MORE Minor Details in A Fox in Space Episode 2

[@SnickKidBoss]

In the Dess Booth scene, the Lemur says that Dess looks “kind of tired”. This is interesting because he is actually dead. This is a reference to death and how that sometimes happens.

[@kalash_fox7049]

Informative

[@porc1429]

Huh I didn't know that. I thought he's just drunk from drinking too much red wine

[@0o0Zero0o0]

Correction: It's a reference to saying "dead tired" and death being known as "the big sleep".

[@Minty_Meeo]

One of my favorite details is that Wolf O'Donnell has a poster of Plague *Roach* from an in-universe version of Drue Langlois' animation series, "Staying Positive in the Apocalypse".

[@Owlero]

I've wanted to do an entire video just about all the poster references in that room, but I can't recognize enough of them.

[@Nurhaal]

'Some one give this man a Netflix show' no shit! Lol Ep2 was SO Worth the wait!

[@Jo666s]

There’s also another Easter egg in that train segment. In the scene where James talks to Dess there’s an advertisement in the background with a crocodile wearing a bright high vis uniform. This is a reference to Australian tradies and more specifically the animated web series ‘The big Lez show’

[@Cleverconveyence]

i cant wait until he finishes 3 so he can start on The Violence

[@Floof_Factory]

wait theres only going to be 3 episodes of a fox in space?!! nooooooo

[@tripelon]

@@Floof_Factory that’s good news. I’ll probably be dead when he finishes 5 episodes at this rate

[@shadekerensky3691]

Wait, there's only three episodes?! God-fuckin-dammit, now my soul is gonna have a void left by the absence of this whole thing (unless Matt decides to do a sequel series.)

[@HunterxOmega266]

Yeah, I could've sworn a few years back, Matt said he planned on having the series consist of 6 episodes

[@shadekerensky3691]

@@HunterxOmega266 I hope you're right honestly, I need more than just three

[@christopherrapczynski204]

​@@HunterxOmega266 but he also said part 2 was going to be 20 minutes max so you could consider part 2 as 2 episodes. It makes sense that the episode amount would half as the episode length doubled

[@redstreak9430]

The guy who hired Sagan and Sonny is actually Captain Shears an obscure character from the Farewell, Beloved Falco Manga which bridges the gap between 64 and Adventures and explains why Falco was absent for most of the game. Also the Nova Bomb commercial features a character voiced by Jerma which references the 64 boss from Meteo which says the “I can’t believe I lost to this scum line.” In addition when Beltino is walking Peppy and James through how the Arwing works, he basically describes the control scheme from Zero which is why Peppy asks to turn it off as that was a major criticism when the game came out.

[@pittypatt3]

the scum line was was from the meteo boss, not area 6

[@redstreak9430]

@@pittypatt3 ah I see. Thanks for the correction

[@angrycat1232]

In the shot where Pigma is enshrouded in shade you can see two distinctly round lights on his upper left, those are the cold lifeless eyes of Andross's bodyguard.

[@smokey8472]

Rhys. ^·^

[@EmisoraRadioPatio]

NNNOOOOWWW

[@lifevest1]

Desslar Coba's first name is named from Space Battleship Yamato's main antagonist, Desslar.

[@Shareazu]

Ah man, having an official show made by him would be awesome. I love the cinematography, the characterization and the dialogues. Such a great reimagining of the Star Fox franchise!

[@chaoko99]

Honestly I would argue there *is* an easter egg in the final sequence. When Andross mentions the 'things' on the other side of the tunnel, it may be presumed he is referring to the Aparoids. The camera then pans to Pigma, one of two major characters subsumed by the Aparoids.

[@EmisoraRadioPatio]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@aplsed]

The final scene was completely redone from scratch btw. The original scene had James escorted to the caboose of the train, where Andross and his men are there interrogating him. Then, Andross was to shoot James in the chest and, during a slow-motion "life flashing before his eyes" shot, would draw his slingshot and fire it at an off-screen target. The scene was never fully animated afaik.

[@sixstanger00]

The sequence with the lemurs was completely redone, too. In the original clip Gafford posted, James & Dess are sitting in a booth nearest the rear of the train car, and James is sitting with his back to the wall, Dess' back is to the lemurs. In the released episode, they are sitting in a booth in the middle of the car, and their positions are reversed; Dess is sitting with his back towards the rear, James is sitting with his back towards the direction of the lemurs.

[@sonyvegas9838]

How can I see that? Whether it was a comment by Matthew or an actual sketch, I'm really interested in old AFIS material that's slowly disappearing from KZbin.

[@sixstanger00]

@@sonyvegas9838 I don't know about the final sequence, but the original version of the scene with the lemurs is still on the channel.

[@huskythebrorh]

Is that an AI voice of Mathew Gafford? Fuck, I'd love to use it just to listen to Wolf's voice all day

[@jasonpabstract4384]

I used to have that promotional VHS tape back in the day. I caught the reference to it right away. I'm old....

[@Coltara]

Oh damn there's only gonna be 3 episodes?? That's sad knowing there will never be a show like this ever again.. 😔

[@unclemogi]

We can always celebrate Matthew's work for what he has accomplished within the trilogy. Ultimately good things know when to end, but the legacy will continue on to inspire others

[@lifevest1]

Given how long episode 2 to come out... see you in 2030??

[@unclemogi]

@@lifevest1 Just remember this is mostly by a single passionate guy with a very small dedicated team (not a studio). Would gladly wait that long if it means Episode 3 would be about the same quality as Episode 2, if not higher for a fanwork

[@Owlero]

Don't cry because it's over. Cry because it happened! 😄

[@HunterxOmega266]

Huh, that's odd, I remember him saying a few years back he planned on making the series into 6 episodes. Did he announce the change into a trilogy in a livestream some time ago?

[@Sabanata99]

James McCloud's jacket has the english translation of "Nintendo" written on the back of it: “leave luck to heaven”

[@BlackWerewolf27]

I remember watching fred stream making every poster in Wolf's room as a reference to a movie or an album. I need to know every one.

[@Owlero]

I really wanted to make a video on that, but I'm not cultured enough to know where even half of them came from.

[@luisadolfothewolf7042]

Imagine if AFiS creator wasn't called when Nintendo licenses a Star Fox animated show or movie

[@redryan20000]

It's unbelievable just how much effort went into this.

[@qmto]

Compared to the rough cut of the scene between James and the lemurs on the train, it’s hard to tell what fatal injury Dess had suffered. Originally he was stabbed by pigma who was trying to get info out of him, but in the final film, Dess just dies, no under the table shot is shown. Instead of James looking down and seeing blood all over the floor, it’s just a small trickle going from his mouth. So what happened to him? Was he poisoned? Any ideas?

[@ThatTallBrendan]

I actually posted in a comment thread on the main vid for that scene but had yet to get a conversation going. I speculate that he might've just offed himself. Since Andros secured his position as premiere, it's safe to say he would've been hunted down otherwise. After all, that train line was the only one left without surveillance. Without another way off Venom, what else was he to do? Also, was he stabbed by Pigma in the original draft? I was under the impression James had shot him, with what would've been an actual hidden firearm- however you might've heard Matt say otherwise somewhere. I'm curious what you think. But... then again Pigma would've passed him on the train car.. and Pigma was already defected to Andros' Venom. ... But Eckblade and his twin are Venomian agents... and Pigma is the one who kills them. They were informed of James' weapon.. so who told them? Idk man. That train sequence is the only part of the episode that I can't figure out 100%.. Cause so much of the story and character relationships are communicated through body language and delivery. That train is just one social situation that's a little too hard for me to decipher..

[@Baplopird]

Possibly poisoned. After all, Andross said that the separatists (including Coba (Dess)) were all wiped clean.

[@Blazieth]

@@ThatTallBrendan Eckblade was likely warned about James' slingshot by Shears. When Sonny calls Shears and tells him James stopped them, Shears mentions that he has another card in play, and looks over at another screen showing information about Eckblade.

[@ThatTallBrendan]

@@Blazieth Yeah I noticed that like right after posting a whole slew of comments I forget which thread we're in but you are 100% correct

[@XenoMike]

@@ThatTallBrendan If he offed himself with poison, he might be foreshadowing it when he interrupts himself to drink something in his message that "wasn't" left with someone's secretary. I think I'm reaching though; he was probably downing a bunch of alcohol to calm his nerves.

[@rueme4228]

In the final scene, there are polygonal objects in the tunnel from the planetary levels in snes starfox

[@Xiovox]

AFIS is worth the time, great detail videos! Looking forward to seeing what else you find.

[@BooGzKat]

These are great, I love the narration 😂

[@bryansnaylor]

Siiick detail spotting especially the peppermint candies part wow

[@nekomarulupin]

The final scene has Andross talking to James as a floating head, which is the form he takes as the final boss in the star fox games he appears in.

[@cyd_hunter99]

In a very recent interview, that blender shot was actually the first scene he fully finished in Blender

[@LetsChat]

The sign language scene is a nice nod but ASL isnt English on the hands so the grammar would be more like: BRING GUN me-TELL-you. WHY? (*pause) THIS.

[@Owlero]

the fact that he wrote in and animated a character like that in the first place is still impressive to me

[@Baplopird]

Another missed detail: Riendo is a hyena. «Riendo» means «Laughing» in Spanish.

[@pinkdogroslyn8832]

As much as I’d love a Netflix show, goddamn I don’t want this project to end!! I fucking love this universe, it would break my heart to never see anything from it again.

[@Mae4Ever]

Wow this is your voice? You sound like him!

[@FoxyPercival714]

Yeah, I will say this that James sitting there in restraints kinda left a impact on me... Course he could escape at anytime and used a straitjacket to restrain him.

[@ans1605]

You are god damn right about that last part.

[@DTWX]

Couldn't agree more on that last bit. 😎👍

[@Jormunrek_av_Bakromene]

Wait, just three episodes? I thought I heard there were going to be six earlier!

[@R3TR0--93]

Matthew Gafford is the best dude in the world.

[@AmedeusMkII]

Wait, is there actually going to be a third one? Hot damn

[@Cleverconveyence]

yeah and it's not gonna take 6 years

[@Made_In_Heaven88]

I said this on the actual video but the final scene looks bad ass because it looks like an homage to Clockwork Orange where the camera slowly pulls away from James McCloud's face though I could be wrong Matt is a Kubrick fan I've heard him say

[@racoonmcmoon7081]

Did he get to keep his marbles?

[@ThatTallBrendan]

Not unless he's hiding some more marbles somewhere else. We'll probably find out in the chess tournament scene

[@ThatTallBrendan]

My man 😎👉👉

[@abrahemsamander3967]

Three episodes? Thought he planned for six? Oh. I guess if it’s as long as episode 2, if not hopefully longer. It would basically be like three big episodes rather than 6 smaller ones. Should be awesome either way.

[@ENJERUNEbutLIVE]

Last scene Does have an Easter egg. You just need to speed up the music in that scene

[@renatorodrigues1189]

i agree, somebody call Netflix please.

[@UBG_Marine]

How did you do the voice?

[@Owlero]

So I took a recording of episode 2, cut up the audio segments where ONLY Wolf is talking, ran it through a voice trainer on a website called Elevenlabs, and voila.

[@UBG_Marine]

@@Owlero thanks

[@Tehrasha]

@@Owlero OMG I thought this was actually Matt doing voiceover..

[@sspringNG]

Did you use AI to re-create Wolf’s voice so you could make these videos?

[@EmisoraRadioPatio]

YES--Matthew Gafford needs his own show BUT he should be given creative freedom and not be unduly constrained by executives.

[@captaindookey]

Are you using AI for the voice

[@Owlero]

Yes, I use a website called Elevenlabs. You have to train the software with your own audio clips, but it works pretty damn well. I only used around 30 seconds of Wolf's dialog to get these results.

[@jonbeecee]

Did Gafford confirm it's a trilogy? Is ep 3 gonna be the finale?

[@AugustoODashi]

Yes. I ask on community and he say: "After episode 3, I will be moving over to my own original project". kzbin.infoUgkxe6fVMR6OfKHuL3Yyx0XWeXFwaYIMeLSa

[@racoonmcmoon7081]

Also is it only supposed to be a trilogy?

[@spacepawdyssey4288]

Yes. After Episode 3, Fred's hoping to work on his own IP.

[@racoonmcmoon7081]

@@spacepawdyssey4288 Fred? Thought it was Matthew

[@spacepawdyssey4288]

@@racoonmcmoon7081 It's both. Fredryk Phox is his pen name.

[@racoonmcmoon7081]

@@spacepawdyssey4288 oh I see. Any idea how he learned how to write so well?

[@jaredhebert5965]

Yes but it'll probably take 7 years

[@SchismNavigator]

Netflix would just cancel it. I'd rather see it on Apple TV or something.