The Primevals (2023) All Stop-Motion shots (SPOILERS)

[@tedflanc1024]

The fact that stop motion animation still exists today, Ray Harryhausen would be so proud!!!

[@twilightjester5672]

plus I think it would save money on CGI I as well.

[@monster-mecha_enthusiast_2002]

Can you imagine if there was a Clay Fighter or Primal Rage remastered game with the same graphics like this movie? cuz' that would be awesome imo :D

[@Briarpatchlogic]

​@@monster-mecha_enthusiast_2002Primal Rage is peak

[@monster-mecha_enthusiast_2002]

@@Briarpatchlogic Same, I remember playing that Arcade machine game once in a Pizza place, it was hard but pretty awesome tho' :D

[@Novasigmia]

Is so weird seeing a modern stop motion like this compared to the old ones yet it looks so crystal clear

[@pparenteauvfx]

The element that stood out for me was the fur on the yeti creature. The first shots were animated without the fur popping around because of the hand manipulation of the stop-motion artist. That really made me scratch my head about how they achieved that. To see what I am talking about, just look at the original King Kong, the fur was moving all over the place and not because of the puppet movement.

[@humbertoemerson5700]

​@@pparenteauvfx then why they didn't use the CGI??

[@pparenteauvfx]

@@humbertoemerson5700 It was a personal project for David Allen, the director and main stop-motion animator. It was his call to make. I don't think it would have had the same feel in CGI.

[@pparenteauvfx]

Maybe they did use CGI in small measure for the motion blur of the stop-motion as a post process.

[@kellywalker1664]

​@@pparenteauvfxin The Nightmare Before Christmas Henry Sellick used a video camera to keep tabs on previous frames to help keep the shot consistent. I'm sure other supportive technologies have popped up since then.

[@emilianoarauz1840]

this would be the greatest film if it was in the 1950's but overall it really captures the feel of those old stop motion films.

[@thirdcoinedge]

This film was actually in development since the early 70s, which does explain how it retains that sort of vibe so well.

[@thatswhatshesaid2777]

This has got to be some of the most fluid and smooth stop motion I’ve ever seen

[@JaQuanEldridge2001]

Fax, man.

[@bunnyfreakz]

Technology got better.

[@caucasoidape8838]

It's like that gingerbread eating scene in Gremlins. I didn't even realize that was stop motion for quite some time.

[@eliaswiebe6862]

Seeing Stop Motion in this time is so.....surreal

[@mucioagustinmartinezzarago2649]

Yep

[@gonzalo600]

AND I LOVE IT

[@terrencehollins8072]

Robot Chicken uses stop motion animation still.

[@mucioagustinmartinezzarago2649]

@@terrencehollins8072 But this one makes you fell like in the 50s

[@terrencehollins8072]

@@mucioagustinmartinezzarago2649 True,I see your point.I does have that retro vibe to it.

[@grimmetal9530]

This is really better than CGI of today. It’s more real and believable

[@caucasoidape8838]

It's too bad Hollywood can't use all techniques for their strengths. It would be like doing away with painting, just because photography was invented.

[@user-oj6re6ju9t]

The yeti section reminded me of the original king kong film, really amazing 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@jusjetz]

It feels like I’m Watching another Ray Harryhousen Movie. And I Love It!

[@michaelmclean5803]

Scar king origin story before he started an army

[@mucioagustinmartinezzarago2649]

I dunnp rick it look like other universe

[@SA-ej7zb]

Holy crap I was thinking the exact same thing when I read your post🤯

[@PalomasMusic666]

Get that nonsense outta here, this is a REAL monster movie

[@mr.milkman3893]

@@PalomasMusic666keep crying 😂

[@PalomasMusic666]

@@mr.milkman3893 Keep dreaming Mr milkman, keep dreaming

[@MunkkyNotTrukk]

I'll have to watch the rest of this movie. I love those old Ray Harryhausen movies, and it's really nice seeing something modern pay such a loving tribute to Harryhausen like this.

[@TerraStory225MYA]

This looks sensational! Imagine if more low budget creature features utilized stop motion instead of low-grade CGI. At least they would have some charm to them!

[@jlgonzales2322]

At least this is way better than the crappy CGI effects in all B-movies.

[@pparenteauvfx]

It really was a labor of love instead of CGI sausage factory fest :)

[@Banished-rx4ol]

Wow this is an honest love letter to those early stop motion films.

[@aldenjettpace9976]

Its so perfect. Its not just the stopmotion. The lighting, the camera work, the camera type and quality, its all like you would find in a movie from the late 70s and into the 80s.

[@hamletstragedy8988]

I'm bowled over. I keep a close eye on everything stop motion and I had NO idea this came out. Thanks so much for posting! The creatures and set ups are magnificent!

[@jamesdiaz5975]

Wow the day I get to see what modern world stop motion animation is like is a sight to behold and it has truly been refined with this movie, I wish more modern movies have a mix of different methods like this alongside makeup/costume and animatronic puppetry instead of flat out just CGI for everything

[@ChristopherGrisolia]

Even though I love CGI, I strongly agree with this

[@dan_hitchman007]

There were a lot more stop motion sequences plotted out by legendary animator David Allen. Probably due to time and budget (this pet project has taken literally decades to work on), not all of Allen's "Primevals" was completed. It's kind of disappointing that only 11 minutes of stop motion animation wound up in the movie considering Allen and others worked on it off and on for so long.

[@dwarvenking9472]

1 minute of stop motion footage is equaled to 5 seconds of footage… even if it’s a monster just raising his arm. 11 minutes of footage is honestly fantastic for this type of movie.

[@andreaso8886]

I really enjoyed this movie. Grew up with Ray Harryhausen's work (Sindbad and the Eye of the Tiger still my favorite fantasy movie) and I loved Primevals for this work. Thank you for sharing

[@EmperorJack1000]

This movie takes prehistory and combines it with sci-fi.

[@zacharymoss2994]

The wonders of the ancient astronaut theory I'm cinema ask stargate

[@benji285]

Mr. Ray Harryhausen would be impressed.

[@JemGTheSpaceman]

GOD THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY

[@l-shadow1775]

Almost feels like i'm watching an old 2000s movie project pretty good

[@mucioagustinmartinezzarago2649]

Nop it fells like a 1954 movie

[@intothezombieapocalypse]

because it is lol

[@genesismultiverse4896]

Man i remember how awesome stop motion was and now we see one that like harryhausen mastered the art

[@garryferrington811]

Sometimes a bit slow, but, darn, just the smoothest puppet animation I've ever seen.

[@james739123]

Ray Harryhausen would be proud.

[@josephgover5072]

So would George Pal, and Art Clokey

[@jonathanmendoza2319]

And Brian Q H Wills

[@apeman505]

Aw man, the humans just ran off and left that poor yeti to fend for himself.

[@ZZtheDark]

Why am I seeing this now? I didn't know there was a movie like this in this time and age.

[@jetblack1979]

Les scènes sont vraiment impressionnantes. Enfin, le chef d'oeuvre de David Allen sort enfin au grand jour afin qu'on reconnaisse le talent de cet homme qui était le successeur spirituel de Ray Harryhausen.

[@AmeerFauntleroy]

That is a Gigantopithecus

[@alfiewhitestone8676]

0:01 Now *THAT’S* a Yeti!!

[@triggeremotions]

A pain staking labour of love, it looks great, I love seeing it in HD, but also respect the short cuts made to wear a motion capture suit and animate those scenes in 11 minutes compared to 11 months!

[@ProtoType99468]

makes me nostalgic for all the cool stop motion of Harryhausen, great video

[@A10N50]

I always wondered what a Ray Harryhausen stop motion film would be like if filmed today? And I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought of that.

[@XenoPop]

So nice to see Jex finally get an acting gig.

[@tonygriego6382]

This was impressively done for a Full Moon film

[@Daryl77cornerShort]

So this is how Suko would be as "Adult"

[@TawJev]

This looks really impressive for a stop motion. I'd watch a movie produced like that.

[@ZEK-ROM]

That's funny, a few weeks ago I was thinking something should utilize stop motion like this like how they did in those old movies.

[@Mrmb.333]

I swear, it feels like the work of Ray Harryhausen in the modern day

[@FabledHeroes3351]

I hated how the Yeti died at the end 😢

[@kaijuar2003]

I know, it really sucked how they just killed it off. I hate the trend in these stop motion films where the friendly creature is killed off in a brutal way. The one that traumatized me was the death of Trog in Sinbad and The Eye Of The Tiger of how the Smilodon (Zenobia) killed Trog. Then we have the way the Griffin was killed when the main human villain slashed its leg and allowed the Centaur to strangle the female creature to death. And now, we have the most agonizing death which was the Yeti and how it was speared and stabbed to death by the reptilian humanoids. Even more agonizing than the death of Trog and Griffin. I wish that the Yeti had survived, especially since the WHOLE PURPOSE of the humans entering the area was to find and bring back a LIVE YETI for research yet the Yeti was killed off after it helped them.

[@sytrosianoverlord3150]

I wish people made more stop motion animation

[@Tchernobog]

this is like my version of london after midnight. i still can't believe we have it in some capacity

[@BYoutuber-O]

Finally a movie that uses classic Stop motion Effects in live action movies instead of using Hollywoods rushed CGI Effects Nowadays

[@teawrecks1243]

I wanna see a movie with updated, modern dinosaur designs but using the good old Harryhausen-esque stop motion. The feathers might complicate things but if this ape's fur looks convincing without the "twitchy" effect the 1933 King Kong's fur had then there's potential!

[@anthonyluetmer8499]

"twitchy" effect is part of the charm.

[@IosonoOtakuman]

This stop motion looks veeery smooth!

[@JaQuanEldridge2001]

Stop motion hasn't lost its touch.

[@Toshiro93]

Ma tu guarda chi si ritrova fra i commenti! Ad ogni modo, è parecchio strano vedere un film in stop motion come questo nel 2023-24. Almeno, lo è se consideriamo come Pinocchio di Del Toro sia un film animato, e non un mix fra stop motion e live action. Volendo fare un confronto, diciamo.

[@Godzillakuj94]

Man I'll have to see where I can snag this movie. Didn't realize it dropped in full.

[@abrahemsamander3967]

Woah. A new flick in Ray harrihausan’s style? Awesome! So life like too!

[@nonyabusiness3619]

The acting performance from the stop-motion puppets was better than the human actors! These animators sure know their stuff.

[@NinjaKittehCake]

1:01 the expression it makes right here is bone chillingly terrifying

[@GaelMiraflor]

Holy shit! They still doing it to this day?!?

[@miroslavzima8856]

I had to double check the year of production. This is phenomenal!

[@rambunctiousmedia3350]

0:15 Didn't even hit that guy very hard, yet he turned into a fur-clad puddle

[@DaleSmith-x1n]

You can see lot of influences hear from King Kong and even when the creature is fighting the lizard men at the end it’s very Jurassic park feeling.

[@cpl.barbarusc4814]

Great Stop Motion animation sequences. I want to see this film, and I can imagine this film in Black and white ornwith some 50 or 60 filter on the image.

[@KENSHIROez3260]

This movie proves stop motion is actually timeless, this look way better than I expect it to be If we can bring back stop motion, how about we bring suitmation back too

[@BrianBadondeBo]

This is insanely well done, I'm amazed

[@AlanAvis]

It looks amazing! We need more of this!!

[@Caine7ify]

Proof! Stop motion is superior!

[@KingBearmane]

This is so cool! I wish there were more of these

[@poposterous236]

This is better than the old stop motion in several ways 1. increased framerates for better fluidity 2. higher definition cameras 3. using actors for reference. The old Harryhausen stuff looked very janky and unnatural because the animators would simply move single limbs instead of actions connecting a long chain of body parts, ignoring other nuances like breathing and body language.

[@Guernicaman]

Pleasantly surprised at how smoorh a lot of the stop motion animation appears most of the time. Some of it still is a tiny bit jittery in a few shots, but almost all is super smooth.

[@georgekostaras]

this honestly looks so charming and beautiful

[@BreakMeBad5524]

This was masterfully done.

[@TTex11]

Modern stop motion? I didn't even know this existed. How fun to see this.

[@larrymrobinson1051]

It was good to see images that Really exist, you could feel it!

[@simbiotesnus1013]

This movie makes me believe in time travel because this movie was clearly supposed to come out decades ago but somehow ended up in our time. It's really hard for me to believe that this is a 2023 movie, it feels like I'm watching classic Ray Harryhausen movies.

[@Kirkorama]

I think stop motion needs to make a comeback.

[@partlycloudy9443]

I grew up watching the old sinbad movies, stop motion just had that certain charm about it. Not better than cgi but cooler. This movie looks great.

[@monster-mecha_enthusiast_2002]

Even tho' I enjoyed all animation genres in both movies and shows equally (*2D,3D, and Stop Motion)? It's pretty cool that they used stop motion in this, plus that giant ape in this also kinda reminds me of the 1933 King Kong movie that I watched clips of alot (*dispite that 2005 was sorta my first introduction to King Kong as a whole lol.) which is awesome imo😃

[@maddestmike5791]

Breathtaking animation. ^^

[@chichiboypumpi]

True talent manifested, most cgi today is AI-assisted.

[@Miketecuentahistorias]

Se nota el esfuerzo y creatividad para el proyecto 😎

[@G-studios-qy6ch]

From experience this had to take 6 months to make I make simple 5 minute stop motions that only take a day or two to finish this is high quality

[@butchersblade7068]

Man, this is amazing!

[@scottzchannel2463]

They didn't included Horned Lizards, and Prehistoric creatures,

[@shamicks11]

This is in 2023? It looks so good! it feels good to see this type of animation again since 1950 something

[@crcoghill]

This looks amazing!!! This was last year?!👀

[@StormDatIsApproaching]

Ray Haryhausen is smiling down on us

[@HvalatiKnitika]

I want stop-motion back.

[@napalmwolf1728]

I remember when they used dolls for the human characters whenever the stop motion creature picked them up.

[@Gencoil]

It's like someone discovered a lost movie from the early 80's.

[@oswaldocabrera8356]

This looks really good for stop motion

[@robwalsh9843]

No offense to Charles Band, but I think David Allen deserved to work on better films than the usual stuff he did for Full Moon Productions. He was easily one of the best stop motion animators ever and even though I love B movies, a lot of films he worked on were really bad. Granted, he did work on quite a few big budget Hollywood films as well.

[@caucasoidape8838]

The early Full Moon/Empire Pictures stuff is a guilty pleasure for me.

[@VictorLarronde-eu1vq]

Amazing work!

[@Nostalgic80s-nd3qb]

Honestly, I was SURPRISED Stop Motion is still used in this current time.

[@Assadul-Naml]

5:22 Thats relatable as fuck, he looks like a dude pulling up to his dead end job, checking the work enviroment in hope that the annoying coworker one desk apart from him took a day off. Monkey bro we feel you

[@67jeffbustos]

According to IMDB, most of this was filmed in 1994, including the stop motion animation. Juliet Mills is currently 82 years old. She looks much younger here.

[@Plasmathedeathjester]

The ghost of Ray Harryhausen has returned and I'm just now finding out

[@JorgeRodriguez-po7kx]

I want this movie in my Collection 😊😊

[@gabrieljvelez-perez9275]

I wonder if they’re gonna do one with dinosaurs, but this time with our modern understanding of them and more accurate designs.

[@Toshiro93]

It's very, very strange to see a stop motion movie like this nowadays.

[@vee-bee-a]

Oh, my god, stop motion! Quite nostalgic.

[@karmelodion]

Bloody Great!

[@Thedesertguy75]

Very smooth stop motion, very cool.

[@pbglunkusberollin1110]

And people say stop motion is outdated and obsolete...

[@tylerfish2701]

1:22 to 2:06 Those scenes weren't stop motion animated. That was clearly a full scale animtronic.

[@pparenteauvfx]

The alien shots could be animatronics just by the look but the movie credit on imdb do not mention any animatronics.

[@tylerfish2701]

@@pparenteauvfx Oh. Either way, thanks for the reply.

[@pparenteauvfx]

@@tylerfish2701 My pleasure.

[@sogawa7]

Allen's Life Work. RIP

[@omartistry]

People need to stop seeing stop motion, practical effects, and CGI as better or lesser versions of each other for movie effects and just art mediums a movie can used to tell a narrative.

[@caucasoidape8838]

I just get tired of seeing the same shit. Hollywood should mix up the effects.

[@elietapex8056]

That's move magic ✨ at it's greatest 🧐

[@jewlztreasch6617]

This is reminding so much like Harryhausen!