Can we please have a “satisfying stunt render” challenge where a stunt person buddies with a VFX artist to produce a looping satisfying render involve green-screened or performance captured stunt work?
How are those movies? Wanting to watch a good foreign flick and all 5 of those movies are out with decent IMDB scores. Saw about 5 minutes of Rurouni Kenshin (1st one, 2012) and it looked great and seems like a fun movie.
All of the characters in the Rurouni Kenshin films don't have any stunt doubles and does all of the stunts themselves. Watch the behind the scenes/training videos and it's all of the cast, training.
@@misteroates9170 They are great, absolutely the best anime live action movies. Even if you haven’t watched the original anime the movies do a great job telling their own story. Highly recommend it.
I can't imagine that. Penn and Teller talk about never doing anything risky in their acts, because it's immoral to make the audience complicit in your possible injury or death. They didn't sign up for that. Stunt work has inherent dangers, which a decent coordinator will minimize. But doing a trick that has a significant risk of death? No director should have signed off on that.
Yes please! I think I commented Constantine before too, Keanu rules, Tilda is boss, the scenes with Lucifer are incredible. And the pregant demon baby belly morph terrified me as a kid!!
There are several big famous movies that I keep fast forwarding through several of the main action scenes because I'm just so bored by faceless masses running around and swinging swords at nothing in particular.
I struggle to enjoy a lot of superhero movies because of this - the action is huge (people crashing into & destroying whole buildings) but there's no real stakes or connection to their characters, or realism of how it effects the populacd in general, so I find it boring?
I think I disagree with them though. No film is worth losing your life over. Entertainment is fundamentally not important to the world. It's nice, but not actually important.
@@Silverizael People aren't fundamentally important to the world either. It could easily be argued that certain movies are more important to mankind than most people are.
@@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat Easily be argued by whom? Sociopaths? On the ladder of importance to the world, entertainment for people is certainly lower than lives of people, even if lives of people is lower than, say, the well-being of the planet and its ecosystems.
Jet Li's Fearless: Sword fight in the Tea house. SO much environment interaction. That, or the teahouse fight from Crouching tiger. or the teahouse scene from Hard boiled... really... any Teahouse fight scene;-)
The armory room and bamboo shoot fights as well, Crouching Tiger had so much immersion. Imo I prefer the armory fight to the Teahouse simply because of the diversity of weapons and the synergy in how Michelle Yoh adapts using the different environments as the Green Destiny shreds everything.
There are a few videos out there of historical fencing experts reacting to that (I think that Scholagladiatoria has one). They won't give you any insight into the stunt or filmmaking process, but they can still give a cool analysis of the fight.
The kenshin movies are arguably the only live action adaptations of manga that i like. Theyre beautifully written, are very true to the original character and have epic and Accurate to the source material action. For instance, the fighting style kenshin uses is the Hiten Mitsurigi Ryu. A fictional style all about fighting multiple opponents. And as such his style in the movie is very different from most of the other actors
I was about to write something pretty much exactly as you put it! I truly hope Aaron and Gui will keep showing up for these Stuntmen react-series since imo it gives deserved (and long overdue) exposure and well-earned respect to stunts, but more importantly - the people behind them. Like some advanced specimen with highly particular seta of expertise at display here. 👌🏼🤯
Haha they're the best, such great insight and they seem so chill Oh man, anther cut the annoying music for wonder woman "ancient lamentation music playing" Also it's not whedon vs Snyder it's producers vs Snyder, whedon just did a job and trimmed the fat, for a DC movie the new one did suck way less though haha
Well, if we talk about Russian action movies, "Major Grom" short film had very cool fight scene in the Bank with montage how situation potentially could been resulted.
Having these two on your show for stuntmen react really feels genuine rather than necessary for completing a video. Regardless of how much that matters to you, those to guys seem to really enjoy making this video. I'm sure you guys wont have a hard time making more of these video with those two around making it feel so wholesome and fun
"The Fifth Element" - The whole Fhloston Paradise escape/fight sequence. particularly the scenes with Bruce Willis Also: Please do a VFX artist react of The Fifth Element. Definitely one that has held up over time.
I can't unsee Guy DiSilva in the elevator scene in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Now that I know him from stuntmen react he just pops out at me lol.
The techniques used in the Rurouni Kenshin live action is based on the anime itself. Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu is Kenshin's sword style while Jinei's sword style is Nikaido Heiho and he also has this hypnotism technique called Shin no ippo. I can name some of Kenshin's techniques on the fight scene that you showed. The anime and the live action have that same feeling even though the story of the live one is modified.
Yeah but then you start looking more closely and pick out when their footwear changes between high heels, low heels and combat flats during each scene and it ruins the illusion :p
@@CadePlaysGames I'll admit that not every fight was perfect, but it did have plenty of kickass fight scenes during its run. It had far better Kung Fu style fights than what the 1st season of Iron Fist tried to do.
@@nickwarren9007 ugh. Iron Fist is so sad to me as an action movie/ martial arts fan. Into the Badlands shows that action can be done well on tv if given the same amount of care most drama shows are given.
Here’s a suggestion for Aaron: The Transporter 2’s fire hose fight scene. That scene is ALL environment, and Jason Statham finding creative ways to beat up a gang of people with a firehose.
I love that these stuntmen so clearly love doing these reacts. They get to geek out about their favorite stuff and they get to show off their own stuff and their knowledge. They're having tons of fun. The video artists react when they get the guests in are fun too, but they always seem just a touch uncomfortable. Not these guys, they're having a ball.
I love that you're tackling more Rurouni Kenshin fights. Please please please, do the 4 v 1 of Kenshin, Sanosuke, Saito, and Aoshi vs Shishio. It's such a good fight and doesn't look like anyone is waiting for their turn to attack
@@macacofrito They have to use these types of swords to prevent injuries. All the choreography according to Takeru Satoh were done so they connect. Even if you use a fake but stiffer sword, it would injure them. They have padding but very minimal.
Them: "The Snyder Cut is 4 HOURS, you need to set aside a whole day and prepare!" Me, watching the extended LotR films every year: "Ah, first time?" ;)
I'll never get enough of Stuntmen React. It's so inspiring and crazy interesting to gain insights into the craft and the challenges that face these professionals!
There’s a great chase scene in one of the latest Jackie Chan movies called “The Foreigner” where he’s getting chased through a house and running in and out of windows and stuff, obviously he’s a bit older these days but it’s still him and its really cool to see how he’d considered his age and what he is still very capable of
I'd be interested in stuntmen react to the Three Stooges. I saw a video that explained they sustained quite a bit of injuries from their stunts, and the studio was pretty awful to them even though they were a huge household name raking in cash for them.
I just rewatched “Get Smart” the other day, and along with being hilarious, there’s some great stunt work too! Specifically the skydiving, the rooftop fight with the super big guy and subsequent slamming into the side of a building, and the crazy car/plane/train fight sequence at the end! I’d love to see you guys react to it as it is one of my favorite spy movies :)
I'd love to see you guys bring in a gun scene expert and look at "the way of the gun". Also think it'd be pretty cool to see stuntmen talk about wrestling stunts, like mick foley taking a dive off the hell in a cell
In the new movie "Ana" there's a great fight scene in the restaurant and in season two of "The Punisher" the junkyard fight between Frank and John Pilgrim is pretty cool.
@@birdmanblizzard3618 Ooof that fight was crunchy. And it was such a good moment. It had the same energy of 2 samurai who respect each other on opposite sides. That moment Frank said "You good?" followed by John's "I was waiting on you" just added the next layer to that fight. Punisher choreography is just killer all the way around.
2:48 “is it worth doing a stunt like that?” Hilarious Nico getting physically sandwiched between “OH Yeah!”s, when clearly he feels such relatable dread
I can't put into words both how educational *and* enjoyable it is to indulge in yet another one of these Aaron and Gui Show reaction videos. Thank you so much for bringing them back...and please invite them again!
6 Underground / Opening "Heist" You could do stunt experts AND effects for that scene. A lot of people have forgotten about 6 Underground, but it would make an AMAZING episode!! 💯🔥
They used a Parkour/free running team called Storror and they have a RU-vid channel. Storror made a video or two that talks about their stunts in the movie.
I'd love it if you covered the kitchen fight scene from season 2 of NBC's Hannibal (between characters Hannibal + Jack Crawford). I'm fairly new to actually appreciating action as the intricate dance-like choreography it is-for years I had a strong aversion to what I felt was gratuitous "gore and guns" because I inaccurately thought that was all the action genre was (I also just didn't have an eye for anything yet, guns and gore can indeed be compelling). Saying all that, watching this fight scene-featured both in the season premiere and finale-was the first time I actually appreciated how beautiful graceful choreography could be. here's a link (I think...) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7vwHATDeJhU.html
I love how Aaron and Gui interact. I adore when pros from a very specific field share their insight. The more I know about how movies are made the more I appreciate magic of cinema.
When I saw that Jinei fight in the first Kenshin film, I was so happy as a fan. The action director was so good at implementing the action set pieces from the manga into a realistic vision. That 10:15 behind the sword flip, dudeeeee i specifically remember that scene in the manga and anime. Fucking genius!
There's plenty of good fight scenes these days imo... But there was a good stretch around 2000-2010 where the classic style action movie seemed all but dead. I think what's missing in a lot of those movies is the feedback. It's all flash and sparks and quick cuts, without seeing the real impact from a lot of the hits. A lot of movies also forget about fatigue and just have two guys go full at it in an unrealistic way where neither one of them seems to get tired or hurt. Also squibs! Oh how I miss bloody exploding squibs, makeup and VFX just aren't the same. Newish movies like Mad Max Fury Road, The ongoing Mission Impossible series, The Raid Redemption, John Wick and others make me smile though. Action isn't dead yet.
Jackie Chan once brought a full-size mirror on set to one of his stunt movie. The director asked what is it for. Jackie said he wanted to see his stunt double.
Now that Zack Snyder's ARMY OF THE DEAD is out, I'm sure you guys are already gearing up to discuss (among other things) the filming of Tig Notoro on green screen and inserting her into the movie in post.
Surprised nobody's asked for a breakdown of the stuntwork in The Mask of Zorro...not only did it have some excellent fight choreography, but the horsemanship and stunts involving horseback riding were top-notch.
please do more of the Kenshin movies. and how the heck could you miss "Hardcore Henry"? Such an awesome movie overall from action to story to effects to camera work.. definitely worth checking out. please. 🥺
12:50 I recommend the final fight scene in the Shaw Bros "Eight Diagram Pole Fighter". It takes place on a pyramid of coffins inside a 2 story inn with a lot of elevation changes, awesome weapons fighting, and a comedic secret techniques.
This is more of a recommendation for stunt woman react, but I want to toss the Netflix show GLOW out there. It's not over the top stunts, but I'm curious what the actresses did to get into the wrestling ring and what went into them doing the stunts. Did they do all the stunts ? How does it compare to pros wrestling?
@@joco8700 But there are absolutely tradeoffs you make between having your faces of the show get in the ring and wrestle vs stunt doubles. Every hour that Brie or Gilpin is in the ring is an hour that they can't do other stuff, and that isn't including training time or injury recovery. But at the same time, it's about them learning to wrestle and early career stuff, so it's stuff most anyone can learn how to do with money, time, and pain tolerance. That just makes it a trade off.
It still shocks me that i managed to finish the whole Runouni Kenshin anime series knowing the ending...god i love that series soo much And also the movie just captures how kenshi would handle things.
At 14:14, during the ad for coffee, one of the guests’ previous sentences can be heard a second time for just a moment. He says something about the Rouroni Kenshin scene “took them a few weeks.”
I’d love to see a stunt react video on Ragnarok on Netflix, there’s some awesome fight sequences that are a little supernatural so look a little complicated/nonhuman. I’d love to know how they’re done or any professional view of them
Yes, 15 minute videos is too short for 2 great stunt guys. They should make it 25 or 30 minutes since they are there... Too bad. Love their insights and respect for the movies.
The Transporter franchise has some awesome fight scenes using objects from the environment you should definetely check it out and talk about it! It 100 percent belongs in this show!
Ok I'm gonna recommend Ink again. It's an indie film, really fun, and there's a fight scene in a house at the beginning that uses the environment really well and has some really cool effects as well. I'd love to see a vfx breakdown and also a stunt man breakdown.
I agree. Would've been the icing on top if Nolan had gotten a proper action director and fight coordinator. Nothing wrong with doing so. Quentin Tarantino got Yuen Woo-Ping for the Kill Bill movies, the Wachowskis got Woo-Ping for the Matrix movies and Ang Lee got him for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
I’d recommend the final fight scene from the hunt, it uses a lot of the environment (in fact the set was literally designed with the fight scene in mind) and has really awesome choreography
It makes me so endlessly excited an inspired when Niko gives out new wisdom. I've been following Corridor and the Sam & Niko channel since 2013 and these guys have changed my life. I don't think any other online creator has been as much of an influence on my knowledge as an artist. Such consistently valuable content.
