ABSOLUTELY! In part, it was Disney's fault. In my country, the ads were really bad...to the point where I saw the movie and got lost. The ad shows something completely different.
If there's a movie that makes me shed real tears is reel steel. The entire third act High Jackman's character in slow motion shadow fighting always warms my heart af. This film will always have a special place in my heart.
What Wren said about the reference is also so true. One of the reasons baby Yoda was so shocking is because they didn't even try to make a fully imagined creature. They just went off of the way the puppet itself moved. So even when it's CG, it moves in this yanky, puppet-like way that truly matches with the prop used for the close up shots, and the combination and consistency just sells that Grogu is there in the scene. It's also a reason why Iron Man suit got worse over the years: they started off with this realistic, highly based on an actual prop suit and movie by movie they steered away from it, until in Infinity War and Endgame it became that nano-suit weird thing that had no reference to go off and became impossible to actually sell on scene. VFX artists are amazingly talented these days, and the MCU has top-notch people working in their movies... but they're not magicians, and with the tight schedules that they have and no real reference to go off of, there's no way on Earth for them to actually pull off everything they're asked to do.
The VFX were great but it really bothered me (to the point where it took me out of the movie) how bad the kid's dialogue was. The entire time I felt like "have the writers ever spoken to a 13 year old kid?"
@@キラキラくりくり頭 ah... that's true. It's very hard to find a well-written, well-acted kid in cinema. I think nobody actually listens or makes a conscious effort to understand kids, and it just shows in fiction... they're either kid actors trying to fit into an quasi-adult character (see "The Adam Project"), or just written as dumb monkeys (see... I dunno, maybe this movie? Or Jurassic Park?)
Agreed. How about a three tier challenge? Where one is done Darby style, with the full set and distancing. Another done where it's live actors and FX to either add in or alter footage to give the combined scene. And then a final one where the entire scene is done in FX. They could have a side by side by side comparison to show how the same shot three ways looks depending on the technique used.
Don’t think it’s really feasible considering how relatively cheap vfx are nowadays compared to the cost and time of making believable sets and costumes for use in the perspective shots. At least not for a throwaway: “we did it three ways” take for an episode.
I would say Niko knows more about creative aspects and technicals of film making and sam is more of a problem solving guy. but they also both know a lot about those aspects too, Niko just knows more about the actual science of optics, film history and the official technical terms for things.
Real Steel is sooooooo underrated!!! That movie rules! Really great character dynamics between Hugh Jackman and his son. Amazing robot fights! I wish this was a real sport!
I have yet to see it, but I heard that the limited motion that the robots show far outshines films where the robots have lips, pupils, actual voices, etc. Also, I loved the last robot movie I saw with Hugh Jackman! :D
I honestly never watched it when it came it, largely just because I had the wife, two little kids, and I worked 80ish hours a week. Eventually I became significantly less busy but never recalled hearing anything all that good about it, not that I heard bad, I just didn't get any impressions. So I think it's now on my list for this week. Hugh Jackman, Rock 'em, Sock' em Robots, I'm down.
This stuff blows my mind when I finally see how they did it. So so so much work and math for a few seconds of footage. Really makes you appreciate these older films
yeah old pre CGI visual effects people came up with some of the most insane things to make shots like this work, the part to me that most shows how they did it is when the little clay men are first running around one goes close to the kids feet, but his shadow doesn't appear until it's past what must have been the foreground section of wall with the kids to force the perspective
I worked as an extra on Real Steel for several weeks in four scenes (bull fight, zoo fight, Twin Cities fight, Zeus fight), and Shawn Levi actually explained the whole virtual production process to us. It was fascinating to learn, and even cooler to experience first-hand. They had robot stand-ins on set that could do minimal movements, but otherwise, the full-body ambulatory stuff was all captured through the virtual camera.
I watched that on tv when I was like 17 on tv and I thought I imagined it I could remember the name I thought it was called the hole , wow I can’t believe the budget that movie should make a comeback I’m gonna watch again for fun , lol and I remember the neighborhood was like McMansions from the 80s huge friggin houses
So in Zombieland 2 (or rather before it), the Columbia Pictures logo gets attacked by zombies, and the Columbia lady with a torch comes to life to defend herself. The transition from the static logo to the movement is so seamless that I can't tell which parts are animation and which live action, and I'd love if you guys took a look at it.
I made a suggestion about a Tom Hanks film from the 80s I believe where it zooms in from the universal logo, to a real earth, then satellite view, then all the way down to Tom Hanks
Real Steel is such an amazing movie. The team they had were Awsome! The Robots are so cool that whenever they were on screen, I never thought that it was CGI or Felt off. It was so well made.
i agreed! it was done so well! although i know it was a some form of CGI but back then since im a kid idk what or how they can composite that now i know
the actor at 2:44 who falls and breaks into multiple creatures(the fall was a dummy) was my highschool drama teacher, he told us some behind the scenes things about this movie, lots of "forced perspective" shots, the kids were on a platform way up high.
I'm old enough to have seen The Gate at the Cinema at the age of 16 and the tiny demons blew my mind because I knew it wasn't stop motion, Robocop had come out that same year and you could still see the connection between the ED209 stop motion and old Ray Harryhausen effects. The gate was just too smooth, somewhat unsettlingly so because the demons movements looked too real Took me 36 years and Corridor Crew for me to find out how they did it, thanks guys. Also, the kid hugging dad with the melty head is Stephen Dorff, the gate was his first movie
I know this is super random but exactly your comment is why I love corridor so much. They have this amazing ability of bringing everybody who loves films and filmmaking together. Doesn't matter how old you are, like I'm in my late twenties and obviously you're older but we both share that same love of film, and it makes it possible for people to share their different experiences about the same subject. It's really cool 🙂
haha yeah, redlettermedia has a great re:view on it going into a lot of the cool stuff in that flick. but idk, i saw it as a kid in the late 90s in like 4th grade, robocop, starship troopers, the thing, absolutely loved em, it wasnt too violent or scary or anything haha, people are way too uptight about that stuff
Love you guys. Just a mention. "Real Steel" was not only Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots come to life, but the story was adapted from Richard Matheson Twilight Zone episode called "Steel" with Lee Marvin in the Hugh Jackman role. Special thanks for opening with "The Gate" and its use of the Darby O'Gill perspective effect. That flick blew my mind when it came out.
i'm glad you guys went more in depth on the post processing in unrecord, a lot of people are misrepresenting it as looking "just like real life" but it doesn't, it looks like real body cam footage, which is still very impressive, it's just different
@suryapanditi3161 seeing something on bodycam isn't the same as seeing it with your own eyes. The game looks like you seeing footage from a body cam or gopro, not like seeing it with your own eyes. The fidelity is different, the movement is different, perspective, etc. It's not the same thing.
YES! They did it! I'm so stoked to see that you guys checked out "The Gate." I had suggested that one several times, so glad you looked into it. Old school VFX will always elicit the best reactions simply because of the limitations of the time. It really brings filmmaking back to being a magic trick. Love it!
I don't think they have done Small Soldiers. That was an awesome movie I grew up watching. The effect for the toys was pretty good for back then. Especially since they like talking about shadows on CG characters. A lot of the toys had pretty good shadow work.
I totally just assumed they did already... Plllzz do that one, like one of my more tame childhood movies i loved.. other than Alien, Predator, Starship Troopers, Terminator.. also "Thee" Crocodile Hunter
As someone who watched The Gate as a kid let me tell you it was completely terrifying. I remember it being extremely immersive and unnerving even during the downtimes.
i saw it in 4th grade, like 1999 and thought it was a fun ride, i was a big fan of horror and 80s action movies, starship troopers had just come out, another legendary one, if youre already a fan of horror/action movies it doesnt phase you, maybe if a kid only saw spongebob it might freak them out haha the RLM episode on it is great though
@@KaladinVegapunk For context, I'm currently 19, and I was about 6-7 when I watched it. I haven't rewatched it since because I never owned the movie (my father had rented it at the time). Unfortunately, with age has come a grueling desensitisation to pretty much anything horror-related. If I ever do rewatch it and/or watch Star Troopers, I'll give you an update. It's a shame I didn't watch Star Troopers earlier in my life.
I'm surprised you haven't done Logan's Run yet. It was applauded at the time as groundbreaking and won an Academy award for visual effects in 1976. It would be interesting to see how well it holds up today.
I love they reacted to the gate. I saw the movie when I was around 8. It scared the crap out of me. I had nightmares for weeks about it. Learning how some of this was done gave a much better understanding of why. Thanks for that surprise!
Would LOVE to see an 80's Fantasy react. 1985s Legend with Tom Cruise and Tim Curry, Willow with Warwick Davis , Labyrinth with David Bowie. All AMAZING examples of stunning practical effects. Legend has a LOT of stories about the hardships of practical, the sets burned, they had to start over.
Man, "The Gate" was the first movie to ever give me nightmares as a kid. Made me hate bug zappers, and of course my dad had to put one right outside my window. What a throw back and nostalgia hit.
I love the fact that you guys did The Gate it is a movie i constantly have to explain to people because it seems like i was the only one who ever saw it. It had some legit terror moments and never felt cheesy even now seeing it again it holds up so well.
I love that you looked at the Gate. I always call it my favorite cheesy 80s horror flick, but after seeing what went into those shots, I have a whole new respect for it!
Director Dave Myers actually introduced me to visual effects. I grew up as a kid in the inner city so hip-hop was my culture. I've appreciated vfx in movies obviously, but seeing Dave Myers put VFX in music videos was groundbreaking. Yall know about those Missy Elliot videos...he's a pioneer! If you look up get your freak on, youll see! with a limited budget, the vfx were very creative!!
I'm so glad you guys reviewed the Gate! My old man showed this to me on Halloween when I was maybe 8 years old after I was begging to watch it with him, so he went like "Ok, but it won't be me that's not sleeping tonight". So the movie begun and the beginning was pretty slow but once we got to the point where his dad became a demon I was horrified. By far one of the best horror movies in my opinion. That, or maybe The Serpent and The Rainbow or American Werewolf in London. It's got to be one of those three
I love so much this moments when guys are seeing some great shots from the past and one of them is like "How did they do it? No computers". And then you know the fun part is coming
You guys NEEEEED to cover the *Evil Dead franchise.* It is a GOLDMINE goddammit!!! You got.... The Evil Dead - Evil Dead 2 - Army of Darkness - Evil Dead (2013) - Ash vs Evil Dead (series) - Evil Dead Rise Practical Effects - Camera Work - Stop Motion Animation - Puppeteering - Camera Illusions - Greenscreen - Set Design - Laws of physics being Broken - SFX Makeup - Goofy Acting - Interesting stories on set - Evolution of the artform over the decades - Newer films staying true to what made the originals so great while also utilizing digital effects - Amateur Filmmaking back in the 80s - One-liners - Stunts done by actors - Real guns being used on set - BLOOD EVERYWHERE Get one of the Raimi brothers - Get Lee Cronin (who directed ED: Rise) - Get Bruce Campbell himself if you can make it happen. I'm hyped just thinking about it!!!
The problem solving of older films is always so cool to me. Obviously there is still problem solving nowadays, but back then they didn't have the "fix it in post" option. So impressive.
The Gate did actually give me so many Nightmares as a child. I still have nightmares about it to this day and I haven't seen it in years. It's funny how certain things just stay with you over the years.
OMG! I saw the Gate (or part of it) on TV as a kid and it scared the hell out of me. Also, because this was before any DirectTV/TIVO stuff I never found out what it was called because I started it partway through and no one has ever been able to help me figure this out! Thank you so much for randomly finding this lost gem! I can now go and finally watch it as an adult! The part where the dude falls and turns into a bunch of little demons was pure nightmare fuel.
The bedroom floor scene from "The Gate" reminded me of those perspective box rooms that they have at science centers and play areas where the room is angled and and you "grow" or "shrink" depending on where you stand. For some reason the room looked slanted like that to me with the corner of the door and wall being the highest corner.
YES YES YES THE GATE! This has been a favorite horror movie of mine since I was 9. Thank you for bringing it to an audience that just might see it finally!
Dang, I've never heard of the Gate but I really want to see it now. Those effects are wild. Also I love that Darby O'Gill is now the official name of this effect in Corridor videos.
Funny enough my dad is in IT and uses DC names for all his computers and his PC in his office is Poison Ivy. He's had to get some pretty obscure ones as the office grows. One of his newer coworkers' PC is Black Canary, and he even has a Polka Dot Man.
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 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.
According to my knowledge, the movie AI used virtual production back in the 90s. They had low poly versions of the city shots that Spielberg was able to navigate with the camera in real-time so everything could be positioned where he wanted it.
I've really come to appreciate the reactions to special effects shots in older movies. Today a lot of these shots would just be CG, but the amount of effort it took for one 3-second "Darby O'Gill" shot is impressive.
I hope you guys take a look at Twin peaks: The return. I remember the cgi studio talking about how Lynch wanted things in a way that looked as if it was done by hand, and that they had to readjust their work due to that.
Seeing The Gate segment reminded me that I’ve been hoping to see you analyze Citizen Kane’s visual effects. I knew the optical printer guy for that movie and there is more than people would assume.
I was probably 11-12 when I saw the Gate on HBO. Definitely a children's movie. 😂 It went well with me watching Children of the Corn, Friday the 13th, and Nightmare on Elm St.
The elephant/mouse scene in the Croods 1 is one of the most well rendered animation scenes ever. It is in the beginning and I don't know if it was just managed by someone else than the rest of the movie, but it hits so hard.
*Episode idea:* "Unrealistic effects that we love" Basically just guilty pleasure scenes, but taking the time to explain *why* we like unrealistic or "bad" effects. Featuring special effects from "bad" or retro movies, that are still satisfying or fun to watch. Then comparing those scenes to more modern/ recent examples. Throughout the episode, inherently highlighting the differences between real physics and movie physics. This could be a good way to feature some media that wouldn't normally appear on the channel. -but knowing my luck, you've probably already made an episode exactly like this, and I just haven't seen it, haha.
Never crossed my mind that Unrecord was real footage. The hand movements, shooting, edges of the doorways, and textures is what gave it away immediately.
@@ReikiMaulana It got a little uncanny for me too. I think working 3rd shift security at two old factories for 2 years, having a trained eye for graphite/charcoal art, and watching lots of police body cam shootings is why I didn't even consider it to be real. Oh and dabbling in Skyrim modding to try to get rid of every horrible hard edge in the game and failing. Lol.
There's also the fact that if you watch it frame by frame you can see the lack of details that give away the assets being photo scans. A good indicator is the container he walks around. You can clearly see the texture is laid onto a rectangular object as the 3d model doesn't match the texture. Also the perpetrators animation. They lack the gravity in their movement which clearly shows they are an NPC and not real people.
Dear Corridor Crew, We need your help! Please replace MODOK in Quantumania. You can save the whole movie .. then you get to do the next marvel film :D PS : What if it was Jordans head ?
I've suggested A Monster Calls a few times and it's definitely still worth suggesting! Liam Neeson as a giant tree monster - incredible VFX, particularly with the building and ground collapsing!
I don't comment enough. Or ever. You guys (gender-neutral) consistently make some of the best content on UA-cam. Just want to say thank you to you all for being so committed, so joyous, and so COMMITTED to bringing us what we don't deserve but beg for. You guys deserve the best awards and best lives ever. So much love. ❤️🔥🤘🍻
@@Leo-ws6cp thanks for putting words in my mouth. getting creeped out or surprised as a kid means being traumatized in your eyes ? to play devils advocate , if gross , creepy stuff is traumatizing than i’m sure stupid, dumb, cutesy crap they put in kids movies and shows now is traumatizing as well.
There is a good reason why it's absolutely not recommended to watch movies like these as a kid nowdays. Yes, they can be traumatized, and it doesn't mean they will be patients in mental institutes, but these can affect parts of their lives, for example giving them irrational fears even as an adult. Not a terribly huge deal, but doesn't worth it at all.
The Gate, oh my god. Thank you, thank you guys soo much for this random thing. I watched that movie once when I was 7 or 8, I'm now 28 and for the last 10 or so years I've been searching for this movie off memory to rewatch it, and could not find it. Thank y'all sooo much.
I absolutely love that Corridor has created a workable business model that doesn't seem to depend on gigging for Marvel. Amazing and fun and never stop!
He’s done this before lol, or after, or both. I’m not sure if its intentional at this point lmao there’s no way he doesn’t know and the rest of the crew hasn’t said something
@03:26 you can also see that the shadow of the tiny guy who runs up closest to the kids has a weird shadow: there is a gap between the leg and the shadow which even clearer shows the line mentiond. Love the content❤
Real Steel is so criminally underrated that it genuinely hurts.
ABSOLUTELY! In part, it was Disney's fault. In my country, the ads were really bad...to the point where I saw the movie and got lost. The ad shows something completely different.
If there's a movie that makes me shed real tears is reel steel. The entire third act High Jackman's character in slow motion shadow fighting always warms my heart af. This film will always have a special place in my heart.
What Wren said about the reference is also so true. One of the reasons baby Yoda was so shocking is because they didn't even try to make a fully imagined creature. They just went off of the way the puppet itself moved. So even when it's CG, it moves in this yanky, puppet-like way that truly matches with the prop used for the close up shots, and the combination and consistency just sells that Grogu is there in the scene.
It's also a reason why Iron Man suit got worse over the years: they started off with this realistic, highly based on an actual prop suit and movie by movie they steered away from it, until in Infinity War and Endgame it became that nano-suit weird thing that had no reference to go off and became impossible to actually sell on scene. VFX artists are amazingly talented these days, and the MCU has top-notch people working in their movies... but they're not magicians, and with the tight schedules that they have and no real reference to go off of, there's no way on Earth for them to actually pull off everything they're asked to do.
The VFX were great but it really bothered me (to the point where it took me out of the movie) how bad the kid's dialogue was. The entire time I felt like "have the writers ever spoken to a 13 year old kid?"
@@キラキラくりくり頭 ah... that's true. It's very hard to find a well-written, well-acted kid in cinema. I think nobody actually listens or makes a conscious effort to understand kids, and it just shows in fiction... they're either kid actors trying to fit into an quasi-adult character (see "The Adam Project"), or just written as dumb monkeys (see... I dunno, maybe this movie? Or Jurassic Park?)
Would love to see the Crew do your own Darby O’Gill effect shots now as some kind of challenge. So cool.
Agreed. How about a three tier challenge? Where one is done Darby style, with the full set and distancing. Another done where it's live actors and FX to either add in or alter footage to give the combined scene. And then a final one where the entire scene is done in FX.
They could have a side by side by side comparison to show how the same shot three ways looks depending on the technique used.
Seconded!
they need to team up with Adam Savage again for this challenge. he would have the experience of model making and creating the practical effects.
Great idea!
Don’t think it’s really feasible considering how relatively cheap vfx are nowadays compared to the cost and time of making believable sets and costumes for use in the perspective shots. At least not for a throwaway: “we did it three ways” take for an episode.
I hope this brings light upon Real Steel and the attention it deserves, the amount of times I've rewatched Real Steel is insane.
I have rewatched it over 50 times🥺
Yea in somehwere around the 50 times rewatched
I'm not allowed to watch it I've watched it to many times
@@tuhintalukdar8512 same
I’ve watched it so many times on so many different platforms that I notice the different scenes cutout in some and not in others.
15:55 this is why corridor is so successful. Niko covers the creative aspects while Sam covers the technicals of film making and problem solving.
and at 15:08 they give you hearing damage.
@@SnifferSockYou already had hearing damage.
@@SnifferSock 🤣
@@SnifferSockthe beyblade sound effect
I would say Niko knows more about creative aspects and technicals of film making and sam is more of a problem solving guy. but they also both know a lot about those aspects too, Niko just knows more about the actual science of optics, film history and the official technical terms for things.
Yes! They've finally covered Real Steel! I love this movie so much! It pains me knowing how there's no prospect of it having a sequel anytime sooner.
they have said that there will be a show in Disney+ for Real Steel
Real Steel has been a film I have loved ever since release. I just adore it
And it's getting a series with Disney+, I've waited for years for something to happen!
Yeah.... I don't even watch a lot of movies but that movie was special
One of my favourite movies ever. So moving ❤
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Same!
Real Steel is sooooooo underrated!!! That movie rules! Really great character dynamics between Hugh Jackman and his son. Amazing robot fights! I wish this was a real sport!
I have yet to see it, but I heard that the limited motion that the robots show far outshines films where the robots have lips, pupils, actual voices, etc.
Also, I loved the last robot movie I saw with Hugh Jackman! :D
there is but with tiny robots i think one day we will get to this level or something like maglobox where fighters use exoskeletons
I honestly never watched it when it came it, largely just because I had the wife, two little kids, and I worked 80ish hours a week. Eventually I became significantly less busy but never recalled hearing anything all that good about it, not that I heard bad, I just didn't get any impressions. So I think it's now on my list for this week. Hugh Jackman, Rock 'em, Sock' em Robots, I'm down.
Or immortal grand prix either or would be awesome
Without any computer effects, only with perspective, scale proportions and prompts. That’s sick creativity.
So much math too
This stuff blows my mind when I finally see how they did it. So so so much work and math for a few seconds of footage. Really makes you appreciate these older films
yeah old pre CGI visual effects people came up with some of the most insane things to make shots like this work, the part to me that most shows how they did it is when the little clay men are first running around one goes close to the kids feet, but his shadow doesn't appear until it's past what must have been the foreground section of wall with the kids to force the perspective
Compared to (most) CGI those practical in-camera shots are so much more artistic. Really appreciate Corridor Crew to showcase these films here!
Love it when art students say they won't need math
I worked as an extra on Real Steel for several weeks in four scenes (bull fight, zoo fight, Twin Cities fight, Zeus fight), and Shawn Levi actually explained the whole virtual production process to us. It was fascinating to learn, and even cooler to experience first-hand. They had robot stand-ins on set that could do minimal movements, but otherwise, the full-body ambulatory stuff was all captured through the virtual camera.
The Gate's special effects were mind-boggling in 1987, I'm glad you guys discovered this diamond in the rough!
Dude, I saw this when I was seven and it was the only movie to have actually scared me up to that point.
I watched that on tv when I was like 17 on tv and I thought I imagined it I could remember the name I thought it was called the hole , wow I can’t believe the budget that movie should make a comeback I’m gonna watch again for fun , lol and I remember the neighborhood was like McMansions from the 80s huge friggin houses
So in Zombieland 2 (or rather before it), the Columbia Pictures logo gets attacked by zombies, and the Columbia lady with a torch comes to life to defend herself. The transition from the static logo to the movement is so seamless that I can't tell which parts are animation and which live action, and I'd love if you guys took a look at it.
I made a suggestion about a Tom Hanks film from the 80s I believe where it zooms in from the universal logo, to a real earth, then satellite view, then all the way down to Tom Hanks
@@akeem2752 Oh nice! I'll have to look for it, sound interesting especially for the time
@@akeem2752 holy shit i know ive seen that but i cant remember what movie
@@akeem2752 how about a full episode on seamless transitions??
@@akeem2752 what movie is this from? I wanna watch it!
Real Steel is such an amazing movie. The team they had were Awsome! The Robots are so cool that whenever they were on screen, I never thought that it was CGI or Felt off. It was so well made.
i agreed! it was done so well!
although i know it was a some form of CGI but back then since im a kid idk what or how they can composite that
now i know
yeah apparently they used actual boxers when they mo-capped it, it really lets the bots move and feel alive in terms of just moving right ya know
the actor at 2:44 who falls and breaks into multiple creatures(the fall was a dummy)
was my highschool drama teacher, he told us some behind the scenes things about this movie, lots of "forced perspective" shots, the kids were on a platform way up high.
Always loved Real Steel growing up, wish they would’ve done a part 2.
I'm pretty sure a higher up in the creation of the movie said the story ended and that's it
Yes, I want more!!! Even completing both games wasnt enough for me
God I love when you cover old practical effects!
CGI is fine and all, but the in-camera stuff is incredible.
I'm old enough to have seen The Gate at the Cinema at the age of 16 and the tiny demons blew my mind because I knew it wasn't stop motion, Robocop had come out that same year and you could still see the connection between the ED209 stop motion and old Ray Harryhausen effects. The gate was just too smooth, somewhat unsettlingly so because the demons movements looked too real
Took me 36 years and Corridor Crew for me to find out how they did it, thanks guys.
Also, the kid hugging dad with the melty head is Stephen Dorff, the gate was his first movie
We need more movies like The Gate and House, those were the days!
I know this is super random but exactly your comment is why I love corridor so much. They have this amazing ability of bringing everybody who loves films and filmmaking together. Doesn't matter how old you are, like I'm in my late twenties and obviously you're older but we both share that same love of film, and it makes it possible for people to share their different experiences about the same subject. It's really cool 🙂
haha yeah, redlettermedia has a great re:view on it going into a lot of the cool stuff in that flick. but idk, i saw it as a kid in the late 90s in like 4th grade, robocop, starship troopers, the thing, absolutely loved em, it wasnt too violent or scary or anything haha, people are way too uptight about that stuff
Nice to see Real Steel getting some love, it's such an underrated gem!
True
pity how many of you don't know the source material or the old 1960s tv show that had an episode based off it
@@toomanyaccounts Nobody cares.
@@dem160d i believe that was what the foster agency said when asked why you kept getting dropped off on the side of the road
So underrated!
Love you guys. Just a mention. "Real Steel" was not only Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots come to life, but the story was adapted from Richard Matheson Twilight Zone episode called "Steel" with Lee Marvin in the Hugh Jackman role. Special thanks for opening with "The Gate" and its use of the Darby O'Gill perspective effect. That flick blew my mind when it came out.
Ah yes, the immortal Lee Marvin. Today is his 30th birthday.
i'm glad you guys went more in depth on the post processing in unrecord, a lot of people are misrepresenting it as looking "just like real life" but it doesn't, it looks like real body cam footage, which is still very impressive, it's just different
……body cam footage IS real life……. not sure what the misrepresentation is here
@@suryapanditi3161 don't confuse dae more than they already are.
@@notahotshot who is dae
@suryapanditi3161 seeing something on bodycam isn't the same as seeing it with your own eyes. The game looks like you seeing footage from a body cam or gopro, not like seeing it with your own eyes. The fidelity is different, the movement is different, perspective, etc. It's not the same thing.
YES! They did it! I'm so stoked to see that you guys checked out "The Gate."
I had suggested that one several times, so glad you looked into it.
Old school VFX will always elicit the best reactions simply because of the limitations of the time. It really brings filmmaking back to being a magic trick. Love it!
Very true.
I don't think they have done Small Soldiers. That was an awesome movie I grew up watching. The effect for the toys was pretty good for back then. Especially since they like talking about shadows on CG characters. A lot of the toys had pretty good shadow work.
That is a cool movie they don’t make enough movies like that that are just these mid sized movies with a fun concept.
YeeeeESSSSS
+1
Seconding this suggestion!
I totally just assumed they did already...
Plllzz do that one, like one of my more tame childhood movies i loved.. other than Alien, Predator, Starship Troopers, Terminator.. also "Thee" Crocodile Hunter
As someone who watched The Gate as a kid let me tell you it was completely terrifying. I remember it being extremely immersive and unnerving even during the downtimes.
i saw it in 4th grade, like 1999 and thought it was a fun ride, i was a big fan of horror and 80s action movies, starship troopers had just come out, another legendary one, if youre already a fan of horror/action movies it doesnt phase you, maybe if a kid only saw spongebob it might freak them out haha
the RLM episode on it is great though
@@KaladinVegapunk For context, I'm currently 19, and I was about 6-7 when I watched it. I haven't rewatched it since because I never owned the movie (my father had rented it at the time). Unfortunately, with age has come a grueling desensitisation to pretty much anything horror-related. If I ever do rewatch it and/or watch Star Troopers, I'll give you an update. It's a shame I didn't watch Star Troopers earlier in my life.
The gate was a good movie 😊
Yeah, kids movies in the 1980s were a different beast compared to today! We got so messed up. xD
I'm surprised you haven't done Logan's Run yet. It was applauded at the time as groundbreaking and won an Academy award for visual effects in 1976. It would be interesting to see how well it holds up today.
I love they reacted to the gate. I saw the movie when I was around 8. It scared the crap out of me. I had nightmares for weeks about it. Learning how some of this was done gave a much better understanding of why. Thanks for that surprise!
Would LOVE to see an 80's Fantasy react. 1985s Legend with Tom Cruise and Tim Curry, Willow with Warwick Davis , Labyrinth with David Bowie. All AMAZING examples of stunning practical effects. Legend has a LOT of stories about the hardships of practical, the sets burned, they had to start over.
Man, "The Gate" was the first movie to ever give me nightmares as a kid. Made me hate bug zappers, and of course my dad had to put one right outside my window. What a throw back and nostalgia hit.
Same for me... The melting parents terrified me when i was younger.
Poltergeist was mine. I vividly remember how much it scared the crap out of me as a small child.
Ditto, except it was the Hand in the Eye that terrified me...
I'm not the only one then, probably shouldn't have watched it at aged 8.
YOU'VE BEEN BADDDDDDDD
It's difficult for me to describe how much I love Real Steel...
Jeez stuff like The Gate is why I love practical effects -- just goes to show how being clever can pull off insanely good-looking shots
I love the fact that you guys did The Gate it is a movie i constantly have to explain to people because it seems like i was the only one who ever saw it. It had some legit terror moments and never felt cheesy even now seeing it again it holds up so well.
I want to say that WREN, you're my favorite. You always have a child like excitement for every video. You get me excited for every episode your in.
I love that you looked at the Gate. I always call it my favorite cheesy 80s horror flick, but after seeing what went into those shots, I have a whole new respect for it!
Haven't seen it in decades, but I don't remember it being particularly cheesy.
First one perfectly encapsulates the statement "limitation in the mother of creativity"
Director Dave Myers actually introduced me to visual effects. I grew up as a kid in the inner city so hip-hop was my culture. I've appreciated vfx in movies obviously, but seeing Dave Myers put VFX in music videos was groundbreaking. Yall know about those Missy Elliot videos...he's a pioneer! If you look up get your freak on, youll see! with a limited budget, the vfx were very creative!!
I say it every time and I say it again, the behind the scenes from Real Steel are awesome and show the passion the team had with this movie! ❤️
I'm so glad you guys reviewed the Gate! My old man showed this to me on Halloween when I was maybe 8 years old after I was begging to watch it with him, so he went like "Ok, but it won't be me that's not sleeping tonight". So the movie begun and the beginning was pretty slow but once we got to the point where his dad became a demon I was horrified. By far one of the best horror movies in my opinion. That, or maybe The Serpent and The Rainbow or American Werewolf in London. It's got to be one of those three
I love ‘The Gate’. It was the first movie I remember being scared of as a kid. I’ve even got the hand eyeball tattooed on my palm.
Did Jake really say that Poison Ivy was a Marvel character 😂
I had to look so far down for someone to mention this. We should ask him to look at some poison ivy footage haha
Came to the comments for this.
Ik I saw i was the only saying this
Glad I wasn't the only one that caught that
@@shiro3188 -- That's why this comment needs to be bumped up.
Finally, been asking for Real Steel for years!
I love so much this moments when guys are seeing some great shots from the past and one of them is like "How did they do it? No computers". And then you know the fun part is coming
You guys NEEEEED to cover the *Evil Dead franchise.* It is a GOLDMINE goddammit!!! You got....
The Evil Dead - Evil Dead 2 - Army of Darkness - Evil Dead (2013) - Ash vs Evil Dead (series) - Evil Dead Rise
Practical Effects - Camera Work - Stop Motion Animation - Puppeteering - Camera Illusions - Greenscreen - Set Design - Laws of physics being Broken - SFX Makeup - Goofy Acting - Interesting stories on set - Evolution of the artform over the decades - Newer films staying true to what made the originals so great while also utilizing digital effects - Amateur Filmmaking back in the 80s - One-liners - Stunts done by actors - Real guns being used on set - BLOOD EVERYWHERE
Get one of the Raimi brothers - Get Lee Cronin (who directed ED: Rise) - Get Bruce Campbell himself if you can make it happen.
I'm hyped just thinking about it!!!
GROOVY!!
Glad I'm not the only one. Evil Dead Rise was so good and Ash vs Evil Dead is underrated af
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The problem solving of older films is always so cool to me.
Obviously there is still problem solving nowadays, but back then they didn't have the "fix it in post" option. So impressive.
The Gate did actually give me so many Nightmares as a child. I still have nightmares about it to this day and I haven't seen it in years. It's funny how certain things just stay with you over the years.
OMG! I saw the Gate (or part of it) on TV as a kid and it scared the hell out of me. Also, because this was before any DirectTV/TIVO stuff I never found out what it was called because I started it partway through and no one has ever been able to help me figure this out! Thank you so much for randomly finding this lost gem! I can now go and finally watch it as an adult! The part where the dude falls and turns into a bunch of little demons was pure nightmare fuel.
Don't know if this would be VFX artists react or Stuntmen React, but the intro sequence for The Villainess would be really cool to see broken down.
Oh man I loved The Gate, I saw it when it came out in the theaters. Such amazing visuals.
So glad you looked at The Gate, I've always championed the movie as a go-to for anyone wanting a solid 80's horror. It needs more love and attention.
The bedroom floor scene from "The Gate" reminded me of those perspective box rooms that they have at science centers and play areas where the room is angled and and you "grow" or "shrink" depending on where you stand. For some reason the room looked slanted like that to me with the corner of the door and wall being the highest corner.
YES YES YES THE GATE! This has been a favorite horror movie of mine since I was 9. Thank you for bringing it to an audience that just might see it finally!
Real Steel made me fall in love with the concept of robots when I was younger so it's really great to see them reacting to it❤
I've recommended this soo many times and I'm so glad its here!!!!
Dang, I've never heard of the Gate but I really want to see it now. Those effects are wild. Also I love that Darby O'Gill is now the official name of this effect in Corridor videos.
Now if only someone would just get them to stop mispronouncing it...
The ´eye on the hand´ VFX from The Gate is way better than the eye on Dr Strange forehead... 😅
“Spider-Man, Poison Ivy, We use Marvel Names Here.” Poison Ivy, Marvel, Poison Ivy? Marvel? Poison Ivy?!? Marvel?!?
Funny enough my dad is in IT and uses DC names for all his computers and his PC in his office is Poison Ivy. He's had to get some pretty obscure ones as the office grows. One of his newer coworkers' PC is Black Canary, and he even has a Polka Dot Man.
Psyco mantis?
I forgot about Real Steel and watched it recently. It's so good.
Dude, that first 80s movie they talked about gave me the heebeegeegee's as a child. Especially when he was dancing with his dead dog
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
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.
For real
YESS!!!!
Maybe they could do a "stage fighters react" with @Jill Bearup?
‘The Gate’ is such a great horror movie. Was blown away when I watched it as a kid, I still love it.
According to my knowledge, the movie AI used virtual production back in the 90s. They had low poly versions of the city shots that Spielberg was able to navigate with the camera in real-time so everything could be positioned where he wanted it.
I've really come to appreciate the reactions to special effects shots in older movies. Today a lot of these shots would just be CG, but the amount of effort it took for one 3-second "Darby O'Gill" shot is impressive.
Sam just totally straight faced when Nico and Wren laugh. He’s having a real blast…
I hope you guys take a look at Twin peaks: The return. I remember the cgi studio talking about how Lynch wanted things in a way that looked as if it was done by hand, and that they had to readjust their work due to that.
Seeing The Gate segment reminded me that I’ve been hoping to see you analyze Citizen Kane’s visual effects. I knew the optical printer guy for that movie and there is more than people would assume.
I was probably 11-12 when I saw the Gate on HBO. Definitely a children's movie. 😂 It went well with me watching Children of the Corn, Friday the 13th, and Nightmare on Elm St.
Yup I too grew up on 80s horror.
The elephant/mouse scene in the Croods 1 is one of the most well rendered animation scenes ever. It is in the beginning and I don't know if it was just managed by someone else than the rest of the movie, but it hits so hard.
*Episode idea:*
"Unrealistic effects that we love"
Basically just guilty pleasure scenes, but taking the time to explain *why* we like unrealistic or "bad" effects.
Featuring special effects from "bad" or retro movies, that are still satisfying or fun to watch. Then comparing those scenes to more modern/ recent examples.
Throughout the episode, inherently highlighting the differences between real physics and movie physics.
This could be a good way to feature some media that wouldn't normally appear on the channel.
-but knowing my luck, you've probably already made an episode exactly like this, and I just haven't seen it, haha.
Y'all should do a history of VFX series. I feel like I get snippets in each of these episodes but it would be cool to get a big picture of it all.
Holy crap! You guys finally did The Gate! I've been pushing that one on you for a while now! Even better, you really seem to have dug it!
1:38 bro it looks like a Pumpkin after Halloween
The Gate is one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE horror/thriller movies. So glad you show appreciation for the 'at the time' effects.
I have suggested this film to ya’ll for over a year. Straight up nightmare fuel when I was a kid. So glad you finally gave it a watch
I requested they react to Unrecord a week or 2 ago. Hyped for this one.
Still hoping for a VFX Artists react to Tucker & Dale Vs Evil.
Some really killer visuals in there.
Can we just appreciate how consistent these guys are 😊
Thanks a lot guys. I am a fun of The Gate now. It is crazy how some old movies do things that current movies suck.
Love to see the crew put on gopros and replicate the unrecord footage
Never crossed my mind that Unrecord was real footage. The hand movements, shooting, edges of the doorways, and textures is what gave it away immediately.
To be fair, compared to Corridor Crew's work, it looks totally real.
It's kinda giving off that uncanny valley feeling for me, what gave it off for me was the animation when the hand reached for the radio in the clip
@@ReikiMaulana It got a little uncanny for me too. I think working 3rd shift security at two old factories for 2 years, having a trained eye for graphite/charcoal art, and watching lots of police body cam shootings is why I didn't even consider it to be real. Oh and dabbling in Skyrim modding to try to get rid of every horrible hard edge in the game and failing. Lol.
@@sutton4791 lol i have like 160 mods running on mine, that's probably why i had the uncanny feeling as well
There's also the fact that if you watch it frame by frame you can see the lack of details that give away the assets being photo scans.
A good indicator is the container he walks around. You can clearly see the texture is laid onto a rectangular object as the 3d model doesn't match the texture.
Also the perpetrators animation. They lack the gravity in their movement which clearly shows they are an NPC and not real people.
@CorridorCrew I would love to see you guys attempt your own Darby O'Gill/The Gate shot now that you have the larger studio space! 🤘🏻
Dear Corridor Crew,
We need your help! Please replace MODOK in Quantumania. You can save the whole movie .. then you get to do the next marvel film :D
PS : What if it was Jordans head ?
Seeing the The Gate unlocked some serious childhood memories. That eye in the hand!
Thank you for talking about The Gate, one of the all time greats that is criminally overlooked
13:49...Poison Ivy is DC right?
I'd love to see a breakdown of the portal/carriage scene from the new Dungeons and Dragons.
16:58 they use their CG EYES…
🥁Badum tsss
I've suggested A Monster Calls a few times and it's definitely still worth suggesting! Liam Neeson as a giant tree monster - incredible VFX, particularly with the building and ground collapsing!
DUUUUUUDE @ 5:24 THATS A RUSH POSTER ON THEIR WALL!!!! HELL YEEESSSSSSS BROTHERRRR
I don't comment enough. Or ever. You guys (gender-neutral) consistently make some of the best content on UA-cam. Just want to say thank you to you all for being so committed, so joyous, and so COMMITTED to bringing us what we don't deserve but beg for. You guys deserve the best awards and best lives ever. So much love. ❤️🔥🤘🍻
that was very sweet of you to put gender neutral in the comment :)) i like that
Same I do too
Reel steel👌👌👌 Deserve a sequel for sure…
He said, "spider man, poison ivy, we chose marvel names.." bro, poison ivy is DC.
Ive requested this for too long and finally the masterpiece has came at its gloryyy Yesssss
Glad to see some love for The Gate. That movie was one of my favorites as a kid!
I would go nuts for a modern movie made with The Gate/Darby style effects. Imagine what we could do today with big budget practical FX 🤤
i really like how movies in the 80’s didn’t treat kids like babies and showed them crazy stuff.
Everyone was on cocaine
oh yeah, i wish too i was traumatised. good times man good times.
@@Leo-ws6cp thanks for putting words in my mouth. getting creeped out or surprised as a kid means being traumatized in your eyes ? to play devils advocate , if gross , creepy stuff is traumatizing than i’m sure stupid, dumb, cutesy crap they put in kids movies and shows now is traumatizing as well.
It was a PG-13 movie. So it presumed a certain level of maturity in kids.
There is a good reason why it's absolutely not recommended to watch movies like these as a kid nowdays. Yes, they can be traumatized, and it doesn't mean they will be patients in mental institutes, but these can affect parts of their lives, for example giving them irrational fears even as an adult. Not a terribly huge deal, but doesn't worth it at all.
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Yes, a good bideo
I love there bideos
You haven’t even watched it yet
Quite a good bideo
One of the bideos for sure
The Gate, oh my god. Thank you, thank you guys soo much for this random thing. I watched that movie once when I was 7 or 8, I'm now 28 and for the last 10 or so years I've been searching for this movie off memory to rewatch it, and could not find it. Thank y'all sooo much.
I absolutely love that Corridor has created a workable business model that doesn't seem to depend on gigging for Marvel. Amazing and fun and never stop!
The Gate gave me crazy nightmares and was the reason I was afraid of the closet and mirrors as a kid and I never hear anyone talk about it.
The new Dungeons and Dragons movie had a great mix of vfx and practical effects.
13:43 He said Poison Ivy was Marvel, and now I have to do the most heartbreaking unsubscribe of my life 😜
He’s done this before lol, or after, or both.
I’m not sure if its intentional at this point lmao there’s no way he doesn’t know and the rest of the crew hasn’t said something
@03:26 you can also see that the shadow of the tiny guy who runs up closest to the kids has a weird shadow: there is a gap between the leg and the shadow which even clearer shows the line mentiond. Love the content❤
Poison Ivy is my favorite Marvel character