VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi 114 (ft. Todd Vaziri)

Todd has been one of my all time favorite guests. He seems super nice, down to earth, and he gives credit to his whole team taking none for himself. So cool

Todd gave more credit and recognition to his fellow VFX artists in 30 minutes of footage than the Academy has in 20 years of the Oscars

Damn, I watched through the entire sponsor segment just for the plot and acting!!

Wren your bless you joke didn't go unnoticed don't worry champ.

Honestly, Todd speaks so highly of the team he works with, I would love to see you bring an entire effects team to the couch at once.

Todd is definitely a source of inspiration. It's amazing that he was responsible for pretty much all the memorable moments. Thanks for the content

I love how Todd makes a point to fully name the people who worked on the shots and spotlight them. That's the kinda guy you want to work with.

I love how Todd is so quick to give credit to the additional artists that worked with him. Very endearing, and he's so competent with making these shots work. Great guest.

Love how Todd is constantly giving props to the people he worked with. Great video!

I was in a theatre in Toronto at a premiere for Transformers and when that helicopter transformed the audience erupted with a cheer so loud it felt like a live sporting event. One of the most memorable pop culture moments of my life.

This man is such a ray of sunshine. It's so easy to take these amazing effects in movies for granted. These type of breakdowns really increases your appreciation for the people skills, time, and energy that goes into a single shot.

I love how Todd always credits the amazing team who worked on each shot by name

Todd absolutely loves his team. You can flatter him all you want, he will bring up his team. Love having him on the couch. And he's totally involved in every single jaw dropping scene I have seen.

So happy that Tomorrowland was featured; it's a very underrated film.

Not sure how nearly 20 minutes passed by so quickly. Todd is super chill and humble. Y'all need to keep bringing him back!

I love seeing Todd and he's so good at name dropping every artist, key, grip, and riggers who worked on shots

Todd Vaziri has a gift. Not just for compositing, but for explaining what he did in his composites. All of the reference footage I'm assuming he brought along with him from ILM also helped demonstrate what he was talking about beautifully. More Todd, please!

More of Todd please. ❤
The sincere appreciation he has for the talent of everyone he works with is needed more in this world.

Hope Todd keeps coming back. Every guest is great but Todd is one of the ones who I could listen to explain shots for hours.

I love how much care he gives to naming the artists for each shot. Stand up guy.

I'd like to see an actor end up on the couch and go through some of their movies. It would be interesting to hear their perspectives on how they deal with "we'll cg that in later." Or about any stories where they did a scene that basically got cg'd over them :D Keep up the great videos and details.

What an amazing reaccuring guest! the synergy is unbelievable between Todd and the guys

Awesome episode guys, this really makes me appreciate how hard these visual effects artists have to work, and with the deadlines and the requirements growing year after year, it's okay when they flub things, Sometimes. They genuinely care about their art form.

I love that Todd calls out all the other artists that worked on the shots for recognition. Understands teamwork

Keiji Yamaguchi is a 3d modeling and animation God. TF1 annihilated my reservations, the Transformers looking absolutely real without fail. Perfect in every regard.

What an awesome guest. Bravo guys. This show has come such a long way.

Very very happy that Todd constantly credits the artists who worked on these shots alongside him, especially because a lot of these people rarely get credit for the amount of work and time they put in. A majority of the time, it just falls under the name of the studio. Or even just the movie.

“Pause it right there, and feel my pain” might be the best line I’ve ever heard on this show ever

Absolutely love that Todd knows all the people he worked with by name and mentions them here. Excellent and inspiring work ethic.

Todd and the whole team are amazing (and cool Shining socks!) and all the shots are great! But one thing I can never get past no matter how well it's done is Tom being blown PERPENDICULAR to the blast/at right angles to the explosion, into the car. I mean, all that great work and...!! I'm not a literal-thinking type and if it has an emotional or internal logic I'm all in. But...

Iconic shot for sure but what bothered me was that I never understood the physics of Tom cruise being push to the side and not forward when the missile exploded. It always bugged me...

I think my favorite part of these guests is how they credit other people who also did so much work to bring a shot to life. Just shows the true amount of teamwork and creativity that goes into film making.

*Todd is awesome! Please give us more episodes with him!*

Loving having Todd on the show, incredible insights.

Todd is back ! Always a treat. For someone who's worked on so many huge movies, he's so chill

That exact helicopter shot in Transformers is probably the main thing that inspired me to get my job in visual effects.

While Nick's Dad is my favorite guest, Todd might be second. Such an enjoyable episode. Hope he comes back again.

2/2, loving Todd being a guest on these. Keep bringing him back please. Honestly, the Tomorrowland wipe with light to digi double, is perfect. 3 frame wipe, and I still can't detect it. PERFECT!

Todd is such a legend! Thanks for bringing him back! Also thanks for reacting to Mission Impossible! My favourite ongoing action series of all time

Ok. Usually I skip the commercials but, man! Jordan makes it interesting to watch and him and dean almost convinced me to buy AG! Well done corridor crew, well done. 👏

Todd looks like he adores the things he does, great job man

Love how this dude shouts out everyone else involved in these shots.

Todd is one of my favourite guests you've had on, its great to see him giving credit to the other artists who he worked with! 👏

One of my favorite parts of the new ILM doc was seeing the amateur home video in the first episode. I’d love to see some of that on the show

Todd is my favorite guest yet! Amazing episode!

The camera shake change on the Tomorrowland shot is amazing

10:06 Honestly this unfinished shot is so beautiful. Then you showed the finished one and my brain melted. Such a beautiful film that holds up well today.

6:52 I will never forget my goosebumps seeing that shot the first time, and I didnt fully know what transformers was about. That shot was to me the CGI / animation I have seen for that era.

Todd is an amazing talent! And an excellent guest.
Loving his episodes!

I would love to see Todd more. He’s such an incredible talent and yet so humble.

the scene with Blackout transforming was one of the most mind-blowing things i had ever seen...i really didn't expect the effects for the Autobots and Decepticons in the first Transformers movie to be this amazing...

Absolutely love Todd, could watch him breaking down shots forever.

What a humble guy. Gives credit to all his fellow artists. Respect.

Really enjoyable episode, but soooo impressed at the number of shout-outs that Todd did to all of the incredibly talented people who worked with him on these shots.

Theres a shot that I absolutely love in the opening of Get Rich Or Die Trying. The shot of the mirror and reflection being rattled by the music. It's a short shot but it so good to open the movie with 👌

I love how he gives credit to the people that worked on these shots!

I would really love to see some cinematographers on the couch! Like imagine getting Greg Fraser on the couch... he has to know so much about the post workflow at the absolute highest level of todays industry (in terms of quality). I know its VFX artists react but it's episodes like these that remind us all how integral the collaboration is. Part of doing VFX is being able work with amazing footage. Also hats off to Todd (again) the sheer transparency and detail in every explanation is just... wow. So much immediate translatable value.

Todd is someone we need in these videos a lot

I’d love the crew to challenge themselves to create a realistic looking transformer. Not a lot of people outside professional studios have made something as real looking as the movies

I do love to see more of your animation reacts videos. There's a whole lot of potential to have guests well known in the animation industry to star in this. Tom B. was one of the a great starts.

it would be nice to see you do a breakdown on some old disaster films like The Towering Inferno which as far as I know used practical effects and models. I'm CG wasn't around then. It would be a good comparison to illustrate just how far effects have come.

My woooooooooord, Todd is such a humble creative gem. Great interview

This episode was an absolute BANGER🔥

Another fantastic guest! I love when you can see their enthusiasm

Todd included the people that made it happen for every story. He could have easily just said, "I did this and this and this" but didn't. Respect!

Keep bringing Todd back. He fits so well with the crew

Not sure of their name(s) but if you could get Fortress Films as a guest on an episode, that would be crazy!!! A few months back they released a full length movie made in Source Film Maker. Honestly, it's one of the most well made films I've seen been made on SFM. I know it's not a big name or whatever and I don't think they've been in mainstream stuff but damn is it good

"Bless you"
This was the most ridiculously missed comment of the episode.
Wren, your humor is not lost on us. Never change.

I remember in 2006 that Mi:III shot changing from the trailer to the movie version. I hope this guy is still in movie production, he got style that's missing from today's movies.

Wow out of all your episodes this one stands out because of Todd 🔥

Todd is such an amazing dude. Thanks for getting him on the show!

I really like how Todd names a lot of the artists that worked on those shots. It would be great if you guys could do some text inserts to those named and include links to their websites / social media profiles in the description. It's time for people to start following and getting to know vfx artists of their favorite movies like they do with the actors.

Fantastic video, amazing content, as always, thanks Corridor Crew!

The Blackout scene is still giving me chills, they are so well done !

A David Fincher's movies episode would be nice considering how much vfx and cgi he uses and how welle he uses it

Tomorrowland was underrated and more fun than I anticipated.

That Mi3 shot was how I used to show off my surround sound set up. It’s perfect sound. So much going on but it’s never lost. I was blown away. Amazing.

I love robot tansformation in Transformers movies. It always gives me shivers down my spine. And the mechanical sounds are just perfect.

This series never gets old!

12:49 Dude is humble as hell. Shouts out his team and everything

Gotta say, it is really awesome to see how much the compositing does to the basic render. Always thought the render before compositing do look more "finished". Really valuable insight!

I love to see a react not on movies or TV shows, but on visual effects they've done in commercials. May be hard cause it's basically free advertisement for the company the commercial is based on but would be fun to see how a low budget commercial could do some good visual effects.

Please invite Todd Vaziri back on the show. As great as all your episodes are with great guests from various branches and departments, you can tell he loves what he's doing as well as the people he is working with and enjoys giving great insights into his work.
He also seems like a genuinely great guy as well.

I cannot emphasize enough just how wonderful it is to have Todd on again. His insights, his processes, the skills and talent and most importantly, his vision, he executes in his work is sublime.

Anyone else love the subtle yet cultured Shining-carpet socks that Todd is wearing? The man's got taste

The amount of details these artists share, really shows how much work and time it all is.

Gareth Edwards as a guest would be epic!
Indie VFX legend that did a whole feature film & BBC drama series basically from his bedroom, now directing big films like Rogue One, Godzilla & The Creator.
Fun to look up: In 2008 he taught a 10hour After Effects course on fxphd. Showing how he did the 250 vfx shots for his BBC series "Attilla the Hun". I watched the course when it just came out, it's a real gem.

I just wanted to say that this is by far my favorite series on ESclips. Been a part of my Saturday evenings for what like over two years now!?

Lots of people have already said it, but I’m going to pile on-Todd’s two episodes have been the best VFX Artists React episodes of all time, hands down.

I always found it odd that Tom Cruise is blown sideways in that shot despite the explosion coming from behind. I thought they would talk about that.

I'd love to see you guys talk about Little Shop of Horrors. Particularly the puppetry and the director's cut ending.

We are lucky to have people like him who mostly go unrecognized to majority of movie viewers

Todd is the best! So charismatic and humble too.

todd is an amazing guest, i hope you have him back. thank you todd for sharing your secrets with us.
get kevin parry on & do a stop motion special of animators react. as you know he's fantastic.

I love your channel. These are some iconic shots. You are all very talented.

Probs to Todd for knowing all the artists per shot on an Induvidual basis. Respect

"Pause it right there and feel my pain" is one of the most accurate statements on filmmaking ever uttered in the history of everything.

I'd love to see you revisit Arcane. Season 2 is expected in about a year but I hope you have it on your schedule 😁

I would love to see an interview with John Knoll himself!

More of Todd, this guy is amazing and so interesting