VFX Artists React to Bad and Great JAMES BOND CGi

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Sam, Niko, and Wren break down the practical and visual effects from some of the most popular James Bond films throughout it's 60+ year run.
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Chapters ►
00:00 Welcome to VFX Artists React
00:55 Botched Car Chase
03:19 Unnecessary VFX
05:52 Raycon
06:55 Old vs. New Fight Scenes
08:40 Car Stunts & Miniatures
10:21 Insane Plane Stunt
12:37 Disney's Magic Crystal
12:56 Not So Invisible Car
14:14 World's 1st Tracked Matte Painting
16:10 World's Biggest Sound Stage
17:53 Acting in Zero Gs
19:27 Real or CGi?

[@CorridorCrew]

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[@andythem320guy9]

Office James Bond when?

[@user-gy1eu4wg3v]

names bames, bames jond

[@Turdstool78]

If you ever want folks to not fast forward through your sponsors just get Jordan to do the Advert.

[@baskkev7459]

Idea for react, lucifer tv series fight scène between him amadiel, micheal.there is a verenigen glass breaking scène in the fight. Or star trek deep space 9 , episode trails and tribbilations. Where they in the episode mash TOS 1964 scènes with 2000s cast

[@user-oy2zz8co8c]

Why dont you guys react to star Trek CGI from the old shows to the new one on how the technology changes so the vfx evolved from show to show and movie to movie

[@briansadler5225]

That first car chase error wasnt even VFX, thats why Wren was confused

[@th3R0b0t]

lol yea, wren was all "I'm caught in the moment, that looked and felt great." Sam and Niko are, "THE CARS OUT OF FRAME! CUT!!! RESET!"

[@RealEllenDeGeneres]

Was it really even an error though? It just seems like it'd be hard to track a car moving like that as you're passing by fast while zoomed in. This is more a case of doing it live and hoping for the best. You can't really plan the perfect shot with so many variables.

[@andrewbevan4662]

Shot looks fine to me,bonus point for not exploding in a huge fireball

[@alexPsanz]

I think the purpose did that to make it feel less planned and polished. It’s kind of the goal of shaky cam action scenes

[@M_k-zi3tn]

@@RealEllenDeGeneres yeah it didn't seem like an error at all.

[@blakehandler8698]

The scene with John Cleese walking "strange" is an homage (Easter egg) to his famous "The Ministry of Silly Walks" sketch from the Monty Python.

[@tatetwar7792]

Ahh, that’s brilliant 🤣🤣 almost like the effects guys were willing to take some shit for a dumb effect just to make a python reference. In that case I have to respect it. Thanks for the fun fact man I’m a huge Cleese fan had no idea

[@far22186]

That's what I was goi g to comment

[@FlowersInHisHair]

@@tatetwar7792 Given how crap it looks it was clearly done as a last-minute idea, likely suggested by the producer, director or actor rather than the VFX artists

[@SanityTV_Last_Sane_Man_Alive]

They also clearly dont understand perspective... which is really weird. They were simulating his legs moving right in front of the camera, therefore taking up a much larger angle. Sure they didnt do it that great, probably as you said, to replicate his funny walk. but its still pretty obvious logic to me.

[@JonathanGillPhishfood12]

I was just about to comment this exact thing lol

[@jrbogdany]

So glad to see The Living Daylights getting some love! Both of Dalton’s Bond films are super underrated and are well worth a watch.

[@xevious21]

Dude I freaking love Living Daylights, one of the most underrated Bond films with the most underrated Bond actor.

[@nightrobin685]

The CGI Daniel Craig hands were in the Shanghai Fight earlier. Not in the Macao fight. You see it in Skyfall. He’s wearing the gloves when he’s fighting the guy who falls out the window. They shot it with the gloves on, but had to CGI hands later. It’s the fight with Patrice

[@Trgu700m]

He's wearing gloves in the original trailer.

[@SirStrugglesAlot]

I just checked it, turns out they just left it in. All of a sudden James Bond has gloves on and they just kept it in, they do look good on him if I do say so myself

[@EliasSchnetzer]

But does he have the fingerprint gun in that scene? If not why was it necessary?

[@SirStrugglesAlot]

@@EliasSchnetzer it's a continuity problem, he just had gloves on all of a sudden but was barehand before. But I checked the clip and they just left the error in

[@rockero1313]

@@EliasSchnetzer no, he didn't. he had it when he saw the guy, but he (maybe) holstered it and put the gloves back to fight this guy. M told him to interrogate him and THEN kill him

[@AccAkut1987]

17:33 that granate throw is actually pretty realistic, they teach soldiers to throw/roll them like a bowling ball basically in indoor use, as it reduces the chance of accidently letting go of the trigger

[@madmajek]

Yeah i didn't why the laughed at.

[@mrcroob8563]

Do they also teach you to throw it like 80 degrees away from the spot you are looking at?

[@Insan1tyW0lf]

Also, it appears to be tossed away from where he's looking because the camera is near the target, looking up. The arc of the grenade as it falls means it moves away from the guy's (and the camera's) line of sight, but would presumably end up pretty close at the end.

[@cheeseninja1115]

@@mrcroob8563 if you actually watch the clip, he is looking where he is throwing. It just seems like he isn't because his head is cocked to the left. You can actually see he has his eyes trained on where he is lobbing the grenade.

[@Ganiscol]

@@mrcroob8563 thats not the main point. The actor just looked towards the camera (sort of mistake) and had to let go away from the camera for obvious reasons - imagine you hit the lens with that or any of the operators in the face. 😅 All he had to do to make the shot perfect was look where he dropped the grenade at.

[@QueenFiria]

Fun fact about the Bond set. After they were done with the submarine hanger, the set went to Riddley Scott for the filming of Legend (1986). The set was furnished with a foam forest with some real trees for filler, birds, and lots of bird feather shavings for snow. Over the course of filming fumes from gas-controlled bonfires gathered in the rafters. Then one day this powder keg of a set caught fire and it ALL burned to the ground. Ridley Scott shelved his work and went golfing after seeing the set completely engulfed.

[@cheekychappy1234]

This sound stage was rebuilt, then burnt down again in 2006 after Casino Royale had wrapped, and then once again rebuilt.

[@ltdowney]

The Timothy Dalton films are so good and surprisingly dark and gritty for the time. Seriously, he deserved to be Bond for longer, but Goldeneye went into development hell for years.

[@VanBurenPhilips]

oh Goldeneye was gonna be Tim Dalton?

[@ltdowney]

@@VanBurenPhilips Yes, it just took too long to come out and they recast.

[@ahlads]

@@ltdowney I loved the Dalton films but they didn't do well at the box office.

[@JvS1711]

Dalton had all the makings of the best Bond.

[@Justin_Leone]

Agreed. His two movies were among the best in the series, and Dalton was (IMO) the Bond actor who best nailed the balance between humor and intensity that makes an ideal Bond (or really an ideal action film hero in general).

[@lukebaxter3252]

You guys had better do a Stuntmen Reacts dedicated to James Bond to follow this up.

[@cheekychappy1234]

The thing is you can probably get one of the the stunt drivers on as well as that was Top Gear's "The Stig" - Ben Collins has a KZbin channel now and does a lot of collaborations.

[@Psycofunknska]

They haven't done a stuntmen react in a while. You have a great idea

[@jokkemursula8731]

That video pretty much has to include the opening scene from Moonraker.

[@frunkenstein1057]

My dawgs out here saying ‘Soulless’ instead of ‘Solace’

[@svsweeney]

My immediate reaction too!

[@scottmanley]

Moonraker had janky 1970's special effects.... but it's the only movie I know which had the space shuttle taking off inverted like the real shuttle did, every other movie gets it wrong, or just uses stock footage. The best sequence in that movie is right at the start where there's a fight for a parachute while falling from a plane. Really, you should do a Stuntmen react to some of the classic bond stunts - like the base jumping in Spy Who Loved Me & View To A Kill. The fights on top of a Train and a Plane(!!!!) in Octopussy. Using live aligators as stepping stones in Live & Let Die. And of course the corkscrew car jump in Man With The Golden Gun

[@Holgast]

Scott Manley!

[@mitchsn]

The most jarring thing about the Spy Who Loved Me shot is the absolutely perfectly straight horizon line of the ocean. Other than that it looks great! Especially for its time

[@danielmannandersen2332]

Good to see Timothy Daltons two awesome movies get a shoutout. The plane scene in Dark Knight Rises was taken directly from License to Kill

[@keyman6689]

The Living Daylights is still my favorite Bond film. "The girl with the cello." Not as slick as the Craig era, but classy.

[@DaveNagy]

Fun fact guys: for the supertanker set Ken Adams had some guy he knew come in and help plan out the lighting. That guys name was Kubrick, Stanley Kubrick. He says it somewhere in one of the dvd extras.

[@thork6974]

Kubrick's inspiration was, instead of trying to illuminate the surfaces directly, to use highlight reflections from the metal elements to define the space.

[@thork6974]

You left out the legitimately badass moment from that SWLM rooftop fight, where the henchman is holding onto Bond's necktie.

[@thomasbrowne2007]

Where's Fekkesh?

[@indigokiller]

@@thomasbrowne2007pyramids!

[@HorySmokes]

Fun fact: the submarine hanger set was designed by Ken Adam who had been the Bond production designer since Connery. He was having trouble lighting the set due to the size & ended up contacting an old colleague for help - Stanley Kubrick. He agreed to come in under absolute secrecy on a Sunday to light the set with Adam & it was Kubrick who suggested building the lighting into the set.

[@atomicmrpelly]

Cool story but I don't believe the world's largest (at the time) soundstage was lit by two old blokes on a Sunday.

[@HorySmokes]

@@atomicmrpelly 'Two old blokes'....one was one of the greatest production designers of all time & the other probably the greatest filmmaker of all time. Plus, the story came from Ken Adam.

[@1zymn1]

Timothy Dalton is the most underrated Bond and his two movies are excellent and he deserved more. I slept on him for too long because of what I heard about it, but having a Shakespearean actor in the role adds gravitas and levity unlike any other Bond performance. You believe it when he's angry, and every other emotion. Everyone should check them out, it's almost Craig before Craig, in some ways I prefer actually.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

I was like, "Baron from Flash Gordon is going to be James Bond?" I was in from day one for that reason alone.

[@eTiMaGo]

Agreed... I must have watched License to Kill at least a dozen times on VHS...

[@Robban.D.Jonsson.]

Nah Timothy Dalton was actually good. Daniel Craig is completely unsuited for the role.

[@1zymn1]

@@Robban.D.Jonsson. I found Dalton far more compelling, Craig has like one facial expression.

[@johnlambrou4793]

It's a pity they didn't react to the truck stunt in License to Kill

[@youngpaddy1]

The gloves are from the Patrice skyscraper fight in Skyfall not the Komodo pit and only for a couple of shots. Bond’s not wearing them when he’s holding his gun at the beginning of the scene but they’ve suddenly appeared when he catches Patrice’s hand.

[@AWSVids]

You can see the gloves at 21:35

[@arnehenkler8391]

@@AWSVids I don't see any gloves there. That's just hands in dark lighting.

[@yowatchie]

@@AWSVids it’s just dark lighting dude

[@petergriffin4629]

Living daylights is such an overlooked gem. I found both Timothy Dalton movies very very enjoyable and I don't understand why they are so overlooked and unknown. They also both have absolute banger songs!

[@umumaomao]

Just noticed that the henchman with the black hair behind Bond at 19:52 is Liang Yang, who plays the guy Tom Cruise and Henry Cavil fight in the bathroom in Mission Impossible Fallout! Great performer, he needs to have a proper fight with Bond in a future movie!

[@errolteichert3052]

You guys should do a whole episode about the 2007 Beowulf movie. That movie is fascinating because they were clearly going for a sort of oil painting look for the characters, but they hadn't figured out how to mocap without dead eyes yet. It's a pretty good movie, honestly, but it's hampered by vfx that have aged pretty poorly. And that goofy naked fight scene.

[@jimmyju76]

if the wole movie is done like that you teally don't need a whole episode, 5 minutes would do, instead an episode of cg movies would be cool, like that Final Fantasy movie. they had to do things the hard way when they made it back then....honestly i THINK they did talk about it already though

[@errolteichert3052]

​@@jimmyju76 You may be right. There was just a lot of technical innovation that went into making Beowulf, it would be cool to see them talk about it in depth.

[@charoleawood]

i think Beowulf is a great flick

[@chaos.corner]

That was the one with the ridiculous 3D spear, right?

[@PedroSilvahf]

@@errolteichert3052 the innovation is great but i dont see no one saying anything good from those films, and i fear it would be just a few minutes of jokes over how bad they are

[@iknowmorethanyoudo]

A 2nd Harry Potter Episode ! • Dumbledore vs Voldemort fight in HP5 • differing approaches to vfx as the directors changed • continuity between HP & the new fantastic beast films (the physics of the magic!)

[@stevevoltex6070]

Sam with those glasses looks like that one dogdeball god from regular show

[@cameralabs]

Love it, great episode! While the fights in The Spy Who Loved Me look and sound goofy now, that helicopter car chase ending with the Lotus turning into a sub still holds up for me. Some really cool shots in it, especially with the helicopter popping in and out the scenery.

[@HisNameWasCrazy]

Living Daylights is the most underrated Bond movie and probably my favourite.

[@RetroCarsForever]

They should've comparing the intense train fight scene from "From Russia With Love" over the intentionally relaxed fight from Spy Who Loved Me to represent "the classic series". Even thought the FRWL fight is from the 60s, it still holds up as one of the best of all time.

[@JOCoStudio1]

And the one in Spectre for good measure

[@brombombadil]

Also the one from Live and Let Die too. (There are quite a lot of train fights in bond movies)

[@Ganiscol]

@@brombombadil thats the one I was thinking of! Thats a good one for sure.

[@rufus5966]

Also SWLM's fight in the train w/Jaws 👍

[@reikun86]

From Russia with Love is my favorite Bond movie. The train fight scene is really intense and confined into a small space.

[@nstig8or]

when John Cleese walks behind the invisible car and his legs glitch out - i feel like that may be a subtle reference to the Ministry of Silly Walks - one of Cleese’s most famous sketches from Monty Python where he does a signature goofy walk ver reminiscent of that glitchy effect.

[@rockero1313]

wow, never thought about that. good catch 👍👍

[@PedroSilvahf]

The thing is this whole scene here and in the other film with him was it was supposed to be a moment of silliness and comedy. It sounds as a lame excuse for bad effects, writing and everything else but it was kinda the same with the other Q. Silly walk, flesh wound, making a mess with the old equipment, all of that.

[@nstig8or]

@@PedroSilvahf well you don’t hire John Cleese for a role unless comedy is the goal. he’s probably the most influential and talented performer in the film. (not that i’ve seen it… or any James Bond movie for that matter mostly because of how boring and formulaic and misogynistic they all seem) BUT i see your point and im definitely not defending the goofy effect if it detracts from maintaining the boring formulaic misogynistic tone of the film. that would be inexcusable. just guessing at the reference.

[@CrAzYpotpie]

​@@nstig8orUmmm, you bash on James Bond for not being PC enough in today's culture, yet ignore all of John Cleese's antiquated bigoted ways? Okay, you do you Mrs. Bias.

[@nstig8or]

@@CrAzYpotpie i never said it wasn’t PC. i said it seemed boring formulaic and misogynistic. i also said i’ve never seen a james bond movie so obviously i couldn’t speak to whether or not it’s politically incorrect - but i also don’t care - since i don’t plan on ever watching it, (mostly because of the aforementioned boring and formulaic bit) I also never said i was a john cleese fan. i just said he was a talented/influential performer. which is true regardless of his personality.

[@adamhayes2528]

Big bond nerd here, and loved this episode. Would love a part 2

[@Guitar1nHand]

Whoever edited the Casino Royale/Spy Who Loved Me sequence deserves a raise 😂

[@cburg]

I feel like if the Skyfall glove thing was real, it would have happened during the skyscraper fight - he's trying to stay low-key so would make more sense to wear the gloves then. Plus, after the fight, he suddnely has black gloves back on - immediately!

[@julionunez7201]

You are correct. And in addition to that you wouldn’t wear gloves indoors with a tuxedo

[@8comicbookman8]

Yeah, I'm almost positive the story of the gloves is when he's walking through all the glass doors and walls as the sniper is getting the rifle out in the skyscraper. If you watch that scene his hands do look weird and cgi-ish.

[@faaafv]

it's 100% that fight, he has no gloves and his hands look weird while he has his gun out then at the end of the fight he has gloves on when the guy is out of the window

[@AWSVids]

You can see the gloves at 21:35

[@jackson857]

@@AWSVids No you can't. That's just shadow on his hands.

[@Nenernener123]

For the first “error” of the camera unable to keep up with the crash, I actually think it looks better & real versus the constant chops before!

[@chaos.corner]

That chase scene was almost unwatchable. Which is a shame because there were some good elements in there.

[@waynedennyphoto]

@@chaos.corner Even worse because there were longer cuts in the trailer! The shot where the car crashes is longer in the trailer than the movie.

[@wamyam]

yeah i agree it felt raw and unrestrained like nothing was planned or that it was being viewed live by someone not expecting it. perfect panning just feels like "oh, yep, it's a movie shot"

[@Isnogood12]

I mean it looks good because it's the only cut in the whole chase that lasts over 0,79 seconds.

[@imniallg]

Fun fact. Quantum of Solace is only 1h 46m but feels twice as long when watching.

[@justveg1986]

that airplane shot with the cargo net was insane. with Alien Romulus coming up soon you guys should do a ' reacting to all the alien movies' and see the difference in creating those movies over again a really long time scale

[@Gpob89]

I’m a huge James Bond, and still really enjoyed this for the laughs. Great stuff!

[@stephenmacartney]

Sam's sunglasses are, as always, outstanding.

[@Eewokney]

man where does he get them. i loved the really thin ones

[@joaovictorkelima2551]

I still think he is sometimes rude and a little rude, even though he has enormous sensitivity and is a great professional.

[@oneandonlyTan]

@@joaovictorkelima2551 go on?

[@winkythemagicpixie5637]

You wouldn't believe it but...entirely digital...

[@paulh4473]

Very Roger Moore inspired.

[@matthewanderson3750]

Confession: I normally fast forward over the sponsored segments, except when Jordan is hosting them! This lady is simply captivating!

[@GIXER]

In Tomorrow never dies, there is an awesome car chase with Bond driving on the backseat, thats a nicely build moment with some interesting particle effects

[@2ndEnlightenment]

RONIN (1998) has got to have the best car chase sequences I've ever seen, long but intense shots, you never miss one beat of the action, it's fantastic

[@Jack-nc3fl]

Living Daylights one of my fav bond films, so glad you guys went over it!

[@szinyk]

me too, love that film. (also my fave theme song, there i said it.)

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

same here, its stunts are some of the best ever, i love timothy dalton. I know people complain about the plot being confusing and ‘stupid’ all the time but seriously, its such a fun globe-trotting adventure with phenomenal action sequences, yeah Whitaker is a shitty villain and the mansion fight dull, but everything else is fucking awesome. The Gibraltar opening sequence, the defection scene in Bratislava, the Aston Martin car chase, the entire military base action scene in Afghanistan that is like 30 minutes of pure excitement. Love this film, always entertaining

[@mickbanner]

100%. Got so many great scenes, and Dalton acts the shit out of them. I haven't seen in years... but I have a feeling the army soldier toy showdown will have aged badly!

[@Deathstroke4200]

The switching from Casino Royale and The Spy Who Loved Me was hilarious. It also shows you not only how much "Bond" franchise has changed, also action sequences in film since the 70's.

[@SanityTV_Last_Sane_Man_Alive]

yeah, they have gotten less realistic, and much more nonsensical. Its literally like comparing a movie for adults, with the power rangers. One has a lot more flash to keep kids entertained and has thrown out all semblance of reality in the process.

[@moeman23]

I preferred the fight in spy who loved me as it was tense and the lack of music cue made it instantly tense

[@stickgarrote8582]

@@SanityTV_Last_Sane_Man_Alive One has guys who have never trained a day in their life portray highly trained operatives and the other is months of training, expertly choreographed to yes, look cool but also look at least convincingly competent. The seventies stuff looks like kids in a schoolyard because they didn’t care about it as much back then. Moore’s Bond was action comedy, nit meant to be realistic at all. And both of them are targeted at teenage boys.

[@TheCanadian0495]

The 'A to B' comparison of old and new fights was hysterical. Loved that

[@jokkemursula8731]

Yep, though I kind of wish they'd picked a better scene to represent the older films, because the one they chose wasn't really meant to be super intense. Something like the train fight in From Russia with Love would have been way better.

[@Isnogood12]

After that Moonraker bit, would you maybe do a special on zero-G and how it's been done well and not so well?

[@friedzombie4]

10:42 How could you not bring up this being the inspiration for one of the best scenes in Uncharted 3.

[@jedkleebaum7235]

I commented years ago for them to react tld plane stunt. Load of cg in the movie version lol

[@bottledwaterprod]

Okay hear me out.- Doug Jones. The best "creature performer" (suit actor?) of all time. Star Trek, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, The Shape Of Water, Hocus Pokus, etc. It would be a great opportunity to talk about a rare form of effects. Not just a monster in a suit, a central emotive character that we care about in an absolutely miserable torture suit. Doug Jones would definitely come on the show if you tried! It would make my year and it has all the trappings of a top-tier episode.

[@thork6974]

Check out the documentary Men In Suits (2012). Jones is a fantastic interview.

[@someonewashere8961]

The Bond invisible car scene with John Cleese looks to me like an easter egg reference to his Monty Python sketch "The Ministry of Silly Walks"

[@brj_han]

Get Bill Pope on the couch to discuss the miniatures, SFX and puppetry of Team America! You could then talk about The Matrix, Spiderman, Antman and the Wasp, Jungle Book and other movies he's worked on....

[@jmalmsten]

I remember the extras on the DVD of Team America where Pope basically said "Finally, a movie where I can see and film in camera what will be on the screen!"

[@jeshkam]

13:15 The Ministry of Silly Walks.

[@TheCatBilbo]

8:54 One of the best, Bond openings, I think. Nearly the whole sequence was filmed in Gibraltar, using a lot of military areas closed to the public. Civilians can only travel so far up 'The Rock' because of that. The Land Rover going over the cliff was filmed at Beachy Head, Sussex, UK. Beachy Head is the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain (530 feet).

[@sniperrecords6470]

Dalton was great and Living Daylights is my favorite. Thanks for the shoutout.

[@VikCain]

Ugh, all these old movies hiding their crappy visual effects with fun writing, originality and compelling characters, gross.

[@Daniel__Nobre]

😂

[@coffeecrusader4863]

I know right it's disgusting

[@faizanbaber]

How about we force entire movie on cg artists and make it a cg asset compilation of 2 hours, sounds cool

[@Plexippuspetersi92]

What originality? They're all adapted.

[@coffeecrusader4863]

@@Plexippuspetersi92 only like half of them are. And it's very loose anyway.

[@MJK808]

In this video: Sam can't say solace

[@deepakram5597]

dude, whoever did the edit on old vs new fight scenes...Hatsoff to you! i loves every second of it and the reaction.

[@existentialselkath1264]

I'd love a themed episode around The Expanse TV show. 0G wirework, CGI creatures, spaceships, the works.

[@Isnogood12]

That show could fill a whole season of VFXAR. And I'd watch every second.

[@Sequ-lt2zc]

I thought about it the second I saw no-gravity scene with hair not "floating" like in the expanse.

[@Isnogood12]

@@Sequ-lt2zc Greasy hair? :D

[@LupinoArts]

I bet, the John Cleese scene was a nod to the "Ministry of Silly Walks"

[@dharmakaya33]

Idk if it falls into a proper category, but the shootout scene from heat. The sound of the guns is so intense haha. One of my favs

[@Apollyon1221]

Loved the James Bond episode! But I was a little disappointed that you didn't cover the corkscrew car jump from The Man with the Golden Gun.

[@ComicKelsey]

Waterworld! The seaplane hooked to the sailboat is insane and there are a couple shots that seem impossible if they did it for real and even crazier if comped.

[@pablom-f8762]

I'd say the Brosnan/Bean fight in Goldeneye is very modern and ahead of its time.

[@charoleawood]

i don't know if it was "ahead of it's time" --- the 90s were chock full of amazing action moments. i do love the love for Goldeneye, however.

[@brunswick1ful]

Totally.

[@JuiKuen]

Still the best fight in any Bond film.

[@Mr_Phoskitos]

It's not technically CGI but Men In Black (1997) is almost 30 years old. And despite it only used make up and visual effects, it stands out great to this day honestly. Oh and it is hilarious, I think it would be a great episode to watch. Eric Brevig worked as a VFx supervisor if I remember correctly, and he did a fantastic job

[@wolftaco5975]

Love you guys, appreciate the hole of corridor crew lot being around , each one of you do such inspiring work and thank you for the quality entertainment over the years ❤

[@sarcasticstartrek7719]

The Zero G scenes from The Black Hole are exceptionally well done.

[@sesame1137]

Finally we got James Bond!!! It's a great dedication as a series to how cgi has evolved ober time!

[@Tre_swift]

The one bond scene that i will always remember is the car jumping a river on a corkscrew ramp, and then just to go back the otherway on the same ramp corkscrew jump... Maybe they (CoridorCrew) could cover it in one of their jank episodes.

[@Bumbo-busines]

11:07 No, there weren’t safety lines, all they had was a parachute hidden beneath their clothes, they did stunts like this in previous bond films and it was awesome. Great vid btw

[@brianbacon8703]

You need to review "The Last Starfighter". This was ground breaking back in the day. Maybe even redo the graphics.

[@Wogle]

Fun thing about the Skyfall gloves: This happens twice. It also happens in the Shanghai sequence, because at the end of the fight sequence Bond is wearing gloves when he wasn't previously, and they disappear again. Originally, it seems he was supposed to because the first promo stills for the film also showed him wearing gloves there.

[@imniallg]

It wasn’t twice. They just got the scene wrong.

[@ChaosPootato]

21:34 In the komodo dragon scene, when the camera is low to the ground and filming Bond from behind when he's getting ready to fight the big guy, his hands are weirdly shiny. They look very matte in the other scenes

[@Isnogood12]

Already been said in other comments, but the gloves thing was another scene.

[@AWSVids]

@@Isnogood12 It's both. The skyscraper scene is why the gloves were in play for Bond's wardrobe in the movie, and then they had him wearing them during this scene AS WELL. This is the one that involved more extensive work for the removal of them, though. You can indeed still see them at 21:35

[@innerfreak2392]

Hey guy`s you are close with the story with the bond hands I was the artist that modeled and textured the bond hands for the gloves. They were a wardrobe mistake rather than Daniel Craig loving new gloves but it`s not the Comodo dragon scenes at all it was the blue light fight scene with Patriece you can see the original cut of the trailers he`s got gloves on and after he fights Patriece and knocks him out the window he catches his hand and in that shot they left the gloves on for that one scene too .

[@nightspicer]

It'd be really awesome if you could take a look at the WoW "The War Within" Cinematic, it's looks so amazing. The "CHARGE " Blender short would be awesome as well. As well as *Aslan from the Chronicles of Narnia!* where you could do a comparison to the "live action" Lion King. Also at the end of second Chronicles of Narnia movie there's a big water creature, so it might be cool to see what you think about that. The *last agni kai fight from ATLA* would be perfect for for the Animators React. It's so stunning! And for stuntmen react It would be cool to see you react to the duel from "Potop", it's really good sword fight

[@garypolk9182]

i believe they did react to the war within already - episode 124, but its the extended cut on their website.

[@daguy9305]

My heart yearns for stunt man reacts 💔

[@Isnogood12]

I'm sure Gui is working hard on it at Corridor!

[@Jack_Wolfe]

12:55 HELL YES!! You can also use infrared these days etc.

[@MarkusMaximus2000]

Brilliant breakdown of some iconic moments and a fascinating bunking at the end 👍

[@Erik_Ahl]

I've read that the morphed legs in Die another Day is a reference to John Cleese's Silly Walk sketch from Monty Python! ☺️

[@penultimatum]

I have a combo of VFX and stunt work for you! The Road House remake starring Jake Gyllenhaal. They apparently tried something new with digidoubles in fight scenes to make them feel more realistic...

[@renslo689]

The Post Malone fight, lol, looked so weird haha

[@Mart77]

I think funniest one is in "For your eyes only", where in cliff fight scene they completely forgot to change the background in one clip. So for a brief moment movie viewer sees a studio scaffolding as a background

[@benbone2559]

I recently watched the Bond franchise in order. It is a fascinating study in the history and development of action cinema. I wouldn't say I came out a "fan" of the series, but it was certainly an informative and interesting experience. Watching the series creating action tropes during the Connery era, then responding to Bullitt and Shaft during the Moore era, then seeing the influence of Lucas, Spielberg, McTiernan, and eventually the Bourne movies over the subsequent decades is pretty cool.

[@keyaamabrahams7984]

As a person who grew up with the Bond movies, I can assure you that Bond set most of the action tropes, especially the ones before the 1990s. In the 1960s,70s and 80s, Bond movies set the trend in terms of stunts.

[@benbone2559]

​@keyaamabrahams7984 yeah, in the 60's. You'll get no argument from me that Dr. No through Goldfinger set a lot of tropes. But if you don't see how You Only Live Twice is influenced by martial arts movies, or how Live and Let Die is a direct response to both Bullitt and Blacksploitation, I don't know what to tell you.

[@keyaamabrahams7984]

@@benbone2559 I am talking about stunts and action. They where ahead in that terms

[@bejita7831]

6:55 - honestly, I feel the Casino Royale scene is too over-the-top to be cool/tense - it's just obviously stunt actors in a stunt scene doing a "big action" sequence. The old version is clunky/cheesy, but I think it does a much better job of conveying an actual man who can get hurt and who should fear danger. New James Bond is just a superhero with unstated superpowers, like a mini-Captain America. I think new-Bond is quite Americanised in the way it communicates to audiences.

[@charoleawood]

this

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

If having inhuman superpowers and stamina is Americanised, I think Moore’s bond and especially Brosnan’s already started that

[@bejita7831]

@@GuineaPigEveryday Yeah things definitely started getting out of hand with Brosnan (the surfing bit etc.) but not Moore; that's literally the clip we're comparing it to. But still it's become even moreso recently, like the clip at 19:28 - that is straight up the demeanour of a superhero that doesn't fear mortal wounds

[@crstl9800]

bond james, bonds the james, bames jond's having a stronk, call a bondulance

[@alc4937]

So glad you guys discussed the Living Daylights. It has some fantastic stunts and action set pieces.

[@vincentn.9744]

Wow wow it was such a great episode.. thank you for it guys

[@jaspreetmaan121]

Its Bondin Time

[@timbir]

Casino Royale and Skyfall are so freaking good. Daniel Craig killed it as Bond. Interested to see how Aaron Taylor Johnson will do (assuming he accepts the role)

[@-BLUE.]

Aaron Taylor Johnson was not approached, the James Bond team clarified it. It was only a rumor.

[@timbir]

@@-BLUE. Sorry, I didn't see that

[@Isnogood12]

We all know the next Bond will be a diverse person of ambiguous gender and preference. Because Bond movies reflect the worst aspects of every era.

[@latestmoviesandflixz5456]

​@@Isnogood12 if they do so, then the franchise is doomed

[@Isnogood12]

@@latestmoviesandflixz5456 Just like 100% of the other "re-imagined for modern audiences adaptations" have?

[@chancepaladin]

i'm glad these are finally called out. some of these are like 2-3 cuts PER SECOND.

[@sat.chid.ananda]

I got one recommendation, though it's a music video so idk...in the song "Life is good" by SiR, you see an explosion at 2:25, where you see some WEIRD warping around the rapper/character, until he jumps towards safety, then it seems to transition to a stunt double (you see the clothing being lit up by the actual explosion)

[@chineserockethands4578]

I wonder if the invisible car leg thing was an inside joke referencing John Cleese’s walk in the Ministry of Silly Walks skit from Python.

[@Isnogood12]

It wasn't an inside joke as much as it was hiring Cleese to milk his Python fame.

[@MrEddiyOwen]

The invisible car, funny legs, is testimony to Monty python, and the ministry of silly walks

[@mickbanner]

Yeah I've read this comment 1000times already

[@dashwithhash6106]

Wow, one of the best episodes guys. Bravo, excellent breakdowns and commentary

[@BTVRhoenrad]

You shuld make a special about the Opening Titel Sequence of Bond. There are so iconic.

[@Wheels-of-terror]

Can you guys take a look at the 2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth movie and its sequel during the next VFX artists react?

[@NotThatOneThisOne]

The missed tracking shot is far less jarring Sam's constantly weird mispronunciation of Solace. It's Sol-ace, not So-lace.

[@jrbogdany]

I totally agree that Bond films are essentially time capsules of the state of cinema at the time. The same can be said of their scores and title songs. Really goes to show how much pop music has evolved in 60+ years. Great episode Corridor!

[@lakshithr]

Loved the video and the breakdown guys!!

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Wren can spot a CGI effect from the back of the room, but can't see a poor camera move point blank. 😂😂

[@arandombard1197]

He is more experienced in visual effects than he is film-making, unlike Sam and Nico who have more interest the composition and storytelling of the shots.

[@prodRegularDude]

i dont think its that big of a deal as they made it seem. To me it adds to the realism/upredictability of stunt.

[@Isnogood12]

@@prodRegularDude To me it kinda made me feel motion sick. Doesn't make it a better or worse effect though.

[@Cyliandre441]

​@@arandombard1197I don't know, I think they're wrong here, that shot is pretty consistent with the style of the movie. Filming it "correctly" would probably be worse from a storytelling point, it clearly plays into the disorienting style they were going for.

[@arandombard1197]

@@Cyliandre441 The 'shot' misses the stunt entirely. It's quite clear that the cameraman fucks up and loses the shot.

[@DubbleTee]

Check out the explosion in The Grand Tour's newest episode called "Sand Job" when the snowmobile crashes into the fuel truck. It's the NEW best explosion ever committed to film. (it happens 1 hour, 27 minutes and 35 seconds into the episode) The explosion from 'Stealth' is good.. this one blows it away. James May (the presenter on the far right) jumps when it first goes off due to the shockwave and then the camera on the drone shaking makes it so fkn rad.

[@evilmonkey2184]

Honestly your ads with Jordan are so good i usual skip through them to watch uninterrupted and then go back to watch the ad haha

[@Hamoptor]

My name is bond, James bond

[@kb_mung]

No its not. It's hamoptor

[@jip5889]

No it isn’t.

[@Xentillus]

@@jip5889 Yes it is.

[@jasonwinsley1229]

I’m Jason pleased to meet you

[@jip5889]

@@Xentillus no it isn’t!

[@painus_n_uranus7088]

God Sam is so cynical it’s insane

[@parandiac]

If it’s insane, I don’t want to be sane

[@StarlordStavanger]

this might be one of ya'lls best VX breakdown videos! James Bond is the goat!

[@Elstarda]

The John Cleese as Q walking around the car was a homage to the silly walks from Monty python. It was a deliberate gaff 😂

[@Onestringpuppet]

Another banger vid! Really enjoyed this upload. Thanks guys! 👍

[@bighuge1060]

Quantum of Solace was the only Bond film where I couldn't wait for the action sequences to be over. They exhausted the viewer rather than excited them. The editor seemed to have wanted to include every bit of coverage rather than concentrate on the flow of the scene with only the appropriate shots. It will never happen but I'd love to see this movie properly edited.