VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi 88

[@scottmanley]

Re: Paint evaporating nukes - apparently there was an advertising deal in the 1950's where paint suppliers used nuclear tests to show that nice well painted houses would be better at surviving a nuclear attack.

[@oduinn7948]

_The more you know._ 🌈🌟

[@RuffianTux]

Our Magic Chocolate Shell drizzle will protect your ice cream from a one minute cycle in the microwave! For that perfect ooey-gooey bite every time.

[@PrimatoFortunato]

Nuke proof wood paint! Now with real lead!

[@GillesVandenoostende]

All I know is The Simpsons survived a french neutron bomb because of the lead paint Homer used

[@thatgreenfur6584]

That's fascinating! Capitalism at its finest lol.

[@zarblitz]

The thing that struck me about that Walking Dead nuke scene is how once the shockwave reaches the charred body it doesn't even flinch.

[@raahilthousif25390]

Also everything around her is completely fine ( trees and grass). But she is charred to crisp.

[@apolosand]

Her legs disappear by the time the shockwave reaches her, you can see the grass and dirt through her.

[@TechnologicallyTechnical]

All they had to do was watch Terminator 2 and use that as reference

[@jasonrhodes9683]

the body probably should have evaporated. The heat pulse hit the front of the body so it was still hot enough to char the body all the way through.

[@manuairikka1611]

Terminator 2 was made 30 years ago and had much better version of this. They didn't even use much CGI in that scene.

[@darbywalker1]

I'm actually really happy you guys went back and gave Twin Peak's effects another shot, it's the kind of show that has terrible and great effects but both serve a fever-dream-like story that you can't get anywhere else

[@BrentonWoods774]

Twin Peaks rocks and I learned to love David Lynch's VFX, some of which he does himself(!) in After Effects - mad respect.

[@miller0002]

Twin Peaks is such a great series. Everything is just damn fine

[@jaycromer]

I wanted them to check out this scene after they did the first episode looking at Twin Peaks. Lynch is always focused on your emotions. That's his filmic motivations. Nice to see them recognize that.

[@acrossthevioletsky]

Speaking of bad and great effects, I'm still hoping they'll do a Doctor Who episode at some point

[@JoshLange3D]

Great to see you guys do a video on NOPE. I worked on the film and wanted to point out that the long POV shot at 10:36 is fully CG. The infrared technique is described on the DigialMediaWorld and MPC websites (I linked to it in my original comment here but it was removed) so I recommend searching for it if you're curious about it. The technique was also incorporated on Ad Astra.

[@VRARInsider]

Almost feels like how the quest pro headset takes the color camera footage and applies it to the black and white passthrough footage in real time. …sorta.

[@AmaroqStarwind]

Somebody should make a D&D statblock for Jeanjacket

[@filmmakermorgan7705]

PLEASE cover Everything Everywhere All at Once, for what that film achieved with it’s visual effects with just a $25 million budget and a VFX team of 7 people absolutely blows my mind

[@toddjefferson8761]

that movie has a special place in my heart

[@wayzhack69]

I really really hope they have been putting it off only because they are getting the Daniels or someone from the vfx team to guest star and do a full episode on it.

[@Prosper.719]

I just watched that movie today and it's forsure a masterpiece

[@MudSluggerBP]

Samaritan’s a pretty cool popcorn movie

[@wrightclick]

been waiting for this one!

[@Dee_Just_Dee]

6:40 the thing that really slays me about this nuke shot is how the character is turned to embers and yet all the vegetation is completely fine until the shockwave hits. It's like the director had a seven-year-old's understanding of nuclear bombs. "Even just the light from the blast can kill you" [but everything inanimate around you is just fine?!] It's just so dumb the more you look at it. Like, this heavy jacket is evaporated off of her back, and yet there are individual blades of grass still standing.

[@davidthirugnanakumar7888]

Holy shit 😂i didn't notice

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Honestly it's hilarious in retrospect how Twin Peaks Manhattan test nuke was 6 billion times better than the wet fart in Oppenheimer hahah. I love Nolan but he shoots himself in the foot, like Dunkirk only having 10 guys on the beach instead of half a million

[@PookDaWook]

Saw Nope in IMAX and sat a few rows closer than I'd usually prefer. Ended up adding so much to the experience because every time the characters were staring up at the sky, I'd have to raise my head and dart my gaze around the massive screen trying to get a glimpse too. Second favorite cinema experience of all time after Annihilation.

[@vectoralphaSec]

Sitting close to the screen in a movie theater and actually having to move your head around to see the whole scene somehow adds something immersive to the experience. Its pretty cool.

[@GregBreden]

Annihilation deserves more recognition for being one of the best SciFi films in recent years.

[@mrbarkan]

Nope is one of my favorite movies of all time. Incredible picture, wish all three had seen it to comment further on the chimp and UFO scenes

[@FelipeKana1]

I really wish I could've seen both in a cinema...

[@mrbarkan]

@@FelipeKana1 I saw NOPE in Imax! Keep an eye out, sometimes cinemas will make a re-screening of certain films.

[@logicfoxgaming1411]

Once Nope has been out for a while longer, I would love to see them come back and talk about Jean Jacket.

[@FishoD]

Absolutely. Such a cool concept and cg.

[@KnifeyMcEdge]

The scene with the audience would be a great breakdown

[@HiyoruMikiyazoya]

@@FishoD you're one of the only other people I've seen actually enjoy the concept. I thought it was fantastic.

[@rickardkaufman3988]

@@FishoD Jordan Peele stated that he was inspired by Evangelion's look of the angel Sahaquiel.

[@ShittyShittyGameGang]

Yes please make the guys watch it and come back for more of the shots.

[@pyroguy1104]

I really wasn’t expecting to see the Nuke from Twin Peaks Season 3 Episode 8 (literally the greatest episode of television ever created) but I am VERY happy to be surprised

[@haruruben]

Oh man Backdraft was an insane movie. This movie was such a huge hit at the time, everyone was talking about it and there was even a Universal Studios ride but no one ever talks about it anymore

[@sqlevolicious]

"but no one ever talks about it anymore" Mostly because it's been 30 years, lol But, I can tell you that backdraft is mentioned in EVERY conversation about SFX with fire. It's literally used as a reference for the best on-set fire effects ever.

[@cloth56]

Fringe S.2 E.6 "Earthling" The disintegration vfx in this episode were pretty great at the time and even earned them an Emmy nomination. The show in general has so many practical VFX scenes that you guys could look at it!

[@vergilvonkarma]

yes yes yes

[@hogwashsentinel]

practical effects and visual effects are not the same thing.

[@stillatin]

@@hogwashsentinel they've literally looked at practical FX on here before

[@hogwashsentinel]

@@stillatin Reading comprehension. I never said they didn't. But "practical vfx scene" is a oxymoron

[@memento81]

@@hogwashsentinel everybody knew what he meant. Don't be that guy!

[@Marlosian]

You guys should revisit the Harry Potter series. Seeing the evolution from maquettes + early jank cg to amazing effects with great composition is like a trip through cg history.

[@jedironin380]

Good call!

[@KaladinVegapunk]

It's just hilarious in retrospect how Twin Peaks nuke is like 6 billion times better than the one in Oppenheimer. So glad they finally covered it

[@CGI_Andy]

I like how you kept the Nope spoilers to a minimum as much as possible with them. I especially liked that the plot and UFO stuff wasn't spoiled. Keep up the good work :)

[@jpettltd]

Personally. The trailers for nope made me think it was an action film.

[@CGI_Andy]

@@jpettltd yeah true. I was very high energy, But I also thought that Jean Jacket was gunna be a magical hot hair balloon cause of that one shot in the trailer with the flags hanging from the sky. I also thought it might have time travel involved cause of the history lesson we get on horse films and the scary mutilated woman for some reason.

[@zonesproductions]

I love the Twin Peaks Nuke scene. It seems to me the point is to show the absolute horror and destruction it creates on a particle level. It's not just blowing up, it's tearing up reality, ripping apart our dimension allowing 'others' to come through.

[@brennanmcdonnell9343]

is the new twin peaks worth watching?

[@zonesproductions]

@brennanmcdonnell9343 if you've watched the original then absolutely 👍

[@BooBanana]

@@brennanmcdonnell9343it’s incredible. If you watched the first 2 seasons then it’s an absolute must watch. Plus it’s 15 hours of David Lynch goodness.

[@Marcopiano07]

EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE, ALL AT ONCE deserves its own episode, guys, it's so awesome on every level! :-)

[@hollyshouse928]

Yes I'm waiting for that

[@raymondortiz1748]

Why is the Santa skit for Vessi SO GOOD!?! Calling them boy and kid the whole time, throwing goods at them, and the giggle at the end!!! Golden!

[@User-435ggrest]

She should be featured more, she is funny and cute!

[@ChrisSmith-ce4uv]

What accent is Jordan doing?

[@AnUncleanHippy]

The opening shot of the nuke in that Twin Peaks episode was genuinely one of the most amazing moments of television I think I've ever seen? The visuals while Threnody for the Victims of Horoshima was played on top, is probably one of the most visceral things I've ever seen in television? The entirety of season 3 is a masterpiece, I'd highly recommend watching the show if you haven't.

[@sadflix8754]

Where can I watch it? I’ve seen people saying it’s good and the concept seems interesting, but I can’t find anywhere to watch other than shady websites

[@bunwalla285]

Off-topic question: Why do you put question marks at the end of statements of your opinion? I'm just trying to understand a possible usage for that, as if you're questioning your own opinion, but you state your opinion clearly enough that it doesn't appear that you're doing that. Anyway, nit-picky, punctuation-nerd question, I know. Honestly not trying to be a jerk, just curious.

[@connorphillips1929]

For real, I commented a long time ago about how they should watch this one. For me, one of the most memorable scenes of anything I’ve ever seen on TV

[@kraigwarner7689]

You're speaking like Ron Burgundy when he tried to off himself lmao

[@hoodwinkedfool]

@@sadflix8754 Paramount+ has all of Twin Peaks now. I think HBO Max has the movie Fire Walk With Me. If you've never seen Twin Peaks you are in for a treat.

[@DiegoSanchez-yg3rx]

I love the CG animation in Nope. It was so cool!

[@kb470]

I loved every aspect about that movie. Not a single minute in it is something that don't like

[@SuzakuX]

@Lynn Xo I don't think it was an alien movie at all. Jean jacket was more of a cryptid.

[@VEDANT._.KHANDELWAL]

WAITING FOR BRAHMASTRA REVIEW PLEASE LOVE FROM INDIA ITS AVAILABLE ON DISNEY+

[@KenSahaja]

@Lynn Xo Mainly on greed and people's dangerous obsession for spectacles and fame. And a UFO is the perfect subject for it.

[@Mattieval]

The Twin Peaks shot is incredible, the perfect use of Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima by Penderecki too.

[@Happymali10]

11:25 There's a famous behind-the-scenes photo of the "Nope"-house set, where they have two MASSIVE cranes hanging a lighting rig horizontally above the whole house, which is larger than the houses's footprint.

[@JoshLange3D]

Yes, one of the rainstorm shots iirc

[@davidkomai]

Loved that you guys referenced Backdraft! I was watching it recently and was noticing everything you guys pointed out….the practical effects they had to use, how fire really reacts and looks on film, how the actors looked. Probably was incredibly dangerous but man those scenes sold the movie.

[@thoso1973]

Episode 8 of Twin Peaks The Return is one of the most glorious hours of television ever made. The Trinity test sequence is only one of many mind-blowing moments in it.

[@DougieJonesFBI]

Dougie Jones

[@greydonprice4661]

I know in the show its meant to be the trinity test, but actually i think the inspiration used for the scene is the grable nuke cannon where they were testing shock waves. A lot of the famous nuke footage of the pine trees getting blown back and forth and the buildings/truckings bursting into flames before getting destroyed by the shockwave also comes from this test afaik

[@killbotone6210]

This comment. It's so cool to see it featured here like a crossover I didn't imagine. But yeah, if you folks haven't watched Twin Peaks The Return you're probably missing the most important TV show since The Wire in my opinion.

[@ahtnamaSAugust]

For Animators React, please take a look at The Prince of Egypt parting the Red Sea scene! It took a team of ten animators two years to finish and the final product is gorgeous. For VFX Artists React, check out the mutts scenes from the first and fourth Hunger Games movies! I’d love to hear you opinion on them!

[@HordrissTheConfuser]

The explosion in the Fifth Element - I believe it was the largest single indoor explosion in a film at the time. The whole thing looks gorgeous, and tells its part of the story perfectly.

[@johndododoe1411]

Which of the explosions?

[@calaminth7705]

@@johndododoe1411 Mangalore sticky grenade explosion in Fhloston Paradise where Korben Dallas and Ruby Rhod took cover under a pool table.

[@gracewsho]

@@calaminth7705 None of those words were in the Bible.

[@AndyGilleand]

The best way to do day for night is to film on a totally overcast day, so there's no directionality to the environment lighting, and no sharp shadows on the ground. Of course you can then add lighting for your foreground to simulate moonlight. Obviously, it can be difficult waiting for the weather to be just right to get a totally overcast day, but if you want the environment to look right, that's what you want to do.

[@marcsoren7]

Was not expecting a Twin Peaks reaction to that sequence, but was so pumped to see it come up!

[@maslue90]

"Ad Astra" did the same day-for-night effect that's in "Nope." It's shot by the same DP too. There's BTS for that one explaining the technique.

[@bulman07]

Ad Astra looked great on the moon from what I remember, but it was really weird that they used 1970s moon buggies

[@Oscar97o]

@@bulman07 I remember that Ad Astra looked gorgeous (especially the scenes on Mars) but I really didn't like the plot much.

[@jafooli]

Looks bad because of the hard sun shadows

[@Nangleator22]

I did the Backdraft ride at Universal back in the day. Even on a set for tourists that probably ran 5 times a day, those bursting barrels that shot up into the air on a fountain of fire hit me with such a blast of heat, I nearly needed to put my hands up to cover my face. Can't imagine what the stars had to go, given the difference in proximity.

[@donovand3359]

Awesome recreation. I’ll never forget how the floor dropped a few inches to make everyone feel like they were going to fall in the fire.

[@Nangleator22]

@@donovand3359 I forgot about the floor drop! Thanks!

[@robbymoore5338]

Would love to see you guys do a VFX reaction on Van Helsing and John Carter. Both massive movies that bombed epically. I don’t have any specific scenes in mind, but perhaps take a look at the creatures/monsters/aliens.

[@vrfob4620]

dude i love the van helsing movie yes do that thumbs this up

[@chuck2501]

14:41 its Kaneda's bike and scene but is often (not here) called Akira's bike.

[@crookedcloudy]

These episodes never fail to enjoy. Big props guys, yall always inspire to keep trying.

[@TJ_ax]

That episode of Twin Peaks with the nuke still haunts my dreams, for those who watched the rest of that episode you know…

[@A_J502]

If you know, you know.

[@papa_NCF]

"This is the water..."

[@kaylad2058]

Now that I really think about it Nope did have some of the best night visuals in a movie. They nailed that blue moon lit hue that a pitch black, save for moonlight, night looks like.

[@MoonWalkerTexsRanger]

Yes I agree, the day for night is completely unnoticed during the whole movie, for me at least

[@MuMBlzTOKES024]

Great to see you react to backdrafts practical fire stunts. Universal studios theme park had a backdraft ride that took you through the sets in this scene. They would lite this stuff on fire while explaining how some of set pieces worked. It had a Jumpscare built in! At the finale they would drop the platform everyone was standing on while the announcer would act like something had gone wrong with the set. It scared me so bad as a 11 year old I picked my dad up and carried him to the exit sign screaming. Alot of the explosions and fire effects you see are more like a reusable flame thrower and are very controllable as far as the size of the blast going off. Along with the reusable ones smaller one time explosives would be installed around to give the sense of chaos to the environment. The sets were built so you could get multiple shots even in these chaotic fire scenes.

[@divBy0]

The shot in Aliens when the atmosphere processor goes boom is awesome. Very short but the displacement of the backlight clouds works very well.

[@wiseguy100]

That episode of Twin Peaks was the single greatest hour of television, ever.

[@NoThoughtAllFeels]

Oh yeah

[@judorandy]

100000000%

[@jackychang9148]

Attempt 64 Chronicle Telekinesis Scenes.

[@maxTheTimeSlasher]

I was about to say that!!!!

[@maxTheTimeSlasher]

How???

[@ryanelliott6706]

When I see this comment now, I just imagine the crew screaming “don’t make me do this!” “Stop!” “I don’t want to do this!” In Matt’s voice from the end of the movie. Not gunna lie though the scene of Matt and his gf inside the car, the hospital and gas station explosions, plus the entire ending fight would be a cool analysis. I feel like most of the answers are “wires and green screen” but some scenes needed more than just that.

[@lunaticgaming7967]

ANDREW!!!!!!!!!!!

[@allofthepoints9636]

I love chronicle

[@ErzengelDesLichtes]

“The VFX aren’t taking me out of the shot. They’re along for the ride as I go out.” 😂😂 Great line Wren.

[@Xero_Wolf]

I remember watching Nope and thinking these night shots look really good. It's probably day for night but it's good day for night lol

[@NomSauce]

The breakdown for Nope completely explains to me how they made these scenes feel so damn uncomfortable to watch. It's not like we haven't seen plenty of night scenes in movies before, but I never quite understood what made this one so different when watching it in the cinema. Would be hilarious though if they ended up scrapping a lot of it and it was just good artistry from the people in the BTS lmao

[@MoonWalkerTexsRanger]

There are also really great day for night scenes in Arrival, very pleasing visually and quiet realistic.

[@dracocrusher]

Yeah, it's one of those things that just works so well that you don't really think about it until someone mentions that it's day for night, because there's so many instances of day for night looking just so wrong that it feels wild when they get it right and it actually feels genuinely dark without actually making things undetailed or too hard to make out. There's so many films with bad 'dark' shots that it's kind-of crazy just how right this got it and how readable everything is.

[@ravenlockhart0925]

I miss the Backdraft attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood. It use to terrify me as a kid, but I came to love it

[@scarletspidernz]

As a 10yr old kid it was both amazing and scary. I haven't seen the movie even now but that ride is forever stuck with me

[@honkanenaki]

Backdraft is one of my favorite movies of all time. Love to see it in here. I love how in that movie the fire is made to feel like a sentient being.

[@kagesong]

That was one of the cutest and most wholesome ad segments I've ever seen.

[@stephenchurch1784]

Lynch is so amazing because he treats every frame of his movies as a still photo which needs to contain the whole story by itself. I feel sorry for the folks who need to work so hard to make that happen but the results speak for themselves

[@jessepaz2346]

I remember when I watched Nope I was genuinely impressed with how good all the night time shots looked. I think their process worked for me.

[@dylanchilders]

I really loved Nope. I’ve become so burnt out on horror movies lately that this film felt like such a breath of fresh air

[@Jigsaw407]

Which is kinda ironic, because it totally drew from classics like Jaws and Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind. We've just forgotten how good mystery and horror works.

[@manydirt2600]

Seconded. I was expecting a pretty boring sci-fi horror movie. Instead it was man vs nature a lot more than anything like horror. Very well done

[@sqlevolicious]

That movie literally made the hairs standup on my neck, such perfect timing and cinematography.

[@SternFilm]

very glad y'all talked about Nope without real spoilers, its personally my favorite movie of 2022

[@mattcadorin3176]

Would love to see a segment on the CG in The Ritual, especially the Moder character. A dedicated horror episode would be a fun idea!

[@markkosten]

I was always impressed with the nuclear bomb scene in the Twin Peaks sequel. I seem to remember exclaiming Wow! at the time. Maybe too early but I think the effects in Andor are the best I have ever seen in any show, movie or TV. Seamless, realistic and imaginative and surprisingly subtle.

[@willowdietsch9547]

I'd love to see you all laugh at some of the early 2000's Doctor Who VFX and CG! I haven't watched the more recent ones and I hope the CG elements are better but those early ones are hilarious 😂

[@naneek2]

they were simple, but as a kid, even with complete understanding of how the effects were done, some of them could be very creepy. They really used that uncanny valley factor to good effect.

[@parmele187]

You guys are so much more accurate, when you're not worried about hurting your guests feeling.

[@pinguthelightning]

ikr

[@canadianbluepants9446]

and we learn so much more too

[@rorobear1940]

Legend (1985) directed by Ridley Scott and starring a 23 year old Tom Cruise (directors cut only). Some amazing prosthetics and set design in this underrated fantasy masterpiece

[@beergnomedc]

YES. THIS. THIS. AND THIS.

[@mrburnz884]

That shot from FTWD, sums up the quality of both shows and not just their CGI.

[@pierremuniervfx]

19:48 the Fire guy. doesn't handlle the tube anymore ! They're flyin 😂😂😂😂

[@olivierlaporte6049]

I lost track of my backlog of episodes and just got caught up on them. I am so happy you're acknowledging Backdraft !

[@ztiwwa]

An extended version of Santa Jordan and that exquisite accent giving gifts to people would be nice.

[@Arshoon]

More Jordan all around. She is so hot.

[@VEDANT._.KHANDELWAL]

WAITING FOR BRAHMASTRA REVIEW PLEASE LOVE FROM INDIA ITS AVAILABLE ON DISNEY+

[@punn213]

For Animators/VFX Artists react, I think looking at Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001, directed by Sakaguchi himself) as one of the very first full-CG photorealistic (for the time) animated films would be cool. It would be interesting to see comparisons with more modern attempts at photorealistic CG animation (e.g. modern game cutscenes).

[@alexandermckay8594]

They had huge problems at Square with that movie. The lips became a huge issue but ironically it was the production itself. They ended up learning so much that they had a hell of a time matching footage between the beginning and the end. That's why they did the Animatrix short to use all that skill learned. It was such a shame that the production killed Square and they all went away.

[@minhuang8848]

@@alexandermckay8594 Animatrix is still such a banging supplemental collage for the movies, I like it even more than the original Matrix movie

[@jesseberger5173]

If you have any questions about the VFX on nope, I was on the post prod vfx team. Happy to answer 🙂

[@CarpeGuitarrem]

Loved the episode, really enjoyed how you dug into some of the cool stuff behind Nope without actually revealing too many of the surprises.

[@adampeterson3510]

There used to be a Backdraft show at Universal, it was pretty killer also, don't think people slept on the movie just suffers from being made in the early 90's

[@SwanCreates]

The ad had me cracking up especially the look on Christian's face as if he's saying "Are we really doing this?" 🤣🤣🤣

[@EveryCrazyDay]

Can’t believe how many episodes they can make of this. And honestly can’t wait to look back at this comment when episode 500 airs ❤

[@The_Razielim]

I just had a similar moment when the video ended, and KZbin suggested the episode ft. Adam Savage... *which was episode 58*, and my brain just went "Wait, hold up a sec. How was that 30 weeks ago?"

[@anonymousaccordionist3326]

@@The_Razielim Wait, wait, number of episodes notwithstanding, how was that 30 weeks ago at all? It doesn't seem like it's been that long!!

[@The_Razielim]

@@anonymousaccordionist3326 That's exactly why it kinda hurt my brain. I dunno if it's exactly 30 (if they either did 2eps in a week, or skipped any weeks)... but assuming 1/wk, 30ep difference = 30 weeks...

[@EricHamm]

@@The_Razielim You people are ridiculous or can't do math. VFX React #58 was Dec 18, 2021.

[@theiammike123]

The thing about Nope is it's not really just horror. It's a lot of things that makes it hard for me to categorize it as horror. It's also sort of a nod to a whole lotta films that Jordan Peele was hugely inspired by, which explains the Akira slide. 🙂

[@beergnomedc]

So many great references and homages in the movie. But yeah, not fully horror. Lots of horror elements, but mostly I would say it's suspense.

[@jarsenberg]

19:39 "Action movies have to earn it" sums up in a way I didn't know how to put into words why a lot of modern action movies aren't able to pull me in.

[@Skeware]

That day for night technique always leaves traces of something being off. I've lost count of how many times I've had that feeling since a teen when i first noticed that trick. Sometimes it's so obvious that it just takes me out of the movie for the entire scene because i start looking at the shadows and looking for the evidences of day light vs artificial lights

[@TheAwesomeGuy103]

Westworld S03E08 (season finale) has both amazing and janky VFX. Spoilers ahead! The scene where Caleb brings Dolores's pearl back into her original body and she then proceeds to reassemble herself looks quite visually stunning. They seem to have painted out the actress's entire body and motion tracked a 3D model of an android onto her. The lighting and the colour are really well done. She even puts her hands on like a glove, yet the transition from CG to her real hand is seamless. Worth taking a look. And as for the jankyness, there's a finishing scene where Caleb and Maeve are standing on a bridge and the background is a city plagued with rioting people. The explosions on the skyscrapers look like a quick and dirty After Effects composite: just 2D cards of stock footage with no reactive lighting, dare I say even proper color correction. Probably a last minute decision by the producers, especially given the quality of the aforementioned scene.

[@nightspicer]

The *last agni kai fight from ATLA* would be perfect for for the Animators React. It's so stunning! For the VFX series you gotta react to *Aslan from the Chronicles of Narnia!* Also at the end of second one there's a big water creature, so it might be cool to see what you think about that. Maybe also, Max Schneider's Gibberish music video, the editing kinda breaks my brain there. And for stuntmen react It would be cool to see you react to the duel from "Potop", it's really good sword fight (tho technically it's sabers i think)

[@SuperHero-my6sc]

I think a really awesome episode idea would be to look at bad and great cgi from Doctor Who!

[@TheIronMason]

The Google Earth and Polycam tip...blowing my mind. Crazy enough there's zero tutorials on that workflow. Thanks a million!

[@ArastaSilmar]

Damn, now I want to watch Backdraft again! The fire photography in that movie is amazing. The other one I've always loved for fire photography is Always (1989) with Richard Dreyfuss. He's a pilot who flies planes to fight forest fires, so there are all these scenes where they have to fly the plane way down low above a raging forest fire to dump the fire suppressant without it just evaporating. If you're looking for more fire scenes, that's worth checking out.

[@yellohammer8571]

If there's one thing Nope has managed to do, create a level of excitement and terror both brilliantly mixed together, something Jordan Peele has often done in his works. Also, speaking of 1988's Akira, Em doing the iconic bike slide that Kaneda does in the movie isn't the only reference present to the movie. Jean Jacket's destruction mirrors that of Tetsuo, in the way they both expand and mutate, before exploding. But wait, there's more--according to Jordan Peele, the design of Jean Jacket was inspired by the mechs from Neon Genesis Evangelion. Time and again, Peele has turned down offers to direct a live-action adaptation of Akira.

[@MoonWalkerTexsRanger]

I didn’t know that, thats so cool

[@dracocrusher]

Are you sure it's inspired by the mechs and not the angels? Because it really doesn't feel like a Unit, but it absolutely feels like Ramiel or something, right? Also, good on him for not doing live action Akira. I'm really glad he has enough respect to avoid that, I'm sure he could do some really cool stuff for it but live action anime is stupidly hard to get right and it just doesn't feel like it'd fit in his list of credits at all. I'm super satisfied with Peele just going from comedy skits to really meaningful surreal weirdo horror films for weird people like me who enjoy reading into things.

[@AcaTea]

I think it would be cool to do a whole episode breaking down vfx and sfx from nuke-themed movies like Threads, The Day After, and Testament.

[@johndododoe1411]

Don't forget older ones like "Sum of all fears" or the opening episode of the old TV series set in the US after nuclear war. And don't forget the nuclear explosions in the Terminator franchise.

[@BlueShirtRedVest]

Niko was extra jolly in this episode. Very fun.

[@Mattened]

That dude's always smiling. He seems like a really nice guy

[@pixelgamer4291]

I would love to see an episode where they cover hardcore Henry it's an amazing film for all ages😂😂😂

[@FFKonoko]

It's a really fun film and I love to see someone else that likes it. Though it's less in terms of digital effects and more amazing cinematography.

[@TheNoviceVillage]

@3:59 i thought that mountain range looked familiar. Paused it, and sure enough, that's the Wasatch range in Utah, with Provo and Utah Lake near the top.

[@everyoneelsemovedonfan]

I can't remember if y'all covered the big battle from The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe but you should

[@nightspicer]

yeah, that'd be pretty cool

[@ericksoto1063]

Man that Twin Peaks revival is trippy AF

[@nathansmo]

The Return is the best season of any TV show I've ever seen

[@memento81]

What year is this?

[@samdyson_]

@@nathansmo agreed

[@andreymoiseyev8521]

Would love to see a breakdown of Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) with Chevy Chase. I remember being amazed as a child and wondering how it holds up.

[@szinyk]

yeah!! considering it was pre-CGI, the invisibility effects really looked good

[@miagifodder5599]

David Lynch's nuke scene is one of the best things put on film period. Pure art

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

Those exploding barrels are insane. We once had an airgas plant go up in flames here in Tulsa in like 2002 and it seriously looked like that. I wish I could find the footage of it but because it was 20 years ago there is basically nothing on the internet.

[@KriegerFX]

Would love for you guys to take another look at ILM's de-aging stuff. They've got a de-aged Warwick Davis in the new Willow series, then there's the young Harrison Ford in the Indy trailer. Also would love for you to compare why sometimes it looks great and other times doesn't look as good (like de-aged Anakin in the Kenobi series)

[@G_zuz]

They really know Jordan is the only person that could make us watch a shoe ad

[@kardoso75]

I would love to see a video of you guys fixing the nuke shot from Fear the Walking Dead, i have 100% certainty you could pull this off

[@asuintrototheatre4317]

Very often you guys reference different styles and techniques being used to film great “reference” imagery. This episode you kind of alluded to a thought that I’ve had in the back of my head for a long time. A lot of times it feels like the term “reference imagery” almost parallels “we tried something cool, spent a lot of money, didn’t necessarily work so we’re not using it for the final cut.“ I guess the root of my real question is, when exploring new ideas and techniques for a production is there a wiggle room to explore and try new techniques without a proven outcome, a budget line for explorative fun, or do you need to prove your plan of attack in the initial pitch in order for the studio to sign on. Love you guys! Most of the time you guys are talking a foreign language, but I am on the personal journey of learning VFX, inspired by you guys.

[@eddominates]

10:38 "we can't even really see anything" ...not at that resolution, anyway, all I saw was blocks of compression

[@GamerJules_]

Need either Jordan Peele or his VFX Coordinator on the couch for Nope. It'd be so interesting.

[@JoshLange3D]

Agreed -- Guillaume could also talk about 1917

[@danielmarcusfilms]

Please react to more Nope! Some of the shots with jean jacket look incredible.

[@kylegibson5432]

Nope is easily my film of the year. I've watched it close to a dozen times now. So many wonderful touches and easter eggs. Homages to other horror/scifi flicks. Lots of little hints and background visuals/audio.

[@RealEllenDeGeneres]

I was really let down by it tbh. I never really got any sense of suspense in the film. The first act was intriguing as there was a lot of mystery, but they revealed "it" too soon and I also really didn't like the twist at all. And the final act just got completely out of hand when it didn't need to. They also played up all this talk about "spectacle" and trying to syphon some sort of message out of it, but it feels really forced and I still don't really even get what the message is. Like, yea, people are attracted to a spectacle... what's the point?

[@bubble.mp4]

@@RealEllenDeGeneres the message was essentially about how people are willing to go to extreme heights to capture a spectacle, dealing with things that they don’t understand. Gordy and Jean Jacket are one in the same, as they are both creatures with different behaviors and environments than humans, and trying to control it is something that we just can’t do. Additionally, as shown through Jupe’s entire existence and the fact that he rents out a room dedicated to a horrible tragedy that happened to him, it’s making a comment on how tragedy tends to be commodified for the sake of entertainment or spectacle.

[@reganator5000]

I think part of the problem o-f day-as-night filming is the shadows. Because, barring an incredibly clear night under a full moon, we might be able to just about see things, but there are no shadows from the sky. Or more accurately, there's one big one, and that's why it's real hard to see anything in the first place. So Day-as-night creates a problem that, even in a scene where there might actually by shadows, they're in entirely the wrong places, because they're being cast by the sun, which isn't there, and no one will have bothered to match up a full clear moon to the sun. In real night, you end up with all the weird multiple shadows from multiple light sources if there's enough light to really cast them, but it's presumably very hard to do that when it was actually broad daylight on set.

[@maximze3822]

I receantly came across "Witcher Logic Short Film" by Viva La Dirt League, the fight scene starting at 10:45 againts the bruxa, was really nice and well done. Maybe you should take a look at it.

[@maxTheTimeSlasher]

You guys should probably react to Found Footage stuffs. Like Chronicle. They're a lot of CG elements in there.

[@attila7445]

What was Wren doing here?! 21:59

[@wagpastie]

I’d love to see y’all react to the What We Do in the Shadows show- season 3 has a giant inflatable rat which could be practical but I’m not too sure, season 4 has some fun n janky head replacements involving deliberately putting the face of a 40-something year old on a kid.

[@jamesbarry7363]

Caught a 25th anniversary screening of Starship Troopers this week, would be great to see a VFX breakdown of some of the shots in that film.

[@dxm028]

I like the idea that the way they talk about the Backdraft clip, it’s not “a barrel factory that’s exploding” but a factory that producing exploding barrels

[@TattleFazbear]

I would love to see you guys do a VFX reaction on Shin Godzilla :D its such an awesome movie and the vfx were pretty awesome imo!!!

[@r3stl3ss]

48 seconds? this is my record

[@Felipelovv]

If you want to be just in time just remember that they upload at 12 pm est

[@tomerfeller9993]

Do pirates of the caribbean cursed of the black pearl! 2003 cgi quite impressive. Maybe even contrast it with reacting to dead men tell no tales with it's questionable cg

[@EdenMantle48]

Know I'm commenting late, but I recently watched The Mist (2007) and was pretty impressed with how a lot of the VFX held up, and I feel like a chunk of that was a good combination of practical and CG along with good reference and knowing what they could and couldn't do, but I'd love to hear your thoughts on it, especially a lot of the fire! (There's also a flaming man stunt, which you have some personal experience with!)

[@philipmiesbauer]

Please review a scene in the original Willow. At 51:04 due to the placement of feet between frames while running and the motion blur from the camera it looks like the composited tiny people look as if they are in front of the feet running past, but not in frame by frame exactly.