Tears of Steel - Blender VFX Open Movie

[@EmergencyTemporalShift]

I loved the random juice-box and the fact that her hand had a mini chainsaw.

[@joesomerville3232]

The juicebox was a homage to the codename, "Project Mango."

[@dudleybarker2273]

similar to the Fresca in-joke from The Boys

[@jingleskhanaudioproductions]

edgy

[@markopaajanen1967]

Nothing random.

[@stagelinedpro]

Wow blender sure has improved, they almost look like real people.

[@aliwatfa2274]

StageLined Productions -they are real ppl-

[@hugoantunesartwithblender]

Hahahaha, they are actors

[@plaguedpixel39]

@@hugoantunesartwithblender r/woooosh

[@MuhammadRaiyan135]

@@aliwatfa2274 r/whoosh

[@fongus6420]

@ali watfta r/wooooosh

[@londontrada]

It would take all the time in the known history of the universe for my computer to render 30 seconds of this.

[@techgearstudios7555]

Same here

[@weetmyyeet7846]

Same lad. 😂

[@mypronounismaster4450]

Mine had to buffer a moment just to play this video.

[@SB-Boi]

This was before evee render too wow

[@goilo888]

@@SB-Boi Well, I came here because of this link, so I thought it was Eevee rendered: "Impressive scifi trailer rendered with eevee" - BUT having now seen this was made in 2012, you are obviously correct.

[@CRogers]

Things I loved: 1. Fact that it was done in Blender 2. That people funded the project through donations 3. That all the goodies required for making the film are now free for everyone to use in Blender (Uh, wow!) 4. The artistry and time that went into making it (animators, videographers, editors, sound engineers) 5. The coding miracles that were added to handle the motion tracking bits, and indeed everything that went into blender (everyone who has ever added code to Blender) 6. The actors, script writers, etc. and the effort that went into doing it in English, even though it was filmed in Amsterdam. 7. The tension in this whole scene starting here: 6:23 Things I didn't love so much: 1. The fact that was done in English, instead of in Dutch (I prefer subtitles and authentic Dutch to carry the emotions and flavour of the scene better, as a personal preference) 2. Screaming "Nooooooooooo!" at a giant virtual button. 6:14 3. Automatic machine guns with no recoil 7:15 4. Delicate looking energy weapons with LOTS of recoil (though I found the lego-like appearance of them somewhat endearing, and would totally buy one for my desk). 5. The line "You know, there's a lesson to be learned from this." 9:18 6. Stabbing the huge killer droid in the eye with a broadsword (apparently that hurts it a lot) 9:30 7. The fact that the droids still seem to be attacking/ destroying things when the conflict has been resolved. Is it too late? What's going on here? 8. People who are perhaps a bit overly critical of small productions like this. *looks at self in the mirror, and hopes to one day produce something a fraction as good as Tears of Steel*

[@schmoborama]

+C Rogers Yep, people need to keep perspective when they criticize. What we all tend to do is to compare to the next best thing; in other words, if this was any better, it would be compared to frickin' Star wars. Which also gets criticized, by people who just love to criticize -

[@roarpowmonkey825]

+C Rogers You know, there's a lesson to be learned from this - its a program demo with a free story

[@assassinaria]

I cringed at the 'nooo'. It's so blegh. Who reacts like that? lol

[@fuzzyflamezz4881]

I’m Dutch and the thing that surprised me the most is that they don’t really have a strong Dutch accent when their speaking in English, so many Dutch people have such accent when they speak English.

[@fireballsensei9287]

Not to mention the plot of the story is so unclear. Good CGI, just poor acting and writing.

[@Coffeeology]

I'm freaked out by their acting, not by her robot hand.

[@Miningmanic55Blogspot]

their acting is good

[@noeguiton]

Well they have to act like there is the 3D objects in front or on them.

[@aldotanca9430]

True, the story in itself is pretty good potentially, the acting could be better. They could have also worked on the clothing a bit more, to make it a bit more believable. The first scene with the two of them quarrelling was decently acted though.

[@xxgimpl0rdxx22]

Vita Collector absolutely

[@guerra_dos_bichos]

@@nooneinpart way better than caprica...

[@SteveG1007]

I never knew this short film was directed by the same guy who created the lazy tutorial....what a legend

[@GreenMagic0]

He made all the cgi in this movie! And all the vfx. Appreciate your work Ian Hubert!

[@seBcopTer]

@@GreenMagic0 WOW

[@mycroft16]

Ian is a 3d vfx GOD. No joke. Moths around lights, and Tears of Steel. His green screen tutorials and tricks are seriously the best out there. The way he uses it to imply motion that isn't there at all, or extend sets without having anyone really move is brilliant.

[@nowy5]

fuck, I can only rotate the cube in Blender :)

[@jumps1156]

how about now bro ?? 😂😂

[@Aqeel1333]

like exactly

[@BasetHamza]

haha :D

[@orlando.l5135]

Same problems 7 years later lol

[@Rexodiak]

and now, 7 years later, you can also scale it

[@DarkBlueChemical]

What's everyone saying it didn't make sense? It makes complete sense: She is the roboticist and he went to space and left her behind. It broke her heart so she made killer robots that are presently destroying the world. He outlived her thanks to special relativity and she transferred her memories into the giant robot before she biologically died and the scientists/engineers are attempting to alter her memories to "change the past" to a different outcome where she doesn't want to destroy the world anymore. They've tried a bunch of different possibilities and all failed up until the final moment when he says he is sorry. At that point she is not really in control of the destruction anymore but at least she will not add to it. In the end, the solider is shown to have defeated the giant killer robot dogs and it's all thanks to the juicebox, buy one and drink it to become like him. ;)

[@bzqp2]

Well, that was the idea, but the realization was not thought through too well. To much "make this cable wiggle more", to little "make this a cohesive work of art".

[@profesorboom823]

@@bzqp2 Remember, this was made mostly by Americans.

[@bzqp2]

@@profesorboom823 I think most of the team was European actually.

[@irrevenant8724]

The caption says '40 years later' and he looks around 40 years older, so there's no reason to assume relativity was involved. Otherwise agreed.

[@DarkBlueChemical]

Irrevenant okey doke.

[@RaffoVFX]

2020 and Im still impressed. Ian Hubert comes from future

[@XanTheDragon]

My 3D Design teacher showed me this two years ago. I adored every second of this animation, and I just now found it again.

[@finalfantasyac7153]

This video is all about CGI. Target was to improve and test a complete open and free pipeline for visual effects in film Read the description people (lol) Greetings from The Netherlands.

[@asimjutt8814]

ha,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@Yoni0505Blogspot]

The way they slide off that rope... I'd be surprised if they have any skin left on their hands.

[@Accuaro]

ikr

[@squeakybunny2776]

The rope goes down with them. Their hands don't slide over it

[@JordanBartholme]

@@squeakybunny2776 the sound of rope over a pulley at 2:24 would seem to back up your claim, though I don't think they made it obvious enough. I spent the entire film thinking the same as @yoni0505 and only after going back through it did I come to agree with you.

[@FinBoyXD]

@@JordanBartholme I instantly thought the rope goes down with him. Not everything need to be blatantly obvious, though. It is not part of the plot and you can clearly deduce how it worked when watching again. (sounds of it moving and the excess rope on the ground)

[@JordanBartholme]

@@FinBoyXD You're right. I don't think it has to be blatantly obvious, just a little bit more obvious than it is now. Or maybe I just need to be more perceptive ;)

[@nlicky]

I haven't actually watched all the Blender Open Movies before, but now that I'm caught up with them, I'm surprised at the great visual quality and nice production that goes into them. Of course the technical visual effects that goes into each movie is impressive, but the story, sound and music, and other general production that goes into them is also amazing. I'm glad that Blender is working on their Open Movies with great short films, and also the hard work and funding pitched in to make the films happen.

[@johannesburg9973]

I love the depth and progression of these Blender project storylines. They're so dynamically wrenching at the heart. I couldn't tell if I like "Tears of Steel" or "Sintel" more.

[@alexpeter_pen]

We are so used to watch movies where each shot is endlessly repeated before a perfect angle action expression light condition... are achieved. Under a normal filming circumstances, you cannot achieve that perfection, as nobody has that much money. For a free project, free of millions of dollars as well, this is an excellent and admirable product. It does what it says, illustrate what you can do in Blender.

[@igobyandrew]

I thought the animation was great and the sound was great. The acting wasn't all that bad either. The only thing was… I didn't get it. The story was what lacked. The music was great, too!

[@christianlabor5553]

There's not that much to get. I think it is hard to pack anything terribly deep in these shorts. They are basically tech demos. My favorite remains the little Dragon one, but they all have their moments.

[@shakesperezen6078]

@@christianlabor5553 yep..the dragon one was a sad tender little yarn with option fer a continuing story🐊💙💜😊👍.. (/-\)...

[@shakesperezen6078]

..Love can conquer..😊💘💜👍(/-\)...

[@johannes-vollmer]

The story was nice in my opinion

[@RKroese]

Come on. The heartbroken girl with the robot hand's brain was the catalyst for the destruction of earth. The brain of the girl controlled the robots, hating everyone. They overwrite the memory of the break-up using a captured robot as a stand-in. Sometimes, all it takes is a sincere apology...

[@julianwildauer]

Acting was kinda tough. Story and effects on the other end where just amazing! Thx Blender for such a marvel.

[@Galavya41]

431 Autodesk Executives watched this as well.

[@Leonsimages]

431 Don't know how to use blender

[@izvarzone]

60 more Autodesk Executives watched this over the course of year.

[@ranaabdullah8965]

@@izvarzone 775 now

[@daynight4233]

814 now🤣

[@BalaAnimationStudios]

Watching it in 2023, Looks Amazing Ian Hubert 👌👌👌

[@jonathanporter5223]

How has this eluded me for the past 8 years til now!? What a awesome project!

[@jaysai1434]

This is so beautifully made, and it really inspired me as an artist using blender. Thank you so much for your efforts Blender Foundation!

[@plebeian3671]

the juice box, that was the real protagonist

[@RawrIsMemeing]

top kek

[@krychickspp2745]

I keep coming back to this short film again and again- it's great! Each time I watch it I find something that I missed before. Hell hath no fury like a robot scorned!

[@brentedisonchristian]

The way the credits were done is awesome, and nice coda as well.

[@worldstrider]

The point is to demonstrate to present and future filmakers that Blender has value as a production tool. The movie is meant as an example of this--not as an academy award nominee. Great job guys!

[@wizzlewiz]

The lady at the end states my opinion perfectly: "Could have gone worse." Great CGI though.

[@lynx_uy]

Thats a great short movie. Loved the CGI, special FX and SFX! Keep it up!

[@thenthapple]

what? Great animation. But what?

[@alyssahamilton3103]

Huh

[@Katomatic]

¯\_ಠ_ಠ_/¯

[@ikeepgettinbanned5525]

exactly.

[@GatoObeso200]

What

[@jamesgellert1263]

What do you mean what?

[@harbscantina]

I've been following the development of Blender for a couple of years now and folks - I am super impressed with this effort. Each time you release something new it just gets better and better - VERY well done.

[@eggyrepublic]

Longest things in the universe: 3) lifespan of a star 2) lifespan of the universe 1) rendering this on my computer

[@markopaajanen1967]

You forgot the anger of a woman scorned.

[@b0tster]

Honestly, I think the best actor was the broken glasses scientist ;D

[@Sirrom0206]

Agreed!

[@gump5ter01]

Yeh he was actually good

[@ringeradam4575]

I thought he was the worst ._.

[@irrevenant8724]

He was awesome, but for a completely different genre than everyone else seemed to be in. xD

[@gamingjunkie707]

Nooooooo

[@JaguarStar999]

Great visuals, music and editing, the problem is I never understood the story, and that overshadows the whole short for me.

[@AZTechLabs]

Totally agree. It is missing a real plot. Almost seemed like a "look what I can do" type film rather than a real story.

[@robbinn4157]

Infiltrator2003 i think that was the point of making the short, to get people to know what blender can do so more people would use it

[@gerardozapata7628]

ROBB INN Infiltrator2003 Exactly, if you read the description that is the whole point of the movie.

[@Gambit771]

The plot is guy dumps emotionally unstable girl and she turns into an abuse violent (if she already wasnt while they were dating) ex that is now a machine so they override her memory of the break up to bring peace to the world not that it seems to work as they keep fighting. A virus to kill her would've been better and more fitting than seeking her forgiveness. She is the villain afterall. I think the writers meant for it to be emotional or poignant but it just just stupid and cliched which almost ruins the real point of the film that is to show the amazing capabilities of blender.

[@StonyRC]

Beautifully made - and just weird enough to be thoroughly intriguing! There's a great story in there somewhere.

[@epelfeld]

When I saw this first time - it was only little pieces of film and I was starting to learn blender. And only now after blender guru interview with Ian I know who was doing this crazy film! Super great work!

[@kevin9794]

Wow. Just wow. And just knowing it was all done with open source software and through crowd-funding... blows my mind. Amazing! Keep up the great work people!

[@blockracer]

Truly inspiring to see what open source and free software can do. side note: That was some pretty bad acting!

[@sayamqazi]

They probably did not have enough budget for decent actors.

[@jimbo-dev]

I bet the actors weren’t open source

[@RihuwaMidori]

@@jimbo-dev lmao

[@zohadi1900]

KZbin HD addon for Firefox brought me here !!!!

[@MegamanXfan21xx]

No more having to manually switch to 360p every time!

[@zohadi1900]

Love the Expand view option and Volume adjustment !!! What a life saver !!!

[@xxilluminatixxxx]

i thought you can already whatch 1080p videos? hmm...

[@penguincoalition4207]

IKR. So tired of tuning all my videos so they're perfect!

[@Sababagoychick]

xxilluminati xx Yes you can but you have to select at what resolution each time and it does not remember your settings, but with this add on, Life is good

[@alohi6585]

Considering only blender was used, this was actually quite an entertaining short film, and to those bitching about how they didn't understand the plot and therefore it was rubbish, you try making something as good as this with a free editing software.

[@michaeldowns6444]

I like the cast. Very believable and pulled me in. Remarkable given the time to do so. I was literally on the edge of my chair at the end. Great job!

[@cappyadams]

The fact this was made 11 years ago is insane??

[@thejoojoo9999]

Pretty cool movie, very good SFX, but I didn't really understand the plot. Anyway, it's not supposed to be a serious short.

[@nobodyimportant2494]

In a futuristic society overrun by a robotic sovereign, a man and a robotic entity dubbed Celia struggle to resolve a distant conflict while the simulated world around them falls to bits and pieces.

[@TheLEGENDofTydo]

+Axelius Three (Azelius3) The conflict they have didn't seem distance to to the world around them. The memory was made out to be connected to the world and in the end it didn't seem that way. The memory should of fixed the world instantly. Or in turn the memory would be useless.

[@RawrIsMemeing]

I misread it as "very good SEX" and was like "wait what the fuck did I miss?" lol

[@maxdeem4722]

+TheLEGENDofTydo What? Are you saying after he fixes the memory the world shouldve went back to normal is that what you are saying because im a bit confused?

[@TheLEGENDofTydo]

max deem Yes the world should have been fixed due to the memory override. The robots should have stopped and Celia should have control to tell them to stand down. The comment I was replying to stated that the whole scene of the movie had nothing to do with the crumbling world around them. If this is the creators intention then it is a stupid one. What is the point of the time and effort of so many people just to fix the memory inside of a Robot. The whole idea that Celia wasn't connected to the outside world makes little sense, because then there would be no point of the scene existing.

[@AGPSofficial]

Am I the only one who thinks that this was awesome, but just didn't make any sense!?

[@IanLetarte]

join the club, man

[@melonfella7246]

I feel like I skipped an episode

[@irrevenant8724]

Short version: 1. Tom and Celia break up. He becomes an astronaut and she becomes a roboticist. 2. Harbouring bitterness about the breakup Celia creates robots and either uploads herself into them or at least programs them with her memories. Motivated by her bitterness against humanity, they start rampaging and by 40 years later have humanity on the ropes. 3. In desperation, some people capture a robot and attempt to overwrite its memory of the breakup to a new, more positive one (recording it holographically with Tom reprising his original role). Robots attack during the attempt and the humans fight to hold them off. 4. Tom manages to reach what's left of Celia in the robot by saying he's sorry and (in a nutshell) that they can't change the past but they can change the future. This works but unfortunately only seems to affect the one robot and doesn't spread to any of the others. The battle continues. 6. Awesome juice-box guy is the sole survivor of the battle.

[@jlperron4702]

@@irrevenant8724 A true Karen then?

[@zachhoy]

@@irrevenant8724 some people just dont' know how to read subtext and exposition

[@rowenhenderson]

I loved all of this! Amazing efx, really shows what blender can do. I also loved the plot and acting :D

[@rowenhenderson]

Bern Skon Looking back on it your probably right. But its still a cool demonstration of blender

[@OnePicture101]

This should be made into a full length movie. The story has so much potential

[@garrettlees7497]

Watch "Salad Mug"

[@SonnySee]

Great film. A triumph for Blender and the Blender community. Thank you for making this wonderful software available to all and for never resting on what you have done but continually striving for more. bravo.

[@avananana]

This is the kind of stuff I want to make.... I should probably learn to model a cube first >.

[@ZoomingSloth]

download and run Blender, The cube is there waiting for you.

[@BogusBozo]

same

[@guerra_dos_bichos]

well, the cube is already there, you just have to model 3003902 other polygons

[@profesorboom823]

That's easy. How to model a cube with Blender in 3 easy steps: 1. Open Blender 2. Delete the cube 3. Oh shit! I already had it

[@Pumpkin525]

@@profesorboom823 That sounds like the cosmic joke of enlightenment lol

[@izvarzone]

KZbinHD sent me here.

[@MrBewbielover]

Yup lol

[@reapercrow1173]

me too

[@NostalgiCrazy]

Same xD

[@gsayt]

me too

[@abhayrajeev7216]

Someone explain what this is about

[@dipkirangajmer877]

OMG ...awesomely awesome!!!

[@zachhoy]

can't believe this was made in 2012 with Blender, SO much work

[@irrevenant8724]

To be fair it would be a lot of work no matter what software you used.

[@zachhoy]

@@irrevenant8724 yes that would be fair, and it still applies!

[@beautifulmoon6891]

aaaaah IAN HUBERT sunch an amazing artist

[@fanuel551]

idk what the fuck is going on but i love it

[@boriswilsoncreations]

6:14 when you subdivide more than the necessary and you didn't saved your project

[@BruceCarbonLakeriver]

FUnny - just got that problem. As my PC is calculating the redoing I was watching that movie LOL

[@brodyzakira3078]

That's whats up!! Mango Juice!! Best fruit juice ever! 2:26

[@garrettlees7497]

Saw this a long time ago, liked it, and forgot about it. Recently saw "Salad Mug" and was blown away. Has to be the most gorgeous thing I've ever seen. Pure genius. Brought be back here. Can't wait for his next masterpiece. Ian, are you human?

[@JacobP81]

I think the FX and acting was great. So cool to see free and open source able to create such pro FX.

[@blipblipblur]

i dont think the acting is that bad, ive seen worse, just the scrip could have more work to take the acting from straight text to the deeper subtext, the story makes some sense but fear it has no resolution

[@irrevenant8724]

I'm not sure exactly what they were going for with the acting. Like, a lot of it is serious, but it's hard to believe that moments like the Big No at 6:20 wasn't deliberate cheese. It's like it seamlessly switches between a serious SF short film and a parody of the exact same SF short film. :/

[@andrewABCDEF123456]

I don't understand the plot very well. From what I know, this Tom guy used to be an astronaut, but he abandoned his girlfriend with a robotic arm, somehow causing robots all over to take over, and this group of people are trying to rewrite the memory in Celia(?)'s brain, but how will that stop the robots? I'm confused.

[@andrewABCDEF123456]

***** but how? besides, after they changed the memory to be "good" why did the robots keep attacking?

[@BurkeLCH]

***** She was the initial condition of the AI that grew out of her "robotics". She became one with her robotics and due to past memories went anti human.

[@TapabrataGhosh]

was this made purely in blender?

[@GeneralOmegasz]

Yes, it was said in the credits that it was made entirely in Blender.

[@TapabrataGhosh]

Omegasz sweet sweat!

[@SaintValeriePsalm]

Ya man, no actors or anything just Blender

[@TapabrataGhosh]

Dib plays -.- there were actors, but the cgi was pure blender

[@SaintValeriePsalm]

Tapabrata Ghosh You obviously aren't in the movie business

[@OfficiallyOToole]

It's funny looking back after all these years, I can tell this was made with an old version of blender

[@prosperonamusi4642]

guys you have done more than i expected well done 200/10

[@bishopknight-sm]

I think the movie was good overall, but some of the supporting cast's expressions and acting was poor and took me out of the story. Like the shouting "Noooo" when the play button failed. Or the over exageration of the guy grabbing the transforming gun to fight the robots as they were getting ready to attack. Also, some of the visual choices made it feel kid like. For instance, the giant "Play" button. And the "Just admit you're freaked out by my robot hand." line seems kid like. We could see that the hand was robotic so there was no need to point out that the hand is robotic. I also don't think that a robotic hand would freak anybody out in general. If the hand was something she got as a "upgrade" and was not the result of injury, then his feelings about it would make more sense. Because his negativity toward it would have to do more with her technosapien belief and not the robotics itself. Deus Ex Human Revolution is one story that better expresses the conflict of ideals in this area. The other thing that, in my opinion of course, hurt the film is the robots themselves. There design looks great with the exception of the head. The head makes me think of a cartoon like robot Muppet. And the animation for them was off. It felt very much like stop motion and they didn't seem to move like they had weight to them. But, still amazing work on integrating human actors with CG using Blender!

[@CRogers]

I'd be freaked out by a robot hand. Especially if it was mine.

[@MarinaraMannara]

You areright, but this is made by simple peolpe not experts just passionate about editing and stuff :D

[@MarinaraMannara]

Marinara Mannara also done with an animation/for sponsoring an animation software (Blender)

[@bishopknight-sm]

Marinara Mannara I agree, that's why I still think it's amazing work. But, Big Buck Bunny and Sintel were much better.

[@CRogers]

Think this was to showcase the motion tracking features as much as anything. None of the previous movies featured mixing animations with live action. Now we get all the motion tracking stuff for free. Thanks to Blender and Open Movie Project.

[@nibblrrr7124]

9:49 wait whAT whaaaat? owo love that guy! :D (also now i want a 2min breakdown of how to make this)

[@Dawg.Wit.]

"admit it, your just freaked out about my robot hand!"

[@nikhildanikebag6335]

The fact that this was made 7 yrs ago amazes me

[@GreenMagic0]

Appreciate your work Ian Hubert!

[@KarlTheBee]

6:08 "a rose ... two roses ... a dozen roses" :D

[@Supreme-Emperor-Mittens]

*WHAT? THE BLACK GUY ACTUALLY SURVIVES? o_O*

[@Zkids-mw4mw]

I know right all movies make em die and its so racist, this made him a survive SL this is good

[@quazar5017]

I guess he was CGI as well ;)

[@shayneoneill1506]

hahaha good point

[@freeyourmindtc]

Oh please punk, shut the fuck up. your black right, and stupid right, and 12 right. Go the fuck home and hide.

[@TrojanMSI]

dat addon firefox

[@FatterTony]

haha, force hd addon?

[@alexxcold]

oh my gawd, that's totally the reason why i'm here. And it's fucking epic.

[@RashedTuhin]

And i thought, I was the only one here sent by "dat firefox addon"!

[@brianjohnson2059]

Me too.

[@hamoze]

Faith on Open source restored ,,,,thanks Blender ,,,and the guys who made this awesome short movie and the previews three....if i have money i would donate for you guyz ....respect from Saudi Arabia

[@detenatron.3608]

That robot hand though some of the best lines in futuristic shows. And yes the 3:26 thx theme intensifies.

[@AeSyrNation]

"Canadian accent"!? "I don't care aboot your arm, I'm going to space, eh?"

[@bladimir4105]

very nice profesional animations a trackin very good :)

[@Zkids-mw4mw]

I don't understand how this is made in blender

[@philipd442]

Wow. Just wow. Better than the last couple of films I've seen.

[@KemptonLam]

Great short film, love it the first time and nice story. Amazing to read it is done on Blender, a crowd-funded open source S/W. To all the developers and funders: you guys are AWESOME!

[@JamesArcherWeddings]

"you broke my heart!" "no" "You forgot me on earth!" "no". Comon :p

[@369lalala]

So.... my cube can do that?

[@hackel137]

If a goal was specifically to make a "compelling sci-fi film in Amsterdam," why have the characters speak English? Especially with poor American accents? People need to get over this English obsession and make things in their own language! Other than that, this was a brilliant short film.

[@patrickthompson148]

the accents are fine.

[@hackel137]

Patrick Thompson​ My point was about using American accents instead of proper English. Since you brought it up, though, the accents aren't really "fine," most of them still sound very Dutch.

[@bishopknight-sm]

Ryan Hayle So, what's wrong with a Dutch accent? I'm American and I like to hear other accents. It adds character and uniqueness. As long as the English is clear and understandable, I'm ok with accents.

[@DAW1968]

Ryan Hayle "most of them still sound very Dutch" Errrm... that's because they are. They're not trying to do 'American' accents, they're just speaking English. That's how the majority of Dutch people sound when speaking English, which I might add, they do as well as most English do as it's almost their second language. I don't think I've ever come across a Dutch person who didn't speak English faultlessly. And they probably made this in English as English is an international language so appeals to a wider audience, maximising the film and the programmes appeal.

[@hackel137]

I just think it's pathetic that English is taking over everything and people are marginalising their national identities. Just look at all the crappy pop music, hell half the Eurovision is in English these days. And catering to Americans is even worse.

[@epinkel]

Amazing. Great short movie. You can feel the passion of the VFX team. Ian I have to hand it to you I was almost crying in under 10 minutes. Blender Rocks. Congratulations to everyone including the sound team. This kind of production really shows what Amsterdam means to the global creative community.

[@polstuff8959]

Damn. Those people look real. Didn't know you had such great skin shaders back then

[@CTCenter]

Are the people real?!

[@CTCenter]

***** wait...what does that even mean?

[@CTCenter]

Uh ok?

[@RifqiPriyo]

CT Center I think those people are real.

[@aliwatfa2274]

CT Center it is because it was made by blender which is a 3d animation software i think yes

[@summushieremiasclarkson4700]

Dat pixel precision tho... (Looks at the crappy AA in my game).

[@AfxCrush]

that guy with glasses is such a bad actor. btw, nice effects, i love Blender :)

[@dimasyudomayrendra8195]

im not, stfu

[@Wolfsheim23]

All these fine Blender short films are prime examples of what small teams of Special FX creative geniuses can do, but they all suffer from the blaring facts that nobody is willing to bring in a writer. It's always wingit writing and it shows! Everytime! You can get away with minimal actors, but you just can't skip a writer.

[@andibuff73]

I bow in deepest respect to the Blender Foundation. You guys rock ! Yes, you might judge them for their script, but hey, it's not like they have the financial security of Disney, Pixar, Sony, etc. and far more I like the idea behind the story. Keep up the good work !!!

[@tadhg8537]

the only good thing about this is the cg

[@elmarmaria6980]

that acting is atrocious

[@AramiGGs27]

It's actually amazing that everything is done with just one program

[@stealthproductionz6648]

For not with actual IMAX cameras being used and effects,this is really damn good

[@SriSarvasri]

Now to create something beautiful and uplifting. The world needs a positive vision of the future.

[@ThePunisherNWO]

One of the better movies ive seen this year!

[@Miningmanic55Blogspot]

If they could actually make a full movie of this, they could make a lot of money because the plot is pretty ok and the animation again is pretty good.

[@rwkeith]

Yep, and blender still continues to grow. Thanks to the contribution's of the community.

[@smolapril]

Came here because of addon. Stayed because of Talent. JC! this is amazing

[@AnimilesYT]

Goeg gedaan jongens! echt awesome. Ik wist niet eens dat zulke goede animaties te maken waren met blender. Dit is echt te gek. ga zo door!!

[@CapemanProducti0ns]

just saw a trailer and had to find the real thing to have a laugh at the production. But... this is 8 years old. This is... Amazing for that time! I feel bad the people in the comments are so critic, like I was about to be, it's laughable in 2021 but 8 years ago this is at level with all standards and the comments didn't know. It's really amazing to think they achieved something like this with an.. eugh... 8 years back Blender... My applauds to the amazing team who had to put up with the old Blender.

[@Lacrimocephale]

@BlenderFoundation Put it in your Blender Open Movies playlist or some will miss this master piece.

[@MrFullCrumb01]

I wish that this was a full movie. It's fairly well done.

[@jian2069]

this is INCREDIBLE. I'd say the effects in this video are close to on par with the newest transformers movie. amazing work.

[@deisumus1]

I did not understand at all what just happened but the visuals were kicking ass.