VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi 37 (ft. Freddie Wong)

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[@CorridorCrew]

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[@nikytamayo]

"Look at the quality of that blood." Wren's glee is almost as terrifying as the movie.

[@LegoGoblin]

@@riddhirajkumar9419 g

[@themidsouthcyclist8880]

"The amount of blood that's coming out of people would like change the relative humidity of this area" Most underrated comment of the year.

[@sneezlebottom137]

Already?

[@themidsouthcyclist8880]

@@sneezlebottom137 Day 2 and to date...we have a winner!

[@Fede0779]

Yeah , definitely , lol 😅😅

[@komred64]

@@sneezlebottom137 ALREADY

[@HighChurchProtestant]

Suggestion: compare Disney’s live action “Jungle Book” with Netflix’s live action “Mowgli.” Two different styles of CGI animals that show very different emotions.

[@himanishukla5988]

Yes! Agreed!!!

[@yourcoffeebreak8228]

They gotta see this

[@curlyfries2956]

Great idea!!!

[@mctapoutos7426]

Is Mowgli any good because Jungle book did not impressed me the whole thing was kind of overrated but I have a good memories of The jungle book the adventures of mowgli the anime series so I'm kind of wondering if it's worth watching

[@HighChurchProtestant]

@@mctapoutos7426 Mowgli is a masterpiece, truly. The animals actually have emotion. However, it reaches dark places.

[@adamzaidi401]

Suggestion: Tenet, the new Christopher Nolan movie with amazing reverse sequences

[@geraldgriesen]

They didn't use vfx on most of that. Better for a stuntmen reaction.

[@ashersmart5837]

So true!

[@XoIoRouge]

@@geraldgriesen lol there's a good amount of VFX they can talk about from that movie tho.

[@user-ks9lc8zs8w]

@@geraldgriesen p PP

[@XoIoRouge]

@HD’s Quality Other than the fact that there's dozens of VFX behind the scenes in every single shot in Hollywood because that's how they work - yea, they can. However, most of them are something that was already covered through the first few videos as "general VFX tricks." Either way, I'm sure our professionals could talk about it if they want. *Yes, really.*

[@pedroheck3667]

Pirates of the Caribean: the scenes in which the Black Pearl crew passes under moonlight and turn into skeletons. Also the fight with Jack Sparrow and Barbosa, when both become partially skeleton only on the parts of the body that are under moonlight. That was so absolutely well done! Sometimes I feel people forget how well made the Pirates of the Caribean trilogy was

[@recreationuniverse]

Yes. We need a whole episode dedicated to Potc.

[@stewybob]

Didn't see this comment... I literally just requested the same bit.

[@kamparker9726]

The first one was the best in my opinion, the next one was kinda a filler and the CGI wasn't done as well for some reason, then the third one was almost as good as the first. It reminded me a little of the first three transformer movies but thankfully not nearly as bad.

[@Calekoflight]

@@kamparker9726 Second one was totally filler. I got dragged to potc3 by some friends and the whole second movie was summed up in one sentence so I could easily follow what was going on.

[@danielolivier-cividino580]

"Hats off to Rambo" didn't get the laughs it deserved until he had to repeat it hahahah

[@badledgend1172]

It probably did get a laugh, but they cut away quickly. Sounds like the second time they're laughing as if they're revisiting the joke.

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Hahaha I always loved Rambo 4, it looked so brutal, unloading with the caliber 50 at the end is so fucking awesome It's not a bad movie, but yeah the ending is SO fucking kickass, I've never seen anything like it

[@aspaceproductions]

@@KaladinVegapunk Yeah, it was awesome. Sadly we rarely get that over the top gory action shit anymore. All I can think of off the top of my head besides Rambo 4 is Dredd which came out like ten years ago.

[@mctapoutos7426]

I remember seeing Rambo in cinema and it was one of the best movie going experience in my life during the final battle everyone was in stitches man people just didn't know how to react to the violence kind of like once upon a time in Hollywood scene

[@TheRealWoofer]

I love Wren’s lil brother energy toward everything he watches. Dude makes my day every video.

[@byReece]

They really tracked the mask and made a CGI double of Wrens face just for his reaction. How beautiful

[@jaydenlopez8165]

The worst part about these videos is that they’re too short

[@lifeson1st]

I they were longer youll end up watching even more ads

[@DoughBoy45]

@@lifeson1st I live in the USA. The most capitalist country in the world, and you think I’m afraid of another 2-4 ads?

[@sam8404]

@@lifeson1st if you're not using adblockers on youtube then you're doing it wrong (jk, kind of). Besides, I think another ad or two would definitely be worth a longer video.

[@damonson3614]

@@sam8404 bro wtf. I just saw you on a office vid. Why tf you here lmao.

[@lifeson1st]

@@sam8404 well I have all this content for free so I don't mind ads. Just feels like there's a lot more since the pandemic....

[@ThatDudeinBlue]

I really shouldn’t have laughed as hard as I did at the “blown away” dad joke. Nice work as always friends 🤟🏼

[@giegermd]

Agreed haha

[@DrWho2008t101]

good work

[@kevinkoger5749]

Hahaha I read your comment and still laughed when it came up.😂

[@fuengerclez8075]

Hoh yes kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHetY3SElKiNfpo oh wow

[@narutaki4554]

most of us did - and the literal "hats off to rambo" :D

[@Xeno1001]

“Legend of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” directed by Zack Snyder, 2010, day 17.

[@chicken.8189]

Imagine this much dedication to go unnoticed and passed over

[@Kta8548i]

Oh! Would love them do that one

[@Bugtown]

Dude I grew watching corridor and Freddie's channel I'm so glad I found this one so i can see (basically) how this little piece of my childhood was created

[@vinie.-z.3565]

“I’m blown away!” “So was he!”

[@jasongrotts5021]

React to Spiderman 2 train fight scene. 17 years later and it still looks amazing and won an Oscar!

[@chris-zd9sr]

One of the best superhero movie scenes

[@quabiloyoink]

Yes

[@olivermutalemumba2913]

React to visual effects in Doom Patrol season 1 and 2💜

[@danielmashanic5738]

One of the best superhero action scenes ever

[@tylerwood4723]

Oh geez it's a classic but it's also hot garbage. Did you know if you're on a train going 45 mph and you throw spider man forward at 45 mph , then he can teleport through a bridge behind you and come kick you in the back of the head. And if you have metal attached to your normal human skull, super spider strength will not be able to significantly damage you despite multiple full contact punches to your normal human body

[@manlymanboy7293]

I REALLY recommend The VelociPastor, it’s a gold mine

[@rchipman94]

Suggestion: The tsunami scene from “The Impossible”

[@mctapoutos7426]

Good one man also a very good movie and the first time I was introduced to Tom Holland

[@drawsouza]

8:45 - Sam: "Hats off to Rambo" No response from others 11:17 - * Must reuse the joke * Gets laughter * My work here is done * 😂😂

[@Ahrths]

when the cool guy repeats your joke and every one laughs

[@mityakiselev]

"Wait, _Underground 6_ was directed by Michael Bay?" as if you couldn't tell by all the chaos on screen

[@fabianlaibin6956]

If it has stuff exploding into balls of fire, even grenades, it's likely to be Bay

[@dfunited1]

All the parkour and free running was done by Team Storror. Check them out, they did a fun BTS vlog

[@DanielLee1]

You should look at the CGI in Fight Club - when Ed Norton is talking about his apartment exploding, about 26 minutes in, for example) 👍

[@smileyp4535]

I love the little 1 second vfx added in to punctuate the reacts, it's amazing

[@tobywm6552]

Suggestion: "Dredd" rewatched recently and it had some wacky slow mo and blood effects. Think it would be cool to look at.

[@walker_thedude]

Just watched , agree with you

[@RuthenTheDarkMagus]

The fact Dredd failed so hard at the box office is a tragedy, it's such an excellent film

[@Motoboy507]

Another one would be Immortals with Henry Cavill.

[@ThejollyFrenchman]

Just about to watch that, looking forward to it.

[@connorbarton5701]

I suggested this a year ago still haven’t seen anything:/

[@johnfjones8961]

The way Freddie says "the hat... goes up!" is an absolutely masterfull delivery

[@wirelesmike73]

Hats off to Rambo. :D

[@lazycreator7794]

Seen 6 underground more than 90 times still watching it every day. So much love ❤

[@beyondthepeel_]

That Epic Mealtime VFX shot got me into VFX and I've been doing it as a job for the last 10 years! So good to see it again :D

[@levelthreetunt9620]

You guys should do It, with Pennywise coming out of the fridge.

[@wirelesmike73]

There were a lot of good shots in the new IT movies. They should compare the two to the old TV version with Tim Curry.

[@phoenixdzk]

Wasn't that a real contortionist?

[@sammythesuesarthouse]

Thats a Great one

[@leeks1408]

@@phoenixdzk I think it was but at some point they had to have used a CG double

[@sammythesuesarthouse]

@Zu Su damn, i think you just found my dad

[@joshuazachariah]

“I’m blown away..” “So was he..” 😂😂

[@BrandonWestfall]

The look on Wren's face was priceless.

[@mvrazaki]

HOLY SHIT ITS THE ROCKET JUMP GUY, THE BIG GUNS WITH SMOSH, THE REAL LIFE GTA, THE REAL LIFE MARIO KART, AND FLAMIING HANDS THIS GUY IS MY CHILD HOOD

[@TatAlbring]

I love you reacting to your old videos!

[@frostcreative3814]

Legend of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, seriously its insane!

[@harrynatchuk822]

I may be wrong but I think they’ve already covered that one! It is insane though.

[@CynicalCharmer]

I think all of Snyders movies look genuinely incredible, bad scripts or not, the man can direct the shit out of movies

[@massivehorse7986]

There is a scene while they are flying under rain, around 58 minutes into movie, that was cool

[@GeorgeThoughts]

Wow I literally just commented this and then saw your comment!? That movie is gorgeous!! The rain tunnel scene, or the battle charge.. every frame is a painting in that film. Just the way the wind moves over the feathers even

[@eliaspeter7689]

That was one wierd movie, but visually, looked great.

[@benhelgeson]

You guys should review “The Sorcerers Apprentice.” It’s got terrible reviews but I was actually surprised at how good some of the VFX are. And it’s got Nick Cage in it so you know it’s gonna be good

[@LnPPersonified]

I actually liked that movie.

[@cashtonbriggs2135]

I know this is an older video, but this statement can be applied to ALL your posts...YOU GUYS AND YOUR GUESTS ARE FRIGGIN' BRILLIANT!!! Such an AMAZING channel!

[@theamazingkace]

Just found this channel a few days ago and I love the VFX series! I would love to see you guys react to scenes from The Mask, especially the scene in the night club with the head transformations.

[@josiahsmith7250]

Storror should come in, and talk about doing parkour in “6 Underground”.

[@tiamkommentiert]

Yeah but i wonder why micheal bay decided to use footage of storrors videos in the actual movie

[@josiahsmith7250]

@@tiamkommentiert he didnt. They were essentially the b-camera crew for the parkour scenes, and went and choreographed they’re own scenes. (See Storrors BTS of their time on the set of “6 Underground”)

[@josiahsmith7250]

@Screaming Hunter well, since it was storror who did “6 Underground”, I’d personally rather have them sit down with the “Crew”.

[@lucasboisneau4256]

@@josiahsmith7250 there was a scene from an actual Storror video, maybe they didn't have time

[@josiahsmith7250]

@@lucasboisneau4256 which scene and video? Because I don’t recall seeing it, and would love to see it, if I missed.

[@Excalibur-lw5ie]

Maybe you can answer tom scotts questions in his video: "the greatest title sequence I've ever seen"

[@masedcreations9096]

I literally just ate tomatoes soup and then watched that rambo scene...

[@joshuav8489]

Beyond The Minds Eye was an old school 90s vfx and 3d animation movie my parents used to play to impress guests when they came over. You should do a video on it. Love the content guys and thank you for all the time and energy you put in to teaching and sharing.

[@megangibson8618]

“I’m blown away” “So was he” 😂

[@Anthony32126]

"I'm blown away" "So was he"

[@ShawnQuiQui57]

More Freddie Wong episodes! these three should have a weekly show where they just talk about movies and stuff. I could listen to these three for hours

[@jonathanbailie]

6 Underground was underrated I think. The body effects were super lifelike, specifically. People falling out of cars, being blown up, etc. It just feels better than anything else I've seen to date, including 2022 titles. Love the vids!

[@kevinr.9733]

Here's a suggestion: _A Muppet Christmas Carol_ Specifically, the scenes with the Ghost of Christmas Past.

[@tsamneb]

i was gonna make the same suggestion! there are some really awesome visuals, lots that are practical, in that film

[@MeisterFurball]

MARLEY AND MARLEY WOOOOOOOOOOO

[@michaelsnydermusic]

Alien covenant “back burster” and or Prometheus “birth” please

[@BULLET_DAVIS]

New to the channel ... you guys are great and very entertaining!

[@13nwaffles]

I'd love to see a best or worst CGI breakdown for Buffy the Vampire Slayer; some of those effects hold up ok, some do NOT

[@mowganashwey]

That would be fantastic!

[@Overthinker89]

Get Beth May from Dungeons and Daddies.

[@Hawk_of_Battle]

That Mayor snake demon, SO much jank. A lot of the fights still hold up though, would definitely be good for Stuntment React.

[@treygroggins9845]

You guys should do an episode where you take some scenes that are FILLED with gore and try to make them "Child-friendly". I feel like this will be a nice twist from making things rated r

[@argonh3516]

this comment should get more likes

[@speedtriprr537]

Saw Rambo in theaters, people were going crazy at the end. Standing, clapping, cheering. Great time

[@BumpyBaluga]

Having served in Iraq/Afghan and in multiple fire fights, that Rambo scene is actually pretty accurate to what a M2 .50 Cal can do to the human body. Velocity and over penetration, will definitely shred some folks. Love your videos!!!

[@JumboHere]

Ahh the good old Freddies videos! FreddieW was the guy who inspired me to start youtube

[@rubenhdt]

Good ol agario

[@terenceuphoff7756]

Rrer

[@b3anbo111]

Bruh u make among us vids

[@cheddargt]

I miss Freddie :(

[@b3anbo111]

@@cheddargt ???

[@mA-nd1xr]

7:31 *_"Look at the quality of that ✨𝕓𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕕✨ "_*

[@golem8837]

When I watched the 6 underground for the first time I was blown away

[@laurenceaustinc]

This video caused me to rewatch the entire VGHS series.

[@adoringfan1924]

That Rambo scene is amazing , really shows what a 50 cal does to a person.

[@kingeling]

Cute little gnome

[@skepticalbadger]

No, it shows what a 23mm does to people. It's far too much damage for .50/12.7.

[@bakikato9205]

Okkk...

[@kingeling]

@@StopReadingMyNameOrElse stfu

[@adoringfan1924]

@@kingeling not a gnome , but thx

[@ramonramos8229]

I really wanted to see a react of Hardcore Henry. This movie is great

[@rdnkbear872]

I agree 10000%

[@thegamingbear3673]

Tenet. I saw it recently and want to know more please and thanks! You guys are so cool deciphering these things. Keep it up!

[@manuelrodriguez-ek9jp]

Thank you for the 6 Underground 🙏🏽

[@sergeymarinets]

you should react to TENET backwards effects. really curious how they done it

[@akhilajay01]

I agree with you...

[@DeathBringer769]

Yea now that it's finally out on home video they can finally do it properly. I remember people asking when it had just come out in theaters, lol.

[@weemadando]

That's a stuntmen react - I want them to get the choreographer and stuntmen who had to figure out the mixed time fistfight. The "reverse" throws and stuff in there were incredibly clever.

[@loganstrong5426]

I watched a BTS in theaters. There's obviously a lot of stuff just filmed and run in reverse, but a lot of it isn't. The bullet "drop," for example, he has a wire up through the glove to catch it. Also, he drove a plane into a building, because of course he did...

[@landonstuhlsatz59]

Take a look at the scene on the second Harry Potter, “The Chamber of Secrets” when Dobby is hitting his head and things in Harry’s room.

[@blackoutkiller]

Just watched Hacksaw Ridge. That opening battle once they ascend the ridge would be cool to go over.

[@oleg07010]

I highly recommend breaking down movie called “death becomes her” pretty cool vfx for its time. Would love to see how they did the broken neck walking scene

[@wirelesmike73]

Awesome movie. Some of those shots have yet tobe toped. They still hold up today. Good call.

[@Alex-ki1yr]

J

[@worsel555]

The opening scene where she's eating the frosting from the can and later sets off her therapy group by talking about the woman who stole her husband is a long running joke in my family. No special effects there but we loved it.

[@singhabiru7976]

I second this, those effects were crazy for the time...

[@Teamgetout]

I saw that in an old ILM documentary. Merryl walks backwards with a combination of prosthetic to get the muscle twist and a green screen mask on her head.

[@seize3]

In that first CGI, it's actually pretty good considering it's almost 9 years old and just themselves so not a big budget lol

[@chromeandprimer5361]

I remember seeing that Michael Bay Got Milk commercial as a kid. It was like a little movie. As it started playing I immediately remembered the punchline.

[@AlessandroSchiassi]

I'm glad my death is always entertaining! It was a blast shooting and doing the VFX of Pedestrian Revenge!

[@isaack2274]

The fall of the wall in "mortal engines" is a load of cubes

[@georgegood5646]

So this was just brought to my attention, but Seattle's Space Needle light show for NYE 2020 was done virtually this year, would love to see you guys react

[@TheJoshkc662]

The effects in Netflix's Project Power were pretty sweet. The flame guy looked excellent, and the big plasma burst in the climactic scene.

[@flows659]

Here's a suggestion: Memoirs of an Invisible Man Specifically, When He smokes a cigarette and you can see the floating smoke filled lungs.

[@rettaine4562]

YES

[@sancheezzzy2712]

“I’m blown away” “So is he” Lmaooo

[@wrecksgaming2326]

Eragon was one of my favorite movies when i was younger and i remember it having a lot of vfx. It would be cool to see it under a lens.

[@dannyreyes2917]

The lake scene in Angel has Fallen please! Some cool jumps and huge explosions!

[@bramcopermans7494]

Honestly, Freddie is such a legend! I love his energy and enthusiasm!

[@daisydaswani689]

Dungeons and daddies is sooo funny, if you havent listened to it, youre missing out

[@joedoran4021]

Holy crap I remember that "Got Milk" Commercial...

[@miguelqueijeiropatino5108]

Always love your videos! Suggestion: Mission Impossible VFX and Stunts

[@MegaShinobi2011]

The Raid: Redemption needs to be revisited for "stuntmen react". The hall fight , thelab fight and the final fight are outrageously good and worth looking into.

[@oic415]

I've always mentioned this in their videos. Also the car chase scene in the raid 2.

[@abelsumanas]

@@oic415 the car seat camera guy! 🤪 Also, the details in the sequel are awesome.

[@ENTERtheCREATOR]

Rambo pulverizing the guy in the truck was one of the greatest action moments I’ve ever seen.

[@jethrotheodore67]

I just realized this channel and the others channel you guys make are the channels i kept on eatching since i was you. My Fav is tacticool realoads! Its so cool!

[@nachomartin5447]

I just saw the Charlie's angels (the second one with Cameron Diaz) the initial scene in the dam with the helicopter is pure gold

[@liquidsolidsnake01]

The masks of the Mission: Impossible Series

[@nikvernon4251]

They should definitely do all the masks shots in an episode and then pull off face masks at the end of the episode

[@Malachum93]

How can you have THE Freddie as guest and not reload one single gun??

[@kjamison5951]

Yay! Freddie! And Wren squealing with delight. Thanks guys!

[@adamwise4840]

A couple of things I noticed on Rambo. When he fires the 50 cal at the guy sitting in the jeep, if you notice when his hat flies off there is a chunk of his head in the hat. 2nd, when he stabs and slices the guy through his gut and kicks him and he rolls . If you look you while he's rolling you can see through the slice which to me indicates it was so bad the there's nothing but spine holding this guy together. So having his top half roll slightly faster than his bottom, I feel, helped convey that. Especially because he kicked the top half so it would have more momentum in the turn than the bottom...just some food for thought

[@JeffKraschinski1969]

Please do the season 2 finale for The Mandalorian, especially Luke's de-aging. And I second the request for Punisher War Zone

[@notquitesuperman1]

YES definitely do this

[@TheNativeOne94]

YESSS PLS FIX!!

[@mxzsptlk.ichiguapo]

Content suggestion: "guess the year" Show clip then boys will guess year when it is created

[@DJR4TL3Y]

The triple headshot in deadpool one and the sacrifice jump in deadpool 2 both scenes were in slow mo

[@kurohebi98]

This is the kind of series that we all wished we had longer episodes of

[@shanel5111]

"I'm blown away!" "So was he!"

[@grantjohnson8352]

I love these videos and I came across something that I would love to know how they did it. From the movie "Seventh Son" (which admitedly wasn't great) there is a four armed lieutenant called Virabhadra. He has a fight scene in the market that I was trying to figure out if they used some fantastic practical effect of if they composited in the second set of arms. But he has a brief but decent scene where he battles a number of soldiers and I cannot think how it was done. Just a suggestion, you guys are the best!

[@generalJWJ]

The music video for the song Easy Breezy by Chelmico has some really fun special effects and animation!

[@sadmanadib8536]

React to Luke Skywalker's CGI on the mando finale,please.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

Better yet, react to the Deepfake Luke versus the show effect video

[@puresanctus3241]

6 underground is a severely underrated movie, it’s one of my favs

[@marsbars6869]

its a popular netflix film, definitely not underrated

[@RandomCarrot2806]

@@marsbars6869 I've only ever seen people say bad things about it but I enjoyed the hell out of it. solid action, some great big set pieces, a decent enough story and the characters were interesting enough that I cared about what happened to them.

[@gabeargenti7931]

And the soundtrack was on point too

[@puresanctus3241]

@@gabeargenti7931 it really was

[@18coolblade]

There is one movie I have seen that is older that also used the inline squib to imply bullet travel - Desperate Measures 1998

[@CJ-ce8xx]

I feel like Clint would really appreciate the elevator fight scene from Ip Man 3!! Such a great scene AND THE CHOREOGRAPHY WAS AMAZING

[@GuyRorschach]

You guys need to do Dredd movie from 2012. Their are so many scenes from that movie that blew my mind. The slo mo scenes when they take that drug, the scene with the turrets, the hotshot scene where he melts that guys face from the inside.

[@theopoole499]

The expanse: space scenes & asteroid scene

[@wavelogic8471]

oh definitely, they seam to step up the budget since acquired by amazon

[@jacqf3583]

And THAT scene from s1e4 CQB

[@irfansyahril8511]

YES PLEASE DO THE EXPANSE

[@jacks__9229]

Pretty sure they've covered the expanse in earlier episodes idk

[@FlyingHeadbutt100]

Doors and Corners, battle of Thoth Station. Rocinante vs stealth frigate

[@neildaniels9021]

Y'all should check out the Netflix movie "Project Power" Specifically when the dealer activates his fire ability, or when Jamie Foxx destroys the ship at the end

[@fury0none111]

I'd love to see you guys reacting to the vfx in the Carl Urban Dredd

[@siddarths1727]

Here's a movie you guys need to react to: Tenet (the new Christopher Nolan movie)

[@WarriorCats30]

I just bought this, have to watch it soon, lul.

[@Gazzyhall]

You guys need to talk about the de-aging in LOTR the two towers with Theoden after the curse was lifted.... how the hell did they do that so flawlessly?! Or even have de-aging as a topic cause I bet there’s so many ways studios achieve it!

[@DECODEDVFX]

They created that shot by giving Bernard Hill four different stages of makeup. They had him act out the same movement loads of times with each makeup style. Then they just found clips that roughly lined up and morphed the shots together. It's actually a fairly simple shot, executed flawlessly.

[@Zentron]

Have you guys analysed the ED-209 boardroom sequence in the first RoboCop movie?

[@Knightman89]

You should really take a look at the effects from The Shadow (1994). There are some really interesting optical effects with some early CG mixed with hand animation. The big effect I'm still not sure how they put together is used multiple times as The Shadow appearing from thin air, hitting someone or even dragging them somewhere, while still translucent and cloaked in shadow. Then there's the killer shot halfway through where he's caught in a light and emerges from a 2D shadow on the wall.