VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi 73

[@CorridorCrew]

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[@lolexguy]

Wait why does this only have 8 likes?

[@thecomicalcon3441]

Idk if you guys know of it, but should definitely checkout the 90s kids movie "Star Kid" thtd b cool

[@CelaLare]

I'd really love for the crew to check out the vfx used in "Everything everywhere all at once"

[@xavierclaiborne5181]

And stunts for that matter

[@awesomemik]

VFX & Stuntmen react crossover?

[@littledude6669]

Done by 7 people

[@littledude6669]

WIth no formla VFX training

[@Marunius]

That should take at least an entire episode!

[@itsciwi]

"I enjoyed your answer to that question immensely" perfectly sums up this episode. Interesting, insightful and on point the whole way through. Loved it!

[@TheTriathlete]

Why did you stop uploading?

[@daliilars3350]

Doc Oc once said "I enjoyed that immensely" in another fun movie.

[@jscott4reel]

More bad CGI would be fun. Love some insight into what went so horribly wrong with Gods of Egypt for instance

[@jonathantefft2902]

I second this! So often I feel like VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGI misses out on the "Bad" half of their show.

[@DonaldonDuck]

@@jonathantefft2902 If they have a guest over like in this one I don't think they would show bad CGI because that would be kinda insulting

[@gingerdog8203]

@@DonaldonDuck not if they show it and talk about how it could be fixed. Someone shouldn't come on a show called "vfx artists react to bad and great vfx" without preparing for the chance that they react to bad vfx

[@chaddaddywarden4349]

They basically implied last episode that they won't critique anything or discuss bad cgi if they have a guest

[@LiftYourGame]

They're doing less bad because of the money they're getting from studios. Looks how many only "X" franchise episodes they do. That's money talking.

[@negasilver63x]

The CG work on Apple’s “Prehistoric Planet” has been absolutely blowing my mind. I noticed that Jon Favreau is an executive producer on it-I’d love to learn if their ability to make this show came from the virtual production tools he helped develop on the Lion King remake.

[@Ohmanwhyyourfeelingshurt]

I concur

[@maxonite]

The skin details on the dinosaurs is amazing

[@BigJackGameplays]

Those Titanic shots still look amazing. Tbh I never realised so many of those were CGI; I'm not a pro, but damn, they look soooo good most of the times you don't even realise they weren't captured in real life :')

[@rodrigoorozco9263]

Same man

[@graceannemorgan1035]

I love the movies to me its a masterpiece, God bless.

[@alystair]

I'd love an episode that covers the most subtle, but major VFX that are normally overlooked because they seem so natural. Sadly I don't have a good example...

[@sams-pg7hj]

a good example would be the house or many of the sets in Parasite, i think they've done that one. also the table move with the legless lt dan in forrest gump

[@Alexdrew124]

Zodiac especially but also a lot of David Fincher Movirs

[@devonmarr9872]

Logan face replacement

[@visvini]

@@Alexdrew124 Mindhunter from netflix (directed by david fincher) has A LOT of vfx that no one notice

[@AWSVids]

The type of effects you're referring to are called "invisible effects", and they've covered a lot of the more well-known ones already throughout the series (the digital face replacement in Logan, the baby in Children of Men, the Fellowship running across the bridge in Moria, as well as general backgrounds and vehicles in most wide shots in blockbusters that are too numerous to cover individually, but have been shown in montage during episodes), so it might be tough for them to put together a whole episode on it. There's definitely a lot of them out there, but they're tough to suss out, because... they're invisible. You have to know they're there to know they're there, and most of the ones we know about, they've covered already. But if they cull together inside info from all the vfx contacts they have in the industry, they could put together a good episode of things like when Kelly revealed the brick in No Way Home was originally a snow-globe. Maybe they should just grab one or two invisible effect nuggets from each guest they have, then put them all together in an episode once they have like ten of them or something.

[@TheHannahcast]

You guys have gotta talk about Prehistoric Planet on Apple TV+. The show apparently filmed in real environments AND created entire CGI environments, and I really can't tell when they go full CGI. It's nuts.

[@Muppen01]

YEEEEEEEES PLEASE

[@Spinobreaker]

THey should get Danny Anduza from Paleontologzing on twitch to come in and talk about how accurate the dinosaurs are and why

[@bambammartin1556]

And compare it to Disney’s Dinosaur.

[@blitzgirl6522]

@@bambammartin1556 I was going to say, that sounds like what Disney did for "Dinosaur". That film blew my mind as a kid and I still really appreciate what they were doing. It was basically the stuff they did for all those dino documentaries but cranked up to 100.

[@conradrosgaard3481]

Is it worth watching?

[@soupe5535]

Besides "Everything Everywhere All at Once", you guys should check out the recently released "Prehistoric Planet". That show's got some nutty CG dinosaurs and environment interaction.

[@starmorpheus]

@Don't Read My Profile Photo Shut up.

[@tdvcyt2534]

This!

[@pianomation6256]

YESSSSSS

[@vitorvelasco8370]

I was already typing this when i saw your comment! I mean MPC was responsible for it!

[@the_fella_kyle2161]

Where can I watch it?

[@irishken76]

The visual effect that blew my mind was in the first transformers movie. When they had the first reveal of the transformers when the CH-53 military helicopter transforming, it was the most amazing thing that I had ever seen on film. I was literally sitting on the edge of my seat for a solid 20 minutes throughout that movie. Amazing stuff.

[@manuelpena1147]

I really wish they would look at more stuff from the Transformers movies. The CGI in those movies were always great and have held up. The 15th anniversary of the first movie is this year.

[@Squicx]

I would love to see Corridor remake that TITANIC shot. I know it's a perfect shot in its own but I'd like to see it in modern day

[@1FatLittleMonkey]

Even just as an exercise to show how much easier it is to do with modern tools. How far we've come.

[@blitzgirl6522]

My suggestion is based off of a comment I saw here on this video: How Disney's feature film "Dinosaur" took on-location shoots of landscapes and they created digital characters they put into the shots, as well as how CG environments were added in. It blew my mind as a kid and was basically those dino documentaries cranked up to 100 in terms of how it was made.

[@alexkramerblogs]

My kids watched this one earlier this year, and revisiting it after like at least 12 years since I last saw it, it still holds up!

[@ermatthe]

Special effects that blew me away- Basically everything in John Carpenter's The Thing. From the defibrillator scene to the blood test scene. Those effects were way ahead of their time and still hold up good.

[@judgevongrudgenstein3112]

they did that

[@isomaniac565]

They were mostly all practical

[@amdreallyfast]

Check out "VFX Artists React to Bad & Great HALLOWEEN CGi" from Oct 2020, starting at 10:44. Is that what you were looking for?

[@ermatthe]

I know they've already done it. I wasn't making a request. At the end of this video they asked us to comment on which movie had effects that blew us away. The Thing is my response to that.

[@amdreallyfast]

@@ermatthe Apologies. Misunderstood :)

[@henningKO]

For me: Have you picked apart the future New York in Fifth Element? Miniatures plus CG im sure at the time. That blew my mind. They took the screen time to just show off the environment, make little jokes and stories that didn't matter to the story, just made you feel like it was real, lived in. I really appreciated it.

[@AshThrowNaut]

Would love to see CGI reactions on the "Love Death Robots" series, especially the new "Jibaro" episode.. absolutely stunning animation!!

[@Nehasupnfan]

Yesss

[@RyoHazuki224]

When he mentioned about the shadows on the boat going in different directions as the camera tracked back, it made me think that perhaps in the render, the "sun" was simply a spherical light not set at the distance of where the sun is, but rather somewhere much, much closer to the Titanic. Which, if it was, say off to the left of the ship but like just, say 500 meters away, it makes sense that the rays of the light hitting the boat and thus creating shadows would all radiate in different directions, and hence at such a change in angles as you get to around the back of the boat. Know what i mean?

[@jleggett5995]

An entire episode on Love, Death + Robots could be pretty mind blowing. The latest season is particularly gorgeous.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

I love how accurate the Doc Ock Revel scene is because it's on the Alexander Hamiliton bridge/US1 (over the Harlem River and Major Deegan express way), leading away from the GWB. I've been through that area _so many times_ in my life, it's like it was practically filmed in my neighborhood. Even the traffic is accurate, but it's certainly a lot cleaner than usual. The wonders of CG.

[@IlluminaudioOG]

Y'all should try your hand at Audio Engineers React. Get the perspectives of the many many sound people who work on movie sets and behind the scenes. There is a scarcity of content out there for Audio peeps who are into movie making. I'm sure you have a knowledgeable audio person on staff. Could be fun! 💜

[@mookymookymooo]

THIS

[@danhenry6932]

My most recent modern “mind blown” effect shot was from Rogue One. No, not Tarkin. (Well yes Tarkin, the effect seems dated now but it was amazing in 2015. And besides, it’s been discussed everywhere at great lengths.) No, the other great effect shot was the destruction of Jedah City. Invoking the four elements, up to that point and even after, I’ve seen amazing effects shots of water, fire, and air. But this was the most amazing effect shot of earth I’ve ever seen, the way the earth roiled and reacted to the low power Death Star blast. That was truly mind blowing.

[@Coolgamer54321]

Rogue One is without a doubt one of the best looking blockbuster movies of all time IMO

[@Jessicathebright]

Commenting to boost your comment hopefully

[@kyovibe]

the blackbolt scene in Multiverse of Madness was the most mind-blowing scene ever

[@damyr55]

@@kyovibe I see what you did there

[@einootspork]

Really? I saw it in theaters and remembered thinking Tarkin (and Leia) didn't look right even then. It wasn't really good at the time either, it's just that now we have so many examples of that kind of de-aging and/or resurrection effect being done right to compare it with, so it seems worse in comparison.

[@johnderat2652]

A scene that blew my mind? Well... I think that would be the plane/paratrooper scene from the start of the movie 'Overlord' from 2018. I watched that movie last year and it was really good, but the scene that blew me away completely was just the plane scene where all the soldiers gonna parachute out of all the planes while they're getting shot at by Axis Anti-Air turrets. It was visually stunning and also gripping, I was at the edge of my seat holding my breath the whole time. Please check it out.

[@carlosig1879]

that movies like war cgi (the battles n everything) was phenomenal but the turning into zombie cgi was not as good, but still not THAT bad, it could've been worse but it's still great

[@CorneliusGT]

The special effect that “blows me away” is from season 1 of WestWorld where Ford is talking to the old Wild Bill bot in the basement. There’s a subtlety to his facial movement that reminds me of these old mechanical wind-up toys from the early 1900’s. Absolutely incredible work and it breaks my brain every time I see it.

[@TheTorbjoern]

I really loved that as well. Very much has the automaton feel to it.

[@qwerttzizzi]

Link?

[@pummisher1186]

Pretty sure that was just acting.

[@Sumaleth]

The sfx scene that inspired me when I was young was a space battle shot in Return of the Jedi. It's a brief shot from inside the Falcon, flying through the battle that's unfolding outside the cockpit window.

[@GonkThePowerDroid]

To this day Jedi is still the most convincing space battle I have seen on screen. CGI has long been capable, but the camera moves have become impossible.

[@aaron4241]

Has there been a comparison between the old Incredibles and the sequel? Had a double feature with my son and its pretty cool how far the animation has come.

[@robwhelehan]

Was thinking something similar with the much closer together Sing with the recent sequel.

[@Engitainment]

Watching the city freeze in Day After Tomorrow was something really fascinating, I'd love to see that dug into

[@EpicGameMusic]

A VFX shot that still blows my mind to this day is the "Fractal Zoom" from the beginning of the movie Limitless. I've been trying to recreate it for years!

[@ravenizer]

It’d be amazing if the crew could react to “Prehistoric Planet”. The dinosaur CGI is just so mind boggling good, not to mention the compositing.

[@TheHannahcast]

Not to mention that there was some digital environments done.

[@zarabiezeman5064]

Yes, I was gonna comment this too, completely agree

[@vitifly9151]

Yes, it is pretty good

[@JHamblin125]

Yes, I'd love a comparison discussion with the 1999 Walking w/Dinosaurs in how far CGI tech has come.

[@brendandonnelly5801]

Yes. Yes. Yes.

[@MrBelongings]

Can we get a "muppeteers react" to classic muppet movies like muppet Christmas carol and muppets take Manhattan. Great combination of puppetry and practical effects to make it all look real and cohesive.

[@dademiller8228]

I grew up on those movies so it'd be awesome to see

[@Henrik_Holst]

Or to Farscape

[@brettd2308]

Second this!

[@roguechevelle]

How about a Jim Henson episode period like the Labyrinth, the Dark Crystal and Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (they did a fantastic job using very little cgi to enhance the puppetry).

[@tariqrahim223]

This guy muppets

[@DanHonnen]

Personally, as a kid, I was blown away by the vfx in the '98 Godzilla movie, I know lots of people hate on that movie for a variety of valid reasons, but that's a movie I don't think you guys have covered on here before, and it's one that I (and I imagine many people my age) have a guilty fondness for, and would love to see you guys break down.

[@RyanConnell5150]

1998.

[@DanHonnen]

@@RyanConnell5150 Good call sir! Fixed!

[@TalkingAboutYooh]

I actually like '98 Godzilla more than the modern version.

[@George_M_]

Zilla looked pretty good but the military objects and buildings often looked very cardboard. Bad lighting?

[@bronzegamer3348]

I think it's got to do with source material & Godzilla's look. Typical Kaiju fans wanted a 🐢 like Godzilla where the director went with a T-Rex version. But as i am not a manga kaiju fan it's the still the best Godzilla movie for me & The entry point of me in Hollywood Along with Sam Raimi's Spiderman

[@craneflyswarm]

I just watched the first episode of Prehistoric Planet and I would love to hear the guys’ take on with effects in the show. It’s gorgeous and honestly mind blowing. There’s so much water in the first episode. Please, VFX Artists React to Prehistoric Planet. I need it so badly.

[@TheCloudFoot]

Mind blowing effects shot: Love Death & Robots, "Snow in the Desert," the when the head mercenary walks out of the ship. It's insane.

[@ChavinMedina]

i’d love to see you guys review the DELETED alternate ending for Little Shop of Horrors. The vfx in those scenes are phenomenal and it blows my mind that they didn’t include it in the movie!!

[@wirelesmike73]

Such a kick-ass movie! I just suggested the scene where Audry II grows for the 1st time on screen after Seymour first feeds him blood. It's still one of the best effects shots ever created. Small and subtle, but seamless. LSOH is still one of my all time favorites.

[@ChavinMedina]

@@wirelesmike73 it really is awesome! i’d love to see them break down any shot from that movie!!

[@Sephiroth144]

Do you mean the one where Audrey "wins"? (Cuz that's now the official ending- they remastered it and put it in for the DVDs and such- if they do look at it, I hope its both the original deleted version and the restored version.)

[@powerofberzerker9487]

That LOTR water wave sim still looks incredible. It's probably because of the way it's shot, with a bit of shaky cam at the end, and the attention to detail given to a rather short scene that sells it.

[@RattleCanShenanigans]

Independence Day has incredible visual effects for a film shot in 1976! Their vision of a future New York was SPOT ON.

[@gabrielsatter]

Ha! I knew someone had to have beat to that.

[@NukeMarine]

Think it was on purpose or just a typo?

[@JopieHaargel]

Yeah, the '76 version of Independence Day is by far the better version. Even though Bill Pullman looked a bit too young to be president.

[@MilesMawby]

Never noticed this before, but Jack's arm at 4:12 is behind the first attachment wire and in front of the one behind, BUT when it pans around him he's then behind BOTH wires!

[@jennacrafts8129]

I just think it’s so cool that this dude has stayed on top of the VFX game for like 20 years…so impressive! Shows she knows and loves his craft and is willing to adapt with the times. Super cool.

[@StewartFletcher]

Y'all should have specific topic episodes. Like going through 10 movies with CGI water or with fire or clones or cars. I'd love just really inside baseball analysis of different techniques and what works so well

[@SentinalSlice]

10 movies over 10 years of evolving water effects

[@StewartFletcher]

@@SentinalSlice YES! That would be amazing

[@RedPlanetPictures1]

Single most mind-blowing VFX shot of my life was the first time Optimus Prime transforms and standups in the first TF movie. As a die hard, 80s-born G1 fan, seeing essentially as close to a real life Optimus transform and stand up pretty much to scale on a theatre screen was overwhelming.

[@TheBrokenSword]

Love it when you look at The Lord of the Rings 😁

[@PhilBoswell]

I think the scene that blew my mind was when the Balrog roared…and everything went *quiet* as if my hearing decided to step out for a bit 🤯

[@TheBrokenSword]

@@PhilBoswell what an iconic scene too! It’s filled with so many 🔥

[@wirelesmike73]

*Little Shop Of Horrors 1986.* I was a kid when I first saw this movie, and the scene when the plant first grows on-screen (time stamp 20:30 - 20:58) blew my mind. At the time, I was convinced they pulled it off practically, but now I know it had to be, at least, partially composited. It's understated and underrated, but considering how such effects were achieved back then, it's still one of the most seamless and convincing shots I've ever seen. It's one of the many reasons it's still one of my favorite movies of all time. The whole movie is a really good example of old-school Hollywood filmmaking, and the puppetry of Audry II, from beginning to spectacular end, is an astounding achievement of bringing an inanimate object convincingly to life with more character than a lot of films are even able to achieve today.

[@tevanwilson6393]

Stranger Things season 4 has some pretty damn good de-aging in a couple scenes of 11. I’d love to hear what you guys think and maybe a breakdown!

[@Lucifer3230]

Actually that's an entirely different child actor playing as young eleven and Millie also guided her through the scenes.

[@audioveins2506]

Yeaaaah! Never missed a single episode! It's always awesome to learn about light prespectives, filmmaking techniques, compositing mistakes and most importantly the result that comes from these brainstromers! Thank you crews ❤️

[@jonathantefft2902]

So often I feel like VFX Artists React misses out on the "Bad" half of the show's name. Give us more examples of bad VFX, explain what went wrong and how you would improve the effect. Gods Of Egypt and Morbius would be great places to start.

[@bogdanieczezbyszka6538]

Black widow have some atrocious CGI, yet they do everything to avoid talking about it 😕 Analyzing what went wrong and how to fix it gives so much insight into how hard VFX actually is.

[@kickass2117]

@@bogdanieczezbyszka6538 I think rather than being bad due to the incompetence of the artists, it has to do with the budgetary/time constraints. Being VFX artists themselves CC understands this and probably want to avoid throwing shades at the artists.

[@michosadventures]

They probably don't want to hate on the work of their guests.

[@marsbars6869]

@@michosadventures Yep they've gone into bad cgi many times usually when they don't have guests over. I think one of them even made a joke about it in the last video lol

[@RikFTK]

She-Hulk trailer. That's some atrocious CGI.

[@TheNorthlander]

The amount of professionals that have made guest apparences lately really acts as proof of your importance to the movie community, as your VFX react series has done a great job on giving attention to the hard work of VFX crews.

[@millermichael]

just noticed at 4:39, Leos arm is passing through the cable on the boat.

[@mythicdreamer629]

I remember the shots of Sam Flynn suiting up in Tron blew my mind. It wasn't big flashy vfx, but the vfx made the dissolving suit look so real and part of the environment. I was completely pulled in

[@paulatredies9242]

What a great addition to my Saturday! Always look forward to y’all’s content. Makes me appreciate more the magic on the screen, thanks!

[@SsNoir]

Some of these are just actually so cool. Can’t help but appreciate their meticulous and tedious efforts

[@eshortsax]

The best part was realizing I was in first grade in 1996 when Independence Day came out and realizing time travel does exist!!! Best fx of anything in 1976 lol!

[@BakaNeBaka]

Seeing Titanic being featured warmed up the cockles of my heart. This cinematic masterpiece will always remain dear and oh don't get me started on the whole soundtrack. I'm gonna bust the CD out I think....

[@sqlevolicious]

Everything everywhere all at once blew my mind. Everything about that film was just perfect. Haven't cried like that in a long time too, what an immensely great film.

[@sherlokderp9730]

Suggestion: the black hole 1979 has some INCREDIBLE practical effects and what was for the time a crazy cgi opening. Worth a look for sure

[@robwhelehan]

Always like it when they go to the older movies to see how they pulled off some of the FX.

[@StevenIngram]

Speaking of old movies... I'd love to see these guys redo a sequence from the last starfighter. :D

[@robwhelehan]

@@StevenIngram The Last Starfighter would be a great one!

[@Petskuta]

I'd like for you to take a look at Prehistoric Planet next! Love me some dinosaur CGI

[@Spinobreaker]

THey should get Danny Anduza from Paleontologzing on twitch to come in and talk about how accurate the dinosaurs are and why

[@vipset87]

man titanic was HUGE when it came out. literally everyone watched it. my entire extended family went to watch it theaters. that never happend again

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

I missed out on it entirely. When it came out I just asked why? That was one movie I knew how it would end. The ship sank and a lot of people died. Why would I watch a movie about that? Yea, not really big on the love story and all that. However I did read a lot about how they shot the ship and built the set. That was more interesting to me than a movie where I knew how it would end.

[@vipset87]

@@blahorgaslisk7763 so you dont watch any superhero movies, action, 007, etc? not sure if i agree with the logic. wont watch batman cuz i know he perseveres and saves gotham in the end

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

@@vipset87 I could have sworn I answered this already, but as I can't see the comment I'll try again... Superhero movies is something very different. They are all fantasies and while we know most of whom have plot armor and that in the end the heroes will eventually win we have no idea what will happen in between. And they usually have cool special effects, action, humor and no relevance what so ever for the real world. Bond is slapstick with a veneer of action mystery and fun gadgets. These are movies I can watch and feel good after. I knew too much about Titanic to be interested in seeing a movie about it that was all about making me have feelings for people just to see them suffer. I would have been more interested in a movie about it's construction than about the catastrophe. Thing is there have been a lot of theories about what went wrong for the "unsinkable" ship to be sunk on it's maiden voyage. And as always when there's a lot of theories only one can be right. Even today after the wreck was found we still don't know exactly what went wrong. And being a Hollywood production there's very little chance this would be shown in a very realistic way. And here realism is important as it is a historical event, and something Hollywood usually sucks at.

[@zachmartin6680]

The drift shot in speed Racer at the very end of the final race still blows me away every time, I get chills

[@KillerTacos54]

I love that you guys are using timestamps! Thanks for this awesome video. I really really pray that you guys will talk about The Northman, Everything Everywhere All At Once and Top Gun Maverick soon too (my top 3 films of the year)!

[@Katsudon96]

being taught 3D, Game Design, SFX and some Story Boarding by a guy who worked on LOTR, Matrix and happy feet was surreal. Loved the effects in these movies and the info he gave me over the 1 year at TAFE.

[@tysonq7131]

Would you guys be open to talking about the "secret" de-aging that goes on in Hollywood? I don't mean the obvious stuff like Doc Ock that they talk about in interviews but the smoothing of crows feet/forehead wrinkles/jowels/necks that goes on with aging actors. If you need a place to start Tom Cruise in his two newest trailers vs. recent interviews looks like two different people.

[@Chadomolator]

To be fair it was filmed 3 years ago and Tom did age in that time.

[@tysonq7131]

@@Chadomolator Did he age 10 years in 3 years?

[@Chadomolator]

@@tysonq7131 I fee like I did over covid lmao

[@bohemiia]

I'd love to see you guys react to Jim Henson's Labyrinth, especially the Fireys dancing scene and the final scene with David Bowie on the stairs. It's a little janky but all practical effects that are very cool for what they were able to put together with puppets, mechanical rigs, and creative camera work.

[@LittleCheebs]

And the hands! That movie scared me so much as a kid

[@bohemiia]

@@LittleCheebs The "making of" the hands scene is a memory that has stuck with me all these years :)

[@beavismount]

The approach to Fhloston Paradise blew my mind, but then so did just about everything in The Fifth Element (the fire in the concert hall was nuts!). I really liked how they married the interior and exterior shots with a view of the shuttle from the skylights in the hallway.

[@Panicaheartbeat]

My first film was Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. I’d love to see the Stuntmen React team talk about story telling through the use of choreography. You guys rock! Thank you for another great video!

[@jorgecobospaz6936]

There's already an episode in which they talk about that one. Awesome choreography indeed.

[@samh6845]

I would like to see you analyse the Paddington movies, especially the second one, because not only the CGI for the bear seems so realistic, but also in the second one, there's a lot of impressive shots that I'd like to know how they did it.

[@angmordagnithil7127]

Check the backlog, friend! They already did it. Can't say which one specifically, but it's there.

[@samh6845]

@@angmordagnithil7127 You're right, it's the 60th one, but they did only talk about one scene from the second movie, so I would want them to talk about more scenes from those movies

[@AdrianParkinsonFilms]

The first VFX shot I ever remember being blown away by was when Voyager crashes into the ice in the Star Trek episode Timeless.

[@andrewmurray1550]

earlier than that, Enterprise--D saucer section crashing in "Generations" for me.

[@AdrianParkinsonFilms]

@@andrewmurray1550 That one's incredible as well. I think it looks more realistic than the saucer crash in Beyond.

[@41illusion]

Dredd definitely blew me away when they used slow motion effects to convey how some of the characters felt under the influence of substances during certain scenes.

[@rohankanhai2368]

Two visual effects that blew my mind were 1) Transformers 2) The new Prehistoric planet documentary

[@positivelysteve]

The space effects when the shuttles were approaching the asteroid in Armageddon blew me away as a kid. I know the rest of the movies isn't great but those space effects had me glued.

[@amdreallyfast]

My mind was blown in The Matrix Revolutions when the giant drill broke through the roof and all those drones started flooding in, and then being shot into pieces with a metric partyload of high caliber cannon fire. That was killer combination of swarm and destruction simulation (or an unearthly level of manual labor). Either way, it was kind of awesome.

[@wej0w]

That was a amazing scene although I think it looks way more complicated than it is as there are so many things happening at once. If you put a few robots/creatures with multiple tentacles that are moving its hard to see every movement already, so when so many things happen at once you dont need to animate every detail as most things are to hard to see.

[@amdreallyfast]

@@wej0w Probably, but I'd still like to see a breakdown :)

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

I remember Adam Savage talking about building the big central crane in the docks. It ends up being demolished, blown to bits in an explosion if I remember correctly. He mentioned the time he put into that crane and how he rigged it with motors so it could turn. When he showed that to his coworkers they were very quick to inform him that the Wachowski brothers (I think this was before they went through their gender change) could not be allowed to see this. If they learned that the crane was articulated they would demand the entire scene was reimaged to incorporate this and they had already exceeded the budget allotted for the scene. It was in a video on Adams YT channel, Adam Savage's Tested.

[@Сайтамен]

I think they talked about it in episode 58.

[@amdreallyfast]

@@blahorgaslisk7763 Thanks for the reminder, and I remember that episode now, but that was about the crane. My original post was referring to the part where the drone swarm came through the hole left behind by the drill and all the gunfire being directed at them. THAT was most certainly not practical, and I want to see how those swarm simulations and destruction simulations worked at that time (movie released in 2003, so the simulation had to be developed before then). There were so many drones and so many being destroyed that it couldn't have been done by hand, I wouldn't think.

[@The_Fellow]

The Geonosis scenes in Attack of the Clones, it never gets old and its really interesting about how they made it!

[@MarcelEnglmaier_1]

The motivations behind the reacts series isn’t much of a secret. I’m just as curious, happy somebody is asking questions and putting it out.

[@starc0unter]

The coolest VFX shots I've seen were mostly explosions: the tower of Barad-Dur crumble and blow in Return of the King, and the inverted mountain blast from Solo: A Star Wars Story. Both were creative enough to be super memorable, and also serve an important moment in both stories. Favourite VFX of all time though has to be Davy Jones in Pirates 2 and 3, but cool explosions with meaning behind them are the most satisfying to watch. Love the show, guys!

[@otomostubeofficial2697]

I understand the difficulty but a Peter Gabriel music video extravaganza would be so sweet. The music video for his song "Steam" was way ahead of its time, evoking a kind of meme like present day quality even through its from 93! And we all know Sledgehammer is packed full of crazy stop motion work.

[@bluefootedpig]

My mind was blown in "Flight of the navigator" when the ship turned part liquid to form floating stairs. Would love to see you discuss some Flight of the Navigator stuff, like I believe they had 3 different size models of the ship, all different too. Like the movie poster has a different ship than the actual ship used because marketing got a different model.

[@flinx]

Captain Disillusion's video about that movie is top notch.

[@robwhelehan]

Super Agree! Just made the same suggestion a few minutes ago.

[@ScottHartman]

Watching Flight of the Navigator in theaters I also remember being blown away by the stairs, as well as the shifting shape of the ship.

[@Montster80]

I'd love to hear the crew talk about The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and their combos of practical and digital effects/characters.

[@Justmyhandle]

One effect that blew my mind and my dad's mind was in 2007's Transformers, when Blackout first transformed before beginning his attack on the Qatar military base. That whole film was full of transforming scenes that just made our eyes widen. Even by today's standards, some of those shots still look so convincing. It's incredible how much detail was put into the robots' bodies and how they interacted with their surrounding environments. My dad's a hard person to impress with movies. Regardless of the genre, he's just not the kind of guy to be wowed easily and he was never a Transformers fan (I was only a casual fan, having watched some of the cartoons growing up). But his reactions to this particular movie were priceless.

[@edwardpeace9487]

The window shot in the opening song of "In The Heights" brought me out of the movie in the best way and broke my brain because I couldn't figure it out for a second, despite it being incredibly simple.

[@mickeappelfeldt]

The water serpent in "The Abyss". Blew... My... Mind! I was the only one, in my world, who understood (or came close to understanding) how huge this was for digital effects. I felt very alone, but at the same time very pleased. 😊

[@geoffreythomas1452]

I know the movie gets a lot of flack, but seeing the black hole in Interstellar on a massive IMAX screen blew me away. The sound in that movie was so LOUD and the images were so unreal that it made me tear up - not weep, but a little drip-drop drooped out of my eyes. Won't forget that experience.

[@MrLightJrGamEz]

You guys should check out The Northman if you haven't already!! I thought it was a great movie and the last fight scene would be dope to see broken-down by you guys!

[@aliceramdom.s]

no

[@MrLightJrGamEz]

@@aliceramdom.s good input very useful

[@carlosig1879]

@@aliceramdom.s man what

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

This is a "Visual Effects Masterclass" with true masters at the top of their game.

[@joshwhipps7158]

I may be watching this a week or so after it was posted BUT....... after hearing that Kelly Port has the same birthday as mine ( a day after the original release of A New Hope) i think i am going to stop procrastinating and get into film in any way, shape or form. Corridor Crew helped kick off my need to tell stories and this video is the final sign i need to make the plunge. Love you guys!

[@MrRainGaming]

The VFX shot that blew me away were the reality bending dream sequences in Inception. That was the 1st time I saw a city folding over itself.

[@tomeff7424]

I would be really interested to see how much „digital“ is going on in The Neverending Story. That movie blew my mind as a kid.

[@niiranen]

+1 for this. I want to see Niko flying with Falkor. Wren can sing the theme song.

[@Spbatt]

I'd love to see you guys breakdown the VFX behind apple tv's "Prehistoric Planet"

[@SleepFan771]

Scanners' final fight has mind blowing effects. Same with the early Scanning mind blowing sequence.

[@Tom-nv9tp]

The Rocketeer when Clif first puts on the full outfit and just blasts off. That blew my mind as a kid.

[@averagecrow1264]

I know you guys don't do animation because critiquing it is hard with the "realism" standard. However, I would love to hear your opinions on Love, Death and Robots - Jibaro. The realism is top notch and there was no live action or mocap used.

[@gingerdog8203]

Before I watch the video, I truly hope you guys go into the bad as well as the good. Lately it's seemed more like you guys only review good things even though the series is called "vfx artists react to good AND bad"

[@144digital]

Yeah... But they already said somewhere that they only react to bad cgi when there isn't a guest... When there's a guest, they compliment their work...

[@adamplace1414]

Do you want the bad just to laugh at? I agree it can be fun, but it's not going to help us gain understanding of vfx by looking at laughably bad vfx. Now if you mean they should critique and point out both good and bad in each thing they look at, well.. I think they do that pretty often already. In plenty of their videos they've pointed out minor flaws that could be improved in otherwise great fx shots.

[@gingerdog8203]

@@144digital but guests being immune to the bad cgi aspect gives the idea that they don't have any mess ups, which isn't a healthy mindset for new vfx artists. And i say if a guest would get upset about the show talking about their (the guest's) bad effects and mess ups, then the guest shouldn't be on a channel like this.

[@gingerdog8203]

@@adamplace1414 i think both is necessary. Yes they can laugh but they would also need to explain what could make it better, that way mistakes aren't portrayed as 100% world ending but also not as 100% unserious

[@144digital]

@@gingerdog8203 I don't feel it gives an idea that they don't have messups... Also, they don't solely react to the guest's vfx when the guest is there... Those guests are part of the industry and will not openly fault another person's vfx, just as film directors don't usually fault other directors' movies... Corridor can laugh at bad vfx because they aren't really part of the movie industry... Also, these guests are available for a limited period of time each episode... I think it's better if the guests explain how they pulled off their 'good' vfx, instead of laughing at their bad vfx...

[@jamescastle99]

To me, the VFX that most blew my mind was that scene from Blade Runner 2049 where Joi and K consume their love. It was surreal seeing the two women overlapping. Truly an amazing scene

[@DJ-jm1fn]

The ejection scene from Behind Enemy Lines with all those practical self-destruct special effects holds a special place in my memory.

[@zhooka]

Interaction between Neytiri and human Jake at the end of first Avatar is just amazing. Na'vi are so well made and in this particular scene Neytiri looks real af. Thanos was never even close.

[@JohnKing-il6dz]

You guys should react to some effects in documentaries like “walking with dinosaurs” or the new Apple TV series “prehistoric planet”! Not the stuff you usually review but both shows have some great practical and cgi effects

[@Spinobreaker]

THey should get Danny Anduza from Paleontologzing on twitch to come in and talk about how accurate the dinosaurs are and why

[@JohnKing-il6dz]

@@Spinobreaker scientists react lmao

[@keltonhouse6400]

You guys should react to the new dinosaurs documentary Prehistoric Planet. It has outstanding cgi

[@samcler722]

Can you guys react to that Apple TV show Prehistoric Planet. They use some cool CGI to recreate dinosaurs

[@Sephiroth144]

Mind blower- The Adama Maneuver/Bucket Drop (if not the entire Battle of New Caprica). The 2003 Battlestar Galactica had some amazing VFX that still holds up, but the Bucket Drop- damn son.

[@andraszoltan2]

Effects that blew my mind: The kitchen scene in Fight Club, with extreme closeup, then pull-back and explosion. In fact all of the CG stuff in that film - like the opening titles: absolutely fascinating how they did that. I was building a raytracer at the time for fun, learning about casting rays through simulated lenses to achieve better results, jittering rays in time and space to achieve motion blur; and 'full' GI algorithms. Then I saw a making-of doc, and realised there was way more CG than I thought.

[@jonathantefft2902]

I recently was blown away again by seeing Star Trek: The Motion Picture in the theater as the 4k Remastered Directors cut. I know that Star Trek: The Motion Picture is not the best Star Trek movie, but the masterful visuals make up so much for the weaker story. You need to do a video dedicated to Star Trek. As one of the oldest sci-fi franchises that's still going strong there is so much history in it's visual effects, whether you look at the Original Series or the recent series. But Star Trek: The Motion Picture needs to be a part of the discussion. It's right up there with 2001: A Space Odyssey as one of the most visually unique and creative sci-fi movies ever made!

[@taylorrose1930]

You should react to Prehistoric Planet on Apple TV + The CGI is insane!

[@TaybrinaAdventuresGeocaching]

Yes!

[@hanklestank]

Dolly matched move with robot cranes, in two totally separate locations, just for a walk up to the Sanctum?! Hot dang that is so cool, while also being totally insane! Any other movie that would be a b roll shot, probably just repurpose some other building. But not Sam Raimi :)

[@waynedennyphoto]

Jon Watts directed NWH, not Raimi.

[@hanklestank]

Oh my apologies! Haha took a wild shot in the dark, I haven’t seen the movie in all honesty. Regardless, whoever put that shot together deserves a lot of credit :)

[@joshuawatson1902]

The special effect that blew my mind, as a kid at least, was the Beta Simuloid in The Last Starfighter. There are a bunch of interesting effects in that film. I would love to see you all talk about it!

[@cindyknudson2715]

Yes, The Last Starfighter

[@SpectacularKevin]

The VFX in the Casper movie blew my mind as a kid. The scene where he's making breakfast and when the drink pours sideways. You guys already reviewed it a while back but I remember it baffling my brain when I was younger.