VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi 118

[@bcross9109]

niko enthusiastically explaining physics is always gold (also shoutout to Sam for setting it up with the philosophical digression of being "wet")

[@inunnguaqholmrosing9814]

U gotta be kidding me... @RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist5

[@PsycHoOone]

@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist5 Repent to Top Cat (or wherever he snitched that sample): "A friend in need is a friend indeed, but a friend with weed is better!" Top Cat - A friend in need (DJ Panik & M-Rode Mix) random letters

[@kirstyndoodles]

Kung Fu Hustle is the best example I have seen of a movie taking the whimsical and far fetched reality that animation allows. It's fun, has great practical effects and memorable story and characters!

[@GeoffryGifari]

oh that is a masterpiece in comedy for sure

[@mrx1333]

Such a great, classic, masterpiece of a movie! That movie nailed live action anime!

[@kokowheeli6053]

Exactly! And rewatching Kung Fu Hustle made me realize what bothered me about the action in One Piece. It's too slow. The kicks and punches don't feel powerful, the slices are too slow. Ilove the show but the action just didn't quite sell.

[@ericsonmasas8287]

all time great action comedy movie

[@wisemoon40]

Kung Fu Hustle is number one...but RRR has GOT to be number two. Kung Fu Hustle is like live-action anime mixed with live-action Looney Tunes, lol.

[@astrondaeus]

scott pilgrim vs the world, is a great example on how to make live-action feel like an anime or cartoon, though you guys have already done an reaction on it...

[@dersimon228]

I agree 100%

[@isaiuchiha1490]

Totally agree

[@Art-vod]

Totaly right. I even wonder if there's a better exemple

[@LuisSierra42]

THIS 💯

[@chancepaladin]

scott pilgrim is one of the few movies I can watch an infinite amount of times, the beats are so perfect.

[@Specklezz]

@corridor crew RE: Hair simulations for Little Mermaid. In the simulation artist's defense, they were mostly forced to make unnatural hair movements due to client feedback, we always simmed the hair beautifully fluid and then disney would give the stupidest feedback for it to achieve a certain shape after. Also we always had to make sure continuity between shots was a thing, very frustrating but we did our best. Totally agree about the skin stuff though. Also bad client choices. Pretty much we pitched to fix all these things, like colour falloff and whatnot, but they always pushed back. Very frustrating when we know we can achieve beautiful images.

[@NetherStray]

It's honestly just sad to see all these live action adaptations of animated Disney movies. Maleficent was great, but it wasn't an adaptation: it was a retelling. If they'd do retellings, that'd be completely different. They tried it again with Dumbo but it went off the rails into really meaningless territory to just check a bunch of boxes they thought people would want. (It wasn't 'woke' or whatever, it was just... really dumb storytelling that didn't go anywhere) Sad to see what's happening with all of these movies, especially with the backward messages they seem to convey now. Cinderella really pushes a message of "put up with the abuse and be super nice to your abusers" which I found incredibly odd. They're just boring money grabs and I can't stand them.

[@bryanokafor9024]

Thank you for this. A question: How would one make underwater lighting in real life? I am trying to do an underwater scene and I am not sure how I would light a scene in the real world so that I can create the underwater background around it.

[@conoromalley9672]

Sam’s breakdown of why Little Mermaid looked bad was really interesting. Does this mean that the eyes should’ve looked less shiny as well?

[@ReelInsightsVideos]

What's crazy to me is that all of the body is CGI so they actually added shine back to the skin to match the face.

[@theexchipmunk]

Yes. Just look at how the eyes of fishes look under water. They have a weird quality to them of being clear, definitively bordered from the surrounding liquid, yet not shiny at all.

[@katastrofygames]

Yes, the eyes should not shine because there is no longer a reflective surface once the eyes are in water. But if her eyes are not shining, then she wouldn’t be a beautiful Disney princess. Same reason they had to make the hair look beautiful all the time instead of messy like what water tends to do to hair.

[@Wreaknatter]

For me, Speed Racer immediately comes to mind as one of the best anime to film adaptations of all time. Really felt like I was watching a live action anime. But I know you guys did a whole episode on that already.

[@devenscience8894]

This was what I was going to write, and I feel it's the obvious winner.

[@KunoMochi]

For me, it's gotta be the first TMNT movie of the 90s. When it came out, it was everything all the kids wanted it to be. I mean, technically not really an anime, unless you also consider the TV series continuation in Japan, TMNT: Superman Legend. The other ones are the Guyver movies, the first one released in the 80s with Mark Hamill and the second movie released in the 90s starring David Hayter (voice of Solid Snake). They both captured the gritty feel of the manga and anime, and also had some pretty intense gore to match them. As for Speed Racer, it was very far removed from being the best anime adaptation. It got so much backlash for how it doesn't feel like Speed Racer when it came out that it bombed at the box office. lol

[@jaysuscrass9119]

Alita Battle Angel is right there next to Speed Racer as top tier Adaptation I found the original proof of concept pilot here on KZbin recently and...Holy...it's almost one to one minus more modern visuals of futuristic Tech

[@whizthesugoi]

Amen brother

[@dndbasement2370]

great exemple of people not criticising the right thing... people bashed the movie, but now its a classic made right. the same as mortal kombat. back then everyone bashed it, now its considered one of the best movie adaptation of a video game. speed racer was such a movie... people bashing it for the wrong reasons, then years later it prooves to be greatest classics. i hated the speed racer cartoons... the movie, made me love speed racer and i could really see the cartoon into it but with an adult twist.

[@hadensnodgrass3472]

Not an anime, but Kung Fu Hustle has some serious anime vibes from the story tellingly to the kinetic action sequences. It is great 👍

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

Again not an anime originally, but how about Shaolin Soccer? That certainly had an anime vibe.

[@potatochan8985]

@@blahorgaslisk7763 thats how Inazuma Eleven gonna look like if it was live action

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

@bothpartiesarecrazy4394 It's just hard to find anime that got a good live adaptation. Most of what people feel got the anime feeling right turns out out be movies that have no anime connection what so ever. In this category I feel Shaolin Soccer and Pacific Rim have a lot of the feeling you get of an anime. Now I haven't seen the live action One Piece or anything Speed Racer whatsoever, so I can't really say anything about those. But what keeps being repeated over and over is Speed Racer for a live action adaptation, and Kung-Fu Hustle for having anime vibes, but no anime roots...

[@zee9709]

@bothpartiesarecrazy4394 to be fair, live action dragonball would be very expensive if done right.

[@zhaif6091]

all the sthepen chow movies basicly

[@joeymatthews7980]

Scott Pilgrim is clearly one of the best anime inspired movies. How Edgar wright does action in general feels very animated and unlike anything I’ve seen in other live action film makers. He manages to get that keneticism without feeling cheap or parody.

[@CadenButera]

I thought the same thing

[@blingdaddyx]

Yes ! Exactly, this needs to be at the top

[@willhenke03]

I never expected a VFX Artists React video to finally answer the “is water wet” question, but I’m here for it

[@ButterPecan37]

I never expected to be an actually good answer either

[@Styrophoamicus]

Pacific Rim definitely feels like a live action anime. Come on, Mako saying "For my family" in Japanese before busting out a sword on her Jaeger and slicing a kaiju in half--all while in low-earth orbit--is the most anime thing I've seen in a movie.

[@Greenteabook]

Honestly nothing in a movie has felt quite like that scene since then. It was powerful!

[@conwarlock3537]

Anakin's deaging really is amazing, especially considering how it looked in Kenobi

[@Xfacta12482]

yeah, kinda freaky how fast all this is progressing

[@RaiOkami]

All this time I thought they were great makeup since current Hayden dont look that far off anyway. If the clips were not included in this, I wouldn't have noticed some of the CGI quirks (albeit still very minor). That itself says something about the quality of work the team has done.

[@RyanConnell5150]

I don't think they did much at all to deage him in OWK. He looked all of 40 something Hayden.

[@TheMrKlump]

Did they even do any de-aging in the Kenobi series? I remember thinking that he looked exactly like Hayden does now and I did not think that was a bad thing either.

[@ErmenBlankenberg]

Yeah, because they chose not to de-age Anakin in Kenobi at all.

[@phillipberry8876]

It should be remembered as well that they aren’t adapting the anime into live action, they are adapting the original manga into live action. As a fan of both the manga and the anime I found the live action adaptation a lot of fun and felt different enough to be enjoyable watching it all again.

[@trs4184]

I've read the manga and only watched a little of the anime, and I have to admit I was kind of disappointed by the show but I can't really pin down why. The sets and effects are fantastic, but the acting and direction are just so....weird. I get that they're changing the characterization in some places and an adaption has every right to do that, but every conversation in the show is just unreasonably awkwardly paced. If I close my eyes I feel like I'm watching a crappy fan film.

[@6thHokageJuan]

I personally want a reboot with different actors, with ZORO, MIhawk and Zeff i would say should be kept the same, replace the rest...And have Zoro say the damn attack names...

[@atlasmoon]

NAH Zoro’s actor was probably one of the worst and weakest casting in the live action. His line delivery and expressions were very weak and awkward. His vocal fry was very cringe and obvious that he was trying really hard to make his voice deeper. His emotional scenes in episode 5 was so damn cringey jfc. The reason why the actor is so popular in Japan is because of his face and not his acting skills. The showrunners kind of hinted in interviews that they had no choice but to cast Mackenyu (Zoro’s actor) because they wanted a Japanese actor who can speak fluent English. They saw multiple auditions but the heavy accents was the problem so they had no choice but to cast him lol. We could have gotten a better Zoro imo. Nami and Sanji actors were the best actors amongst the strawhats. Reboot the show without Mackenyu Zoro instead.

[@6thHokageJuan]

@@atlasmoon To me Sanji just like Luffy look nothing like the characters they're portraying

[@atlasmoon]

@@6thHokageJuan BRUH Are you that blinded by Mackenyu's face that you can't see his horrendous acting skills??? Mackenyu is terrible at acting as Zoro. Acting is more than looking like the character they are portraying. Mackenyu is just so bad at line delivery. He can't even cry properly. His emotional scene in Episode 5 was so bad and cringe compared to Nami and Sanji's emotional scenes. He can't even emote well. The only good thing about him is his face. His acting skills is nonexistent, which is surprising because he has a lot experience in acting in films and shows. But I guess that's the advantage of being a nepo baby. I can't believe you are favoring a nepo baby, who got to where he is because of his father, and his bad acting skills.

[@Ak47ram]

As an anime fan, One Piece is the first adaptation I truly appreciated. The actors selection played a large roll at that, an international selection making the characters more believable. The show doesn’t feel "we need to milk this franchise", they actually went out to make a show that is interesting non anime and One Piece fans.

[@twistopherrobins6033]

NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE GIVE RUROUNI KENSHIN LIVE ACTION THE RESPECT IT DESERVES. Omg especially the fight with Shishio

[@wizicozypher]

Stuntmen React. We can all pray EDIT: Interesting. They reacted to the show before in Number 24.

[@Mythodyn]

I just can't enjoy anything to do with Rurouni Kenshin. I know "separate the art from the artist" and all that but I just can't do it.

[@tsucchieamano6660]

@@Mythodyn sounds like a you problem.

[@CrazedsHideout]

@@Mythodyn Same. I grew up loving both the manga and the anime, but I can't even think about them anymore without feeling gross. Doesn't help that one of my favorite songs came from the live action's soundtrack. I also live in Japan and right now, there's RK stuff everywhere because they're making a reboot anime and every part of my brain is just like, "Really? We're forgiving and forgetting like nothing happened, Japan? Hundreds of DVDs and he only had to pay a tiny fine and take a few months off of work." It'd be one thing if I felt like he actually felt bad about what he did, but he obviously doesn't.

[@LeonSujiken]

The first live action Kenshin gave me chills. It was so good

[@JJ_6036]

13:47 I'm actually so happy that One Piece Live Action decided not to try to mimic anime 1 to 1. It's the beauty of a medium change....anime O.P. gets the anime treatment, and live action O.P. gets the live action treatment. I would even go so far as to say that it SHOULDN'T feel like an anime when watching-- it would be a travesty (or at least really boring)!! What O.P. Live Action does so well is make it feel like you and me got devil fruit powers and now we're sailing the seas together! That's what Live Action's strength is -- you feel like Luffy could be your buddy in real life. If you focused on trying to match the intensity of anime, it's a losing game already. Plus, you'd lose the relatability -- which is Live Action's strength!!😁

[@bgw893]

I think the scenes with Mihawk look closer to feeling like a live action anime, Id like to see Corridor's opinions on either of his fights.

[@capellan2000]

Now that I think about it... Does Eiichiro Oda tells (in the manga) the backstory of each one of the characters that we see in this first season of the live action series?

[@kaschmir3]

@@capellan2000 Yes he does, even more extensively than in the LA but he has expanded on their backstories for the past 2.5 decades so he had a lot of time to flesh it out.

[@wave1090]

​@@capellan2000yes. We pretty much know at least a bit of backstory for every major character by now. Oda loves his flashbacks.

[@john_tgb4457]

I'd love to see you guys react to some of the CGI and effects from Doctor Who.

[@isaiuchiha1490]

Specially... first reboot season

[@wodmarach]

@@isaiuchiha1490 I say we go all the way back to "the leisure hive" lets see how they react to some paintbox effects from 1980. Paintbox was suprisingly advanced for the era digitizing, editing, and then converting back to analogue all in one.

[@telebijeon3109]

Been asking for a year, hate Chibnall's story telling but they spent BUCKS on that CGI. If they did an entire episode on Doctor Who CGI from each generation I'm getting that corridor subscription in a heartbeat.

[@theUselessProfessor]

Yeees. Been waiting for this for a long time

[@MaRodney]

Oh Dr Who has some CRAZY effects going on that they could spend MULTIPLE episodes on

[@CaraiCuebiyar]

I feel like the choices they made for One Piece were great. Making live action anime always feels too cheesy, they struck a great balance

[@Vinclum]

No

[@SirRockXIII]

if they had done it any other way.. i woulda been pissed.

[@LuisSierra42]

The problem is that everything in Netflix needs to look the same, so they have the same desaturated colors in all the shows but anime is generally the opposite

[@KaladinVegapunk]

I mean one piece embraces the sillyness, its always dealt with darker elements and heavy themes but never stops having fun and Luffys DF was specifically chosen for that reason by Oda. The casting was perfect, I liked the designs, but honestly this was the only arc really possible..alabasta will be so hard, let alone water 7 or anything past that. I've loved OP for over 20 years, it's the top for a reason and has more depth and creativity in one arc than dbz ever had, but they did the best you really could

[@jasonblalock4429]

I'm surprised few people are talking about the OTHER big stylistic influence on the Netflix One Piece: Pirates Of The Caribbean. They clearly took a lot of visual ideas from POTC, and the soundtrack is *very* Zimmer-esque at points. Personally, I think that was a smart choice, in terms of broad audience appeal. (Rather than just appealing to OP fans.) Although I do wish they'd used more of the original soundtrack. I was disappointed by the lack of "Overtaken."

[@s3anb00n3]

On the Little Mermaid stuff, I always have major gripes with underwater cg cinematography. I work professionally in the underwater imaging industry and optics just work so differently than on land, so depth of field and water clarity are nearly always way less than directors understand. And that is just the beginning.

[@bryanokafor9024]

Thank you for this. A question: How would one make underwater lighting in real life? I am trying to do an underwater scene and I am not sure how I would light a scene in the real world so that I can create the underwater background around it.

[@conorkmartshoppingexperien2739]

most everything on youtube i need to be in the mood for. corridor crew or any other corridor channel i can watch anytime and its always great. typing this out im realizing this is probably my favorite channel on youtube

[@TheFightQueen]

In my opinion there is no film that better captures the soul of anime cinematography and storytelling better than Stephen Chow’s Kung Fu Hustle from 2004. I’d love to see you guys react to that film, so many great scenes!

[@davidkomai]

The "live action" versions of Disney films are like creating an uncanny valley almost. Animation/Anime works because you can depict things in a visual way that doesn't happen in real life, but you're not going "Wait a minute, that's not right!". But when you take that into a visual medium that's supposed to be "real", now we're going to criticize it OR it's going to feel off to us, because our minds are now going to expect things to look/act like they do in real life

[@nichescenes]

Fair enough but alot of their crisim rolls into ugh you dared to even try this. Thinking back to how we were kids and just enjoyed doing creative stuff that challenged us, I don't get why we cant just try to make live action of cartoons. One piece was said to be impossible and all the people screamed how bad it was supposed to be...now people like it and nonfans got into it. Now they have a chance to see a condensed version with a few plot holes filled in as this is a second draft of the story. IMO people jump on the hate too fast and the net seems full of people that are that guy at a party screaming how they don't like anything...and that makes them special. Hint, it doesn't.

[@JohnRaptor]

I like to see your take on Huyang in Ahsoka. He looked like a practical puppet a lot of the time, but he had to be cgi in some scenes (just because of the way he was moving). But I often wasn’t sure which approach they were using for any given shot.

[@ZachBobBob]

Yeah I'd love to see them break down the fight he has

[@littlebittygames2395]

As a person who isn't a big fan of most anime's art style including the original one peice but i absolutely love the one peice adaptation and am so happy they brought the story into another art form!

[@DatDirtyDog]

They don't have the rights to the anime, it's a live action manga adaptation.

[@NijiOfNatsu]

I feel the choice of not making the One Piece live action feel too much like anime is great, because that's exactly what doesn't work about anime live actions, when you act as an anime character in real life, it's just weird, uncanny, no one acts like that, like Eddy in the Cowboy Bebop live action

[@isaiuchiha1490]

But then you end up not having the original experience

[@AlienFromBeyond]

@@isaiuchiha1490 That's what the original is for!

[@isaiuchiha1490]

@@AlienFromBeyond the this adaptation has no use

[@Vinclum]

its still garbage

[@VagabondVerdas]

@@isaiuchiha1490 it is never the goal of any adaptation to give you the original experience. the original experience gives you that lmao

[@szushycats]

I swear the live action Little Mermaid is the perfect example of failed in concept. It just fights against its own visual concept.

[@LoveOlsson98]

Personally a big fan of the live action OP not being very "anime". I mean, if I wanted to watch anime OP I could just put on any of the 1000+ episodes that already exist of it. It's fun to see the same story from a slightly different perspective.

[@grass23]

Kinda ignorant of Niko to call the anime the source material. It's a manga. The anime is the result of many different production teams and animators each making individual decisions and additions to "their" adaptation. It is not the "source" at all just a series of ways other people chose to adapt someone else's work. The live action should be free to make choices in those places. You can argue that you like the choices the anime made better but it's ignorant to claim the anime itself should be the goal when again it is not the source material but an adaptation itself.

[@thestray]

​@@grass23"ignorant" is a little extreme, lol, relax

[@rokeYouuer]

@@grass23 Frankly, your argument is dumb, because it hinges on the concept that the OG is the best version of something, when the Mission Impossible series, The Boys, and a bunch of other media demonstrates that the later installments or adaptations can be better than the original.

[@sanninmusic212]

They could benefit from having some more dynamic camera angles, but yeah imagine if they just filmed a close up of someone's face lunging forward... it would look so cheesy

[@Swift_Jr]

even if the show would've been 1-1 then it still wouldn't have been "anime"-like since it's a different medium (real people =/= animation) you probably liked it since the characters/story/world/fights were westernized to fit people like you (the same cliches that we've seen over and over again here is the west)

[@AcuraAddicted]

9:47 It's ironic that Javier Bardem's CGI underwater hair looks worse than it did in 2017 in Dead Men Tell No Tales on his Captain Salazar character.

[@fransstal6535]

Thank you for calling me cool. That means the world to me ❤.

[@CrAAAstastic]

as a scuba instructor with long hair I can attest. The hair goes everywhere. I routinely pulled it back or you learn to move your head certain ways as you move through the water to keep the hair going a certain way. I imagine one mastering the headmovement and transposing it to an air set would be difficult and look incredibly odd on top of a performance. I won't say its a large amount of head movement but it does require you to have a pretty good understanding and natural movement in a place most humans are not innately used to being.

[@danjwalker]

Since you're Jesus, I understand the long hair, but why are you scuba diving and not just walking on water?

[@nichescenes]

Buy how would having the hair realistic and the water mucky and the fish cartoony make it better??? People would just complain that they cant see anything, that the fish are fake looking, and the hair is stupid. Can't win.

[@CrAAAstastic]

lol I don't mind being referred to as Jesus but the picture is just of buddy jesus from dogma. I just think it's funny. Oh wait did I miss the joke? Damnit I just wanted my random scuba knowledge to finally be useful!@@danjwalker

[@CrAAAstastic]

I don't think the hair realistic would make it look better. I was simply pointing out and agreeing with them in the video. To make a film look good and match to reality are difficult. I don't think they could possibly film this movie and aim for realism and look good at the same time. There are plenty of places where the water isn't "mucky" but as they pointed out in the video they removed the realism from clear water (which anyone who has been underwater has seen) so we can notice and it looks odd. As someone who has spent many many many days underwater in various environments I don't think the movie hit a good balance of realism or fantasy. It just looks odd. The water does not seem believable and the wildlife looks fake and odd. I feel like if they had hired one scuba dude they would have done much better.@@nichescenes

[@wilowwells]

I really feel like Edgar Wright's "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" captured the anime vibe in live action with a ton of success.

[@reddcube]

Scott Pilgrim isn't anime, it's a graphic novel or comic. But Netflix is making it into an animated series. Releases in November.

[@wilowwells]

@@reddcube didn’t say it was, just that it captures an anime vibe in live action well. 😉

[@Plexippuspetersi92]

Your opinion. I personally disagree. Scott Pilgrim vs The World to me was fine.

[@jadenepia5960]

@@Plexippuspetersi92 glad we all know your personal opinion, now I can sleep at night

[@aliahpersonous2893]

Comic book not anime

[@nightspicer]

The "CHARGE " Blender short would be awesome for the VFX series. 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. Maybe also, Max Schneider's Gibberish music video, the editing kinda breaks my brain there. 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

[@ethai1]

I think they mentioned a while back they can't react to music videos because copyright strikes on music videos is very aggressive. As for the ATLA fight, I think they reacted to it in one of the earliest Animators react episodes.

[@nightspicer]

​@@ethai1 they reacted to the fight between Ozai and Aang ad thanks for the info about music videos

[@ethai1]

@@nightspicer Got it And no problem! Maybe now with their website they can react to music videos as exclusive content for it

[@ItsFreakinHarding.]

Forgive me for I do not know all the abbreviations for movies or shows. But what is "Potop"?

[@nightspicer]

​@@ItsFreakinHarding. It's the Polish title, I think that would be "the deluge" in English

[@AndyGilleand]

The Little Mermaid is the first time I've seen something where they filmed on wires and the swimming looks legit. They clearly tracked the body movements even though they replaced it, but the choreography to get those body movements to look like legit swimming is really impressive stuff imo.

[@AndyGilleand]

Also, the specularity underwater looks perfect to me. People underwater have essentially the same specularity that they do when they're dry above water, and those mermaids look exactly like that. The definitely don't look "wet".

[@alyssatheexcellent]

I’ve always wanted someone to acknowledge that I am a bomb ass cool dude. I feel fufilled. Thank you Sam! 😂

[@MitMLSF]

I would love to see you discuss the CGI & effects in Alex Proyas’ Dark City, from 1998, especially the scenes where the city is being “tuned”.

[@mchelvantx]

Love that movie, good choice

[@tamlin420]

I think they already did, earlier this year.

[@jasonblalock4429]

Yeah, they did that one semi-recently. I feel like this show really needs a wiki or episode guide tracking what they cover in each ep.

[@matttheking1655]

They did.

[@soumajeetroy3884]

kung fu hustle captured the soul of anime perfectly.

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

For me, Hayden's portrayal of Anakin in Ahsoka showed how good of an actor he is, especially in the face. His expressions help the audience track where he is in his story. Given a better writer and much better director, I think the prequels could have been amazing.

[@Carmen-nn5jk]

Not to mention he was the best lightsaber wielder in the series. Seems like he easily stepped back into that role

[@AzaIndustries]

I think the political plot was quite solid in the prequels, but probably not what people wanted out of star wars. The whole manipulating the republic by causing times of uncertainty and then giving rise to fascism wasn't too dissimilar to reality. The score and choreography was also really solid.

[@ianglenn2821]

Lucas just needed to be either the director or the writer, not both, and way less involved in editing.

[@justarandomveryintelligent8934]

@ianglenn2821 Lucas is a lot like Zack Snyder. He's great with production design, visual effects, and set direction. He also has the same problem Snyder has in writing in that neither of them are particularly good at being self aware of when their ideas need refining or when they need to be cut. Lucas had help with this when writing the original trilogy but didn't have the help during the prequels. However, Lucas has a flaw that Snyder doesn't. Lucas isn't good at directing actors. In interviews, his actors say that he gives the most vague and unhelpful notes. At least Snyder knows how to get a good performance out of his actors.

[@andrewmurray1550]

they did that for the sequels...and look at the mess we got.

[@Robleblanc]

The Zod battle in Man of Steel is literally the most fight scene I've ever seen!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@AmAm-t1g]

Changing the thumbnail from Ahsoka to Anakin is a very good move.. attracts more viewers

[@jacobuskriel]

I was a featured extra on the Buggy scene showcased here. Most of the show was filmed in South Africa and you're right, the cinematography did not convey animé, but the show introduced the story of One Piece to an array of new fans on Netflix. A live action adaption of the show with live action styled cinematography is a great way to journey new audiences to the show. Season 2 can maybe go more wild with the style.

[@lilIAN97huh]

Agreed. People forget just how crazy everything will get once the reach the grand line. So there will definitely be more "anime scenes" in season 2 and later seasons. Luffys different movesets and fights later on will make it very hard for them to keep it grounded. Stuff like 2nd gear (if they make it there) will hopefully just be full send.

[@prod.byricky1040]

Exactly, didn't quite get the criticism in this scene, if they made it just like an anime it wouldn't have done as well as it did. It would just look goofy, anime doesn't translate well to live action.

[@Atomicitalia]

how do you get to become an extra in a show like thar?

[@jacobuskriel]

@@Atomicitalia I was an actor for a while in Cape Town and got to know the casting director well. They needed featured extras to respond to the bucky scenes and called me up.

[@jacobuskriel]

@@lilIAN97huh Agreed. There were already a few strong cinematography decisions made to break away from conventional live-action styles, which ai think was a great decision to distinguish the show from other live-action series.

[@JanScottFrazier]

I love your videos! I worked in the anime industry in Japan from 1987 - 2000 (Ghost in the Shell, Bubblegum Crash, etc.) going from cel painter to Director and Producer, and if you ever want to talk about traditional anime production, hit me up :)

[@kareningram6093]

I went down the rabbit hole of old Don Ameche movies last night, and I was blown away by "In Old Chicago" (1938), a movie about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. I can't tell if this is miniature work or if they really built a fake city and torched it, but holy crap it looked good. If you guys ever do any more episodes about fire effects, I'd love to get some insight into how this was done.

[@ItsBugtronic]

I feel like Fung Fu Hussle has some scenes that feel very anime inspired, I know its been talked about for stunts but its also a wonderful film for CGi and filmmaking. Thanks for another wonderful video!

[@TheGreatLake1998]

I replayed 13:35 like eight times. Yet another brilliant Nico moment.

[@MasonC2K]

My favorite anime style movies are all pretty old at this point. Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle both give the over-the-top action that comedy shounen have. And, the fight between Agent Smith and Neo in Matrix 3 is when I knew we could have a solid live actions Dragonball Z fight if only someone would make one.

[@gifzilla1818]

OMG! I HAD THIS EXACT SENTIMENT! when they punch and the rain blows away I thought how far away is live action dbz?! But for some reason they made them do speed racer instead which I have not seen.. but goku would deeeeestroy speed and racer x and their cars

[@gifzilla1818]

I just watched the final race from speed racer. My mind is blown. It's still too early to say but I think it might be the best live action anime adaptation. No joking or sarcasm it was dynamic and action packed and captured the essence of animation. I felt the intensity of the race and the importance of the flashbacks and all the excitement of the crowd it's crazy how good it is! John goodman?! ANOTHER LIVE ACTION DAD ADAPTATION?! first daddy Flintstone now daddy racer?

[@RedDevilAxel]

Zack Snyder's probably the only one who can make a great Live-Action Dragon Ball Z.

[@MasonC2K]

@RedDevilAxel I am not sure about that. Zach's stuff is all super serious. DBZ rarely has serious moments. It's mostly over the top action and comedy.

[@frostmourne1986]

Kenshin has captured the anime''s essence really well imo.

[@VagabondVerdas]

kenshin as an anime was more rooted in reality though, thats why it translates so well

[@LuisSierra42]

Yeah, all the kenshin movies are pretty good and I like all the performances but the costumes sometimes make them look like cosplayers, especially the wigs. They should have taken a more realistic route with the costumes since Kenshin is more about drama than anything else

[@ppandgg]

is there a place to watch them? i haven't watched any of the live-action movies. i have seen 2 clips tho

[@LuisSierra42]

​@@ppandggI watched them on Netflix

[@Idiomatick]

@@ppandgg piratebay

[@John_tobeck]

For me I love the silent fight between snake eyes and storm shadows in Gi-Joe 2 it’s straight from the source material and did really well to honour the source material

[@Notacet]

There’s multiple scenes in the new Little Mermaid where the eyes are watery and have strong specular reflection underwater, like at 47 mins. They open the movie with a quote ”mermaid has no tears”😂 I guess if their tears are oil or air or other substance, they could show underwater🤔

[@ToMgRoEbE]

"Awe it's because she's a child" killed me lmfaoo

[@SharmClucas]

Considering that the live action One Piece is mostly made to draw people into the series that haven't watched the anime, I think the choice to make a One Piece TV show and not a live action anime was the right one. I would like to see some of that anime emotion in live action more often. It's why I enjoyed the Scott Pilgrim movie even though I wasn't all that invested in the actual characters or story.

[@nichescenes]

Yeah their takes this video were real low effort IMO lol. Lots of comments on things they don't even engage with much and just parrot the usual oh live action isn't like anime so bad...also they react so weird when dude says you guys like anime right...like no in a weird way...like imagine if someone said you guys like television shows and I said ugh not in a weird way...they literally have videos on attack on titan...real weird ep.

[@AndreiFierbinteanu]

The biggest thing about specularity under water in the little mermaid is the eyes. The specular highlights are still there because that's what makes eyes emotive, but in real life eyes under water no longer have those and look weird and kinda dead, which really wouldn't work in a film like this.

[@TheNameBrandCompany]

I’ll be honest, I genuinely didn’t know they de-aged Hayden Christiansen

[@theexchipmunk]

Hayden´s Performance is also really, really damn good in this. If you really look at how he moves and his body language, you can notice that he really did some great work there. At the beginning he moves around like Anakin, but later on he stops moving around in this more light footed way and goes full on Darth Vader, even without armor. The way he walks, swings his light saber and moves in general switches up to hoe Vader would, not Anakin.

[@Michael_Underhill]

Just saw the thumbnail again with Hayden/Anakin instead of Ahsoka and thought another reacts video dropped the same day

[@ASyncResearch]

Always love a good VFX artists react, big fan👍

[@Nickdeaugustine]

Y'all don't think the One Piece live action is anime enough?! I dare you to do a stuntmen react to the fight sequence between Zoro and Mihawk and say that.

[@henrique88t]

2:55 I loved Deniro's role in Episode III

[@AgentMaryland]

Truly, his finest work.

[@zep909]

There's a Japanese live action anime adaptation called Casshern that does a good job with motion design. It's one of the early movies that was shot mostly on a green screen, at around the same time as films as Sky Captain (and the world of Tomorrow).

[@thelukeofficial9626]

2:08 “ah it’s coz she’s a child “😂😂😂 I love that

[@kylespevak6781]

It's honestly hilarious how they didn't consider that you don't look wet when you're underwater

[@josephdumbledore6833]

I think they were trying to give her skin a fishlike quality rather than trying to make it look realistic.

[@laartwork]

They didn't try and make them look wet underwater. They looked normal

[@kylespevak6781]

@@laartwork I'm talking about the corridor crew. They were mine-blown that underwater doesn't look wet

[@makatire]

If you're talking about maintaining the soul of an anime when bringing it to live-action, it has to be Speed Racer.

[@chancepaladin]

agree 100%

[@thecookiemaker]

yeah that was my first thought and I had to make sure someone mentioned it.

[@dawg2191]

Don't forget Rurouni Kenshin

[@LonewolfOfSD]

I think the Speed Racer movie did a pretty good job of making a live action anime to a point.

[@JugaJuga14]

If I had to name one movie that has come close to evoking what makes anime great it’s the Cutie Honey film adaptation from around 2007 or so. Absolutely bonkers direction, great costumes and VFX that are never afraid to be over the top, and an obvious respect for the rules that anime established and an admirable attempt at bringing those to live action.

[@SyedShahnabAliGillani]

So happy to be a part of the bomb ass cool dudes club.

[@bonksai70]

Music takes arbitrarily frequencies and turns this into emotional ques. Animation takes arbitrarily motion and turns them into emotional ques. This is comprehension of art.

[@MMx1000]

yeah but in music it's not arbitrary frequencies

[@haravikk]

I've always considered the Matrix to be a bit like a live-action anime, but you've already covered the Matrix movies so much already. Also I wasn't expecting you to be glowing about Ahsoka but those de-aging effects for Anakin are pretty dang good; I was expecting you to be slaughtering them over Ahsoka's terrible looking jump rolling in, I think, the second to last episode.

[@brianruberti1381]

Just watched the The Wolfman again for the first time in years (2010 - starring Benecio del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, and Hugo Weaving). There's a final fight scene between two werewolves at the end of the movie that I think would be worth a VFX Artist reaction, for better or worse 🙂. There's also a scene earlier in that movie with a CGI bear at a gypsy camp, and generally the transformation scenes, that I think would be sources of critique entertainment.

[@doublet147]

I think it's ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS that Sam & Niko play down their interests of anime. I'm guessing it's because they think they won't be viewed as true filmmakers by certain entities if they're honest about their interest. IMO, 'One Piece' is the best live action 'spirit' of anime to date. You can't truly transfer anime to live action because of the medium. But you can capture the spirit.

[@drakkus13]

Great to know that your visiting Terengganu again. Sadly I'll be busy with my little brother's wedding this weekend. It's great to see your parents enjoying their time in Malaysia 🎉😊

[@rockleesankleweights1268]

Its super interesting to me how the static elements, simplified/stylized drama shots, and long holds on impact shots of older anime are what a lot of people think of as “Anime”, when the animators in japan see those aspects of their animation as the worst part.

[@Nemesis_T_Type]

Exactly. These are just cost cutting methods for the animators and I'm disappointed at Corridor Crew for thinking that anime tropes are what makes anime.

[@_SirJavier_]

Clearly Scott Pilgrim vs the world is one of the best manga to live action adaptation. Despite the differences between one and another, there's a lot mechanics put into the adaptation that not only make it look cool, but also it keeps the energy of an anime and/or video game.

[@4D1Characterror]

And Speed Racer. Talk about kinetic!

[@_SirJavier_]

@@4D1Characterror YES!

[@torinreese4829]

couldn’t disagree more about their take on “live action anime…” i don’t want them to try to match the unrealistic shot composition of the anime

[@Ryguy0707]

Wait, Mermaid had a floating head? I had no idea in the theater. Very good job

[@danieljohnston4960]

Im so glad yall reacted to Ahsoka!! I loved this show

[@animeslover6131]

Finally some one piece stuff❤

[@BrockLobster]

It’s not a movie but I feel like the Netflix show Alice in Borderland really captured the style of anime really well and translated it to live action. I would love to see you guys react to it!!!

[@BdR76]

*The Matrix* is a movie that really captures the soul of anime, they even admitted that much themselves. For example the energy-sphere effect in the hallway is very similar to a scene from Akira

[@DigiPen92]

12:02 Buggy the Clown's Devil Fruit is called the Chop-Chop Fruit that makes him separate his body parts and his powers makes him does not get killed from any sharp objects like Swords for example.

[@EricHamm]

Disney is where creativity goes to die.

[@ethai1]

Loved it! Loved the episode. I would love to see you guys react to Silent Hill, there's the otherworld transitions, the monsters designs, and specifically the scene with Dark Alessa where she "integrates" herself unto Rose

[@IshimurA99]

Netflix's live action version of One Piece is really good, but if compared to One Piece the anime version, it still has many shortcomings, but even so, the movie can still be said to be very good and much better than previous live action disasters

[@just_kris]

I mean ye the Anime has 1075 episodes or something. At least around 1050

[@Vinclum]

No, it's garbage.

[@just_kris]

@@Vinclum nah its actually pretty good

[@jasonblalock4429]

I mostly liked it, but I wish the storylines hadn't been so compressed. Some of the big dramatic moments didn't land as well as they could, because they didn't get enough buildup - like Sanji's decision to leave Baratie, or Nami's screaming breakdown after getting screwed over by Arlong. That's my one big complaint. Everything else was a lot of fun.

[@just_kris]

@@jasonblalock4429 Ye but also that was being showcased over 10 episodes each in the Anime. But I hope if they make a season 2 they get a little bit deeper into the story. But just still keep it the same way they did it with this season

[@SleepyHDS]

For live action projects that really capture the spirit of anime, it has to be Scott Pilgrim and Speed Racer. They felt so different than traditional live-action adaptations of animated shows.

[@sunriseandmemories]

To me, the movies that catches what "real life anime" energy and effects are Shaolin Soccer, Kung Fu Hustle and a little bit of CJ7, the effects are really nice for the time and some of them are made to be cartoonish on purpose, I wish there was more of these with Stephen Chow, his ideas are amazing

[@charliewest8369]

One of the most anime feeling movies ive ever watched is RRR, every action sequence in it has a perfect blend of goofy, cool, the kineticism that was talked about. One of my favourite movies definitely!

[@TheRefraX]

I think that trying to replicate the anime style one to one as live action just doesn't work. I'm a big fan of the corridor live action anime vids, but they imitate the style so closely that it distracts from the story telling. One Piece finds the right middle ground between the two.

[@ЄвгенІванченко-т3т]

I only had an anime moment in a theater once. Alita Battleangel. Namely the part when she is torn to peaces and continues fighting with just torso and a hand. Also, the use of slow motion in that film really helped anime feal.

[@Heroasaurus]

Absolutely!

[@DamianReloaded]

Yes

[@rubenlo6221]

I freaking loved Netflixs one piece! Can’t wait for season 2

[@trigerhappy903]

everything went through the creator of one piece if he did not aprove of something it didnt happen and i love that the directors took that aproach

[@rumsto1]

Bomb ass cool dude here. I appreciate the acknowledgement.

[@vovapsix]

One Piece live action works precisely because it doesn't feel like anime, no exaggerated reactions and no characters that look like cosplayers, if you ask me those are the two main issues with anime live adaptation failures (also not following the script of the manga, major sin)

[@vincent23432]

It drives me bonkers that they’re criticizing One Piece for not being anime enough and calling the Anime the source material. It’s a Manga adaptation, sure you can’t really separate the Manga from the Anime fully but they are not trying to adapt animation, it’s closer to a comic book adoption. So really what should be the question is if they were able to represent Odas original art, panels, storytelling etc.

[@eddiek8179]

Exactly. The live action is being live action. It's not trying to be anime. The anime is not trying to be manga. Every medium has its own strengths and disadvantages. I just can't understand why they need to shoehorn anima stylistics into a live action story of the manga.

[@harshilgulati8601]

I'm so excited to watch this !!! You guys are the best ❤

[@Aytypycal]

If you've never seen Space Sweepers, it is, imo, one of the best recent examples of a movie that pulls off an anime vibe successfully both in the shooting style and the overall story. The opening sequence alone is magic.

[@jonathanlauber293]

I'd like to see you talk about the opening scene in Music and Lyrics. This is VFX when you don't expect it. The way they de-aged Hugh Grant was very convincing.

[@JamesDeanCuthbert]

Great video! Thumbs up if anyone wants Corridor Crew to review The Chemical Brothers music videos, like Wide Open or Got to Keep On, or even the Salmon Dance. Some great examples of great VFX.

[@anthonys.1606]

Being twice your ages I've seen all these movies when they came out. The differences between then and now are pretty much amazing. It was funny when you mentioned you should not have a sheen of water when you're underwater, I thought the same thing. And even about the hair, but you still need to have acting done so you can't cover up the face constantly, there has to be some leeway. Anime and real life versions of it, it's not like you're gonna have a big shit eating grin like in the cartoons constantly and copy every over the top movements or you shouldn't even bother. making it. Anyhow I cane across your show and found it interesting and funny. So keep up the good work because we always need a little bit of laughter and some thinking to keep the brain healthy in this time. So thank you. And why haven't you looked at the 1951 version of The Thing? I bet it would be interesting. Tony

[@vectorwolf]

I imagine the reason they haven't covered the Thing is because all the effects are practical and in camera, and there's no VFX because it simply hadn't been invented yet.

[@bryanokafor9024]

Thank you for this. A question: How would one make underwater lighting in real life? I am trying to do an underwater scene and I am not sure how I would light a scene in the real world so that I can create the underwater background around it.

[@Incommensurate]

i was a big One Piece fan for years. had to tap out cuz i realized its never going to end. I think the Nexflix show was Fantastic. Defiantly not an "anime movie" but as an anime story adapted to live action, i loved it and was shocked how they kept it true to the story and characters . Best Anime action moments in a movie would have to be the Matrix movies for me. The use of slow mo and the the other bullet time effects have that spirit and style.

[@vectoralphaSec]

But it is going to end.

[@mohitrahaman]

Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim had awesome anime feel, now that its already done, Netflix is actually moving backwards and animating the comic.

[@Ze_N00B]

9:55 AcTuAlLlY: Photons do not bounce off the surfaces. The energy of the photons are absorbed by the electrons in the atoms of a surface, provided that the energy of the photon is exactly the amount needed for the electron to rise to its next charge level. After they reach it, they then fall back to the previous charge level, once again expelling that exact amount of energy, once again in the form of a photon. Some objects' electrons have charge levels that are too great or too small for the photons who's charge level lies in the visible light spectrum, resulting in them not only being unreflective, but also transparent.