VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi 153

[@GMBGFX1]

“Sit on it. Gimme 4 times that length” - Jordan

[@roar]

3:50

[@TheLoserface45]

C’mon sit on it***

[@helenl3193]

... that's what she said..?

[@astrorobinson3716]

Lol

[@RocksterOO1]

If I had a dollar... 😢

[@LinchpiN777]

Super stoked to see how happy you guys were with the VFX of Twisters, it feels surreal haha. I was lucky to be one of two cg environment leads on Twisters. A lot more of it is cg than meets the eye ^^. Yep most of the oil refinery seq is cg and everytime you see grass or trees moving in the wind, its most of the time our cg replacents using a mix of our simulated and procedurally animated techniques done by the environments team. We did take into account tornado velocity/vector fields from the FX team's tornado sims as an initial guide, but went from there keeping it plausible, and art directing directions further. Basically for secondary stuff like that its always what works visually for the shot takes precedence over physical accuracy.

I totally caught the trees! the grass! it looks SO AMAZING! you guys did a GREAT job with it! Congrats.

[@strangernine]

stop the cap

[@vipe650r]

@@strangernine Cool. Provide evidence.

[@S....]

I thought that that was obvious, I wouldn't expect you to try to record extremes winds and how would you even direct it...

[@cudak888]

@@strangernine Use the English.

[@betlogboy3]

There has never been a more appropriate use of the Sam Scream audio bite.

[@estebalstigopopoluz]

Do you remember which video the scream is from? I'd love to watch it.

[@dbcitizen4355]

Is that what that coughing noise was lol? Which episode is that from?

[@chrishockman83]

Nor an appropriate episode for Sam to wear shorts 😬

[@Piemur1]

@@estebalstigopopoluz gosh man, it's been YEARS ago back when they were getting notifications about the algorithm about swearing and all that. So they were talking about how they were just going to make funny replacement sounds instead of the censoring sound.

[@estebalstigopopoluz]

@@Piemur1 ok, I'll take a look and see if I can find it. Thank you

[@area51pictures]

That origin of the universe scene in Noah really is a masterpiece.

[@calebbraunsroth2164]

Do you know the music they used in this video for that scene? I can't seem to find it.

[@TheFaarf]

​@@calebbraunsroth2164 Call of the North - Niklas Johansson Its a song from Epidemic Sound that they have used in previous videos. I really liked it so I've looked it up previously.

[@calebdonaldson8770]

It reminds me of the Fantasia sequence with the start of the cosmos to the death of the dinosaurs. One of the most jaw-dropping scenes in that film.

[@LuisSierra42]

I saw that sequence on YT and it was the only reason why I ended up watching the movie. It was a complete masterpiece imo

[@ExplosionChimp]

Interesting choice to show a full evolution of the universe before telling a story that denies it ever happened.

[@The80sRuss]

That incredible cloud sim cliffhanger is like if they had only shown half of the death star’s explosion in the theatrical release of Star Wars… what a hype-killer.

[@K__a__M__I]

Now _that_ would be an idea for the Corridor Crew: "Modern-moviefy classic scenes from throughout cinema" Death star explodes - cut to reaction shots of Luke and Han at the worst possible moment. Godzilla makes landfall - cut to protagonists commenting on Godzilla making landfall! I can feel my blood boil already! 🤣🤣🤣

[@wagnerrp]

It's like watching through a whole King Arthur movie only for everyone to get arrested right before they reach the grail.

[@sarge1408]

​@@wagnerrp Monty Python spotted

[@apoclypse]

Imagine they cut away from Neo in the Matrix when he's doing that iconic bullet time shot. A lot of movies don't let the shot sit. It's like there some rule where they have to cut every 2 seconds or they think people will get bored.

[@Nebulaoblivion]

wait wait wait, but what if we cut away from the death star explosion, to a shot of C3PO looking upwards?!

[@sibannachaze]

The whole Twisters segment shows you guys need to do a Sound Effects Artist React series. Sound + Editing + Pacing are just as important as what you see.

[@SolWake]

Not exactly their wheelhouse, even though they do have competence in it, but I would love to see more of that too! You might be interested in the podcast 20 thousand hertz if you don't know it already. Does deep dives on sound design and music.

[@1lucia]

I'm praying for there to be a Directors Cut of Twisters that just extends all of those grand VFX shot by x2 at least

[@wavion2]

It's probably the director that put in all of those cuts. We need the UN-Director's Cut!

[@i_so_late]

that wouldn't make for a well-paced scene would it

[@samik83]

The plot and acting is so bad in this that it doesn't matter how good the VFX is. It's still a chore watching through this movie

[@schmidtfam04]

Yes to this 100%!!! Full VFX edit!

[@balsalmalberto8086]

And lets the tornadoes wipe out all the characters like in the better version of the script. Like cut out all the actors and just make it 1/12 hour movie of the tornado wiping out storm chasers.

[@loganpraz2566]

I always be thinking about this, but I love how far Jordan has come in corridor, I’ve been watching since the beginning so it feels like he hasn’t been there for long, but man every video he’s in he’s so smart and kills it

[@bryanerdner3955]

The disappointment for not holding onto the shots reminds me of Kungfu Panda. Trapped outside the ring and missing the fights just at the climax everytime.

[@AndrewJW]

PERFECT analogy

[@Harry101UK]

Something was 'off' with the editing in this episode lol 12:14 - "Wtach full scene" 20:08 - Weird cutaway to an end screen that leads to nothing And all the audio is heavily denoised and muffled.

[@Achachucha]

heard it too haha, shit happens :D

[@airon_OW]

Oh hi Harry, big fan over here! Didn't expect to see you in the comments hahah

[@IvoPavlik]

Yeah, it was overall somehow more chaotic than usual.

[@21savage68]

Probably a sleepy editor lol it happens, one of those weeks

[@hebl47]

Maybe it's an homage to the Twisters movie's edi

[@ArastaSilmar]

When they started talking about the number of bones in your hands, my brain went immediately to that D20 clip... and then they actually showed it!!! I'm so glad that other people know about this, it's not just a niche interest of mine 🤣

[@charlottegerken4477]

I thought the same thing! Now we just need an actual collab between Corridor and Dropout for D&D!!

[@blazerboy55]

I was so tickled to see them include Hank's bit in Mentopolis as well!

[@timothymartin4759]

absolutely delightful edit

[@georgeyoung2684]

Dimension 20 x Son of a Dungeon crossover when?

[@ravenwav]

D20 sold out Madison Square Garden so the intrepid heroes aren't so niche anymore! 😄 I was hyped to see the clip too!

[@rubenp8320]

tornado survivor here, 93 houston tornado outbreak, I love love love twister and twisters. Its so cool to see you guys react to it. Much love from a weather aficionado

[@balsalmalberto8086]

Do you have an underground bunker?

[@rubenp8320]

@@balsalmalberto8086 heck no. South east Texas is a bit difficult and haven’t seen a basement till I was stationed in Kansas. Which I was in another tornado, but I got to sleep through it in an army ambulance. So lucky me lol

[@thepapschmearmd]

Also survived a couple tornados. Weirdly fascinated with them now.

[@rubenp8320]

@@thepapschmearmd It's weird right lol. Like after that event, I loved doing art of tornados. I was like 4/5 years old, so I'd imagine it was a trauma response. fun when you also live near train tracks. talk about a dumb trigger lol. and i love trains!

[@gray.crawford]

I was there! Montrose, 8 months old

[@robotninjashark1684]

I am SO GLAD you added Hank's clip because that's ALL I was thinking about while you were talking.

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

I'm so glad you talked about Noah and especially the evolution sequence specifically. Actually think that movie is pretty great and I'm not afraid to say it.

[@InclementFilms]

There's such a badass shot in Noah where a character puts a sword into the ground and fire erupts from everywhere. Looks straight out of Dark Souls!

[@ComfyChroma]

I was looking for this comment, and wondering why they left out the most mainstream shot from the movie that most people know. I haven’t seen the movie, and didn’t know about all the scenes they covered in this episode, but I’ve seen that fire sword scene a million times online 😂

[@tayloririzarry]

@@ComfyChroma Sorry off topic. But your painting is awesome!

[@UnderScorePT]

@@ComfyChroma I think they already covered that shot before, maybe that's why they left it out.

[@ComfyChroma]

@@tayloririzarry thank you very much, means a lot. Which one did you like, if you don’t mind me asking?

[@ComfyChroma]

@@UnderScorePT I didn’t even think about that. Trying to remember if I saw it on a past episode. If not I wonder if it’s in the full video on their website, maybe?

[@michaellyndaker2438]

That timelapse has been, imo, one of the greatest shots in film history. Noah is such an awesome movie.

[@DYLANBROCHILL]

Thank you for covering Noah! That silhouette sequence is one of my favourite's in cinema

[@maxf4422]

You guys often talk about impossible camera moves in CGI, I was blown away recently when I learned about the Spidercam from Sam Raimi's Spiderman 2 which captured impossible looking shots! They first used it to capture background plates for the final swing scene of Spiderman 1 which in my opinion is the best swing scene in Spiderman history. I think it would be great if you took a look at the Spidercam, and compared swinging shots from all the different Spiderman films. (maybe look at the physics Wren?)

[@RokStembergar]

I love the 'You could buy that of Amazon for like 200 bucks of costumes' and the 'This shot took a year to make' dynamics :D

[@thekwoka4707]

I'd imagine there can be a major gap between the development process of the ideas vs just already having the goal determined.

[@spam7959]

​@@thekwoka4707Niko was definitely referring to the violence of man sequence, a few costumes and different sky shots for $200. The big bang render and then evolution is what took a year most likely.

[@thingswelike]

@@spam7959 Not sure. It made me wonder if all the shots were zero compositing/cgi so they had to wait for each sunset to be good enough.

[@RokStembergar]

@@thingswelike that's how i thought about it as well :) either wouldn't surprise me

[@laurarowland7294]

I LOVE the Mentopolis pull from Dimension 20, thank you editors XD

[@RonAlbert]

Dude thank you for giving us a blank CD background at the end before Niko's ending spiel.

[@mattcolvin338]

I'm so happy you guys finally talked about Noah! It has some of my favorite visual effects and visual storytelling I've ever seen. Jordan, I was grinning like an idiot when you showed the evolution sequence. I remember seeing that in the theater and my jaw dropped. I'd like to add my friend Raymond Dumas was one of the visual designers on the film. He helped design the watchers, the arch and loads more. He sadly passed away in 2021.

[@ManicVelocity]

Another Aronofsky film with great VFX is The Fountain, specifically the "Future Tom" scenes with Huge Jacked Man flying through space in a giant glass orb. Lots of macro photography with fluids was used to create the golden nebulae.

[@RSpracticalshooting]

That movie is sheer beauty. Everything about it. The cinematography. The art direction. The music. The story. It's one of the most purely beautiful films I've ever seen.

[@Teasebag]

I've suggested that film no less than 5 times on here for that exact reason, absolutely wild VFX sequences.

[@RT-qi7rn]

Indeed, Aronofsky knows how to make beautiful stuff on a budget, The Fountain had a tiny $35 million budget for such an effects heavy movie

[@Teasebag]

@@RT-qi7rn Now imagine if the budget hadn’t been cut in half right before pre-production… or principal photography moved from my city 😅

[@LuisSierra42]

@@RSpracticalshooting completely underrated

[@iDunnoMan9000]

10:45 I'm so glad they referenced this clip! 😭

[@brandonesp6099]

Shoutout to Noah for having biblical level imagery

[@360.Tapestry]

the opening sequence is iconic

[@Daeschri-v4d]

If you only knew the amount of cool dev that was created for all the birds shots by the Look Effects team on Noah. Before Houdini was as common as it is today, the team built a procedural feather toolset using it specifically for this movie to scale across a huge variety of birds. It was a small rock star team based out of NY doing a shit ton of great work. Thanks for bringing some attention to an often overlooked movie and allowing some of us artists who worked on it to feel proud again seeing it here.

[@peterstangl8295]

Thanks for looking at Noah! I love that movie and i feel like everyone's been sleeping on it for ten years!

[@dougefresh2208]

Indeed

[@sloth0jr]

In the disaster movie, the disaster IS the star, not the monster. The people are props that you may or may not care about. You 100% care about the disaster.

[@lampad4549]

Thats just bad storytelling, anyone watches jaws and wants to just see the shark and not the people, to quote a legend "youre watching movies wrong"

[@uuh4yj43]

​@@lampad4549 disaster movies arent monster movies, it isnt about the characters and the creature, its about the big setpieces, the people are there to frame and scale the disaster, but you are watching it to be in awe of the power of nature.

[@quayzar513]

Couch: Complains about terrible editing and cutting away from amazing visual effects. Editor: Show amazing reload animation and cut away during it multiple times. 🤣 Love the show!

[@hellfish2309]

I think the bigger problem with the refinery sequence is that the composition doesn’t offer anything to give the editing continuity through the cuts

[@peterstangl8295]

well, at least this incetivises looking up the original video yourself, which isn't a bad thing

[@Isnogood12]

But you can go gawk in awe at the reload animations in full, but there's nowhere where you could go see the Twisters effects in full. Unless they make a director's cut or something, which in a rare exception to the rule would really be appreciated.

[@lampad4549]

​@@hellfish2309 it literally does, every cut has a purpose.

[@brewdaly1873]

10:37 my mind immediately went to that Mentopolis moment, and I'm so glad you showed it lol

[@theblackheart5727]

Unpopular opinion here, I actually enjoy the Noah movie. It’s ridiculous and over the top, but I thought it pulled off the impossible task of telling a bible story without being preachy or in your face about it. I completely realize that it’s notoriously panned as a bad movie, but I still enjoy it.

[@bananabro980]

its actually pretty faithful to the bible which when you read it is quite insane especially to adapt into a 3hr movie

[@dougefresh2208]

That movie is lile top 15 for me.I cant beleive people didnt like it

[@mediumvillain]

A lot of Bible stories are fun children's fables as long as you dont genuinely try to base your modern life around them lmao. My non-religious parents read me some children's bible stories alongside other children's storybooks when I was young and they were effective. I enjoyed them the same way I enjoyed stories like the Odyssey when I was a little older.

[@riffbaama]

@@bananabro980 What bible are you reading?

[@Blynat]

Some of it probably has to do with the premise of the movie. Many will disregard it from the start because it's based off of one of the most obviously made up silly bible story around. Aside from the voted out chapters about Jesus as a teenage turning his friends into barnyard animals as pranks. This is real. You can look it up. You have to learn about all the grifts when you go to seminary school. They basically tell you it's all made up and we keep this secret because....money. so keep up your grifting. This is why some may people that go to school specifically to become a preacher of some type end up leaving the church.

[@_WyngX]

The irony of cutting away from the animations at 18:20 :)

[@thingswelike]

Are they working with a limit to how long clips can be for 'fair use'?

[@serious_goose]

I love that you're diving more in Hypers videos. Such an amazing fps animator

[@JamesMcCluskey]

The creation scene in Noah is one of my favourite scenes of all time - super happy to see it praised here!

[@PagiNANI]

I agree with some of what you're saying about how short the shots are in Twisters, especially at the end with that beautiful shot, but I also think that the short shots cutting around really makes you feel how chaotic the tornadoes are. If the shots were longer, it would feel like a majestic beast from a distance, not a force of nature that you're in the middle of.

[@1lucia]

If they really insist on showing the impact it's having on the humans around it, they could at least cut back to the VFX shot afterwards. Show cool scene, show a bit of human reaction, back to cool scene. As ridiculous as the Fast and Furious movies are, I think they nailed that formula on each of their super crazy stunts.

[@lunarazure9969]

That was my main takeaway from the clips they showed. I find it interesting that they used the "the twister is the monster" analogy, because that's the exact reason you DON'T show the monster like that. You don't want to it to become a vfx spectacle, that just reduces its threat. Showing a full minute long tornado simulation from an aerial shot a mile away does the exact same thing, it makes it feel more like a spectacle and less like a real danger the characters are currently experiencing. The constant cuts were definitely jarring and poorly done, but they were probably added in an attempt to maintain the tension that was being lost with the gorgeous simulation shots.

[@1FatLittleMonkey]

And yet the original Twister managed it.

[@pukkoku]

@@lunarazure9969 Agreed for all of the shots which lead to the climax, but that final cloud sim absolutely should have been left to breathe for longer. It seems to me that the purpose of that shot is to release tension, as it's our main character's moment of triumph, and the editing is working against that concept.

[@KSourCade]

the movie 2012 was a visually spectacle and yet the threat of "Natural disasters" was prominent in the movie. I guess you are just over analyzing their shortcomings.

[@Featinwe]

I think Noah is one the most underappreciated movies of our times. I remember watching the timelapse scene for the first time, i was speechless.

[@justtolivecomment]

1:40 VFX Artists: discussing tornado effect in detail Me: vibing to the background music missing every word

[@calebbraunsroth2164]

Do you know the music they used for the Noah timelapse scene? I'm dying to figure it out!

[@Jogwheel]

Solid Foley work during those Twisters sequences! Doubt many people noticed you re-did the audio for the entire thing, including have JC dub over Daisy Edgar Jones' vocals. Nicely done 👍

[@JeffEnriqueJohnson]

“Pixar’s Incredibles 2” 😂😂 20:10

[@DisasterxUs]

Jordan is so entertaining for this. His passion and technical expertise, plus sense of humor is just great.

[@DrowningPonyo]

GUYS! Congrats on the VHS: Beyond appearance. That was such a trip but totally awesome to see. Super happy for yall.

[@Lost20048]

Finally someone acknowledged it.

[@DrowningPonyo]

@@Lost20048 lol I had to. I was waiting for the Saturday upload

[@Lost20048]

@@DrowningPonyo at least 5 of us know about it 😂

[@DrowningPonyo]

@@Lost20048 seems it. I just looked at comments for like T minutes, and not on mentions it.

[@wmfwoodworking]

I hope that directors are taking notes. Please linger longer on amazing VFX shots. Love you guys❤

[@StefanGlazer]

12:14 Don't forget to Wtach Full Scene & More And if they stealth upload a new version, I get to look like a crazy person for pointing it out.

[@Spazmatron90001]

I saw that, too! Glad I’m not the only crazy one 😂

[@andrewsissons808]

There's also something going on at 20:06

[@StefanGlazer]

@@andrewsissons808 I noticed that too. My brain was mesmerized by a blank logo screen

[@shlubbert3355]

I love wtaching new episdoes of VXF Arstits Recat!

[@bianca_w2]

10:49 wow the D20 clip mid video is the best crossover I NEVER thought would happen 🤣🤣 I love finding out shared fandoms

[@IVeNoMII]

They won the unsatisfying render challenge. Right when it gets good no soup for you.

[@zurt20]

I think the best thing than you guys have is a great technique, you knowing about the pipeline and could explain it in the easiest way.

[@jajssblue]

11:33 The smearing on the hammer is amazing! Pro animation move! That's why it looks so tasty.

[@terry342]

Yes yes yes! I couldn't work out why I preferred the set pieces in the original film over this new one, and you've explained it! The editing! It's almost the tornado version of Neeson climbing a fence! Thanks again guys

[@hangover89]

Week 65 of asking VFX artists react to cover George of the Jungle

[@ethai1]

Good luck. I tried asking them for years to look at the og spiderman trilogy (they only looked at 2) and the first silent hill film. No luck :(

[@theUberblick]

I never bought Brendan Frazier as someone who lived in the jungle. To be quite frank he always seemed like more of an Encino man.

[@alfarofilms]

Im convinced theyre AI and run by a bigger AI. Think about it, they hallucinated US law and tried to do a giveaway where you had to pay to enter and then it quietly went away.

[@pivotresearchfoundation]

@hangover89: *"Mom... momma... mommy...mom. Mom. Mom. Mom. Mommy. Mom"*

[@kuromiLayfe]

animatronics/costumes and green/blue screen, no CGI at all in those movies aside from painting out wires.

[@Kapionerr]

I cant say how much i enjoy these videos and the revalue some films get for me thanks to Corridor!!

[@Xxbigange93xX]

Thanks CORRIDOR, for my Saturday noon routine.

[@urbanantics385]

I can't express how happy I am that the corridor bleep a.k.a. the "Sam screech" is a thing. It's one of the best noises to ever grace the internet.🤣🤣

[@u9Nails]

Those tornado clips are those "video ended too soon" clips! It felt like the director didn't trust or believe the SFX department were phenomenal. Missed opportunities.

[@harrysyodihermawan2739]

and worst its ILM bro, idek why the director didnt let them do their magic

[@martinqizeaq]

I think the director believes in SFX but his direction is more towards the character story. So he thinks more of the actor is better than focusing on the SFX. Totally misdirection cause the movie is mostly based on SFX.

[@lampad4549]

​@@martinqizeaqits really not, the movie you want to see would be mostly about sfx but not what the movie actually is.

[@TLabsLLC-AI-Development]

The evolution of time has been one of my favorite things to generate and one the video ideas that made me create the Temporal Prompt Engine actually.

[@lforlight]

Their discussion of the cutaways is like watching the world jigsaw puzzle competition and waiting to see the German contestant with the Regulation Puzzler shirt finish her puzzle.

[@RowdiesFan1]

The scene where Kate and Javi are reversing away from the tornado and they are showing the "suction vortex" effect taking the building is one of the best tornado representations I've ever seen. It was such an incredibly cool visual shot, was surprised y'all didn't mention it, at least on YT.

[@JCUDOS]

Music was weird in this episode.

[@cristiangonzalez7306]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one thinking that! It distracted from the reaction, in my opinion.

[@Tetratronic]

I really like the music they used on the ending timelapse sequence. Don't know where it's from though. Could be the Epidemic service they use.

[@ZachBobBob]

Really distracting right

[@calebbraunsroth2164]

@@Tetratronic I want to know the name of it! I thought that music was so cool!

[@omrikarni182]

It's "Call of the North" by Niklas Johansson​@@Tetratronic

[@MichaelRainey]

Now I want an episode about the evolution of weather and sky as VFX in cinema. From historical flood films to modern skybox replacement highlighting all the big leaps in technology. What a lovely day.

[@cristiangonzalez7306]

Did anyone else find the editing for this episode different in a not-so-good way? Personally, I wasn't a fan of the background music and towards the end, the audio sounded gainy.

[@BlueShift815]

I assume the background music they've been using for the past few episodes is so that they don't get copyright strikes, by masking the original sounds

[@ZachBobBob]

Yeah I wasn't a fan, background music was annoying

[@gehriggosselin9468]

I had the exact same feeling, something about this video felt so off and weird, definitely seemed like a mix of audio and editing.

[@Hawk_of_Battle]

Annoying background music, muffled audio towards the end, weird cut-away to the end logo before the guys are done talking, and typos on the "Wtach full scene" segment. Very strange episode.

[@BenMunro-gw7br]

Maybe a new casual editor or intern? These seem like common mistakes via junior editors. The music choice and its volume changed the tone of the video in a negative way. I made mistakes like this when I was just starting out editing. Who ever did the edit, don’t worry bud, you’ll get better if you keep practicing regularly.

[@nullxty]

found this channel like two days ago, one of my favourites already:)

[@dontyouworryaboutit_]

the rage noise screams during the Twisters clip had me rolling

[@drdiva70]

Awesome episode! Noah is awesome! The creation sequence is so spectacular

[@AdiusOmega]

Not only is that Noah evolution scene really beautiful and well done but the underlying story of the days really hits hard. I'm not religious at all but when put into that sort of perspective it's somewhat possible for me to envision a god capable of doing such monumental work. The whole timescale stop motion sort of thing is absolutely wild to see, it's literally perfect work.

[@benjytv]

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[@쿵야따]

항상 재밌게 보고 있어요!

[@Donnner93]

Agreed!

[@scottywright1]

So glad Noah got some love! It’s such an underrated film

[@bambuhiphop]

Saturday morning ritual!!! Awesome as always

[@KeeganRobbins]

I saw Noah in theaters and remember being blown away by that opening. Easily the most creative, brilliant interpretations of the biblical creation story I've ever seen.

[@eyespy3001]

Noah is CUH-RIMINALLY slept on, underrated, and under-appreciated. It caught A LOT of flack when it came out from religious groups and got buried under unwarranted negative criticisms for not being faithful to the Biblical telling of Noah, as if that's what Darren Aranofsky was going for. I'm glad that it's getting a little bit of praise from the React guys. It's a wild movie that takes some big swings.

[@isseyfujishima9673]

I was also impressed by Noah, not just for the spectacle, but for transcending the typical "Genesis only" storytelling. The Watchers and some other aspects are, I think, from the apocalyptic literature Book of Enoch, and seriously imagines how that world would have looked and felt like to the protagonists according to traditional literature.

[@boostfrog]

Ironically, when it came out I had no interest AT ALL in seeing a religious movie, and after seeing its really not that, I kinda want to watch it now.

[@LlywellynOBrien]

Interestingly in my neck of the religious woods it was received quite well. Obviously it was taken for what it is but most people I read or listened to appreciated it and had some interesting conversations as a result.

[@tedley70]

I'm intrigued now, as well! The negative reaction absolutely stemmed from the fact that when Hollywood turns hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of attention toward Biblical stories, they can't just let it be what it is - which is generally an outstanding, wild story, anyway - and it simply *must* be either theologically neutered, skewed, or "modernized." Read through any book in the Bible - especially in the Old Testament - and tell me that a 100% accurate, no-changes-made, HBO/GoT level production wouldn't be a global phenomenon. You don't need to change anything: it's got war, heroics, miracles, disasters, betrayal, twists (especially for those who didn't grow up in the church), and... why bother changing or commenting on the theology, if it's approached as fantasy? But I digress; back to Noah. I do acknowledge that it's clever to anchor a story that exists in *every* people group's histories (if they have them at all) in the central character most well-known throughout the world, but it did therefore cause us to assume it ought therefore to align more closesly with the story of the man named Noah, honoring what He would describe as his story.. If it were pitched as "A Deluvian Account, borrowing from every culture we could get information from." I think it could have escaped those criticisms from Christian organizations.

[@Shythalia]

As a Christian, I don't mind their take on the story. It's pretty interesting. I just wished the Ark was more ship-shaped. lol

[@juggalonumber27]

Noah came out to deafening silence. I totally forgot that it even existed. The fact is so surreal and has such incredible cgi makes me wanna watch it now. Thanks Jordan!

[@L33tSkE3t]

It’s like VFX edging with no satisfying climax 😂

[@a1970gto]

That’s totally how I felt with Twister, thanks for articulating it!

[@yasunakaikumi]

ngl that direction cuts really felt like I have ADHD lol

[@gundarsmiks4889]

Bravo! Slow clap! Thats what its about! Just raw! Substance. Effects! Thats it! No bla bla!! Well done! Waiting for next one!

[@ULTRAVISTA.]

My regular Saturday Programming let's go!!

[@Yogibear2024]

Love these videos. Thank you guys for keeping up with making new content, much love to you!!!

[@panickedmechanic7536]

I'm watching Van Helsing (2004) and I would love to hear your take on the VFX here. The transformations, the stunts, camera movements, I think it holds up as "really good" CG. There's also some really bad, clunky full CG characters. Plenty of fodder for a good React segment.

[@J-1403]

It what I do - Igor

[@jagfan101]

I am pretty sure I have seen them react to Van Helsing before. Wish they'd find a way for us to search for specific reactions.

[@davidbrenner5806]

A good example of not cutting away is the first fury road tornado seine. For a wile there the story takes a backseat just to see the crazy power of a dust tornado with the music turning up.

[@TheDrugOfTheNation]

"Give me four times that length.". There is your next T-Shirt.

[@peterstangl8295]

16 times the detail!

[@revil0212]

Im so glad you checked out hyper again, I’ve loved his animations for years

[@veronicab8356]

Is that Toni from Toni & Ryan screaming at 5:42 😂

[@Mind_Splitter]

So glad they looked at Noah. I was so impressed when I rewatched earlier this year

[@ChaosGenerator]

Noah took a lot of liberties with the Old Testament story but one thing that people never talk about is that it did in fact say that the massive amounts of water came from beneath and not just from above much like the movie shows. Interestingly enough, recently it was discovered that there is way more water within our planet than we once thought. With that said, the idea of The Watchers actually helping humanity like in the movie or occupying a rock-like form is a thoroughly "Hollywood" creation.

[@ItsQix]

I just rewatched all the night at the museums and i bet there is plenty in those films you could break down. The cgi all held up and I didn’t find myself torn away from the immersion once!

[@the_shua]

in 1992 I was interning for Acclaim Entertainment - the seminal Game Developer who brought NBA Jam, MortalKombat, and dozens of Simpsons titles to home game systems. One title we put out was Judge Dredd. It was a platformer, where you run from left to right and kill everything in your way. At times, when you rest, we added a short sprite animation of Dredd reloading his gun. That was the first time I had seen a reload in a Video Game. I remember my first experience seeing this during game play and I was floored - my heart beat through my chest. Thanks for all you do - have been a loyal viewer for nearly a decade!

[@evanfuture]

Hell yeah, I was thinking of precisely that quote from "The Fix". Glad someone over there's watching Dimension 20.

[@MikeDS49]

I didn't think I'd be seeing three VFX artists getting blueballed today.

[@odljevmozgova]

I just watched the V/H/S Beyond. Why didn't I know you were in it? My jaw dropped when you guys showed up. It's an amazing movie!

[@iGuysCOMEDY]

Love the use of screams instead of bleeps for swears

[@stellviahohenheim]

KZbin detects bleeps and demonetize the video

[@LastAphelion]

@@stellviahohenheim I didnt know that that's EXTRA lame

[@ekojar3047]

Yay! Dude, the Tornadoes and storms looked so real in this movie ! I requested this one, thank you CC!

[@vampyrwarrior8970]

Corridor crew are such perfectionists and i love you for it so I'm sorry to bring this up but you misspelled Watch when promoting your webpage at 12:12. It says 'Wtach'.

[@dale3852]

My friend worked on the original twister cgi over here in 🇬🇧. Ground breaking work.

[@IknowIamkindagreat]

The best shot in Noah was left out for some odd reason. When they show the one guy kill the whole army by fire when he stuck his sword in the ground. Arguably one of the best shots in all of cinema. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME! *rings bell

[@SarcasticPlotRecaps]

Will probably be kept for the paywall version on the website 👍 cant put all tge good stuff in the public free version lol

[@rasputin6]

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS thank you for looking at Twisters.

[@bannnnner]

KZbin pet peeve: The reaction teaser at the beginning is less than a minute before it appears in the video 😢

[@petester56]

I recommend looking further into the Aronofsky catalogue. In his 2006 film The Fountain, Aronofsky wanted to create a unique, timeless vision of space, so he avoided CGI in favor of practical fluid effects - similar to the recent Oppenheimer effects. Believe there is some good BTS footage also of these cool fluid dynamics effects

[@Idiomatick]

Speaking of bad editing... You had the teaser clip at the start be like a 30 second clip ... followed almost immediately by the part where it happens anyways. I know people have a short memory, but dude. Its like a 1 minute gap.

[@VibeMusicAiRecords]

The teasers are so annoying

[@prodRegularDude]

Numbers dont lie my friend. They do it bc the data shows it helps with retention. Why should they stop doing it to please the minority? This is a business.

[@Idiomatick]

@@prodRegularDude I understand why they have teasers, this one just wasn't very good.

[@maverickpwnage8534]

The teaser shows way more than just the scene from Twisters it shows scenes from the entire video mostly. That's what they are supposed to do, show what's coming to hook you, whether you like it or not doesn't change the fact it will bring more views.

[@jbon9319]

My hometown is "Crystal Springs" (Chickasha), OK. Fun fact: The oil refinery in the beginning of this video is in Wynnewood, OK, where much of Tiger King took place.

[@EasterEdwards]

Looking forward for your next upload!

[@gravitypulls566]

that openning sequence of 14 billion y of evolution, should go to your VFX top hall. That was gobsmacking! insane bro