I've only just now noticed how the Heavy puts the King immediately on the front line during his game with Medic, just like he puts himself first against the train.
Blu Pyro did nothing wrong, maybe he wasn't even conscious of what the train was for and just wanted to have fun, and I'm grateful he could survive to the explosion. Underrated character.
Don't forget that it was the duckie car that impacted the bomb car, if pyro didn't put his car back on the carriage the bomb car would have landed right in the explosive barrel warehouse.
You gotta remember Pyro barely understands what's happening since his goggles make every thing look like child's play so he doesn't know what he's doing all he thinks is unicorns and rainbows due to the goggles
@@practicalproblem3272 He lowered the crate back down onto the train, saving the entire red team. If he didn't do that, heavy's cart would've blew up the whole base.
@@practicalproblem3272 Also heavy probably filled up that crate with those bombs considering how heavily armored they were and how hard they would be to carry for anyone else
10:37 I just realised that the bomb wagon and the duckies wagon hit each other. Basically means that if blue pyro hadn't put his duckie wagon back on the train, the bomb wagon would've probably landed and exploded, possibly causing a lot more damage! Those kinda details just show how carefully crafted this animation is.
Thankfully, everyone knows that Blue soldier has asbestos poisoning due to the industrial materials used in construction for Blu team's housing. He merely has tiny particles clogging up his lungs, instead of literal insanity. I'm sure he's otherwise strict about his... lungs are already clogged by cigars. And choked by the cold oxygen-reduced air. Huh. He must be a frequent user of the Respawn Machine. Meanwhile, the Red Soldier is (canonically (*as in not just made up by me on the spot)) 'justified' as being dumb because they have lead poisoning from the more "creatively" sourced materials used in the construction of Teufort's plumbing, which Solider partook in the results of.
Honestly, I really do love it more when the team is actually professional and badass than when they're used as jokes. Yes they're hilarious as memes and jokes, but when they act like a team it's really damn cool
@@doctorx7805 It's funny, even though the BLU team are a punching bag in all the other videos, in the one video where they're pretty explicitly the ones we're meant to be rooting against they seem pretty organised and put together
(Bit of a Giant Geopolitical 🤓 here) Honestly when you think about it a flock of Doves carrying a bomb is a good way to represent peace in the modern times because every dove is a Military Power on the world stage that has the ability to start WW3 and they are all working together or atleast agreeing to not start WW3. And every time a one of those powers start a conflict of their own that flock dies or cuts its rope to the bomb making it more likely for the bomb to become too heavy and drop out of the sky starting WW3 and ending everything that was below it being a functioning modern society.
Actually, there's an easter egg that proves that they actually did use that plan. It just, didn't work. Let's just say that, somewhere out there, a group of pidgeons flew off towards the reds with the bomb, and did not arrive at the destination. They did not arrive at any intended destination. Instead, the pidgeons- carrying a bomb straight off a payload cart that takes multiple humans to trudge along, between the five of them somehow- _wandered_ around their target, rather than actually executing on the plan by... dropping the bomb. Most likely, what happened is the tied-up birds scavenged off of the batllefield, pulling around the bomb as they did so, before eventually getting unlucky with a stray bullet or explosive, being atomized immediately as the closest living things to the payload. Followed by whatever even unluckier people happened to be in the range of the Monster Bash centerpoint-sized, instantly deadly explosive.
@@atm2959 well scout *is* super cocky with the things he knows he's somewhat good at He said it actually, "I'm great with girls! But you, you are great with Ladies"
I just noticed at 0:23 the blue sniper gets the mug which says second best while at 2:58 red sniper gets the first. The little details make it worth rewatching.
The symbolism in the chess game heavy plays actually predicts what happens with the train. Heavy sends out himself, his king, to protect his pawns, his teammates. Showing that he did know that it would lead to certain defeat, yet was happy to protect those he had grown to care about over the years of mercenary work with them.
11:35 - Engineer is the only merc who doesn't seem relieved when the train car doesn't smash into the TNT. Some quick foreshadowing that he's really BLU Spy in disguise.
Comparing the finished product to the trailer released in 2013, You can see how hard the cranky, but lovely Source Filmmaker was pushed to the limits. Love returning to this masterpiece once a few months!
The face that soldier makes when he realize the train is aiming for the explosives barrels, kitten store, orphanage and kitten orphanage are so cartoonishly hilarious
I love how heavy has ZERO fear stepping onto those train tracks. He knows he might die or worse, but he is completely fine with that fact so long as his team is able to live on and prosper. That is the definition of a hero, a man willing to throw away everything he has worked for, willingly just awaiting an end to save more people in a total act of selflessness.
Fun fact: ubercharge doesn't canonically increase strength, it just makes you invulnerable, meaning that the heavy is strong enough to stop a fucking train 💀
When Medic's beam breaks off of Heavy after the train hits him, you just see Medic's grit turn to emotionlessness and hopelessness. He doesn't care when he loses his coat. He doesn't care that 15 feet to his right is a symphony of crashes, slices, carnage and chaos. He doesn't even notice the train car barreling towards him. Scout gets him out of the way, saving his life. When he sits up, he doesn't stand up. He just stares at the tracks, where Heavy was.
I read somewhere that once medic thinks heavy is dead, he doesn't care anymore about what was happening around him. He lets his coat fly and instead of running away, he just stands there. That's why scout decided to tackle him to save his life.
I am disappointed that no one praises the music that was composed for this. It ain't just a bunch of samples slapped together. Fantastic tunes, atmospheric and energetic, unique and characterful. Great job!
The sad reality is, often music that is composed incredibly well is hard to notice. The only time that people will usually notice is if it is poorly created or composed. In the video _[TF2] 2020 Q&A for No Particular Reason,_ SoundSmith says it best, "Sound design is kind of like CGI in the 2000s and 2010s, right? People only ever knew it existed if it was bad. If you do your job right as a sound designer, nobody knows you exist."
Ya it really works any you can feel the emotions of the characters and the scenes with the music. It's not perfect. Best example is baby driver, but it's still amazing for not being done by a studio. It's just like what tipsy duck does
i'm disappointed that nobody praises the physics incredibly real, yet with just a dash of tf2 cartoony-ism (is that a word?) like that piece of train sailing through the building at 10:33
Heavy moved the King chess piece to the front, because he believes that true leaders lead from the front. Which is also why he was willing to put his life on the line to stop the train and save everyone.
@@kitcam5608 Actually, FIDE regulations require the king to be larger than the queen in order for the set to be legal for official matches. With that, and the way the pieces are commonly styled, it's pretty obvious that the kings are on the e file while the queens are on the d file like they should be. However, the h1 square is black in both games when it is supposed to be white, indicating that the board was accidentally set up sideways, hence why the queen is not on it's color
With only 6 audible times someone made a sound or spoke, this has more character development and tells a story better than anything else I've seen. Still remains a masterpiece even 8 years later.
McVee is one of the few sfm artists to understand the connect between Video and Audio on the level they do. In this respect, even LazyPurple seems lacking compared to McVee's most basic videos. Man probably asked exactly for what he thought would work in each scene, only moderately course-correcting.
I love how each of the characters look out for each other throughout from Sniper grabbing at Scout when he climbs out the window to Heavy on the train tracks and Scout diving to save Medic
You can tell that they care as well in that when Medic sees Heavy walking to the tracks, he looks scared and looks around for something he can do to help, and when he sees the locomotive flip and the beam disconnect he just stops. He drops his medigun, lets his coat fly off in the wind, and just stands there reaching slightly towards where he just watched one of his friends get crushed beneath several dozen tons of steel. Even when Scout tackles him down to save both of them, Medic doesn't get back up, he just keeps looking at where Heavy was. His world stopped when he lost his friend.
You can even see how hopeless medic looks when the Uber-beam stops, he thinks his best friend died and then he stop caring about his surroundings, and scout has to shove him of of the way.
That whole scene is genuinely one of the best action shots I've ever seen in a movie. Heavy solemnly taking his stand, Medic rushing to uber him, the way Medic's face drops when the medi-beam goes out cause he thinks Heavy's dead...it's just so fucking good.
5:04 y'all see how the sniper get angry when his rearview mirror broke? this sfm level of detail is godly, these dude should help vavle with their animation no joke
I love how a pet store, an orphanage, and a kitten orphanage is conveniently placed right next to an explosives warehouse that is directly connected with train tracks
Everyone's pointing out their favourite little bits, and I want to highlight Scout's face at 5:32 . After getting bounced around, you can see him smile for just a few frames as he gets ready to jump on the train, and it's little details like that which make character animation so compelling. Besides that, the cinematography is stunning. The flare launching into the sky, the introduction with the frozen Sniper, the shot with the forest and Scout on top of the train, and holy shit the Prometheus style running away sequence, the camera movements, the framing, it's all just amazing.
can we appreciate the ammount of effort it takes to write such a cohesive and easy to understand story with *not a single line of dialogue* in just *14 minutes*
Aye do ya even know how many heads I've batted in, and your next bucko, to even infer that I am annoying. I mean sure I talk alot but that is because it is what I deserve what do you have. It is not like i memorized an entire speech. Heck I have my own short. Do you have any idea how many b Tom Jones I have. More than you bucks. Are you even
I just love how the Pyro is actually rewarded for his nice art on the train, as he survived the blast in the BLU base. Thus, he gives his gratitude by sending those ducks.
Not a single line spoken and yet you totally get that Heavy and Medic are good friends. That's the power of facial expression, body language and camera work for you.
can i point out that pyro vision changes war and other traumatising things into nice things so the blu pyro probably made something very traumatising to pyro vision
@@marrarilander9239 well yeah, pyro vision makes warfare seem pleasant but a cat isn’t very violent, it’s just blu pyro’s nature to chase after little kitty cat, the pyro vision didn’t change what the kitty looks like because it’s already innocent
can we talk about how good the 10:24 shot looks with that container being crushed and the building getting destroyed I don't think people realise how long this had to have taken to make. edit: I just noticed the powerline being cut by the container and rapidly snapping back
The tube between the car scout disconnects and the rest of the train stretching and then the two pieces snapping back to their respective sides, as well. Both swing and drag back with the wind
I love that this is a 5 year old sfm and people are still actively talking and having a good time 5 years later. It warms my heart to know the tf2 community is still here and actually care for each other and are chilling and having a good time
The insane list of things that make me feel like this was made yesterday and not in 2014 (also known as My God, The Absolute Polish On This Thing): - top-notch lighting and shading - snow effect - steam rising from BLU Sniper's mug - the attention to detail on all the outfits - the tiny text on dials and levers and the like - hilarious little lore details (Saxton Hale bobblehead! Archimedes! the faint Team Fortress logo on top of Sniper's campervan!) - the amount of work put into the music and sound effects - how fluid all the character movement is (Scout is particularly impressive with all the running and jumping) - how goddamn FAST they made that train move - how good the expressions are (that "oh, shit" look on Sniper's face is great) - the detail on even relatively tiny things such as the chess pieces and cats (and the eye twitch from Medic that absolutely _sends_ me every time) - how dialogue is completely unnecessary because of the great storytelling - even though the movement is very fluid all the characters move in a way that makes sense for them (Scout is all limbs, Soldier moves very directly, Spy is graceful, etc.) - the attention to the touch of comedy provided by Soldier - the amazing camera work (particularly during the train chase) - the fact that the bomb key has a little rail crossing symbol on top (the DETAIL, people) - the rain of squeaking rubber ducks offsetting the drama - the fact that the BLU Spy turning up is a complete surprise - the hilarious reminder that Sniper is still stuck halfway up the mountain
End of the line is beautiful, and Canon apparently, so this means (in canon): Medic and Heavy play chess together Heavy isn't seen as a good ally much. Pyro owns a cat. The blu team fail. Spy is actually competent when on red team. Soldier cares about orphans and cats.
@@silentone2451, yea, you can see it in these parts of the comic \/ www.teamfortress.com/tf01_ring_of_fired/#f=66 www.teamfortress.com/tf02_unhappy_returns/#f=30
I love the end part where Pyro was saved by chasing a cat implying it's his reward for keeping the rubber ducky cargo without it the ending would be too much to bear. Love the little details
I like how big the Blu Pyro’s impact really was His wagon not only destroyed the bombs, the ducks he placed in there helped Red to fool the other Blu mercs
I love the visual gags in this, torn between the sniper's mugs and the spy's pistol getting bent as my favorite bits. Video still holds up almost 6 years later.
I really love the idea of the BLU team's classes having slightly different personalities, despite being from the same clone batch of the original mercs I wish I could've said this 8 years ago, when this thought first crossed my mind but I was too fucking stupid to even formulate it. Feels weird that I barely remember this vid despite it(coincidentally) marking pretty much the end of my years of playing TF2. I think they also disabled custom texture and sound support shortly after this Edit: Holy shit, this was the end of the line for my time with TF2
9:40 The most epic scene in all TF2 SFM animations. The fact that all this animation lacks of dialogue and depends on body language and facial expressions makes it even more symbolic and every visual element and sound composition builds up to make a Marvelous and pleasurable story to watch. I honestly downloaded this soundtrack on my ITunes.
Jesus, this is like a Pixar short. The amount of emotion and story you managed to convey without a single word of dialogue...absolutely incredible. There’s not a single thing I didn’t like about this.
9:09 you can see that the Engineer never actually carry his Stuff by just one hand... also he always look a bit upward when carrying... Hinting that the engineer was quite incompetent at his job which makes him a spy.
@@thatredman3639 I thought that 5:55 would be the biggest jump I would see while watching this animation. Clearly, I forgot about commenters jumping to conclusions
Something I’d like to note is how strong Heavy is. Yes, he was ubered when the train hit him, but that was still his body that stopped caused the wreck. In the regular game, ubered classes can still be pushed back, such as an ubered heavy being pushed back by sentry gun fire, albeit a little at a time. This Heavy took the brunt of a train and all the cars behind it, derailing the entire thing. The Uber kept his body alive, and his body alone stopped a train. Absolute mad lad.
This SFM is basicly the meaning of "an image says more than 1000 words" The facial expressions and actions of the mercs says all theyre thinking without a SINGLE WORD. Congrats, this animation is fucking awesome
The mercenaries actually caring for each other and acting like a real team is quite refreshing tbh. A sharp contrast to most portrayals of them where they feel like comic relief gremlins who barely even tolerate each other. Edit: What I meant to say is that the comedy is still present, but much less "in your face" and it just feels more satisfying.
it's not really any fault of the animators, it's how the game's voicelines were made. All of them are either made for insulting others, boasting about themselves, demanding support, etc.
@@nordicdreki2068 There are tons of sweet in-game voice-lines where the mercenaries compliment their own team, you especialyl the "Good Job/Nice Shot/Thanks/" and "Cheer"
Wouldn't you feel similar if you saw a good friend get run over by a train and the only thing preventing him from dying disconnected right in front of your eyes?
Number One- is Sniper okay?? Number Two- Pyro is adorable Number Three- the wholesomeness between Heavy and Medic is unbearably adorable and I appreciate it SO much
i like how concern for sniper just skyrockets at the end of the video, I literally want an entire another video souly about him getting back, and about the train, I want to know what the line was originally used for!
@@Lttsumm the railroad was probably for shipments of rations and stuff while the train itself(if it wasn’t always meant to be the bomb carrier) was probably intended for either an ambush or to send the living beings to red for the orphanage and stuff
Heavy and Medic are wholesome yes, but what about Scout and Medic? Scout grabs pulls Medic to the ground when the train is about to crash so he doesn't get hurt, then he takes a step to stop Spy when Medic is held hostage, and finally he helps Medic up from the ground. Like bruh, for all the "I HATE doctors!" act, Scout really seems to care about Medic
There are so many things I love about this animation. At 0:45, Soldier puts the train plan over a plan for a "stealth pigeon bomb." At 13:10, Sniper wakes up to see this plan put into action. At 5:04, Sniper watches in shock and disappointment as Scout breaks the side view mirror. At 11:57, we get to witness Heavy bend the barrel of a gun 90 degrees in less than a second with a single hand, then proceed to fold Spy's spine in half by driving his whole body 2 feet into the ground, leaving Spy in more shock and confusion than pain.
From what I think when the Engie brings his construction box then he got stabbed off screen by blu spy Edit: at 9:08 the last thing that you see the real engi
If we forget about that he’s a blu spy, then this is an actual good point and FREAKING AWESOME DETAIL WORK, like he did some math or something right after the explosion, he did it so fast and professional that he knew exactly that no one will get hurt.
Another great detail is that the BLU Engineer flinches when Soldier holds up the disciplinary action. Obviously on one hand he lifts it up quite suddenly, but especially when you remember how he uses that in-game...
I finally figured out why this all moves so smoothly and is so nice to watch. Everything has weight to it! They're bumping and falling and not just floating or gliding, the scene with Scout trying to get on the train is probably the best example
5:00 I love watching this sequence of events in slow-mo. Scout looks at Sniper and sees he’s concentrated on driving. He takes the opportunity to jump out the window. As he does, Sniper looks at him, then back to the road, then does a double take as he realizes what the scout is doing and reaches out to stop him from doing something so dangerous. Then, finally, we see Sniper’s expression of outrage and acceptance of his car being damaged.
10:40 This scene alone was just purely amazing. sounded like an actual movie scene. Also, the complete lack of voice acting is just awesome. this would win a Saxxy easily
I remember there being a comment saying "End of the line is the only video where you can take a screenshot at anytime and it could be a desktop background" I dont know who and I cant find their comment But they're right
I just really like the idea that the classes with the best in-game chemistry (Heavy + Medic, Pyro + Engineer for example) are portrayed in shorts/comics as being close friends. It makes me happy.
Technically, pyro saved them. His personally customized shipping crate with ducks in it was the one he lowered back down onto the train, and it was that one that launched and slammed into the bomb crate, causing it to explode mid-air before it could hit its target.
@We're Lost sorry man but you dont get it he said the cart of the pyro saved them by exploding the other cart with a bomb in its by that logic the rubber ducks would have gone unrecognizable cause they would have basically turned into ash
This entire cinematic should've been its own gamemode called "Train Sabotage", where you're actually in the train, and the red team would start at the last cart, while the Blu team would start near the front. The red team would have to capture 5 control points, (so 5cp and 1 control point for each cart). Despite the fact that the trains would have to be a quite comically large, by themselves they would be too contained, so there'd probably be a lot of hand-built wooden platforms and/or outer railings on the sides. You could also go on the roofs of the train carts too, (though not every cart will have a roof, and one of the control points would be open with few barricades/storage crates for cover). The time limit would be continuous, (but it would be long enough to be reasonable), and as the time goes down the background would slowly change. It would start at the snowy area, to the mountains, and very slowly have the sunset start to fade in as it then goes into the tunnel, then after emerging it's the warm forest area. If the time were to run out, it would ram right into the barrels of dynamite and explode the whole town, (and despite there being the orphanages, it could be said that they were evacuated as a precaution if the red team were to fail). I also think it'd have to be 9v9, (18 players), where every player would have to excel at only 1 certain class, meaning no multiple of the same classes. (It would be kinda a pseudo-competitive). Because I just feel that 12v12 would just be too much. These are just some thoughts I had after rewatching this SFM, even though there's probably a lot of flaws with them, I still think that with enough polish it could be something. Open to criticism on my ideas, and I'm curious as to what else anyone can come up with.
Yes that's what I thought, because I didn't watch till the end last time. I watched it again, and I was kinda surprised that they put a failed plan Into action.
this entire sequence at 3:14 is actually brilliant. The attention to detail, the angles, the shots. Sniper and Scout just standing motionless in shock and dismay as the train blurs past. Absolutely insane.
There's nothing than embodies TF2 more than Heavy stopping a whole fucking train with his sheer body strength, with Uber being the only thing keeping him alive
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Valve's soldier: master tactician, stern commander and fearless leader
Also valve's soldier: "I have done nothing but teleport bread for 3 days"
This wasn't made by valve
@@tecneck8669 It was in Expiration Date
You know it’s a good animation when they think it’s actually made by valve
@@jeraadri this animation wasn't made from valve, expiration date is
Yeah because valve said this short is canon right
I love how the only word spoken in this was "Ha."
Beautiful.
And the medic’s scream
@@bonyfax2345 Good point.
Buy it's not SPOKEN.
Pyro did his mmphhs
@@tomasvenegas9299 HMMMP HMMMP HMMMP
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I've only just now noticed how the Heavy puts the King immediately on the front line during his game with Medic, just like he puts himself first against the train.
Mattia Salvetti Oo, good point!
The “pidgeon bomb” is also hinted at in the first minute of the video! It’s right when blue team is planning their assault.
Pretty sure its a ww2 reference ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
that was the queen
yeah, and he c heated like he did with the uber
Blu Pyro did nothing wrong, maybe he wasn't even conscious of what the train was for and just wanted to have fun, and I'm grateful he could survive to the explosion. Underrated character.
Don't forget that it was the duckie car that impacted the bomb car, if pyro didn't put his car back on the carriage the bomb car would have landed right in the explosive barrel warehouse.
"Blu Pyro did nothing wrong..."
Blu Pyro: I use the ducks to destroy our own bombs...
I think maybe ducks appear as stuff harmful in provision. Maybe ducks look like hand grenades...
So true.
You gotta remember Pyro barely understands what's happening since his goggles make every thing look like child's play so he doesn't know what he's doing all he thinks is unicorns and rainbows due to the goggles
soldier's face when he realize that the barrel warehouse is conveniently next to kitten store, a orphanage, and a kitten orphanage
The face of '... Dear god...'
I thought he was going to shoot the barrels
Oh no
kills me every time lmao
An orphanage*
Probably the only time Scout has ever gone 14 minutes without talking.
MEDIC! MEDIC! MEDIC! DOC C'MON MAN! MEDIC! I'M DYIN' HERE! MEDIC MEDIC MEDIC!
The only time where ALL of them have gone 14 minutes without speaking.
NEEDA DISPENSAH HEER NEEDA DISPENSAH HEER HALP HALP I'M DYIN HERE LET'S GO THAT FREAKIN DEMO'S A SPY
YeetusDeletus SixtyNineFourTwenty and heavy's "HA!" During the chess match with medic
I am once again asking for your medical support.
Notice that Pyro's cart actually destroyed the heavy's cary with all the bombs in it, meaning the pyro saved the entire red team.
@@practicalproblem3272 You saying it was someone elses idea to load it full of rubber ducks?
@@practicalproblem3272 You saying that heavy welded the steel together to make his own cart?
@@practicalproblem3272 He lowered the crate back down onto the train, saving the entire red team. If he didn't do that, heavy's cart would've blew up the whole base.
@@practicalproblem3272 Also heavy probably filled up that crate with those bombs considering how heavily armored they were and how hard they would be to carry for anyone else
@@practicalproblem3272 and?
10:37 I just realised that the bomb wagon and the duckies wagon hit each other. Basically means that if blue pyro hadn't put his duckie wagon back on the train, the bomb wagon would've probably landed and exploded, possibly causing a lot more damage! Those kinda details just show how carefully crafted this animation is.
So that means Pyro is a spy
Also, the pigeon bomb at the end was in the plans at the beginning, lol
pyro is a hero
It takes place in the US so it's freight cars
I mean, that would be true but then again no one knows the outcome prediction guarantee of making a decision, but it is kinda funny
I like how the spy does ACTUAL spy work in this animation
Not like the incompetent BLU spy from Meet the Spy that can't even identify that scout was clearly a spy
Mr.Green door lmao
Blu spy could’ve trickstabbed the whole team if he was swipez or something
And scout is a scout
Le sphee
I think the most unbelievable part of this is that soldier comes up with a plan that almost works
He's a master of war,but not much else.
@@tbone2416 He also won a nose picking competition, but, well... That is what it is.
But really, that's red soldier who did, comic canonically.
What are you talking about? Soldier is the one who came with the idea of "Decoy" against the machines
Thankfully, everyone knows that Blue soldier has asbestos poisoning due to the industrial materials used in construction for Blu team's housing. He merely has tiny particles clogging up his lungs, instead of literal insanity. I'm sure he's otherwise strict about his... lungs are already clogged by cigars. And choked by the cold oxygen-reduced air. Huh. He must be a frequent user of the Respawn Machine.
Meanwhile, the Red Soldier is (canonically (*as in not just made up by me on the spot)) 'justified' as being dumb because they have lead poisoning from the more "creatively" sourced materials used in the construction of Teufort's plumbing, which Solider partook in the results of.
@@TextualDeviantthe Respawn Machine!? OH NO NO NO NO NO NONONO… NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Honestly, I really do love it more when the team is actually professional and badass than when they're used as jokes. Yes they're hilarious as memes and jokes, but when they act like a team it's really damn cool
i think the comics do that really well, with a lot of the mercs being dumbasses but everyone still having their moments
@@Taylor-xq9tr Never really read the comics but if the mercs are badass then I'll put them on my wish list.
the outfits themselves are badass, especially blu’s
@@z1pline487 Agree with the first part, not so sure about the second part. Dirty blues!
@@doctorx7805 It's funny, even though the BLU team are a punching bag in all the other videos, in the one video where they're pretty explicitly the ones we're meant to be rooting against they seem pretty organised and put together
8 years later, and now the director of this masterpiece has their own game studio with soon to be released game. How the time flies...
Oooh! I did not know this! Time to do a google.
Wow
What is it?
What's the name bro don't leave us heree
@@Frog744 It's called Resistor
11:35
Notice how the "Engie" is the only one who isn't relieved. The attention to detail is amazing, easily one of the best SFM shorts ever.
He a spy after all.
9:12 more details?
I can’t tell who else isn’t relieved, because to me 4 of them look like they aren’t satisfied.
THE ENGIES A SPY
James Clark no I know the engie is a spy but who else
5 years later i find myself asking “Where is Red Sniper? Is he alright?”
Maybe he stills hanging in that cliff
he's probably the only one that survived if the stealth pidgeon bomb managed to get to RED's base
But what about Engie?
@@papajawn it's still a mystery
@@papajawn but probably he is death
End of the line [SFM]
The video where you can pause at any time and have it as your wallpaper
Blue Anims yeah i want a wallpaper of a heavy shooting a demo with an angry medic😂
If I could have a gif as my wallpaper it would be heavy and medic playing chess
I mean technically you could do that with any video on youtube
12:07
TimeOfUA-cam yes
Got to say, the concept of a flock of doves carrying a bomb is as haunting as it is hilarious.
Their gonna blow up the reds are they?
(Bit of a Giant Geopolitical 🤓 here)
Honestly when you think about it a flock of Doves carrying a bomb is a good way to represent peace in the modern times because every dove is a Military Power on the world stage that has the ability to start WW3 and they are all working together or atleast agreeing to not start WW3.
And every time a one of those powers start a conflict of their own that flock dies or cuts its rope to the bomb making it more likely for the bomb to become too heavy and drop out of the sky starting WW3 and ending everything that was below it being a functioning modern society.
One of the plans on the blue table in the beginning was for a pigeon bomb
Actually, there's an easter egg that proves that they actually did use that plan. It just, didn't work. Let's just say that, somewhere out there, a group of pidgeons flew off towards the reds with the bomb, and did not arrive at the destination. They did not arrive at any intended destination. Instead, the pidgeons- carrying a bomb straight off a payload cart that takes multiple humans to trudge along, between the five of them somehow- _wandered_ around their target, rather than actually executing on the plan by... dropping the bomb. Most likely, what happened is the tied-up birds scavenged off of the batllefield, pulling around the bomb as they did so, before eventually getting unlucky with a stray bullet or explosive, being atomized immediately as the closest living things to the payload. Followed by whatever even unluckier people happened to be in the range of the Monster Bash centerpoint-sized, instantly deadly explosive.
@@dulguunjargal1199 oh damn...
I love how despite his super cocky not caring attitude the Scout still went out of his way to save the medic
Yeah because then he doesnt have someone to scream medic to
He's not that cocky, he even asked spy to practice his dating skills for ms pauling. If he was super cocky he wouldn't ask anyone
@@atm2959 well scout *is* super cocky with the things he knows he's somewhat good at
He said it actually, "I'm great with girls! But you, you are great with Ladies"
@@leofwulf268 I think that in general scout is a good person.
Yea
I just noticed at 0:23 the blue sniper gets the mug which says second best while at 2:58 red sniper gets the first. The little details make it worth rewatching.
Lol that's actually pretty cool
HA
The red sniper from meet the sniper actually had the #1 sniper mug
this mean that if you choose red sniper every round you will become the best sniper in the match (this is a joke if you couldnt understand)
@@delusivevon7699 yeah valve hate blu
11:49 look at how medics breath's start getting faster and faster,its a panic situation or fight or flight response,the amount of fucking detail man
I keep rewatching it cause its so detailed the artist in me is QUAKING
Ikr! Its incredible! They did Medic so well!
Adrenaline
10:33 i don't even imagine how many hours it took to make that building shatter like that.
i think that they made a simulation in blender and just ported it into sfm
I could watch that over and over and over and over again
Probably just 5 minutes in blender with a particle simulator.
@@thefireman17492 keep in mind, this is EIGHT years ago
@@FrednnardSFMOh you sweet summer child
The symbolism in the chess game heavy plays actually predicts what happens with the train. Heavy sends out himself, his king, to protect his pawns, his teammates. Showing that he did know that it would lead to certain defeat, yet was happy to protect those he had grown to care about over the years of mercenary work with them.
Someone paid attention in secondary school english
@@ottohartmann7444 I'm in my second year of secondary school, I do have a great English teacher though
@@hazdra1896 It shows
*d e t a i l s*
@@ottohartmann7444 Bepis
I love how they all stay silent and their communication is solely from the top tier animation
The only time they made a sound was medic grunting when he ubered heavy
@@liettousaikomori 12:37
Did your username not make it through Roblox moderation or something? Why is it mostly tags.
@@tigerlover2853 I thought it’d be funny to make consonants into hashtags and vowels asterisks
@@Sydney_Angelyt oh.
But for a team that hadn't got supplies in about 73 days *and* suffers from freezing temperatures, they had a really good plan.
@Intensified Screaming I'm pretty sure it's a 0, but thanks on the imput!
Timestamp for further investigation please?
@@unnoticed4571 0:13 , I'd recommend using .25x playback speed.
@@TheRareFoxy
Can confirm, it is a 0 like you said.
Still, that's a pretty long while to be without fresh supplies.
@@unnoticed4571 yeah, but it seems survivable.
11:35 - Engineer is the only merc who doesn't seem relieved when the train car doesn't smash into the TNT. Some quick foreshadowing that he's really BLU Spy in disguise.
Pyro, the lone survivor of the BLU team, simply because he chased after a kitty.
And because he has a pure-ish heart
The ironic thing is (s)he is Pyro, the flames guy, the psycho in Meet the Pyro and then we see him/her chasing a kitty :D
I’m glad he survived
you have to have go for what you want man
Erdem Öney also that he’s the only one that got his creation rejected…
Creation that kills all his team at the end…
Comparing the finished product to the trailer released in 2013, You can see how hard the cranky, but lovely Source Filmmaker was pushed to the limits. Love returning to this masterpiece once a few months!
hi
Oi fam. Loved your new vid and that face reveal was surprisingly madness. Keep it up!
Hi im a fan
Same dude
Hello Hoovy
The face that soldier makes when he realize the train is aiming for the explosives barrels, kitten store, orphanage and kitten orphanage are so cartoonishly hilarious
The soldier is no stranger to being a comic relief character
I love how heavy has ZERO fear stepping onto those train tracks. He knows he might die or worse, but he is completely fine with that fact so long as his team is able to live on and prosper. That is the definition of a hero, a man willing to throw away everything he has worked for, willingly just awaiting an end to save more people in a total act of selflessness.
heavy loves his team like family
Heavy is the most sane and caring team fortress 2 character. Respect for Heavy.
If medic can outsmart boolet, he can outsmart train.
@@cloke3076and engie. Don’t forget about engie being sane
@@Unwantedchickenleg engie is insane but I don’t remember the condition.
I like how pyro is the only one still alive
He’s innocent
He was like KITTY then boom goes his team
Yesh he best boi
Luck favors the one's prepared
And the one's who just want red team to see their art.
But now hes lonely
he has kitty tho
Fun fact: ubercharge doesn't canonically increase strength, it just makes you invulnerable, meaning that the heavy is strong enough to stop a fucking train 💀
Imagine what he can do if medic used kritz
Maybe the rush if adrenaline gave him that strength
@@pug8714 or he's always that hyped
However that weight would have ripped him apart given how much the human body can tolerate, so ubercharging him was a great idea.
Pootis engage
When Medic's beam breaks off of Heavy after the train hits him, you just see Medic's grit turn to emotionlessness and hopelessness. He doesn't care when he loses his coat. He doesn't care that 15 feet to his right is a symphony of crashes, slices, carnage and chaos. He doesn't even notice the train car barreling towards him. Scout gets him out of the way, saving his life. When he sits up, he doesn't stand up. He just stares at the tracks, where Heavy was.
Jesus. He got depressed
He was probably in a deep state of shock :'(
Man that's deep
Maybe he was shocked of braveness of heavy and his power of will.
Top 10 saddest anime deaths
10:23 i love how scout jumped out and was running for his life and then saving medic from getting hit
I read somewhere that once medic thinks heavy is dead, he doesn't care anymore about what was happening around him. He lets his coat fly and instead of running away, he just stands there. That's why scout decided to tackle him to save his life.
@@jocelantonettetenoc5996AW NOOO
I am disappointed that no one praises the music that was composed for this. It ain't just a bunch of samples slapped together. Fantastic tunes, atmospheric and energetic, unique and characterful. Great job!
unfa FINALLY SOMEONE THAT THINKS THIS! This soundtrack rivals the OG TF2 tracks! It’s so filled with energy, with beautiful choice of instrument!
Read my comment I put it on my spotify playlist
The sad reality is, often music that is composed incredibly well is hard to notice. The only time that people will usually notice is if it is poorly created or composed. In the video _[TF2] 2020 Q&A for No Particular Reason,_ SoundSmith says it best, "Sound design is kind of like CGI in the 2000s and 2010s, right? People only ever knew it existed if it was bad. If you do your job right as a sound designer, nobody knows you exist."
Ya it really works any you can feel the emotions of the characters and the scenes with the music. It's not perfect. Best example is baby driver, but it's still amazing for not being done by a studio. It's just like what tipsy duck does
i'm disappointed that nobody praises the physics
incredibly real, yet with just a dash of tf2 cartoony-ism (is that a word?)
like that piece of train sailing through the building at 10:33
"Not the kittens!"
"Not the orphans!"
"NOT THE KITTEN OPRHANS!"
Disappointed Prion I started laughing so hard at that part
It's ok they survived
But why they settle on the necessary base
@@crazymothman6124 plot reasons
You forgot; "NOT THE EXPLOSIVE BARRELS! WHO WOULD DO SUCH A THING?"
Heavy moved the King chess piece to the front, because he believes that true leaders lead from the front. Which is also why he was willing to put his life on the line to stop the train and save everyone.
If you lead back, everyone Falls back.
If you lead Front, *You sacrifice yourself to Move everyone Forward*
Holy Shit, you gave my goosebumps goosebumps
He’s just playing bongcloud theory
I never thought about that
@@kitcam5608 Actually, FIDE regulations require the king to be larger than the queen in order for the set to be legal for official matches. With that, and the way the pieces are commonly styled, it's pretty obvious that the kings are on the e file while the queens are on the d file like they should be. However, the h1 square is black in both games when it is supposed to be white, indicating that the board was accidentally set up sideways, hence why the queen is not on it's color
With only 6 audible times someone made a sound or spoke, this has more character development and tells a story better than anything else I've seen.
Still remains a masterpiece even 8 years later.
McVee is one of the few sfm artists to understand the connect between Video and Audio on the level they do. In this respect, even LazyPurple seems lacking compared to McVee's most basic videos. Man probably asked exactly for what he thought would work in each scene, only moderately course-correcting.
I love how each of the characters look out for each other throughout from Sniper grabbing at Scout when he climbs out the window to Heavy on the train tracks and Scout diving to save Medic
Same, I love moments like that
Eh, well... Nobody's gone to try and help sniper
sniper ok he just still stuck on the cliff
You can tell that they care as well in that when Medic sees Heavy walking to the tracks, he looks scared and looks around for something he can do to help, and when he sees the locomotive flip and the beam disconnect he just stops. He drops his medigun, lets his coat fly off in the wind, and just stands there reaching slightly towards where he just watched one of his friends get crushed beneath several dozen tons of steel. Even when Scout tackles him down to save both of them, Medic doesn't get back up, he just keeps looking at where Heavy was. His world stopped when he lost his friend.
You can even see how hopeless medic looks when the Uber-beam stops, he thinks his best friend died and then he stop caring about his surroundings, and scout has to shove him of of the way.
I love how you can feel the power of the train crash from your screen. It's probably the best non-Hollywood visual I've ever seen.
i feel like the train crash from Super 8 was used as a guide for making the crash in this, and it turned out amazingly well
i know
That whole scene is genuinely one of the best action shots I've ever seen in a movie. Heavy solemnly taking his stand, Medic rushing to uber him, the way Medic's face drops when the medi-beam goes out cause he thinks Heavy's dead...it's just so fucking good.
I know right
Sound! If the sound is good, you can make anything LOOK good!
5:04 y'all see how the sniper get angry when his rearview mirror broke? this sfm level of detail is godly, these dude should help vavle with their animation no joke
Valve stopped doing TF2 animations long ago
There is one detailed that he made wrongis when scout open the light on the train, how did he turn the light on without electric 🤔
@@Dniswzrd it is powered by the main train i think
@@greentea_DP i dont hink so
Lol vavle
I love how a pet store, an orphanage, and a kitten orphanage is conveniently placed right next to an explosives warehouse that is directly connected with train tracks
The usual TF2 Antics lol
4:39 I like to think that we actually see his second shot cause he was aiming at the roof on the first one.
Yes
thanks for making me laugh
I saw that too and half wished it did a little bounce before flying off.
Yes, you are right. Or maybe bump in the roof, then to the floor and went to the sky
"damnit, stupid roof got in the way. hey spy! we're out of flares!"
9:53 I just love this scene, like the way it implements übercharge into a realistic scenario, and how medic rushed to put on his coat is just awesome
Certainly not realistic I don't think, but incredibly awesome nevertheless. It's the emotional high beat of this short
And after that ubercharge, I really felt medic's look at him, as heavy loses in the clash of train cars.
But hey, he's alive
But why was it necessary for hi to put his coat on
@@alicenightgurd9094 mEEm
Why does the medic need to put his coat on, does it make sense? Someone please tell me
Casual Payload:"god damn it stop playing spy we need to push the cart!!!!"
Competitive Payload:
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Everyone's pointing out their favourite little bits, and I want to highlight Scout's face at 5:32 . After getting bounced around, you can see him smile for just a few frames as he gets ready to jump on the train, and it's little details like that which make character animation so compelling.
Besides that, the cinematography is stunning. The flare launching into the sky, the introduction with the frozen Sniper, the shot with the forest and Scout on top of the train, and holy shit the Prometheus style running away sequence, the camera movements, the framing, it's all just amazing.
That's my favorite tid-bit, glad I'm not the only one who noticed!
Never realized the Sniper's van had a TF2 logo on it
people are asking "what happened to red sniper" but nobody's asking "wheres red engineer"
I mean if blue spy was disguised as him.... probably dead.... looong dead
@@AzraelDeathless ):
@Kinesiology He got BAKESTAYBED
That's what I was wondering!!!
It is a possibility he wasn't there at the time
can we appreciate the ammount of effort it takes to write such a cohesive and easy to understand story with *not a single line of dialogue* in just *14 minutes*
Yeah sure mein Freund
@authorization batman i saw alot of idiotic comments, but yours takes the cake
@authorization batman there are millions commenting like this comment “can we just appreciate” thingy
i mean the 'HAH'
@@texastacoss he said “14 minutes of dialogue” so the vocal spazzes are extremely needed
Scout being silent actually makes him more badass and less annoying. I’m actually loving him a lot in this animation.
Oh no
Y-you *What*
@Red Scout RUN SON, WE ARE IN A WORLD OF MAGIC AND TRAINS
Aye do ya even know how many heads I've batted in, and your next bucko, to even infer that I am annoying. I mean sure I talk alot but that is because it is what I deserve what do you have. It is not like i memorized an entire speech. Heck I have my own short. Do you have any idea how many b Tom Jones I have. More than you bucks. Are you even
He's funny tho. Not saying thay this quiet scout is bad, it's just that original scout is better.
i think that being annoying is scouts thing. that gives him more charackter
You gotta love how they made sure to show medic saddened by what he thought was heavys death and how he was sorry about how he treated him
I just love how the Pyro is actually rewarded for his nice art on the train, as he survived the blast in the BLU base. Thus, he gives his gratitude by sending those ducks.
I think wither all or most of blu survived since they sent that pigeon bome
*happy pyro main noises*
Not a single line spoken and yet you totally get that Heavy and Medic are good friends.
That's the power of facial expression, body language and camera work for you.
Good *friends*
"good friends" Yeah they were roommates too
@@POSTALPILLED OH MY GOD THEY WERE ROOMMATES
And heavy has a lot of respect for medic because of the fact that he is the only person that can manually heal everyone (and can outsmart a bullet)
Hah: Am I a joke to you?
Blu pyro was too innocent to be on the bad team, nice that he survived
can i point out that pyro vision changes war and other traumatising things into nice things so the blu pyro probably made something very traumatising to pyro vision
@@marrarilander9239 nah
Marrari Lander I don’t think that’s how it works...
@@marrarilander9239 well yeah, pyro vision makes warfare seem pleasant but a cat isn’t very violent, it’s just blu pyro’s nature to chase after little kitty cat, the pyro vision didn’t change what the kitty looks like because it’s already innocent
Haywire_Loser yes exactly
can we talk about how good the 10:24 shot looks with that container being crushed and the building getting destroyed
I don't think people realise how long this had to have taken to make.
edit: I just noticed the powerline being cut by the container and rapidly snapping back
The tube between the car scout disconnects and the rest of the train stretching and then the two pieces snapping back to their respective sides, as well. Both swing and drag back with the wind
I love that this is a 5 year old sfm and people are still actively talking and having a good time 5 years later. It warms my heart to know the tf2 community is still here and actually care for each other and are chilling and having a good time
We are not going to die!! We are going to live forever!!
Together we stand!
Yes , the best tf2 sfm also i called movie ;O
Yep this is one of my favorite short films ever I love tf2
:D
The insane list of things that make me feel like this was made yesterday and not in 2014 (also known as My God, The Absolute Polish On This Thing):
- top-notch lighting and shading
- snow effect
- steam rising from BLU Sniper's mug
- the attention to detail on all the outfits
- the tiny text on dials and levers and the like
- hilarious little lore details (Saxton Hale bobblehead! Archimedes! the faint Team Fortress logo on top of Sniper's campervan!)
- the amount of work put into the music and sound effects
- how fluid all the character movement is (Scout is particularly impressive with all the running and jumping)
- how goddamn FAST they made that train move
- how good the expressions are (that "oh, shit" look on Sniper's face is great)
- the detail on even relatively tiny things such as the chess pieces and cats (and the eye twitch from Medic that absolutely _sends_ me every time)
- how dialogue is completely unnecessary because of the great storytelling
- even though the movement is very fluid all the characters move in a way that makes sense for them (Scout is all limbs, Soldier moves very directly, Spy is graceful, etc.)
- the attention to the touch of comedy provided by Soldier
- the amazing camera work (particularly during the train chase)
- the fact that the bomb key has a little rail crossing symbol on top (the DETAIL, people)
- the rain of squeaking rubber ducks offsetting the drama
- the fact that the BLU Spy turning up is a complete surprise
- the hilarious reminder that Sniper is still stuck halfway up the mountain
Y e a !
I come here daily to watch this again
Not to mention that there is barley any clipping going on! Even when there is, it’s just that it’s hardly noticeable!
End of the line is beautiful, and Canon apparently, so this means (in canon):
Medic and Heavy play chess together
Heavy isn't seen as a good ally much.
Pyro owns a cat.
The blu team fail.
Spy is actually competent when on red team.
Soldier cares about orphans and cats.
Technically, if the comics are also canon, either Pyro or Demo have ownership of the puppy
@@smileyphantom2838 ... they have a DOG?!
@@silentone2451, yea, you can see it in these parts of the comic
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www.teamfortress.com/tf01_ring_of_fired/#f=66
www.teamfortress.com/tf02_unhappy_returns/#f=30
@@smileyphantom2838 Oml I can see him being called Smokey.
@@silentone2451, I can see him missing a head...
I love the end part where Pyro was saved by chasing a cat implying it's his reward for keeping the rubber ducky cargo without it the ending would be too much to bear. Love the little details
Pyro's love for cats ended up saving an entire orphanage of kitties, how sweet!
I like how big the Blu Pyro’s impact really was
His wagon not only destroyed the bombs, the ducks he placed in there helped Red to fool the other Blu mercs
No, these were the same blu as in the begging
And he survives. I say that the valve gods rewarded him
The reason I'm here is because of the train scene. And the crash seems to have vibes to Super 8.
@@GreatNorthernUnofficialChannel
That scene is badass, rewatched it way too many times
@@waffles9733 it’s also insanely unrealistic.
I love the visual gags in this, torn between the sniper's mugs and the spy's pistol getting bent as my favorite bits. Video still holds up almost 6 years later.
2# Sniper!
Agreed this is one of the best sfms out there
or the cat with the cig in its mouth at the end
I can just see all of the headshots
Kittens.
Orphanage.
Kitten Orphanage.
So worth being aboard the hype train.
With all three of those things, how could you not love this?
I LOLed at that bit. Classic comedy!
Hey Corporal.
Hi josh... Mow :3
kittens NO
orphans no?
kitten orphanage ._.
I really love the idea of the BLU team's classes having slightly different personalities, despite being from the same clone batch of the original mercs
I wish I could've said this 8 years ago, when this thought first crossed my mind but I was too fucking stupid to even formulate it.
Feels weird that I barely remember this vid despite it(coincidentally) marking pretty much the end of my years of playing TF2. I think they also disabled custom texture and sound support shortly after this
Edit: Holy shit, this was the end of the line for my time with TF2
This was around the time when I lost interest in TF2 as well.
The end of 2014 represented the end of many things TF2 related.
Morale of the story: heavy does not know how to play chess
In some comics that exist, he said that he knows how to play but preferes to trick his opponent that heavy does not know how to play chess
He's very smart, having a Ph.D in Russian Literature
There’s a reason why he can’t outsmart bullet’s...
@@waltv3984 Nobody can't outsmart bullets
David Rivas UwU
right thing
9:40 The most epic scene in all TF2 SFM animations.
The fact that all this animation lacks of dialogue and depends on body language and facial expressions makes it even more symbolic and every visual element and sound composition builds up to make a Marvelous and pleasurable story to watch.
I honestly downloaded this soundtrack on my ITunes.
The song slaps, yet it's a shame I haven't the slightest clue what it's called. Anyone here know the name?
Nvm it's on Spotify
@@ruabootoo7483 good you found it.
10000% true the scene is just brilliant
@Lilligant & Ledian its in the video description
Jesus, this is like a Pixar short. The amount of emotion and story you managed to convey without a single word of dialogue...absolutely incredible. There’s not a single thing I didn’t like about this.
And a sprinkel of humor.
I don't like how short it is
I WANT MORE
I dont like how this is like getting least attention from the tf2 community
"This is like a Pixar short" uh... *Hardly coughing*
I don't like medics smile
9:39 is one of the most epic, yet heartbreaking moments of cinema. Literally almost cried
9:09 you can see that the Engineer never actually carry his Stuff by just one hand... also he always look a bit upward when carrying... Hinting that the engineer was quite incompetent at his job which makes him a spy.
Good point
Bruh,I dont think the animator included this as a detail.....
@@arpansarkar174 Apparently animators never add hints ever
@@thatredman3639 I thought that 5:55 would be the biggest jump I would see while watching this animation. Clearly, I forgot about commenters jumping to conclusions
Something I’d like to note is how strong Heavy is. Yes, he was ubered when the train hit him, but that was still his body that stopped caused the wreck. In the regular game, ubered classes can still be pushed back, such as an ubered heavy being pushed back by sentry gun fire, albeit a little at a time. This Heavy took the brunt of a train and all the cars behind it, derailing the entire thing. The Uber kept his body alive, and his body alone stopped a train. Absolute mad lad.
I think it's bc heavy placed shelf like a wedge rather than a barricade
It is good day to be giant man
Also, Uber only makes you invulnerable, not stronger
Heavy is to a train like a deer is to a car it’s gonna ruin your day and it ain’t gonna move
@bradynlee0933 look, after understanding and surviving Russian literature, you simply become a whole other beast
This SFM is basicly the meaning of "an image says more than 1000 words"
The facial expressions and actions of the mercs says all theyre thinking without a SINGLE WORD. Congrats, this animation is fucking awesome
heavy says ha at 3:39
iZaxk_exe that is more of a noise
@@threefour5684 I guess
It is fucking awesome
I beg to differ
Hevy:HA!
Medic: *grunts*
*sighs of relief from the men*
*medic screams*
But that's it, that's the show
almost 8 years later, this animation still doesn't get nearly enough praise... actual masterpiece.
The mercenaries actually caring for each other and acting like a real team is quite refreshing tbh. A sharp contrast to most portrayals of them where they feel like comic relief gremlins who barely even tolerate each other.
Edit: What I meant to say is that the comedy is still present, but much less "in your face" and it just feels more satisfying.
I thought scout breaking sniper's camper window and every bit with both pyros were perfect
I will now describe all of my siblings as "comic relief gremlins" from this point forwards
it's not really any fault of the animators, it's how the game's voicelines were made. All of them are either made for insulting others, boasting about themselves, demanding support, etc.
@@nordicdreki2068 There are tons of sweet in-game voice-lines where the mercenaries compliment their own team, you especialyl the "Good Job/Nice Shot/Thanks/" and "Cheer"
No, you have not read the comics
10:18 medic looks so emotionless once his beam disconnected from heavy like medic lost all emotions then and there
Like, Scout had to save him. He kinda disconnected for a moment
@@iwakuralain1459 You just got disconnected ya bisbo bablins
"OH FUCK HE'S FUCKING DEAD OH GOD"
Wouldn't you feel similar if you saw a good friend get run over by a train and the only thing preventing him from dying disconnected right in front of your eyes?
I think thats called anguish.
Number One- is Sniper okay??
Number Two- Pyro is adorable
Number Three- the wholesomeness between Heavy and Medic is unbearably adorable and I appreciate it SO much
i like how concern for sniper just skyrockets at the end of the video, I literally want an entire another video souly about him getting back, and about the train, I want to know what the line was originally used for!
@@Lttsumm the railroad was probably for shipments of rations and stuff while the train itself(if it wasn’t always meant to be the bomb carrier) was probably intended for either an ambush or to send the living beings to red for the orphanage and stuff
Number Four- What did the Blu Spy do to the Red Engineer?
@@ShadowSearcher31 thats a good point
Heavy and Medic are wholesome yes, but what about Scout and Medic? Scout grabs pulls Medic to the ground when the train is about to crash so he doesn't get hurt, then he takes a step to stop Spy when Medic is held hostage, and finally he helps Medic up from the ground. Like bruh, for all the "I HATE doctors!" act, Scout really seems to care about Medic
There are so many things I love about this animation.
At 0:45, Soldier puts the train plan over a plan for a "stealth pigeon bomb." At 13:10, Sniper wakes up to see this plan put into action.
At 5:04, Sniper watches in shock and disappointment as Scout breaks the side view mirror.
At 11:57, we get to witness Heavy bend the barrel of a gun 90 degrees in less than a second with a single hand, then proceed to fold Spy's spine in half by driving his whole body 2 feet into the ground, leaving Spy in more shock and confusion than pain.
Some things I noticed:
-Blu Pyro put his cart back into the train
-Engineer was dead
Do you actually see the dead engineer at any point or is it just because the blu spy disguised as him?
Otto Hartmann because the Blu Spy was disguised as him
@@scp-682hard-to-destroyrept7 oh ok just checking
From what I think when the Engie brings his construction box then he got stabbed off screen by blu spy
Edit: at 9:08 the last thing that you see the real engi
I mean, the Pyro putting his cart back was basically the main thing happening in that 10 seconds.
Love the little detail of the "Engineer" being the only one who doesn't sigh in relief at 11:35
If we forget about that he’s a blu spy, then this is an actual good point and FREAKING AWESOME DETAIL WORK, like he did some math or something right after the explosion, he did it so fast and professional that he knew exactly that no one will get hurt.
Another great detail is that the BLU Engineer flinches when Soldier holds up the disciplinary action. Obviously on one hand he lifts it up quite suddenly, but especially when you remember how he uses that in-game...
@@Kabirdix timestamp? Im not good at details
@@java9953 0:49
@@Kabirdix thank you lad
9:57 I only now realised... The barrels actually just look like a target lol
Very nice catch, you eagle-eyed individual.
Didn’t notice that untill I read this comment
Not sure if this is a joke or not
You're joking right
Bullseye you got it
Everyone's respect for heavy after the SFM: 📈📈📈📈
I finally figured out why this all moves so smoothly and is so nice to watch. Everything has weight to it! They're bumping and falling and not just floating or gliding, the scene with Scout trying to get on the train is probably the best example
4:27 the determination on Soldier's face is commendable as it shows he truly wants to save RED base when realizing what is near it.
Kitten store, RED's HQ, weapon storage, cargo terminal, the village. All is in danger.
This one of many examples soldier is somewhat intelligent
@@spongebobpopsicle2841 he's dumb but he's not stupid!
4:17 i know this animation is amazing and all, but... Pog soldier
@@biapisicutaro.727 lmao
5:00 I love watching this sequence of events in slow-mo. Scout looks at Sniper and sees he’s concentrated on driving. He takes the opportunity to jump out the window. As he does, Sniper looks at him, then back to the road, then does a double take as he realizes what the scout is doing and reaches out to stop him from doing something so dangerous. Then, finally, we see Sniper’s expression of outrage and acceptance of his car being damaged.
It's a greifful scene.
No scout broke his side mirror
10:40 This scene alone was just purely amazing. sounded like an actual movie scene. Also, the complete lack of voice acting is just awesome. this would win a Saxxy easily
The train chase at 4:53 was so beautifully done. Even the fact you animated the Sniper changing gears and using the clutch is so perfect
The gear change was also (more or less) in time with the background music and segued really well into the action.
I remember there being a comment saying
"End of the line is the only video where you can take a screenshot at anytime and it could be a desktop background"
I dont know who and I cant find their comment
But they're right
@ZERO TWOO fuck
The guy's called "the floor"
you're Grammer isn't right though
Well every scene except for the zoom in on the key hole lmao
Alchemist your*
Me: *wondering which team I’m supposed to root for*
Red Team: *has a kitten orphanage*
Me: well then-
This was me in a nutshell
Always root for red
Technoblade: DID I HEAR SOMEONE SAY ORPHANS?!
@@sketchpad7116 true
Red cannonically wins so...
10:29 I can never get over this shot of Scout shoving Medic down just before a train sweeps right through where he was standing.
I love Heavy's and Medic's little friendship in general. *it's adorable*
I especially enjoy how even though Medic/Heavy and Scout/Sniper annoy each other sometimes, they still get the job done when it needs to be done.
I just really like the idea that the classes with the best in-game chemistry (Heavy + Medic, Pyro + Engineer for example) are portrayed in shorts/comics as being close friends. It makes me happy.
Or gay
@@Souseywousey5697 yeah, that too (´。＿。｀)
@pokemonlover696969 *YOU, YA TINY **_BITCH_*
Technically, pyro saved them. His personally customized shipping crate with ducks in it was the one he lowered back down onto the train, and it was that one that launched and slammed into the bomb crate, causing it to explode mid-air before it could hit its target.
But what was sent back was a crate full of ducks and one payload bomb😅
@We're Lost sorry man but you dont get it he said the cart of the pyro saved them by exploding the other cart with a bomb in its by that logic the rubber ducks would have gone unrecognizable cause they would have basically turned into ash
@@dynax1331 but that was literally what happened if you watch the scene you can see pyro's cart hitting the one with the bombs.
Top 5 reasons to like heavy:
-Stopped the damn train
you can't follow the damn train, because the train ain't here no more.
@@lahar2412 sad =(
He is also bad at chess despite having multiple PHD’s.
@@perhapsawhitemale8144 his PhD was in russian literature, was it?
@@perhapsYoYo Yes
5:04 i love how much all of the classes care for eachother in this
Nah, sniper cared more of his van
@@Originally_catchy agreed
all the good guys survived
The reds
the kittens
the orphans
the kitten orphans
and most importantly
the blue pyro and that cat
Yup
Nah the most important are the kitten orphans
Not red house
And blu sniper.
And kid
2:49 I do not recommend flying on a plane that belongs to an airline called Icarus.
This is probably one of the smartest comments i’ve seen in a long time
this comment reminds me of the sfm turbulence
Don't worry, you won't be doing it for long
Worst case scenario it crashes in the Siberian mountains and is filled with honey
Icarus: Hey! Look at me, look at me!
The Sun: You have officially gone too far, buddy.
This entire cinematic should've been its own gamemode called "Train Sabotage", where you're actually in the train, and the red team would start at the last cart, while the Blu team would start near the front. The red team would have to capture 5 control points, (so 5cp and 1 control point for each cart). Despite the fact that the trains would have to be a quite comically large, by themselves they would be too contained, so there'd probably be a lot of hand-built wooden platforms and/or outer railings on the sides. You could also go on the roofs of the train carts too, (though not every cart will have a roof, and one of the control points would be open with few barricades/storage crates for cover). The time limit would be continuous, (but it would be long enough to be reasonable), and as the time goes down the background would slowly change. It would start at the snowy area, to the mountains, and very slowly have the sunset start to fade in as it then goes into the tunnel, then after emerging it's the warm forest area. If the time were to run out, it would ram right into the barrels of dynamite and explode the whole town, (and despite there being the orphanages, it could be said that they were evacuated as a precaution if the red team were to fail). I also think it'd have to be 9v9, (18 players), where every player would have to excel at only 1 certain class, meaning no multiple of the same classes. (It would be kinda a pseudo-competitive). Because I just feel that 12v12 would just be too much. These are just some thoughts I had after rewatching this SFM, even though there's probably a lot of flaws with them, I still think that with enough polish it could be something. Open to criticism on my ideas, and I'm curious as to what else anyone can come up with.
I want this now.
@@favebluehoodie2349 I do too
Fr
Love the idea
@@Clean_rust While probably a bit rough, I think it gets the point across. Anyway I'm glad you do (^_^)
0:47 you can actually see that the pigeons were a part of their plan.
Yes that's what I thought, because I didn't watch till the end last time.
I watched it again, and I was kinda surprised that they put a failed plan
Into action.
Is that a reference to bat bombs a failed ww2 idea along with the gay bomb
@@noobtube1323 or maybe they launched the pigeon bomb before the train, but they lost it and just marked it as failed
I can't believe Arcemedes would do this.
4 years later and i'm still coming back here just to watch it again
Yas caz why not
IS PRIVATE Puddy same
Was just thinking this.
almost 5 years and still here
Watching it 2 days before Christmas 2018
I found an error in this video
*_it doesn't have a saxxy_*
Wuh? That’s exactly what saxxys are
that's because Saxxys have to be under 5 minutes I think
@@latenoiseyryan there's an extended category I think
@@sohenwei6937 As I remember, the extended category is already 5 minutes, I might be wrong, but yeah.
@@JetstreamSamRodriguez ooh okay
This shows how heavy doesn't just love his mini gun but also has a great love for the others on his team and in the facility
What? An SFM that doesn't have Scout as the main character?!
Graphiteguy x xdddd
to be fair this doesn't have just one main character
Graphiteguy x or spy
It's because everyone and their dog can do a good scout impression.
Graphiteguy x no one is the main character
this entire sequence at 3:14 is actually brilliant. The attention to detail, the angles, the shots. Sniper and Scout just standing motionless in shock and dismay as the train blurs past.
Absolutely insane.
Also how Sniper takes all the stairs but Scout just jumps down
The still of them off to the side as the train goes by is actually my desktop background lmao
Brotha
@@Kapitan_Aero116 Weed soldiers 🤝
And the sound design is excellent
5:04 Sniper tries to pull Scout back in the camper and then gets pissed when Scout breaks his mirror
“God dammit scout! Does mirror aren’t cheap!!”
Scout: breaks mirror
Sniper:
:0
>:(
good god the attention to detail in this short is incredible
Its funny how he gasp and then turns to mr angry
but then the mirror suddenly re-appears when sniper is hanging on the cliff
There's nothing than embodies TF2 more than Heavy stopping a whole fucking train with his sheer body strength, with Uber being the only thing keeping him alive
I’m from the future. 12:04 - 12:07 is Heavy’s down throw in Smash Ultimate.
it would be pretty damn cool
How long until these “anticipations” kill us?
Bruh Rice
Not anymore
not happening, bro