VFX Artists React to Resurrected Actors Bad & Great CGi

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[@CorridorCrew]

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[@MrMario501]

Seeing a pinned comment with 0 likes is so weird… along with the fact it was posted 3 years later

[@Compyvr]

I now

[@andrassbb]

erybody

[@Menuki]

Legally, speaking your face is public domain. It’s kinda the workaround after the San Bernardino incident. The FBI want an easy back door into iPhones but Apple wouldn’t compromise security. Instead, they put in finger and Face ID. If a person is arrested they have the right to remain silent, so they don’t have to tell the police the passcode to their phone. But your face and fingerprints aren’t protected as such. You can remain silent (or be dead), but they can unlock you phone

[@nathansharpwalkermusic3321]

I was one of the artists on the sopranos job. It was a nightmare. These guys were pretty accurate in their assumptions as to why it looked so weird- yes we had to flip her head horizontally to make it work in some shots and not in others, yes we knew the lighting made no sense. But there was nothing we could do! We were given a bunch of body parts and told to Frankenstein it all together into the final sequence. Please bear in mind it was 20 years ago and the tech has evolved hugely since then, yet even now it is super hard to do. The other artist and I were under 25 at the time and working 16 hours a day for a month. Sorry guys, we tried our best with the tools and materials we were given!

[@leeks1408]

I forgive you dude!!! Obviously it’s difficult to do for a movie let alone a television series!!! Y’all only had a month and that is definitely not enough time!!! Especially with the tech from 20 years ago

[@archangel9092]

gabagool

[@ibrashuller]

I'm watching The Sopranos right now and I gotta say I didn't notice that Livia was CGI at first. You did your best, man, good job. RIP Nancy Marchand

[@Shoutlikeatwebpunktd]

Ive watched the sopranos and didn’t notice … only found out right now. You only really notice it when you know what to look for

[@Mash__d]

Like others have said, I never noticed. I've watched this whole series countless times and I never knew she was CG for that scene. Kudos to you guys, you guys did fantastic given the time frame and the tech you had! :)

[@Jaspev]

At the end of this series they'll reveal that everyone on the couch is CGI.

[@Donkeyhead]

I wrote a comment like this only to discover this...

[@irai_nesanOfThamizhOrigin]

Iiro Tähkä whoa! Me too😱😱😱

[@GhostofCicero]

Guy in the middle is definitely a copy of the dude from Entourage.

[@rafaelferes4362]

This... Would be epic! But I doubt the would put the effort because of reasons and money

[@brettlauer3152]

@@rafaelferes4362 What do you mean money? Why would they need money to make the couch CGI?

[@3DJapan]

I actually assumed Paul Walker had shot all those scenes before he died and they only did the one car scene in CG. Pretty fantastic!

[@ericforsyth]

I don't know... the scene at 1:52 looks pretty bad to me. And in most of them he looks like something out of a Quantic Dream video game. The first one they showed is by far the best (despite the shortcomings they pointed out), and it makes sense given the background they also provided. Granted, I also don't know that there's anything better than that, so it was likely a great attempt with what they had to work with.

[@Stettafire]

The others looked bad but I thought Paul Walker was very tastefully done

[@GarrettWatts]

This is incredible. I will say this much... I saw Rouge One in theaters, and afterwards I had no idea there was CG character in the movie.

[@filippa1434]

I coudnt tell either... but maybe it's just because I have bad eye sight XD

[@sonjaolofsson2682]

Same, I just saw it, came here because I wanted to see how they made Carrie Fisher. I would never have thought Peter Cushing was CGI

[@DanielVerberne]

“Rouge One”, with that misspelling sounds like a movie about makeup.

[@mullaoslo]

You didn't know Peter Cushing was dead? He's been gone since like 94..

[@lakshmioleti9527]

watch more corridor videos to learn how they make cg shots

[@KingBr33ch]

“Bruce Lee looks like that one guy from Tekken” Oh the one modeled after Bruce Lee?

[@SKNYmusik]

BR33CH HD you’re so cool

[@MitchellTF]

"Only Tekken did it better..."

[@SuperTonyony]

@@SKNYmusik He was just pointing out that young people today don't know that literally EVERYTHING in the 21st century is trite and derivative, bordering on plagiarism. The truth hurts, as they say.

[@tempo8462]

To me only their screams sound similar not their body

[@KingBr33ch]

Sodium Ruto tekken is exaggerated so I agree 100%

[@mindpretzel95]

"between the nose, above the chin" like... the mouth?

[@insaincaldo]

It's kinda fun that they would say that as people who know about this stuff and then I'm sitting here as a regular Jo, going it wasn't the eyes and forehead? To me it looks like the CGI team miss matched with the actor and fell behind so that her eyes kinda drag up into possession too late.

[@3DJapan]

And the other things between the nose and chin.

[@cleanjosephtv]

1k likes!!!

[@Idiomatick]

Philtrum probably

[@dabeee8926]

I'm pretty sure he said more than that, and not referring to the mouth

[@billykrueger275]

Fun fact: the cast they had of Peter Cushing came from the film Top Secret, directed by the guys who made Airplane and Naked Gun. The reason they had a cast of his head is because they had a visual gag where he is looking through a magnifying glass and his eye is super big, but when he puts down the glass, his eye still super big because they put a giant eye on his face

[@catserver8577]

I think movie stars need to include in their living will and final directives whether they want their likeness resurrected. We know that studios and some family members will just see dollar signs, but some stars may want their characters to retain continuity in whatever way a director can do it. I think it's reached that level at this point.

[@1lucia]

This can of course work, as dark as it might be to ask someone the question if they want to be included if they died. In the case of Paul Walker though it was so unexpected and sudden that they couldn‘t have possibly predicted it. I think in those cases you would need to ask the family and take into consideration what you think the actor would‘ve wanted. Paul Walker loved his role and I am 100% sure he would love what was done with his character. I am sure though that there are other actors that hate their role and wouldn’t want to be „revived“ for a movie

[@fork9001]

Todays actors will probably be able to give consent, but older actors can’t.

[@ItsAlleged]

The dad in back to the future solved this.

[@SabsWithR]

Plot twist: Those three guys are actually completely CGI

[@OldSchoolDudeGaming]

That is the ultimate lesson. We were looking so closely at what they wanted us to see that we didn't see what was right in front of us the whole time.

[@flubsdubz6247]

It would take them months to make it CGI and for those details i think its even more.. But I guess it would be great

[@mrj7366]

Lol

[@mj3791]

Yeah they should do a video of one of them in CGI and halfway through he starts to glitch and gradually become worse xD

[@Jetanium]

What an original comment, I don't see this on any other one of their videos at all!

[@mouaffakhalabi1674]

React to DC digitally removing Henry Cavil’s mustache in Justice League!!

[@VenomXRaptor]

And Gal Gadot's armpit hair (they did that, right?)

[@pegasusdrive12]

I'm pretty sure stills from the movie where Henry still has his mustache have been leaked. They'll help for the direct comparison.

[@difaabdulrafi1303]

Nathan Locke no

[@tfsb999]

They already did

[@pascalsimioli6777]

@Ms. Kuchisaké Delusional boy...

[@JETZcorp]

When I saw Rogue One in the theater, I hadn't heard they'd used CGI for Tarkin. I thought they'd found a decent doppelganger and then tried too hard on the makeup or something. Went home and immediately watched A New Hope (because that's what you do after seeing Rogue One the first time) and seeing the real Tarkin again really made it click. Also. Carrie Fisher passed away THE DAY before I saw that movie. So seeing her at the end, in an end sequence which was already spectacular, sent me over the top emotionally.

[@botakccpx2578]

Peter crushing "who died some time ago" like 20+ years ago

[@tyshco2969]

20 years ago is sometime ago.

[@canadianjake917]

What I wanna know is WHY WAS HENRY CAVILL’S UPPER LIP SO DEMONIC

[@maxwuup2152]

it were reshots when he had already grown a mustache for another movie that he could not shave, so they edited it

[@thechaoticphoenixx8963]

on top of what Max said, you can find videos of regular people doing a better editing job of the mustache cover up than what the massive company did.

[@Barbaroossa]

I heard a rumor that a VFX company was hired at the last moment during the reshoots to CGI away his mustache and only had two weeks to do the job, which had to be done frame by frame. Supposedly that's why it looks so bad.

[@TheAlison1456]

except you already know that.

[@TheKenji2221]

​@@Barbaroossa So basically you have smartasses who brag about how they can edit a moustache better on a single frame. While the VFX company had two weeks to edit a 3 hours movie at roughly 24 or 50 fps (didn't watch the movie but it's a wild guess based on US standards) ? Damn. Internet sure is full of retards

[@onerian8178]

imagine if stan lee filmed like 20 scenes for future marvel movies

[@baileys5673]

I’d be getting hella emotional for about 5 seconds for the next 20 years

[@diogobatista7712]

@@baileys5673 well he did so take paper tissues

[@judianx]

Oh pretty please

[@Cheesenuggest420]

He did film a couple in advance but not many

[@luvreality629]

Rest in peace, stan lee...

[@drshr3dd3r79]

I'm waiting for the episode where they cgi themselves onto the couch and wait for us to notice

[@DarkHorseWorkshop]

For me it's those digital works being both too stiff, and something missing in the eyes.

[@LurkerPatrol5]

Something is always off about the motion and I wonder if it's some refresh rate thing. Grand Moff Tarkin looks gummy to me too.

[@user-mp7wk9xb8v]

my new compliment to someone is now "you have a good subsurface scattering"

[@jonathanschaffer2594]

My reply would be “Thanks. The small muscular movements around your mouth help you not look like a creepy robot”

[@Obergeniesser]

LMAO

[@Obergeniesser]

The ambient light on your face highlights the reddish tone on your nose haha

[@xaviermaster1]

And people who don't understand will be "a what now?" Or "nerd"

[@lrmcatspaw1]

I would say: go away cortana, you are drunk.

[@chickenphat730]

Please react to de-aging actors CGI Or aging up actors CGI or both (the Corridor Crew had a heart on this, briefly, before I edited this for the first time.. oops)

[@ramenai]

maybe changing body types as well (e.g. skinny chris evans in "CA:TFA," young and chubby dwayne "the rock" johnson in "Central Intelligence")

[@assassinproduction1]

Young Nick Fury breakdown would be sick

[@derekricaurte3837]

old captain america would be a great one from endgame

[@jokarpinski22]

YES, RDJ, Sam Jackson, Kurt Russell, Benjamin Button

[@YoshMonsterGaming]

I was just about to say

[@concore9829]

Must have been hard for the walker brothers to play there brother after he died

[@BenHereb-sonOfthesword]

Not too hard he did itn

[@callumclarke9384]

@@BenHereb-sonOfthesword what are you saying

[@rahulbiswas2993]

@@callumclarke9384 he speakin hebrew

[@ThatControlUser]

@@callumclarke9384 hebrew man

[@gabbyk.7358]

Bro they're all saying " it's so good but you can still tell" And then theres me who got totally fooled with it

[@cadrejeff]

Carrie Fisher’s Deepfake was not that perfect, the mouth didn’t say hope, it looked like she said “hohhu”

[@drewwhitney7327]

I know. I don't get why the guy sitting in the middle is spazzing out over it: "WOW. That looks WAY better!!!" They both look pretty fake to me.

[@muhammadfaiz2272]

But don't forget that you have a dream

[@SlightNegative]

"What was it they gave us?" "Hohhu." ". . . Excuse me?"

[@symbolitical4158]

One is a deepfake, the other is a CGI production from a billion dollar company. Maybe that's why they are impressed dumbasses?

[@pieswick]

Dark Reaper but they said that looks better therefore suggesting it was better not simply impressive

[@Tenpouin]

"YOU NEVER SEEN THE SOPRANOS?" says the guy who never watches half the movies he's commenting about ^_^

[@wheeler6768]

Exactly lol

[@jeltje50]

That's kinda the joke duud

[@howtomusic5157]

I have never heard of the Sopranos until literally now

[@xLightcrystalx]

@@howtomusic5157 It was a very successful tv show in america.

[@howtomusic5157]

Leonidas Well that explains why I've never heard of it (because I don't live in America)

[@nekodegozaru951]

What do you know? 4 years later, Niko's question whether an actor should own the likeness of their face is an actual issue right now in Hollywood.

[@sasousousa5071]

As a non professional when I saw Tarkin for the first time in theaters I was completely amazed by it. True when you focus and can pause the movie, zoom etc. you can complain on little details but when you're carried by the moment and action of the movie it was for me really realistic. Bravo to the team who did it

[@Gehab]

I love how these videos aren't just entertaining, but you legit learn so much watching it too. It's like the chill out couch version of Digital Foundry

[@emilioal1235]

Yo Gehab what up I love your videos mate ❤️🤘

[@altcut02]

I know right, I'm learning a lot from this series as an artist myself. It's great! Entertaining and enlightening

[@goldenfrogstudios]

Edutainment

[@jamespruitt4756]

Corrider is the reason I can't watch movies anymore >_>;

[@VoltageLP]

yeah, I learned to sing watching this video

[@williamvale2294]

This VFX react series is such a good idea. Please continue it guys. Great work!

[@stevethea5250]

Easier than this, get a body double then utilize DEEPFAKE

[@isaacmangold9174]

Yesss keep going!

[@Taskforce101]

Can't agree more. Always love the insight and please know they are great

[@supernana7263]

They actually ruin movies for me

[@migpapi8141]

I just want to say I’ve become absolutely obsessed with this channel and this series and it’s all I watch at this point. Just wanted to thank you guys for working so hard, being so informational, and consistently putting out top quality content 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@colemoore5007]

Some actors restrict use of their likeness Using your example of Tom Cruise, he actually doesn’t allow the use of his face on toys or merchandise, which is why we don’t see mission impossible action figures, or anything similar

[@Beesus-]

For me it was that Tarkin's forehead was too glossy. The other guy in the scene reflected the light in a matted way. But Tarkin looked like a waxed hardwood floor.

[@xddkiba]

Tarkin and leia Look so like plastic

[@caaaam]

His head turned before his body

[@christianmcbrearty]

He moved like a robot

[@cgh7337]

For me, it was the eyes. They literally looked animated.

[@davidportmore9784]

In my opinion the biggest sin was trying to push him into clearer views. Cut his screentime in half, and make him always in shadow. Get your money shot as still as you can, maybe as a silent reaction.

[@tomgosy]

This series is really blowing up, great job guys!

[@liltree8382]

I’m addicted to these videos

[@denslyss]

they're so pumped about VFX, its infectious

[@dinoman3784]

Do the flash fight scenes

[@jokarpinski22]

I love these videos... kinda worried you guys aren't getting any work done anymore lol

[@SUUAviation]

They deserve it! They inspired us to make our our helicopter movie scene react video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYOkkpuVbNV4hNU

[@IAmJimRetzer]

RE: CGI Tarkin Quite apart from the achievements and / or failings of the digital rendering, and despite all the lengths the artists went to to assure they had as photo-realistic likeness as they could get; they fell flat by the omission of one of the single most distinctive "human" touches Peter Cushing was known for - the finger raised for emphasis. Look at any film where Cushing is playing an authority or emphatically making a point and you will find it - that finger visually punctuating his words. From Dracula to Frankenstein to the original Star Wars itself (hell, even the animators of the cartoon series used it!); you could make a drinking game out of how many times he wagged that finger in the air - and yet it was so glaringly, painfully missing from CGI Tarkin. In fact, in most of his scenes, his hands are resolutely immobile or clasped behind his back. I was seriously disappointed that so familiar a Cushing trademark had been neglected.

[@blofeld39]

Guy Henry gives a very somnolent performance compared to what Peter Cushing would give. And then the animators tried to bring it close to Cushing facially, which creates a disconnect between the voice and the face.

[@gracedandelion8070]

I remember watching Rogue One in theaters and inmediately when I saw that Turkin character I KNEW he wasnt real I told my dad watching with me and he didnt know who I was talking about -- him, the cgi guy!

[@liontamer5841]

Please do not stop making these, this my favorite series

[@chili24137]

These guys are very good at VFX, but one thing they are even better at is KZbin, they understand they got a winning series on their hands, you can bet your ass we'll get one of these vids each week for at least the rest of 2019

[@zachary4670]

I love these!!

[@TWHowl]

forreal, never seen any of their other vids but i fucking love these

[@HakeemRDaud]

oh you know they won't. the previous videos of this series are top 15 in views

[@SevenThomsen]

React to "The Lord of The Rings" CGI vs "The Hobbit" CGI.

[@tylorianfan8873]

please

[@voidling2632]

Hobbit cgi is far better. Only difference, lotr used mainly practical effects and rarely cgi, only if they needed to. Hobbit however used mainly cgi and less practical effects.

[@SevenThomsen]

@@voidling2632 I agree, just wanted to see their take on the shiny models and stuff and how the methods have changed over time.

[@peterjoyfilms]

@kshamwhizzle It's like with Jurassic Park. The CG is far more advanced in a technical sense in the Hobbit but in Lord of the Rings its far more cleverly handled.

[@daviddwyer4376]

Misanthrope the cgi for Azog in the hobbit is pretty bad, Smaug is great tho

[@TJAdkirson]

I personally thought the scenes in Rogue One were good. I never understood why people said it was bad. Even after watching this. With Tarkin, there were moments where it seemed fake, but with Carrie, it was indistinguishable. But seeing the Deep fake, in this video absolutely shook me, sending tingles up my spine.

[@MusicDecomposer]

12:12 Ask Crispin Glover.

[@JackFlashTech]

That’s what occurred to me. They should have shown the clip where Glover was used in Back To The Future (2? 3? I forget) and talked about what happened.

[@chindleymuffin]

@@JackFlashTech It was the second movie, they didn't get Glover back for the sequel for some reason (if I recall correctly, there was a dispute about Glover wanting more money) and so they decided to get another actor in, with prosthetics to make him look like Glover. No CG was used back in 1989 (the technology just wasn't advanced enough), they used a special motion control camera rig (with special film stock too) to film each character separately and then optically lined up all the shots in post production. Nowadays it would all be done with digital compositing. There was no law at the time to say that you couldn't use an actor's likeness without permission, but due to Glover suing Zemeckis and Universal (the court case in which he won), there is now a clause in the Screen Actors Guild rules saying you have to seek written permission to use an actor's likeness, even if they are dead.

[@Chazzsg]

That was the first thing I thought of. There's literally a whole law about likeness because of back to the future lol

[@maggie0417]

Yes, first person I thought of too.

[@TheVengalayakshraaj]

Rachel from Blade Runner 2049 is probably the best I've seen so far

[@alanwashstuff216]

Yes! That was way perfect than Rogue One technique. There are tons of movies with all these special effects secrets. Blade Runner 2049 is one of the best productions of all time.

[@AhiezerCoronel47]

It was so perfect I couldn't tell it was cgi.

[@MrOtistetrax]

True. If I hadn't known that the actress (Sean Young) should have aged 35 years, I'd never have guessed it wasn't her.

[@032_m.alfathcirrus5]

Man, every CG in that movie is frickin flawless!

[@guitarman0365]

nah her face was lifeless. The mouth and eyes look weird in conjunction with the rest of the face. Like what these guys were talking about all the small things that go on when your face moves. It is painfully obvious with Rachel too. At least in my opinion.

[@fireramyt9691]

Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2? The Kurt Russel deaging was amazing.

[@Swamprat44]

It was also mostly makeup. His makeup artist he’s used for decades told the production team “Hey, I can probably cut a few decades off of him with makeup alone” and they just went from there.

[@luisconceicao5461]

Seeing them react to mostly of Marvel's deaging actors would be awesome. The deaging of Michael Douglas and Michel Pffeifer was amazing too, in my opinion.

[@veggiet2009]

De-aging Samuel Jackson in Captain marvel was probably the best to date.

[@luisconceicao5461]

@@veggiet2009 I agree. Marvel does an incredible job deaging their actors, the most mindblowing thing is that they deaged The Original Six when they appear in New York's Battle in Avengers:Engame

[@T1hitsTheHighestNote]

But the old Cap was all makeup, wasn't it? Has to be some of the best aging makeup to date.

[@guydelombard8759]

Thanks for the vocabulary to understand WHY these CGI scenes can be unsettling! This explained the subtle nuances of this detailed work very well!

[@justinkashtock333]

Part of what killed Cushing/Tarkin's CG believable nature was the constant small motions they had his head make - they were so numerous and so sharply executed, almost staccato to use a musical term (kind of stop-motion-like or slideshow like; very jerky) that it was just obviously not any way that a person would naturally move. If they cut the little head movements in half or even just took 1/3 of them out and made the motion a little smoother, it would have been far more convincing. People don't move like a puppet with a DC Step Motor controlling them; there's motion build-up and inertia that keeps you moving slightly when you try to stop, and they flubbed those aspects completely. tl;dr: CG Tarkin lacked fluidity in his movements and made too many of them to begin with, and they didn't follow basic physics.

[@maxmartin4225]

Can you do a video on CGI animals? all the way from the original Jumanji to the more recent Lion King.

[@watt2785]

Thats a great idea Hope they do it

[@jackkabel7704]

Yes that'd be very interesting

[@jonathanbywater5999]

Based on the trailers for Lion King I think it looks like they did an incredible job making the animals look real. However, I think they’re so real that they lack the emotion and human-like characteristics that can be easily expressed with drawn cartoons.

[@MavenCree]

Don't forget the cgi deer from The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 12: "Say Yes". The deer Rick is looking at when he's on the Ferris Wheel.... Even a layman like me could tell it was so bad. The sun light is on it's right side but the left side is still lit up like a spotlight... kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYHbhYmAjNCVjpY Worst fake animal I've EVER seen that wasn't intentionally supposed to be cheesy (*cough* syfy channel movies *cough*).

[@delta927canadien-francais5]

Also Mowgli

[@wigsplitter1994]

Clint doesn't know StarWars *Still makes an example with sand*

[@Dargonhuman]

@@RJFreno He does add the purely objective outsider's perspective, though. What I mean is, he doesn't know these movies, therefore he has zero expectations or preconceived notions about what they're supposed to look like, he's just looking at the effects and deciding if they're good or not based on their own merit regardless of any outside context.

[@QueenAshe]

derpyherpes I don’t like sand.

[@RyTrapp0]

He's fine, he adds enough about the subject in spite of not knowing some of the specific creative examples used. One doesn't need knowledge of a specific creative work to make technical observations.

[@RyTrapp0]

@@RJFreno Yea, your opinion is "fact" and everyone else in the entirety of the world can't possibly disagree with you without just being "wrong" - we heard you the first time...

[@RyTrapp0]

@@RJFreno And, all I'm saying is that we already heard you - you disagree with some of us, we got it. Literally nothing is going to change by you continuing to repeat your opinion, but stated as if it's in some way factual. You obviously aren't changing my mind, and it should be obvious why I'm not wasting my time trying to change yours. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have other people who's opinions I'm also, apparently, s00per d00per upset over(just because I disagree with them, of course) to reply to...

[@lordlem]

Never would have known about the dude in Gladiator, seen that film a few times and never thought anything was off! You guys have such amazing attention to detail!

[@codyt821]

Tarkin looked pretty damn flawless to me, but I'm no expert. If I hadn't known about Peter Cushings passing I would've never known he was digital

[@luukrawks]

PLEASE compare The Lord of The Rings to the Hobbit. The scene in Moria with Gandalf vs the Balrog is something I want you to talk about.

[@dj__alien]

Lucianno Luuk Becerra YES!

[@zybch]

Or just after they leave and that dreadful digital double shot of the remaining companions sliderunwalking down the mountain.

[@johnthomson9614]

I had trouble understanding the geography of the Balrog & Bridge scene. Is that what you mean?

[@luukrawks]

@@johnthomson9614 I was referring on the Balrog itself. Because light is being emitted from within him, he has a flaming sword and whip, Idk, something along those lines. The geography of that confused me aswell. "The bridge is near" says gandalf. Cut to a shot of the bridge being a mile away or so. Filling in the blanks myself, I'm guessing the stairs that twirled downward led to a tunnel that goes back in and curves left (or right) to where the bridge is located. We just didn't see the tunnel. I THINK, can't say it's accurate.

[@caridadchang7895]

CGI animals: The Lion King vs Aslan from Narnia Also Sherkan and Raja as an extra comparison

[@TeruteruBozusama]

I still don't get how they are allowed to call pretty much a CGi only movie "live action"..!

[@tedi012]

Don't forget about The Jungle Book(2016) from Disney vs Netflix's Jungle Book

[@TeruteruBozusama]

@Norman still, couldn't it be called 'realistic 3D animation' or something instead? It'd be honest..! Pear soda was forced to be renamed "soda with pear flavour" here in Norway, and CGI is even less real so :/

[@jimpatston6157]

Regarding the question of the use of someone’s identity without their permission, the case of Crispin Glover who sued the makers of Back to the Future part 2 for using a cast from his face used by make up artists for the first film to manufacture prosthetics for another actor to wear in order to fool the audience into thinking it was the same guy that was in the first film. He won his case and a law was created to protect performers.

[@harikrishnanchandramohan4209]

They bought Paul Walker's face to life but forgot to bring his eyes back to life.

[@oldsouls7469]

I need yall to react to actors being digitally made young. Captain Marvel (although I know you already did, but maybe another scene) Ant Man, Endgame, Civil War, Terminator, and the Irishman when it comes out. Maybe a few more! Edit: Great suggestions!

[@AdityaLandge1994]

Yess! I was going to say that!!

[@austinbuholtz6970]

Yessssss

[@StephonST]

I need them to wait until Gemini Man comes out (Will Smith movie) they make him look Fresh Prince young and its pretty damn good. Check out the trailer

[@johnmcfadden9442]

Don't forget Tron Legacy

[@Goldenholla]

and Logan

[@JustinNathanielAdams]

Someone has HAD to have suggested this already , but- LOTR vs Hobbit CGi

[@kavenkaven4989]

Musikality unfortunately the hobbit is almost entirely CGI whereas LOTR had so many costumes and makeup. The orcs took up to 12 hours and there were hundreds of extras; in the hobbit the orcs were all cgi and its such a shame!

[@fedorbrockmann1698]

Yes please!

[@ferretneck]

They already spoke about it in another video

[@davethewave2197]

Let's just say it like this, the Lord of the Rings looks amazing with all of its 'real looking' orcs, while the Hobbit looks like a video game

[@MrFahrenheit2k]

LOTR still looks fantastic with some small exceptions. I've recently rewatched the trilogy on blu-ray and noticed that in some panoramic shots 3D models of actors are sometimes floating above the ground and have pretty basic animation by today's standards. But boy, does everything else looks cool, perfect blend of practical effects and CGI.

[@knuckle12356]

Sopranos had Nancy Marchand unexpectedly die, so they used existing footage and applied it to a body double. This was season 2, I believe, so it was done over 20 years ago. In the case of the horizontal flip, it was probably the only footage they were provided that made the lateral movement they needed, but in the wrong direction. They then pursued a bad idea to completion to solve the problem. But it might have been the only thing they could do with available tools and budget. Also maybe they didn't know enough to know everything that is possible. It is substandard, but you've got a crew that does basically no visual effects, having to scramble and figure out a solution during a time when these effects were still very expensive. I think it's a big case of the talents of the team being incompatible with the solution of digital effects.

[@jonessmith3187]

I think Brandon Lee and how they were able to finish his performance in The Crow after his accidental death deserves probably a whole episode on this show. It wasn't done entirely digital but it a master class in using every trick in the book to finish the film.

[@malcolmpurple3686]

In the sopranos scene the actress playing Olivia passed away very unexpectedly days before filming started for the season. Which quickly became a writing nightmare since she was such a big part of the story. If you watch the season she doesn't appear or is mentioned in the first episode of the season because they had to buy time for this scene of her to be made, which appears in the second episode. The reason why it looks so bad is because 1 they were rushed, but also because all of the head shots were from previous scenes in the previous seasons, which all had different lighting and shot from different angles. Also if you watch the scene the dialogue is very strange too because they had to write it so the things that she said in the shots made sense for the conversation. They did the best they could with what they had. But man it looks bad.

[@RUSEOfficial]

I am just now getting around to watching the Sopranos and had a really strange hunch that the actress had died when first viewing the scene. It was so strange to be able to predict her character's death minutes before it happened because of VFX. Didn't put the pieces together until I went to the actress's wikipedia page and saw how they had to write the story around her death. Felt like something I could only experience by binging a 20-year-old show lol

[@Newtman98]

RUSE - Official Same here. As soon as I saw that scene I was like “uh oh...”

[@stephenleblanc4677]

I do remember an interview on Fresh Air where someone involved in the Soprano's production discussed that Nancy Marchand informed the show of her cancer diagnosis and the show asked her to keep acting in it as long as she could or wished to.

[@guffy10]

They forgot to try deepfakes

[@malcolmpurple3686]

Даниил Горбунов waaaaaaay before deep fakes were a thing.

[@modernkennnern]

this VFX artists react to * series is quickly becoming one of my favourite shows on KZbin

[@reDMR98]

Needs to be louder FeelsGoodMan Clap

[@hafidhadhiet]

Reaaly like that guy on the right.

[@calebwentzel4337]

Everyone loves Niko

[@liontamer5841]

This comment needs more likes so they could always make this series

[@deviction6530]

this VFX artists react to * guy in the middle is really corny

[@jadestein4658]

I love these videos so much! Not only are they fascinating and entertaining, but I've learned a lot about art, and how to improve as an artist. Especially in terms of texture and lighting. Anyone else?

[@heroicrockstar]

The Simpsons episode of filming radioactive man, has the best cg replacement of a character ever 🤣

[@cancerix1700]

You could break down -Pacific Rim (2013) -Transformers (2007) -Star Trek (2009)

[@lessalazar9068]

Pacific Rim had AMAZING CGI

[@SahilP2648]

@@lessalazar9068 one of the best to this day. There's not one flaw with it. The physics were also right in that. Everything felt like they weighed millions of tonnes and every hit had impact, every swing took time. And the scenes in the rain and in the ocean were jaw droppingly good. I have a 15GB blu ray version of it.

[@shirogoma4315]

Yes! And maybe the new Godzilla

[@Alec_Shepard]

I read Star Trek as Shrek

[@pentraksil]

It is not really resurecting, but Rachel from Blade Runner in Blade Runner 2049 was an excellent CGI face.

[@ZulqarnainAidil]

And it was hand animated too, like omg

[@zybch]

Yeah, that really was impressive.

[@TheChromaKid]

It was hands down the best attempt at a CGI face to date. It was helped by the fact that she doesn't talk much, but still, it's flawless imo.

[@UKBxnzh]

Yeah, that was real good. One thing Id say is she looked slightly puffy

[@Sandul666]

I still could tell something was off but she's a cgi trying to be a human acting as a hyper real cyborg. So really it's just extremely convoluted at that point lololol

[@Sephiroth144]

You know, I would love to see a breakdown for the Rogue One pilots (Red Leader and Yellow Leader), which were inserted from footage from the first Star Wars movie... (Was it just footage, was there upscaling, did they CGI in conjunction with the footage, etc)

[@DavidAllen_0]

LOL "hover head" damn and seriously I just thought of Banner's shot in Infinity War a couple hours ago before watching this. You guys are awesome, I'm learning a hell of a lot through these

[@bluboi6792]

Do actors that were digitally de-aged in movies. Like Kurt Russel in Guardians of the galaxy

[@1Latettaja1]

Or now Will Smith from Gemini Man

[@Badgabr1]

Jeff Bridges in Tron Legacy

[@cwrightexe]

Sam Jackson in Captain Marvel

[@abdur4754]

@@1Latettaja1 they did it :D

[@thecollector4332]

Benjamin Rood Are you serious? It looks amazing for 2011 if it’s completely cgi...

[@SAVUFILMS]

Note. 1.Make CGI face 2.Motion capture 3.render lighting 4.render texture 5.finalize Then DEEP FAKE

[@patrickedwards2078]

Wth is deep fake

[@johnfrancisdoe1563]

Patrick Edwards It's a CGI technology for putting people's faces on other people's bodies. It became infamous for inserting celebrity faces in pornographic movies and passing it off as if the real celebrity had made that pornographic video. Very hard to tell from the real thing unless you recognize the original footage that was edited.

[@gergelyjakovac3063]

@@johnfrancisdoe1563 It is somewhat different from normal CGI technology as it is created by AI. Hence the name "deep" fakes (it is generated by deep neural networks)

[@wessltov]

@@patrickedwards2078 Don't Google it

[@KP3droflxp]

@@wessltov Or google it, who cares

[@shyguy23000001]

You guys need to do another one of these

[@Slothisticated0252]

Star Wars' vfx on Tarkin and Leia is mind boggling to me. Amazing work

[@supiika]

These "VFX Artists React to" videos are so good! Please continue doing these! 🙏

[@liontamer5841]

I hope they more of these, these are literally my favorite series to watch

[@87soju]

Same

[@ehntals1394]

Sopranos - She died unexpectedly. The shot was slapped together last minute using archive footage because they were so pressed to meet production schedule. She died in-universe immediately after that scene.

[@ashsvanlife]

This was a great video!! I think all video editors could get alot from your vids

[@spekky6248]

Now we need Chadwick Boseman CGI for Black Panther 😔

[@SWDude2710]

We do not. Marvel stated they are not doing that because it may seem disrespectful to his legacy, which it would be if done wrong or not.

[@vulvul5863]

me : Ahahhaa yeah yeah the lighting! also me : *whispering* WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE LIGHTING?

[@abilawaandamari8366]

Everytime an expert has a different opinion than me lol

[@theonlycatonice]

The Sopranos one was obvious but the rest are all fine details that normies like us wouldn't _really_ notice

[@SirBigWater]

@@theonlycatonice Many are super obvious . You can tell by how the face moves. Many are unnatural.

[@abilawaandamari8366]

@@theonlycatonice many are pretty obvious but laymen like us can't tell what is wrong we just know that something is wrong.

[@michaelcross7665]

A lot of things they point out make sense after they have brought attention to it. Before that I can just tell that it looks off but not necessarily why

[@Someone-ig7we]

"That looks WAY better!" Me: Doesn't notice a difference...

[@josephleviglea8942]

Same.

[@devilmay]

the lighting and shape of her eyes and t-zone are different enough (as its based on carrie fisher footage) that it becomes natural and feels natural to the viewer, plus her lip movements

[@BroArmyCommander]

Honestly, it looked faker to me

[@Wulf6491]

I actually thought it looked worse in some ways... it looked more, "Real" texture wise, but movement wise looked worse. to me.

[@LaMnchaUrbana]

Les me guess, Marvel fan?

[@nicks.2612]

Its in a way like replicating art and putting your name under it. Its still a copy and in a way impersonation/identity theft. Because it is also really easy to use deep fale to destroy reputations, so yeah people should have the rights to their likeness and the estates of late actors should be considerate towards what the actor would have wanted and not just cashing the paycheck. For example Peter Cushing loved working on Star Wars and would have been fine but the liquor ad with Bruce Lee seems like a big stretch that he would have been okay with that

[@Born2DoubleUp]

These reactions were a great idea! I always learn so much about what you do with every video. You guys explain things well. 👍

[@sandro5593]

“This is someone trying to be Carrie Fisher” - Spot on!

[@sabtherobot]

You should react to CG Monsters! From Pacific Rim to 90s Godzilla theres a lot to break down.

[@skeletspook]

Yeah I made another comment here as well, would be cool to compare 2014 Godzilla with the new one, but maybe also some other monster movies like 1998 Godzilla, Pacific Rim and Cloverfield. I feel like Godzilla 2014 was the only one that really convincingly showed the scale of the monsters (and maybe Cloverfield too) and I'd like to see them explain how that was achieved.

[@Topself24]

9:00 I think I know whats off for Peter Cushings character. There’s no since of groundedness or rhythm in his motion. He’s gliding or floating too much. There’s no weight to his facial gestures.

[@girle.madtail8464]

Re: Sopranos - Nancy Marchand, who played Livia, died suddenly after the season filming began. They had no time for FX. So, they just used footage (and parts of her dialogue) from an earlier season. Keep in mind, this was back in the early 2000s and it was television. The technology existed, but, for the series, not the time or the budget.

[@aidanlastname0187]

No she died before not after the season started filming. They had a completely different script where she was going to (spoilers) testify against Tony for the stolen tickets. She died Before the season started so they had to rewrite the script and suddenly kill off her character.

[@necrimekarim6523]

Do James Cameron's Avatar and how it changed CGI and motion capture going forward

[@KianOntong13]

life before and after avatar?

[@Mopantsu]

YES!!!

[@masonb2941]

This would be awesome

[@jokarpinski22]

As a layperson, I must say I think I'm the only person that when Avatar came out was like "wow Roger Rabbit but as a video game cutscene" ... never found Avatar even remotely interesting or revolutionary

[@faithstrachan9214]

John Carlos right! I watched it and thought it was the stupidest movie I’ve ever seen, never really understood how it’s supposed to be revolutionary

[@christopherdavidson8028]

Do I own my face? Nah, pretty sure I signed that away when I got Snapchat. In all seriousness, great video. Really provocative questions and analysis.

[@charlie4christ536]

Christopher Davidson God wants you to have a relationship with him! It was very loving of Him to come to earth as Jesus and live the life we should have lived and died the deserve we deserved. Some say "why doesnt God just wipe out all the evil in the world?" But people dont realize that would include them too if they do not have the blood of Christ covering their sins. His judgment is just and warranted because of evil in this world, but He provided a way of redemption for us through the sacrifice Jesus Christ made for us on the cross. God is patient with mankind. According to 2 Peter 3:9, " ...He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

@@charlie4christ536 why you bringing religion in this video?

[@BigTarb]

UwU well that escalated

[@mano7636]

@@charlie4christ536 dude this is why people hate religion

[@bgf3640]

Charlie4Christ I’m sorry but what.

[@oneworldfamily]

The last question is very interesting. If we were to ask Crispin Glover, he would definitely have something to say about this, after the Back To The Future issue.

[@daneroberts1996]

No matter how weird these early cgi faces are, it is undeniably really impressive to see how Star Wars improves the technology with every time they use it

[@jucciie]

you guys should do a review/reaction of Avatar, Godzilla, King Kong, World of Warcraft, and Alita.

[@niko-im8nl]

All great cgi

[@northwestcardigan]

yaaas the new WoW cinematics, they're beautiful

[@kaguario]

Alita is nuts in my honest opinion

[@jucciie]

psssst also if ur readin this corridor do love death and robots. That show has some seriously good cgi

[@saturn.]

The Rock, in the Mummy Returns as the Scorpion King. The pinnacle of CGI

[@kryptev8297]

Ew please no

[@OmalleyDoc]

I just want to see the revulsion on their faces looool

[@dodgyb2001]

LMAO

[@joedotphp]

They'd probably just sit completely silent for about 40 seconds then move on.

[@Fede0779]

Lol

[@samuelMC2487]

love your work guys

[@creeder99]

Really miss him.when see his replica in F&F 7

[@bridgertonobsessed98]

Please do Blade Runner 2049 (rachael) Forrest Gump (legs, feather) Captain America: The First Avenger (face and body swap)

[@minhaj_khan]

Rachael is the best realistic CG face I've ever seen. Logan was pretty damn good too. Those two, at least in my opinion, went beyond the uncanny

[@SkipLunch]

I second Rachel

[@kristof007]

Please do Rachel. That shot in the movie was incredible!

[@MTVGMSynthCovers]

Yeah. I am a total noob but Rachel looked really good. Would love to watch you guys talk about that one

[@eezamanna20]

The eyes on derpfakes Carrie Fisher freak me out

[@JonCollinsMedia]

She looked like a bobblehead

[@prestonhall5171]

It reminded me of movies from the 60's - early 70's when high res video wasn't a thing, and contrast seemed higher.

[@supernothing9305]

Her eyes actually move up before her head does, it's really fuckin weird.

[@HistoryandReviews]

alan met Garreth Edwards sucks ass

[@drnitay470]

that scene still scares me bruh

[@renegade637]

"Do we own our faces?" Technically, Lucasfilm got permission to do it from the Cushing estate and Carrie Fisher. So, it's not like all the parties concerned wouldn't have gotten paid.

[@JulianDeBacker]

Also: Carrie Fisher hadn't passed away when they made 'Rogue One'. In fact, Fisher saw the finished movie before her ultimely passing.

[@SmashPortal]

Yes, people own their likeness. This has been a thing for much longer than CGI.

[@ChipKaffmen]

The question is should they. Not do they.. #comprehension

[@AcoskyFilms]

Yeah, it's like someone taking a picture of you and uploading it without your consent. It's your likeness and you should be able to have control over what happens with it.

[@moondust2365]

@@AcoskyFilms True? But I also think it should be like copyright but not exactly. You have all say on what happens to pictures of you and digital models of you while you're alive, and can specify what can and can't be on to your body (along with what the law already says can and can't be done to your body). After you die, your children or your grandchildren own the copyright to pictures for a few decades, plus some rights on digital models. After that, you should be public domain. There'd still be laws preventing some things, but for the most part, 10-60 years after you die, the only thing your family should have control over is your assets, your successors, and your body.

[@AcoskyFilms]

@@moondust2365 That makes sense

[@baqcasanke]

@@moondust2365 uh hell no. My likeness isnt a frickin commodity to be sold by my kids. I would hella fight that type of law. That would mean after you die they could use your likeness as a mass murderer villian and shit. Not cool

[@jonalexander4789]

You should look at de-aged actors like Kurt Russell in the beginning in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

[@helixranger2625]

Or like Tony Stark in the beginning of Cpt. America: Civil War at MIT.

[@sasook]

Young Hank Pym & old Peggy Carter looked real good. Young Nick Fury too

[@utubesignupblows]

I want to see Nicole Kidman in Aquaman!

[@robinsamv3115]

Hank pim from ant man.

[@ferriswill4929]

sasook if you look back at Peggy Carter I think your opinion might change. Nick Fury looks really great though.

[@carlosgonzalezsalazar2343]

R.I.P Princess Leia “I don’t want my life to imitate art, I want my life to be art” -Carrie fisher 1956-2016

[@HistoryandReviews]

Shawnday Salazar yet she died with a needle in her arm aka crack head fischer

[@JameyMcQueen]

@@HistoryandReviews Wow. Dark.

[@LiaManila]

@@HistoryandReviews Not funny

[@jwork5680]

@@HistoryandReviews wdym?

[@parasthesia1]

lia Manila its not a joke

[@Ilsezwarts]

Another one of these,,,, that'd be so great, its such an interesting subject

[@ajdelposen1211]

Keep doing these series! Very insightful :)

[@gerardbenetmarques6639]

Indeed -Teal'c

[@SkulShurtugalTCG]

That deepfake of Leia was supposed to be BETTER? ... I don't see what you're seeing.

[@megmoo96]

Agreed. Her mouth didnt even match what she was saying. It looked like she said an extra syllable or something, not just “hope.”

[@XiGlove]

Oh hey didnt expect to see you here

[@moondust2365]

Tbf, it was. Still not perfect, but still...

[@kumar1400]

Forget the face details but the expression with eyes are real.

[@thomassommeryns4987]

It looks better to me

[@pizzapartyweekend8465]

Not sure if this was mentioned anywhere in the comments, but Peter Cushing's head-cast was created during production of the movie "Top Secret!" - they casted his head so they could give him an enlarged-eye prosthetic for a scene in the movie. Very funny movie, definitely worth a watch.

[@michaelgetsey7001]

Let’s see how they recreate Chadwick Bozeman #RIP

[@josephsale6254]

As they should

[@kittyhawk9707]

@@josephsale6254 Never gonna happen ..They aint got the budget to waste on lameass 1 hit ponies..

[@austin4509]

@@kittyhawk9707 are you disrespecting Chadwick like that.

[@therealwarmonger]

They must! Waiting for Black Panther 2.

[@BettyAlexandriaPride]

I've been worried about that. Black Panther's battles looked off to me for the longest, and I never knew it was because the majority were heavily CGI. I'm also worried about getting his coloring right. A lot of artists don't quite nail the various hues in darker skin tones. Then again, they'll be having the best of the best working on the movie; I would assume the technology will be more advanced by the time the movie releases. I'm curious as to what you all think about it.

[@bobdylan9743]

Mentioned Stan lee Me: Breaks down into tears

[@KxngAnt]

Bob Dylan 🥺😢

[@dead_fish5483]

No body cares

[@Pyro_Mothman]

@@dead_fish5483 everybody cares

[@sarthakraj3981]

@@Pyro_Mothman stan lee had multiple cases of domestic abuse

[@milktea543]

Sarthak Raj I heard the opposite where he was the one being abused. /shrugs

[@bloom2498]

Movie :Rampage Dwayne Johnson jumps out of plane.. parachute.. his face😂😂looks like a ps2 game😂

[@j3r3myyyyy]

@@ChrisGunnFilms ahh... So true... So very true... I mean, that scene with him being the scorpion just, makes me wish they had an extra few million budget

[@daedricender7276]

I like the fact in grand mod Tarkin scene they knew he was too shiny, and they made Director Chrenic’s face shiny is a slight way so it doesn’t look too out of place

[@mister_padilla6105]

Love these breakdowns.