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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2021
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    Captain Disillusion investigates a case of trademark-based VFX shenanigans.
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  • @LeoDamascusVG
    @LeoDamascusVG 2 роки тому +5840

    Ironically, the fact that Pillsbury requires all this nonsense really diminishes their brand value in my eyes

    • @RevengeofGothzilla
      @RevengeofGothzilla 2 роки тому +376

      It bothers me that it was cheaper to VFX the name out than to simply license it from Pillsbury.

    • @Freakmaster480
      @Freakmaster480 2 роки тому +334

      @@jeremiahbullfrog9288 I have a lot of respect for things done in the name of spite.

    • @AverageAlien
      @AverageAlien 2 роки тому +54

      they don't care, because they are a corporation. They aren't a private business, which would have to worry about their reputation

    • @AverageAlien
      @AverageAlien 2 роки тому +20

      @@JohnAlexanderiii Wrong. Corporations are mini states, aka socialist entities. Private companies are the opposite. Private means it is owned by an individual and has no hierarchy, also receives zero funds from the state, aka stolen tax payer money

    • @pbp6741
      @pbp6741 2 роки тому +76

      @@AverageAlien What is your nationality? Your assertions make no sense within the US nor applied to Pillsbury.

  • @shortsthatdontsuck2174
    @shortsthatdontsuck2174 2 роки тому +23872

    The fact that a company can own the phrase bake-off is absolutely absurd

    • @RobotacularRoBob
      @RobotacularRoBob 2 роки тому +1161

      Just wait until you find out about Real cheese!

    • @jlebrech
      @jlebrech 2 роки тому +635

      amurka

    • @Zer0Spinn
      @Zer0Spinn 2 роки тому +1648

      Remember the guys who tried to copyright reaction videos on UA-cam? They didn't get it done but still, copyright laws are a joke. I'm a music producer, so I follow this kind of stuff pretty closely, there's been songs that got sued for vibes, literally, the song had a simillar "vibe" to other song and that was enough to take it to court....

    • @thelordz33
      @thelordz33 2 роки тому +522

      The copyright probably wouldn't stand in court which is probably why they never went after the magical bake-off like Captain D joked about. In all reality, they didn't need to do this at all, but probably just saw the copyright and didn't actually understand US copyright law.

    • @experi-mentalproductions5358
      @experi-mentalproductions5358 2 роки тому +39

      But completely believable...

  • @greatestbear
    @greatestbear 2 роки тому +2697

    I love that, as an American watching the US version on Netflix, I have never considered the show to be called anything but "bake-off", nor have I ever heard of "bake-off" in the context of Pillsbury or any of their products. Zero brand recognition. Great work all around, Pillsbury.

    • @BookWyrmOnAString
      @BookWyrmOnAString 2 роки тому +8

      Same

    • @KyrieFortune
      @KyrieFortune 2 роки тому +148

      This video is how I discovered Pillsbury EXISTS

    • @dieSpinnt
      @dieSpinnt Рік тому +92

      @@KyrieFortune This video is the reason I decided to never buy a product from Pillsbury:)
      ... okay that is not honest. I don't think they sell in Germany. And if you try that act in Europe (wanting to "own" a word like "bake-off", = Backen) you will end in a madhouse.

    • @SorowFame
      @SorowFame Рік тому +40

      @@KyrieFortune I’ve only ever heard of the Pillsbury Doughboy. So I guess he’s doing his job if nothing else.

    • @grutarg2938
      @grutarg2938 Рік тому +17

      My American family refers to the whole show as "Bake-Off" as in "Do you want to watch Bake-off tonight?"

  • @Pengicitis
    @Pengicitis 2 роки тому +282

    the great british [content deleted]

  • @ant0n-yt
    @ant0n-yt 2 роки тому +6980

    I bet the VFX guy who did the bake-off trophy is so greatful somebody finally noticed all the work they put in

    • @RepeatedFailure
      @RepeatedFailure 2 роки тому +375

      Imagine dreaming of working at ILM or a similar place and ending up changing cake stands for legal reasons.

    • @DasGanon
      @DasGanon 2 роки тому +48

      Especially if they make a compass spin because of "magical lasers"

    • @mansmann
      @mansmann 2 роки тому +74

      @N W they’re just saying the bread and butter of the industry is not the work most want to be doing

    • @inmuyataz
      @inmuyataz 2 роки тому +5

      Grateful?

    • @mikcnmvedmsfonoteka
      @mikcnmvedmsfonoteka 2 роки тому +8

      Almost as funny as in the Jingle All The Way 1996 popcorn guy :D!

  • @thatguybrody4819
    @thatguybrody4819 2 роки тому +9359

    the fact that they can literally own the word bake-off is downright mental. it's like when the fine bros tried to own the word React.

    • @remliqa
      @remliqa 2 роки тому +311

      On when game Workshop tried to own the phrase "Space Marine".

    • @OmniscientWarrior
      @OmniscientWarrior 2 роки тому +389

      Or when the makers of Candy Crush Saga tried to claim Saga.

    • @Allanbuzzy
      @Allanbuzzy 2 роки тому +239

      Or when the makers of No Man's Sky were in constant kahoots with a certain UK satellite broadcaster named Sky.

    • @remliqa
      @remliqa 2 роки тому +98

      @@Allanbuzzy
      Did they tried to trademark the word "sky"?

    • @Allanbuzzy
      @Allanbuzzy 2 роки тому +84

      @@remliqa In a sense, yes. Microsoft's SkyDrive had to change into OneDrive because of Sky.

  • @ReinOwader
    @ReinOwader 2 роки тому +890

    Yes, I absolutely understand this pain of those VFX artists. I have painted buildings to another color because cafe on ground floor didn't want that building to be recognizable. I have eliminated real reflections on eye and replaced with similar fake one with same shape but just moved little bit more to side, and I have replaced blury expiration date on old product package in commercial to newer blury one. But as You CD said, this is the life of VFX artist. If client wants it and you can do it - why not. I agree, most of those client wishes are unnecessary and I consider it as throwing money in the wind.

    • @AlfredoCh.
      @AlfredoCh. Рік тому +45

      or throwing money to you lol

    • @Bobo-ox7fj
      @Bobo-ox7fj 28 днів тому

      So wait you're complaining that you have a job?

    • @jamesphillips2285
      @jamesphillips2285 14 днів тому +1

      @@Bobo-ox7fj People generally want meaningful jobs, and not simply "make work" excises.

  • @Kirkshelton
    @Kirkshelton 2 роки тому +111

    I live in the US and have been aware of and watched several times and discussed this show with friends and it's always been known colloquially as the "Bake-Off" What is confusing me is that if it's always been the "Baking Show" in the US, why do I know it's called the Bake Off? Why does "Baking Show" after years on PBS and Netflix sound wrong to me? If Pilsbury forced them to bend reality and erase "Bake Off" from my American existence why is Bake-Off what I know?

    • @Barely_Edited
      @Barely_Edited 2 роки тому +21

      Cause everyone knows the show is British and was originally called bake-off, so that’s the name that stuck even if they changed it in the eidt

    • @TheHouseOfWaffles
      @TheHouseOfWaffles 5 місяців тому +7

      Huh, I only catch glimpses of it when my wife watches the show, but somehow I thought it was called "Bake-Off," probably because it sounds better than "Baking Show" and it's a _common_ thing that absolutely should not be copyrightable, like a community bake-off. Is Pilsbury gonna have its lawyers stomp on that school or church that has a bake-off fundraiser?

    • @NoahDC2
      @NoahDC2 6 днів тому

      @@TheHouseOfWaffles I'm sure they would if they thought they could actually make money off of it
      Though, at least in my very much Scottish experience (so it may not apply to the US), schools and parish churches don't tend to have much money at all

  • @MedlifeCrisis
    @MedlifeCrisis 2 роки тому +6126

    A thought brings me joy is imagining one of the contestants excitedly sitting down to a Captain D video after slaving away in the kitchen all Christmas Day, and hearing themselves described as an aggressively plain looking amateur 🤣

    • @Barabyk
      @Barabyk 2 роки тому +59

      Merry Christmas Rohin!

    • @ThePhantom4516
      @ThePhantom4516 2 роки тому +54

      Certainly not niche here in England either, can't avoid hearing it talked about even when I try

    • @nokia-gm8gv
      @nokia-gm8gv 2 роки тому +1

      64

    • @scudlee
      @scudlee 2 роки тому +208

      For Captain D, any face less than 50% silver is aggressively plain looking.

    • @undergroundmonorail
      @undergroundmonorail 2 роки тому +63

      @@ThePhantom4516 that was the joke, dw it's not niche here either :P

  • @welcomestranger
    @welcomestranger 2 роки тому +3988

    A wonderful Christmas present from the Captain.

  • @jerrysfatnuts
    @jerrysfatnuts Рік тому +154

    Anybody confused by the "two pounds" joke, the gesture of two fingers shown backwards is like a slightly-less offensive middle finger here in the UK

    • @J75Pootle
      @J75Pootle 9 місяців тому

      Ah but do you know why putting your fingers up at someone like that is offensive here?

    • @RatzaChewy
      @RatzaChewy 8 місяців тому +8

      @@J75Pootle No-one knows. The legend is that it's to do with the Hundred Years' war (which lasted well over 100 years and wasn't a really full blown war). Legend goes that English longbowmen were far more effective than French crossbowmen, which gave them a leg-up. When English soldiers were captured by the French, they would be returned but only after their middle and index fingers were chopped off. So, waving them back became an act of defiance.

    • @dariusftw3378
      @dariusftw3378 8 місяців тому +4

      i'm more confused by the mi5 spooks thing tbh. what don't they like?

    • @jerrysfatnuts
      @jerrysfatnuts 8 місяців тому +3

      @@dariusftw3378 "That word" is a racial slur in America lmao

    • @Wizard0fDogs
      @Wizard0fDogs 7 місяців тому +14

      @@jerrysfatnuts Racial slur for what? Ghosts?

  • @underserf
    @underserf Рік тому +462

    A small contribution to express my appreciation for all the times you made me think, smile and laugh 😃

    • @halicusdiaarcan102
      @halicusdiaarcan102 Рік тому +6

      Whoa that's amazing of you!!!

    • @revivedfears
      @revivedfears Рік тому +10

      Small? Shot ya boy 50 quid mate

    • @underserf
      @underserf Рік тому +14

      @@revivedfears Something like 200 hours of me just ABSORBING his knowledge - I got off cheap. In my defense, I was waiting till the bills ALL got paid... 😁

    • @SebineLifeWind
      @SebineLifeWind Рік тому +3

      @@revivedfears how much is 50 squids in real money though?

    • @vincentdolente7053
      @vincentdolente7053 Рік тому +3

      Isint like 20$ of that go to yt?

  • @HorganBros
    @HorganBros 2 роки тому +2367

    Using the microwave spinning plate for the trophy look alike was really the most genius part of this video.

    • @ZenZill
      @ZenZill 2 роки тому +8

      LMAO!

    • @SLRModShop
      @SLRModShop Рік тому +3

      Sounds like an insult... Unless I'm missing something, it sounds like women talk to each other "you look great today, what an improvement! Must have taken you all day!" ^-^

    • @ոakedsquirtle
      @ոakedsquirtle Рік тому +9

      @@SLRModShop It's not passive aggressive sarcasm. It's just sarcasm

    • @sleepyninjarin7971
      @sleepyninjarin7971 Рік тому +38

      @@ոakedsquirtle i dont think it was sarcastic at all, it worked really well and was creative

    • @sammiepittman3130
      @sammiepittman3130 Рік тому +2

      Whoa wait they’re different??? I didn’t even notice that….Why do they care???

  • @FilmFlam-8008
    @FilmFlam-8008 2 роки тому +733

    These are some of the unsung hero’s in the industry. Those who fix the stupidest of issues so that the entire show can go on. The host gets a title credit. The two person team that solely allowed the show to be aired gets a 0.63 second mention in the credit scrawl that is automatically skipped after the first episode.

    • @booboo3161
      @booboo3161 2 роки тому +11

      This is a whole lot of cope for what is essentially real life manipulation. You should be disgusted people went through altering something to this extent.

    • @zenosol234
      @zenosol234 2 роки тому +34

      @@booboo3161 wat. how does.. what. of all the things to get annoyed at, the people complying to some arbitrary standards set by a broken copyright system?

    • @FilmFlam-8008
      @FilmFlam-8008 2 роки тому +26

      @@booboo3161
      That is my point. The entire show could have been brought down by the stupidest of legal loopholes and it was saved by two people that will never get credit for it.
      And that kind of thing happens all the time. Some show that you absolutely love was made possible by some guy or girl fixing a copywrited T-shirt in an edit. You will never know their name.

    • @DennisForbes
      @DennisForbes 2 роки тому +13

      @@FilmFlam-8008 - The entire show couldn't be "brought down" because of the lame bake off trademark. They had dozens of was of dealing with this, and this is the avenue they chose. Some professionals with certain skills plied their trade (using tools by other people whose name you will never know) in return for monetary reward.
      We're viewing this on a website built and managed by thousands of unnamed people. This video is encoded delivered and presented using software by thousands more, again whose names you'll never know. Everyone stands on the shoulders of giants, and I guarantee the people who did a quick, paid gig to CGI a name difference don't care, at all, that they aren't given big credits.

    • @jennhoff03
      @jennhoff03 2 роки тому +3

      Rob- I totally agree with you! My brother orchestrates music for big movies, and he told me that he thinks the ending credits at the end of any movie represent about 2/3 of the people who actually worked on it. There are so many ghost-writers and ghost-orchestrators and interns who do so much of the work. And there are already a ton of people in the credits! It's crazy.

  • @Floki255
    @Floki255 2 роки тому +461

    Man, I miss him. Already five month since the last video. Come back to us, Captain.

    • @zitsumo9140
      @zitsumo9140 2 роки тому +15

      there is a new video coming soon, look on his insta

    • @Floki255
      @Floki255 2 роки тому +1

      @@zitsumo9140 Thanks for the info mate. Will do. 👍

    • @WLxMusic
      @WLxMusic 2 роки тому +1

      He's probably working on another big Flight of the Navigator type video

    • @snuffysam
      @snuffysam 2 роки тому +6

      Guess the fish restaurant sued him into oblivion ):
      (jk)

    • @PastyMancer
      @PastyMancer 2 роки тому +2

      Premiere scheduled for 2 hours from now :)

  • @fatgamertim4544
    @fatgamertim4544 2 роки тому +27

    Rediscovering Captain D is like finding an old photo album in the attic and later spending hours flipping through the pages

  • @magicmango2787
    @magicmango2787 2 роки тому +314

    As someone who lives in the UK, we refer to the show as 'The Bake Off', so seeing it as 'The Great British Baking Show' really unsettles me.

    • @QuilloManar
      @QuilloManar 2 роки тому +24

      It’s like peering into another reality hey? Especially when the changes are done so well.

    • @StarManta
      @StarManta 2 роки тому +44

      We refer to it as "Bake Off" in America, too. Until this video, I thought it was just one of those things that we say incorrectly (and has stuck around because it's just better). I had no idea that was the actual name of the show in the UK!

    • @roberte2945
      @roberte2945 2 роки тому +9

      What really unsettles me is the extra letters you cram into your words. "Programme"? What the hell?

    • @UncleKennysPlace
      @UncleKennysPlace 2 роки тому +4

      Ha, we call The Open Championship _The British Open_ just to confuse you.

    • @thomascochrane3100
      @thomascochrane3100 2 роки тому +2

      You need thicker skin...

  • @AmiYamato
    @AmiYamato 2 роки тому +783

    I guess this would be *The Great PBR Texture Bake On*
    .
    (sorry!)

  • @jonshellmusic
    @jonshellmusic 2 роки тому +30

    I was working on a Documentary back in the day, and I had to blur all of the great 80’s t-shirts being worn because there was no legal clearance department. So, Captain Disillusion, I have been there and done that, in an age when what you just did would have cost a million dollars and taken a team of 5 several months.

    • @Connection-Lost
      @Connection-Lost Рік тому

      Kind of seems like the legal dept. would have been cheaper

    • @jonshellmusic
      @jonshellmusic Рік тому +3

      @@Connection-Lost You seem to be imagining a “budget” to pay lawyers with. I was the cost effective option.

  • @plexyglass429
    @plexyglass429 Рік тому +80

    The thumbnail made me think it was a show where Americans pretend to be British and the judges have to guess who the fake is or score contestants as to how British they appear

    • @keiranleeoates
      @keiranleeoates Рік тому +2

      Would like to see stuff like that, British one would be the opposite. Both have to play and dress to the stereotypes.

  • @Cyranek
    @Cyranek 2 роки тому +1706

    mister explain did a great job with this one

    • @wash0ut
      @wash0ut 2 роки тому +39

      Missed Opportunity: "Major Breakdown"

    • @Thalatash
      @Thalatash 2 роки тому +5

      @@wash0ut You're totally right. All this time and work he should've given himself a promotion!

    • @user-pk9qo1gd6r
      @user-pk9qo1gd6r 2 роки тому +1

      Your verified mark doesn't make you relevant. We can see your desperation.

    • @cautioncreative8178
      @cautioncreative8178 2 роки тому

      Chill

    • @soharp
      @soharp 2 роки тому +1

      Sir Debunk

  • @PuppetNerd
    @PuppetNerd 2 роки тому +2300

    Wow. Just wow. A video on this is exactly what I didn’t know I needed. Thank you!

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 2 роки тому

      I HATE people that HATE other people. The comment I respond to did not spread HATE. That is good. BUT! I get a lot of HATE comments on my amazing videos and I HATE it. Please don't start spreading HATE. Do I have to HATE you too, dear qdam

    • @PuppetNerd
      @PuppetNerd 2 роки тому +13

      @@AxxLAfriku Did you read my comment? I’m literally praising the video. Why are you trying to be mean to people who enjoyed the video?

    • @ghostcustoms3968
      @ghostcustoms3968 2 роки тому +12

      @@PuppetNerd i think its a bot, possibly a failed attempt a guilt tripping

    • @jessemagallanes9409
      @jessemagallanes9409 2 роки тому

      @@ghostcustoms3968 nah i think they legit with videos such as toenail gender reveal and injecting myself with horse poop

    • @stevemac6707
      @stevemac6707 2 роки тому +3

      No unfortunately he has one of the most unfunny channels on UA-cam. To call Axxl dreadful is being too kind, this is how he begs for views, in comments in other channels that happen to be better than his (which is literally every channel that isn't his basically). He's an untalented idiot who calls himself funny & thrives on the hate he rightly gets....

  • @ValiumSadfemmeMcGirlBoss
    @ValiumSadfemmeMcGirlBoss 2 роки тому +1

    I watched through all your videos recently. I think what you've tried to do here is wonderful, and even better is the honest self criticism through it all. What a lovely journey.

  • @qwertyshirt495
    @qwertyshirt495 2 роки тому +7

    I remember saying your channel is heavily underrated. Glad to see you're now in the millions

  • @foxorian
    @foxorian 2 роки тому +1866

    Everyone I know in the USA calls it “British Bake Off” which is hilarious because try as Pillsbury might to control the term commercially, they can’t control how people use it as a common generecized word in everyday speech. I’ve known people who learn it’s “Baking Show” after a while and are like “… no that’s dumb. It’s bake off, I don’t care what the title actually says.”

    • @Burger_pants
      @Burger_pants 2 роки тому +232

      This is enough to prove in court that the trademark serves no purpose and just infringes on competitors ability to create products. Seriously, if more people associate the term with TGBBO then pilsbury really has no leg to stand on in court.

    • @obeseperson
      @obeseperson 2 роки тому +30

      i 100% thought it was Bake Off

    • @benaloney
      @benaloney 2 роки тому +32

      They kind of created a "Streisand effect" 😅

    • @BarbeqdBrwniez
      @BarbeqdBrwniez 2 роки тому +27

      My GF watches this show religiously and I was today years old when I learned the US aired version is called Baking Show.

    • @gregfraser4052
      @gregfraser4052 2 роки тому +20

      @@Burger_pants Very much the contrary. If Pillsbury where to NOT fully defend their trademark as they are doing now, then that would be a reason for the courts to dissolve their trademark rights. „You don‘t seem to care that others use your trademark, so lets just get rid of it.“ Not saying it’s right, but Pillsbury is doing what they need to do, given the current laws. Full disclosure: I think that current copyright and trademark laws are important, but in many ways completely broken.

  • @NachoMist
    @NachoMist 2 роки тому +166

    oh shit, i've scrolled past it on netflix a few times and thought "why would i watch some great british baking show when bake off exists", never even considered that it was the same show with a rename lmao

    • @jum5238
      @jum5238 2 роки тому +2

      WHAT??? YOU are not WORTHY of the Name NachoMist! Lemme take it! (unnngh... uhhnnngahhhh) I will modify my own name (MachoMist)!! There!
      Wait... my wife will NOT want me to name my gasseous emissions. You can have your name back.. and my stolen copy too!

    • @NachoMist
      @NachoMist 2 роки тому +27

      @@jum5238 uhhhh are you ok there bud

    • @abbiaca-3288
      @abbiaca-3288 2 роки тому +1

      @@jum5238 are you okay there mate?

    • @captainalieth
      @captainalieth 2 роки тому +1

      @@jum5238 ok wannabe AxxL

    • @romaios1609
      @romaios1609 2 роки тому

      @@jum5238 what did I just read

  • @oOoOoOwned3141592
    @oOoOoOwned3141592 2 роки тому

    Haven’t seen this channel for many years. So glad it’s surviving and thriving! Much love from a viewer from looooong ago!

  • @58847436
    @58847436 2 роки тому +3

    I just want to say, I appreciate both the talent and amount of work you put in these Videos Mister Explain. You're amazing

  • @xmlthegreat
    @xmlthegreat 2 роки тому +399

    As someone who has had to tell the CG artist that, yes they will have to mask the logo of a certain yellow branded fast food company and replace it with an updated logo after the ad had already been shot, this hit me on a personal level.

    • @JLCL01
      @JLCL01 2 роки тому +18

      Ah yes, my favorite fast food chain: WcDonald's (or was it WcDenald?).

    • @kanjakan
      @kanjakan 2 роки тому +38

      I used to do matchmoving work for The Onion and I remember having to track almost every surface of an entire shopping mall to remove the logos lmao.

    • @nate_storm
      @nate_storm 2 роки тому +10

      @@JLCL01 McDowell’s

    • @NaatClark
      @NaatClark 2 роки тому +7

      @@nate_storm I sure coud go for a Big Mic right about now

    • @xmlthegreat
      @xmlthegreat 2 роки тому +9

      @@kanjakan damn, from back in the days when the Onion actually had a budget and everything?

  • @EpicDonutDudeMemes
    @EpicDonutDudeMemes 2 роки тому +2469

    it makes no sense to me that they allow a company to own those words..

    • @Luxalpa
      @Luxalpa 2 роки тому +10

      Which company? The TV company or the food company? Or the bakery? They are all companies.

    • @crabmilk
      @crabmilk 2 роки тому +302

      @@Luxalpa The one that owns the words…

    • @StreakyBaconMan
      @StreakyBaconMan 2 роки тому +56

      You can't own words - you can own a trademark on words that stops other people using your brand name to mislead consumers which if you think about it makes perfect sense. I mean obviously none of us thinks Apple the company owns the word apple, but do you think someone else should be able to start a new company that sells computers and phones and stuff like that and call themselves Apple? Almost certainly not.

    • @crabmilk
      @crabmilk 2 роки тому +159

      @@StreakyBaconMan I know that and the company in question isn’t called “Bake Off”, is it?

    • @Vykk_Draygo
      @Vykk_Draygo 2 роки тому +30

      @@crabmilk And Disney isn't called Mickey Mouse. Did you have a point?

  • @tonyrad8714
    @tonyrad8714 2 роки тому

    Another amazing video captain. Always a pleasure and look forward to supporting your work in the future.

  • @JasonLihani
    @JasonLihani 2 роки тому

    This episode is SO good. I've watched it like 6 times. I love you, Mister Explain!!!

  • @Connorses
    @Connorses 2 роки тому +494

    Reminds me of when King decided they own the word "Candy" because they made "Candy Crush Saga" and so they started an ill-fated lawsuit. A bunch of game developers held a "candy jam" and rapidly made a ton of games with "Candy" in the title, bonus points for also using "crush" or "saga". It was fun.

    • @devforfun5618
      @devforfun5618 2 роки тому +26

      did they try to sue any king for using the name of the company ?

    • @eroraf8637
      @eroraf8637 2 роки тому +39

      Sounds like King Candy…
      😎
      Got crushed.

    • @peterlopinto
      @peterlopinto 2 роки тому +19

      A videogame bake-off if you will

    • @ElectariumTunic
      @ElectariumTunic 2 роки тому +24

      That's just how American -copyright- trademark laws work... You are required to actively piss-mark your territory, otherwise you can lose a case due to inactivity or have your -copyright- trademark limited to a tiny nich

    • @Tuxfanturnip
      @Tuxfanturnip 2 роки тому +11

      @@ElectariumTunic trademark, not copyright

  • @powergannon
    @powergannon 2 роки тому +498

    The funny thing is, even after all the editing; I had no idea it was called the Great British Baking Show in America. I’ve always only heard it referenced to as “Bake-off” here in the U.S, and never even noticed the branding changes.

    • @LionheartTM
      @LionheartTM 2 роки тому +2

      Sadly though id imagine you are in the minority. lol

    • @Poop-nu1so
      @Poop-nu1so 2 роки тому +8

      @@LionheartTM i was thought it was the same name as the UK version too... probably because I watched on UA-cam not television

    • @DrWhom
      @DrWhom 2 роки тому +1

      ditto Canada and New Zealand by the way

    • @lhistorienchipoteur9968
      @lhistorienchipoteur9968 2 роки тому +1

      He said it was only on pbs and netflix.

    • @failingeverything5793
      @failingeverything5793 2 роки тому +5

      Dude I thought it was bake-off in America as well.

  • @nicholaslennon
    @nicholaslennon 2 роки тому +3

    Your videos are of a higher quality than most tv(streaming) content. Thank you for the work you put into producing high quality content.

  • @dixonirene1790
    @dixonirene1790 2 роки тому +1

    hey captain, im a new fan. since youtube slid this video onto my feed a few weeks ago i've been watching your backlog and following along, excitedly getting my partner to watch your beakman episode (which led to a cute morning of being introduced to beakman! i was strictly a pbs kid so i missed out). anyway, i just wanted to leave a comment so you know that whatever you're doing, it's working. you're a talented, compassionate artist and educator and i'm glad you are here. i know creative work like this gets exhausting so it makes the energy you put into your work so very special.

  • @arunsp767
    @arunsp767 2 роки тому +396

    This person modelled an entire doll, created a full environment, animated the doll and comp-ed it perfectly with his hands, just for a "hey man!" gag. Ridiculous!

    • @Datboichannel
      @Datboichannel 2 роки тому +40

      Welcome to the channel!

    • @Muzly
      @Muzly 2 роки тому

      Wasn't that an already existing part of an ad? I am certain I've seen it before.

    • @Datboichannel
      @Datboichannel 2 роки тому +4

      @@Muzly I think captain D remade it

    • @Violianom
      @Violianom 2 роки тому

      It was beautiful. I loved it. I wonder who voiced him

    • @Muzly
      @Muzly 2 роки тому +5

      @@Datboichannel wouldn't surprise me, he is meticulous when it comes to his content. I just thought it was an already existing thing, but I'd totally believe it was remade 100%

  • @overwerk
    @overwerk 2 роки тому +668

    Thanks *Mister Explain for another awesome video!

    • @jonahwalker8
      @jonahwalker8 2 роки тому +4

      OVERWERK in the wild! Love your stuff man

    • @HelloWorld-jt9yp
      @HelloWorld-jt9yp 2 роки тому +4

      In Mister Explain We Trust

    • @toamastar
      @toamastar 2 роки тому

      nice to see you here OVERWERK!! :D

    • @mikekasich836
      @mikekasich836 2 роки тому

      "call me steven"

    • @ng.tr.s.p.1254
      @ng.tr.s.p.1254 2 роки тому +1

      Mister Explain is my favourite UA-cam channel.

  • @UncreativeN
    @UncreativeN Рік тому +2

    Thanks, captain. You have gotten me into VFX, you are one of my biggest inspirations.

  • @alexgrovejones
    @alexgrovejones 2 роки тому

    Always looking forward to your videos. Thank you!

  • @BassByTheBay
    @BassByTheBay 2 роки тому +3399

    I've always *hated* American trademark law. An example that's similar to this ridiculous Pillsbury one is of a place that used to be called "McCoffee". It was -- you guessed it -- a coffee shop (cafe). The woman who owned it named the shop as a homophone of her own name, McCaughey. After being in business for 17 years, she was sued by McDonald's because of her use of "Mc" before the word "coffee". McDonalds had no "McCoffee" product, but they decided to create a "McCafe" product, so they apparently felt justified in shutting down anyone/anything that was even remotely similar, regardless of the space that person/product was in. McCaughey didn't use the famous arches in her logo, and she didn't sell fast food. But the corporate slimebags just had to **** up her business.
    This is one of countless examples where corporate lawyers justify their existence based on laws that fly in the face of common sense. No human being with working brain cells would've seen her small cafe and thought, "Oh, I must be able to get a McDonald's McCafe here!" It's just corporate America blinded by irrational greed.

    • @berthulf
      @berthulf 2 роки тому +87

      @@johnsmith0800 Kinda, but it's all tied up with fair use clauses. In this instance, the similarity to McDonald's product naming convention would be enough for a challenge, even without there being branded McDonald's coffee involved. Unfortunately 17 years as a business is not a even close to the age of the product naming convention, but had her shop predated McDonald's product naming convention, she could have won. At least, if she could prove her shop was called McCoffee before McDonald's first use of the naming convention, she should, in a UK court.

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns 2 роки тому +83

      The thing is that in a civilized country it would be McDonalds that paid her for the right to the name.
      I worked at a consulting firm (IT) that had a name similar to a newly introduced brand of low cost groceries here in Sweden.
      There was no real conflict, but confusion made out company change their name, I am not sure if there was compensation involved or not. And I am also not sure if Sweden is any more civilized.

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns 2 роки тому +44

      @@berthulf What about Scotland? (Just to use a stereotype.)
      The Mcs and Macs there (oh, I found another big company name infringing on ancient family names in this sentence) might take issue that corporations infringe on the value of their family businesses brand.

    • @TheZALGOisCOMING
      @TheZALGOisCOMING 2 роки тому +10

      @@berthulf the similarity to McDonald's product naming convention would be enough for a challenge
      only in a corporate hellscape like america where laws don't matter and you can win court cases not by proving your claim but by making it too expensive for your opponents to defend themselves. mcdonalds does not and has never owned the letters "mc" being in front of a noun

    • @spacexplorer_
      @spacexplorer_ 2 роки тому +31

      You underestimate the . . . of people. I'd say that a lot of people would think that McCoffee would be affiliated with McDonald's.

  • @mysticat
    @mysticat 2 роки тому +1560

    i would 100% binge a tutorial channel from you

  • @Slurkz
    @Slurkz 2 роки тому

    This video is such a pleasure to watch! Thanks 🙏!

  • @goose1752
    @goose1752 2 роки тому

    Looking for something to listen to while trying to sleep and found this wonderful channel, but it would be a waste to just listen to it, rather come back tomorrow morning and marvel at this amazing editing!

  • @michael_177
    @michael_177 2 роки тому +284

    As a Brit, i was almost offended when I saw the title, thinking he would call our beloved bake-off "fake". But I'm glad I clicked, I had NO IDEA this was the case 😂
    Oh my goodness

    • @SimonClarkstone
      @SimonClarkstone 2 роки тому +7

      Yeah it's a bit click-baity of CD to imply that there is some more significant fakery going on.

    • @acasualcactus5878
      @acasualcactus5878 2 роки тому +11

      I thought he was going to say that the editors had changed the cakes to make them look either better or worse to make the show look more *dramatic*.

    • @denimchicken6549
      @denimchicken6549 2 роки тому +10

      Honestly, this re-contextualizes the really clunky editing on the Netflix version. The scene he used as an example of trimming the dialogue was a stand-out moment of unnecessary tension-building when I initially watched the series.

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns 2 роки тому

      No worries, it was the colonies that faked it.

    • @ItzTheLoser
      @ItzTheLoser 2 роки тому

      Offended for a dumb show amazing 👏

  • @cavemann_
    @cavemann_ 2 роки тому +257

    Wow, I can't believe people spent time changing something so utterly pointless. Awesome job Captain!

    • @danilooliveira6580
      @danilooliveira6580 2 роки тому +38

      patent/copyright trolls are the bane of the US entertainment industry

    • @pileofstuff
      @pileofstuff 2 роки тому +12

      @@danilooliveira6580 their petty trollishness goes far beyond the entertainment industry.

    • @burrytellam
      @burrytellam 2 роки тому +3

      To put some money into someone's pockets, I suspect.

    • @Yamezzzz
      @Yamezzzz 2 роки тому +4

      Some countries need an overhaul of their legal system to prevent abuse and allow reasonable common sense to prevent loophole abuse raking in money for a few individuals. Dystopian af

    • @dontnormally
      @dontnormally 2 роки тому +2

      @@danilooliveira6580 you almost got it! it's trademark troll in this example

  • @ronal6300
    @ronal6300 2 роки тому

    I really love your videos and i love binging on them thanks alot captain disillusioned

  • @StarPortable
    @StarPortable 2 роки тому +1

    That final shot is the best track I have ever seen. It is flawless beyond maybe two frames. I cannot get over how much it looks like real writing

  • @Goat-on-a-Stick
    @Goat-on-a-Stick 2 роки тому +2218

    I love how fun you make these to watch

  • @DanteYewToob
    @DanteYewToob 2 роки тому +769

    “Such is the life of a visual effects artist…”
    I learned this in great and agonizing detail recently. My friend from high school became a VFX artist, it was always her dream! She went to Full Sail, did dozens of online courses, animated hundreds of videos and her dream of dreams was to one day work on something like the LoTR trilogy.
    We hung out recently and she complained for HOURS about how annoying and shit her job is. Apparently she recently spent days on adjusting the bulge on an overweight guy because “it looks weird and uncomfortable and draws the eye.” and that was all the note she got. Fix a fat guys mushed up lumpy bulge. She also meticulously adjusted a few beards and mustaches, adjusted cleavage, removed acne or blemishes, and apparently had to give a guy a very specific “farmers manicure” digitally for an AD she worked on and they said the hand model didn’t match…
    She complains and hates _what_ she’s forced to work on, but apparently she still loves VFX and loves her job. It’s just part of working her way up the ladder!
    She actually got work adjusting food and drinks for some ads and apparently that’s a good thing?! Like a step up? Idk… she seemed fuckin *stoked* about about adding orange juice to a commercial and acted like it was her big break, even though I’ve seen her animate photo realistic Autobots transforming and made a CG clone of herself that fooled her own mother. But the juice… was… good? I dunno.
    VFX as an industry is bizarre when you think about it and I respect the people who choose to do it for a living!

    • @GippyHappy
      @GippyHappy 2 роки тому +128

      Get that juice girl, I’m rooting for her now

    • @KasumiKenshirou
      @KasumiKenshirou 2 роки тому +44

      There was a movie called "Army of the Dead" where they digitally replaced one of the actors after he got MeTooed.

    • @DonVigaDeFierro
      @DonVigaDeFierro 2 роки тому +29

      @@KasumiKenshirou Not gonna lie, that sounds petty and stupid.

    • @coder0xff
      @coder0xff 2 роки тому +134

      @@KasumiKenshirou You mean they removed Chris D'Elia after he was exposed as a sexual predator? You do realise you're trivializing rape with condescending terms like "MeTooed?" Chris is not the victim. Grow the fuck up.

    • @Zeuskabob1
      @Zeuskabob1 2 роки тому +70

      @@coder0xff Calm down my friend, it's Christmas. The victim isn't Chris, it's the VFX artist who had to spend all that time digitally replacing him in all his shots (and the person he abused).

  • @MussoGames
    @MussoGames 2 роки тому

    God, the videos are just incredible every time. Keep it up, Captain. Keep it up.

  • @Domarius64
    @Domarius64 2 роки тому

    Amazing as always. Man, you don't release often, but when you do, these are awesome.

  • @caseytailfly
    @caseytailfly 2 роки тому +248

    Poor Noel, I imagine him rereading his contract off-camera just before the reshoot.

    • @onenightblitz
      @onenightblitz 2 роки тому +25

      He had more facial hair than the UK cut so I bet the reshoot was taken a day or days later. Not an issue for Matt Lucas tho.

    • @EzeePosseTV
      @EzeePosseTV 2 роки тому +10

      Yeah Noel didn't look too happy in the US cut footage. Send in the EELS!

    • @RichardBarclay
      @RichardBarclay 2 роки тому +47

      Imagine how the person who spent hours making that sneaker cake for a 2 second gag felt when they found out they had to make 2 that were visually identical.

    • @daverich3352
      @daverich3352 2 роки тому +18

      Usually sneakers come in pairs. ;-)

    • @mariegriffiths
      @mariegriffiths 2 роки тому

      @@EzeePosseTV He should have done the re-shoot as black faced Papa Lazarou to avoid problems in America.

  • @Scum42
    @Scum42 2 роки тому +188

    I remember watching GBBO on Netflix and I noticed the title morphing strangely on the engraved cake stand, and I already thought it made no sense for them to change the title of the show for the US, so I was absolutely appalled that they would go through the effort to do that effect on the US version. The instant I saw this video appear in my feed I knew EXACTLY what you were going to be talking about, and now I finally know it was because of horrifying corporate greed, cynicism, and pedantry! Thanks, Capt---- uh, Mister Explain.

    • @bright2543
      @bright2543 2 роки тому

      pppm
      oi

    • @x--.
      @x--. 2 роки тому +16

      Actually, the sad part is that visual effects artists get paid so little that it's easier to have them do all that stupid work than pay the lawyers to challenge Pillsbury's totally BS claim on the phrase "Bake Off" (or pay the dough-boy for licensing).

    • @mscout1
      @mscout1 2 роки тому +5

      I would have made the editing painfully blatant. Black bars, Pixelation and Bleeps. And been 100% honest about who made you do it.

  • @df68rt
    @df68rt 10 місяців тому

    Everything on this video is mind blowing! Thnaks Captain D!!

  • @UnderOneLight
    @UnderOneLight 2 роки тому

    Love your videos, hope you're able to and enjoying making more of them

  • @JohnBovril
    @JohnBovril 2 роки тому +297

    I'm always amazed at the amount of planning and effort that Mister Explain puts into these videos.

  • @uosdwiSrdewoH
    @uosdwiSrdewoH 2 роки тому +195

    I actually wondered why it was called Great British Baking Show in America since I've always known it as Great British Bake Off here in Australia. I can't believe a company can own the term "Bake Off".

    • @thhseeking
      @thhseeking 2 роки тому +2

      Yanks, for ya :P

    • @sweetypuss
      @sweetypuss 2 роки тому +11

      @@thhseeking no, blame capitalism.

    • @RegebroRepairs
      @RegebroRepairs 2 роки тому +2

      Well, the expression "bake off" did not exist in English previous to Pillsbury inventing it in 1949 for a recipe competition, I presume based on the expression "show off", so... If it's in common usage for a competition in the US, you can argue it's become generic, but that would likely have to end up in court.

    • @RegebroRepairs
      @RegebroRepairs 2 роки тому

      @@sweetypuss Well, yes, trademarks are necessary for capitalism.

    • @maddizzle1744
      @maddizzle1744 2 роки тому +3

      @@sweetypuss Capitalism doesn't create trademarks, governments do

  • @Arsenico13
    @Arsenico13 2 роки тому

    Just... Awesome!
    Thanks D and happy new year :)

  • @wafffls
    @wafffls 2 роки тому +1

    every video on this channel is incredible

  • @jcKobeh
    @jcKobeh 2 роки тому +65

    For some years my main vfx job was doing screen track and replacement on smartphones, and the more clips of the trophy you showed the more terror came over me.

  • @TangoBunnie
    @TangoBunnie 2 роки тому +167

    2 cakes for 2 takes
    No wonder Noel is unamused, he didn't get a single bite while Matt ruined both of them with just a tiny nibble!

    • @HarryRobins
      @HarryRobins 2 роки тому +3

      Nah, the whole cat eats everything on the show, nothing gets wasted. Unless it’s like horribly burnt.

    • @-ZH
      @-ZH 2 роки тому +12

      @@HarryRobins
      I do like the cat

    • @tams805
      @tams805 2 роки тому

      @@-ZH Best part of the show.

  • @Aviertje
    @Aviertje 2 роки тому +1

    What a wonderful episode. Thank you, Mister Explain!

  • @SoniXperias
    @SoniXperias Рік тому

    This video is incredibly interesting, I'm a fan from the UK who's been watching you since I was young. My grandma loves the Great British Bake Off so this is definitely something I can talk about over the dinner table

  • @SuperTrainStationH
    @SuperTrainStationH 2 роки тому +305

    I'd love to know if the "Doughboys" bakery actually LOST a court case or if they just settled because they couldn't afford to defend themselves.
    Nintendo had a trademark for the term "Wii Remote" rejected on the basis that it implied that Nintendo owned the word "remote", I wish such standards were evenly applied.

    • @JackFoz454
      @JackFoz454 2 роки тому +24

      Absolutely. Intellectual property law (as in trademarks, copyrights, etc.) famously turns into a dodgy patchwork once you start crossing international borders.
      It sort of makes sense if you understand the background, but it creates all these weird results that look more and more stupid as the internet makes everything more global.

    • @rippspeck
      @rippspeck 2 роки тому +11

      I think it's safe to assume that this never even went to court in the first place.

    • @spiralhalo
      @spiralhalo 2 роки тому +1

      That "standard" is basically you can't own trademark on a word that directly reference the product, and a dough isn't a bakery.

    • @BruceNJeffAreMyFlies
      @BruceNJeffAreMyFlies 2 роки тому +5

      @@spiralhalo The bakery isn't the product. The bakery is merely a place which sells products, and the products are almost entirely dough based.

    • @ccapwell
      @ccapwell 2 роки тому +5

      It was most likely the latter. These big corporations can afford to pay lawyers to drag court cases on for fucking ever, meanwhile small businesses would go broke trying to keep up with paying their lawyers. In addition, being a civil case if they lost the small business might be on the hook for Pillsbury's lawyer fees.

  • @SimonClark
    @SimonClark 2 роки тому +1839

    This isn't a crossover I saw coming but I am HERE for it

  • @FunFails
    @FunFails 2 роки тому +3

    Wow, congrats on finally winning the Mister Explain award! I know how much this has meant to you, and you finally did it!!

  • @BonaldDoskins
    @BonaldDoskins 2 роки тому

    Great to hear from you again!

  • @urphakeandgey6308
    @urphakeandgey6308 2 роки тому +6

    Studios usually: Half Ass
    Studios when they gotta dodge copyright: Whole Ass

  • @DavidKuehn
    @DavidKuehn 2 роки тому +75

    I work as a visuel effects artist full time and I can say: Yes - Stuff like that is my life. :-D I worked on a music-video for Rammstein, where they filmed with 5 Camera-Man at the same time. And surprise-surprise - In every shot there was one ore more of the other camera-man in frame. And then we worked on removing them in about 30 shots. :-D Stuff like that. *sigh*

    • @SgtZaqq
      @SgtZaqq 2 роки тому

      Cool, what music video was that?

    • @DavidKuehn
      @DavidKuehn 2 роки тому +5

      @@SgtZaqq It was "Deutschland". :-D

    • @x--.
      @x--. 2 роки тому

      Wow. Just. Wow.

    • @TheJunky228
      @TheJunky228 2 роки тому

      Do you mean to *sigh* at the end? lol

    • @MrScorpianwarrior
      @MrScorpianwarrior 2 роки тому

      @@TheJunky228 Lol. *sight*

  • @adamblakeley2592
    @adamblakeley2592 Рік тому

    Sent here by Corridor Crew. Glad I did. Your videos are great!

  • @m2rwah
    @m2rwah 2 роки тому

    So glad your back!

  • @JackGordon
    @JackGordon 2 роки тому +635

    INCREDIBLE! Thank you for the constant inspiration Captain. Your videos have changed my life as I’m sure they have many others.

    • @lilpig6534
      @lilpig6534 2 роки тому +4

      19 hours ago what?!

    • @webkeylocknope9691
      @webkeylocknope9691 2 роки тому +4

      @@lilpig6534 Patreon

    • @fletto666
      @fletto666 2 роки тому +6

      @@lilpig6534 Turns out, as I suspected, that Jack Gordon is also a Superhero with time-bending abilities to boot.

    • @VodHighlights
      @VodHighlights 2 роки тому +2

      That's awesome Jack! In what way has it changed your life?

    • @jemandanderes7075
      @jemandanderes7075 2 роки тому +5

      "constant" seems like a bit of an overstatement.

  • @jimdandy2024
    @jimdandy2024 2 роки тому +55

    What I find amazing is that a small show that was initially made to fill a very niche audience, has gone on to be an international sensation.

  • @dustintheloftstrong3203
    @dustintheloftstrong3203 2 роки тому

    I'm in Awe of your Flare and Genius! Thanks for making me laugh on the bad days

  • @eponymousmann5088
    @eponymousmann5088 2 роки тому

    Oh man that eyeball alone was worth a like! Love your stuff, CD!

  • @andres5709
    @andres5709 2 роки тому +18

    The amount of work put into a 4 min video, someone please give this man another trophy ! and 100 thousand dollars.

  • @KombatGod
    @KombatGod 2 роки тому +132

    Wow. This got me thinking, does the edit actually officially turns the US version into fiction? When you think about it, the "Great British Baking Show" is not a real competition, it never existed. It is something that exists exclusively on tv.

    • @FFKonoko
      @FFKonoko 2 роки тому +22

      "Based on a true story"? 😄

    • @majoritarian7864
      @majoritarian7864 2 роки тому +7

      “The Great British Baking Show” is the name of a real competition, just as “bake off” is as well, just because something’s online name is different than its real name doesn’t make the real competition fake.
      And even if the competition named,”The Great British Baking Show” was somehow fictitious, there are tons of titles of nonfiction things that aren’t real in it of themselves, like “Silent Spring” one of the most famous nonfiction books of all time.

    • @KombatGod
      @KombatGod 2 роки тому +29

      @@majoritarian7864 Yes but it's not just a rename, they went through the effort of changing the trophy, so scenes of winners holding it are fabricated images of something that never truly happened.

    • @majoritarian7864
      @majoritarian7864 2 роки тому +8

      @@KombatGod it IS just a rename. When Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was renamed to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone for American audiences, J.K. Rowling also changed the name of the object throughout the novel.
      The winner’s holding the trophy with the renamed version of the show is no more “fabricated” than the fact that the show had cuts and color grading, etc. If you were there in real life, it wouldn’t look like how it does on the show, but does that make it fabricated? Obviously not, just like how changing the name due to copyright doesn’t make it fiction.

    • @kristofvandycke6687
      @kristofvandycke6687 2 роки тому +4

      Think harder... A lot harder!

  • @jqpublic3104
    @jqpublic3104 2 роки тому

    Christmas came late for me - but it's Christmas none the less. Thank you Cpt D.

  • @badillin9445
    @badillin9445 2 роки тому

    This video could have lasted 40min and i would watch it at least twice. So much information so fast i love it!

  • @ArtamisBot
    @ArtamisBot 2 роки тому +49

    I'm so glad Mister Explain came out of his slumber to gift us a great Christmas Gift 🎄🎁

  • @gr6e
    @gr6e 2 роки тому +77

    Fully appreciate the spoiler warning at the beginning

  • @belktheelk2106
    @belktheelk2106 2 роки тому

    Good to see your still uploading

  • @Saleh.Alabbas
    @Saleh.Alabbas 2 роки тому

    I don't know how you are spotting these differences! That's amazing.

  • @capp00
    @capp00 2 роки тому +239

    Yay a Captain D video on Christmas!

    • @OfficialSDFG
      @OfficialSDFG 2 роки тому +16

      Yay a *Mister Explain video on Christmas!

    • @nsxpetes
      @nsxpetes 2 роки тому +2

      Shows up as often as my dad

  • @mcarpen89
    @mcarpen89 2 роки тому +525

    I used to work at an intellectual property management firm so I may be able to shed some light on the rationale behind the decision to change the name of the show.
    tl;dr is that the show itself does not infringe on Pilsbury's trademark, but the showrunners probably wanted to leave the door open for merchandising opportunities in the future that would have infringed if they hadn't changed the name.
    Trademarks are industry-specific. You can't trademark something and then prevent anyone on the planet from using your trademark. It's only infringement if it's a competitor. That's why there are two "Cracker Barrel" brands. One is a restaurant, the other is a cheese brand sold in grocery stores. The two companies are totally separate. Kraft would never be able to open a restaurant named "cracker barrel" and Cracker Barrel restaurant can't sell food with the Cracker Barrel name on it in grocery stores.
    Since "The Great British Bake-Off" is a TV show and Pilsbury is a food company, this would not be an infringement. They could have just imported the show with no changes and probably would have been fine. But whoever imported the show probably wanted to sell branded merchandise as well. If you search "Pilsbury Cook Book," you will find a Pilsbury-branded cookbook for sale called "Bake-Off," and if you seach "Great British Baking Show Cook Book," you will find that they published books under that name as well. So it wasn't the show itself that infringed, but rather the merch they wanted to sell attached to the show that infringed.
    So some poor VFX artist had to change the name of the show and the hosts had to re-shoot the intro just so they could sell a cookbook.

    • @RunaroundAtNight
      @RunaroundAtNight 2 роки тому +49

      Great explanation. It's always nice to get this kind of response amongst the uninformed outrage.

    • @mcarpen89
      @mcarpen89 2 роки тому +88

      @@RunaroundAtNight I wouldn't call it "uninformed outrage." I'd call it instinctive. At the end of the day, they still changed the name for a stupid reason, and Captain D still made a good point about how larger companies can bully smaller companies even when they aren't infringing. I think there may be some mistaken assumptions that Pilsbury threatened to sue for infringement and that is what caused them to change the name, but the reality is, in my opinion, even more stupid. They changed the name so they could sell stuff attached to the show instead of just letting the original creation be appreciated by a new audience. The irony of that is that everyone still knows it as "The Great British Bake-Off" so the attached merch probably doesn't sell very well.

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns 2 роки тому +23

      That still does not validate the macCafé and Pillborough examples.
      It should also be noted that "bake-off" is a general term in UK English and as such can't be trademarked at all.
      It would be like trademarking "marathon". It is fine to trademark " Marathon", but not Marathon itself. Especially the local government of the town Marathon might have issues with this.
      So "Pillbury bake-off" can be trademarked all over the world, but even if there are two cook books, the "Pillsbury bakeoff cookbook" and "The great British Bake-off cookbook" are just as different as "The adventures of TinTin" and "The adventures of Tom Sawyer".

    • @mcarpen89
      @mcarpen89 2 роки тому +23

      @@57thorns Trademark laws can be a bit different in different countries. In the US, a lot of what you are describing is not accurate. The examples he gave are examples of corporate intimidation where a company that holds a trademark can bully a smaller company into changing their name just by threatening to sue them. Even if the corporation would lose the lawsuit, having to respond to a lawsuit costs the smaller company more than it would cost them to change their name, so they just take the easier route. It's not fair but then again IP in general screws over more people than it helps.
      Regarding the GBBO, I found no evidence that Pilsbury ever sued Netflix. Corporations usually try to steer clear of each other's trademarks even if there's no case for infringement in order to avoid a costly legal dispute.

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns 2 роки тому +5

      @@mcarpen89 I was implying, but not explicitly, that it would be about trademarks in civilized countries, not the US.
      I suppose you could trademark the letter A in the US, without specifying any specific shape?

  • @BogBlue-tf6rj
    @BogBlue-tf6rj 8 місяців тому

    God, I love this channel. Please never stop.

  • @akatsuki1986
    @akatsuki1986 2 роки тому

    This channel is GOLD

  • @SaddestClown
    @SaddestClown 2 роки тому +85

    it HAS to be christmas! because a new Captain D video is the most wonderful time of the year.

    • @weeedley
      @weeedley 2 роки тому

      Hey wait, I know you from a chocoTaco video with an allchat moment on sanhok some time ago 🤔 why the f* would I remember that 😂

  • @Savings_and_Grift_Plan
    @Savings_and_Grift_Plan 2 роки тому +4

    The modern era has seen so much abuse of copyright and trademark, the whole system should just be thrown out and replaced from the ground up

    • @420sakura1
      @420sakura1 2 роки тому

      It's been fucked you since the 70s. Philips abused their "prior art" bs tu get money off from video game companies for decades. Even Nintendo and Atari couldn't do anything about it.

  • @jontelarsson6942
    @jontelarsson6942 2 роки тому +1

    Great video Captain D, as always!

  • @rjnegative
    @rjnegative 2 роки тому +1

    I can't get enough of your videos. :)

  • @flo.motion
    @flo.motion 2 роки тому +57

    Thanks a lot Alan!! Indeed that's what many of us VFX artist do each day... been there, done that. License Plates, wires, Logos. Even had to remove a rat from several heads once, because the TV station decided after shooting that it would be a bad idea for Zombies to have living rats on their heads... keep on doing what you are doing!!

    • @J75Pootle
      @J75Pootle 9 місяців тому +3

      I first read that as "I even had to remove heads from several rats once" and I was very concerned 😅

  • @xliquidflames
    @xliquidflames 2 роки тому +16

    I laughed so hard at the giant eye attached to the tiny brain that I had to pause the video. That joke works on so many levels.

  • @jacobpaint
    @jacobpaint 2 роки тому

    About time for a new Captain D video!

  • @pierrepotin
    @pierrepotin 2 роки тому

    As always, lot of work and soul poured into a greak work. Congrats captain.

  • @escubewrath4643
    @escubewrath4643 2 роки тому +20

    CD: But such is the life of a visual effects artist. Sometimes you're asked to solve strange problems.
    The person who had to remove Henry Cavill's mustache: I feel that!

    • @gwendyp125
      @gwendyp125 2 роки тому +2

      Ohh I wonder now how The captain would do it?

  • @KatieHambor
    @KatieHambor 2 роки тому +26

    Love this! And also hate the fact that it all had to be done in the first place!

  • @farty555
    @farty555 2 роки тому

    Amazing video. Very well done

  • @magnusbruce4051
    @magnusbruce4051 2 роки тому

    I clicked as I kinda wanted to see someone slag off a tv programme I really dislike, but ended up learning a shit ton about what video editors can do and that was the really fascinating part. Cheers.