VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi 48

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[@CorridorCrew]

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[@jonathanrussell482]

Boy, have I got a fight scene for you. Scaramouche (1952) starring Stewart Granger. The final swordfight in the opera house is seven minutes long, filmed in a single take on nine cameras with 600 extras involved. The fight moves through the theater, up onto the balcony, into the lobby and back again. They got it all on the first take. Two people nearly died shooting the scene. It’s classic Errol Flynn style fight choreography on a massive scale.

[@IJudgeYou]

I'll second that

[@Joescotterpuss]

Do they do the fandango in it?

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

never heard of it, but i’ll third that

[@jonathanrussell482]

@@Joescotterpuss It's not very very frightening.

[@charles-antoinemartel-roy]

@@jonathanrussell482 Only for Galileo, Figaro

[@willneot5082]

Please make Nick's dad a recurring guest, i really liked him!

[@A_Turner]

This is his second visit, I imagine he’ll be coming back a lot

[@LaceyAnn]

He's great!

[@bodyrot2794]

He technically is

[@Zefrem23]

Thirded, or fourthed, of seventhed or whatever. I totally agree, he's bomb.

[@pinkunicorn8794]

I'd sub for that.

[@madcat1865]

This was the best 19 minute commercial I’ve ever seen. Honestly makes me want HBO Max even more

[@peir5074]

If you want to watch the shows, you can still pirate them (all due respect to the show makers)

[@davidestrada4942]

Somewhere because of this comment a 20 year old HBO intern who recommended or vouched for this sponsorship deal... earned their wings.

[@TBS.tudios]

its worth it there is so much good content on there amazing world of gumball the dark knight trilogy all the dc animated shows and movies + DCEU and the monster universe

[@kingofpilgrims368]

Honestly it is a great streaming site. Watchmen, west world, game of thrones are all film quality shows and that’s just the surface of what they offer. They seem to always be adding new shows too and the movies that go straight from theatres to the service are great.

[@bm1747]

It just speaks to the production value 🤣. Always the silliest flex. You're just bragging about your budget.

[@trapdontaris]

“Real life doesn’t have a narrative, things just happen.” Kind of a beautiful quote from Niko there

[@Legionnaire726]

It's the best way to write as well, you shouldn't write a narrative, you should create a character and a world and the story should happen "to" the character not "around" your character. If your character can't react and respond to the situation in a realistic way in the world you created you don't have a good character, it's too shallow.

[@kennywiratrijaka9058]

The thing i dislike is how fast all these video goes by like i can watch an entire hour long episode of VFX breakdown especially with Alex on the show

[@eric_kelso_]

They have to plan for longevity. If they break down too much too quickly they'll run out of content and then lose traffic.

[@MIKOLAJMUSIC]

You can, but imagine couple million people returning every time for an hour long show? The audience would quarter real quick.

[@remtromol]

livestream!

[@MrGittz]

@@eric_kelso_ they’ve already repeated some stuff, they’ve covered the Battle of the Bastards in a previous episode

[@vojtechpilar5809]

It's because half of their videos are ads.

[@KevRyanCG]

AHHHH! It happened! They showed a shot I worked on. I did the blood sim for Rickon getting nailed by the Arrow when I was a Junior FX artist! The studio I was in used Phoenix FD, and the task was made that bit more awkward because the stand in Rickon geometry we had tracked moved quite a bit through the 3D space as he gets shot and falls. So it needed a large simulation grid at very low seperation to get the detail. In the end I think we did a combination of sim blood, and a slight splatter on comped on top to add more and more droplets. I'd do this in Houdini these days and It'd be no bother at all. I'm not 100% if we had any of the oner shot, but we definitely did a bunch of the arrows landing in the other shots. Replaced a lot of tips on weapons like spears and arrows. I for one replaced the tip of a bone knife Tormund drives into Karstark's neck and a few spears poking through the Phalanx. I was also delighted at the time that I rendered a turn around for a spear and the compers used individual frames from the sequence to fill in the background of the phalanx. Just animating them with a transform node in Nuke. Good times!

[@SirWrender]

Hey that's awesome! thanks for sharing your story!

[@downaquarist2781]

So as Jr fx artist you worked on very specific plot point deaths?

[@figgehn_]

Random fact: The director of chernobyl, Johan Renck was pretty big in the early 90s in sweden for his music under the stage name Stakka Bo, he then went to directing music videos for Madonna, Suede, Chris Cornell, All Saints, Kylie Minogue, Beyoncé, Robbie Williams, Backyard Babies and David Bowie, he also directed 3 episodes of the hitseries Breaking Bad

[@LucasBarbuzzi]

It's a shame they did this TV show in English thought.. It takes all the realism away.

[@Z4Zman]

Are you his publicist or something?

[@figgehn_]

@@Z4Zman i wish

[@sirdavidr6064]

It sucks how bad the story was though

[@The_Keeper]

Holy crap, I remember Stakka Bo!

[@Rossatron]

If you want a much older film with some surprising effects, I recommend Bride of Frankenstein, especially the scene with Pretorius’ miniature people

[@BB1951]

Bride of Frankenstein is a classic. One of my all time fave old movies.

[@leeks1408]

YES!!! I was trying so hard to figure out how those were done!!!

[@a.dmccormack9097]

Oh my God, they litterally mentioned westworld, but didnt do a breakdown. That show has insanely good effects through all 3 seasons. Please do a breakdown.

[@hazonku]

Right? And they had Eric on talking about stunts he did for it a while back too.

[@Genocidalic]

HBOs catalog is so big I’m sure we’ll get a part 2

[@ydid687]

sadly the writing isn't after the first season tho

[@TheDrudgenator]

Cthulhu was so little in love craft country…also it sucked

[@viv12348]

@@ydid687 tbh I don't get the bashing of season 2. It was even better puzzle that season 1. And season 3 was just a result of everybody being tired of puzzles so they gave us a simple action season

[@DumbDrum]

Nick’s dad is so cool. He needs to be on every episode!

[@mikel.8284]

Definitely need to have Nick’s dad, Alex, back more often! He’s awesome with the group, really gives the show an amazing authority, and has some legit enthusiasm!

[@matthewgilmore6439]

Not doing a breakdown on the skin shed effect on Lovecraft Country is a huge miss. Hope to see it on a future episode.

[@hollandscottthomas]

That effect is digusting XD

[@matthewgilmore6439]

@@hollandscottthomas oh yeah, unbelievably gross.

[@DRAMATICLEGS]

Yea that's what I was waiting for. We definitely need that for a future episode

[@uekernas]

From a physics perspective, the shot that stands out as fake is when Jon Snow (on foot) swings his sword at a rider charging him (on horseback), and it’s the rider who goes flying with the impact….

[@tulkdog]

Absolutely.

[@Tom-op7xn]

Super janky.

[@sadgerops3948]

a hardcore henry scene breakdown would be cool that movie needs some love

[@dethmaul]

Interesting, that would be cool.

[@jasonstopsign]

I agree

[@joethealternativegamer3935]

Awesome movie

[@DannyDangerOz]

It's weird. When you first brought him on, I immediately recognised Alex Laurant's name from years of reading end credits and my collection of Cinefex magazines. I was thrilled! And then me mentioned the link to Nick. The whole thing just makes me so happy - Classic FX artist, a link to one of my fav channels - it's wonderful :)

[@ReelOneFilms]

Holy shit it's been years since I've opened a cinefex magazine (I think my parents finally threw mine away). Thanks for the reminder. Good times, those were.

[@masquelaluna]

When I was a kid I was a huge fan of "Movie Magic", and now after decades i found this channel of you people, and all that love and forgotten interest came back to me like a wrecking ball. Thanks for giving me back that fascination, you guys are great!

[@spudrina]

I really hope Nick's dad is gonna be on more often, he's so cool

[@zacm.2342]

Seeing Tom Scott and Slow Mo Guys in this was something of a surprise, but also wonderful. I'm not a VFX artist nor could I ever be, but I genuinely love this series. Great stuff lads!

[@The_Curious_Cat]

As a side note, Gav from the Slow Mo Guys collaborated with them in a few videos.

[@demonsluger]

ofc you can be just download the software and watch some youtube tutorials.

[@zacm.2342]

@@demonsluger oh I can't mate, failed GCSE IT so no way I could do any of that 😅. Don't have a rig either (just have a smartphone), nevermind one good enough for that. Appreciate the kindness though!

[@zacm.2342]

@@The_Curious_Cat yeah I remember them

[@Montragon29]

Also the footage from Veritasium's visit to the Pripyat hospital basement was a nice feature...

[@SeanBlader]

Watching them talk about Chernobyl makes me want to watch not only the HBO miniseries again, but also all of Kyle Hill's Half Life History episodes again, Kyle's narration is just sublime.

[@dmacalpine353]

It's a shame that the Battle of the Bastards was where Game of Thrones peaked, but, damn what an episode to fall from.

[@elitemook4234]

Na, man. Hardhome was where it peaked.

[@ashb7]

@@elitemook4234 Was just gonna say that. Hardhome was not only the peak of GoT, but one of the best episodes in TV history. Also fun fact, Miguel Sapochnik, who only directed six episodes of GoT, directed both Hardhome and Battle of the Bastards.

[@idreesc9450]

@@ashb7 luckily the guy who directed hardhome, battle of the bastards and winds of winter is doing the new house of the dragon prequel show

[@phatlewt2932]

nah season 4 was peak

[@xlosure2081]

@@phatlewt2932 exactly after that was just pure decline in writing. Characters getting ruined and plot holes everywhere.

[@NinjaSalmon224]

Chernobyl is honestly one of the most chilling series I've ever seen

[@wytho3751]

Real history. Real monsters. Real magic. Idk how folks can watch it and not feel a sense of powerlessness, awe, and horror.

[@sam8404]

@@wytho3751 are you describing Chernobyl? If so then it isn't what I thought it was.

[@trueomen5017]

@@wytho3751 Of course, so real, that people in whole working city walk around with children in the night. Nothing about that movie is real, or historical, and don't give me that "based on actual documents" bs, interpritation of these documents as well as this show were debunked and destroyed by famous russian historian Klim Zhukov and his colleague Dmitri Puchkov, on his youtube channel every episode has its own video, 1 hour long each, it is analyzed and debunked. All I have to say is: Westerners stay the fuck away from our history and culture, you understand none of it.

[@Excludedragon]

@@trueomen5017 ok.

[@chasep86]

Yup one of the best series on HBO! Up there with True Detective. Skarsgard was great.

[@ayush0477]

Those nuclear cells moving was the most horrifying thing I ever seen.

[@alexwhitman4838]

Such a fantastic, terrifying piece of cinema.

[@gaminghardx]

scarier than a horror movie!

[@tekknorat]

Meh. Not great, not terrible.

[@nayudusrinu1090]

The Thing U telling Seems Chirstopher nolan Seeing Kids Movies XD These guys are pros So Music videos Not that Much Educative Understand

[@nyx3748]

I love the fact that they often feature other youtubers I am subscribed to's content, and it just feels like a big youtube friend group.

[@foamyrocks665]

BRING ALEX ON MORE VIDEOS!!! He's the most awesome dad ever and his insight and experience is a gift to us

[@noelv1976]

Awe man, you guy’s didn’t go over the skin shed of Lovecraft? Was looking forward to seeing how they did that

[@aaronchamberlain4698]

IMO might have demonetized them because it’s pretty bad ha. And she comes out nude from the process.

[@likestoospooge]

No time. They needed to get back to audibly telling us how great HBO is.

[@Kevin-yw5qr]

@@likestoospooge you're right they should have instead trashed HBO, told us how horrible the service is, because that would have worked. So much entitlement. Go outside.

[@noelv1976]

@@aaronchamberlain4698 that may be true, but they could have blurred out the nekkid parts or just show the face.

[@likestoospooge]

@@Kevin-yw5qr There is a way to be subtle in advertising. You don’t have to say every show is your favorite which is obviously bullsh*t.

[@plushiie_]

Smart of HBO to see that sponsoring this is a good opportunity

[@dogbin]

Yes, I wonder why they had absolutely nothing negative to say about any of it.

[@tobiasengstrm5118]

@@dogbin only me who taught the second series the show looked like a PlayStation game it didn't look real at all XD

[@DeanS946]

@@dogbin Did you not watch the last Lovecraft segment? They explained why the fire didn't look that great. Are you coming here to see them shit on shows?

[@freakazoid4691]

@@DeanS946 They talked about the fire, yes, but the rest looked bad as well. GoT scene had lots of bad stuff in it too. I think we all want honesty from these guys.

[@D3ViiNG]

@@freakazoid4691 did you want them to talk about the plot in GoT? Or was there something you think was bad cgi wise in the Battle of the Bastards. Genuinely asking.

[@xBeerad84x]

Suggestion: David Fincher's Zodiac. There's so many VFX shots that are seamless. You've already covered the CG blood spatter but there's so many more that are just clever film making. Goes across many of his films

[@ddiaz28]

Pretty cool to hear Wren's fav effect from Watchmen was Looking Glass' mask. I was an animator on the mask effect.

[@ObscureHedgehog]

At this point, I'm convinced they're ignoring Love, Death & Robots just for the lulz XD

[@BLUEKOMMEH]

Eh, I think part of the reason is that LDR is completely CGI. They mostly review visual effects and design that interacts with real footage, where LDR is just pure CGI in most cases. I could have sworn that they've talked about it at least once though.

[@PezQ84]

”Hey guys, today we’re going to break down some Love, Death & Robots for you…it’s all CG” *end video*

[@TheTechDweller]

@@BLUEKOMMEH It's also a show about detailing how they captured certain effects, how they solved certain challenges. The CGI varies a lot between episodes I'd still like to hear them talk about it even if it doesn't perfectly fit their series. People would enjoy it.

[@FijiFirefoxStudios]

@@TheTechDweller True, and they could also make it into another Animator's react vid instead of a VFX one

[@corredord]

Waiting for that Netflix sponsorship

[@Spooky1611]

Nicks Dad suddenly wears Niko's T-shirt in here versus the VFX Artists reacts to THE MUMMY video. hehehehehehehehe

[@JornL]

SANDERRRRRR

[@3yp0n]

wait... NICK'S dad?!!?! This entire time I thought it was Wren's dad. They look so similar!!!!

[@deathlysilence2712]

@@3yp0n yeah did you not see the last video with him? It was pretty good

[@eliasripley2357]

Who the fuck is Nick?

[@p3tro]

@@eliasripley2357 do you even watch this channel? :0 No worries if not! Its the great Nick Laraunt :3

[@lPerfectHd]

i love nicks dad alex!!! literally brings so much insight and genuine joy in every video. please bring him on for more!!!

[@snowdjagha]

Man... I just seriously want to thank you guys for this series (and the whole channel really). You guys make such good content and I think us the viewers don't ackowledge enough how good we have it. You're all awesome!

[@garricksantos]

I love Alex's takes very poignant. Also, his voice is very soothing.

[@VinnieWilkins]

Would you all ever “break down” music videos? That could be a whole fun thing.

[@gilbertorodriguez7612]

Only when someone pays them to do it

[@FrostyFoxGamingIGM]

didn't they break down one of lil nas x's music videos or something

[@2egenjerry]

@@FrostyFoxGamingIGM yeah because their friend Mike Diva directed it

[@eugenesesmaiii3278]

Great idea!

[@IWearShoes31]

I'm sure whenever they can fit it into a good theme

[@D00kerT]

@3:00 I would say that the first time I saw this technique used was in the opening scene in Saving Private Ryan. The shakey, handheld camera, documentary feel shots that moves between the characters was super effective. That scene was so powerful and disturbing, it left me thinking about it for months after I saw it.

[@derSeega]

I love the voice of Alex. It is just making me happy for no reason.

[@eyywannn8601]

He sounds like he’d be a very good narrator.

[@RiverRockXIII]

I would love to see The Wicher Series when Yenn freezes the dwarfs in place and walks passed them.

[@Avil450]

I thought She'd just cross them from one side but she decides to go criss cross and I was like what ? Did they just Roto a scene like that with shadows painted on and particles . 🥂

[@KrissFliss]

You guys should React to the CGI trolls from the Norwegian movie Trollhunter!

[@jackaubrey3037]

Thanks for reminding me!! i totally loved that one! it had a great feeling to it that most American movies lack and reminded me why i dislike american filmmaking so much. It wasn't made with an eye on merch and spinoffs, and if it was, they buried it really well. The trolls looked like epic kids crayon drawings of monsters, which made them even more scary.

[@JonasLihaug]

Agreed!

[@ChuffedLemon]

Yes, I loved that film! It's even more incredible that it was created on such a small budget.

[@samwallaceart288]

There was good animation in that. The scene with armor dude on the bridge they did a good job incorporating the creature into the line action plate.

[@andytrox]

Why problem make when you no problem have you don't want to make?

[@binsk42day]

There is a lot to look at in The Nevers on HBO- both VFX and Stunts. The water-walking fight in episode 3 is on of the most fun fight scenes I have seen in ages!

[@mahmoudkhairy3139]

Nick's dad is awesome, his takes are perfect and his interactions with niko and wren are just 👌🏽 keep him coming please

[@sean_mccadden]

“Hide yo kids, hide yo wife!” “HIDE YO KIDS, HIDE YO WIFE!!!”

[@LaDeCR]

Came to the comments to find this, not disappointed.

[@samuraijack2857]

But do subscribe

[@shengrant3088]

And most random award goes to 🏆

[@JdeMonster]

Speaking of respect for history: Can you do Master and Commander, the far side of the world?

[@josiahzabel8596]

After all Surprise is on our side

[@DarthFerder]

I second that

[@romangeneral23]

Stand tall on the quarter deck son. Always

[@dirus3142]

I love O'Brian's series. Lovely historical fiction.

[@linusdn2777]

One of my top five for sure

[@breawilldraw]

LOVED seeing Nick's dad again. I also love that we're all out here calling him Nick's Dad.

[@MrSparkula]

The Crew wouldn’t be doing this if they didn’t think this was all high quality VFX. HBO has been crushing it for years.

[@downaquarist2781]

They just conveniently did not mention any bad vfx at all

[@downaquarist2781]

Hob paid for praise

[@langitkensahaja125]

@@downaquarist2781 true but they did tall about the voxels issue

[@uekernas]

Please do a VFX artists’ reaction video to Aliens (by James Cameron): some of the best old-school effects ever captured on film!

[@0981462]

Yes!! 👽👽🔥

[@TheKodiak72]

But thats all phyiscal props. Corridor just do crappy 3d.

[@chrismorris6982]

Yes!

[@bumpsy]

@@TheKodiak72 someone hasn't watched the show for very long 🧐

[@liveac3694]

They should do the entire Alien Quadrilogy. The transition between the practical effects of 1-2 and the early CGI in 3-4 is pretty cool.

[@wesleybrandemuehl4492]

I'd like to see a reaction to the evolution of the Geico gecko.

[@zakattack1362]

Woah, that’s a cool idea

[@limeBlender]

Cool idea! Could include the Chevron cars done by the great Aardman Animation, and when they moved from stop motion to cgi.

[@GoetiaTV]

Great idea! I remember being amazed at the animation and modeling at a certain iteration, but never looked back at it.

[@traviscansler223]

Niiice! I really enjoy when y’all bring Alex on!

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

That afro CGI looked ridiculous, but it really made the world of a difference that they wore an actual afro, to have the right lighting and shadow to make it look realistic.

[@laboon344]

Hey man

[@dimetrodonz]

its fantasy and sci-fi, its kind of supposed to be "ridiculous"

[@Nixx1.0]

just some guy without a life

[@karelpgbr]

Man we watch all the same people bruv how

[@pushparawat5255]

You again

[@eugenesesmaiii3278]

"In my humble (sponsored by HBOMAX) opinion" lmao

[@eugenesesmaiii3278]

Nah but fr that was amazing haha 😄

[@FaresDjebbar]

Let's be honest tho, it is the best battle scene on TV yet! For real!

[@ParzivalTheThird]

Lmfao

[@Lord_Lambert]

@@FaresDjebbar No.

[@raf345]

Yes I also enjoy quality HBO MAX™ entertainment

[@JT-di1uz]

I'd LOVE to see an episode on Westworld! So many crazy effects with the hosts!

[@jasonmiley1291]

Band of brothers is an amazing series of love to see a break down of this guys . Great work as always

[@ACasualTrevor]

I’d love a reaction to the CGI in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3

[@MPCars1]

Yes Tobey is the best

[@halfbee7886]

Actually better, the CGI in all of Raimi's Spider-Man. The second movie is a ton of fun to look at.

[@akhilnair1137]

That sandman scene is a cgi masterclass.

[@AnonymousSandwich]

The first Underworld movie is a gold mine for clips.

[@SirKingHoff]

Bonus, Kate Beckinsale 🥰

[@liliyakalieva]

Strange that they still haven't broken it down yet 👀

[@steprockmedia]

Appreciated your conversation at the end. Good topic.

[@beardedbasementproductions2480]

There's an 80's movie called The Stuff. It's amazing with some old school amazing effects.

[@joshs2734]

You guys brought back Alex! Hell yes. Everyone loved him last time. I don't think I've ever seen a guest get as much love from the CC audience than Alex did. Such an awesome guy and fantastic guest! He needs to be a reoccurring guest.

[@ChristofferLund]

Agreed!

[@fire_phoenix04]

8:36 the model prop looks so goofy and happy, he has a big axolotl smile and I love it.

[@Kaegri]

I could watch endless videos talking about HBO Chernobyl, it made such an impact on so many aspects

[@anthonybruno9812]

Would be amazing for the Audio peeps in the industry to do an "SFX Artists React" episode or series!

[@CaptChrispy]

I don't know, you just glossed over the fact that you said they tied a rope around the horse's head and pulled it in the opposite direction to make it fall. And Niko was gleeful about having that knowledge instead of apologetic.

[@Mholz1987]

Breaking down Band of Brothers and The Pacific would be amazing.

[@jaschawohlkinger8055]

His Dark Materials would be a great one to breakdown. I am always blown away at the quality of the creatures (Movement, fur, lighting and definitely animation)

[@lastudentessa]

They already did a breakdown of clips from season 1. Check out their earlier videos.

[@ofribarak2005]

There's a show on HBO MAX called The Valley of tears and it has tank battles. Whenever you see more than two tanks the camera is static but in the last battle the camera moves a lot. Can you explain it to me?

[@chrisdakers3688]

Just gotta say that Alex has been a great guest!

[@7ABPBZ]

Back in the day when Battlestar Galactica was on I was convinced they had the best space fights I've ever seen. The scenes were made so well you could feel the intensity and the danger. They felt alive. They fights didn't have the flashiest and the most grandiose CG effects, but there was something that made the simpler, better.

[@joshuapinnock3712]

When will we get a rundown on Kung Fu Panda bridge fight against Tai Lung for both animation and stunts

[@majorhayze]

That beat from the outro music tickled my eardrums! Nice sound :D

[@OseiBayard]

Mirror Mask. Yall, it's INSANE. the WHOLE MOVIE. it's TRIPPY. PLEASE.

[@Fakan]

YES

[@uglykid4429]

I legit watched it the other day again, is definitely a odd movie and would be great if they reacted to it

[@WeeklyComedian]

There's some really cool stuff in that. But one thing drives me CRAZY...if you're shooting an indie in 2005, why would you have your lead wear WHITE on a green screen??? There's spill on her for the entire movie, I don't know why they did that to themselves.

[@OseiBayard]

@@WeeklyComedian Right!? I just... I have so many questions about that movie and I hope they look at it some day because I am curious for more takes.

[@BLAISEDAHL96]

Curse of the Black Pearl. Dead Man’s Chest. At Worlds End. ‘Ye know what to do.

[@2007PontiacVibe]

It would be really cool if you looked at some of the effects they did on an HBO max show called "Raised by Wolves" Not only is it really cool but it's trippy as hell.

[@nahumgardner]

Jon should have been yelling 'serpentine' the whole time Rickon was getting shot at.

[@Pup_Majestic]

For HBO stuff, "Band of Brothers, and its sister series of "The Pacific" are both well deserving of a look.

[@dirus3142]

Yep. They both have great effects. Both computer and practical.

[@simplesmile6984]

band of brothers is awesome

[@CyBOXbeatbox]

I really wanna see them do the syfy show "the magicians" there are some really cool vfx shots throughout that show when magic is being cast and for different environments that are crazy good quality for the budget. It would be great to see them break down some.

[@cenciende9401]

No thank you, that piece of crap show doesn't deserve the recognition even if there is some stuff to look at.

[@DarthRayj]

@@cenciende9401 I mean, I actually really liked the show but whatever. And some of the VFX are genuinely super interesting and I'd like to get expert perspective on.

[@JessHart006]

Hell yes to the return of Alex!

[@MaverickMyth]

I always like it when a different channel I love shows up in someone else's video. Hi, Tom! 😁

[@davidsantos1299]

You should react to the 90s CGI in the Robin Williams movie "What Dreams May Come". It used special effects in a really creative way that we haven't seen since then. I would love some insight into how they might have created those images.

[@Marc-WOA]

Yes. Agreed!

[@mushrifahmed8107]

I agree. Some of those scenes were crazy. That river of faces or people if I am not wrong. That was crazy!

[@markjowen66]

+1

[@Pirosbor]

Good shout!

[@Janzer_]

Love that Alex is back! Nothing beats real world experience at the levels he's had!

[@Zazzoto]

17:48 Glad too see Clint still present in the group photo. Even more glad to realise that the crew probably would've noticed this already but didn't change it in order to show respect to their friend.

[@shreyasjagadale7320]

Who was Clint can you pls tell me

[@garywasser9224]

Great job everyone. You have made my life better by showing amazing content and keeping all of us engaged. Keep up the good work. 👍

[@jakebrown8832]

You guys should react to the legend of Zelda fan film titled “Terrible Fate” it has some really interesting effects that I think you guys would like.

[@Ehh97]

Duuude I love that film!

[@AndyGaskin]

It's good to have an "older" set of eyes on the react couch. Gives some added perspective from someone who's worked in the industry.

[@bbtank3000]

So glad Alex is back!

[@MerelvandenHurk]

You can always spot when it's a real horse that's going down because they always twist their heads to the side before going down (like in the first Jon Snow stunt with the people and the rope). It's not what horses would do in real life if they were suddenly shot or something, it's just an artefact of how horses are trained to perform that stunt. Part of the cue is to pull the horse's head to the side.

[@jurries21]

Would love to see an episode (series?) on "Puppeters React" - there's a ton of cool practical (or practical/hybrid) creature work from Star Wars, Hellboy, Where The Wild Things Are, et that'd be fun to see covered!

[@MartijnPennings]

The Dark Crystal series!!!!

[@jasonzelling7807]

Team America 😅

[@jurries21]

Jurassic Park's had some puppets too, now that I think of it. (Including one puppeteer you can see in the movie!)

[@BluesDank]

Chernobyl is great, RIP Paul Ritter!

[@Xantar]

PaUl Ritter. Great, not terrible.

[@SchrodingersDinger]

@@ramonandrajo6348 I don't recall the show showing the Soviet Union any favor.

[@douglasdoo]

@@ramonandrajo6348 you really enjoy being a prick... All of your friends must love you...

[@ApeironTsuka]

@@SchrodingersDinger All of that talk of the reactor being able to "explode like a nuke" and "raze Minsk to the ground" and how their "heroic efforts saved the world" was propaganda put out by the Soviet Union to make themselves not look like the incompetent fools they were. The truth is that A) the reactor *could not* explode like a nuke. They literally physically cannot do that. A nuke is designed to release all of the energy in the reaction within a millisecond (or less, ideally). A nuclear reactor is designed to release it as slowly, and as controlled as possible. B) Even if it could explode like that, the size of the explosion they quoted wouldn't even set car alarms off in Minsk, let alone have destroyed the city. Not even Pripyat (I think that's the name), which is basically a stone's throw from the reactor comparatively, would've had more than windows blow out at their quoted detonation. C) The reactor itself, as I recall, isn't what exploded - the steam system did. It over-pressurized and exploded. There was then a later secondary explosion most likely caused by the casing of the rods (I forget the exact metal composition, but it contains a highly alkaline metal) falling into the coolant, but I don't think anyone knows for sure. It bugs me how many people still believe the propaganda from this. This event, along with Three Mile Island (another case of human error, iirc) and Fukushima (not exactly the reactor's fault it was hit by a tsunami and earthquake, and all-in-all survived it pretty well), are what gets quoted as "NUCLEAR BAD COAL GOOD COAL SAFER" etc, when, objectively, nuclear power is one of the safer generators available. Their main downside is storage of spent fuel, but there are ways to mitigate that with designs *not* based on uranium-238.

[@belacickekl7579]

@@SchrodingersDinger Seconding this. I think the line "That is how an RBMK reactor core explodes. .. Lies." was pretty on the nose...

[@TheKrazyguy75]

Having binged these, what stood out to me about that fire was that it didn't seem to be the right brightness. The center of a fire is always nearly bright white in a camera, yet the fire here was universally orange. Look at the candles and lamps in the same scene; those are brighter colors, for smaller flames. If we were looking at fire through heavy smoke, you could expect those oranges instead, but you can clearly see the fire. That stood out to me far more than the fire voxels. Also, not knowing the context, I assume the woman had something to do with the fire spreading, but the fact it vanishes so quickly made it feel fake; it should sputter out or turn to sparks and whisps, not just fade out of existance, and likewise the places it starts in front of her should burst outwards at first rather than just fading into existance.

[@dreamzdziner8484]

Chernobyl is the most realistic chilling series I have ever seen. VFX enhanced it to another level.

[@NonsensicalSpudz]

its weird to call the 80s history, but its genuinely been that long now

[@calebb5106]

and to think i own 4 cars from the mid 80...

[@TheFTeam]

To be fair history is not required to be old it just means the past like something you searched on google yesterday is still called history

[@IIBloodXLustII]

History is what happened 1 second ago.

[@zwenkwiel816]

Stop making me feel old!

[@crazypath573]

technically speaking, we are all processing stimuli from the world around us AFTER it has taken place. The visual image from our eye to brain is milliseconds behind. Pretty trippy when you think about it.

[@pootmcphoot]

I want Alex to be a regular on this show

[@bhikku23]

Surprisingly philosophical segment in this one, I really appreciate seeing it

[@ryanschwarz8939]

Hey guys! Huge fan of the channel and love your work! I was recently watching Angels and Demons with Tom Hanks and Ewan McGregor and there's a scene towards the end when Ewan's character parachutes out of a helicopter and there's a massive explosion that causes all kinds of damage on the ground and to Vatican City. I was thinking you guys should take a look at that one! Anyways keep up the good work! Ryan

[@eugenesesmaiii3278]

There's a practical effects shot in the 1st spy kids where Carmen opens a cabinet and nothing is in there, but less than 5 seconds later it's packed with food and looks naturally placed. I've watched over and over but can't figure it out! Any help? Haha

[@IsraelM1008]

When you rewatch the scene to figure it out and also for nostalgia 😂😂

[@ParzivalTheThird]

Looks like the interior of the cabinet would’ve been rapidly replaced with another which already had the food pre-placed and glued there. They might’ve had it set up on a rail, so they could just slide one out and the other one in.

[@devanshbanga4503]

I see you double comments

[@armpit_farts7327]

I cant find the scene what should I search?

[@luiscc2884]

Bruh, sorry but... That's not that hard to do. 🥲

[@NaughtyShepherd]

There's amazing CGI in The Expanse on Amazon Prime

[@R0landEld]

As always a fantastic and really fascinating look into some beautiful effects! If I was to recommend anything else from HBO Doom Patrol, Carnivale, Pushing Daisies, and Rome would be some really fun choices. Thank you!

[@scottfitzpatrick1939]

Thanks you guys dropped some great suggestions on shows to watch

[@Malacandra]

I think it would be interesting to look at the VFX in “His Dark Materials” and contrast them with those in “The Golden Compass” movie.

[@onnimannimaki8846]

They have done it all ready

[@Temujin.Thinketh.]

I think they already have in a previous episode

[@gotsghostrider666]

The horses running into each other looks like they used Euphoria physics

[@Veptis]

The vidual image quality of this episode is outstanding

[@c-a-nelson]

Great episode of VFX artists reacts 🔥loving your recent content. Learned a ton from this video