The Cinematography of Genndy Tartakovsky

[@Lavapasta]

right as I was citing my sources I found out that the Popeye animated film is back in production LOL

[@ri-ch-es]

Pog

[@takahashierik]

And two original Sony movies, Primal season 2 and a new Cartoon Network series... Genndy has a lot in store for us

[@kadenvanciel9335]

Maybe I could guest star. I'm not as famous as well-known KZbinrs for video essays, but I could help with some information you learned about, and the names of future Genndy Tartakovsky movies for Sony. And maybe my own opinions on Genndy's works as well.

[@JuanPaulFilms1138]

@@kadenvanciel9335 if anything make some of your OWN content i'll subscribe :)

[@duongbinh211]

OMG I CAN'T WAIT!!! 🥺😭♥️♥️♥️

[@sankalpspaz]

Primal is a masterpiece. He really took the concept of no dialogue and heavy emphasis on visual storytelling. It's for the children who grew up with his cartoons and are now adults.

[@TheAmazingRusski]

Couldn't agree more. Powerpuff girls was my favorite from when I was old enough to tell my parents what I wanted to watch. Samurai Jack and Clone Wars kept me on the edge of my seat through grade school. Watching through Primal now with the same excitement.

[@cornhub8823]

For real, only Tarkovsky can turn a non talking dinosaur into a very compelling and relatable character.

[@jacobb.9181]

Honestly even though it's for adults, primal is a great kids show. 12 year old boys will love it, and it'll do wonders for their imagination.

[@mattsurridge9129]

Favreau should give Genndy an episode of The Mandalorian. He would absolutely kill it in terms of action.

[@JD-js3bp]

AGREED I would love to see that

[@journeymanX]

There would only be 2 to 3 lines of dialogue but i won’t complain

[@ggt47]

That would a hour silent orgasm.

[@АннаКубалова-г5о]

Where is "e"?

[@АннаКубалова-г5о]

His name is different

[@TylerMcNamer]

Hotel Transylvania was made for entertainment and escapism. An escape to the hotel. I never took the trilogy seriously, and that's why I love it! There's a time to turn on the brain and there are times to turn them off and laugh at the gags.

[@rarity-bo8pk]

True

[@thewildcardperson]

Preach

[@joshuajoe1419]

True but other than the animation, I don’t think Genndy should have done the sequels, he should have done his own shows and gotten to do Popeye and Can You Imagine? at Sony while some other director made the sequels.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Genndy is one of greatest creators saving western animation right now. He stands proud to show originality and dynamic thinking can make any project a fantastic marvel!

[@joshhannibal2267]

The best to ever animate. His style was so distinctive and i loved his combat style.

[@jempalomo7089]

Imagine if this guy creates a Hellboy animated series like adapting the Short stories of hellboy, it's a perfect fit to his style of visual storytelling and the aeasthetic.

[@cxptainfordo275]

That's all well and good except hellboy is lame af

[@Alien-d3z]

You're absolutely right. I love Hellboy and Genndy would do a top tier job working on it

[@XanderFlicks]

I hear SSX 3 music in the background ayyy great video btw, love animation and all that Genndy has done with it.

[@seriusxs957]

ayyy, love your skits!

[@DonniedrakoE]

Genndy literally is a master law over what you can do with animation.

[@CarbyGuuGuu]

Honestly can’t wait to see what Unicorn: Warriors Eternal brings to the table.

[@bigpunisher2383]

Dude Primal was so damn good!! One of my favorite shows

[@Adrians_Ideas]

If this man and James Baxter teamed up on a project they would make an unstoppable force

[@RetroIsaac]

Oh my god through Glen Kean in that mix and I think the world would implode.

[@conlangshowcasing2690]

What about Don Bluth?

[@RetroIsaac]

@@conlangshowcasing2690 dude...yes.

[@judahking18]

The usage of the SSX3 OST’s is such a nice touch👌🏾

[@youarelife3437]

I never felt like Jack was 50+ years older than Ashi, cuz he is stuck inside a weird time pause effect. 'Time has lost it's effect on me'..he says. It's like a glitch. He is young and his age is paused there.

[@momerathsoutgabe-mt1gc]

I'm a casual fan of the guy. I have seen most of his works, I had no idea he had anything to do with Hotel Transylvania. That is so cool. My kid loves those movies. I enjoyed his works as a kid and now my kids are as well (my son has also watched, and loves dexter's lab) Can't wait to show him samurai jack.

[@WakoDoodle]

Growing up, Genndy to me was a cinematic cartoonist. If you saw his name anywhere on it, it was guarenteed to be an experience like no other. Usually a grand epic adventure that's full of great references or a serious story that doesn't talk down, but at eye-level. There is so many shows I've discovered thanks to his work, that I keep finding myself going back just to see something I've missed or to experience a grand story all over again.

[@kylorenbg4112]

The end of Samurai Jack was changed in 2020 where Ashi is alive and they are both together.

[@dananon2112]

Love the use of the glitch mob song in the video. :P I kept thinking I had music on playing somewhere XD

[@rustybuckets2143]

Shoutout to your choice in background music, top notch

[@thishollowhill]

Samurai Jack and Clone Wars. Bro, the cinematic references and pure utter utilization of the characters to their max potential in Clone Wars is mind blowing. I love Samurai Jack, it blew my mind when it first came out. But the Clone Wars was so refined and perfected, there is almost no flaws besides it’s short length.

[@shonuff9181]

samurai jack & primal are so fucking good, excited to see what Unicorn will hold

[@adrianzak]

I love this Artist and his movies :)

[@jamestolbert1856]

I love 2D animation!

[@Namonstar]

Genndy is the genius of our time. I love every work he has done

[@spiritual_hypertrophy]

Genndy Tartakovsky looks like he was drawn by Genndy Tartakovsky

[@HappytintheClown]

you must be loving his new show unicorn worriers eternal`, its basically all of these shows combined

[@user-ew4pe7zf3k]

Everything the guy puts out is a masterpiece.. Enough said

[@dobi287]

Symbionic Titan is also my favorite Altho I haven't seen his latest creation yet

[@tyronebovell6469]

I love his new show Primal.. u can’t even blink cause u may miss something.

[@charlymaldonado9811]

Thank you for this

[@RSousa-ru7xi]

I'm also a huge fan. This guy deserves all the recognition.

[@llDbGll]

Genndy is such a talented guy. Even though I don't like the Transylvania movies (mostly because of the humour), the animation is just baffling. It reminds me of the stretchy, natural-looking movement and exaggerated gesturing old era of cartoons. When I discovered the Popeye trailer and its cancellation, couldn't help but to feel bad for Genndy. The guy's a genius and, most importantly, an amazing artist.

[@armansvd1932]

this man is a legend

[@spritemon98]

8:56 funnily enough there's a backdoor pilot of sym bionic titan in samurai jack

[@Dragonruler1]

My personal favorite simbionic titan 😍😍😍

[@spritemon98]

Now we have unicorn warriors eternal

[@theradioactiveplayer3461]

Okay so I only now noticed (having never before heard of or seen Sym-Bionic Titan) that the shots showing massive robot fights can be spotted in another unreasonably cool production about giant metal monsters fighting enormous aliens: Pacific Rim. It's fairly clear that once you reach a certain level of directorial skill, you tend towards using similar techniques to show things to the audience, but it's funny to think that SBT may have informed some of the ground shots of Guillermo Del Toro's love letter to the kaiju genre

[@RoadKrabSo]

L for hating on samurai jack season 5

[@bosniankumquat1835]

You forgot that frank miller's ronin graphic novel also influenced samurai jack. It basically has the same plot .

[@simjans7633]

Man the visuals of Primal are something you'd find straight out of Frazetta's canvas.

[@WarpChaos]

Tarakovsky is an animation genius.

[@xo_digi10ve_ox]

Idk if anyone has seen that Popeye movie but it genuinely so freaking good oml

[@Dubs22005]

needs more views

[@ohtontheknight3879]

What would happen if this guy made a video game give him that challenge and he would probably make a really good game

[@TVgoodies]

1:39 where did you tokk the clips of this Early test of Dexter's laboratory?

[@richardmusonda3404]

Genndy is a genius

[@sir.mannington]

So that's why the fight scene in Iron Man 2 slapped, even if the movie wasn't that great.

[@Dracobyte]

Nice! I have suscribed to your channel.

[@thomaspeters5889]

This is the second time I've seen a complaint about Jack and Ashi's age difference however before each episode Jack states "time has no hold on me", he DOES NOT AGE. What's the matter with you people?

[@ryuusaki7309]

I really hope PRIMAL has more and more season beyond s2 I’m worried with this Warner bros discovery nonsense I love his animated works and I feel Unicorn eternal would’ve been nice

[@troyacarpenter]

I would have liked additional thoughts on shape language and more on character design outside of outlines.

[@mohammedhassanakbari6722]

15:00 There Actually were Dialogues in the Episode Titled "The Primal Theory". Tragedy is you didn't carry on it further & show where it fit in or related to the narrative. You Could have shown some connection & continuity with it. It Just ended there.

[@bambinoesu]

🐐 🐐 🐐 Definitely my favourite

[@ajw5708]

Primal is one of the best shows I've seen in the past 10 to 15 years

[@sethleoric2598]

Ngl i thought this was about Andrei Tarkovsky, both masters of their genre.

[@Jdshald]

All the female love interests look like tartakovsky's wife. So I don't think it's "yikes". The finale of samurai jack is rushed but still very good.

[@legendforever7036]

Primal is the masterpiece of all time and genndy is next level 👌

[@vassilifriedmann]

Whats the song playong at the background in the last few minutes also great video amacing analysis of cinematography and Samurai jack 5 was visually stunning

[@thesentinel5523]

Tartakovsky > Filoni DEAL WITH IT.

[@lucasjuliusfrederiksen7882]

I liked seson 5 Samurai Jack

[@XonixDerps]

Agree with most comments on S5 for Jack. For me I didn't mind Ashi so much knowing Jack is basically immortal and well age didn't matter at that point lmao plus his weakness for women, I just felt it became to much of a focus and as others said for everything else in the latter half - to cliche/childish nostilgia? Kinda wish they had gone with the movie idea, still could've kept ashi as a bad guy turned good and then have room for a comic series to tell their story if he wanted lol (Kinda like how Avatar did?)

[@sparkside217]

Dude I couldn't agree more about Season 5 of Samurai Jack. The beginning was top-notch, but the ending was just rushed and clumsy. I can't help but feel like it just needed the last episode to at least be an hour or so. I actually don't mind the Ashi plot, but the execution just needed room to breathe.

[@painlesszm1421]

Anyone notice that professor (ppg) and samurai Jack look alike 🤔🤯 the continuity... Jack must be an ancestor. Lol

[@MarJin727]

in my opinion, tartakovsky and battlefront 2 classic saved the clone war universe and republic commando

[@cremacat518]

amazing video~

[@AnaSouza-se1eq]

"PRIMAL" by Tartakovsky.

[@creatorfuture.official]

We need more Genndy Star Wars

[@JJWalters]

Wow this video was really well done and insightful. Also, even though it was RIGHT THERE! I never thought of samurai jack season 5 like whaat you said.... 50 years has passed so he's like over 60 years old and making out with a 14 year old? That's Hollywood for ya! But good to hear that someone out there felt the same as I do about samurai Jack. Just out of curiosity whats your top 5 episodes?

[@Ben-rz9cf]

Tartakovsky might as well be the Miyazaki of western animation but he doesn't get nearly enough credit for it

[@BenjaminRichardB]

This was great. Ego Trip has some really good stuff in it compared to the rest of the series as does the theatrical short Chicken Scratch. Goodnight, Mr Foot would have been great to see to drive home the point of him not straying from 2D during the Hotel years. Above all else though his prologue for the movie Priest definitely should have been included. That movie’s terrible but his animated sequence is phenomenal. But seriously this was a really good video.

[@Chaviasmusic]

I never knew how to properly pronounce his name before watching this video.

[@AxRandomxMoment]

I know the Gundam Unicorn soundtrack when I hear it.

[@melissaharris3389]

Not enough people talk about the cinematography of animation

[@johnadame2580]

Chungus sighting at 2:26

[@ursusgamer7954]

i share yout opinion about "season 5" of samurai jack. i dont consider it the same as og samurai jack because it has a hole diferent feel

[@Fenixmaian7]

What's the background music you used during this video? It was all great music

[@Inshader]

His real name is Gennadiy.

[@elprimerplayer277]

the tartakovsky art has something to do whit soviet influence? i mena he born in moscow during the 70s yes is truht he left at 8 or 9 but your child influence is important

[@RosemarysBabyDaddy]

Now that Unicorn Warriors Eternal has come out you should make an add on video in the future showing its context in Genndys style for plot and art

[@drifter4training]

9:48 elevator action ?

[@TheMallachiv]

His style is somehow hyper realistic, grotesque, hyper absurd, and endearing all at once.

[@Dan_Kanerva]

maybe because he is an anime fan , some of that pristine style translated to his work

[@Shoobster]

​@@Dan_KanervaLike any good artist, the guy's not just an anime fan, he's an everything fan. There's splatters of rubber hose animation, Hong Kong action movies, Andrei Tarkovsky, E.C. Comics, Zagreb Film, Remember the Titans, Herge. Genndy looks at so much stuff for influence.

[@SonofTiamat]

-hyper realistic- hyper detailed

[@AITreeBranches]

You can use exaggerated, that would save you some text.

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

I loved the first Hotel Transylvania and never knew Tartakovsky worked on it. He really made it something special and the way he added 2D characteristics to the 3D animation really made it look good! When I think of that film, my mind instantly thinks of all the exaggerated still poses and facial expressions. And that man deserves an award for removing motion blur in a 3D animated movie, more 3D films and shows should follow suit. The action and movements all look so much clearer without an annoying motional blur smudging everything. I remember watching the final season of the 3D Clone Wars and was annoyed by how the show had added motion blur. It really made some of the season's actions scenes less clear than in older seasons. What should have been newer, better animation was marred by the addition of motion blur.

[@misterhuman6469]

Motion blur almost if not always ruins the look of animation idk why video games constantly have it

[@theradioactiveplayer3461]

@@misterhuman6469 Because *_ZWOOOOOOSH_*

[@MoreLoreThenThereSeems]

The Hotel Transylvania films always just seemed like you needed the money because they're so excited to style

[@nikkoa.3639]

Kinda bummed how the sequels turned out

[@Leonhardt_Nukryst]

Hello there

[@maestreiluminati87]

I like how genndy works well with silence, like those episodes of Samurai Jack with little to no voice acting, and that one episode of Clone Wars where the stranded clones are on radio silence

[@АннаКубалова-г5о]

Wrong name

[@bemotivated8443]

Don’t forget about primal where the main character says one word in the entire show

[@JohnshiBRPG]

@@bemotivated8443 “Mira.”

[@aredblip1315]

He's also inspired by Sergio Leone's films, particularly The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.

[@Lavapasta]

Royal Ocean FIlm Society literally already compared him to Leone, but I chose not to make the same comparison bec I didn't want to plagiarize him. It's still some fun trivia to know about tho.

[@lucasstr5653]

is it me or there is a strangesimilarity with Tartakovsky's actions sequences and "Kill Bill"'s? I mean probably just because it's just a wide known storytelling tool but wouldn't surprise me if one inspired the other

[@NoneofYourBusiness667]

@@lucasstr5653 I would love to see a Tarantino and Tartakovsky team project.

[@kyleyuen245]

2:25 I was just hit with big chungus in 2020, I need a minute to rethink my life

[@Lavapasta]

hey at least i didnt put it in the thumbnail and be obnoxious about it. its like a stealth cameo

[@kyleyuen245]

@@Lavapasta stealth chungus

[@Lavapasta]

@@kyleyuen245 hope it wasn't too cringe

[@kyleyuen245]

@@Lavapasta I actually found it quite clever, you don't expect it and by the find you notice it it's already gone. Good comedic timing

[@ItsDaJax]

Lol. Big Chungus is actually Bugs Bunny.

[@pudlordtynan919]

Genndy Tartakovsky's movement is breath-taking. It takes a true master of their craft to make a moment of silence engage an audience as much as an action scene.

[@JayMallow]

I still love the Jack and the 300 episode where he did direct reference to The 300 and Miller's style, then later Zach Snyder literally copied Tartakovsky's shots in the movie.

[@SrGotasDeChuva]

Its all about opinion. I really found Samurai Jack Season 5 a masterpiece. Such a beautiful and épico conclusion.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

Same and agreed! It’s all amazing and fantastic as a whole!

[@theriotartist]

I thought it was absolutely perfect and beautiful.

[@adamkoncz27]

Yeah my man

[@king-su2on]

I love season 5

[@silentsideshader30309]

I loved most of Samurai Jack Season 5. It’s just the ending that made me feel meh. I mean at first I didn’t like it and thought it felt pretty underwhelming but after the game came out it did make the ending so much better but looking back now I do respect the original ending. Even so I do still think the game and its conclusion and true ending is still loads better.

[@aaronjohnson1286]

Sym bionic Titan need to be revived

[@samisusmelm2416]

word

[@spellweaver1453]

Definitely

[@helvetewinter68666]

It would be too much for this times

[@huzaifahahmed4303]

I had almost forgotten about that show, it popped into my head earlier today, and then this got recommended to me.

[@iamablacksabbathsong9765]

Just not half 3d and 2d , it should just entirely 3d or 2d animation

[@OzmanOOS]

Samurai Jack season 5 was incredible and I'm loving Primal right now, glad to see it was renewed for a season 2.

[@PC-tan]

Season 2 is out October 4 so in just 4 days from now

[@OzmanOOS]

@@PC-tan Hell yeah. I'm hyped for it.

[@Darkwizard7773]

Manny Barajas it’s actually the second half of season 1

[@MrAnon00]

It was incredible... Until the last 3 episodes... And then that insulting ending.

[@biggiehalps]

@@MrAnon00 What? I absolutely loved the ending

[@Slim-yu1ud]

I legitimately love symbionic Titan. I wish it could the second season that was teased.

[@bluespruceanimation296]

The Sym-Bionic Titan episode about Lance's childhood gave me so much respect for Genndy's storytelling and animation ability.

[@spritemon98]

I loved the flashbacks of lua

[@kyb7795]

Aldult swim is killing it when it comes to animated shows

[@sporepics]

Yeah, while they don't air dogshit.

[@kyb7795]

@The Jerma985 F

[@maverickhuntermeta4954]

[Adult swim] is pretty much doing what Cartoon Network Used to do, sort of.

[@The_MEMEphis]

@@maverickhuntermeta4954 adult swim is way more experimental than cartoon network even when cartoon network was in it's prime not to mention the amount of personality adult swim has in its commercials and bump breaks

[@jordat1344]

"The Cinematography of Genndy Tartakovsky" you talked nothing about cinematography, all that you talked about was some artistic opinions about the shows from a none artist's point of view

[@connorhalleck2895]

why is this video not really about cinematography

[@GrandSupremeDaddyo]

Jack's battle with the ninja in the shadowy temple is one of the best looking things ever.

[@mookiestewart3776]

Loved it since it aired when I was 11 amazing episode

[@AquaticSkipper]

Trapped in the future for 50 years, but importantly does not age. I'm totally fine with the ashi stuff, and the finale ties in with his having to address his entitlement/expectations earlier to achieve balance. Plus you experience the highs and lows he did for years trying to get to a portal back, it hits well for me and plenty others

[@Lavapasta]

also yes that is Rob Zombie's Dragula set to footage of Hotel Transylvania, a movie about Dracula lmao

[@brandenwalker5154]

Genndy Tarakovsky is my favorite cartoonist ever I wish genndy come back to do more sym bionic Titans again

[@spritemon98]

I'm pretty sure the executives at cartoon network wrote it off because they couldn't get a toy deal making it "unprofitable"

[@pablocasas5906]

Genndy was probably the first modern animation director that I discovered, it helps that during commercial breaks Cartoon Network used to interview their shows creators, others featured were Danny Antonucci from Ed, Edd & Eddy. I grew up watching Dexter's Lab on Cartoon Network Latin America in the late 90s and when before Samurai Jack's premiere they showed those interviews. Despite being totally different in tone I could immediately recognize the similarities between his shows. Clone Wars was actually my first contact with Star Wars

[@lonelywhale3337]

So THIS is why I love The Clone Wars so much

[@josipnikolic6711]

you meen clone wars. The clone wars is diffrent show.