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[@TheJesterCW]

Robin Williams: *improvises a shot* VFX Artists: This little maneuver is gonna cost us 51 years.

[@Kaliospectre]

The moment I heard "That was not planned" my heart broke for the VFX artists that had no choice but to work on that.

[@TheDragonsRose]

@@Kaliospectre If I were an artist working under Robin Williams I would absolutely die. I would be honored but I would keel over and die. He made the best ideas in his brain and those artists did an incredible job bringing it to life.

[@BATTIS94]

@@TheDragonsRose Same happened in Aladdin. Sometimes he would start making up stuff on the spot and animators would draw around it. Keeping up with him must've been a difficult task.

[@TheForeverRanger]

@@BATTIS94 Actually that is what was done for every non-story critical parts. They had Robin just go ham inside of the booth and then took the best bits. There is upwards of 50 hours of unused Genie dialogue sitting inside the Disney vault that will never see the light of day.

[@KaladinVegapunk]

I just still think it's funny Niko is like "if it wasn't filmed in LA" ..as the shot shows a bus with Half Moon Bay on it hahah It's NorCal. And it's NOT James Nguyens first..it's his third, identical film, Julie and jack, replicant, all the same script of a tech salesman meeting a babe, has a horny dick friend, everything goes great for everyone, terrible direction, effects, writing..and then Birdemic 2/3 hes "in" on the joke and "intentionally" making them bad, but they're just terrible since it's not earnestly shitty anymore haha Neil Breen, now there's a legend of bad filmmaking

[@pnwmeditations]

The first close-up shot of Davy Jones from Pirates of the Carribean: The Dead Man's Chest absolutely blew my mind.

[@jamilecrocodile718]

They already reacted to that one. But they should react to POTC as a whole honestly

[@Nerdhaunt]

Beat me to it! Yeah still remember that awestruck moment

[@theonionsystem7779]

@@jamilecrocodile718 maybe they could do the scene in barbossa's ship the first film where they show the entire crew as skeletons then him coming out his quarters as one himself

[@etangbose4755]

The Onion System or the slo mo of becket dying

[@TheCoppoy]

Davy looks like my new boss with his ginger mustache sneaking around

[@justincruz5720]

I had no idea _Flubber_ was so technologically complex.

[@Ridisword]

Of course it is. Im still waiting for scientists to make the real thing for sale :'(

[@justincruz5720]

@@Ridisword Same here, buddy.

[@HitodamaKyrie]

Gosh I don't think I've seen Flubber since it came out. I should rewatch it some day.

[@Jabroniville]

It's impressive yet also sad, because it was just seen as kind of a nonsense "Robin Williams picture" and didn't really get much attention.

[@SnailHatan]

@@Jabroniville To be fair, it was pretty nonsensical and definitely on the bottom tier of Robin’s movies.

[@danielchevapravatdumrong1997]

The first vfx shot that blew my mind was in At World’s End, where Beckett is walking down the steps while the whole ship is being blown to pieces around him.

[@ssharkbait]

I just rewatched that a few weeks ago and it still holds up amazingly.

[@topogigio7031]

@@ssharkbait a ton of it was practical. They literally made multiple full-sized ships and blew some of them up for the movies, At World's End in particular. For that one they went absolutely nuts, e.g. the scene with the "Little Jackies" in Jack's hair was like a 20 foot tall replica of his dreads with the real Johnny Depp peaking through them. Another good one is that for his multiple personalities while he's in the locker, they had like a dozen Johnny Depp lookalikes so they could film the scene practically instead of CGIing him in everywhere

[@dragongamesyt6295]

@@topogigio7031 best things about movies

[@flightlessagbsls]

Finally a movie Clint has seen that Wren hasn't. How the tables have turned.

[@JensenP12]

How the turntables indeed

[@mozartpizza8287]

How the turns have tabled

[@Quarks123]

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

[@Psyrus88]

And the worm.

[@itzyaboi4297]

@@mozartpizza8287 Tabled have turns the how.

[@marijnvanzijl919]

Mind was blown by the moonlight effect in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of The Black Pearl, where they turn into skeletons.

[@BigTpetty]

Bro me too!!! Gonna go watch that again, brb!!!

[@SinisterShrink]

"I miss Robin Williams" I think the whole world misses Robin Williams

[@miskatonic6210]

I don't.

[@jordanfelt5978]

The whole world does, except for this guy above. Y'know because he's edgy, and really needs attention.

[@mura_saki]

@@miskatonic6210 aw, need attention bud?

[@jacobl6714]

I think Robin's about the only person that doesn't. Every single time I think of him I always lament how sad it is that either he was unaware of just how much people loved him (and not in a fake way that people worship celebrity but in a sincere way, full of gratitude), or he was aware but just couldn't.....feel it, I guess? Or was ill equipped to receive it? I know depression takes a lot of forms, and for myself I remember as a teenage I always thought "man, I understand this world is wondrous and there's so much to be grateful for, and things like nature are beautiful and should be cherished, but i just can't make myself appreciate it the same way others can, it doesn't cause me to feel anything for it, even when I try and I'm out in the woods and I realize on paper that it's amazing, but...." It took me a long time to be able to spontaneously appreciate some of what's so fantastic about our planet, and I can't put into words how unfortunate it is that robin was never able to feel what he needed to for this one life we know of that we get to be worthwhile enough for him to stay. : (

[@JinxTheLooneyToon915]

@Sinister Shrink We all do, sir.

[@hindumuninc]

Robin Williams stuck his face in the flubber. Jokingly: The vfx artists must've had a heart attack. Seriously: They did! They died! They all died!

[@Gen-ZChristian]

Wait for real!?!?

[@AaryanRahi-xz9ek]

​@@Gen-ZChristianThey probably did

[@PaulRizzo]

Funnily enough The Nightmare Before Christmas actually wasn’t directed by Tim Burton. Burton wrote it and it’s clearly in his style but Henry Selick directed it. Poor dude never gets the credit.

[@TheOriginal_Unaleska]

I just asked that haha.

[@alfredosilvaneto]

I thought it was a woman who wrote TNBC.

[@reev9759]

They sort of acknowledged that though when they noted it was the same director from James and the Giant Peach.

[@alexkazhdan]

Caroline Thompson wrote the screenplay based on Tim Burton’s story.

[@TimeTravelinc]

It’s hard to tell sometimes when it’s Burton and when it’s Selick.

[@srusty05]

Could you guys get a foley artist on. I would love to see someone talk about sound design in movies!

[@herringtoncolin]

Excellent idea

[@javierandressantosbonet2914]

Check out in depth sound desing

[@vince1000]

i hope they see this cos i'd love to see this too

[@dapanda4529]

Michael Schuier OHHH YES!!

[@donnietheiii8759]

Yes!

[@AndrewClare]

The introduction of Smaug from the second Hobbit movie literally blew my mind in the theater. A talking, huge mythical dragon was depicted exactly.. exactly how my mind imagined it. A film series that wasn’t great but to me that was the moment I thought with cgi that anything is possible

[@jonnashernandez6695]

“I miss Robin Williams” 😭 Rest In Peace ❤️

[@lukemoyer5297]

R.I.P.

[@glitch369]

Shame on you what about *AUSSIE*

[@americannomadnews5370]

It'd be interesting to do a stop-motion movie feature length of heaven for Hollywood types. And do replacement stop motion using 3D prints of all the facial formats of the characters that are all famous Hollywood folks that have passed away. So Robin Williams could visit the famous diner with Elvis and Marilyn Monroe and so forth.

[@americannomadnews5370]

Christina Ricci woohoo liked her back in the day.

[@jonnashernandez6695]

@@americannomadnews5370 wow, yeah we’ll see then

[@nitroglitch45]

Clint - "I miss Robin Williams" We all do buddy :/

[@irighterotica]

You said it.

[@luuketaylor]

The most ethereal moment for me is when my friends and I decided to have a "Robin Williams Week" and screen his various films at our place for a... week. And the next week he was gone. We were all shocked in general, but it was doubly heartbreaking because of the eerie timing.

[@reikun86]

I wished they talked about the scene where Jack Skellington is reaching for the doorknob, and you can see his reflection on the doorknob.

[@starnight985]

It practical, he and the door knob r real so the reflection is real. Stop motion isn't cg

[@thecrazyslopoke]

Yeah was gonna say, it's cool but it's just a real reflection.

[@midiman369]

The point was, how they removed the camera in the doorknob shot. Cameras show up in mirrors they are not vampires...

[@greeniegringolrg6576]

Flubber was always so magic to me as a kid, and hearing those SFX brought back some feels. Insane that it's a remake

[@Xycron]

Okay so the car crash scene in along came a spider NEEDS to be looked at because WOW

[@maxturnersvideos]

I looked this up expecting it to be super amazing lol

[@Poatatero]

I just watched it. Wow

[@Kazuya.Mishima]

Hey, i remember you being a green and white pony fella......

[@evancobb2554]

Never thought I’d run into you here

[@nyancat.123]

Eeese....

[@MarkTheDank]

In my case, it was Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, it came out in 2003 and when the crew became zombies/skeletons, it was mind blowing for me

[@McCelu]

same! my young brain was flabbergasted i remember i screamed in surprise when that happened

[@ROBOHOLIC1]

For me it would be the Davy Jones scenes in the sequels. That man gave me nightmares as a kid.

[@StrivedeLaLear]

Holy shit that movie is really that old now? Where has the time gone?

[@toweek]

I think they already covered that scene

[@StansStuff]

That is some genuinely brilliant VFX

[@gutspraygore]

"Your first movie is gonna suck. So, get it done." LOL I think anyone that went to art school had that teacher: "There's only so many bad drawings you can make in a lifetime... let's get those out of the way now." Or my photography teacher: "Film is the cheapest part of photography. Don't spare it."

[@brianng3414]

MIstakes are a necesary evil, if you can learn from them. No shame.

[@rileybruhidk]

That film quote should be on a t-shirt. Thats one of my favorite quotes I've heard in a while

[@artoriasb4theabyss508]

“Love, death and robots” on netflix was awesome!

[@penpen5528]

Yes, it was and I love every episode and how every episode looks different and I’m sure they used multiple tactics and animation!

[@0hMyGandhi]

Robin Williams is one of the few "celebrity deaths" that really hurts for me. He's like cinema's whacky uncle, putting us on a rollercoaster of emotions, from depression and despair to childlike wonder and euphoria. This is a man who was himself to the end, and his unvarnished sense of self was a true treat for everyone, young and old around the world. I friggin miss him so much.

[@CoryJohnsonfootsteps]

You guys should compare the 3 versions of the Hulk over the last little while: Edward Norton, Mark Ruffalo, and Eric Bana. Maybe even a little Lou Ferrigno?

[@alexp-h]

YES! It would be a great episode

[@Nightroadtube]

I read somewhere that Ang Lee wanted Hulk to be naked, cause pants don't stretch like that, but couldn't figure out a way to hide his Hulk dong without it being totally campy.

[@eureka1986]

++

[@MrTavaresD]

Check out the transformation sequence from Lovecraft Country! The one were the black woman comes out of the white woman.

[@anhnhvn]

That's a good idea. Comparing the different incarnations of the same character, like Spider-Man.

[@Yotham20]

"I miss Robin Williams." We all do Clint, we all do...

[@prussiancatboy3815]

Yeah, same here

[@That71stingray]

Same

[@RvrStyxRasputin]

I'm not crying, you're crying

[@mahmud1019]

😞

[@music7744]

That definitely hit me... HARD

[@Holleaux]

God, seeing Nightmare Before Christmas, Casper, and Flubber are really awakening old memories.

[@BlacknessWirefly]

The very first VFX that blew my mind was pretty much the entire movie- death becomes her. To me it was groundbreaking at the time. Holes in torsos, de-aging, backwards heads... I was amazed at the visuals.

[@dramallamarama5300]

Fun fact: the first stop motion film to use digital camera’s and not film was The Corpse Bride (2005)

[@stickwithit]

wow imagine how expensive it was to develop the film before digital technology took over

[@jmalmsten]

Yeah, and there was tech to do frame grabs for animation playback but it was kind of rough looking. So often they would either set up peg-bars and sheets to trace over a videotap on a CRT monitor or just draw on the glass with erasable markers to visualize the previous frames. Or even simply using animation gauges to point out a single point in 3D space to keep track of how much it moved. Only time they got to see a full speed full quality playback would be after a day or two when rushes and dailies came back from the lab. Now, try to add multiple exposures to that mix and my mind would probably melt from all the variables that could go wrong and the time it would take to do reshoots...

[@stickwithit]

@@jmalmsten I love learning about these types of details. It really informs how to make effects better with modern technology

[@muchfurreynofurrriymuchbad5204]

Jurassic Park

[@hobihope2981]

Much furrey No furrriy Much bad OP said Stop Motion Film

[@cannonfodder4000]

0:40 Common mistake: Tim Burton didn't direct Nightmare, Henry Selick did (Coraline director)

[@enricotruffi5778]

It was actually Tim Burton’s monster

[@cannonfodder4000]

@@enricotruffi5778 he created the idea and begrudge produced but didn't direct it

[@shortstuph123]

Coraline is a significantly better film in just about every regard in my opinion

[@saturninecheese9003]

Nightmare before Christmas is actually by Henry selick they just slapped Tim Burton’s name on it to draw people in

[@voidofficial1909]

I mean, it worked

[@oliviasmith3503]

It was actually based on an idea by Tim Burton in his childhood, so they put that on the poster, but then people saw the name and just assumed it was directed by him.

[@UbeBop]

@@oliviasmith3503 Yeah it's a shame because James and the Giant Peach is great and Coraline is fantastic but get often confused for Tim Burton-directed films

[@ssharkbait]

It sucks that Selick isn’t a household name like Burton. Sure Burton came up with characters, designs, and sometimes story but Selick was the one doing the work on set. Because of Burton’s name getting slapped on everything, people think even Coraline had Burton’s involvement when it was actually Selick with LAIKA at the helm.

[@leelooped4149]

@@UbeBop yes! I love selicks films but everyone thinks I'm a tim burton fan because they don't know the difference

[@apollotoaster5048]

Would love to see a breakdown of Star Trek VFX, how they changed from the original series to The next generation, Deep Space Nine....all the way to current series like Discovery and Picard

[@niallodonnell7184]

can’t believe Clint just asked someone else if they’ve never seen a movie... of all people

[@jishan6992]

I hate to say it but I am glad he's off the show, always hated how he exclaimed he never watched the movie. It was a stark contrast to the other hosts.

[@Glittersword]

Understandable in this case. It is harder to spot a remake IF they change the title. Another good example is the movie "The Private War of Major Benson" was renamed to.... "Major Paine".

[@samschaling2971]

The intro scene of Star Wars episode III: Revenge Of The Sith absolutely blew my mind when I saw it for the first time.

[@RJALEXANDER777]

**BOOM** **BOOM** ... **BOOM** **BOOM** ... **BOOM** **BOOM** ...

[@RimshotKiller]

"I miss Robin Williams." We all do, mate. We all do.

[@GilbertCarrizales]

The first VFX shot that actually blew my mind as a kid was from the 1997 movie Contact. In the climax of the movie when Ellie gets sent through an Einstein Rosen Bridge, I remember being absolutely mesmerized. It was one of the few instances that I was truly captivated toward a movie and the scene where she gets downloaded into a fictional scene of Pensacola talking to the alien taking the form of her father really added that cherry on top of the cake for me.

[@Warhero1171]

It seems like everyone is oblivious to the fact that Nightmare Before Christmas was written by Burton, but directed by Henry Selick.

[@MoviesUnderTheSurface]

they did mention that Nightmare Before Christmas was directed by the same director as James and the Giant Peach. Would've been nice if they mentioned his name though, especially since they mentioned Burton's

[@hairy_cornflake]

Burton didn't even write the movie, he wrote the original story/poem. It's basically his own idea but he was just a producer there.

[@speedydraw]

yeah, cuz we all watched it when we were kids. calm down

[@McKeinMull]

Actually, Burton didn't even write the screenplay, but he did come up with the story. I don't know if he just told them an idea and they went out and wrote it or if he wrote the story in a novel style and gave it to them to make into a screenplay. Anyways the point is that yeah Tim Burton isn't the mastermind that made that movie. It's the same thing with Coraline, I've met a lot of people who think it's directed by Burton too.

[@LLEntertainmentChannel]

This is correct but to be fair, Tim Burton's style seeps through every single frame of the movie and the movie is even called Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas so it's understandable why people make that mistake

[@celesteelka]

Seeing Nightmare Before Christmas, Casper and Flubber back to back to back was such a nostalgia trip.

[@bedtimerat]

Haha for real, I grew up with all those movies. I specifically remember having Flubber on VHS!

[@smittyplays04]

The scene that blew my mind was when Optimus Prime first transforms in Transformers (2007). The Transformations and designs in those films were amazing. The CGI throughout the first 3 films blew my mind as a kid

[@itsasquid]

Same, my 8 year old brain was going crazy seeing that in the theaters for the first time.

[@aesthetic_rex]

The cgi for the original Jurassic Park was the first to shock me and I still think it's the best I've seen.

[@HeyitsTom999]

Yep, the whole T-rex sequence for example is amazing. Blew my mind as a kid, and it holds up shockingly well today.

[@coachrenaldo]

Suggestion: do bad and great Harry Potter CGI, if you haven’t done some scenes already.

[@kamehameharem]

I just made a comment about this. I want to see them compare dobby from the chamber of secrets to dobby from the deathly hallows.

[@coachrenaldo]

@Relentless rage yeah, or the face transformation scene from chamber of secrets. That’s some good stuff!

[@bellatrixm98schannel99]

Yes! The troll in first movie looks terrible! Especially when Harry and Ron’s CGI dummies are on it!

[@ephramoliver5656]

Was just about to comment this. I would love that.

[@leeks1408]

THEY HAVEN’T!!!! They totally should

[@MarkArandjus]

Shutout to *Henry Selick* who actually directed Nightmare Before Christmas, while everybody's been crediting Burton for 20+ years.

[@MarkArandjus]

@AT Productions Oh I'm not saying Burton didn't contribute, he clearly produced it and and it's his story and aesthetic, but Selick was there day in day out running the animation team.

[@ssharkbait]

@AT Productions still, Burton’s name being the main attraction on Selick’s movies is a travesty. He rarely gets credit and people don’t really know who he is. It’s so bad that most people think Coraline is a Tim Burton film, when Selick actually wrote, produced, and directed it with Burton’s involvement at all.

[@sebastianrebora133]

"The secret in their eyes", the stadium scene was really nice.

[@abatos1146]

90's Godzilla when Godzilla almost steps on that guy with the camera. Sure it wasn't the best scene, but I was at the age where I was starting to notice vfx shots and that one was really impressive at the time. Seeing the progression of cgi over the decades has been really fricken cool, even though Jurassic park still knocks it out of the park compared to some of today's renderings.

[@Necromancer0225]

They already did! On Episode no 17

[@38Jemar]

lol yup

[@sayanneogy3079]

The whole vfx artist reacts and animators reacts series proves how humans did the most meticulous/insane/impossible scenes possible , and people still doubt pyramid was not made by human.

[@NotesandNerds]

Hey...Hey! Dropping truth bombs like that are going to confuse people. ;)

[@littlebroman05]

are you trying to say the pyramids were built by aliens?

[@NotesandNerds]

@@littlebroman05 Heck no! Human ingenuity is outright amazing. The fact that we as a species have done amazing things hundreds, and thousands of years ago...lost to time, and then subsequently rediscovered...boggles the mind. Oh, and they used scaffolding to build the pyramids, along with paid labor.

[@noisycarlos]

I don't think there's a big overlap between people that think the pyramids weren't built by humans and people that understand how much work and dedication these VFX shots take.

[@Azurath100]

yeah it's not like the whole interior and exterior were blueprinted, checked, rechecked, measured, and the stones weren't quarried, dragged, pulled, pushed, pulleyed, and slid up, down, and through to build for a god incarnated king or anything....it was ALIENS.....because we can't explain how they did it...

[@VEE3RDEYE]

RIP Robin Williams

[@Isaia2008]

who dat

[@headshot531]

hes the real homie :'(

[@elgriffin2734]

He’s no longer the best homie now he’s the best boxy

[@Quarks123]

@@Isaia2008 you lived under a stone? Poor robin. I watched "What dreams may come" so often

[@VitalHD]

Ily

[@flowers.n.felonies]

Watching these guys has really brought a new found appreciation for all my favorite childhood movies

[@danielmoffett5409]

I used to love watching Casper at my grandma's house

[@carlwilliams9642]

"Flubber is a remake?" lol Wren's world shatters right before his eyes.

[@christophermorin9036]

I know they should review THAT one!

[@mityakiselev]

"the theme this year is Halloween" never has a misspeak been so accurate

[@alexabul-haj895]

When I was a kid I had no idea about computer and practical effects so I thought movies were just real events being filmed. I think Phantom Menace was the first movie I can remember seeing, and I thought Obi Wan and Qui Gonn were real people that cameramen had flown into space to capture their lives. Also I’d like to see a segment on how they do scenes of people sinking into dirt like in Tremors or Scorpion King.

[@brownmuta7537]

Okay I absolutely loved every single movie they talked about this episode. I used to watch Casper, Flubber, and Nightmare before Christmas on VHS every single day when I was a kid!!!

[@theemeraldfalcon9184]

"The theme this year is Halloween" *I mean, it has been a nightmare so far...*

[@nandadulaldas3221]

😂 😂 😂

[@AceTheOcarinaMaker]

The Asteroid Field Scene from The Empire Strikes Back always blew my mind.

[@gabrielfestini]

Dude YES

[@marc-uc1vg]

Wasnt expecting you here

[@Catto.PK2007]

Yes

[@buffnipz]

I saw Empire in a local theater recently (I was the only person) and that scene, along with everything else, still holds up surprisingly well especially on the big screen. For me the first time I was amazed or even noticed vfx at all, was a small scene in Harry Potter 1, when Hagrid taps a brick wall and the bricks magically shift and rotate to reveal diagon alley. Out of all the fantastical effects I'd seen, that small moment was the first time I wondered how an effect was created. I wish they would talk about the HP films in this series, unless they have and I missed it?

[@IAmThat1Dragon]

Did you know that 1 of the Asteroids is a potato.

[@jacoblyman8052]

When I was 5 my dad was super excited to take me to see "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" because of a mind-blowing shot he saw in the trailer, where Robin shoots an arrow through the forest as if the camera was mounted to the arrow until it hits another arrow already stuck in the tree & splits it in half. .it was indeed the first mind-blowing VFX I ever remember. 😲 .

[@thumbwarriordx]

"I know it's Tim Burton" No it is not. This is a Henry Selick movie. The man who made Coraline. "Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas is the story it was based on" Not to be the WELL AYCKSHULLY guy. Selick just deserves the recognition. I'm sure Burton would have done just as well if he weren't so busy with other movies but Henry Selick deserves an apology and probably a settlement for how much he was buried in the advertising.

[@NoahC1718]

It’s Tim Burton’s movie. Selick directed. It’s just as much Tim’s movie as Henry’s.

[@archieyiu7111]

Just about to say this..lol

[@dt079]

Tim burton helped make coraline nightmare before Christmas. I learned it in art

[@zombreon6021]

Tim burton is a hack imo I was a huge fan of his untill I researched his work, he did great things but he's way past what he used to be. He was busy directing batman when TNBC was being made. He was rarely in the studio, usually only there to take photos for marketing. He made the original short story yes, but the movie was definitely selick's then coraline came out without Tim Burton's involvement and it was so much more interesting than corpse bride imo. Edit: sorry for calling him a hack I just get a little angry when I think of how lame alice in wonderland was...

[@thumbwarriordx]

​@@NoahC1718 He wasn't especially hands-off or anything as a producer but he was working on Batman Returns and Ed Wood as well as producing other projects. He was a very busy man in the early 90's. And for what it's worth the reason he wasn't more involved in this movie is because it took years to make.

[@naughtypotion5717]

The first VFX shot that blew my mind is The Wachowskis “Speed Racer”, the final race scene

[@joshuastanlick6217]

YES!

[@Zotarian]

That stuff was like looking through a kaleidoscope, it was super trippy

[@nebblank4118]

That movie feels like a fever dream and it's great.

[@naughtypotion5717]

I never knew that people will agree on my comment on how amazing it was. I was 5 years old back when I watched the movie, it really blew my mind

[@naughtypotion5717]

I hope they will react to it soon

[@o.portista]

Legend of a film. One of the most iconic films, I got to watch as a kid, during my childhood, on cassete, and still happy to see I still have that cassete. A truly classic film, worth watching, especially with it's storyline, comedy and the legendary Robin Williams. Such a shame they don't make movies like this anymore, and that we lost Robin so young yet. This film, will always be a classic, and one of the most underrated classics there is, especially with Disney. How I miss these days man.

[@abidinstrumentals]

That shadow Stretch gives off when Casper is sweeping up the food. They did a wonderful job on Casper

[@rileybruhidk]

Who framed Roger rabbit was definitely mine. Holy smokes how the people interacted with the cartoons was something I had never seen before. I grabbed my mom, dad, my sister and brother to all hurry up and come see what I was seeing. Nobody was nearly as impressed but it really was groundbreaking for me. I still love that movie. After seeing all ur videos I can guess exactly how they did it

[@jp3813]

That's a sign of you being more knowledgeable about VFX than your family b/c that movie was actually groundbreaking for cinema.

[@duckmintNZ]

Big tiddy red haired girl.. We had different takeaways

[@luizmarinho6138]

It was your... what?

[@jp3813]

@@luizmarinho6138 6:08

[@rochoczkowski2960]

Same brooo

[@MemeMan99]

The Nightmare before Christmas is a Henry Selick and Danny Elfman movie, just so you know!!!

[@liriodendronlasianthus]

Exactly! Have my upvote!

[@ashhh2023]

Actually, here on KZbin, it’s called a like

[@Devastationprolonged]

No... im pretty sure Johnny Dep did the entire movie in his basement on a weekend.

[@MetalTrenches]

Yes thank you. Poor Henry never gets credit

[@jacktorrance3522]

Yeah everbody thinks it's Tim Burton but he was just the producer.

[@SorcerorNobody]

Flubber was absolutely my favourite film when I was younger. I need to watch it again both for the nostalgia and to seriously appreciate the VFX.

[@rotenhoko]

I love the fact that Robin Williams was a fan of anime, including Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, and GITS.

[@explodingtomahawks7589]

Wait hold up. Are you serious??

[@dajokahbaby1506]

@@explodingtomahawks7589 yep that’s why there was an EVA figure in One Hour Photo

[@verr2064]

They should try to remake a scene from Birdemic. Like if you want to see them do that.

[@Jonisli]

I came back to the video to comment this. It would be cool to see someone "expertly apply birds later".

[@notfamous649]

Yeah!! They should

[@chknnuggies]

They should just redo all of it and make it look good

[@madmike987655]

Yes, a 'fix the birdemic CGI ' challenge

[@NotesandNerds]

Clint: I miss Robin Williams. Everybody: We miss Robin Williams (progressing to bawl profusely)

[@p.jmurray8700]

I don't think there has ever been a celebrity, who we unanimously agreed was not just a friend. But a brilliant, kind human being.

[@AltonV]

@@p.jmurray8700maybe mr. Rogers

[@billbauer9795]

I don't miss him. I have always been disgusted with his face, voice, mannerisms. Everything about him had always been so fake and just nasty. I guess that in the end, he felt the same way.

[@theresagalvosXD]

@@billbauer9795 well aren't you a ball of sunshine

[@p.jmurray8700]

@magnus smegberg If mr Rogers was the previous generation, Robin Williams was ours. However not to claim either one to a particular decade their message is still universal.

[@usernamesareforidiot]

Really love these videos because it makes me appreciate the art form more. As a sound designer, would be great if you guys did one about sound design.

[@Darkbulb1]

The scene in Bicentenial man where Robin Williams is having a human face sculpted onto his robot face amazed me beyond belief

[@nicoledenel]

I love that scene!

[@alphanimal]

Mind was blown by Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

[@type56]

They should do that one just because it was fairly groundbreaking for it’s time and was the first time I heard lots of people talking about the “uncanny valley”

[@TheOriginal_Unaleska]

@@type56 not to mention the media went into a frenzy thinking that CGI will replace actors.

[@paulypoobrain2929]

First cgi movie with hair physics (but went way overboard with it)

[@zidaryn]

The first time I saw it I had walked in to my parents watching it on T.V. I at first thought the people were real. Then I kept watching a bit and realized they weren't. The movie was awesome. Shame it sold so poorly.

[@Thegbear]

For me it was that one, and then right after the first short from Animatrix. Neither I nor my family could tell if it was animated or not, we debated it with eachother at length.

[@hhjk377]

The Balrog in the Fellowship of the Ring broke my brain in theaters.

[@TheExplosiveGuy]

Yeah I'd have to agree, the Balrog was the first time in a CGI movie for me that broke the fake/real barrier, it seemed so real and vivid at the time. I was legitimately terrified of that thing (I was like 12 the first time I saw it), and even then it took a lot to scare me. I couldn't wrap my head around how they made it, that kind of CG just didn't exist up until that point.

[@nyonmarsolek146]

I wish I could have seen that in the theater.. still one of the best vfx shots of all time in my opinion

[@samlachance1]

specifically that shot of its head right at the beginning when it roars. The fire effect for its breath is STILL amazing by today's standards, especially on a good display...

[@fabianthecownip]

As one who yearly goes to LOTR marathon on high quality cinema I'd have to say that the only thing that really stands out, even by today's standards, are the ragdoll physics during the huge battles. On the big cinema screen you can really spot the gamey weightless ragdoll physics which is quite hilarious, especially in the "riding down the Helm's Deep bridge" scene

[@pottuvoi2]

The whole Moria seqment was serious case of smart film making. Amazing combination of real elements, visual and special fx.

[@jakeking974]

"They had some tools to help them do that" Tim Burton isn't a tool. At least, I hope not. He's a blessing to gothic artistry.

[@Charles12]

You're right, Burton wasn't the tool. He used innocent Henry Selick as a tool to make the movie for him and then stuck his name on the movie because he can do that.

[@unseen.pixels]

Last night I watched "The Secret in Their Eyes" (the original 2009 version, not the the American remake) and it has an INCREDIBLE long take in a soccer/football stadium, that begins with an aerial view of the stadium, leads to a chase through the stadium (that's populated with 50,000 fans) and ends with the suspect actually on the field. PLEASE DO IT!!!

[@jkili4070]

Pretty rich of Clint to be questioning that Wren hasn’t seen a particular movie before!

[@rafaelsantosx]

It's obvious the Neverending Story movie is a psychological horror.

[@aevangel1]

This comment is *CRIMINALLY* underrated.

[@schrodingersbraincell5861]

Im sorry but CORALINE

[@schrodingersbraincell5861]

Its still friggin PG, what the hell! Its terrifying that movie ended me as a child, and i do not plan to watch it again

[@boxbo7926]

I watched it at a sleepover when I was little. I ended up going home lol

[@SidloShitposting]

Lol, I don't think I ever saw it all

[@SimChucky]

Flubber came out when I was a kid and it absolutely mesmerized me :-) So well done

[@Loum93]

What blew my mind for special effects was the bugs killing the troopers in “Starship Troopers”. I’d really love you guys to break it down

[@richesmovietrailers953]

“The Nightmare Before Christmas” was actually not directed by Tim Burton, just produced by him. The director was actually Henry Sellick.

[@evilocust8378]

I jumped when he said "I know it's Tim Burton"

[@freeallinfo]

ocktuallayyyyeee

[@Randy.Bobandy]

@@freeallinfo Is there a problem with correcting mistakes now?

[@lonelysatoshi2482]

Produced, written and story-created the characters, the only reason why he didin't driect it was because he was busy with other proyects.

[@TheRealMirCat]

@@freeallinfo So you're pretentious on top of being a douche

[@MixmasterChode]

Clint: “I miss Robin Williams” Me: “Me too fam.. :( Me too”

[@SyzygyNoon]

The dad you never asked for, but always wanted.

[@SyzygyNoon]

AshHowl Who Comments Stuff Never.

[@mercenarychef9465]

I don't think I'll ever be ready to watch Robin's Wish...

[@CmotDribbler]

I had Casper on vhs. Seen it dozens of times, never even thought of the fact that’s CG. Wow, thanks.

[@tytoalbasoren9457]

VFX artists react to: 1. Black Hawk Down, mainly on Super 61 and 64 crash, but there are a lot of CGI than I thought that was put into the movie which blew me away cuz it was almost seamless 2. Terminator Salvation the one shot when Connor came out of the hole until the heli crashes, the CGI Arnold (which I did not realize), the FX when John nuked the base 3. Prometheus and Aliens Covenant

[@ZRovas117]

Corridor, would you guys ever consider doing a "remake" of Birdemic, where it actually has the VFX and maybe the acting caliber that it deserves? XD Like a trailer for it. I'd be so down to see how you guys would give it a modern day treatment.

[@IGNerBrasil]

Oh, I'm with you. When the crew corrects a shot deemed bad, that's so satisfying to my curiosity

[@BeeCreates929]

For the record (someone has probably mentioned this but its something Im passionate about) Tim Burton was only the //producer// for Nightmare Before Christmas. He wrote the poem from which the script was adapted and did the character designs, but if I remember correctly he was only involved in the actual filmmaking process for 2 days or so, as he was working on Batman Returns at that point. The director and creative genius behind the actual FILM was Henry Selick, a master of his craft when it comes to stop motion. And he DID in fact do James and the Giant Peach. He also did Coraline. Stop motion is such a labor of love and it is a dying art form and Selick kept it alive in the 90s and its beautiful. Burton attempted to steal Selick's success with Corpse Bride, but stop motion has never been Burton's strong suit and it felt like a pale imitation.

[@ArkhBaegor]

Yes! Always rubs me the wrong way when people call Nightmare before Christmas a Burton movie

[@LikaLaruku]

Tim Burton created the design & personality for all of the characters & laid out the basic concept of the plot. He's the foundation of the movie in the same way that Notch is the foundation of Minecraft.

[@Charles12]

@@LikaLaruku But an idea is never achieved until it is executed. Burton came up with the Basic idea of TNCB, yes, but Selick was the one who fleshed it out by monitoring the screenplay, guiding the animators, and making sure the final cut was able to be released to the world. That's what a directors job is and you can't have a great movie without a great director making sure everything fits together. The reason I disagree with Burton being the foundation like Notch is that Notch was heavily involved with developing Minecraft up till 2014 where Burton just let Selick and his crew do all the heavy lifting and got all of that credit when it released which Disney continues to encourage even today because marketing.

[@gabecuarez7195]

14:11 mans got handsy there...

[@argentpunisher4225]

Totally unnecessary too...

[@ihaveaplan.ijustneedmoney.9777]

The first vfx shots that blew my mind was probably the entirety of Flubber, I was a kid, I just remember having so much fun watching it. (Edit: I watched the Robin Williams one, was not aware that it was a remake xD)

[@tod2647]

The wolf and the swamp scene in Neverending story made me literally cry rivers when i was a child. This wolf haunted all my nightmares. Then it got replaced by the alien in Super 8.

[@tzwcard5936]

"You can keep cool in the winter or warm in the summer." - Wren, 2020

[@kylestephens9593]

wait, dang it!

[@MrZilas222]

Hey @Corridor Crew. Castle season 6 episode 11, 16 minutes in there are a CGI explosion for you guys, love your stuff keep it up !

[@Oddi0]

I'd say the first VFX that blew my mind was the seismic charges in Attack of the Clones. The initial explosion/implosion followed by the secondary main blast ring radiating out in a circle, slicing through asteroids and leaving dust in their wake, so incredibly cool. And then, of course, there's Burtt's spectacular sound design that cements them as the coolest bombs in sci-fi.

[@promethean8232]

The first Transformers movie when Optimus transforms in front of Shia and Megan in that alley. Blew my 8 year old mind

[@travisking8577]

That was the best scene in all the Transformers movies.

[@thesoupin8or673]

Omg me too! Fucking incredible. I also loved when Bonecrusher blew through that bus. That was my favorite movie when I was a kid, and still probably makes my top 5 today. So visually impressive, I wish the crew would do a vfx artists react vid about transformers

[@Aegis_Mind]

It’s pretty remarkable, looking at the progression from the first transformers to the most recent. I just want to see a BTS regarding how they went about modeling and rigging the vehicles for the transformations. That shit is absolutely insane with all the moving parts

[@AndrewDembouski]

@@thesoupin8or673 pretty sure they reacted to that scene already

[@NeglectedNormie]

Andrew Dembouski Which video?

[@andmicbro1]

"I miss Robin Williams." Me too. Every time I see his classic movies there's a little bit of sadness there. I don't normally get emotional over celebrity deaths, but losing Robin Williams feel like losing a family friend I grew up with.

[@Nick-li4jr]

Casper and flubber were my jam, like they were worn out VHSs in my house, good memories man ❤

[@SomePotato]

I never knew "The Absent Minded Professor" was a black and white film. As a kid I must have seen the colorized version. And Casper is a fricking masterpiece. Not only is it from a time when they clearly knew the limits of CGI and masterfully worked around these, it's just a great family movie.

[@reikun86]

I remember watching this on the Disney channel. Back when they used to air all sorts of great movies.

[@stevecoppock-limo156]

"I never knew "The Absent Minded Professor" was a black and white film. " Yep, one of the first ones Disney colorized in 1986 to wring a few extra dollars out of the exploding VCR market.

[@jonv8177]

There is actually a sequel to the original "Absent Minded Professor" called "Son of Flubber"

[@LizChanFish]

I miss films where CGI was an "as needed" concept versus a selling point.

[@jonv8177]

@@LizChanFish same, & I also miss where the "Trailer" or "Content" sold the excitement for the movie not just "who's in it".

[@TimWing23]

The movie "What Dreams May Come" with Robin Williams. Great CGI that won best visual effects in 1999. You guys NEED to check it out. The Painted world looks amazing. If you've never seen it I recommend it. His character is in heaven but his wife commits suicide and goes to Hell, so he goes there to save her. Lots of CGI

[@LilBeast226]

Ooohhh. I’ve been saying this for MONTHS! What Dreams May Come is one of the visually best movies I’ve ever seen!

[@rj9955hi]

Man of the year was a good movie with Robin Willams. Not a lot of CG but it is really relevant to today

[@stickiedmin6508]

@@LilBeast226 You guys are definitely right about it being a fantastic looking movie, but *_damn_* it's hard to watch. I've _started_ to watch it more times than I can remember - I've made it all the way to the end exactly twice. Having said that, I'd love to see the kids discuss it.

[@TimWing23]

@@stickiedmin6508 hard to watch because it's sad or because you think it's a bad movie?

[@stickiedmin6508]

@@TimWing23 The tears start about twenty five minutes in, and don't let up. It stirs up an awful lot of uncomfortably strong emotions, as well as some very old pain that I just can't shake. I think it's a *_great_* movie, skillfully and lovingly made, and with an uplifting story, but it does *_not_* make me feel good.

[@PowerScissor]

1999: Fight Club Was amazing how a shot started in the brain, and camera backed it's way all the way out of the body to reveal the scene.

[@reallyfreakingoodvideogame468]

The first vfx shot that I saw that totally blew my mind was the first shot of Star Wars, right after the title crawl. That opening started Star Wars for a reason, because to this day I can remember it in crystal clear detail.

[@ole9678]

Oh now that we saw the stop motion by Tim Burton, "The Dark Crystal" would be interesting + a comparison to the remake :)

[@ryanhenderson225]

Is this where we sign the petition to get them to do Dark Crystal? Both old and New

[@keonak5053]

That movie is really scary to me for no good reason

[@aarlavaan]

@@keonak5053 uncanny valley, perhaps?

[@aarlavaan]

Also, the prequel series is pretty good. wish there was more of it.

[@nathanmcdougall1093]

The making behind the never ending is actually really messed up, with the kid who played atreyu being hospitalized because of that stunt they made him do in the swamp of sadness without a stunt double or any real safety precautions. It's definitely worth looking at.

[@Whofan06]

Ive heard various rumors that the horse actually drowned in that scene, they definitely need to cover it and clear that stuff up

[@ThrottleTimeN1K]

The scene in Twister with one of the first tornadoes. They are driving parallel to it and it turns into the almost S shape. That scene to me blew my mind.

[@soyburglar1878]

I was born in 1977, so I think I was just about the perfect age to really enjoy and appreciate CGI as an art form in movies of the time. The first I can really recall being impressed by was probably Flight of the Navigator, Terminator 2, and of course, Toy Story just blew my mind. When I saw that, I knew that cartoons as we knew them were about to change completely. I don’t know why I was never into Nightmare Before Christmas...I was 16 or 17 when it came out and I guess it just seemed like too much of a kid’s thing to me. I’ve still never seen it and I’ve seen everything.

[@saucyyikers3877]

Corridor Crew: **Sitting on the same chair** Everyone: *Wait that's illegal*

[@averagejoe2402]

I know,. Some dude said something along the lines of "Coronavirus is only over if your a republican, so they're okay" Don't know why he made it that way so....

[@jonbrandre3006]

Not in non-communist states lel

[@panmush]

They are probably just in the same bubble, spend a lot of time together, share a lot of germs anyhow

[@thanos8651]

Who cares

[@TheAndrewJohnBennett]

@seno lol just cause that would be so extra or cause you think they are some how spreading a virus that the 3 of them maybe tested for and don't have.

[@CaesiusX]

*Re:* _The first visual effect to blow my mind_ ─ *Ray Harryhausen's* skeleton warriors on *Jason and the Argonauts.* Although, as a kid in the 70s, I watched everything I could that *RH* touched. From *First Men in the Moon,* to *Mysterious Island* and the *Sinbad movies,* etc.

[@RJALEXANDER777]

Good pick. I was born in the 90's and I still find that stop motion stuff mind-blowing.

[@savagecabbage7085]

I'm a 2000's kid and my dad showed me that and it still blew my mind.

[@kalamaridreams]

War of the worlds, the one with Tom cruise, was the first time I saw a movie and was just in awe of the VFX

[@dwdei8815]

The thing that leaps out of the screen in Nightmare Before Christmas is just what a joy it must have been to work on it.

[@DannyDoritoh]

“What Dream May Come” is a beautiful Robin Williams movie that’s vastly under rated and also has some mind blowing special effects. The actors really look like they were in a painting.

[@LilyGinnyBlack35]

It is one of my absolute favorite Robin Williams movie. I can't watch it too often, because the subject matter is just so heavy and I always end up crying a lot. But it is also a very healing movie in a way, and I found it helpful to watch after Williams passing. I also agree with you on the special effects in that movie! So many moments stuck with me for a long time because they were just so well done and really immersed you into the movie and setting.