VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi 132 (ft. Robert Legato)

Wren and Niko are joined by VFX legend Robert Legato, who has worked on some of film history's biggest movies over the last several decades. Movies like Apollo 13, Titanic, and Wolf of Wall Street just to name a few.

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00:00 Welcome to VFX Artists React
00:59 How Rob's Career Started
01:54 Apollo 13
05:38 Incogni Sponsor
07:35 More Apollo 13
08:13 Star Trek The Next Generation
09:29 Titanic
12:43 Interview with the Vampire
15:01 Wolf of Wall Street
19:30 Hugo

[slothjr]

I loved Rob's motivation: "I was bored as shit, so I figured out how to make the shot interesting to me."

[hanyougod]

I love the episodes where Niko is almost silent throughout. It's because the guest on the couch is someone he truly respects and he's just absorbing what they're spouting like he's in a college course. This episode is a perfect example of that. Every time they cut to the couch, you can tell Niko is completely tuned in and not glazed over. Fantastic episode.

[matijapetkovic]

You brought in a lot of guests, but this brother is a true magician.

[JonKonLGL]

As an enormous Star Trek fan, I love knowing that those shots were done as cheaply, quickly, and with just a touch of jank. That’s the series to the core and somehow it’s still works!

[sophisticated_patter]

"I just shook the shit out of it."

Hell yeah.

[FractalParadox]

"better things than I did" dude this is legit the BEST episode of VFX Artists React I've seen

[ExhaustedElox]

"This is Pan & Tile, which I invented."

Just so casual about dropping in one of the most important visual editing techniques ever!

[zym]

"The challenge is that you have quite a bit less resources to do it. You have less people you have less camera gear you have less lighting gear you have less of everything, and you still need to make it look like Bob Richardon shot it and Martin Scorscese directed it."

Probably the biggest casual flex in a video chock full with them.

[somethingsomethingsomethingdar]

I love how he is so matter of fact. “How do you shoot the fire.”
“You just shoot it”

[Karl_Marksman]

Love that he doesn't dumb it down too much. The way he talks so effortlessly about the techniques you clearly hear he's an expert.

[swordmonkey]

The casual expertise of this guy is what tells me he's an innovator. No bragging. Just "I just figured it out" and then explains the alchemical process he used to invent a new industry standard technique.

[lundylow]

Robert seems like the best kind of mentor, just a chill-ass dude. "It's not that complicated, and here's very plainly but casually why."

[jabraase]

Props to EDITOR on this one. You illustrated many concepts and very well too!

[sadtoast]

I like how he calls them "Gags"
What a genuine dude

[conner]

This was one of the best cgi react of all time. Truly two guys that love cgi speaking with a guy whose accolades are unbelievable. Seeing niko sat there with the smile of 'holy shit' and wren just gobsmacked of how he did all of this. And Rob the whole time speaking about groundbreaking unbelievable things he's done and yet still seeming like a man who just wanted to do the best job he could. Amazing

[AlucardNoir]

Robert Legato, a producers so good they gave him actual work to do.

[PvtPartzz]

Those titanic shots are incredible. I had no idea any of those underwater shots were visual effects. Those have to be some of the most convincing visual effect scenes ever. Well done man.

[KennyKlittich]

Robert Legato’s self-deprecating hyper-competence reminds me of Richard Feynman, their amazing feats are explained away as simple and a ‘gag’ or ‘trick’.

Well you aren’t fooling anyone, this body of work and innovation is incredible. Thanks for the episode

[thefreeman]

"And all of a suden I have a career". That's how the best careers happen.

Great video with great insights!

[tobz]

The way they edit in shots to visualise what he’s talking about needs to be appreciated