VFX Artists React 94: The Last of Us, You People, Fat/Skinny Rock

[@CorridorCrew]

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[@Benjiman20]

this was one of the better ad segments good job Jordan!

[@D0S81]

man i would freak the heck out if Neil Druckman came on to explain the effects on corridor first, before uploading the VFX shots online.

[@ethannorton564]

Hey on displate it says that the 35% off was for 3 or more displates

[@malter87]

when are you gonna wednesday?

[@toddjackson9710]

what happens to the wall when you take to stuck magnet off the wall....bye bye paint work and bye bye bond

[@The_SkullKnight]

Im soooo glad Sam cleared that Landing gear thing, I was so confused when they were discussing about it being slowed and all 😅

[@mythicalsalmon3621]

yep lol it was hilarious

[@mr.shyryhud1659]

Same

[@dipman785]

Yep, those 2 need their eyes checked lol

[@boast03]

I think the tire hits the wall at the same "spot" (if flattened to 2D) where a small projectile from the same angle would hit the back window (again, flattened from the camera perspective to 2D). Because there are sparks and other effects added when it hits the wall, it also looks like a hitting the back-window effect (a bit overdone, i.e. the glas reflects the explosion differently when broken) from a more projectile type metal from the same rough direction. Because it's janky and pretty fast, the illusion works for so many I have shown this clip.

[@timmy6890]

Same

[@curlzzzzz]

"You thought it was inside the vehicle", pans immediately to the laugh. I'm with Sam seeing it RIGHT the first time!

[@cable7152]

I was on the other side, my mind just got blown.

[@AvallonYo]

They are wrong a lot lol, when they were blown away by avatar water shot, I was yelling it’s just practical!

[@thingswelike]

@@AvallonYo But now you know that it was 50/50 right?

[@job322]

@@AvallonYo but it wasnt just practical....?

[@mrbenizzle4087]

@@AvallonYoexposed yourself

[@tarettime9392]

I worked on the third episode of TLOU my studio did the majority of the effects in it. So cool to have it shouted out by the people that got me into the vfx

[@BrendenPragasam]

U got some cool facts about how the effects were made?

[@tarettime9392]

@@BrendenPragasam in bills town every building was only built 1 story high and all the 2 story buildings were blue screen that we replaced above the first floor. I was primarily responsible for the vines in it. All the vines in the episode I grew/animated in speedtree

[@MrMctastics]

@@tarettime9392 Vines are the real main characters in TLOU

[@jdrummerdd]

@@tarettime9392 man thats so cool lol

[@ringosis]

@@tarettime9392 Congrats on working on one of the best episodes of a TV show ever made. I'm not as hyped as everyone else seems to be about The Last of Us. I found every other episode enjoyable but nothing special. That episode though is an absolute masterpiece. For me it's up there with stuff like episode 4 of True Detective or Crossroads from Band of Brothers.

[@fersuvious]

As one of the artists who worked on some of the matte paintings for this show…thanks! 😊😊 It was such a cool project to work on! Their QC levels were super high and it paid off! Source: ask Fenner.

[@kobman4159]

Did you work on this specific DMP sequence?

[@fersuvious]

@@kobman4159 haha, I wish. Nope, most of the shots I worked on were in Ep 3.

[@jishan6992]

Which show?

[@fersuvious]

@@jishan6992 TLOU

[@nygreno]

How much did they pay you, if you care to answer?

[@keke48018141]

I completely and contently thought it was a piece of metal that broke through the glass and hit Sarah in the back of the head. I didn’t even think “have, it looks kinda janky if that’s that case” “wouldn’t she be dead?”. Very glad to have been enlightened

[@tloz9715]

This episode felt so real and grounded. Seeing them crack each other up and just being friends. My favorite.

[@wisefries4205]

oh god now youtube has AI replies

[@Nimtrix]

​@@wisefries4205 That's so nice to hear wisefries! It's definitely one the nicest and most interesting comments on this video 😊

[@The-Urban-Goose]

I saw it go through the windshield too. It's just so quick, and you don't get enough of a reference for scale. The sparks that appear when the landing gear hits the wall also kinda look like glass shards if you only see them for a fraction of a second.

[@thekwoka4707]

I'm with you bruda

[@Mike-hj7gg]

i thought it was a small piece of metal going through the windshield

[@toddalexander5015]

It just doesn't look heavy. Heavy things don't fly in a flat trajectory that far

[@baboonaiih]

It's a piece of the plane though

[@martinlarsen7354]

@@toddalexander5015 ... The trajectory depends mainly on how fast an object is going. If something is fast enough it won't even have an arch to it's trajectory.

[@Juggtacula]

Even as big as that tire was, it's still a rubber tire. The entire landing strut smacked into a stone building, the wheel then snapped off the strut at nearly the same velocity it had when it hit the wall, so being a tire, it *bounced* off the wall and right into the truck. Makes perfect sense if you've ever seen just how insane tires can act when they feel like it.

[@badreddinekasmi8919]

I do agree with them however that they should have shown the tire for a little bit more. Possibly with a little bit less velocity. It just happens too fast for a lot of people to understand fully.

[@asdqwe123610]

But in order to cover the ground from the explosion to the actors as fast as it did it would have to be traveling EXCEEDINGLY fast. Something that heavy traveling that fast has a LOT of kinetic energy. Enough that it would either blow right through the wall, or if it did bounce off, do a LOT more damage to the vehicle then the little bonk that is shown.

[@theninjamaster67]

Okay so I've just looked this up and one of those tires is roughly 260 pounds also it just flew off a plane that crashed like what maybe just under a mile away in a matter of seconds 260 pounds flying that far that fast would rip a hole in the building. If you need an example of this literally just watch a How Ridiculous video of those those dudes dropping something heavy from a high height for instance in a video from a few months ago they dropped a 90 pound anvil from a 500 foot dam and it ripped a hole in the roof of a vehicle soooooo that should put into perspective how bullshit this scene was.

[@sqw1881]

​@@theninjamaster67 There is a HUGE difference in something hitting for instance a roof directly from above, and a something hitting for instance a wall at an extremely low angel. Old time cannonballs fired on soldiers on a field would often bounce off the ground many times before stopping, but if it hit a castle wall it would go though it.

[@Marie-cq5td]

Tldr: It Can fuck shit up real quick.

[@dj1NM3]

I think what makes the kiss look so weird (without looking at the odd face collisions up close) is that sudden "shadow from nowhere" that envelopes the lower-half of the woman's face.

[@scorpleeon]

Jonah Hill closes his eyes instantly and then leans in like nobody does that. Shout out to the comedian in a few scenes of the movie that first called it out.

[@jaydeepdas9718]

​@@scorpleeon I think she closed her eyes because she knew she is that and she can't do anything more than that like closing eyes when you have give up everything

[@Trewq79]

There's also no reaction from either person. When two people kiss, they don't go one exact speed and stop; they make small changes in movements to be sure they don't smash into the other person.

[@nicolasmenard-guy2028]

Definitely. The mystery shadow is the first thing I saw

[@MarioKonga]

Reminds me of how they censored the smoking in the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure anime.

[@JP_240]

The landing gear bouncing off of the wall like that is actually pretty realistic. If you look closely it's not just the wheel when it hits the wall, it's the entire leg of the plane and only one wheel bounces off. Having seen plenty of videos of the momentum of bouncing tires, the ricochet after the first hit from that tire tracks pretty well into real life. Having the leg hit solid brick or leaving a trail of dust would probably have been better though, just so it didn't seem like it went through the windshield

[@randomdude189]

It’s not. The point is it looked like a small object going through the windshield

[@alsims2007]

I think the problem with it is that once the landing gear hits the wall the tire become extremely clear and detailed which can trick the brain into thinking "oh this object is more clear because it has broken through the glass". I agree the physics are accurate. I also just noticed the tire after the hit also has a much deeper black than everything else in the scene.

[@samwallaceart288]

Yeah tires bounce really weird IRL

[@idrinkmilk282]

​@@randomdude189no, it didnt. I watched it with around 12 people, on a mid sized screen, none of us were confused about what happened with the ricochet.

[@memesouls8653]

Clint just appearing didn’t even register to me at first and when they brought up that he left I was like “ohhhh right.” Clint was such an integral part of the show that it’s hard for me to cope with the fact he’s no longer with the studio.

[@lagsalot7626]

This is clients 2nd acc

[@88cameras]

I thought he had to leave because he lost in Supersmash? didn't they have a Co. wide death match to see who can stay or go?

[@Axxidous]

Well I mean he still joins these vids here and there so…

[@gloriouslumi]

@@88cameras No, he just moved on to focus on his personal projects.

[@fredfredburger5150]

But we have Gui!

[@likitty164]

12:38 I absolutely lovvved the uncut segment of Sam, Niko and Clint just making jokes and laughing!!! It was very wholesome thank you editor!!!! 🧡

[@Kwint.]

You are welcome!

[@keithwaynejones]

you go for it 😂😂

[@samtro]

I think I saw the explanation about that weird cg kiss. The day they shot it, the director said they don't have to actually kiss because they'd fade out before (or cut away). But then during edit, the director decided otherwise so they suddenly needed a kiss scene

[@poochyenarulez]

I was wondering why they didn't fade or out pull the camera back

[@HappleProductions]

That kinda sounds like why reshoots exist.

[@cineturon]

I've read that the actress is still not over the death of her partner and was not ready to kiss someone.

[@samtro]

@@HappleProductions i know right. But just think about the infamous Superman Mustache. Maybe the actors had already moved on and changed their looks drastically

[@MrMustachieo]

@@cineturon but she kissed Michael B Jordan...

[@justinharvie8126]

It's always good to see Clint in these again. From the first ever episode, he's been around and one of my favorites.

[@cudak888]

Those Boston shots from _The Last of Us_ are absolutely spectacular, whether digital, matte, or otherwise. What's abundantly clear is that they knew *exactly* how to shoot it. Despite the destruction, it's downright beautiful and they play it for all it's worth. Bravo.

[@arcfilmproductions7297]

I takes me out of it, personally. It looks so fake

[@cudak888]

@@arcfilmproductions7297 A few family members remarked as such. Perhaps I'm simply sick of every dense city scene carrying that heavily contrasted "Marvel look" these days.

[@zystei]

Fun fact; every scene in every episode was filmed in Alberta, Canada.

[@cudak888]

@@zystei Tax credit for film productions, no doubt.

[@zystei]

@@cudak888 read somewhere that they chose alberta because of the rustic, older feel of the towns. Wouldn’t be surprised if taxes was another reason

[@michellecgb]

Never for a moment did I think the debris went through and hit Sarah in the head 😂. She would’ve definitely died right there.

[@LuisSierra42]

i did think that and wondered why she wasn't decapitated

[@raze3297]

Yeah, but things happen to characters in movies and TV shows all the time that would easily kill someone in real life. That wouldn't be nearly enough to convince me that it wasn't what was supposed to have happened.

[@DeRockMedia]

marve and harry from he alone would just suffer bruises, they wouldnt of died... especially the brick scene

[@lagsalot7626]

@@raze3297 no one cares

[@stevescp9984]

I didn't think that either, but rewatching it I can understand why some saw it that way: they added too many unnecessary sparks to the wheel hitting the building and the timing perfectly lined up with how the rear windshield was framed.

[@m_doragon6647]

Can’t wait for you guys to breakdown The Last Of Us ch.5 and their mix between CGI, practical and makeup. Is really cool

[@jasong782]

This!! They need to break down the $500k suit that looks like CGI

[@SarcasticPlotRecaps]

@@jasong782 Yeah I was shocked when I read that was practical! What a waste.

[@olivereaves6774]

@Sarcastic Plot Recaps a waste, what? It looks sick

[@37Kilo2]

The thing with The Social Network, is that I never really paid any attention to the twin in the background; I was always drawn to the foreground twin. Watching the movie, I never even caught on that one was a digital double, I just assumed Armie Hammer had a twin. It wasn't until I read that it was done digitally, and re-watched some of those scenes that it became glaringly obvious.

[@ze_rubenator]

Armie Hammer actually used to have an identical twin, but he ate him.

[@kylespevak6781]

Omg, it took me 5 minutes of you guys explaining and rewatching to understand that landing gear scene. I thought it went through the windshield

[@taylorwynn5535]

The guests they have are always so impressive and have such great input and good content to add what corridor does, but I honestly really enjoy seeing the vfx episodes with just the crew the most:) they seem like such cool guys- with experience and insight. Every video these guys put out I enjoy

[@hasnain222]

I was in episode 2 of the Last of us and it was shot by my house in Calgary Alberta Downtown. The amount of cg they did to those building is amazing. it was shot all practically on set in downtown streets and then majority of those buildings were replaced or edited after to be broken and put all that greenery over it.

[@theidwwashow2537]

lol I love when one of them, Sam in this instance, saw what was happening with the landing gear and the others have a completely different thought. Its actually interesting and says something about CGI scenes and how the creators have to think about physics and reality.

[@siddbs]

This has to be my favorite episode so far,just 3 friends laughing together cracking jokes being themselves,and their laugh is just so contagious

[@shakira.rahman8786]

You guys have been such an incredible influence on me that the moment i saw the plane's explosion, my mind went "Perfect brightness, proper color........Sam & Niko would approve". You guys have turned my subconscious into a part-time vfx artist ❤️

[@kevinrhodesent]

I definitely did the same thing watching the first episode of The Last of Us 😂 actually rewound to do a double take and then realized it was the landing gear lol

[@MikeOlsen12]

I was definitely a through the windshield person! Thanks for breaking that down Sam. That makes way more sense since in the game their truck gets side swiped 👍🏻

[@Luka2000_]

Man seeing Clint again brings so much memories! Old corridor crew was something else

[@ethanrogers9627]

I miss him, too! Ah, the good old days...

[@dhiwantara8357]

may i know why clint quit?

[@matttheking1655]

@@dhiwantara8357 to concentrate on his own KZbin tutorial VFX / CGI channel...👌 It pretty good if you're really into creating VFX ! CGI...but it is more educational than entertainment...

[@Gurgio]

I'm so ashamed about that "shrapnel" scene, I'm usually very perceptive of those things in movies but it just blowed my mind when Sam explained it. I've also seen many reactions to this episode and not a single person noticed it

[@BamaShanks]

I thought it didn’t need explaining haha. I was shocked when they thought it went through the rear window.

[@2KOOLURATOOLGaming]

It's the impact on the building, it tricks people (me) into thinking it is smashing the glass instead of sparks. I just figured the VFX slowed down the speed and had less motion blur so that people could see it easily. I figured it went through and smashed into the dash or something to distract Tommy's driving.

[@Cimlite]

I'm right there with you, totally read that scene as something flying through the window. Considering how many people perceive the scene like that, I would out it on the artists more so than anything else. I think the problem is that the back window is so transparent, it almost looks like it's not there at all. Some dirt and smudges would help sell what's happening.

[@Bovrillor]

I totally didn't see what the VFX team intended either. The gear is dark and moving quickly, we don't all have our black levels set the same and the timing of it hitting the wall is just BAD. It's the VFX equivalent of drawing a tangent in a piece of 2D artwork... Cue optical illusion. When I saw the episode I didn't have the luxury of rewinding, so I just didn't know what caused the crash exactly and had to move on.

[@dragonqueen9452]

Ya it totally thought it went through the windshield and hit her LOL

[@BearFOXThirty]

I understood the landing gear when I watched the episode, but seeing the clip in isolation here on my phone confused me as I saw it as Clint did. Yet i knew i was seeing it wrong. Thanks for slowing it up and detailing it. Seeing the social network part was very cool

[@packbh]

Hey the they filmed this scene 8:15 in my street in Clagary. That is the address for the building they used for the "hotel" - 1202 1 St SW, Calgary. They closed out the street for a week or two and had big 3m walls around it with high screen cloth panels above. There were alot of pratical stuff in the set, most stuff you see on the ground level is practical for what I can tell.

[@sam8404]

Thanks for covering You People, I've been hoping you would ever since I heard about the CG kiss.

[@mrstarfishh33]

I can't watch this video till later ... The kiss is supposed to be really poorly done right?

[@BandejaPaisa__]

But why was it CGI the kiss😭😭😭 I mean is the easiest shit to do without effects😭😂

[@occult.thespians.society]

@@BandejaPaisa__ that’s what’s bothering me! Which actor requested they not do the kiss?! Was someone’s spouse so prudish they couldn’t allow them to do their JOB, or did these costars simply hate each other so much that they REFUSED to do the kiss for real?!

[@Mr_Boggins]

I thought it was debris too. Thought it just flew through the window, didn’t hit her, but still cause Joel to jerk the wheel and flip them

[@SarcasticPlotRecaps]

I thought it was debris but I never thought at any point it went through the rear window like that thought. Pretty clearly goes past the side and then yeah, I figured Joel just flipped it by reacting etc.

[@darkpanda0220]

I knew something bounced off the wall and hit the car to flip it, but I just straight up didn't know it was the landing gear. I legit did think that it was odd and janky for a random chunk if metal to just bounce off a surface but now that I know it's a wheel I can believe it a bit more now.

[@NiceNicholas]

Episodes like this, where it’s just the OG boys (if not Clint, Wren) watching dumb vfx shots and cracking each other up. Seeing you guys just laughing on the couch makes me so happy.

[@fabersoul]

20:06 can someone tell me where I can find what Niko is talking about here?

[@ofthenearfuture]

The Last of Us was filmed entirely in my province of Alberta, with a lot of it filmed in my hometown Calgary, especially the city and downtown scenes. The majority of the foreground was all practical set dec, but then they overlayed the mid/backgrounds with post-apocalypticness or just fully replaced it. So that first shot as you started the segment with them standing on the raised highway oeverpass, that was all real, even the buildings in the background (but with grunge added). It was pretty eerie seeing BTS while they were filming, but also incredible what they were able to achieve, but honestly it breaks the illusion and takes me out of the show sometimes when I recognize a place lol

[@Peeplii]

😂 me when I saw the 4th ave overpass. I still think it's cool to go "I know this!" But it def can be weird

[@tbotalpha8133]

Reminds me of a podcast I once listend to, where the hosts were all from Montreal, Canada. They were describing their experience watching one of the John Wick movies, and how it tried so hard to pretend that it was set in New York. But every other scene had them cracking up, because they recognised that it had been very obviously filmed in Montreal, in places that they had known all their lives.

[@PervertedThang]

Beginning of episode 5, the guy wearing the ball cap, firing the flare gun in the back of the truck, was my high school class president in 1986.

[@DranethVindan]

I was in one of the downtown Edmonton skyscrapers while they were setting up scenes below. Looked like the road work that went on the year before except in reverse 😂

[@SarcasticPlotRecaps]

Yeah, they shot a few scenes outside my workplace for Killing Eve's S3 finale and I got taken out of the story completely when I realised they were talking in the same cafe I have my daily ham egg n chips in lol

[@captainhelium]

I lived and worked in Calgary for about 24 years, most in arts and culture, theatre, music, dance, documentaries.. that sorta stuff. It was really cool seeing the old town used as a massive st piece. I recognise a lot of the buildings and scenery in the clips. as point of the skill of the people working the piece, when they are standing on that bridge , it's a real bridge, stretching over the river from Memorial Drive, the the downtown core, which was nicely blasted out. There are a few sites detailing where the shooting took place and the modifications to desolate the neighbourhoods. It's a Canadian past time to go to movies and watch tv to see "I know that place..." Oh, and in case I haven't mentioned it... you guys do nice work!

[@RagnarRipper]

The editing for that landing gear discussion was AMAZING! Perfectly telling the stories of the many weird assumptions and confusion becoming realization. Great job (and great episode anyway. as always)

[@JorgulPro]

Man ngl, corridor crew is one of those reliable channels you can come to to learn stuff get entertained and be amazed by the stuff they do ever since they started :D

[@SamieBower]

That social network effect.. I would have NEVER known. and I’ve watched it so many times 😭

[@tvk270]

OMG I totally thought it went through the back windshield. Sam has the eyes of an eagle. well done

[@ttaysmithh]

I definitely thought it went through the back windshield!! That’s hilarious!!

[@Shazam9090]

You guys should definitely check out more of the Lethal Weapon movies for Stuntmen react. I feel like there is at least one crazy stunt per move, the 4th one has Riggs riding a table down the highway! Also, Season 2 Episode 7 of the Chucky tv series legitimately has one the most impressive exploding persons effects I've ever seen. Finally, I'd love it if you guys checked out any of the special effects from the What We do in the Shadows TV series. There are both good and bad effects but I always thought they were surprisly good for a comedy series.

[@D4lF4l]

That's why a second watch is needed sometimes for those fine details. Thanks, Sam that's why you do what you do

[@andrewwillard5625]

I love how Jordan says good job to the whole team in the add segment like a first grade teacher😂

[@bumpsy]

during the driving in the beginning, it looks like the movement of the vehicle doesn't really line up with that of the steering wheel 03:07 here, the car turns before the steering wheel does 03:14 same thing here ironically, it looks very video-game-y :)

[@Idonthavenothinh]

Nice catch!

[@floppypaste]

yeah, the wheel movements seems overly dramatic compared to how the scenery moves

[@lewiep]

The trick to doing a CGI kiss is that you instead get one of the actor's real life girlfriend/boyfriend/spouse on set, and do a face replacement. Or even just a wig and shoot it from a different angle.

[@DailyNarrativ]

Like how they did it for 1 of the Thor movies?

[@ryana3679]

Why did they need to do a CGI kiss?

[@bwarhol]

If you're not going to kiss and you don't have the budget to fake it well, then pick a non-idiot camera angle so you don't have to. None of this should be coming as a surprise to the director.

[@VonCraft]

Or both actors just kiss. They're actors

[@peach1681]

@@ryana3679 read somewhere was cause if corona restrictions

[@taloriann]

I saw what Clint and Niko saw at the plane crash scene. Sam just blew my mind and now I can make sense of it more, but the physics is still weird af

[@edoneill6138]

Ohh I get it, tell gpt to make shorter comments so it’s more realistic

[@nickbradley]

I saw the landing gear and wheel every time I watched that scene, but for some reason this time I was totally following along with Clint and Niko 😂 Sam snapped me back to reality.

[@Dekedence]

it feels like one of those optical illusions - duck or bunny, spinning ballerina - where it can be whatever you're trying to make it at that moment. Because as they replayed it I'd see one of each.

[@smashdriven1640]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen Niko laugh this hard in an episode.

[@taylorwynn5535]

That’s the Clint effect

[@JonkariP]

I definitely came out of the first episode thinking it was a small piece of debris that hit her in the head haha

[@HenryM912]

I can't believe the amount of people that thought this. Y'all need to get your eyes checked lmao

[@samuelargyropoulos1249]

@@HenryM912 Not a problem with peoples eyesight, it genuinely looks like it goes through the window because the light refracting through the windshield doesn’t accurately affect the landing gear which is supposed to be behind it. The whole scene is done so we’ll but the landing gear part definite broke my immersion lol.

[@HenryM912]

@@samuelargyropoulos1249 It's crazy to me because I had no problem seeing it was the landing wheel bouncing off the building and hittin the side of the truck

[@mrgumdrops5]

They filmed a lot of "The Last Of Us" in my home city Edmonton! So cool to see the sets and where they shot in person and walk the streets. Amazing what they did with the VFX but there was also a lot of set decoration throughout the streets.

[@catipto]

The "VFX Tactical Necklace" at 18:17 has been around forever. A notable example was Ricardo Montalban's muscular chest being fake in The Wrath of Khan.

[@funkogalleries8342]

Even though he's still around a lot, we will never get enough Clint on this channel. Sam & Niko have only ever been half of why I love Corridor. Wren & Clint are the other half.

[@chiragbishnoi6954]

You're not alone Niko and Clint. That is exactly what I saw when I watched the episode. And it kept bugging me throughout that how the hell did the entire car flip due to that tiny object hitting the girl. Thanks for clarifying this Sam. I can rest in peace now.

[@reizig]

OH wow haha. I'm with Clint and Niko - every time I've seen that scene I thought it was a soft-ball sized piece of debris, and the sparks of it hitting the wall were the glass of the rear window shattering as it broke through it. I didn't think it hit her in the head, it looked like it hit the back of the seat next to her. It makes much more sense now lol

[@Caelinus]

Yeah, it needed to interact with the world more so you could see how big it is supposed to be. The angle it came at them made its size super ambiguous until it hits the wall, but at that point if you are already seeing a small object your brain interprets the wall hit wrong because you think the object is in a different spot than it was. Having it blast through something or skip off another car would have made it way more clear.

[@Ayoul]

@@Caelinus Interacting with the world more would've maybe helped with comprehension for the minority that didn't see it was the landing gear (which I dunno to me is extremely obvious), but it also would've had the effect of making it look extremely goofy and even more of a weird coincidence that it hit them.

[@Caelinus]

@@Ayoul It does not really need to do much interaction, even just making it pass through a volumetric smoke effect might have been enough. Burning Car -> Smoke -> Gear would have given you a size and position reference. Changing the perspective of the shot would be the most ideal solution, but I hardly think they are going to redo that big of a shot, costing millions, just because an object is a little weird looking. Honestly they may have even tried some stuff, but nothing looked right. It was moving very fast, so there was not a lot of time to communicate it's position. Maybe having a corner skip off a pole as it passed? Or potentially having it bounce off the ground instead of the wall to simplify the angles? Not sure.

[@thatsruffdog]

I had no idea what was happening with the plane debris. But when I was watching this over and over I realized it was landing gear and I started thinking that it bounced off the wall. And then, Sam just confirmed that. It makes more sense to me now, but it did ruin the scene because it failed to convey what really happened to many people.

[@Maximilian_Ingrosso]

tbh you must have some serious issues with your eye sight if you didn't see that it was the landing gear bouncing off the wall

[@Andjelka99]

@@Maximilian_Ingrosso never saw anyone confused over it I watched react. I got that it bounced off the wall (if it hit car directly they'll be dead obviously, never even considerd that option) but I didn't know what part of the plane it was

[@Axxidous]

@@Maximilian_Ingrossotbh that’s a load of crap just because you noticed it. 2/3 people on the freakin couch saw it wrong and they are known for catching details. I couldn’t see it was a landing gear due to the lighting, speed and blur and so much was happening. You just happen to see it or you happen to not see it. That’s it. I saw a random piece of debris fly through the car not didn’t see it as hitting Sarah. Just thought the velocity causes them to swerve and roll.

[@LaurieCheers]

@@Andjelka99 The illusion where it hits the car makes it look a couple of inches long, so it plausibly just knocks her out, not kills her.

[@Maximilian_Ingrosso]

@@Axxidous they obviously aren't that good at catching details then because this isn't even a detail, it's just really obvious. Just from common sense it's also obvious it's not the case, because even if it were just a couple of inches thick it came at a very high speed, would've 100% killed her if it were the case. it flew like 500m in 3 seconds which gives it a speed of 600 km/h or 370 mph, i'm not saying you could do the equation in your head but knowing it was like 500m away and seeing how short of a time it took for it to travel the distance it's really obvious it's fast enough to kill her. I'd also like to add that for this "illusion" to work the physics needs to be seriously fucked up and a show with a production cost of over 100 million wouldn't mess that up. So based on those factors you should just naturally exclude the fact that it's a small piece going through the back window. from there if you use your eyes you can clearly see it's the wheels from the plane. And also the back window of the car doesn't even shatter so how the fuck would it have gone into the car?

[@seand9844]

I definitely thought what they thought. I was so confused, im really glad you guys explained it and slowed it down

[@cole_mcpherson]

Man I'm so Happy that you guys reviewed las of us. Thank you for reading the comments and giving the fans what they want. You guys rock!

[@sethpeterson3703]

I totally thought it went through the back windshield and hit Sarah in the head. Without this episode, I would never have gotten that clarified.

[@Cybothron]

lol WTF!!!

[@Jack-rj6iu]

Same here

[@DadicekCz]

Same

[@CorazonDeCristoCano]

I thought so too. Two out of three visual effects artists who are experts at reviewing movie shots thought it was debris from the explosion going through the rear winshield, yet it's a thousand to one in the comments (based on likes) who say they saw the few frames as they were intended to be seen. I don't buy it. I think there are a bunch of posers who just can't admit when they goofed up. Big props to all here. To Sam for his sharp eye catching it in real time, and to Niko and Clint for being so confident they can just shrug off getting something wrong and not be tripped up by it. That's integrity.

[@Ayoul]

@@CorazonDeCristoCano LMAO, people aren't posers just because you feel bad you didn't catch it. 2 experts who got plenty of things wrong in the past and are possibly quite far from a TV don't indicate anything in comparison to other people. 3 people is such a small sample size compared to the comments. I'm sure you ask a bunch more people at their office and they would see the tire. It doesn't even make sense that a small object would hit Sarah AND flip the car, but not kill her.

[@reedmerklein9496]

The last of us show looks, and is incredible

[@bradhaines3142]

​@@StreetPreacherr ps3 actually

[@battycrease2005]

If find it very interesting how if the conditions are right, the same shot can look like two different things like that bouncing wheel in the last of us. It happens so fast and because of the perspective, i really thought it was a bit of shrapnel weirdly breaking through the back window. It’s almost unfortunate because it seems like most people saw it the wrong way and it slightly takes away from an otherwise amazing scene if you didn’t see what was really happening. It’s almost like an optical illusion.

[@rneercats4574]

I like having the sponsors at the beginning of the videos. When they're at the end they're very jarring

[@elijahe7612]

I would love a revisit of The Last of Us going over the later episodes, and especially now that there's a designated behind the scenes documentary that focuses a lot of detailing what went into the VFX!

[@skywardly]

That is so funny about the landing gear--I 100% was with Niko and Clint and thought it was some small debris that went through the back window 😂

[@THambrough]

OMG THANKS YOU SAM!!! I thought the same as Niko and Clint that a piece of debris broke the back window of the truck and knocked Sarah out lol. Now that you explained it was the landing gear bouncing off the building I can see it as it was intended 😂

[@D0S81]

its crazy to not just see the evolution of CGI in general. but the evolution of CGI for The Rock specifically.

[@Jack_Wolfe]

8:47 from what i saw, they have large chunks of modular scenery they can move around and reorganize. A little Game asset trick.

[@LordStupido]

18:26 the seem is not at the neckless but half way between the neckless and the ear, you can see the neck/head 'slipping' slightly.

[@creativespace8637]

It took me like 10 rewinds to realize that the metal that flips the truck actually bounced off of the buildings outside and hit the truck afterwards. Helps explain why it looks slow and small

[@MadameAesthetic]

You guys honestly make my weekends! I was losing it at Sam's reaction to that kiss scene. Such a fun react episode. Also I know Clint is doing his own thing but I hope you'll be able to have him appear again on more VFX React to Bollywood eps, I miss that series and his reactions too!

[@dovidstaples9985]

I love that you clarified the tire through the truck thing. I didn't catch that it was a tire, but I had questions like; how did that not kill her? How did that flip the truck? It makes so much more sense more. It was so quick and at such an angle.

[@ututut77]

i love all the content on your channel. i’m so glad you analyzed the kiss. i clicked on this one mainly for that. i watched the movie last night and something was weird about the kiss to me but i brushed it off thinking maybe his beard was just that fluffy that she sunk into it lol. i feel validated now lol

[@shakira.rahman8786]

DAAAMMMNN..............that throwing ChatGPT under the bus for the subscription pitch was SMOOOOOTH 🔥 😆

[@carlosnascimento9269]

God, I love this channel so much. All the guys are so chill. Nico seems like such an awesome dude, would love to hang out with him.

[@danbalderson4977]

All of them honestly; so long as Sam keeps his man-bear body covered 😄

[@LaniakeaDenizen]

20:07 There were a few channels like that before ChatGPT became popular. Some of them were pretty good since there are plenty of movies that are better watched in clips rather than sitting through the entire thing. But recently there's been an explosion in popularity with low-effort copycats of already low-effort summary videos. Channels like that are a perfect example of how our collective attention spans are going down the toilet.

[@HurleyMcSwirley]

Can you all do a Directors/Cinematographers react episode? And review framing, shots, takes, etc. One thing I would love to see covered is the funeral home single shot episode of hill house.

[@MartinJab]

Looked like windshield because it bumps some lamp at the right moment - that frame looks like a cracked windshield at 6:57 and the object is suddenly much more sharp afterwards so it feels inside. The particles and the change of color is what makes the feeling of inside. The tire is suddenly as black as the inside of the vehicle. Not "golden yellow" as it was a second ago.

[@rileysaye1667]

I 100% thought that there was just this random small piece that broke through the back windshield of the truck. I was like "how did that small piece inside the truck manage to flip it?" and just decided to let it slide given how fantastic the rest of the show is. Thanks for clearing up the landing gear for me!!

[@bricewgilbert]

When the show aired I thought the same thing about the landing gear, and I kept rewatching it trying to understand. I even watched some reactions to see if other people thought the same thing. I thought I was crazy, and then randomly on one rewatch I saw what it was really doing, and I cannot unsee the reality. I keep trying to go back into my old mind and see it coming through the rear window, but I can't anymore. The brain is weird.

[@churlish]

What a treat to have Clint on the show, always love the OG episodes

[@SpaceOctopus]

I love starting my weekend with a new vfx artists react! And Clint is back? Lets go

[@MonsterCreations662]

same

[@sam8404]

I wonder if he has seen the MCU yet.

[@SpaceOctopus]

@@sam8404 the hell does that mean

[@SpaceOctopus]

@@StreetPreacherr nah i hate him

[@sergeantbigmac]

Wow that landing gear tangent felt like one of those optical illusions except featuring VFX. The first time I watched the episode I saw the landing gear bouncing. But then during this breakdown I was glued to their belief a tiny fragment smashed the window and knocked the character out. Now I can see both. Riveting!

[@a.i.collectibles]

I live in Edmonton, Alberta where a lot of Episode 3 was shot. They had complete sections of the Downtown core shut down for filming this, with full sets, debris, cars and foliage. It was filmed during Covid, so a lot of stuff was shut down and most of the downtown business district was working from home any ways. So a lot of this was practical.

[@demzre]

You guys should do a comparison between the post-apocalyptic environments of The Last of Us and Alice in Borderland. It’ll be interesting to get your insights between high budget VFX and not-so-high budget VFX.

[@loreleimonn3220]

I just finished season 2 the other day. I’d love to see them talk abt it

[@DigitalXAddict]

YES!!!

[@demzre]

@@loreleimonn3220 It was an awesome series!

[@azuraug8693]

Alice in Borderland had a fully massive big set of the city. Netflix gave them the budget

[@josiahkeller427]

Y'all should do a "VFX Artists React to Bad and Great DOCUMENTARY CGi." I'm amazed at some of the CGi that some of these documentaries have

[@Demasx]

Fat vs Skinny Rock is such a neat analysis idea

[@gamermoment0325]

Dude I was shocked with the landing gear thing😂. Totally had thought it went through the window. Great show

[@AddictionCraving]

At 9:28, they show Sugar Land Town Square in Sugar Land, Texas.

[@jordanfelt5978]

Man, Clint and Sam together in this episode were so damn funny 🤣

[@cable7152]

Mind blown, I totally saw that as a piece of metal going through the window of the truck. The truth is so much cooler. Thank you Sam.

[@brendantaylor6879]

I ONE HUNDRED PERCENT thought something small went through the windshield and hit her in the head! I'm so glad you cleared that up! Now looking at it, it's pretty janky. My brain was even like, it would make sense a giant piece of debris would fly at them, so why was it such a random tiny piece of plane? I was so confused

[@anilachar323]

7:30 When the plane tyre bounces off the side of the building, why did the impact generate a friction based spark? - rubber wont do that. Landing plane tyres do screech and burn rubber with smoke, but high temperature based spark?

[@eliasjohnson101]

The plane's landing tire analysis got me like...🤣🤣🤣 Seriously? LOL! I love The Last Of Us 🏆🏆🏆

[@Cnerf55]

Really wanna see you guys do more on The Last of Us!

[@Luca-VA]

sameee

[@s1ightlypanda]

Lmao, of course it didn't hit her in the head. That would have killed that girl instantly and we might have a much different series lol.

[@drbob212]

"Go 50-50... it's a wedding!" I'm dying!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JJadx]

i had the same confusion with sam, totally didn't notice it being a huge wheel.

[@satinpictures594]

Peter Rabbit 2 (particularly the Aston Martin chase at the end) has some incredible work. Multiple cg characters interacting within live action in broad daylight. Some lovely shadow and reflection work.