

Some great fight scenes as well that would be perfect for stuntment react. Like the fight in the last episode.

[@cd8086]

That man of steel fight is simply amazing. I come back to watch it now and again

[@AshrafAnam]

Man of Steel really should've won an Oscar for vfx.

[@cjayloco3240]

FUCING HELL ONG BROOOOOO, that movie was fuccing insae for its time. 2013 was not ready

[@scramblingtheegggs3603]

Its amazing but tbh it did go up against Gravity lmao

[@bluespirit8590]

2013 academy would never give an Oscar to a superhero film... But now after the marvel cinematic success they would even make make a special award for this type movies.......

[@AshrafAnam]

@@bluespirit8590 LOL. What are you talking about? It's the opposite. Superman 1978 won an Oscar for VFX, Batman 1989 won an Oscar for art direction (production design), The Dark Knight got an Oscar for sound editing in additional to Heath Ledger winning Best Supporting Actor and Suicide Squad got an Oscar for makeup and also Spider-Man 2 won an Oscar for vfx and, as we know, it's not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The MCU did nothing for superhero movies at the Oscars...in fact Avengers Endgame remains the only highest grossing movie to not have won a single Oscar...that says something.

[@strongwise1255]

at least nominated, mos still is the 'blueprint' for so many filmmakers

[@SenseiSeth]

When I saw the Luke Skywalker bit I IMMEDIATELY thought of you guys... Then after that brief second my mind was blown by the shots itself 😂😂

[@akoras3222]

It's always cool to see you here enjoying some of the best KZbin content there is sensei :)

[@KaladinVegapunk]

It's definitely impressive, also weird they went with AI voice too, prob easier to match the CG but made it a little off. it was nice to see actual Luke Skywalker though and not rian Johnson's angry hobo Jake Skywalker from that dumpster fire hahaha, mark Hamill is just such a cool freaking guy and I still feel bad he came back after decades just to be in a shitty movie Also i think it's funny that superman's CG looks good..it's just too bad it's used to make him murder an entire city, decimate it like 100 9/11s and have an amazing actor like Cavill be stuck with Snyder's godawful edge lord scripts haha It's a bummer terrible writing ruined possibly great films

[@goddammitalana]

@Nikolaus Resch yessss! Isnt nice to see our niche mma world interact w CC? Its always like "hey! I know that guy!" Lol

[@cable7152]

Literally anytime I see great cgi or deepfakes I think of them

[@thecomicalcon3441]

Hey Seth. Was I write about the password the other day? SethNMike4ever? Lol. Just kidding. Glad to see you here and glad to support you and corridor

[@MichaelGAubrey]

My sense from Man of Steel is that they took the the metaphor, "Faster than a speeding Bullet" and asked: How do bullets behave when they impact objects? And then made everything that. The impact in the dump truck @12:13 really fits that paradigm.

[@navarrochristianmichaele.3559]

It's just live action dragon ball fights

[@fakename287]

@@navarrochristianmichaele.3559 makes sense, considering a lot of the action scenes were inspired by anime, especially the last fight in the city mirroring a lot of the shots from the last fight in the 2nd season of Birdy the Mighty

[@markodwyer6406]

I have to say I’ve always loved the action in man of steel. It all feels like there’s so much weight to it. I’ve yet to see another superhero movie that portrays pure strength so effectively. It’s sad to see the dceu loses a lot of that after MOS.

[@wirwel]

I'd love to see a breakdown of how they did Javier Bardem putting his teeth/chin prosthetics back into his mouth in Skyfall. Taking them out seems to be purely CG, but putting them back in is some type of awesome mix.

[@LostHope84]

If you guys didn't know, they hired Shamook, a fellow cgi/machine learning youtuber. He put up a video fixing Luke from Mando and ILM liked it so much they hired him for Book of Boba. That's why it looks so much better now.

[@malorum]

Shamook is KING!

[@SimonRandall]

No they hired him as a trainee junior technician. He would not be allowed to deliver the finals of any shot never mind the Luke shots. The real Senior artists are getting fed up of false claims.

[@TheRealSpiderent]

I heard someone say they also hired someone from Corridor (this channel) but I couldn't find any source

[@NionAeon]

@@SimonRandall I was thinking jeez they just hire a KZbinr to handle the whole thing solo?! If that's the case, it's sad they're not getting the credit due! Because all I've heard is it's all Shamook.

[@miomimomiro]

Just making reality to the fact that doing what you love no matter if you are paid or not by another company (company meaning any place in some hierarchy). Your time will come, fellow artists!

[@Squicx]

Seeing Kane Pixels get the recognition he deserves just puts a MASSIVE smile on my face. He along with many others proves that when you put your mind to it you can accomplish anything.

[@grutarg2938]

It's nice to see that with or without the technology, you still need creative vision and storytelling behind your project.

[@CHIEF__]

Considering we know Corridor watches Attack on TItan, I hope they review Kane Pixels videos on it... after they become not spoilers at least,

[@bpshafer]

haha he goes to my friend's highschool, it's pretty awesome to see it.

[@MJ-fm3qf]

Glad I recommended him a few videos ago😌 the effects are impressive didn't know how young he was though

[@knugget1688]

150th like

[@yopedraza]

Man Of Steel, BVS and ZSJL really show the pure brutal strength of a superpowered being. No other superhero movie has made me feel like that's a dude that could actually destroy a city with his bare hands

[@FullmetalAsian]

The thing I really loved about man of steel was the fighting scenes. They felt like how the animated shows and injustice portrayed fighting.

[@AM-mp7ug]

Actually the Injustice video game copied Superman's double punch move from the Man of Steel movie. You can check it out for yourself.

[@dikenscelaj]

The more I watch these deepfake videos, the more I'm impressed about our brains ability to distinguish them from reality. It's crazy that we can catch those minute details that make some deepfake feel cgi, and we don't even try too hard, we just feel it!

[@JokerInk-CustomBuilds]

well, it is a very important skill to have to be able to distinguish different creatures from one another... You don't wanna hug a lion thinking it is your mom and you wan't to know how mom looks when she is angry enough to be as dangerous as the lion! lol -The brain has been practicing on that one since before humans evolved...

[@RSpracticalshooting]

Thousands of years of human evolution.

[@danieljensen2626]

I think it's mostly because there's an evolutionary advantage to being able to read people's emotions on their face, so we're really tuned into a lot of tiny details.

[@randomdude189]

They’re all talking about deep fakes and I’m just here wondering how Yoda is a baby around Luke when he was old and disappeared when Luke was still learning.

[@dikenscelaj]

I don't know if the explanation it's strictly evolution. I think it can also be the fact that we have seen a lot of people's faces and we have a pretty good model of how a face should look.

[@gunterdonnerfaust9616]

I'm really happy to see Man of Steel get some love, especially for those action sequences. A lot of people complain about it and I understand, but I feel it didn't get the credit it deserves

[@dc_cristianz]

Man of steel è un capolavoro

[@brucewayneissupermanquinn601]

Honestly, as a Social Studies teacher teaching Media Literacy, the "If you see it on a screen, don't believe it", is getting frighteningly close to reality these days...

[@vwings01]

Level of VFX artist skill: Beginner > Intermediate > Advance > Expert ....... > Peter France Kudos to Kane for reaching this level 15:19

[@huexley]

What I find remarkable about the special effects in Man of Steel is that for the first time there is a real feeling of weight and invincibility against the elements, typically when they "go through" several buildings without even being braked.

[@megamanxhunter]

Yes. When you see Superman, Zod, hit buildings, or the ground, you really feel the impact. My favorite is when Faora throw Kal El away and he lands on the bank vault, you hear the sound of the vault and the vault is bent by the impact.

[@twerk_it_like_nae_nae7979]

Feels like a live action anime battle.

[@murrayc9615]

I've mentioned this elsewhere... In the scene where the Kryptonian jumps and lands on the fighter jet, you can see him squeeze the pilot's head and crushes it like a grape. You can see a mist of blood spurting away.

[@LOLDUDE641]

Great takes and breakdowns as always, guys! I was especially blown away by the Kryptonians' armor being 3D-rendered back in 2012. If you guys are still up for covering CG animations, though, I'd like to recommend the Overwatch animated shorts. Can't think of any one particularly noteworthy effect in them, aside from maybe the giant robot getting frozen and falling apart in "Zero Hour," but you may find one of the shorts worth checking out.

[@jaspermatthews4427]

That ‘found footage’ is absolutely terrifying, it’s done so wonderfully

[@hamshankscps1049]

I was genuinely unsettled when I saw that a month ago or so

[@sam8404]

@@hamshankscps1049 same, and it's even more impressive when you consider it was made by a 16 year old kid.

[@hamshankscps1049]

@@sam8404 Yeah I didn't realize that. They have a bunch more Backrooms videos on their channel too

[@HugeHeadedGaming]

I loved the Man of Steel movie purely cause of how they demostrated force, speed and impact. For some reason you could feel it way more, I guess that goes along with great sound design too.

[@Grod2013]

Bruh that’s literally the only that got it right, I love it

[@Ev1L0rd]

I like their explanation for Man of Steel how seeing the motion and mass taken into account. When characters are moving at those speeds and generating that amount of power is fantastic. Back when the movie Underworld 2 was made, theres a shot where Marcus in his vampiric form is flying around a truck in a chase scene, he is moving SOOOOOOO slowly. He at one point rams into the side of the vehicle and it just looks really bad how he moves slowly, just tucks a little but the truck is nearly thrown of the road. More super powered characters that look accurately super powered would be awesome to see.

[@MBrulla]

Another excellent episode. That Kane Pixels spot was really well planned...and that's what makes it work. Execution on a phenomenal plan. Since we're in horror land, I'd love to see you guys take a peek at Thirteen Ghosts. Such a fun campy movie, but there were some moments I really thought the effects stood out.

[@trepidchicken6012]

The "CGI" in Red vs Blue in the first few seasons is really interesting because it was so long a go in internet video, and what they would later do with fully CG episodes when they had some money and time to make them is a great look at there evolution.

[@leynni]

RvB model progression really shows the advancements of CG in the last two decades

[@GloomGaiGar]

Did they even use CGI that wasn't the game engine in the very first few seasons? Talking about OG Halo 1 here.

[@leynni]

@@GloomGaiGar I'm pretty sure that was all they used, as well as newer models as they the years went by, until they were able to start rigging their own stuff around season 9 bc they finally had a budget, since ppl wanted to see more of the show or smth.

[@trepidchicken6012]

@@GloomGaiGarI was talking about the times they just drew things on still parts of the frame to make things appear like they are in the world, and then the later seasons get a little more involved.

[@JoFoAKAForteen]

The final fight on seasons 8, 10 and 13 are so good even if the quality of the CGI is a bit dated

[@Ted_Curtis]

I'd love to see the history of the Doctor Who title sequence throughout the years. It's a really interesting look at the history of special effects, especially on TV, specifically with the birth of electronic music, the early days of CGI and the precedent of fan creations influencing the original media.

[@TheRealSpiderent]

yes

[@jaybristowe2346]

It would be awesome if they did a whole doctor who focused episode

[@LouisMCYT]

yes

[@LouisMCYT]

@@jaybristowe2346 yes

[@leoj2439]

yes i remember asking ages ago , the original is so good. and theres so much to talk about with the intros.

[@edd4816]

Would love to see you guys look at the vfx work in some of Kane's other backrooms videos! Specifically the portal activation effects, which I found to be really interesting

[@TheAntropusChannel]

This was not “pure” deepfake. A 3D model was involved. To what extent is a matter of ILM choosing or not to disclose eventually. I worked on 3D Luke, so I know a bit about it :)

[@stevenirizarry1304]

I presume that a CGI face was used to aid the deepfake?

[@TheAntropusChannel]

@@stevenirizarry1304 and vice-versa. Both techniques complemented each other.

[@stevenirizarry1304]

@@TheAntropusChannel when will we see the making of documentary for luke?

[@TheAntropusChannel]

@@stevenirizarry1304 No idea. I was fired right after I finished the model for refusing Disney's vax mandate. No regrets though.

[@ibrahimcallwood]

Man of Steel has some of the best CGI in any superhero movie to date. That’s opening scene with the destruction and krypton and the final battle from Smallville to Metropolis was great

[@jacobmauk853]

You guys should look at more of Man of Steel, specifically the stuff on Krypton. Those sequences are crazy and just all around amazing to look at.

[@outcastmotion]

Yeah Man of Steel is such a beautiful and epic film

[@Bcap420]

@@outcastmotion true but BvS is a bit better then mos, it's the best out of the Snyder trilogy in my opinion

[@outcastmotion]

@@Bcap420 personally I love all 3 films equally

[@christophercrawford2736]

@@Bcap420 I disagree. I think Man of Steel is the best. Love em all though.

[@oliviermillour7974]

Been rewatching Game of Thrones lately and have been blown away by the shots of locations (especially in the later seasons). Dragonstone, Moat Cailin, Bear Island, Volantis, etc. all look like more than just concept art thrown on a green screen, especially as characters approach them. Would love a quick explanation!

[@wingpig]

Watching the Luke scene in BoBF I was thinking that the foresty-shadowy setting might in part have been down to having lots of similarly-lit footage of Mark Hamill at around the right age leftover from the Endor scenes in Jedi...

[@brandonmshrock]

I also noticed that in the book of boba, they avoided showing Luke's face when he was talking as much as possible. It was a clever trick, and I think it was really smart. And I also agree that the main thing that threw me off with Luke was the voice. It made him sound stiff which then made him kind of look stiff. But over all, it was very well done and I'm just happy to see the real Luke Skywalker I grew up with back on the screen.

[@badfoody]

The voice was made by a robot

[@brandonmshrock]

@@badfoody Exactly! You don't send a robot to do a voice actor's job

[@incog.nyto.]

I don't think it was clever. To me it just pointed the finger at the technical limitations they're still stuck with. The 4th wall was constantly shattered in these scenes, as if I was watching two puppets (Grogu and Luke) talk to each other. It's more jarring than simply having recast Luke.

[@brandonmshrock]

@@incog.nyto. You do have a point. Though, because of how much better he looked in Book of Boba verses in the Mandalorian, I think by the next time the have him appear, he'll look even better. I do get what you're saying about "two puppets talking to each other." There for sure were moments that felt kind of uncomfortable. But I would blame that more on the voice than the deepfake

[@cjwoliver1647]

The second they put a voice actor in that role, he becomes the 2nd person ever to voice a live-action Luke Skywalker. Part of me wonders if the integrity of MH's position as the one and only live-action Luke is influencing some of these decisions (I get where they are coming from, I'd be okay with another actor, but we all kinda got super lucky with the amazing MH.

[@joshedwards7012]

The strange, almost eerie environments that feel weirdly familiar are called 'liminal spaces' I believe, it's a cool concept to play with, you can search for loads of photos of them; the artists that work with them do some GREAT work!

[@Tojeaux_]

You're almost there! Liminal spaces are places that are familiar but in a state of transition, they exist in a way you often dont get to see them like a school at midnight, it feels like you should know this place, but at midnight the school is transitioning between the two points when you should be viewing them making them extra eerie and can aid in setting the stage for something horrifying. Like an on and off switch for whole settings instead of a single light bulb, the moment between light and dark.

[@joshedwards7012]

@@Tojeaux_ I guess that's why the backrooms concept is creepy, everyone is used to seeing office buildings when they're full of people not empty. Thanks for explaining that for me!

[@SauceCake0]

Solar Sands has what is probably my most favorite video on explaining them (and other cool stuff).

[@viveknegi4243]

@@Tojeaux_ Thank you for that incredible definition. I knew about liminal spaces but having it explained like this makes a lot of sense why we feel the way we feel when we see these places.

[@C64_Mat]

In terms of 3D animation having weight and being connected to its environment, some of the best I've seen is the polar bear from His Dark Materials. And it was a BBC production, made for British TV. Take a look at the close ups of the mouth, the fur, and its full body movements when trudging across the ice. Very very impressive, especially for such a relatively small production.

[@christophercrawford2736]

I love that they finally looked at Man of Steel. It’s my favorite comic book movie

[@Taurusus]

I'm so glad you did that _Man of Steel_ sequence, I've always said it's one of my favourite portrayals of super-on-super straight up melee combat put to screen. The weight and - as you said - momentum of everyone feels really solid, and the hits make sense.

[@ani2344]

I need to make more friends like you

[@diegoclark7697]

@@ani2344 me too

[@ani2344]

@@diegoclark7697 we are friends now ❤️

[@SirWrender]

ILM out here with the Mic drop and it’s making me wonder which great house is gonna challenge them next.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Unrelated question Did you ever look further into the Disney yellow screen?

[@El_Bartto]

Wren! Check *melody sheep* here in youtube the work is amazing!

[@shashank0404]

Corridor Digital!

[@ferro1398]

I think there's a fresh studio that can produce nearly the same quality as ILM. They're not that well known but they're called DN.

[@mamamo96]

Man of steel rated 18+ hmmmmmmm?

[@KriegerFX]

Loved this episode. Would love for you guys to look at "Clifford: The Big Red Dog". I watched it and while some of the indoor shots look decent, the outdoor shots look *really* CG ... I'm assuming it's tough to get "red fur" to look right with outdoor lighting. I watched the credits and MPC was the effects house on this one.

[@ElectriTiger]

I don't know if the Man is Steel part of this was because of a comment I made asking for an analysis of the Smallville fight because of the sense of speed and impact or not. But thank you because it was exactly what I was asking for!

[@Spinnekk]

The Battle for Cybertron scene from the Bumblebee movie has always been a favorite of mine, great CGI there!

[@nightspicer]

The *last agni kai fight from ATLA* would be perfect for for the Animators React. It's so stunning! For the VFX series you gotta react to *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. Maybe also, Max Schneider's Gibberish music video, the editing kinda breaks my brain there. 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)

[@avada0]

2:49 I know V is for visual but I think the voice synthesis deserved some more attention. There's always a lot of talk about CG visuals but voices, sounds a rarely mentioned. And I think it's interesting, because we're as much tuned to perceive minor details of human voices as we are of human faces.

[@ciahelenius8056]

You guys ALWAYS do a great episode! Something you should check out is Bedknobs and Broomsticks. It is an old Disney movie from 1971 and it would be fun to see you guys react and comment on the flying bed scenes in the movie. They are VEEEERY trippy!

[@jonathanscores6478]

Didn't think after 65 episodes of these breakdowns that Corridor Digital FINALLY checks Man of Steel's visual effects. Thank you guys 👌🏾💙

[@cameronauman3299]

You should really do a deep dive of the Harry Potter series. So many stunts and so many effects. The underwater scenes and how they filmed them is insane, and the sheer volume of special effects and camera tricks is mind blowing not even the big magic moments, the castle the, the brooms, the duels. Lots to work with

[@mityakiselev]

agreed

[@jorgechavez7211]

Yup

[@dfrag83]

I'd love to see a breakdown of Raised by Wolves, especially the seemingly dramatic drop in quality of the vfx between season 1 and 2.

[@Vladolak]

Major shoutout to the youtuber Shamook who redid the mandalorian season 2 luke and he got hired at ILM for what he did. I wouldnt be suprised if he had a big hand in TBOBF version of Luke.

[@KemalBeyaztas97]

I HIGHLY recommend looking at the “2006 Superman Returns” plane scene. It’s very under appreciated CGI and practical effects in the world of superhero movies.

[@LordLOC]

I think all the big scenes could be looked at for them. The plane scene is the most famous from the movie, but I think the yacht scene and especially the giant land mass out of the ocean scene are just as good as the plane scene. They also truly show how powerful Superman is, which Man of Steel does as well but in a different way. I even think the Metropolis disaster stuff is good enough to look at as well. Superman Returns is so underrated imo, as a huge fan of the Donner movie(s) I love that Superman Returns was a sequel to those movies. Even if Lois was miscast sadly.

[@DeRockMedia]

@@LordLOC i didnt mind Lois, but i think i just like how attractive the actress looks. That movie is indeed underrated, grew up with the Donner films too. The Nostalgia feels with that John Williams classic theme opening was just a delight!

[@LordLOC]

@@DeRockMedia Yeah hearing that John Williams theme again was very nostalgic, there's a reason why it's one of the best movie themes ever after all.

[@DeRockMedia]

@@LordLOC for real.. my first memory in life when i was 3 or 4 was watching that intro and hearing the music... i even had a little red cape i loved wearing.. so great!

[@LordLOC]

@@DeRockMedia I had a cape also when I was a kid! I also eventually got the supe tights but never got the shirt to go with it (until I was much to old lol) I still remember going as Superman for Halloween a couple times in the mid 80s - I think specifically when Superman 3 came out was the first time I did it. So many memories of those movies.

[@cofiddle]

That backrooms clip is so good. Kane really nailed it, I'm glad he's getting so many views

[@laLouve22]

His attack on titans videos are so good

[@thetruechickenking9172]

I don't know if you've done it before, but Zathura does a really good job of combining practical and CGI effects for an amazing movie

[@tommacari4103]

Yep, the moment I saw this episode I anticipated watching this video in the future!

[@JustSomeGuy]

You guys you should compare the Man of Steel animation to the Fleischer Brothers Superman shorts. The style, down to the color palette, is very similar. I think the vault crash is taken directly from one of the shorts.

[@TrunkFilms]

How do you not have a Verified Checkmark? i assumed you were a fake but it's really you lol

[@blownapartmovies2243]

@@TrunkFilms KZbin probably dont like him

[@realjpegmafia]

Bruh ur channel is the quartering levels of cringe 💀💀

[@billyheaning]

Whoa! I just read your comment. I made a comment about how I wish they'd look at Sky Captain and compare it to Max Fleischer's Superman cartoons!

[@Holly1000]

jfc your channel might as well just say "I hate women" on it, go away

[@IndieGamerChick]

For me, the best digital de-aging effect is Kurt Russell in Guardians of the Galaxy II's intro. Some people actually get physically ill from the Uncanny Valley. I know this because my Mom is one of them. When I was a kid, she threw up at a screening of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and later did so at Tron: Legacy too (and she did at Disneyland on Pirates of the Caribbean). So, to the Book of Boba Fett's credit: Young Luke didn't make her sick, whereas Rogue One was basically unwatchable by her.

[@samuraikitty18]

That Kurt Russell deaging was AMAZING! They had shadows and everything.

[@DoomguyIsGrinningAtYou.]

This is the first time I actually ever heard of someone getting physically ill over seeing the uncanny valley. Interesting.

[@Scarethelocals]

This is brand new information to me. I have never known or even questioned if this had ever happened. It makes sense , some people are sensitive visually... meaning they may "see" or perceive more than most. Seeing something like that may be jarring or disorienting??? I'm definitely not a expert and just making a guess so don't take my word,please lol. Just thinking it's plausible because my brother gets I'll if he stares out of a window from a moving vehicle. Just suddenly 🤢 then 🤮 in seconds.

[@kdean_art1066]

I'd definitely LOVE to see you guys tackle the early 2000's Scooby-Doo films tbh. Maybe even rope in the 2009-2011 live action Cartoon Network ones too.

[@cyclopsjiang1271]

Great to listen to you guys explain everything.... Luke was so much better this time, it's the only part that I noticed, is that the the breeze doesn't seem to affect the hair. :)

[@mr.headcrab31]

Recently, I caught "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" while channel surfing and I realized that the Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde effects still hold up for the most part. Heck, to tell the truth most of the VFX still hold up, with one glaring exception: Near the end, one of the baddies drinks Dr. Jekyll's transformation juice and turns into an effect WORSE than the Scorpion King. Honestly, i'm surprised how well the rest of the movie holds up even after all these years, and also surprised that the Fox lawyers didn't sue Disney sometime in the 7 years before being brought by them for how eerily similar The Avengers is to it. Anyway, keep up the good work.

[@robertchildress9643]

Agree, League would be great breakdown. Their practical effects were great, and they really only suffered due to relying to heavily on digital at points (such as the bad guy you referenced)

[@zachory7013]

I watched Man of Steel recently and was shocked at how amazing it all looked. I had always heard that DC VFX are terrible. However after watching it and Batman V Superman I’ve realized they’re pretty damn good. Not the necessarily best but really solid!

[@DynestiGTI]

Crazy how good the CGI can be when you're not burning through cash trying to course correct mid-film.

[@musguelha14]

Just want to mention that the A-roll of you guys on the couch looks much better than usual. You guys usually have some blueish and purple casts that are pretty weird, but this one looks nice and natural.

[@josephplicka3625]

Hey, I came to this channel knowing very little about CGI, but now I can impress my family with facts about every movie we watch. I have been thinking for a while now that would would be awesome to see you react Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005). It came out in the early days of motion capture and Andy Serkis. I was quite fond of the movie (but many weren't) and found the VFX impressive for when it came out (although I cannot make any experienced assumptions). Looking forward to the next episode!

[@cameralabs]

Hi there, another great episode! I'd love to see you cover Dragons through the ages of VFX as they're an eternally popular subject, and yet one that's pretty difficult to nail. I'm personally fond of Dragonslayer - a physical go-motion solution as I recall, perhaps by ILM, with real fire too! Which is your favourite VFX dragon, and the worst in recent times? Good excuse to include The Hobbit and GoT too...

[@stuartspencer2161]

There is also Dragonheart (1996). I recall it was great at the time, though didn't age well

[@cameralabs]

@@stuartspencer2161 yeah, I have that memory too, maybe exploiting a compelling voice actor to distract us! Looking back, there've been some dodgy dragons. I loved the TV show Merlin, but the CGI dragon doesn't hold up too well now, and that was John Hurt doing the voice, perhaps trying for the Dragonheart distraction! I think Smaug in The Hobbit (another good voice actor! Maybe it's a thing!) and the last GoT examples have been the best-looking in recent times.

[@zyonchaos1818]

@@cameralabs Reign of Fire, was a good film. haven't watched it for a while so can't remember how well the VFX stack up. Think I will have to watch it today now lol

[@ultimatebailer]

The hobbit changing it from a dragon to a wyvern would be interesting to talk about lol. I would like to hear their opinions on the one in maleficent (2014).

[@OliChildofzion]

don't forget about dragon from polish witcher series from 90' - even just for few seconds of laugh ;)

[@COLINHILLSWIMS]

Something that we thought was amazing at the time was ‘Real Steel’ - it seemed pretty flawless at the time, it would be good to see your reaction liking back at it now. What can be better than fighting robots.

[@maxhydekyle2425]

It holds up so much better than I thought it would.

[@Dr_Nig]

What sticks out of this new Luke is just the nose in certain three-quarter shots from his right: since Hamill's nose points towards his right, it stays very flat almost as in a frontal view of the face. You can see it from the nostrils because they don't change shape while the nose tip should turn a bit and cover them.

[@vaun01]

I watched 2013 Riddick. The other night and was very impressed with a lot of the Vic but some lacked something. And I think it is down to particle simulation. Or something worth a gander. Lots of love from Yorkshire. VAUN xxxx

[@Ettdutubkonto]

The Man of Steel clips, especially when Faora does her dash punch combos on the soldiers. It has such a good timing and impacts it feels like it's straight out of Street Fighter or something. It just feels sooo good watching it

[@anyold14]

I always thought that when she did that it was a stylised way to make it look like comic book panels. Like the mini pauses of each take down was like a panel image, if that makes sense.

[@mr_herstal369]

React to The Raid series by battlestate games on KZbin. It has some of the most realistic gun fights I’ve ever seen

[@sexbenis7394]

Absolutely!

[@itsriggs]

YES

[@IzanGeimpleis]

Guys you should make a horror short like the last one from the video, is such a nice concept

[@ZaidMohammedAlShaheed]

a created a 6 second video in blender that is related to the backrooms just few days ago and yes, adding noise generator to the graph edit totally gave that feel of a handheld motion, super cool stuff!

[@Hagosha]

I'm SO glad you guys covered Man of Steel! I LOVE how they managed to convey the power, speed and weight behind almost every action and response. Would love to see you guys cover more of it! The Krypton sequence in particular is incredible IMO.

[@MerelvandenHurk]

I've never seen the movie so this video really surprised me, it looks amazing indeed! It's one of my biggest pet peeves in superhero movies etc., that they don't manage to make the wirework look realistic at all (yet?), and that people just sort of glide through the air at a very recognizable wirework speed. It's still impressive how they do all that wirework, it's one hell of an undertaking, but it doesn't carry the oomph that these scenes from Man of Steel have. This just feels soooooo much better, it hit the realism sweet spot in my brain :P

[@AshrafAnam]

@Merel van den hurk You should definitely watch Zack Snyder's comic book movies. Don't lump them with those Marvel superhero movies. They are very different.

[@josephbenobasa]

I'm so glad you guys finally did Man of Steel. The CGI in the movie felt gritty and real especially the Kryptonian tech and armor. The impacts in the fights scenes also felt legit like I could be watching it happen from my backyard. Still my favorite DCEU movie ever Pls if you can do Peacemaker next, Eagly blew my mind away

[@mmmbop4690]

Please react to the Jack Reacher show on Amazon. The last episode has some terrible vfx. The cgi teardrop towards the end of the episode made me cringe so hard. The flames in the warehouse looked pretty jank too

[@shaoenwang3781]

The Final Master (師父) One of the most incredible and unique weapon fights I have ever seen. I don't think there are any other movies out there that have this kind of fight. Very recommended!!!

[@jeffwoods2953]

Two suggestions, one that may not be exactly the intent of the react space, but was sparked by Kane's film: 1) The virtual handheld cameras from 'Surf's Up'. 2) The slow motion fire effects at the end of 'The Dry'.

[@madworld109]

I love the way they depicted the super speed in Man of Steel. No slow motion, just full speed. Same as with Eternals too

[@beardedguitarist]

I'd love for you guys to look at The Fountain (2006). It's a great example of budget cuts and limitations forcing a director and effects team to get creative and arguably making something better and more interesting than if they'd had more money to work with.

[@thomasjory9306]

Spectacular. Rather than suggest a movie, I wondered if you'd consider a format of focusing on a specific effect, then compare how different films achieve the same outcome (e.g. comparing 'running fast' effects in Wonder Woman 1984, Winter Soldier, etc.) There'd be a bit of retreading involved, but it'd be pretty interesting to see the comparisons

[@HistoryDose]

Would love to see you tackle the Aquaman movie. Seriously, to my (untrained) eye, a lot of the CGI looked straight out of an early 2000s movie. It’s a huge studio. What happened there?

[@Scarethelocals]

Water. Lol I think Aquaman type movies (in a water environment) will development over time the same way everything else did with time and mistakes. I'm not an expert,just a guess lol

[@cifififixixick2583]

aquaman looks gorgeous

[@williamallen7984]

Aquaman looked great! Especially the underwater stuff. I think a part of it is that it looks so alien. So unfamiliar translates to us as fake. But there’s not a single shot in it worse than the train sequence in Black Panther or the last battle in Endgame…

[@cenciende9401]

Then you're a fool, I recently re-watched it in 4K at home and it's just as fun and fantastic looking as it was in the cinema. Some things may have lacked polish but it's extremely CGI heavy so focus was spread a bit thin.

[@bulletproof1581]

Underwater CGI is some of the hardest CGI to do, and because we're in a day and age where artists are being forced to pump out content too quickly, the CGI ends up looking for worse then it should. I'm sure the team has the capabilities to make underwater CGI where you can't tell it's fake, it's just not enough time to make it look as good as it could look unfortunately.

[@isaacalvarado123]

I'm so happy they were appraising Man of Steel. One of my favorite DC movies.

[@scottjohnnyhelgemoaune2951]

You HAVE to make a video about how to use your triangle motion capture merch!! Gives even more sense to buy them then! And I really wanna learn how to use triangle mocap suits🤤

[@tragicwonder1035]

I recently watched Don't Look Up, and I think there's a lot of pretty good shots towards the end that I would love to see you guys break down!

[@rev_szn]

You guys should definitely check out “Chronicle”. There’s some interesting effects for the time it was made. Super underrated film as well.

[@reezlaw]

I love that movie!

[@johnderat2652]

Oh man, that was a crazy movie, I loved it. and definitely underrated like you said.

[@mymomsbasement69]

It was OK. Decent

[@eliasaguirre5313]

I really enjoyed that movie and thought it was super underrated.

[@jamesmnguyen]

The deep fake for Luke looked really good, until he was next to Ahsoka, then you could really tell the difference. Mostly in the body movements, since Luke's face can't really get direct sunlight.

[@pixelrunner2775]

im just happy to see them react to Kane Parsons' backrooms

[@Santhosh_PSK]

You guys should react to de-aging effects from the HBO's "The Righteous Gemstones". They definitely rival Disney's Luke Skywalker de-aging effects.

[@rayg2724]

I would love to see a video going through the various ways Superman’s effects have been done over the years, comparing the ‘78 movie with Returns and Man Of Steel, Smallville and so on!

[@brandonmshrock]

The digital doubles in Man of Steele worked really well! It made more stunts possible and it added to the cinematography of it.

[@kevinabblett6525]

You guys should think about doing a Music Video VFX Artist React. Specifically how they helped make CGI more mainstream, like the CGI characters in the 1985 “Money for Nothing” music video by Dire Straits, or cool visual tricks like the live-action/animation blending in Ah-Ha’s “Take on Me” video. I know you did the Michael Jackson “Black and White” morphs before, but had to edit them out. So, I don’t know if it’s harder to get permission to do music videos? But I’d love to see this.

[@AvaAmarena94]

Currently rewatching Guardians of the Galaxy II and there are quite a few scenes I think would be fun if you guys reacted to, like Yondu’s spear, the scene where Ego goes from skeleton back to human body or just Baby Groot in general🙌🏽

[@GrabTheSwitchMike]

I LOVE that you guys looked over Kane's series. Honestly unbelievable work considering his age.

[@achalasen2233]

Not sure if you guys did this already but would love to see a reaction to the CGI in Aquaman. The movie has some really great scene transition shots.

[@futurewitness9162]

Long time fan here! Great video as always. I'd be interested to see what you lot have to say about fast, superhuman movement such as running in an old versus new thing. The original Underworld movie has a scene where Lucian is running super fast to catch up to a car and it looks really, really good. In contrast to that is the latest Wonderwoman movie Wonderwoman 1984 where Diana is chasing after the militar convoy and it looks... bad. I'd like to see what professionals have to say about the differences and what makes Underworld's footage look much more plausible.

[@grantweber728]

SUGGESTION!! "Robot" from Netflix's Lost in Space: there are definitely practical elements because the talent interact with the robot frequently, but there's gotta be some CG in the face and other parts.

[@mikerich2323]

I actually requested Man of Steel... thank homies!!! 💪🏾💪🏾

[@somerandommonkeydude]

Me too😂 let's find out who's they saw

[@pennclick]

I’m not a fan generally of the DC movies, they’re not visually appealing. But Man of Steel is a breakout - I can watch it endlessly and it’ll never get old. Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack mixed with fight scenes that can only be described as the perfect rendition of comic transcribed to reality… never seen anything like it since.

[@ani2344]

Zant I love you bro

[@artin.sodaei]

@SGN yea but they are too dark ;/ xDD

[@diegoclark7697]

@@artin.sodaei too dark compared to what? Realistic take isn't the definition of too dark

[@TechOrigami]

I see that you like those candy floss movies instead.

[@freshnoodles2108]

@@diegoclark7697 or even grounded takes

[@christianfowler]

Hey, was wondering if you guys would do a "VFX Artists React" to the Classic Battlestar Galactica series. Mainly the fights between the Cylon Raiders and Colonial Vipers, as well as when the Cylons bring destruction to planet Caprica. I nice bonus would be if you could figure out how the Daggit robot works...

[@ae0n772]

Would you guys consider reacting to the physics in the Expanse? i noticed you reacted to a shot last episode regarding the Heli-Drone-cranelift camera shot, however maybe scenes from Season 1 episode 4 "CQB", or scenes where drinks are poured or drank. would love to see your breakdown on liquids in zero G, or break down Zero-G hair? Anyways, Keep up the good work!.