VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi 51

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Niko and Wren are joined by former ILM Visual Effects Art Director Alex Laurant to break down the best and worst VFX that Hollywood has to offer.
Alex would like to shout out to the ILM teams mentioned in this video, including:
Saving Private Ryan:
VFX Supervisor Steffan Fangmeier, Compositing Lead Pablo Helman, and many more...
The Mummy Returns:
VFX Supervisor John Andrew Berton, Animation Supervisor Daniel Jeanette, Maquette sculptors Richard Miller and Danny Wagner, Concept Artists Carlos Huante, Derek Thompson, Benton jew, Brian O'Connell, Previs Artists Larry Chandler and Louis Katz, Compositing Supervisor Scott Frankel, and many more...
Minority Report:
VFX Supervisor Scott Farrar, Lead Concept Artist Aaron McBride, Previs Artists Larry Chandler & Daniel Slavin, Warren Fu, the whole ILM Art Dept, also Producer Dana Friedman....
plus, (outside of ILM) again Production Designer Alex McDowell, and studio Concept Artist Mark Goener.
...and all the rest who he couldn't list here.
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[@CorridorCrew]

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[@viveknegi4243]

"Oh that eye socket was a fairly straightforward, simple shot" Goes on to explain how he literally made an entire sculpture of an actual empty eye socket with leftover chicken pieces for that 5-second clip.

[@GabrielsLogic]

And that's why we love him on the show!

[@Nurolight]

I love how Nicks dad has been a phone call away this whole time and only recently just got on the couch.

[@Noah_7s]

Isn't this the second time?

[@gnoki2817]

@@Noah_7s Yes but last time was quite recent too (at least in regards to how long they've been running these reactions)

[@JB-wy8fc]

Isnt everyone technically a phone call away?

[@SynergyCamaro]

I wish my dad was a phone call away 😞

[@rheatinacreatishia7636]

@@SynergyCamaro you and me brother

[@Rogue9]

I've probably seen every single VFX Artists React video since the very beginning and Alex Laurant is hands down my most favourite guest of all. Such a cool guy with amazing behind the scenes insights!

[@RayTheFPSGamer]

What's Rogue-9, guys here

[@ismeelbacon2792]

@@RayTheFPSGamer he does test videos and other stuff for rainbow 6 siege

[@juggernautwzrd]

seeing you somewhere that has nothing to do with games is very... odd

[@itsnodee4612]

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[@JimMulvaney]

On release day one, my father took me and my younger brother to go see "Saving Private Ryan". My father NEVER wants to go where there will be a crowd; I believe he still has PTSD from being on the front lines of Vietnam but he would never admit it until twenty years later. I remember that after the Normandy beach scene I could hear a lot of people crying and sobbing around me. After the movie was over and the lights went back up, I realized we were SURROUNDED by war veterans of various wars and conflicts, all wearing their side caps and jackets, decorated in medals. We took some time to shake the hands of the ones that were not already consoling each other as we walked down the stairs and aisles and the three of us had a rather somber and sorrowful drive home. We were 15 and 12 yo but I am glad I saw it and glad I had that sobering experience that day.

[@WYIN98]

That movie is basically a US person going to another country and killing innocent people and boohoo feel bad for me

[@JimMulvaney]

@@WYIN98 The German Army were innocent people? Try telling the French and Russians that AFTER Germany invaded them. Me thinks you need to read up on WW1, WW2 and the Holocaust.

[@bruja_cat]

I literally teamed up just reading this

[@joshua43214]

@@WYIN98 Oh, wow! You really took the cool aid didn't you? You have no idea how deep your world will be rocked when you finally have your eyes opened. Your comment displays an ignorance that is unfathomable.

[@WYIN98]

@@joshua43214 🤡🤡🤡

[@AFUFreeman720]

Wren: "The Slo-mo guys proved and tested that bullets can't go through water" Damn, no love for the Mythbusters out here, that's fucked up

[@csneon2000]

That was my first thought.

[@NonsensicalSpudz]

true, but lets be honest a lot of the viewers now probably haven't even watch mythbusters

[@angelsoffurtitude]

except that the first clip they show of a bullet going through water is from myth busters

[@hillefoozy]

Either way John Wick 3 might be the first major film to accurately depict underwater gunfighting

[@RoronoaZorosHaki]

Dude might've worked with some of them at Industrial Light and Magic

[@pablojavierhernandezcalder6243]

I love how each time a drawing is pulled out, they instantly turn into "dad mesmerizing his kids with stories from his past".

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

I would totally be the same.

[@leydensjar]

"I think at the time [Saving Private Ryan] took a lot of people by surprise." 1:22 Yup. I read a review at the time that said "Spielberg could have saved on the VFX budget by instead employing someone to throw concussion grenades in the cinema and have exactly the same effect."

[@mimsy1765]

Major respect to Alex for actually doing the work in research and contacting actual veterans to learn about the war and the battles and actual experiences.

[@hoodwinkedfool]

One of my favorite subtle things in Minority Report is when the advertisement is playing on his cereal box and he tries to deactivate it by picking up the box and putting it back down again. It doesn’t work, but with that little gesture you get that that is how it is SUPPOSED to work, but like most technology it doesn’t work right every time like it should.

[@allthewayalive92]

Holy shit you're right. I didn't even pick up on that and i've seen it a million times. Its just the concept of that was so new!

[@burkemd]

I love how Nick has been with Corridor for the longest time and yet I'm just learning about how awesome his dad is only recently.

[@karelpgbr]

Yup

[@Psycorde]

His dad?!

[@huntershaw8263]

Says everyone, even those in the corridor crew 😂👌🏼

[@vipset87]

@@Psycorde they only mention it in the very beginning of every video hes in

[@vipset87]

do you normally learn about content creators' parents in a timely fashion?

[@MrSinister__99]

Really interesting fact about barrage balloons on that day in 1944. They were most likely being piloted by the only African American soldiers on the beaches that day and their influence over the battle (and many battles) has been erased or overlooked because those soldiers were black men. Those men carried out their duty with exemplary quality and went far above and beyond the call of duty many times as told by first hand accounts by other all white units serving during the time and by the British press but have been unfortunately forgotten because they were actively written out and excluded by the country they so bravely fought for

[@MrSinister__99]

@Screw KZbin okay😂😂😂😂

[@MrSinister__99]

@Screw KZbin the fact that you’re still using the language that you are shows me that you’re an ignorant person who clearly has a lot of hate inside you. But I have an education, I have the knowledge of others, I know history ,and I know from first hand accounts that racism existed then and still does today. I’m not trying to make anybody feel guilty but if the facts make you feel that way I can’t help you. I’m also not gonna engage in debate with someone devoid of a grasp of reality. Have a blessed day, pick up nonfiction history book sometime

[@PlanOH]

@@MrSinister__99 That is a load of B.S... These are Kite Balloons filled with Hydrogen (Do I need to tell you that hydrogen is lighter than air?) . They are tethered to boats, to make it difficult to for Aircraft attackers to shoot Ground forces, as those balloons act as a Collison risk to these attacking aircraft. As well as Hydrogen (which is highly flammable), they are equipped with small bombs to literally destroy any airplane that crashes into them. I don't know what B.S you are trying to promote but also put black people into a position of History that is NOT AT ALL true. You're a despicable person to lie about anything that happened in the war, and doing that purely for the victimising of Black people?

[@MrSinister__99]

@@PlanOH I’m talking about the balloons on the beaches, which were piloted by black men. I’m not victimizing anyone, I’m telling the facts about the time period. Stop being mad about the truth. You’re going too hard over things you don’t know about. Goodbye child

[@PlanOH]

@@MrSinister__99 did you read what I said? Those Balloons on the beaches have got NO ONE inside them. I'm just asking you what is the point in lying about the history of Black people? What are you looking to achieve?

[@TaskForce_911]

The amount of detail the VFX team from the Saving Private Ryan tried to put in there amazed and astonished me a lot

[@nikytamayo]

The CGI Scorpion King is the gift that keeps on giving.

[@MacEliot]

I just love how the Crew can talk smack about bad CGI, yet have massive balls to invite the original artists to the show for commentary. Keep it going, guys.

[@ryantagle2745]

Honestly waiting for a Ready Player One video, specifically the “Shining” part. I always wondered if they made the shot in a real room because the lighting in the scene looked so well done. And the integration of full cgi characters was, to my memory, perfect. These are video game avatars, and to put them in a recreation of a real environment is amazing. Imagine rendering Cloud Strife walking down Hollywood Blvd, combining a fictional environment with a real. If they reused shots from the movie, character integration was perfect.

[@connermcabee9922]

That’s a GREAT suggestion! Would also love to see that

[@thaddeusrobinson6866]

MY DUDE! I watched that scene over the weekend and came here to request it! I can't tell if it makes more sense to insert CGI characters into the original footage, or to recreate the scene with modern VFX and do whatever you want in it. The original has such a strong aesthetic, but remixing the original footage to fit a different story would be hard. But harder than recreating the lighting and style perfectly without looking like CGI at all? I really want to know!!!!

[@CosmicBao]

For Minority Report, the scene with the continuous shot of the spiders scanning residents of the apartment building. Really impressive

[@mattkidroske]

3:55 Alex casually whips out an incredible piece of art, "here's how I had a huge part in making one of most iconic battle scenes ever". This dude is so humble

[@moopdoopoopoo1844]

Your prof pic looks like the kind of guy who would believe the Earth is flat

[@mattkidroske]

@@moopdoopoopoo1844 I think Ash would say it's Pokeball shaped lol

[@rosenrot234]

Whenever Alex is on here I feel like a kid in grade school again when a really cool substitute teacher would be teaching that day

[@WrenchAtHome]

Man, that Saving Private Ryan segment was great. Amazing to see how close they got to real historic photographs. Major props!

[@adsilcott]

I would love to hear more about Minority Report's fx. I'm especially interested in the "bleach-bypassing" process they used to get the film's high-contest, desaturated look, and how the fx team managed to match that look with their cg.

[@CURSEDIMAGES]

It’s simple, keep bringing back alex I’ll keep coming back

[@nightcross1030]

Easily one of the best guests for the straight visual effects stuff

[@danielferguson4911]

Same

[@tylersmith9868]

Shutup

[@elgigantegrande]

He's so fucking interesting

[@97Felipee]

He is the best

[@ZCJKF13GDG4]

love the "cold calling a bunch of veterans" over b roll of the big grave yard. them calls cold af

[@Fortzon]

Before he told how he used leftover chicken for cgi eye socket texture, I fully expected that he went to a morgue :D

[@richardallin7202]

This! Think someone was listening to music or something instead while editing

[@dethmaul]

@@richardallin7202 I didn't take it as weird lol. Seeing a veteran cemetary just cements 'veteran' into your head. Get the whole-body experience, to flesh out the storytelling. They gave us the audio, 'veteran', and then complimented it with a visual.

[@brendansmith9677]

One of the things I find most interesting about the making of saving private Ryan is the Tiger tank. When the film was made there were no running tiger 1s. There is one now and it was used in the movie Fury, but it was restored to working order in 2003. In order to have a Tiger tank for the film, they got a T-34 and built a structure on top of it that made it look like a tiger. While this method works, it's pretty difficult to hide the suspension of the tank, which is a bit of a giveaway since the suspension of the T-34 and Tiger 1 are completely different

[@mayojaylaylo5627]

As an avid reader of the Lord of the Rings concept art books, it’s always so cool to see Alex’s drawings come to life

[@bakedmomo5693]

he really went Howard Stark's "I am limited by the technology of my time." and it's true, like he said, that the techniques & tech were still in their infancy compared to today.

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

Also, they were clearly pushed by the creative team to make the head and face more recognizable as Dwayne Johnson instead of those wicked looking concept images with Egyptian headdresses and undead faces.

[@visionVFX]

i like Alex's reaction Wren mentioned the mummy 😂😂

[@ItchyPilauBoto]

When Wren Went

[@inr9751]

I'm kind of disappointed that they've talked about that same old shot again and not some actually good stuff from the movie.

[@kjamlin]

@@michagabo8819 uh oh, we got a crazy

[@TallicaMan1986]

Him talking about concept designs is one of my favorite things about Sci Movies and war movies and stuff.

[@ALtheBoi]

*Please* get Alex on the show whenever possible, his experience in the industry is extremely insightful and interesting!

[@The_Keeper]

Especially because for most of his effects, it was mostly practical effects with juuust enough CG to make it that last bit more believable, unlike modern day movies where its like 99.999% CG.

[@Real28]

The way he describes Spielberg pretty much explains why he's one of the goats of cinema. He knew he wasn't a VFX expert, so as the leader, be just explained what he wanted in the output and let the experts do the inputs.

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

And he trusts them to tell him when his requests are unreasonable. Thus avoiding things like, "We want 7 red lines, all of them perpendicular to each other and 3 of them have to be green..." cf. "The Expert" short film.

[@HarryBackStan]

The Painting Scene in What Dreams May Come always amazed me,He’s clearly on some sort of green screen but he keeps enter-acting with the paint

[@glangiocola]

Keep bringing Alex (who'll always be "Nick's dad" in our hearts) back. Such a cool dude! :)

[@wy4553]

I haven't even watched the video yet but the moment I saw Alex (and that he brought his concept art again) I felt a rush of excitement! Omg I can't wait to see what this episode has in store!

[@wy4553]

Just finished it, great episode! Alex has contributed to so many iconic movies and it really is a delight to learn about his process and the other departments. I love that he shouts out his colleagues and you can just hear how passionate and excited he is about his work. The way he talks about 20 year old projects sounds like he had just worked on them yesterday. I hope to see more of Alex, he is FANTASTIC!

[@jasperbaas450]

Yeah, you were not going to be disappointed!

[@ondoikulot3589]

When Jake and Jordan appeared, I thought, "it's not so often they do sponsored segment middle of the video". Then I checked the time and the video has been playing for 16 minutes. Like WHAT? That was it? It felt too short. Nevertheless, this is a very great episode.

[@sam8404]

That's how I feel every Saturday. I really wish they would double/triple the length of each episode.

[@DebjyotiZ]

You're not the only one

[@syyneater]

It definitely seems like they’ve gotten shorter, but I haven’t looked to see if it’s just my perception due to not wanting them to end. Thinking about it though, when they’ve had Gui, or other stunt performers, they do spend more time talking about the setup, training, etc. for those scenes. I’m guessing it’s because from a digital VFX perspective, they’ve spent the last few years teaching us fans all the different terminology, techniques, so they don’t need to spend as much time on each individual shot. I’d imagine they shoot more than one at a time, so it’s possible they cut them in half or thirds to make them all somewhat the same length (totally too lazy to dig through and check the lengths of previous ones). Like all of us, I absolutely look forward to these every Saturday!

[@rhettorical]

"Disney might be coming after you" seems like a very prophetic statement given that your Trench Run scene video is gone.

[@mattpickett]

Rewatching Captin American: Winter Soldier, would love to see your reaction to aged Peggy Carter, specifically her mouth animations. Love the content!

[@lexark]

@viiont eooiy yeah that was really disturbing

[@kjamison5951]

Alex: “Hmm, not gnarly enough.” Spielberg: “Careful, less is more.” Alex: “But everybody LOVES chicken!”

[@quadzilla7572]

Nick's dad is hands down best guest. His insight and the way hes able to articulate his knowledge about the industry is great.

[@AnselmWiercioch]

I'd love to see a spinoff series where you take one specific effect from things like this and really really deep dive into why it works and where it would and would not make sense and how you would implement it in a new project, etc.

[@davidyoungquist6074]

Saving Private Ryan was a great movie. And my father in law, a D-Day vet from Omaha beach, was not allowed to see it. My mother in law said he refought that war for 30 years, and she didn't want it to start over with him.

[@MFCSteele]

Dday scene was so realistic that a lot of vets had issues

[@davidyoungquist6074]

@@MFCSteele That's what we heard. So mother in law said no. Can't blame her.

[@PlayerZeroStart]

Yeah, that's the problem with trying to be realistic with your portrayal of things like this. While its extremely valuable, it runs the risk of being a trigger for people the films are actually about. Movies about depression often face a similar barrier, where it very well may cause someone dealing with depression to be made worse.

[@rlacksgh9673]

The spider-bots from Minority Report. Their design and the way they move always creeped me out, like they were these tiny bugs invading your privacy.

[@TrappedInTheMatrix]

hollow man has some really cool VFX with an invisible man interacting with stuff, especially for the year 2000!

[@SimonJonesMusic]

I appreciate that they brought up 'that' scene from The Mummy Returns and talked about it respectfully.

[@ethanfagner4871]

I feel as though painted backgrounds compared to VFX backgrounds are extremely underrated recently. While VFX will always get better and better, paintings like the ones in Saving Private Ryan will always be timeless.

[@hazonku]

Peter Ellenshaw's matte paintings are the first thing that sprang into my mind when I read your comment. More specifically, Mary Poppins & all the storybook come to like shots of London.

[@michaelkeegan9260]

A lot of lord of the rings is paintings as well

[@jasperbaas450]

It's the difference between visual and practical. Practical just seems to hold up much better. You are more limited, but within the limitations it's more realistic.

[@NomTom]

matte paintings are still used tho and they’re a form of VFX background. If it’s to complicated to make 3D models for the background or just not worth the time they take paintings or photographs and composite it in with some added parallax

[@michaelkeegan9260]

@@jasperbaas450 what your said about limits and realism resonates with me. I've found thatr limitations create the best art. Tell an artist, you have as much time and materials to make whatever you want, you'll get garbage. Tell him i want a sketch of the white House the size of a standard photograph done in blue ink and you'll get something incredible. The constraints seem to produce the best creativity as they force innovation to achieve the artistic vision inside said limitations

[@woodyhitya]

Holy shit the concept art for the scorpion king looks fantastic

[@monkeydude9192]

Seems like they could have done themselves a favor by going with one of those designs which were both better looking than just the Rock’s face, and at lower risk of entering the uncanny valley

[@CyberDragon10K]

Having the headdress in place would've masked some of the jank, certainly. Shame they opted not to in the end.

[@whiphandd]

I love Minority Report, and I'm so excited for more on that, you guys should definitely talk about how they did the "spiders" and all the eye reading stuff

[@liarodriguez9119]

I love how they made the eye, that's so creative

[@devinchristensen9225]

This guy has to be my favorite guests they have. The fact that he brings all the original artwork is so cool. Thanks for going the extra mile.

[@natatatt]

Alex has such an incredible CV. What an interesting career he has had, working on so many notable movies.

[@sunriseandmemories]

There’s actually a few vfx that came to my mind after watching all the VFX artists reacts (I love what you guys do, it’s so awesome and instructive) Jason X (the girl that gets killed with that freezing substance) I know it’s janky but I wonder how they made it Paul, it’s pretty obvious how they made the alien but I’m still wondering today about how they really made it work to look immersive in the movie The 3 Resident Evil Animated movies and Infinite Darkness serie on netflix, from the first one to the latest there’s an obvious improvement in quality, it would be super nice if you guys could watch them and talk about technical stuff, I mean the reasons and techniques/processes they used to make it look better and better with time, the characters, the monsters, the visual effects etc. I love the RE universe so much it would make me so happy to see you guys talk about it The 2 Silent Hill movies, in the first one there’s a scene where child Alessa "enters" in Rose’s body, the effect is pretty nice, also the ending massacre that happens, I really wonder the technique they used with the barb wires killing people In the second one, I’m super intrigued with the carousel scene with the look of Alessa and how they made her blend with Heather Please make another video to talk about these 😱 I’ll definitely write other suggestions in the future 👌🏻😊

[@cezarrogeriodemourafelippe1442]

This is truly the best channel in KZbin, this is just amazing

[@moneymouse]

13:16 dropping a human centipede clip on me from no where. The new rickroll?

[@Malidictus]

"The SlowMo guys AND Destin" proved that bullets don't go underwater. Yes, and so did the Mythbusters, some 10 years ago.

[@PetrosofSparta]

Recently we did a whole concept trailer based around an actor who only has one eye, and part of it that I found really challenging was lighting the inside of an eye socket without the prosthetic eye in there anymore. It's an interesting challenge to be honest because the eye socket itself is like any concave surface on the skin, there's no light falling into it and really no tutorials online for "how to light a human eye socket". We ended up having to boost the exposure in post a little because even with the lighting we used it wasn't really obvious that the eyeball itself was missing, and it's a huge part of the fact that both the character and the actress have only one eye.

[@alexking4341]

This channel is so good. I hope you can get more movie artist/professionals on your show soon!

[@Xeno1001]

“Legend of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” directed by Zack Snyder, 2010, day 223.

[@muffinman3052]

I second this notion

[@Carter.Allen02]

Get this man what he wants

[@SwordTune]

Do you count every day you post or every day since posting?

[@joshuawoodbridge6267]

They did that one, only quick but they did it

[@DoomguyIsGrinningAtYou.]

Yes

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

13:16 Of all the possible shots of stitches you could use I would love to know, who decided that the ideal image would be a shot from The Human Centipede? Not just that it was from one of the most disturbing films of all time but that particular image was when she was already stitched to the person in front of her. Interesting choice whoever edited the video.

[@wombatt98]

I feel sick after seeing it

[@Craftlngo]

@@wombatt98 I even felt sick just after hearing about this movie

[@aamoth]

At first I didnt compute where it was from, just a "thats familiar" then on my second take of the image I realized why I could only see half her face. I should re-watch that movie. such a classic.

[@iDEATH]

I was looking for this comment, lol. I love Human Centipede. It's awful, gross and horrible. Kind of like watching a train crash in slow motion, it's hard to look away. The stinkiest of cheeses.

[@SomePotato]

Could be worse. Could be from part 2.

[@MindFloodMedia]

This is bloody fantastic. That Saving Private Ryan concept art to Final Shot is so so cool to see!

[@TheWayBesst]

This guy is so interesting to listen to. He’s also great on the Mummy episode

[@brianbierlein4747]

Alex: "Now you know the rest of the story." Alex making a Paul Harvey reference and no one noticed except me probably since I'm old and stuff. :P

[@2degucitas]

Fellow oldie here who also noticed.

[@DawnSpaceProductions]

@@2degucitas Just looked it up, cool reference!

[@dirus3142]

GenX, here. I got it.

[@ceruleanblu3184]

Y’know, I saw The Mummy Returns in the movie theater, and the whole experience leading up to "that" scene was just so goofy and frantic and fun, the whole audience laughed and cheered when The Rock showed up in scorpion mode, they didn’t seem to care that he looked the way he did.

[@BuckyTheRedDeer]

YES! Thank you for taking a look as Saving Private Ryan! We really need more war movies on the show

[@WC3isBetterThanReforged]

Your conversation about the buildings in Minority Report made me think of the 35 mile long runway in Fast and Furious 6.

[@lukemontgomery6296]

Listen guys, I’ve been trying to tell you, one of my favorite VFX shots of all time is the time-turner shot in prisoner of Azkaban. You MUST talk about it!

[@muffinman3052]

Absolutely!

[@Daphoid]

Nick's Dad is so cool! He's probably like "this is just my every day childhood" :)

[@TheRobSti]

I'd love to see a reaction / breakdown of the Watcher In The Water sequence from LOTR Fellowship of the Ring. Some good sequences of the watcher interacting with the scenery and tentacles in the foreground of the cast while the watcher is in the background

[@tymonk1232]

Clip for you to look at - The Grand Tour YT channel has a video called James May avoiding death, or something like that. In the video he drives across a train track and gets narrowly missed by a train, that's an easy one to explain. But at the end he gets into his car outside a hospital, and the car is immediately crushed by a falling skip. I cant see any cuts, the doors of the hospital continue closing throughout, and the window reflections are consistent too. This will probably get lost but I figured it was worth it. :)

[@AccAkut1987]

can we just talk about how they managed to hide *that* shot from the Human Centipede in here, at 13:16?

[@_w.a.l.t]

I gagged

[@ENZ0_FU]

Dude, I was looking for some men with culture in the comments. Damn...

[@stillakilla]

Aint no thang

[@ChristianFergerstrom]

not that hidden haha

[@VersanGetryx]

I had to do a double-take, lol thank you for pointing this out...

[@rinkyylabzz4741]

once i saw Alex i already knew this was going to be a good episode

[@mundaneamazing]

I'm so excited that you guys did another one with him.

[@jaklegend3]

Thank you Alex for bringing the concept art! Sooooo f'ing cool

[@johnngo4653]

Can't imagine how proud Nick must've felt shooting this. Way to inspire everyone, Alex!!

[@MrWhiteVzla]

I would love to see an uncut version (or an extended one) of these interviews as well as the stuntman reacts. All the episodes feel as if they could last an hour thanks to how educational and insightful they are!

[@King-ci8sk]

You guys are like the Ars Technica equivalent for Special Effects. I love this stuff man!

[@hashtagloiter]

The spinning force shotgun-thing from minority report was awesome!

[@antoniocarbajal6248]

Wren: The slomo guys proved that ... Adam Savage: Hold my myth!!!

[@uekernas]

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

[@Veektohr]

Specifically the in camera miniature effect for when they first enter the hive is insane. Some obvious rear projection stuff later on, but that shot is flawless.

[@chrisbell292]

I concur! And they could do a comparison to the more recent CGI aliens.

[@jasonblalock4429]

@@Veektohr Really, fixing the bad rear-projection work in Aliens would be a pretty good project. Especially the dropship crash. It always stood out as one of the few relatively bad effects in the movie.

[@Veektohr]

​@@jasonblalock4429 That's definitely the one that sticks out the most. On the flipside, the shot of the apc deployment, with the dropship taking off behind them is amazing and it's all remote controlled / wire rigged miniatures and rear projection. God I love that movie.

[@ioldanach7]

Late idea but just was going through music videos from the 70's through to the present and there are a lot of great and terrible effects but perplexing on how many of them were achieved, would love to see you guys break down some from over the years.

[@Zanroff]

Loved the Smarter Every Day shout-out(?). Love that guy's stuff!

[@MajorSuperstar]

I recently rewatched Rango and was once again amazed by the CGI, maybe you could check that out in a future episode

[@WorthySK1LLZ]

You guys have turned into the new "extras" That I used to watch on DVD's. Love it! I watch every episode.

[@3nertia]

THIS!

[@The_Keeper]

Damn, *THATS* why I love them so much! I absolutely Loved watching the Extras. Thanks for reminding me dude!

[@Modhabobo]

I'd love to know how they did the reverse one shot at the beginning of Season 2 Episode 3 of Kingdom on Netflix. It looks like an amazing mix of CGI and practical

[@seanbelding8067]

Awesome episode, I love the concept art!

[@brianwindsor7923]

God, I just wanna hear him talk more about the worst vfx he's ever been a part of.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

I feel like out of professional courtesy he wouldn't ever refer to it as "the worst," more like "it could have been done better."

[@laalonso]

@@TheRealAlpha2 Yes, it's a matter of respect, like "hey, you do what you can with what you have".

[@kylelantan9220]

I don't know if you guys have done this, but I'd be interested in seeing your reactions to Starship Trooper bugs vs newer animated versions. Cause it always amazed me that the first movies bugs held up so well even 20 years on compared to the sequels.

[@Dr.Spatula]

I've been asking for starship troopers for months

[@lazzarus1978]

Loved your recap of "Saving Private Ryan" ! i would love to see you break down the masterful "Band of brothers" that came after the movie.

[@mimsy1765]

Can we get a video about the basics and tools in video editing? How do you erase things like wires; what tools to do so in programs like premiere pro or after effects? What tools do you use for blue screens vs green screens or both? How do you actually comp things in or rotoscope-what tools are used?

[@TheDJmusso]

Hot take: the idea that the scorpion king scene is “one of the worst VX sequences ever” is an exaggeration. Yes it looks like utter crap now but I doubt people back in 2001 looked at it for the first time and said ‘ewww this is one of the worst CGIs ever!’ I never hated it or thought about it that much in the early 2000s, that is until the internet has taught me to hate it in the 2010s.

[@JP-re9xj]

I was in college when it came out in theaters. And yes, it *was* that bad back then.

[@hazonku]

I could sit all day listening to Alex tell his stories about various shows he worked on.

[@mrpacificsurf]

So this is a very obscure recommendation, but Cartoon Network did these series of bumper episodes called 'Cartoon Network city' featuring what seemed like a behind the curtain look at the lives of the many characters featured on the network, but what was so surreal and incredible concept id love to hear you talk about it! it was cartoons placed over IRL photos/ settings or hyper realised versions of their homes!

[@failedleopard3685]

Ya'll should take a look at Tales from the Loop, it got a bunch of stuff, robots, time freezes, jumping into parallel timeline so having the same actor talk to themselves with a bunch of other sci-fi stuff which you could discuss and theorize about regarding the effects

[@edugenchris6227]

This guy has elevated the channel so much. I hope they can find some of the older professionals within the field and bring them on every once in a while too.

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

I'd like to hear directors talk about the SFX that was the most important to the story and why it was a success or why it failed.

[@murk.mp4760]

@@blahorgaslisk7763 bruh, directors react would be so dope.

[@cenciende9401]

You... do know that this channel isn't a react channel right? He's elevated this particular series of videos sure, but they're just a fraction of the channel.

[@edugenchris6227]

@@cenciende9401 Yes. I did mean this particular part of the channel. I should have been more clear :)

[@Nick-iq7zu]

That one Beowulf movie with motion capture always seemed “off” to me. Maybe you should check it out

[@maul731]

Would love to see some breakdowns of Dark City effects and maybe a look at the "great" Spawn cape CG :)

[@zees5002]

2:40 Yes for most guns bullets can’t go through water, but the MG42 had so much bullet velocity that it could. Edit: Call me a nerd all you want

[@kkay000]

Man. Alex is literally the coolest guy ever.

[@themightydragon710]

Alex just loves being on this show. Hes the cool dad who just wants to show off his art collection

[@dropmixchamp2257]

There is a very spacific scene in a film called DreamCatcher which was directed by Lawrence Kasten. In one scene there is the reveal of an alien that bursts into smoke, its a very interesting scene and you guys should try to remake it or see whats off about the scene.

[@bobsfun5127]

You guys should check out some of the VFX from Reminiscence. Some of the city scapes don't quite work, but the machine interface stuff is awesome. It was nice to see a film noir again.

[@blindfire3167]

I honestly wished there was more of this...like every milestone of subs or every 50 episodes, you make an 30min - hour long of different movies and challenges and techniques they came up with to get through them.