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00:00 Welcome to VFX Artists React
00:43 Avatar: The Last Airbender
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07:28 Halo: Season 2
14:04 Society of the Snow

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[@jackkp9633]

Cheeseburger

[@MultiHeheboy]

Can you react to Sora?

[@MARKHENSTROM]

No.

[@stewartelwart4271]

Can u react to shogun

[@MultiHeheboy]

@@MARKHENSTROM Why? Corridor seems to love AI, why not react to Sora?

[@rtock]

You know the effects are amazing when Sam is genuinely uncomfortable. All the way through the plane crash stuff he looked like he really didn’t wanna watch any more.

[@SirStrugglesAlot]

I have a feeling Sam is afraid of being on a plane in general, and this just ticked all the boxes of what he's afraid is going to happen when he's on a plane

[@KazikoWhite]

I've rarely seen humans look so fragile

[@juliorodriguez9746]

​@@KazikoWhiteoh were very fragile alright, throw a chair at us at a slightly sttong force and either bruises, a concussions or a broken arm depending on the material

[@AccAkut1987]

its also a film that is literally a retelling of a real event, based on witness accounts. Really different thing to video game aliens beheading each other

[@MrOtistetrax]

@@AccAkut1987This story has already been told in the movie Alive, which I watched back in the 90s and really fucked me up. No way I’m going anywhere near this show.

[@NiranWStudios]

Man do I love “Avatar: the Last Master Chief”

[@hvitekristesdod]

Last Halo Bender

[@crimson_nimbus]

When does Jake Sully become Master Chief?

[@mrmoose6765]

Makee to master chief: "My cabbages!!!"

[@parthlad8263]

Avatar: The Legend of Chief

[@ScottThePisces]

whats more, that's exactly the route Paramount+ would go down if they didn't have all the backlash

[@ismaelverdugo4255]

And today is the day! I finally saw a shot I worked on !! I had to say that I felt like I was in front of the judges... awaiting my sentence. i got nervous hahaha by the way... is the plane crash sequence for the "Society of the snow" LOVE you guys! KEEP IT UP!

[@AccAkut1987]

Congrats! Which companies worked on the shots? Wiki only mentions that some of the People from Pan's Labyrinth worked on it

[@ismaelverdugo4255]

​@@AccAkut1987 EL RANCHITO in the plane crash and many more sequencies. and for the rest of the film another like "Lamppost", "Glassworks", "MiopiaFX" and "Twin Pines". if im missing some other.. im sorry hehe

[@SteveForteGMR]

Was tough to watch just the short clips of that scene. All for the right reasons of course. And done without throwing loads of gore all over it. Probably why it hits so hard. Well done to all involved in putting that together.

[@MeAuntieNora]

Hell yeah !

[@LuisSierra42]

The movie is really good

[@esperandoelrender]

05:44 Im the Houdini Artist behind this shot, and I’m truly touched by your kind words about it, thank you! ❤️❤️❤️ this is also an impressive work by the lighter and comper as well. Team ILP ❤️

[@qwertyboo]

nice job guys, I enjoyed ATLA. what other shots did you work on?

[@JonahNelson7]

Prove it

[@esperandoelrender]

@@qwertyboo lot of them actually.. :D tons of water sims, magic and destruction. One of the best shows I ever worked

[@ivo3185]

@@esperandoelrender The work you did was incredible! Everything felt so real

[@banyakakal4299]

​@@JonahNelson7that is a sad existence to be skeptical of everything. Just let it go man....

[@LonewolfOfSD]

As a 6'5" individual who's legs are jammed into the seat in front of him if he doesn't get a bulkhead or exit row seat, I really felt that plane crash scene.

[@ctakitimu]

Yeah I'm 6'3" and while that not quite as tall as you, I'm always happy to take the 'will you be the hero we need in case of emergency' exit seat.

[@Zeta4]

Master Chief is that you?

[@YagiChanDan]

6'6' here and I know your pain brother.

[@thunderryu0494]

@@ctakitimu 6'4 here and they charge extra for those seats on most airlines now from my recent experience :(

[@chrisgore8597]

5'11" individual here, and I usually can comfortably sit anywhere, granted they account for my titanic 800 lbs ass

[@DecanFrost]

"Did you see that?!" "Yeeeeah..."

[@neobhavsar7909]

Was about to say this lmao Niko lives for that stuff you know he saw it

[@Kopa_Malphas]

"I'm feeling it" yeah, that sums it up well. That crash scene was straight up brutal, without the need of gore, and the snow scene was extremely claustrophobic. They did their jobs SO damn well.

[@itsyaboykinger9355]

The plane crash scene in Society of the Snow was so impressive and had such an impact It made me feel sick in a way. Usually movies don't have that kind of effect on me, which is why it is such a well done scene.

[@odinez7010]

The movie Alive made in the 90s tells the same story. It would be interesting if they compared the crash scemes. I saw Alive when I was a kid and the crash scene gave me a lifelong fear of flying.

[@prometheuszero9]

Yeah just those clips made me feel that way. I think it was the explicit shots of human body frailty. In most plane crash scenes it's more of a mentally scary thing, but we don't usually see close-up compound fractures and bodies being crunched and stuff. It's usually the stereotypical fuselage-rips-open-screaming-people-get-sucked-out type stuff, which is pretty disturbing in its own right. But yeah, this was the first time I've ever seen these types of visceral "body horror" shots.

[@siukong]

​@@prometheuszero9 Funny that you mention that, because I feel like Alive was one of the first movies to have a well-executed "getting sucked out of a plane" horror moment. It certainly stayed in my nightmares for a long time after seeing that movie way too young. (I think I was only about 7) Only a few earlier examples come to my mind. Goldfinger, which was a totally cartoonish depiction of explosive decompresion. And a few of the Airport movies from the 70s. One of which was only implied, plus an antagonist (a guy with a bomb in the airplane washroom) and one of which was a brief shot of one of the pilots getting sucked out after a mid-air collision.

[@gregcoree2]

Society of the snow was filmed partly in a real mountainside environment as mentioned by CC. But the whole background was then replaced by a full CGI reconstruction of the real mountain where the plane crashed in the 70's (the film technical crew spent a few days in the real location in the middle of the Andes mountain). There is a 50 minute documentary available on KZbin about the tech used by the Spanish team behind the movie. And I really recommend watching the movie as it is an extremely visceral and apparently truthful recreation of the real events.

[@langitkensahaja125]

Wasn't there also an older movie about the same event too?

[@Synkhan]

@@langitkensahaja125 There was, personally watched it way too young. A moment that stuck with me was one of the characters in the old movie telling another not to spill the beer cos they needed to hydrate, and even beer at that point was better than nothing.

[@here2there880]

​@@langitkensahaja125It was called "Alive" and released in 1993

[@langitkensahaja125]

@@Synkhan Yeahh and when they thought a passing plane saw them so they stopped rationing their beer

[@timlyons5029]

​@@langitkensahaja125 Early 90s, film was called Alive

[@minos8948]

11:02 "Master Chief can't get in trouble, cause he IS The Trouble"

[@jeremiehannoah9550]

So cool to see my work in one of thoses Episode ! Working on the Avatar state Underwater sequence as an FX Artist was Amazing !

[@41nhs]

Hats off to all those who worked on Society of Snow. The horrors experienced in that true story vividly grab audiences from the footage shown here in a way that is genuinely stomach churning and that's all thanks to top-notch filmmakers via every aspect of the production who are completely in sync with each other at every step of the way.

[@Theoldzitterhand]

Extra ❤❤❤ for Niko commenting on unnecessary long shots... totally agreed, a lot of the time it's just filmmakers showing off without the show gaining anything substantial. Love you guys for stuff like that!

[@sunbleachedangel]

Showing off what? Stitching skills? Long shots used to be impressive because of all the hard work and dedication that go into them. Not for just being fake long shots with poorly hidden cuts

[@Theoldzitterhand]

@@sunbleachedangel Exactly. And my point was that EVEN IF a sequence would have been done doing a "real" long shot (only adding FX), those often add nothing to the story. ^_^

[@emanuelvellios]

i feel like when game of thrones did it in battle of the bastards, it became super trendy

[@matiasdevaglia4541]

@@emanuelvellios it started before "Battle of the Bastards". Alfonzo Cuarón's "Children of Men" and "Gravity", Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Birdman" and "The Revenant". I'm sure there're others, but those are the first that come to my mind.

[@wumbosaurus9121]

@@matiasdevaglia4541Daredevil also had an incredibly long fight scene, but that was one of the occasions where it was done very well as it was a one off and was almost all practical if I remember, I don’t recall seeing any vfx

[@KainedbutAble123]

You should compare the plane crash to the depiction of the same disaster in ‘Alive’, which was also done brilliantly.

[@barisisler716]

Yes, do this please

[@bunwalla285]

I just looked it up...I can't believe that movie came out 30 years ago...damn, I'm old...but also, yes, compare the two, please!

[@prometheuszero9]

Agreed. I remember seeing this movie in the theater when it came out with my dad and brother. Needless to say I was pretty effing disturbed.

[@ryanward4728]

I hope the "Alive" rendition doesnt make me as hungry as the original... 🤔

[@birdiebirdman4929]

I love sound design of the plane crash scene. For me it's like a half of what makes it so gutty, visceral. Wish that Corridor would make an episode about sound design, so overlooked part of filmmaking. Great episode as always!

[@macaronicism]

I'm still annoyed it wasn't even nominated for Sound (or Cinematography) at the Oscars. The sound design throughout the movie is incredible.

[@MrBigblock22s]

Society of the Snow was one of the more beautiful/anxiety ridden movies I've seen. Incredible film.

[@ripfire4]

4:58 Guy gets blasted with fire Wren, Niko: Ooh! Sam: I like the baby sparks.

[@maplesugarbush]

Baby sparks, doo doo doo doo doo doo ...

[@Anthonyvongeek]

My problem with the Avatar Airbender Netflix show was that everyone’s outfits looked brand new like it was taken right off a store rack. The world didn’t look “lived in” at all.

[@Blearky]

THANK YOU! This is exactly what I though. But since nobody mentioned it I thought it was just a me thing.

[@bobbadeeznuts]

Yess that in combination with some absolutely terrible wigs as well

[@CantWords]

Better than some other shows. A lot of adaptions of cartoons just copy the super bright colour palettes over to live action which just does not fit, at least they toned down the outfits to darker more realistic colours (maybe with the exception of Aang's)

[@carlotta4th]

Yeah but that's just a general tv issue. Easier to keep it clean than make it dirty

[@roguechevelle]

Same problem I had with the Rings of Power, even in the first few scenes of village folk many farmers etc and not a spec of dirt or tears etc. Watching designers, staff, and even the actors from Lord of the Rings talk about the insane amount of thought and detail that went into the costumes that it made it easier for the actors to get into character.

[@caseyberger15]

Society of the Snow was an incredibly moving, beautiful, heartbreaking movie

[@miguelantoniomelendezzeped9412]

Loved how Sam emoted at the end, the movie is a crazy emotional journey.

[@LivingInTragedy]

This is genuinely one of the first times I have seen a scene from this channel where now I’m going to go out of my way to watch the movie (society of the snow)

[@martinturon4799]

It's one of the best films of last year - I did not expect it to be so touching

[@andrewgamache253]

It’s incredible. Watch it in original language with English subtitles

[@sike3000]

11:40 you're looking at the wrong part of the epsiode. earlier on in the streets and apartments the muzzle flashes were so bad they look like LED lights in the barrel. i also think the reloads are them reaching behind, then coming back and slapping the bottom of the rifle with a CGI magazine

[@PhilNubbins]

I like how during the plane crash scene, Sam is sitting there with a blank face, Wren has this look of, "Holy sh*t!" on his face, and Niko is just enjoying it.

[@alan2here]

I've been swimming/lumbering through real snow when snowboarding, last day tons of powder fell, much of the day was great but towards the end it was chest high. A perhaps unexpected aspect is how darn warm you get exerting yourself that much even in minimal ski gear, like thin coat and long sleeved t-shirt. Every step takes so long, soo much planning, and soo much intentionally high effort, and often tumbling over at the end. Every mile you hike is like 20 miles of normal walking, sweating buckets.

[@xsneakyxsimx56]

It's not their normal media, but I would be interested to see them break down CGI from something like Air Crash Investigation, especially comparing early episodes to more recent ones since there have been a couple recent ones that were remakes of early episodes from about 15 to 20 years earlier to compare the evolution of CGI on the same subject. (FYI: Just gonna post this until they do look at the suggested media, if at all.)

[@GraemeGunn]

That's not really something that needs to be discussed though. That would be like them looking at the CGI work in say, The Backyardigans.

[@randomcommenterphd893]

I wouldn't be interested to see that

[@rebeccaberton4144]

Same I’ve always been impressed by those shows ESPECIALLY the newer ones and I would love to see a FULL episode on that

[@louiehamel7675]

The CG bending was pretty good in the Avatar series for sure. But I thought some of the greenscreen/bluescreen work they did was not exceptionally good, at least compared to the level of the Bending. Maybe it is because of the on set lighting not being quite right, or some other factor, but I'd be interested to hear your guys' take.

[@danielsliwa1045]

Sam’s slowly developing cynicism to all modern-day Hollywood is my favorite developing arc on this series. May he continue to doubt all remakes and behind the scenes cuts 🙏🏻👏🏻

[@DavidBeddard]

I just watched the 1970s Doctor Who serial "The Pyramids of Mars" and there are a couple of effects in episode 2 that I would be interested to see your reaction to. There's a quick bit where a poacher throws a stick and it bounces off an invisible forcefield that looks too good, and there's the best example of someone walking forwards in reverse I've ever seen.

[@herbion6117]

13:03 weird bird mistake is cool and all, but the thing that i noticed immediately was the sky, it's suppose to be middle of the night in that scene.

[@ctakitimu]

Yeah but who's to say what the luminosity would be on a fictional planet

[@herbion6117]

@@ctakitimu they showed outside in that episode and it's your regular dark night.

[@ctakitimu]

@@herbion6117 Ah ok, my bd. I didn't remember it well enough

[@jeremygriffin7090]

It is also in the center of a city. There are fires and light pollution that can light up the smoke/clouds

[@herbion6117]

@@jeremygriffin7090 dude, you are trying to think of an excuse for the people that couldn't care less. The reason it's day in that shot is simply so that we could see a bird in the sky. Why? Because that "character" once sayd that he was watching birds on the local internet for less than 2 weeks and that was all character development they gave him in one and a half seasons.

[@MartijnPennings]

For all that bending budget on Avatar, they couldn't get a wind machine for when they sit on top of the flying buffalo. That hair and cloth does NOT move at all.

[@vanrick772]

Anyone seeking immersion? @@Killllr0y

[@ChuckleCharlie69]

⁠@@Killllr0ydid you somehow stumble into this comment section without realizing what this channel is about? Cause ur question is pretty stupid

[@carlosdirects4587]

@@ChuckleCharlie69🤡🤡

[@mbickford98]

since the flying bison bend air to fly they could probably control the air currents around their back to make it more comfortable for the riders. could have been solved with maybe 2 lines of dialogue, but that goes to show how sometimes small details get missed on projects with such massive scope and budget

[@cenciende9401]

I specifically recall that it DOES. Know why? Because I remember thinking it wasn't enough movement, but it IS definitely there with some sort of fan. You just suck at paying attention.

[@johndodson2255]

Can y’all have a “stuntmen react to professional wrestling”??? These are some crazy stuntmen moves being performed LIVE!

[@raindropsrising7662]

A really good balance when 3 of you on the sofa! Loving it, digging all the insightful explanations.

[@Drumike107]

3:31 Missed opportunity to say "take for GRANITE"

[@pistol0grip0pump]

I am both warmed and pleased to see someone else picked up on that 😂

[@greenpulp.]

For that you need to watch History for Granite lol

[@j-cuts]

Rick Sanchez entered the chat

[@cipher48]

Wait, I just noticed. jimmy Rings loads the shotgun by a downside port. But Halo's shotgun loads from port facing upwards. that's in the games since Halo CE!

[@jasonadcox4788]

You guys should check out hot air balloon accident at the beginning of the film Enduring Love. One scene in particular with a man loosing his grip on a rope - so well done (very Hans Gruber). That effect left an impression.

[@nightspicer]

The *last agni kai fight from ATLA* would be perfect for for the Animators React. It's so stunning! 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. And for stuntmen react It would be cool to see you react to the duel from "Potop", it's really good sword fight

[@everyoneelsemovedonfan]

The needler scene, there was only one needle used so honestly the explosion was too big, you wanted half a clip in that guy hahahaha

[@JuryRigged]

Pretty sure it's supposed to be a critical mass situation, just one alone shouldn't blow up. Haven't watched the show, and little things like this tend to bug me. Handful? Sure, I'd buy that. And it's on streaming. Probably would be TVMA if you gave it a rating. Use a handful and chunky salsa the guy.

[@ullrich]

Society of Snow is an amazing movie. I had listened to a number of podcasts that covered the event in great detail before watching it (all using books/first-hand accounts as source material) and the authenticity the film brought was amazing and disturbing. The acting, the cinematography, the effects - amazing. I remember hearing about how people were crushed by seats behind them in the impact, and to see that visualized in the film was chilling.

[@cstephen98]

A lot more gruesome showing how the people were being crushed than in the first movie. The sad part was if they had walked *up* the valley, there was a ski resort (they didn't know about) closed for the season with food and shelter. Read the book back in the 80s and saw the movie later (90's?)

[@muffyncrumbs1832]

Shoutout to Society of the Snow - great film!!

[@evanbernstein3813]

There is a movie called Alive that is about the same crash. Came out in the 90's or early 2000. Super good

[@GregorBarclay]

‘92 I think

[@mdoerkse]

That shot of the flying creature matte issue, I had to turn my OLED phone screen brightness way up and turn off the lights to see it at all.

[@TheAkdzyn]

That tasteful water dropping onto snow shot is incredibly satisfying! It's just so perfect!

[@lilyflare2]

3:30 "Take for granite."

[@shaunstark1365]

9:08 this is synced up "whoa! Oh" time stamp

[@VivaLaPigotry]

Society of the snow looks incredible. So glad you guys felt the same way I did about avatar! I thought they really nailed how elemental bending should look in live action

[@brendenbianchini5868]

I love the interaction between these three! Very different personalities but they all play off each other really well!

[@lambmaster]

Man it was tough to watch that last one. Really well done.

[@Wheels-of-terror]

Can you guys take a look at 2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth and the sequel?

[@PinkMarz]

Thank you for doing society of the snow! It is a phenomenal movie and I concur with everything Niko said!

[@ComicKelsey]

I just rewatched "Waterworld" and the airplane tangled up with the boat scene was knocking my socks off! There are a couple shots that might stump you guys.

[@Osvaldo_Chavez]

These guys deserve at least a cameo in a movie or something

[@JoshSher_]

It's so weird how Master Chief looks so CG in the first fight scene...🤔

[@SimplySketchyGT]

So weird how a video game character looks so CG

[@matiasdevaglia4541]

Even when he's real we think it's CG, because of the way he moves. You are watching a huge man in full armor moving with a speed and agility no normal human being could match. I suppose they slightly accelerated the footage and used very light materials for the armor. Perhaps in some shots they use smaller, more nimble martial artist or body doubles, under an equally smaller and lighter armor. Old school cinema tricks combined with the latest technology. Those movements make sense in the show, because spartans have superhuman strength and agility, but our brains are having a hard time accepting it.

[@Zeta4]

For the running sequence they had Master Chief on wires and were pulling him along as he’s running to get him going even faster

[@JoshSher_]

@@SimplySketchyGT lol, not sure if you’re serious 😂 First of all, it was not a criticism, but an observation. It seemed interesting to me, because apparently he was played by a person in this scene, but it didn’t look/feel like it. Secondly, without his mask he doesn’t look CG, is he now not a video game character anymore?🤷‍♂️ it’s a live action interpretation of a game, not an in game cinematic 😉

[@JoshSher_]

@@matiasdevaglia4541 yes you’re right, he definitely moves too quickly and lightly for our brains to accept it. I’m not familiar with the story, but in this case that definitely makes sense!

[@DarthMaui]

Watched it yesterday on the website. A longer version. Which makes me better. Love you guys.

[@tedarcher9120]

Ok Mr Money

[@kazetoame]

The true events behind Society of the Snow are mind boggling. One of the young men who traveled through what climbing experts consider unclimbable territory of the Andes, lost his mother and sister on this flight. He was racing against the clock of getting help before the remaining group at the fuselage ate their bodies. He and his sister survived the crash though he had severe head swelling which lead to him being kept near the rear in the cold which ended up saving his life, his sister succumbed to her injuries, don’t ask about the mom. It helped that members of this college rugby team had medical students among their number. LPOTL did a three part series on this recently and it’s an amazing story of perseverance.

[@Kalepsis]

Please do an animators react on Frieren! There are a lot of amazing scenes, but especially the fight in episodes 25 & 26. Just incredible.

[@eternalproductions]

When i watched the water simulations my literal first thought was man i can't wait for corridor to see this ! The water simulations are absolutely perfect the best I've ever seen , it's up there with avatar if not better

[@AccAkut1987]

they reminded me of the ones from the fifth Harry Potter film, where Dumbledore makes a water sphere during the final fight against Voldi.

[@jsnap1]

11:40 the most glaring muzzle flash issues I found with that episode was when they where moving up the staircase. (At 18:13 in the show) it looks like they have flashlights attached to the end of their barrels lol

[@janboomsma9954]

Acorns. Amazing journey, not only this week but the whole KZbin stuff. From building furniture out of the garage, to now surviving in the wild and living in a van. Congrats on the channel and this week!

[@JnJGaming]

TV Mister Chef: loses armor cause he did a no-no 😴 Game Master Chief: Captain commands him to surrender his AI. He replies "No, sir."😎

[@RainbowSheltie]

Oh, for live action Avatar: The Last Airbender, can we see you react to the koizillia water monster in the last episode? 😍🦖🌊

[@4RILDIGITAL]

The detailed explanation of the production techniques used in Society of Snow is remarkable. It's evident that the creators injected so much effort into getting the details right.

[@Chilluv]

First and foremost, I love what y'all do. Your content consistenly enriches my life! I think there may be a shot worth looking into for a future ep. Raising Hope, pilot episode, young Jimmy is looking through a hole in their car and for network TV in 2010 I was surprised with how it looked. Maybe I'm just out of touch but either way much love to you all over at Corridor 🤟

[@insoporous9978]

That last one is also a great example of "shaky cam" done properly. It kinda irks me that shaky cam gets knocked so much as a technique rather than the execution. The films that popularized it - the Bourne films - also set the standard for its correct use. Society of the Snow understands this quite well. Shaky cam should not take the subject out of focus, but rather through relative motion, it should take the background or foreground out of focus, simulating quick motion. This keeps the camera, and thus the viewer, attached to the intensity of the scene, perhaps even attached directly to the set the actors are on. I just thought that was worth pointing out.

[@LL-ii1vw]

Check out the deaging/cgi in Billy Joels new music video Turn the lights back on. Best i’ve seen

[@Nejvyn]

15:25 "Urrrgh, did you see that?! 😨" - "Yeah 😎"

[@honer777]

They used the volume in Burnaby for Avatar the last airbender, but it didn’t work out very well so they actually had to go back and redo all the background in post. Hence it taking over a year since the filming wrapped for it to be released.

[@existentialselkath1264]

Most of Halos visual design is pretty good. Even the acting is pretty great. If only they had some decent writers.

[@cenciende9401]

WRONG. It is well written, for a different sci-fi show, not being true to Halo and not being well written are two VERY different things. Just pretend it isn't Halo and it's quite a decent show. Of course one would need to be capable of critical thinking to realize the distinction.

[@existentialselkath1264]

@@cenciende9401 the whole plot is built on holes. While I was watching every single episode I wanted to list all the contrivances and inconsistencies because they popped up in practically every scene. It got beyond simple nitpicks. The story itself is incoherent. It's 'and then' instead of 'therefore' writing, just so the writers can check off the different clichés they wanted to include, and the most connective tissue you get is usually a nonsensical excuse that falls apart after thinking about it for a second. Its not just that it's not halo. It's simply poorly written, but of course yOu'D nEeD tO bE cApAbLe Of CrItIcAl ThInKiNg To ReAlIsE tHaT.

[@willparker8779]

3 body problems boat spaghettification has got to be added to the list!

[@IainDelaney]

I dunno if I'd call it 'spaghettification'. More like 'cheese slice'. But it was great! 😆

[@ctakitimu]

Yes! That scene was great! Just binged that series yesterday and REALLY enjoyed it

[@zairac2564]

Society of the Snow just made me rewatch one of my favorite plane crash scenes, Alive, which is literally from the same story. Despite the limited tech at that time, and budget limits, I think they did a great job of portraying the fear and desperation. When it just becomes wind sounds it really stands out against the typical Hollywood crash sounds, and explosions, and you get to focus on the surreal and sickeningly uncontrollable situation that the people find themselves in.

[@wadam33]

The best single shot in a movie...the opening scene of Boogie Nights, by Paul Thomas Anderson :)

[@GraemeGunn]

The only thing I don't like about the water bending in the show is that you can see a lot of the water dripping down from what's floating in the air, but the volume of water never changes. What I'm saying is that there's too much water falling back down to the ground for it to make sense.

[@juvemckenzie1925]

Same small issue i had, to much water was falling from the form that was meant to all "bended" so it just looks like they are controlling a small volume inside that then has a secondary volume around that that drips, just looks needlessly over complicated

[@GraemeGunn]

Yeah, it also seems like extra work, to animate the water that's falling.

[@SantoTapatio]

Posted 29secs ago! Im late! My apologies gentlemen.

[@timkeklinker]

i gotta say. i don't watch too many movies (although i love every BTS i can find) and typically really disconnect from the movie when there's a plane crash cause it just doesn't look good but DAMN. that society of the snow scene did something to me. i've never seen something that hit this deep on an emotional level and i can't explain why

[@Napakamog]

Look at the needler explosion from season one. That was great!

[@sirmanj]

As a Canadian, it drives me nuts when fake snow is used on and around actors. It’s just so obvious that it doesn’t interact with their skin and breath and it just looks so bad. These scenes look so great and really convey how scary and miserable an avalanche would be.

[@FablestoneSeries]

Working on movie sets has ruined pretty much ALL winter scenes for me now. I can't unsee it. I KNOW when i'm watching soap suds vs real snow. real snow doesn't dance around and blow upwards as if it is lighter than air. I'm still unimpressed how many big budget movies still use soap suds.

[@jordanwilliams1447]

“The shadows make the VFX work really well.” Yeah-because you can barely see them.

[@24framedavinci13]

Best comment 😂

[@wesleycolvin7158]

It's odd that they seemed to forget what low lighting does for a shot.

[@AUSWildfiree]

I worked on the CG camera stitch for the foggy Halo shot! Can't give away too many details because of NDA, but can confirm, it was not as straight forward as a camera stitch should be, and it was one of the toughest shots I've worked on in my 8 years in the industry. Hope you all enjoyed it at least!

[@nichescenes]

Interesting. I feel sometimes they get too down on shows cause the internet backlash but halo looks good. Its a different story and once people get that it should be enjoyable. My biggest issue was the fight looked cool but cause we play the games and lumber around were in our own heads that chief is slow and forget that he moves this fast in more modern games cutscenes. Also cgi is close to games so were looking at the aliens fighting and like ok he's just fighting aliens no real people (cause of course) but we basically just start looking for issues. For a tv show its amazing, and we'd love this if it came out in the past now were so used to AAA looking tv we ask for so much IMO. That and oners after dare devil have gone from people loving them to ok heres another oner hold your breath tons of action well shot but im just waiting for it to end to get back to progressing the story (cause it makes me feel like he's fighting random fodder) Halo does it well in that the fodder is giving him a hard time.

[@masamune2984]

This channel just makes me happy. Thank you for existing, Corridor Crew.

[@Cotsos88]

Every fight scene we saw was in complete darkness. Is there a law that forbids light on tv shows anymore?

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

Way to hide not so perfect effects.

[@HaloVFX]

You guys need to focus more on the Halo season 2, there's so much vfx work thats easily spotted would be a good vid

[@RamiFive4Five]

Respect for Sam for not being able to quite follow the light mood while watching Society of Snow clips. It is really hard not to react to images depicting real tragedies like this one. It really hits you.

[@SoowDeJu]

i recently watched Society of Snow and its so good, great to see it on here.

[@Parkourluvr]

Compared to season one, that fight with the Elites, was SO MUCH BETTER.

[@CosmoGV3]

FYI, in Halo season 1 episode 1 they forgot to paint a plasma pistol. When a Spartan fires it, its color is still there. In the next shot, it is dumped on the ground as a colorless polygon.

[@MonticArckeys]

This is probably the most positive I've seen you guys talk about anything! Especially when considering someone who worked on it isn't next to you.

[@fredfredburger5150]

It would have been fun to see you guys contrast the effects in Society of the Snow with the effects in the older movie based on this event: Alive (1993). Apart from that, another great episode!

[@NSeaBear]

the vfx in avatar are fine. It's the directing and storytelling that just falls short

[@TiredHighProductions]

Even then... Some of the vfx are absolutely incredible. And other parts are so uncanny that it completely takes you out of the show. Like literally every time they just use a fully CGI person is soooooo bad

[@trusty6625]

Surprised they didn't notice that the shot looks like it warps again at 9:54. That whole sequence is just jarring and jumpy.

[@druxle]

In s02e04 of Halo, around the 16min30sec point (when John and Riz are by the wall) John's head goes transparent for a couple seconds. Similar to the bird mistake.

[@armelind]

If you guys saw the movie, "Alive", it is the same story and it was before Hollywood CGI-ified everything. It was a great looking movie with excellent plane crash effects and the cast was amazing too. It would be no different than a remake of Close Encounters of the Third kind. Of course we can make it look awesome today, but we don't need to redo it because the original was amazing already.

[@matiasdevaglia4541]

"Society of the Snow" is based on Pablo Vierci's 2009 book of the same name. "Alive" is based on Piers Paul Read's 1974 book of the same name. Both books are based on real life events, but the survivors of the crash prefer "Society of the Snow".

[@TheFiftyQuid]

Paying homage to the original film would have been nice. I'm thinking none of the CC guys were born when it was released though.

[@armelind]

@@TheFiftyQuid When I saw their little preview shots of the new movie, they looked almost shot for shot of the original "Alive" movie. My mother tried for years to get me to watch the movie. I was never interested. One day she made me watch. I was so glad she did. It was back during the VHS days. She had excellent taste. But she was Mom. So I didn't want to. 😁

[@n0mada2]

@@armelind "Alive" is not the original movie about this event. "Alive" was second film about it.

[@armelind]

Cool, I didnt know that. It is the original movie for me then. I am also just saying the shots were so similar, why bother? A good movie doesnt always need an update. I understand all the low hanging fruit has been remade over and over but come on, unless it is done way better, then why is it being done? Just a thought.

[@TheDxlgames]

I’m never this early

[@Scriptyboii]

12:53 when i saw that bird scene in the episode i was like wait a minute and i replayed it again, same reaction like wren😂

[@dexdixy4913]

15:54 the way they shot and directed this is fantastic.

[@TheTwofatgamers]

Alive (1993 film) did the plane crash much much better than society of the snow (and same story)

[@CHILLipinoOfficial]

agreed

[@jezlawrence720]

Bad batch season 3 - some of the water and ship rendering is just... *chef's kiss*

[@HelloHello33333]

been following for a couple of years now and can honestly say this is still one of the best yt channels

[@lbsfproductions2166]

Pleeeeeease review the Argyle oil skating scene when it’s out of theaters! I have been dying to know what you guys think since it premiered lol

[@Butters-ly3hq]

Just finished "society of the snow". Amazing story and amazingly put into film.