VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi 135

Niko and Wren are joined by Peter-47 to break down some of the best (and worst) visual effects in some of your favorite Hollywood films!

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00:00 Welcome to VFX Artists React
00:55 Ferrari
03:34 Squarespace
05:03 Dune: Part 2
07:15 Dune (1984)
09:17 We Made Our Own Dune Sandworm
09:45 Metropolis (1927)
14:51 The Great Muppet Caper
17:49 The Pagemaster

[Sbingsen]

I dont know how to describe this, but it feels like every single person in your office fits in perfectly. It doesnt matter who is on screen, everytime they go off, I'll be like "Dang I wish this person was on here more".. Sam and Niko, I hope you are very proud of the team you've put together over these years!

[davidbizzaro]

Hi, I'm a muppet performer (I play Dr. Teeth’s dad Gerald Teeth Sr.) and NY Henson shop builder. Marionette puppeteers performed Kermit’s and Piggy’s bikes. The bikes and puppets were rigged to a controller connected to a crane. The wide of all the bikes was done by connecting all the bikes. You can see the connections if you look closely enough. We still do a lot of practical puppetry FX in our films and TV shows. However, since everyone expects there to be CG, it gets looked over as a digital effect.

A great example is the show Donkey Hodie. In it, a puppet juggles. There is no VFX. All practical and in camera. I started my professional career as a VFX artist, so I can say that in TV/Film puppetry, the same saying exists. If you didn't see the effect, then we have done our job right.

[InnSewerAnts]

Looked up the ferrari crash, it actually mostly happened that crazily. Tire blew, lost control, flew into a telephone pole, jumped a brook, hit spectators, bounced back on the road, hit more spectators slidding and spinning over the road ending up in a brook on the other side of the road, driver was found split in half. (1957 Mille Miglia)

[najrenchelf]

That second half was so delightful - to think that a 97 year old movie could confuse you guys after 134 episodes of doing this is the wildest compliment to the makers of Metropolis and their craft! :D

[halla]

You guys should make a video where you do "VFX" shots, without CGI. The 45 degree mirror, forced perspective, etcc etcc. Not just to see it in action, but to see what goes into it and how easy, or difficult, it actually is.

Edit: my brain suffered a minor case of sudden flatulence and i wrote VFX instead of CGI. It has now been corrected.

[jeffacallaway]

The flying car wreck bit at the end of the ad was the jankiest thing ever. You have truly embraced the jank. Kudos.

[meezemusic]

I love how the crowd doesnt flinch one bit when that car flys through them

[joeypoltergeist]

I'm so happy you reacted to Metropolis! That's one of my favorite silent films and I always wondered how they did everything in that film being nearly a hundred years old. It blows my mind the techniques they used back then to create scenes and get the shots they wanted. I'd love to see you guys react to Nosferatu next; that's my absolute favorite silent film

[torema-]

Really enjoyed the Metropolis part! Hope you'll do more classic movies like that as well!

[awesomepigthecapedcrusader]

I love how Jordan’s car went into Gmod physics REAL QUICK!!! I’m glad they’re spicing up the ad reads for people who do decide to not skip them.

[edwarddunne]

I think Andor, with its phenomenal effects across all 12 episodes, would make great content for a VFX artists react video - especially as it makes for great comparison with the lacklustre and cheap-looking VFX from the other Star Wars TV shows.

[Wolfinger]

You might have mentioned that the reflective glass technique was known as the Schüftan process. One of of the earliest, in-camera compositing techniques in Cinema history. It actually had its roots in the world of stage magic (as did many other early effects). Georges Méliès, known as the Cinemagician, started out as a stage magician and brought a lot of his illusions to his films.

Metropolis still stands as one of the most astounding works of cinema ever.

[MarcAquino]

In regards to the bicycle scenes from The Great Muppet Caper, whenever it’s a wide shot of the characters, they’re being pulled with rods by people riding big tricycles off camera, one of them was Jim Henson’s son Brian.

[OldMan_PJ]

The Jim Henson Company website has a whole page dedicated to the break down of the bike scene with behind the scenes photos of the crane.

[jinroix]

THE PAGEMASTER! THATS THE NAME! I've been looking for this movie for YEARS but I had nothing to go on except foggy memories I though I had made up after a while. You guys do incredible work, and from your videos I have always walked away with more knowledge and new appreciation for the art. Thank you all for what you do. You're inspiring not just me to learn more but millions of others I'm sure. I hope you all at CC have a great day, as well as to anyone who is reading this. Everyone, keep pushing forward and doing the best you can, you got this!

[Grmm]

I remember the first time I watched Metropolis, I was properly blown away by the effects, especially when I looked up the date it came out, insanely good work.

[advikshan]

Bringing Peter back was a great decision.

[crisisalert]

Gotta say the highlight of this episode is Jordan's SquareSpace ad. The ending had me rolling.

[gobbledygook]

There's a version of Metropolis on YouTube that redoes the soundtrack with a modern band and modern music and it's freaking amazing. It's absolutely gorgeous and transfixing. The modern soundtrack transforms the movie into something absolutely incredible.

[fglmos]

Kodos for showing and explaining the visual effects in "Metropolis"... such a classic! 👏