This is What Happens When you Desynchronize Portals

[@Triflixfilms]

I watch the podcast, just wanted to say thank you for creating short films again. Even if they're not the most financially lucrative, it's the reason a lot of viewers fell in love with the channel in the first place. It's not like a Disney nostalgia, we don't need remakes and reboots, just make short films you love. This one was absolutely sick and innovative!

[@GoldenPickaxe]

Oh is Corridor Cast finally back???

[@MotionOndra]

100% this. Well said.

[@ConnorHammond]

Woohoo, didn't know the podcast is back. KZbin should know better than to withhold that sort of information!

[@gogomillenium]

Dang

[@drakocarrion]

There's a free Portal 2 mod called Portal: Reloaded that adds a time travel mechanic with you placing a third green portal that when passed through takes you backwards or forwards in time.

[@lollingrock]

Yeah but Niko's interpretation is slightly different: the portals have an equal and opposite displacement of time with respect to the present day which takes place within a short interval of time, while portal reloaded switches from the far future to the present to ensure that you never interact with yourself fron the past or the future.

[@B.C.wheeling]

Both you guys are blowing my mind!!! Ouch

[@thewolfstu]

ohhh, love that mod

[@n_core]

Which was also inspired by another Portal 2 mod called Thinking with Time Machine, and you as a player actually interact with your past self as you need to solve the puzzle with the combination of your recorded past action and your current action.

[@JackTulsen77]

But how does the game put the future player in the present? How does the game predict what the player will do in the future and project that into the past which is the players current present? If future player is going back in time then the present player should be seeing their future selves before they even go back in time, but how would the game know what the player would do before they've done it? I've never played the game, but I don't see how the game can really do time travel justice without boxing the time travel mechanic into a very very narrow box turning it into more of a gimmick than something actually interesting.

[@Xyren]

This idea is used in a pair of Doctor Who mini episodes called Space and Time. The TARDIS lands inside itself, so the interior door and exterior doors act like portals. Then it drifts in time, so people start coming out of one door before they've gone in the other door.

[@sleepdeep305]

Almost forgot about that short, it’s brilliant

[@amarissimus29]

That short was exactly the right length for a looping time travel story. Long enough to be coherent, short enough to avoid everyone realizing how stupid time travel is.

[@redwiltshire1816]

@@amarissimus29time travel isn’t stupid and in quantum physics theoretically possible weirdly enough the Orville by Seth McFarland of all people does it perfectly

[@skaahejo]

​@@redwiltshire1816what episode may I ask...

[@redwiltshire1816]

@@skaahejo it’s a few episodes one in season 1 I believe 1 in season 2 that had a continued storyline into another episode and another at season 4. it’s just odd Seth McFarland the guy who made family guy actually made a show that covers multiple subjects and it’s well written even better than the original Star Trek hopefully it gets a new season

[@SpicyMelonYT]

5:16 You can use the arm to put yourself into already existing movies. So you can make a corridor video where you put yourself BACK into a previous corridor video like your a time traveler going to fix/break the timeline!

[@DoctorX17]

That sounds like an enormous amount of fun… could do something like the Star Trek: DS9 episode Trials and Tribble-ations where the DS9 crew is in the background of a TOS episode

[@SpicyMelonYT]

@@DoctorX17 Yeah exactly, I personally didn't know what your talking about but I asked my dad and he agrees haha! Edit: and to be clear I have watched Star Trek I am not a kid lol, I just didn't see that episode

[@jeffsorrows]

My man was waving his hand back and forth like if he was going to run and move his body against it 😭 though would be interesting for the 5 seconds ahead to drop themselves from ceiling to floor, hit terminal velocity, then wait for the concrete to decay, then he has to figure out how to safely slow down without killing himself lol

[@masonbarber871]

​@@jeffsorrowsThe safe way of escaping an infinite portal fall is to move the ceiling portal to a floor outside, move the other portal next to it once you go through, and let gravity plus air resistance gently slow you down. You will eventually just end up being suspended half way through with gravity from both sides holding you steady, then you can just climb out.

[@mannydani9180]

Dude, a clockblockers remake/sequel could be super cool A hell of a lot of work but really cool

[@FallenTie]

Almost like portal reloaded

[@YOLO-ox6lu]

Your right

[@oppenguin6462]

Exactly like Thinking with Time Machine

[@CaptainHank3]

its a shame they didn't make it a rectangle

[@mrseemsg00d]

I hated this mod so much. Too difficult for my small brain. Never got to finish it. :(

[@gageswearingen7038]

I got excited i thought they made it from the title

[@unvergebeneid]

It's crazy that rotoscoping has become so easy that you don't even need to bother to put in a patch of greenscreen for the clock. And that's with all that crazy hair!

[@clockwork204]

They didn't bother to rotoscope the gun in front of Niko's foot though. It's barely noticeable though, so embrace the jank!

[@bighominid]

The old 1979 movie _Time After Time_ made this point: traveling in time means also traveling through space. It's not done with Einsteinian precision, but the hero (a fictional HG Wells in the 1800s, played by Malcolm McDowell) moves forward in time and ends up in 1970s San Francisco to catch Jack the Ripper (David Warner), who has thrown himself into the future to escape justice in the past.

[@inasimplerhyme]

Classic film.

[@RiverRockRecords]

01:49 oh god this would make for such a fricken cool fight scene thats "unscripted" looking. thanks

[@mads6103]

You should watch Tenet then, it's a little bit like that, but instead of skipping forward or backwards, you just move backwards or forwards instead.

[@karlkastor]

There's a Portal mod called Thinking with Time Machine. Basically you can record and replay 'your past self' and then interact with it as your future self. (kinda like the record feature in Talos Principle)

[@RoyalTerravore]

Just what I was going to say. It's really clever.

[@SpookedGirl]

this feels like trying to understand TENET all over again

[@muditahlawat]

corridor portals are back 🔥

[@MrGoalie2012]

7:14 Any time I hear that iconic corridor music , i jus KNOW they about to hit us with all that insider knowledge

[@Rocksteady72a]

"What would that look like?" It would look like Outer Wilds 😂

[@MichaelReineke]

Exactly.

[@SaberSmith1118]

Immediately looked to see who else would say that 😂

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Thank you, I was looking for this comment! But it does seem like they didn't break the fabric of spacetime :)

[@Nipkef]

@@CuivTheLazyGeek remove a portal at the wrong time, and say goodbye to your fabric of reality

[@that1alan]

aww... i was hoping i could be the first to mention that....

[@dusty5227]

Bro that sponsored segment, the skit made me watch it without skipping 😅

[@SamuelRegier]

Same

[@Wow1w]

The best kind of sponsor segments are the ones that are skits and not just an line read

[@kamilhasbi5686]

@@Wow1w To add to that, I think it's also better to have the same person that's already hosting/narrating the video, do the sponsored skit themselves, than someone else suddenly showing up in the video to do it.

[@maxf4422]

How about using the arm to create some controlled camera moves in both forward and reverse? You could totally pull off some mind-bending TENET-style scenes with that setup. Can't wait to see what you guys come up with!

[@MichaelDarrow-tr1mn]

There could be a part where the guy puts the camera into the time reverser so it can see both directions of time

[@Zekium]

The "sending to the past" part remind me the sandwich from The Orville : Careful with that part as you could create a whole new universe.

[@bryanwoods3373]

They sent the sandwich to the future. Sending Past!Kelly back to her time s closer. And technically when Malloy got stuck in the 2010s, but he didn't do much.

[@Zekium]

@@bryanwoods3373 My bad >

[@sunhallowed]

I've been re-obsessed with portal lately, replaying the games, praying someone would make a new short film or SOMETHING. sure enough the best team of artists I could hope for were working on it. A+

[@julianr8544]

6:37 somehow I forgot that they weren't actual portals so I got confused when it wasn't showing the little room from the other wall.

[@GLabs2523]

"Alright, this next test may involve trace amounts of time travel. So, word of advice: If you meet yourself on the testing track, don't make eye contact. Lab boys tell me that'll wipe out time. Entirely. Forward and backward! So do both of yourselves a favor and just let that handsome devil go about his business."

[@wnbetv]

I was scrolling through the comments hoping someone would've made this reference hah. There's also a sign that says "if a future you tries to warn you about this test, don't listen"

[@GLabs2523]

@@wnbetv I was deciding on using this quote or that sign

[@MikeDS49]

4:55 Very similar to Megadeth's "Sweating Bullets" video where Dave is in his own mind prision talking to multiple copies of himself.

[@Shadowsphere1]

Before watching the video, note that there already is a Portal time travel mod. It's been since 2021 and has the player using time travel portals as part of the puzzle.

[@david5894]

I've stopped the video and noted that down bro 👌

[@FallenTie]

​@@david5894 crazy

[@brianmuicey1283]

Yes, but it's not the same. It's basically a portal that let's you travel to a distinct point in the future, not the desynchronization stuff that this video does. I honestly think the Corridor idea is better and that somebody should do a mod like this in the future.

[@nepunepu5894]

@@brianmuicey1283 no, it's the exact same, just 200 years apart and only 1 instance of past and 1 instance of future instead of looping

[@blonkasnootch7850]

How should this be possible? The game would have to predict your actions before you know thrm to simulate this..

[@dashtilldawn9532]

This mad lad: "I'll only do a sponsor read at gunpoint" Squarespace: "Yeah that works for us"

[@FundamSrijan]

2:42 load aim shoot 😅

[@thatweirdphoneguystickman5596]

Another portal idea. Two portals connected to one portal. Go through the blue one and come out the green, go through the orange one, also come out the green, go through the green one and come out as gay.

[@Christian_Luczejko]

4:15 use a NERF!

[@RanOutOfSpac]

I legitimately thought you were using doubles in parts like the high five scene, but I paused and saw that it was just Niko’s beautiful face. I was confused on how that looked so freaking good. Great job.

[@Cimgib]

Yep is face change alot if his hair is attached or not, I was so confused

[@tiagotiagot]

They do have a lot of practice with deepfakes, so it wouldn't be completely out of the question...

[@CanOCorn81]

clockblockers 2 with the new camera!

[@SteelLard]

Such a fantastic example of very skilled people making something look so simple but such complexity, time and consideration behind the scenes.

[@atomichaeleditz]

Hey Niko, With the sisu arm you could do a time freeze effect or matrix bullet time style short. Also I definitely was lost throughout this video but you guys always explain things so nicely! Great work!

[@SergKhrypun]

5:14 If robot-arm would hold the Projection Screen, there's a lot of simulations can be made in Houdini. Including tilting of a screen Effects etc. Great vid as always!

[@jkili4070]

Nico might have one of the most gifted minds in the world

[@el_doinko]

These are my favourite projects from you guys, when you come up with an effect that's technically challenging and then showing the process of solving it. As a creative I only ever really learn new things when I try to attempt new things and thus these sorts of videos are really inspiring for the next time I get stumped trying to pull off a certain effect.

[@Zoey_710]

Didnt yall get your own robot arm A while ago? I thought I remember a video about that... 4:46

[@ImmaSayKOOHWIP]

I absolutely love that the Dan Trachtenberg portal film got a little recognition. it is one of the best short films.

[@DesignByKirk]

this video gets my award for best sponsor segment 2024

[@SamuelJacobsenROliveira]

Hey Wren and team! It would be amazing to see a video comparing the scale of volcanic eruptions, like the current activity at Etna, to everyday objects such as buildings and airplanes. Visualizing the size of the fumes and the strength of the explosions would really help us grasp the incredible power of these natural events. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@sealdoggydog]

I'm not even half way through this video but just wanted to pop in and say how entertaining it is 😂 Top notch Niko 👍

[@mrpain6841]

Lmao... you wouldn`t believe it but I watched corridor crew for a few years now and JUST learned that there's a corridor channel. Amazing!

[@abdmin3268]

I'm so confused why its not linked together very properly, a lot of times i thought it's just a corridor crew video turns out they also upload on the main channel.

[@reaganmonkey8]

4:35 You need a camera that can repeat actions. What about that DJ Insipre 3 you guys used earlier in "We Made an Effect NO ONE has Ever Done Before! (DJI Inspire 3)"?

[@lundylow]

0:44 Niko you scamp, you made it already. You already know we're gonna watch Portal Trick Shots again after this.

[@LOL_MANN]

The cake is CGI 😠🎂

[@Thyuserofthyname]

Lol

[@Sonicspeed373]

The cake really is a lie then

[@Mastervitro]

I would like to see a simulation incorporating "retro-causality" which would cancel out things like duplicating yourself and other paradoxes, but nonetheless would have "echos" of actions acted upon the world taken by your past self. Actively experiencing the world around you move backwards, but every change you make from what you previously did creates a butterfly effect backwards in time changing the past.

[@TheEg_Theeg]

I love portal reloaded

[@Sgtcrazyeyes235]

the best part i think was the sound design through the portals, getting what just happened echoing was a very nice touch

[@tiranus5861]

0:58 just pancake shot lol

[@Rocketenginetoaster]

Based reference

[@ThrowTop]

That's only through a door, a seamshot might work

[@korriannavanheart8911]

Those only work if there's a gap in the collision. If there's a portalable surface on the other side, try portal bumping.

[@Warlock_UK]

Great video, this sent me down a slight rabbit hole about terminal velocity and how much faster you can jump forward in time, and my rough guestimate was about 140 *ish* but an amazingly fun concept.

[@NicoMahlerCG]

PLS do a commercial product shot contest! Corridor with the high-tech gear and crane vs a team of 1-2 pro videographers with amateur-mid tech! would love to see the results

[@SKLL3TR]

I love these videos, genuinely my favourite on this channel, smart, experimental, fun.

[@invisyTAF]

9:48 hehehe Portal Reloaded

[@Hand_Of_Cthulhu]

I love all the little flexes in this one. The clock(s), the bump, the high five, etc. You really bumped the lamp here. As for something else to do with the cinema camera... could be a lot of fun to see what you can make by way of like classic star wars spaceship motion control shots.

[@ValSeanMo]

Since you asked, I would love to see a vfx shot that utilizes the motion controlled drone shots with the motion controlled arm shot. I suspect that would be difficult to time, but honestly don't know who else would be better to test it. One purpose could be what you see in sports imbetweening shots where they create the 3d view between cameras, but have every player on one team be the twin/duplication (Anime Baseball 2?). Love the channel.

[@adirfaga8554]

4:28 wait wait wait didin't y'all solve that problem with a drone camera because the industrial robot was to expensive??????

[@chrissugg968]

There's a bit in the videogame The Outer Wilds where you have two little portals with a few seconds delay between them. If you put an object through and remove the other portal it breaks the universe and the game ends.

[@everope]

Spoiler alert

[@dr.wolfenwho4310]

Plus that game slaps

[@cameronpritchett8300]

​@everope it's an old game, spoilers no longer apply here, if you haven't played it that's on you

[@Nacil_54]

@@cameronpritchett8300 false, the entire thing about the game, it's that you progress with knowledge, spoilers will always apply.

[@EyeofHorus33]

The moment he asked about the clock! 😂 .. this is honestly awesome though!

[@Teraplexor1]

Isn't this just portal reloaded?

[@stupit467]

I feel like a smartass, but: In Reloaded you have one time portal, that will be in the exact same position in the future. So his portals move you through time and space, Reloaded's portals only move you through time. And I guess Reloaded moves you through much more time. I should also add that in the short he can infinitely travel forwards or backwards, in Reloaded you can only go to two places exactly the present or exactly the year XXXX.

[@Nacil_54]

@@stupit467 and Thinking with Time Machine is another kind.

[@aaronmachado8021]

Kiiinnda. Portal reloaded you get 1 time portal and it takes you a lot farther into the future/past.

[@EthanIsIt]

In this one the time is much shorter being 5 seconds so not exactly

[@silkatouch]

First sponsor segment I actually haven't skipped. That was entertaining to watch.

[@advikshan]

Portal 3 is on the way

[@everope]

Really? Don't get my hopes up

[@zmarko]

What? Really?? Omg. ❤

[@Nacil_54]

@@everope Already exist, it's called Stories: Mel, but nothing official.

[@Nacil_54]

@@zmarko Already exist, it's called Stories: Mel, but nothing official.

[@drakocarrion]

Valve can't count to three.

[@thomad4]

Post-Op of a Corridor video These are my favorite type of Corridor Crew video's

[@sourcelocation]

That's a Portal Reloaded reference 🔥

[@halloweendad]

7:23 the loose screw made your motion control robotic arm a little wibbly wobbly. 😂

[@ecurb]

This video is very quiet

[@Dr.Funk8864]

Ur mom wasnt very quiet last night

[@ecurb]

@@Dr.Funk8864 bro can't get any so he has to go dig up my moms corpse for some action

[@tigri_as_games_pl7083]

sugestion: make a mini-movie where there are many diffrent nikos in diffrent sizes, looks and forms.

[@MadTwatter7]

A multiverse of Niko’s?? Lol that could be funny. Maybe he makes them accidentally with the portal time gun? 😂

[@Jekay]

Ayy

[@Bluechief6]

3:31 This dance made me think of those You Pranked My Dad videos from when youtube had choose your own adventure videos

[@How2Bdangerous]

THIS WILL BE THE MOST LIKED COMMENT!!

[@VickieHul]

thanks for breaking down complex topics into manageable pieces!

[@samo8178]

"The Talos Principle" is a puzzle game like portal and while it doesn't have Portals it has a mechanic in one part linked to time travel, where you record your actions so a clone repeats them in the future and helps you solve the puzzle, makes you think ahead and work with your future self, pretty neat, reccomended for Wren if he hasn't played it yet

[@Skinned_fried_n_cut_up_potato]

You made a very good sponsored section. It was quite entertaining that I just watched it instead of skip them like I normally do.

[@Yashirmare]

0:35 Might be able to escape with a portal bump (speedrunning tech) Granted I don't know exactly how it works so it might not be possible with a completely sealed room.

[@caelanread3199]

this was awsome, these are my favourite kind of corridor digital films

[@Qoride]

what would happen if you went so far deep into the portal to the past that the next portal would send you to a place in time where the other end didn't exist? another possible way to escape is to go through the future portal over and over to the point where the concrete room deteriorates and weathers away. (it's also fun the speculate how placing new portals while actively going through them would get alarmingly complicated very fast)

[@MrSandman3355]

The short story “What’s Expected of Us” by Ted Chiang immediately jumped into my head when I fully understood what you were going for, and I felt so good when you mentioned free will as an issue for this concept. The story takes it to its logical conclusion.

[@IKingPabloI]

I love this idea of moving clones in a shot with the robotic arm! Someone people has made a game mod of portal with the idea of portal through time. Portal Reloaded. Instead of the portals original portals changing time, you still have Blue and Orange with an added Green one that takes you 25 years in the past or the future. Super cool mod. Definitely mind bending to solve.

[@PotatoClips]

With the sisu arm, I'd be interested in seeing if you could replicate the matrix bullet dodge, but with yourselves holding the neo character up in the dodging position.

[@DyslexiaRulesK0]

So nice to see Nico back on creating his own complete episodes

[@gerardomorales151]

I love that y’all just use still cut outs for the portal vertical endless jump. Classic.

[@MadSpacePig]

Doctor Who Red Nose Day Special 2011 did this really well.

[@cg.man_aka_kevin]

Doing twin things editing but with camera move, it takes to the whole new level!

[@RossThels]

This is seriously amazing - the ONLY gripe I have with the full short ( and I'm being extremely picky - it was fantastic ) is that every iteration through the portal is 5s. Does that mean that the entire building collapsed during that short of a time window? Also like other commenters, huge Portal Reloaded vibes. 10/10.

[@rogueshadowunit4964]

2:26 just got the sudden urge to replay Quantum Break….. WELP! I know what I’m going to do tomorrow.

[@DarthBiomech]

8:00 This gave me a thought. Your camera was on a robot arm with pre-programmed motion. Essentially you ALREADY have a perfect tracking data to effortlessly add any CGI elements into the shot. So wouldn't it be better to do the portals as a cool 3D VFX effect rather than just a bunch of filters in Nuke? This led to another idea - maybe you can use the arm to make perfect 3D integration for shots that would be otherwise impossible or nightmarish to track?

[@karelpgbr]

1:07 Speedrunners looking at this like: “Yeah right.” 😂😂😂

[@Dr_Oddity]

There's a short film named Stalled on the channel Omeletto that uses time remnants in its story. Pretty wild video

[@rafacanical]

This is one of my favorite videos from corridor! I love this concept. I never played Portal, but played Splitgate and it made my head dizzy the thought about portals.

[@kobeyftw1789]

There’s a 10/10 short film called “Stalled” by Omeleto where they pretty much did this, it is a one man masterpiece.

[@themaxfd]

You guys should do a deep dive into food commercials, and use the arm to do some sweet drink/burger ads. People should know how these videos are made, since everyone sees them everywhere. It would be pretty entertaining, too!

[@codziennypotok]

Lol, the dude is creating funny videos on KZbin and he has a crew who helping with that. What a future.

[@jakobboers5067]

Sisu arm idea: CGI vs in-camera food photography competition! See who can make the cooler food advertisement style shot

[@greggersonny]

this whole video feels like a breakdown of how Stalled intersecting timelines work

[@jorgenamnum6481]

damn RIP Real Nico, the reign of Evil Nico continuous

[@onair392]

the ad was amazing. That was a short film on it's own

[@command_sans]

Honestly this was a really great idea on how to do a sponsor its actualy one of the few i wasnt bored to watch

[@xdeltaoutcast4164]

a guy whos power is copies of himself, you guys can do whatever you want with that simple premise

[@Kaaxe]

I had JUST played through the mod "Portal Revolution" so the timing couldn't be better

[@jakeking974]

"think of things we can try out with the robot arm" *Desire to give it a gun intensifies*

[@youngwang97]

Everytime I see portals from this channel, I think of Sam going, "IT'S A HOLE IN A GREEN SCREEN"

[@orcanimal]

I just love that Niko uses Davinci Resolve/Fusion for editing and compositing his VFX. Been using it for years and it's just the best

[@the_vanish]

Love to know that the spirit and wonder of the Portal Series is still strong in our hearts!

[@kemasuk]

This is the reason I enjoyed *Quantum Break* At the beginning, a character walks out of the time machine they were working on and passes himself (just before he had gone in), grinning that it worked.

[@Halak014]

next level of "thinking with portals!!" omg the mind crunching imagination of +5 here and -5 through there. Timei whimy stuff.