hmmm... I wonder how well do they get paid in Japan? I mean that's a LOT of people... I guess building trains makes a lot of money but damn... there's like over 50 people on set not to mention the post production
The Mario movie is the epitome of American corporate cash grabs hahaha, YMS did a great review on it, the freaking Minion studio crapped out a cookie cutter vanilla movie for babies and everyone flipped out at the bare minimum effort movie because it has a marketable character. Honestly for all its flaws the old Mario movie had more creativity, style and originality hahah.
Japan has gone full circle: instead of spamming the problem with wild fanciful technology, they brute forced it with manual labor, opaque panels, and lamps
Thank you Nick for that Sotetsu commercial, absolutely amazing filmmaking and artistry in that shot. Sometimes you see a shot like that and the point of the shot is to just get it done, but sometimes the point of the shot is the difficulty and artistry and complexity of the process. The more you think about it the most amazing it becomes. The lighting, the camera rig control, the moving set, the DOZENS of actors who all have to get it right in one take. Sometimes the artistry is the point, and the point is the artistry.
I have a 3 and a half year old daughter and it got a lump in my throat thinking about her growing up and I won't have her as Daddy's little girl forever.
@@leebeeskee same here with my 2 years old daughter. She's already saying she's a grown girl because she start to go on the toilet. They grow to fast...
Me too. What a way to announce a new express service to Tokyo. That's why she stays on the train, she's going to college? new job? in Tokyo while the dad is getting off at his usual stop for work.
@@leebeeskee Shit, mine is 5 and every once in a while I tell her that she's my baby then she goes, I'm 5! But then I tell her that she'll be my baby forever.
18:31 Actually, Super Mario Bros 1993 wasn't nominated for Best Visual Effects, it was shortlisted to get a nomination. 🙂 It lost out on getting a nomination to Cliffhanger, Jurassic Park, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
That Sotetsu commercial about got me teary eyed. Wow. Had they ended it without the dad and the girl still being bitter. I probably would have shed a tear.
Yeah they should have made it where after he looks back down the train to see himself with her as a child, the camera pans to the left as if looking from his point of view to see her grown up outside the train doors, smiling and gesturing to him leave the train and start the day with her!
Go watch the full commercial. They’re not still bitter at the end, though she’s become more the adult, and in his sentimentality and age, he’s the little boy.
That train commercial and its making is so incredibly Japanese. They are on the forefront of technology, but what makes them truly stand out is every single person's passion and dedication to the craft. I love that!
@@over9000andback But they still create all that new technology, they just don’t use it. :-) Or maybe they are so fond of it that they are still using it after 50 years.
The thing about trains in japan is that, because trains are a huge part in people's life. Very little people own a car, but common to go anywhere with the train in here. That's why there's so many people love trains and will just go on trips only to experience different trains. It's more then a transportation, but a thing that effects ppls daily lives. Also, the title of the commercial (which is written as a anniversary video for a new line that started last month) was "The scenery of father and daughter", and the line before the father walked out is "Tokyo, so far huh" "eh, but so fast wasn't it?" "I guess so", which is sure telling not about trains but the relationship and times that passed. This just shows how great Japanese capture life imo.
"Trains are so deep" Well considering how integral they are to Japanese society, I can only imagine this resonated MUCH more over there than it does here. This commercial was great though, and the story telling was amazing. Huge props to everyone who was involved in making it happen.
Honestly, the BTS for that train commercial blew my mind three different times while watching it. Also, I can't be the only one who can't believe that episode 100 is on the horizon! Keep up the amazing work, guys!
Never in a million years would I have guessed that I would be crying over a train commercial I saw on your channel lol. Also, that whole behind the scenes is a beautiful production ballet!
I absolutely love you guys a show. I know you probably won't see this but seriously. I love that you are fans. I've learned a great deal about special effects. And you guys are just flat-out entertaining. You just seem like real down-to-earth fans. That's always refreshing to watch. You don't shitt talk, but honestly critique. A skill that seems to be missing from most of the internet.
the crew’s ability to absolutely demolish a vfx shot, but doing it so respectfully and authentically, is what allows them to have the vfx supervisor of said shot in the show only a few weeks later.
That Train Commercial gave me goosebumps all over. What an amazing piece of cinema Edit: Whoa I was right about it being different actors instead of CGI, I figured the simplest answer was probably it.
what makes me stoked is wrens dragonsteel shirt haha, you always see him wearing the bridge 4 shirt but always cool seeing him rock cosmere merch, best damn series ever. he got a lot of people into it years back for that audible ad promoting mistborn and stormlight, now he just needs a wax and wayne shirt
That train commercial is amazing! Knowing it’s been done practical makes me have even more respect for the shot. I mean, practical is just so cool looking and comes shows the creativity of the people behind it. If possible get Markus Rothkranz on the couch. He did some very cool practical work back in the day.
I can't wait to see you guys do the full Super Mario Bros movie once it's out of theaters and in homes. It was great hearing how truly important the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie was, even if it will be forever a mess on the story and aesthetic front. It still has a special place in my heart nonetheless and the history behind its effects cemented that even further.
@@JustTheWarning I'd argue because it's full animation there's more wild things you can do with cg. You still have to take into account lighting, choreography, etc.
@@JustTheWarning every once in a while they do a video reacting to animation. This film would be perfect for that. Mario may be fully animated, but that doesn't mean there aren't interesting techniques to talk about. People who work in animation still need to come up with creative solutions for special effects, animation, lighting, modeling, etc. for animated films, just like visual effects artists do for live action films.
For the Sosetsu Train part, I am convinced that people in the entertainment industry in Japan have the best storyboarders in the world. It goes from this commercial, to movies, and especially anime. They just have great imagination. However, a lot of times I seen the final products just fizzle out due to not having the money and resources compared to Hollywood.
Okay Sam, lemme explain how much you exaggerated that percentage. the Bourne Ultimatum is ~9500 seconds long, and the shot in question is ~4 seconds long. That shot accounts for ~0.04% of the movie. As opposed to 0.0000000001%, which would account for ~0.0000000093 seconds, or ~9.3 nanoseconds of the movie. There are a billion nanoseconds in a single second. A single frame at 60 fps is ~16 milliseconds , which is 16 million nanoseconds. So that means, your percentage estimation could repeat itself 1.7 million times within a single frame.
That train shot BTS was freaking mind blowing! I would say, when it comes to the new Mario movie, I think Illumination did a brilliant job, but the characters all have a distinct "Illumination look". Something about the eyes and facial expressions.
A couple corrections about Super Mario Bros movie - It was placed in consideration for an Oscar nomination, but did not make the final 3 nomination list. - Itwas the first to use Cineon "purely for VFX", but the first film scanned by Cineon was Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
Yep, scanning and restoring the full length feature Snow White was no easy task. The Cineon team really went the extra mile. I still have the 35mm film frame encased in Lucite that was given to each member of the team in recognition of their hard work.
The "CHARGE " Blender short would be awesome for the VFX series. As well as *Aslan from the Chronicles of Narnia!* where you could do a comparison to the "live action" Lion King. Also at the end of second Chronicles of Narnia movie 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. The *last agni kai fight from ATLA* would be perfect for for the Animators React. It's so stunning! 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)
I know they can't do reactions for music videos(that's just asking for a copyright strike), but that Gibberish video is so cool, thanks for reminding me about it! I remember rewatching it so many times when it came out to try and figure out how it all fit together.
100%! taking a kids video game and saying hey, what if this was a teen cyberpunk movie and we hired some music video directors who are into fractals, plus the set designer from Blade Runner - it's so much more fun than a lot of current stuff because it took that kind of risky, naive curveball approach.
Excellent job, as always! A great example of Chinese cinema w/ VFX is "Wandering Earth." It's a good movie, and it has a host of really good FX for you guys to react to.
For animators react you should look at the fight between zuko and zhao at the end of season one. I had been watching avatar for years but my girlfriend pointed out how AMAZING the lighting was in that scene. The fire lights up the characters in a beautiful way and I’d love to hear your guys’ take on it
@@lamaidalaakapinkcrocodile7527 yeah same here. clint can complete anyone in corridor, Clint with wren goat, Clint with sam goat, basically Clint can pair up with anyone and he gonna make it entertaining 😂💯🔥
Damn ... All this time we've been shittin on the old Mario movie and turns out it is a very important milestone for the VFX industry! Mind blown! Also Nikos laugh is just so freakin awesome! Can someone make a comp of that??!
You guys should react to the cow scene in O Brother, Where Art Thou? The cows hit by the police car looked so realistic, Digital Domain had to show the American Humane Society how they were digitally created.
Seeing them talk about the commercial was so amusing to me because while i couldn't quite tell what was cgi, it was also really obvious to me that the actors were all actually there with no compositing, if only due to the fact most of the dads look completely different aside from hair and costume
I honestly thought it was multiple takes of the same actor playing the father and then it turns out it they got a bunch of different guys to all look exactly like the same guy.
@@Vinny792 Find 50 people who have the same physical build and make them look like the same person through make-up and costumes with slight variations in order to make him progressively older was a great challenge.
I remember being 5 years old being so excited to see the Mario Brothers movie back in the 90's. It was that and Ninja Turtles that were etched into my memory for eternity. God I love that Mario movie lol
The Sadness is the most insane and unhinged movie I've seen in a while. Plot and special effects both lol, It's Taiwanese and definitely worth taking a look at!
I had watched the original mario movie last night and then this popped up. Never knew it was basically the pioneer for VFX today. Also that train scene blew me away with how much effort went into it.
4:05 The best part about the scene with Jason Bourne disappearing is that you can see Matt Damon crouched behind that little car lol. I noticed it the last time while watching the movie and now I can’t unsee it.
Here some Chinese movies for your VFX reaction: - The Wandering Earth huge 2019 blockbuster. - Moon Man , a comedy with a lot of VFX "on the moon" - Detective Chinatown 3 have some pretty cool scenes to check. Will give more when I remember 😅
I can't remember if you have look at it before but "Wandering Earth" has plent of great CGI and VFX shots as well as being a pretty entertaining movie :D
An interesting Chinese movie with some interesting visual effects is "The Wandering Earth". Insane premise for a movie and the sequel has just come out.
Fact check: the 1993 Mario movie WAS NOT NOMINATED for an Oscar. It was submitted for consideration, but not nominated. You can look it up and the only three nominees for 1993 were Jurassic Park, Cliffhanger, and The Nightmare Before Christmas
Did anyone else notice tha Sam had tears in his eyes around 09:43-09:48? The fact, that they dind't brought it up, makes me think that Sam got hit real deep and felt or remembered something accoring to that topic he encountered personally.
There is a crazy effects shot in Wakanda Forever that is super simple, but amazingly executed, when Shuri lifts herself out of the water in the ancestral plane, in a white dress, completely dry. Probably just reversed footage, but really well done.
That commercial was insane. Not just because it had a similar vibe as the Intro to Up!, but who would have thought they would like hire 200 actors to play out these moments simultaneously... that is unexpected in a world that would try so hard to make it work with CGI. Thanks for sharing!
NIKO KILLED MY COMPUTER!! 20:05 I am not joking, when he slammed his hand down, at the perfect frame, my computer bluescreened. But not just any bluescreen, but the hardest bluescreen I ever got. Loudly buzzing sound and the screen not appearing instantly like normal, but a short freeze frame, which I thought belonged to the video and then the bluescreen slowly rolling down. And the computer took like 2 minutes with this buzzing sound to complete it's error data collection - it showed the very useful writing "critical structure corruption". Honestly, a bluescreen timed so perfectly, I can't be mad at my hardware or Windows. =)
I think The Wandering Earth 1 and 2 are pretty good choices for VFX analysis. Probably some of the best VFX in Chinese cinema ever. Hugely popular over there specifically for the VFX.
in the first one, the facade of the building is mirrored left/right, look at the power cables going into the wall. (they change side from how they shot it, to how it was in the film)
You are such a great channel, you make my day whenever I watch this. I would love if you could look at the Star Trek movies (old or new), that would be great!
In the entire opening scene of Red Notice, any shot containing The Rock is comp'd in. He didn't want to be near any BG during the big cough, that he filmed his scenes separately
PLEASE do a vfx review of the Wandering Earth II!!! It's a 2023 Chinese Sci-fi film that basically single-handedly established China's Sci-fi movie industry.
Got to do something special for the 100th episode. I'd say you should bring someone in for it, a special guest, if at all possible. Hope you guys continue to grow, cheers!
Dude wow, when I was watching the train ad, I started noticing the dad wasn't just getting "older" or whatever, his face was actually changing a bit in each one, until I realized that it was actually different people in each part of the train. Ngl, feeling pretty good that I noticed it before Niko and Wren lol
Chinese version of Three Body Problem. They slice apart a full ocean liner. Beautiful simulation shot. Western version of this show will be on Netflix this year.
That commercial is the epitome of Japan’s strengths rolled into one. Meticulous detail, machine-like teamwork, and trains lol.
hmmm... I wonder how well do they get paid in Japan? I mean that's a LOT of people... I guess building trains makes a lot of money but damn... there's like over 50 people on set not to mention the post production
Everyone looking the same
Yes
The Mario movie is the epitome of American corporate cash grabs hahaha, YMS did a great review on it, the freaking Minion studio crapped out a cookie cutter vanilla movie for babies and everyone flipped out at the bare minimum effort movie because it has a marketable character. Honestly for all its flaws the old Mario movie had more creativity, style and originality hahah.
And capturing nostalgia, mono-no-aware.
That train scene was so excellent.
Japan has gone full circle: instead of spamming the problem with wild fanciful technology, they brute forced it with manual labor, opaque panels, and lamps
Man i almost teared up
leave it to the japanese to do it the proper way
It’s a beautiful art piece! We need more commercials this creative, like holy smokes!
Watching the real video. Got a lil emotional tbh
That train scene had me grinning from ear to ear the whole time. What a beautiful ad, done in such a wonderfully committed way.
That ad was emotional I almost cried but it was really good
Yesss the way Niko and Sam who are parent reacting to it was wholesome
Thank you Nick for that Sotetsu commercial, absolutely amazing filmmaking and artistry in that shot. Sometimes you see a shot like that and the point of the shot is to just get it done, but sometimes the point of the shot is the difficulty and artistry and complexity of the process. The more you think about it the most amazing it becomes. The lighting, the camera rig control, the moving set, the DOZENS of actors who all have to get it right in one take. Sometimes the artistry is the point, and the point is the artistry.
Now that train commercial was so clean, mad respect to anyone involved.
That train commercial had no business being that emotional. Shit got me thinking too hard and I dont even have a kid😂
I have a 3 and a half year old daughter and it got a lump in my throat thinking about her growing up and I won't have her as Daddy's little girl forever.
@@leebeeskee same here with my 2 years old daughter. She's already saying she's a grown girl because she start to go on the toilet. They grow to fast...
Me too. What a way to announce a new express service to Tokyo. That's why she stays on the train, she's going to college? new job? in Tokyo while the dad is getting off at his usual stop for work.
@@leebeeskee Shit, mine is 5 and every once in a while I tell her that she's my baby then she goes, I'm 5! But then I tell her that she'll be my baby forever.
Mines only 9 months but I felt my allergies coming on
I never knew the old Mario movie was such a big deal in the film world. This has changed how I see things a bit. wow!
The tear under Sam's eye after watching the train video... That's a father right there man. Living in the moment.
Nah, he just really likes trains!
@@mister-monkeyman based answer
18:31 Actually, Super Mario Bros 1993 wasn't nominated for Best Visual Effects, it was shortlisted to get a nomination. 🙂 It lost out on getting a nomination to Cliffhanger, Jurassic Park, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Hey, getting shortlisted still something
That Sotetsu commercial about got me teary eyed. Wow. Had they ended it without the dad and the girl still being bitter. I probably would have shed a tear.
Yeah they should have made it where after he looks back down the train to see himself with her as a child, the camera pans to the left as if looking from his point of view to see her grown up outside the train doors, smiling and gesturing to him leave the train and start the day with her!
Go watch the full commercial. They’re not still bitter at the end, though she’s become more the adult, and in his sentimentality and age, he’s the little boy.
The train commercial was nuts. Nothing beats doing it FOR REAL.
i love how honestly that is such a throwaway joke they been using for years and finally someone's like naw WE DOING IT LIVE!
That train commercial and its making is so incredibly Japanese. They are on the forefront of technology, but what makes them truly stand out is every single person's passion and dedication to the craft. I love that!
Japanese are so behind on technology adoption that they have a meme about still using fax machines is most companies lol
@@over9000andback But they still create all that new technology, they just don’t use it. :-) Or maybe they are so fond of it that they are still using it after 50 years.
@@over9000andback LOL google *Germany: Four out of 10 companies still use fax machines*
That Train commercial is pure Art. There's nothing else it can be considered. Absolute genius.
The thing about trains in japan is that, because trains are a huge part in people's life. Very little people own a car, but common to go anywhere with the train in here. That's why there's so many people love trains and will just go on trips only to experience different trains. It's more then a transportation, but a thing that effects ppls daily lives.
Also, the title of the commercial (which is written as a anniversary video for a new line that started last month) was "The scenery of father and daughter", and the line before the father walked out is "Tokyo, so far huh" "eh, but so fast wasn't it?" "I guess so", which is sure telling not about trains but the relationship and times that passed. This just shows how great Japanese capture life imo.
"Trains are so deep"
Well considering how integral they are to Japanese society, I can only imagine this resonated MUCH more over there than it does here. This commercial was great though, and the story telling was amazing. Huge props to everyone who was involved in making it happen.
Ok, the way the train commercial actually got done just blew my mind. That’s insane
Honestly, the BTS for that train commercial blew my mind three different times while watching it. Also, I can't be the only one who can't believe that episode 100 is on the horizon! Keep up the amazing work, guys!
Never in a million years would I have guessed that I would be crying over a train commercial I saw on your channel lol.
Also, that whole behind the scenes is a beautiful production ballet!
I have *always* stanned for the '93 Mario movie and hearing what you had to say about how much of a VFX pioneer it was only strengthens my resolve!
I liked the movie too
Finding out the original Super Mario Bros movie was nominated for an academy award for visual effects is wild
It wasn't, it was only considered... It's not the same thing :D
@@Ollgabopi even a consideration is impressive bc that movie is not very good at all
@@quintessences well ofc ! I agree :) I'm just correcting the misinformation... But i totally agree with you!
actually the visual effects are pretty good for its time
@@quintessences its actually really really good and visually amazing... back in the 90s anyways
I absolutely love you guys a show. I know you probably won't see this but seriously. I love that you are fans. I've learned a great deal about special effects. And you guys are just flat-out entertaining. You just seem like real down-to-earth fans. That's always refreshing to watch. You don't shitt talk, but honestly critique. A skill that seems to be missing from most of the internet.
Well said, especially the last bit. Everyone's full of hate nowadays..
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the crew’s ability to absolutely demolish a vfx shot, but doing it so respectfully and authentically, is what allows them to have the vfx supervisor of said shot in the show only a few weeks later.
Very cool
That Train Commercial gave me goosebumps all over. What an amazing piece of cinema
Edit: Whoa I was right about it being different actors instead of CGI, I figured the simplest answer was probably it.
what makes me stoked is wrens dragonsteel shirt haha, you always see him wearing the bridge 4 shirt but always cool seeing him rock cosmere merch, best damn series ever. he got a lot of people into it years back for that audible ad promoting mistborn and stormlight, now he just needs a wax and wayne shirt
It made me feel!
It makes me regret not having children.
Where is this TV ad on YT? I can't find it! I want 2 see it & its BTS.
it actually made me cry and im confused
I feel that Okja’s water simulations, and just having a huge animal interacting with the environment would make an amazing episode.
That train commercial is amazing!
Knowing it’s been done practical makes me have even more respect for the shot.
I mean, practical is just so cool looking and comes shows the creativity of the people behind it.
If possible get Markus Rothkranz on the couch. He did some very cool practical work back in the day.
I think it would be really cool if you guys checked out some of the practical effects in the old Godzilla movies
Yesss
They did
@@jdproductions3646 When?
@@jdproductions3646 They didn't. They looked at the 1998 Godzilla effects, but you and I both know that's not what he's asking for.
So true man. I would also love it if they took a look at the atomic breath scene from Shin Godzilla.
Wow I remember watching very first VFX Artists React episode back when it came out. Can't believe next episode will be such a big anniversary
Wow, that train commercial was so crazy! My jaw dropped at the reveal.
Wren correcting himself once from "gator" to "croc", and then continuing to say "gator" is the most Wren thing.
I can't wait to see you guys do the full Super Mario Bros movie once it's out of theaters and in homes. It was great hearing how truly important the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie was, even if it will be forever a mess on the story and aesthetic front. It still has a special place in my heart nonetheless and the history behind its effects cemented that even further.
Question- why would they do a full video of Super Mario Bros movie, it's fully animated? There's no real techniques to show off, right?
@@JustTheWarning I'd argue because it's full animation there's more wild things you can do with cg. You still have to take into account lighting, choreography, etc.
@@JustTheWarning every once in a while they do a video reacting to animation. This film would be perfect for that. Mario may be fully animated, but that doesn't mean there aren't interesting techniques to talk about. People who work in animation still need to come up with creative solutions for special effects, animation, lighting, modeling, etc. for animated films, just like visual effects artists do for live action films.
3:40 you guys forgot to mentioned the most important vfx I that scene.
They painted out the stunt man's underwear
For the Sosetsu Train part, I am convinced that people in the entertainment industry in Japan have the best storyboarders in the world. It goes from this commercial, to movies, and especially anime. They just have great imagination. However, a lot of times I seen the final products just fizzle out due to not having the money and resources compared to Hollywood.
They just have a lot of people who wanted to be manga artist or animators but didn't quite make it in the industry.
Okay Sam, lemme explain how much you exaggerated that percentage.
the Bourne Ultimatum is ~9500 seconds long, and the shot in question is ~4 seconds long.
That shot accounts for ~0.04% of the movie.
As opposed to 0.0000000001%, which would account for ~0.0000000093 seconds, or ~9.3 nanoseconds of the movie.
There are a billion nanoseconds in a single second.
A single frame at 60 fps is ~16 milliseconds , which is 16 million nanoseconds.
So that means, your percentage estimation could repeat itself 1.7 million times within a single frame.
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He needs to hear this.
Of all the things I did not expect to shed a single manly tear about, a public transit ad would be pretty high on that list.
That train shot BTS was freaking mind blowing! I would say, when it comes to the new Mario movie, I think Illumination did a brilliant job, but the characters all have a distinct "Illumination look". Something about the eyes and facial expressions.
it's the flat, shiny eyes
@@scottcampbell1635 They also made Mario and Luigi’s eyes smaller.
A couple corrections about Super Mario Bros movie
- It was placed in consideration for an Oscar nomination, but did not make the final 3 nomination list.
- Itwas the first to use Cineon "purely for VFX", but the first film scanned by Cineon was Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
Yep, scanning and restoring the full length feature Snow White was no easy task. The Cineon team really went the extra mile. I still have the 35mm film frame encased in Lucite that was given to each member of the team in recognition of their hard work.
The "CHARGE " Blender short would be awesome
for the VFX series. As well as *Aslan from the Chronicles of Narnia!* where you could do a comparison to the "live action" Lion King. Also at the end of second Chronicles of Narnia movie 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.
The *last agni kai fight from ATLA* would be perfect for for the Animators React. It's so stunning!
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)
I know they can't do reactions for music videos(that's just asking for a copyright strike), but that Gibberish video is so cool, thanks for reminding me about it! I remember rewatching it so many times when it came out to try and figure out how it all fit together.
Jesus that old Mario movie is so crucial to my childhood I love it so so much. Fantastic film recommend everyone watch.
Just finished watching The Wandering Earth 2. Would be good to see you guys look into the VFX for that film.
I love that Wren says "a HUNDRED people" write as there's a piece of text on screen that says "25 people".
The textures, hair, water, etc. Looks so good on the new Super Mario movie.
I can't believe i watched 99 episodes of this already, thank you Corridor Crew for all the amazing clips and explanations
The first mario movie is so wierd and unique which is the main reason why I absolutely adore it
The live action version was unwatchable in my opinion hated it when I was 10 in 1994 the new super Mario bros movie was better in my opinion 😊
I completely agree with you.
100%! taking a kids video game and saying hey, what if this was a teen cyberpunk movie and we hired some music video directors who are into fractals, plus the set designer from Blade Runner - it's so much more fun than a lot of current stuff because it took that kind of risky, naive curveball approach.
@@trashpandaqc I wish we could get more works like that.
@@trashpandaqc lol that reminds me of all those videos that people make where they get an AI to make an IP into a different genre.
Excellent job, as always!
A great example of Chinese cinema w/ VFX is "Wandering Earth." It's a good movie, and it has a host of really good FX for you guys to react to.
The train BTS reveal and the "miniature sand" from the original Dune, are like my 2 favorite moments in VFX Artists Reacts.
For animators react you should look at the fight between zuko and zhao at the end of season one. I had been watching avatar for years but my girlfriend pointed out how AMAZING the lighting was in that scene. The fire lights up the characters in a beautiful way and I’d love to hear your guys’ take on it
That train segment was amazing. You could almost do a VFX artist's fool us concept - Like Penn and Teller: Fool Us.
who else gets super excited when they see sam on the couch for VFX react
not me, i love clint
which one is he?
@@celozzip the one with the big beard on the left.
@@lamaidalaakapinkcrocodile7527 yeah clint is awesome but i watch his yt channel so im used to seeing him
@@lamaidalaakapinkcrocodile7527 yeah same here. clint can complete anyone in corridor, Clint with wren goat, Clint with sam goat, basically Clint can pair up with anyone and he gonna make it entertaining 😂💯🔥
Damn ... All this time we've been shittin on the old Mario movie and turns out it is a very important milestone for the VFX industry! Mind blown!
Also Nikos laugh is just so freakin awesome! Can someone make a comp of that??!
The exciting thing is, that the next 'VFX Artists React' is gonna be episode Nr. 100 !!! Congrats already, can't wait! LETSEEE GOOO
You guys should react to the cow scene in O Brother, Where Art Thou? The cows hit by the police car looked so realistic, Digital Domain had to show the American Humane Society how they were digitally created.
One of the best channels out there. Got me into blender a couple of years ago and now I'm 3d printing 👏🏾
That crocodile fight looked more convincing than the entirety of the new antman movie
Seeing them talk about the commercial was so amusing to me because while i couldn't quite tell what was cgi, it was also really obvious to me that the actors were all actually there with no compositing, if only due to the fact most of the dads look completely different aside from hair and costume
they killed it on the comercial making all the "dads" to look alike. wow
I honestly thought it was multiple takes of the same actor playing the father and then it turns out it they got a bunch of different guys to all look exactly like the same guy.
@@Vinny792 Find 50 people who have the same physical build and make them look like the same person through make-up and costumes with slight variations in order to make him progressively older was a great challenge.
I remember being 5 years old being so excited to see the Mario Brothers movie back in the 90's. It was that and Ninja Turtles that were etched into my memory for eternity. God I love that Mario movie lol
why would you love that Mario movie ? it was shit -- it wasn't true to the game at all -- it didn't even resemble the game even a little bit
@@firstname4337 Because. That's why.
always fun seeing the boys guess how they did it correctly
The Sadness is the most insane and unhinged movie I've seen in a while. Plot and special effects both lol, It's Taiwanese and definitely worth taking a look at!
Best video ever.the Train shot is mindblowing. Huge respect for the creators of such masterpiece. 💯💯💯🆙 Huge respect for that team.
The fact Niko can't pronounce John Leguizamo's name, a man who's career loom's large over my life, makes me feel so old.
That commercial is not only cool due to how it was made, but also very neat and wholesome. Thanks, japanese train company?
I owe all my respects to John leguizamo for his role in 1993.
I had watched the original mario movie last night and then this popped up. Never knew it was basically the pioneer for VFX today. Also that train scene blew me away with how much effort went into it.
A super awesome Chinese movie is The Wandering Earth! Epic landscapes, epic VFX.
4:05 The best part about the scene with Jason Bourne disappearing is that you can see Matt Damon crouched behind that little car lol. I noticed it the last time while watching the movie and now I can’t unsee it.
Recently re watched Zathura a space adventure and the special effects still hold up and are really good worth a look at
Here some Chinese movies for your VFX reaction:
- The Wandering Earth huge 2019 blockbuster.
- Moon Man , a comedy with a lot of VFX "on the moon"
- Detective Chinatown 3 have some pretty cool scenes to check.
Will give more when I remember 😅
And Wandering Earth 2 of course =)
I can't remember if you have look at it before but "Wandering Earth" has plent of great CGI and VFX shots as well as being a pretty entertaining movie :D
the train production in itself its a piece of art , watch all those people synchronized it's amazing.
“I woulda liked to see that shot a little longer” is a great description of the Bourne movies
On the Bourne ultimatum jump shot, they pulled up the stunt man’s pants with CG 😂
😂😂😂😂😂 you're right!
This is the best version of the show. PLEASE make more videos with this group
The best episode of Artists React in years!
An interesting Chinese movie with some interesting visual effects is "The Wandering Earth". Insane premise for a movie and the sequel has just come out.
Fact check: the 1993 Mario movie WAS NOT NOMINATED for an Oscar. It was submitted for consideration, but not nominated. You can look it up and the only three nominees for 1993 were Jurassic Park, Cliffhanger, and The Nightmare Before Christmas
Did anyone else notice tha Sam had tears in his eyes around 09:43-09:48?
The fact, that they dind't brought it up, makes me think that Sam got hit real deep and felt or remembered something accoring to that topic he encountered personally.
I think you're reading into it too much he didn't look teary eyed to me
He's a father. Any father is going to watch that and just feel a punch in the gut. It's a beautiful story
It's called not being a sociopath lol
For those of us who are parents, the commercial hit us very hard. Seeing our children born and growing up is the best experience in the world.
There is a crazy effects shot in Wakanda Forever that is super simple, but amazingly executed, when Shuri lifts herself out of the water in the ancestral plane, in a white dress, completely dry. Probably just reversed footage, but really well done.
Japanese commercials will never cease to just blow my mind
That commercial was insane. Not just because it had a similar vibe as the Intro to Up!, but who would have thought they would like hire 200 actors to play out these moments simultaneously... that is unexpected in a world that would try so hard to make it work with CGI. Thanks for sharing!
"Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" still holds up to this day. Visually stunning and aesthetically pleasing to see at the very least
NIKO KILLED MY COMPUTER!!
20:05 I am not joking, when he slammed his hand down, at the perfect frame, my computer bluescreened. But not just any bluescreen, but the hardest bluescreen I ever got. Loudly buzzing sound and the screen not appearing instantly like normal, but a short freeze frame, which I thought belonged to the video and then the bluescreen slowly rolling down. And the computer took like 2 minutes with this buzzing sound to complete it's error data collection - it showed the very useful writing "critical structure corruption".
Honestly, a bluescreen timed so perfectly, I can't be mad at my hardware or Windows. =)
The textures of the characters in the new Super Mario Bros movie are absolutely gorgeous. Should definitely be revisited once you guys see it
My first reaction with that whole opening sequence was "This is Illumination?!"
@@thatfuzzypotato1877 they decided to put the money where it matters this time. worth it because its illuminations biggest hit
For a 100th episode it has to be something special, and I have just the choice
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I think The Wandering Earth 1 and 2 are pretty good choices for VFX analysis. Probably some of the best VFX in Chinese cinema ever.
Hugely popular over there specifically for the VFX.
I just made a comment on these movies. Def recommend looking at these.
in the first one, the facade of the building is mirrored left/right, look at the power cables going into the wall. (they change side from how they shot it, to how it was in the film)
My favorite was the little guy in a green crocodile torso fighting
You are such a great channel, you make my day whenever I watch this. I would love if you could look at the Star Trek movies (old or new), that would be great!
It’d be hilarious if they made Super Mario World into the version from the 1993 film for Halloween one year.
i'd actually give nintendo money if they did that. but we all know they wanna forget that movie, sadly.
In the entire opening scene of Red Notice, any shot containing The Rock is comp'd in. He didn't want to be near any BG during the big cough, that he filmed his scenes separately
What a stupid and offensive name for a plague which killed hundreds of thousands of people.
John Leguizamo played the Clown character in Spawn (1997) movie which you also covered for great CGI effects. Great actor!
8:17 When the croc opens its mouth, we see the wound made by piercing the stick into its mouth. That's solid detailing.
PLEASE do a vfx review of the Wandering Earth II!!! It's a 2023 Chinese Sci-fi film that basically single-handedly established China's Sci-fi movie industry.
I really like VFX artist react series
Got to do something special for the 100th episode. I'd say you should bring someone in for it, a special guest, if at all possible. Hope you guys continue to grow, cheers!
I’d love to see Jackie Chan for the 100th episode!
Dude wow, when I was watching the train ad, I started noticing the dad wasn't just getting "older" or whatever, his face was actually changing a bit in each one, until I realized that it was actually different people in each part of the train. Ngl, feeling pretty good that I noticed it before Niko and Wren lol
that train commercial, hit me. I wasn't ready for these feels
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Love how the original mario bros movie made so many advancements for general use special effects.
Chinese version of Three Body Problem. They slice apart a full ocean liner. Beautiful simulation shot. Western version of this show will be on Netflix this year.
I used to work where super Mario Bros was filmed outside of Wilmington, North Carolina. There’s still some props sitting around!
How depressed were the cast and crew while shooting? I know the making of was a total shit show