Yeah its absolutely embarrassing actually. Imagine a grown ass man being so bent out of shape over a cgi character who was an alien. Aliens are suppose to be weird and odd and star wars always had these weird characters since the beginning. Imagine being so immature that you send death threats over jar jar lol
I always loved watching ILM talk about and showing off the models they made. I’m of the mind that physical models and CGI can actually help inform one another rather than compete against each other. I’ve noticed that fans forget the great number of practical set pieces were used to make the prequels.
Its too bad people give Phantom Menace such a bad rep because this was honestly revolutionary at the time. Sure they had some motion capture but so much of this was completely done by hand and rendered pixel by pixel before real time graphics could be pushed anything further than the OG Half Life. Toy Story happened first sure, but that wasn't trying to convince anyone that it could stand next to a real actor and be believed. The pod racing scene, Theed, the underwater city, the giant fish, the trade federation ship battle, seriously... this was some achievement.
This is why Starwars movies are favorite and watched again and again generation. These movies are meticulously detailed and well planned that some recent movies are lack of.
I would argue against that. There would be no Star Wars without Marcia Lucas who saved the film during the edit and Gary Kurtz. They openly questioned George and the story. By the time of the Phantom Menace George was surrounded by yes men and sycophants.
Just because you want to do 2k effects shots isn't a bad thing. George knew that he had to be bold and visionary. I don't think it's funny to make fun of him with the highlighters on the marker board. Remember this was 1997-1999. He was ahead of his time.
People forget that virtually every director who used CGI during & after the Prequels positively worshipped Lucas & ILM for creating the modern blockbuster.
People hate this movie and complain that the CGI took away the craftsmanship and passion of the OT. When I watch these BTS videos all I see are a bunch of people who have an immense passion for what they do and the incredible technical skill to make things that previously were not possible. These ILM guys paved the way for all the modern movies we enjoy today and all behind the vision and backing of George Lucas. I love the prequels for everything they are and despite their flaws. Episode 3 is my favorite star wars movie.
This film gets far too much hatred. It really is a product of creative genius. The sad thing is that the creatively void and soulless Force Awakens is the movie that gets the most praise.
+imbecilik i agree...... no creativity was anywhere with in the force awakens...they made the force awakens so commercialized and went so safe with it... all they cared about was how could they maximize the profit , they didnt care about telling a story.... so they just ripped off the original trilogy and are rehashing :(
crixxxxxxxxx Why did she get up in Finn's face and treat him like a POS... she practically called him a coward & insulted his life despite not even knowing him. he's been a stormtrooper and forced into military service WHILE she's been a waitress at her party-house for years, having fun... also she glaringly stands out, she's the only CGI thing in the room. also why does she have the saber in a chest that is unlocked? Anyone could go and steal it! Wouldnt she wanna keep that artifact sealed & safe? Also, if she is friends with the Resistance- why wouldnt she tell anyone that she has Luke's saber? She doesnt even tell Han Solo about it until he sees it and says " where'd you get that?" and then she doesnt even have an answer for him.
crixxxxxxxxx I am so often amazed at how *few* so-called Star Wars fans fail to grasp the intentional stylistic choice made for the prequel movies. Have you ever watched any of the classic serials that these movies were inspired by? Give it a go, and maybe you'll understand that what you consider to be wooden acting, is actually a classic acting style... There is nothing wrong with the acting in this movie. It is no more "cringe inducing" than the acting in the original film.
@The Sci-Fi Dragon Its the 3D real world aspect that i believe Cameron wanted to include in his vision even in the 2D versions. There were a tonne of new visual effect techniques used in Avatar, Microsoft even created a cloud server system from scratch just to hold the data for Avatar's new effects rigs. Cant remember all the tech changes but it was groundbreaking in its filming effects despite being an average story. Valerian though, absolutely -- it could've been done years earlier. The Fifth Element was legendary in comparison and it was many years prior , definitely a fav and Besson was on it back then with effects and practical also. Love that movie! ;)
Being able to see CGI characters in real-time as the actors performed was absolutely huge. Also cmon, Phantom Menace looked good for its time but Avatar objectively blows it out of the water
When I see people complain about the CGI in the prequels the only thing that goes through my mind is What exactly are you expecting to see? Like come on they're trying to do the impossible so if you expect year 3020 technology it just won't happen. Besides shit looked even more fake in the old ones (not that I don't like the old ones I personally love the old ones just as much as I love the newer ones) but honestly just enjoy it
It still amazes me this was accomplished in 1999. I understand Terminator 2 was groundbreaking, but haters continue to ignore what the prequel trilogy brought to VFX tech.
Now to animate CG characters just get the actor in pajamas & put dots on their face, then put the character model on the actors with some tweaking. We should be grateful for the prequels because without them, the CG tech in movies would've been developed slower.
@The SNES Man Anakin is the Jedi who returns, it doesn't mean that the jedi order returned, but I agree that the jedi didn't do anything in those 30 years
1:17 That's so cool, you can see that George really made a movie he wanted to make. He instantly scraps the shots he doesn't want have in his imagination but marks those which are in his picture
I don’t get why everyone hates on phantom menace it’s really not that bad ya it may not be the best of Star Wars but it’s better than most other movies made during that time
Episode I came out in 1999, the list of movies that came out in 1999 includes The Matrix, Fight Club, The Green Mile, Galaxy Quest, The Mummy, Toy Story 2, Eyes Wide Shut I don't think Episode 1 is the worst of the prequels but it wouldn't make the top 10 list of 1999 films.
Anyone else think the prequels are the best star wars films ever? Being a much bigger Harry Potter fan, I don't prioritise star wars to watch, but if I ever watch it I will go to the prequels. The new trilogy is repetitive, and the old good...but natalie portman is great.
What about the lightsabers? Did they just rotoscope them, like in any other youtoube video, or what? If they rotoscoped, they did a srsly great job :p must have taken ages..
They did rotoscope them! They only started using light-up sabers in the newer movies, which is why the lightsaber glow shows on the environment. I think they still rotoscope them after that to finish the effect, though.
Strange how they were able to figure out that digital characters need to be able to "act" properly, while Disney can't even bring in live actors/actresses that can act...
"... jammed into each frame of this movie..." "...you're bombarded with it..." "... its so dense..." "...there's so many things going on in each frame..."
I work in VFX. For me I got a degree in film /media arts and taught myself most of the hard skills. Once you have a decent reel try to get an internship at a major VFX company and from there you are pretty much in. You have to constantly be willing to learn and challenge yourself and it can be competitive at first.
episode 1 was ahead of episode 2 and 3 in terms of how realistic the visual effects were, probably due to the fact that it used a lot less blue and green screens and used more real props and blended them with cgi
Dude, all 3 films used sets whenever they could. CGI was used mostly for space, vehicles, compositing and creatures. The only place it was arguably "overused" were Clone Troopers. But that move was groundbreaking for its time.
Episode II and III used more models and sets then episode I 🤔... It looks a little different because those films were shot digital and not film . They were the first ever in history to filmed with digital cameras.
I wish so badly that the prequels could get the special edition treatment. It would be so easy, given today’s technology. They could finally scrub out the awful 90s CGI. However, I’m not sure if Ewan’s horrible reshoot wigs and beards can be fixed. Lol
George olvidó que la historia de las pelis 1,2,3 sucedió casi o mas de 30 años atrás y se ven muchísimo mas adelantadas que la IV,V y VI que sucedió casi o mas de 30 años después,pero se engolosinó con los efectos por computadora y perdieron la ubicación de la historia en el tiempo.
De hecho, no podía hacer otra cosa, no se va a detener por la tecnología, hoy veo las odiosas películas que está haciendo Disney y puedo ver que de todas maneras eso iba a pasar y en términos de historia las precuelas tienen mucho más que ver que con la trilogía orignal. Se las he mostrado en orden a mi hija y ella no ha tenido problemas con ese "salto" tecnológico, porque lo que interesa es la historia.
5:19 is like a case of missing the big picture. I think George should've spent more time on the script and less time thinking about Jar Jar's eye movements per each frame
"special effects are just a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing" 20 years later: "With the new digital technology whatever I can visually imagine I can do"
What most people focus(ed) on in reviews is not so much the creative proces but more the strory writing that went a little overboard here. There were just too many thinks happening in too many places in more or less the same time. But to me personally the worlds in which they happen are beautifully made.
This video reminded me about why I disliked the movie, and why I have only seen it once with no plans to see it twice. But behind the scenes information is always interesting.
This movie is about special effects. Not about story. ...wait a minute.... didn't George Lucas say ar one point that movies where about story... not special effects?
Guys, Everyone Knows that the Prequels are bad, but i think "The Phantom Menace" is better than episodes 2 and 3 in VFX, but i think they could of Use a Little Less CGI, the Battle Droids for example, are CGI but they are Lit & Rendered so realistically that they look like they are Physical Machines in the real world, and other characters as well besides in the Late 1990s CGI is starting to get better and more popular to use, they could have used Computers for Compositing & Rendering the Elements all together, George Lucas had to wait for the Prequels to be made, some of the Characters & Elements in the Prequels are so Complex that he had to wait for the Technology to catch up to achieve his Vision.
The practical effects actually increased with every Star Wars film. Attack of the clones and Revenge of the sith used more then Phantom Menace. The difference and the reason clones and sith look so clear and crisp is because they were shot on digital cameras, the first ever films in cinematic history to do so.
The main problem with the three films is that regardless of why type of effects was used, they all looked computer animated and fake. The whole atmosphere is wrong. I believe you could go back to the original takes, re-edit them with a different effects approach and you'd get a completely different movie that to me would look way better.
but is "too much freedom" a good thing? i mean, the reason why Star Wars was good was because it was a space western, not a political, city filled, CGI waste land!
+otdoud that's exactly what happened when they made the originals too. Why would they challenge him? When it comes to Star Wars George Lucas is the boss, it's all in his head. I'm not saying ideas didn't come from other people as films are always collaborative efforts, but the myth that the only reason the originals were good was because people didn't listen to George Lucas is a complete lie. For example, on empire strikes back if Irvin Kershner had a question or needed help on a particular scene who do u think he would ask? Well obviously he would ask George Lucas because it was George's story. Now let's say George came up to Kershner and said " hey Kersh, we need to go back to this scene and change it up" what do u think Kersh would say? He would say "yes George, we'll do it as soon as possible". People were always yes men to George Lucas when it came to Star Wars especially after the first film came out and was a hit.
This video is a good illustration of why the prequels look bad, and it has nothing to do with "good CGI" or "bad CGI." Even the best CGI in the world won't be convincing if it's used to depict things that couldn't exist. That's why IMO the worst CG character is Watto. He may be photorealistic, but you just know those tiny little wings couldn't possibly support the weight of his fat belly. There's a reason we don't see golden retriever-sized hummingbirds flying around. Your brain knows physical objects couldn't be behaving the way they're shown to be behaving, so the whole thing ends up looking fake, regardless of the quality of the CGI. McCallum says Lucas, in the writing, didn't let himself be restricted by what scenes or characters would be hard to do, and I believe him, but I don't think it's the whole truth. Rather, I think Lucas expressly tried to write scenes and characters that *would* be hard to do. Like, he let himself be restricted by what would be *easy* to do. Ambition is fine, but in this case it led them to create fundamentally unrealistic locations and characters that can't be redeemed no matter how detailed the surfacing becomes.
+Robert Pritchard maybe you are in the wrong movie, maybe you should see 60 Shades of Gray, or Leaving las vegas, or something that have humans in earth. this is Sci fi/fantasy. The more natural thing is to have things that doen't exist.
+Christian Valenzuela I agree, Why should Star Wars be limited to what it could be by 3 films that came out from 1977-1983. It's a galaxy far far away so why would every planet look like earth or look worn down and lived in. I love all the movies including force awakens, and imo all the prequels ever did was add even more depth to the OT.
@The SNES Man Correct. People tend to forget that the OT also has issues. No movie is perfect. (LOTR comes close for example, but even one would notice issues regarding it).
some things are cool, like the music, effects, but it's the worst episode of all...jar jar was an exaggerated character, appears in many scenes, boring
@@lionheart11381 the environments in AtoC are mostly miniatures, with plenty of sets and real world locations. Sorry they couldn't build you a life-sized Geonosian arena.
Hey everyone, do you hate jar jar binks as much as I do? Well if you do, watch our most recent video, where jar jar binks gets shot and killed multiple times!
Kyran Feeley Well do you count the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Lord of the Rings, 300, Sin City and pretty much every blockbuster for the past 10 years, "a waste of time and effort"?
I’m so proud of GL. Stuck to his vision and took risks.
The amount of hate that goes towards this movie is ridiculous
Yeah its absolutely embarrassing actually. Imagine a grown ass man being so bent out of shape over a cgi character who was an alien. Aliens are suppose to be weird and odd and star wars always had these weird characters since the beginning. Imagine being so immature that you send death threats over jar jar lol
@@c.h.7580 Agreed! Compare that to now where 80-90% of characters in Disney SW are just humans. BORING!
I always loved watching ILM talk about and showing off the models they made. I’m of the mind that physical models and CGI can actually help inform one another rather than compete against each other. I’ve noticed that fans forget the great number of practical set pieces were used to make the prequels.
Its too bad people give Phantom Menace such a bad rep because this was honestly revolutionary at the time. Sure they had some motion capture but so much of this was completely done by hand and rendered pixel by pixel before real time graphics could be pushed anything further than the OG Half Life. Toy Story happened first sure, but that wasn't trying to convince anyone that it could stand next to a real actor and be believed. The pod racing scene, Theed, the underwater city, the giant fish, the trade federation ship battle, seriously... this was some achievement.
I agree, but most of the things you mentioned were practical effects
@@jaxlegoproductions4147 Lol yea looking at my comment 2 years later, you're right half of those were miniatures
This is why Starwars movies are favorite and watched again and again generation. These movies are meticulously detailed and well planned that some recent movies are lack of.
George, he get's an unfair rep, I mean, the man DID create "Star Wars".
true, but that does Not Mean you can never go Downhill in you Career. :-P
Roger Rabbit true and all the credit in the world. But his lack of insight to misunderstand why the first 3 works is amazing.
I would argue against that. There would be no Star Wars without Marcia Lucas who saved the film during the edit and Gary Kurtz. They openly questioned George and the story. By the time of the Phantom Menace George was surrounded by yes men and sycophants.
@@swift962 yeah that's why he was s multi billionaire because ruins SW
And he wanted to advance digital editing and the sound experience.
He's like the invisible hand that pushed for better sound and picture quality.
Just because you want to do 2k effects shots isn't a bad thing. George knew that he had to be bold and visionary. I don't think it's funny to make fun of him with the highlighters on the marker board. Remember this was 1997-1999. He was ahead of his time.
People forget that virtually every director who used CGI during & after the Prequels positively worshipped Lucas & ILM for creating the modern blockbuster.
@@tsukopara2054 exactly
People hate this movie and complain that the CGI took away the craftsmanship and passion of the OT. When I watch these BTS videos all I see are a bunch of people who have an immense passion for what they do and the incredible technical skill to make things that previously were not possible. These ILM guys paved the way for all the modern movies we enjoy today and all behind the vision and backing of George Lucas. I love the prequels for everything they are and despite their flaws. Episode 3 is my favorite star wars movie.
The Sequels have left me so starved for Star Wars entertainment, I've been left needing to watch behind the scenes for real Star Wars media.
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Phantom Menace was the best looking prequel I thought, lots of pretty shots
This film gets far too much hatred. It really is a product of creative genius. The sad thing is that the creatively void and soulless Force Awakens is the movie that gets the most praise.
+imbecilik i agree...... no creativity was anywhere with in the force awakens...they made the force awakens so commercialized and went so safe with it... all they cared about was how could they maximize the profit , they didnt care about telling a story.... so they just ripped off the original trilogy and are rehashing :(
crixxxxxxxxx Disagree...Maz Kanata was an idiotic cartoon CGI character
crixxxxxxxxx Why did she get up in Finn's face and treat him like a POS... she practically called him a coward & insulted his life despite not even knowing him. he's been a stormtrooper and forced into military service WHILE she's been a waitress at her party-house for years, having fun... also she glaringly stands out, she's the only CGI thing in the room. also why does she have the saber in a chest that is unlocked? Anyone could go and steal it! Wouldnt she wanna keep that artifact sealed & safe? Also, if she is friends with the Resistance- why wouldnt she tell anyone that she has Luke's saber? She doesnt even tell Han Solo about it until he sees it and says " where'd you get that?" and then she doesnt even have an answer for him.
hopefully these questions i have about her will be clarified in episode 8.
crixxxxxxxxx I am so often amazed at how *few* so-called Star Wars fans fail to grasp the intentional stylistic choice made for the prequel movies. Have you ever watched any of the classic serials that these movies were inspired by? Give it a go, and maybe you'll understand that what you consider to be wooden acting, is actually a classic acting style...
There is nothing wrong with the acting in this movie. It is no more "cringe inducing" than the acting in the original film.
Avatar really wasn't anything new in terms of visual effects. Star Wars Episodes 1 already had it happening 10 years prior.
@The Sci-Fi Dragon Its the 3D real world aspect that i believe Cameron wanted to include in his vision even in the 2D versions. There were a tonne of new visual effect techniques used in Avatar, Microsoft even created a cloud server system from scratch just to hold the data for Avatar's new effects rigs. Cant remember all the tech changes but it was groundbreaking in its filming effects despite being an average story.
Valerian though, absolutely -- it could've been done years earlier.
The Fifth Element was legendary in comparison and it was many years prior , definitely a fav and Besson was on it back then with effects and practical also. Love that movie! ;)
Being able to see CGI characters in real-time as the actors performed was absolutely huge.
Also cmon, Phantom Menace looked good for its time but Avatar objectively blows it out of the water
That's not true. There was plenty of groundbreaking tech in Avatar
So true
Avatar was boring to me visually.
When I see people complain about the CGI in the prequels the only thing that goes through my mind is
What exactly are you expecting to see? Like come on they're trying to do the impossible so if you expect year 3020 technology it just won't happen. Besides shit looked even more fake in the old ones (not that I don't like the old ones I personally love the old ones just as much as I love the newer ones) but honestly just enjoy it
like they know how to even do a sketch
This comment gave me cancer
god i hate star wars fans
KAZ oh wow....
BBL81 what
It still amazes me this was accomplished in 1999. I understand Terminator 2 was groundbreaking, but haters continue to ignore what the prequel trilogy brought to VFX tech.
amazing movie made my childhoodm, still love it today
Same here. It’s seriously one my most beloved movies.
3:03
I wish people would stop ripping on these movies for using So much CG.
I know every1s got there opinion but..
***** LOL im guessing your the same Andy Wylde from TFN? :0
Bailey -99 Episode 1 had more practical effects than the entire OT combined.
ThatRandomDude damn....
Now to animate CG characters just get the actor in pajamas & put dots on their face, then put the character model on the actors with some tweaking.
We should be grateful for the prequels because without them, the CG tech in movies would've been developed slower.
And now everyone wants GL back. To bad that he received so much hate for the prequels
I shouldn't have looked at the comments...such sheer animosity and antagonism. I can't believe a fandom can be so divided.
bruh
The Fans: Ugh, George wrecked Star Wars
Disney: Hold allll our beers.
@The SNES Man Anakin is the Jedi who returns, it doesn't mean that the jedi order returned, but I agree that the jedi didn't do anything in those 30 years
@The SNES Man Yeah I agree, the sequels shouldn't have made the story go that way.
I wanna know the people who drew up the 3,000+ storyboard pics
This level of control in the animation really makes you realize how intentional darth jar jar and his mimed mind tricks were.
Am I the only one who noticed the scared confused looks on the creative teams faces in the beginning when Lucas was sharing storyboards?
+Emily Peterson Looks like they're having a good time to me -- also working hard. Work isn't always a laugh riot.
+Emily Peterson one guy looked like he was thinking, "why is he overdoing it?? 1700 cgi shots???!!"
1:17
That's so cool, you can see that George really made a movie he wanted to make.
He instantly scraps the shots he doesn't want have in his imagination but marks those which are in his picture
AMAZING!!!!
I love this.
Awesome!
hey! I like episode 1!
I'm sorry for you loss. My condolences.
Everyone should go to IMDB and rate 10/10 Star Wars episode 1, it really does deserve at least a 7.0 rating, I think its better then The Last Jedi.
The Last Jedi is hundred times better
Tim Hansen hahaha good one
Of course it's better than TLJ. Heck, the Holiday Special, the 2 Ewok movies, and Spaceballs are infinitely better than TLJ!
I don’t get why everyone hates on phantom menace it’s really not that bad ya it may not be the best of Star Wars but it’s better than most other movies made during that time
Episode I came out in 1999, the list of movies that came out in 1999 includes The Matrix, Fight Club, The Green Mile, Galaxy Quest, The Mummy, Toy Story 2, Eyes Wide Shut I don't think Episode 1 is the worst of the prequels but it wouldn't make the top 10 list of 1999 films.
Suprised at how many practical sets were used
THe Prequels are awesome
yeah there are more practical effects in the phantom menace than the entire ot
My mind was blown that Rick said his "It's so dense" dialogue at least more than once.
What is it with Ricks?
What the hell are you guys talking about? Fucking hack frauds.
If I ever met George Lucas I'd ask for his autograph or a photo opp.
Anyone else think the prequels are the best star wars films ever? Being a much bigger Harry Potter fan, I don't prioritise star wars to watch, but if I ever watch it I will go to the prequels. The new trilogy is repetitive, and the old good...but natalie portman is great.
The most hyped movie ever created.
hard work
@tmMcHugh
thx for sharing your overinterpretation.
The Prequels are amazing
The Prequels make The OT waaaaaaaay Better
So true. I will never understand how some cult of fans only watch and like the OT. It's not as good without the prequels.
can you name one thing the prequels add? I can name quite a few things it takes away
@@w.b.s. the prequels add jar jar binks
@@w.b.s. also the prequels add nute gunray and count dooku
@@sikid4000 i agree but to each their own
What about the lightsabers? Did they just rotoscope them, like in any other youtoube video, or what? If they rotoscoped, they did a srsly great job :p must have taken ages..
They did rotoscope them! They only started using light-up sabers in the newer movies, which is why the lightsaber glow shows on the environment. I think they still rotoscope them after that to finish the effect, though.
@@KilluaZoldyck-de1hq 5 year old comment finally gets an answer
Strange how they were able to figure out that digital characters need to be able to "act" properly, while Disney can't even bring in live actors/actresses that can act...
How many whiny comments are you going to post on one video? Will you be back in a few more months?
kongorikishi I mean he did blame disney for hiring actors so that just shows how idiotic he is.
hm yes, we all know the prequels had perfect acting
Thats one of the things the sequels do well, they have very good acting.
7:41 Its so dense....
The movie is better every time I see it
Denis Muren looks like an older Dwight shrute from the office
george pushed vfx to what they are today
"... jammed into each frame of this movie..."
"...you're bombarded with it..."
"... its so dense..."
"...there's so many things going on in each frame..."
6:40 terrified me
Just a question, how do you get into a field like that?
Be a VFX student. Get hired.
I work in VFX. For me I got a degree in film /media arts and taught myself most of the hard skills. Once you have a decent reel try to get an internship at a major VFX company and from there you are pretty much in. You have to constantly be willing to learn and challenge yourself and it can be competitive at first.
Still a better movie than "The Last Jedi".
episode 1 was ahead of episode 2 and 3 in terms of how realistic the visual effects were, probably due to the fact that it used a lot less blue and green screens and used more real props and blended them with cgi
Dude, all 3 films used sets whenever they could. CGI was used mostly for space, vehicles, compositing and creatures. The only place it was arguably "overused" were Clone Troopers. But that move was groundbreaking for its time.
Episode II and III used more models and sets then episode I 🤔... It looks a little different because those films were shot digital and not film . They were the first ever in history to filmed with digital cameras.
Come on give us the juice on Jar Jar..was he Snoke?! Was he banished because he is a Sith Lord?!
Although I don't doubt a lot time and work went into the making of the special effects, I just wish they spend more time with the script.
I wish so badly that the prequels could get the special edition treatment. It would be so easy, given today’s technology. They could finally scrub out the awful 90s CGI. However, I’m not sure if Ewan’s horrible reshoot wigs and beards can be fixed. Lol
George olvidó que la historia de las pelis 1,2,3 sucedió casi o mas de 30 años atrás y se ven muchísimo mas adelantadas que la IV,V y VI que sucedió casi o mas de 30 años después,pero se engolosinó con los efectos por computadora y perdieron la ubicación de la historia en el tiempo.
De hecho, no podía hacer otra cosa, no se va a detener por la tecnología, hoy veo las odiosas películas que está haciendo Disney y puedo ver que de todas maneras eso iba a pasar y en términos de historia las precuelas tienen mucho más que ver que con la trilogía orignal. Se las he mostrado en orden a mi hija y ella no ha tenido problemas con ese "salto" tecnológico, porque lo que interesa es la historia.
Yeah. Jar jar screams subtlety
3:08 right turd only
3:10 RIGHT TURD AHEAD (The ILM artists tried to warn us)
5:40 I'd hardly call jar jar dignified
No one cares about your opinion, Ben Swolo.
Jar jar is a representive of Naboo in the Senate
Dennis Muren was the inspiration as to how Yoda should look like.
its actually 3:10
7:40
They worked so hard on the prequels to make it good.......but then Jar Jar was thought of.
And gungans in general.
and it didn't win a VFX Oscar. Ridiculous.
Such a pity... getting rid of Jar-Jar not only would've improved the film but saved them lots of work 🤣
"Flim is 24 frames per second"
Which is why watching a film on a 120fps TV sucks. Jitter stutter and soap opera effect.
Sounds like a bad tv.
Try SVP PRO 4 with a good monitor.
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5:19 is like a case of missing the big picture. I think George should've spent more time on the script and less time thinking about Jar Jar's eye movements per each frame
"special effects are just a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing"
20 years later: "With the new digital technology whatever I can visually imagine I can do"
It may be the worst Star Wars, which i agree, but it's still a great movie! Haters are a joke...
_The Phantom Menace_ blows away any of the crap being produced by Disney.
Paulo Lameiras its not the worst moron, every episode is freaking beautiful and unique fucking sheep
you've obviously never seen The Last Jedi...
@@outboundflight4455 considering that the comment was more than a year ago I'm guessing the user didn't
0:39 "we basically had more freedom than ever" This movie is proof that without constrains the creative process can lose focus
What most people focus(ed) on in reviews is not so much the creative proces but more the strory writing that went a little overboard here. There were just too many thinks happening in too many places in more or less the same time. But to me personally the worlds in which they happen are beautifully made.
today's young producers rely on too much CGI . That makes movie tasteless.
This video reminded me about why I disliked the movie, and why I have only seen it once with no plans to see it twice. But behind the scenes information is always interesting.
That’s probably why you don’t like it, the film gets better with every viewing .
@@mackmitchell94 That's a subjective opinion, not a fact.
Tim Hansen that’s true
If Lucas just hired a decent scriptwriter or a decent director then the prequels could have been better.
its so dense...
+Mark Meason Like your skull.
Everyone involved with this should hang their heads in shame
6:45 These guys aren't just some random computer geeks.
Yeah right i can design a backward flying bathtub.
+SAW Off you go then, make what these guys made.
This movie is about special effects. Not about story. ...wait a minute.... didn't George Lucas say ar one point that movies where about story... not special effects?
Good thing the movie is chock full of story - even more so than the OT.
lmao
liar
Guys, Everyone Knows that the Prequels are bad, but i think "The Phantom Menace" is better than episodes 2 and 3 in VFX, but i think they could of Use a Little Less CGI, the Battle Droids for example, are CGI but they are Lit & Rendered so realistically that they look like they are Physical Machines in the real world, and other characters as well besides in the Late 1990s CGI is starting to get better and more popular to use, they could have used Computers for Compositing & Rendering the Elements all together, George Lucas had to wait for the Prequels to be made, some of the Characters & Elements in the Prequels are so Complex that he had to wait for the Technology to catch up to achieve his Vision.
The practical effects actually increased with every Star Wars film. Attack of the clones and Revenge of the sith used more then Phantom Menace. The difference and the reason clones and sith look so clear and crisp is because they were shot on digital cameras, the first ever films in cinematic history to do so.
Also the prequels aren’t bad at all, only subjectively disliked by some .
So busy thinking about how unlimited their FX shots could be, they didn't even remember the story..
The world would have better off without the creation of JarJar Binks.
RIGHT TURD ONLY
Its so dense...
You could have had 1 character and it would have been a lot better off.
The worst star wars movie ever...
Lmao nah
I really do question how much of those you have seen. Star Wars Christmas special?
You Ever watched The Rise Of Skywalker ?
he forgot the illusion of plot
The main problem with the three films is that regardless of why type of effects was used, they all looked computer animated and fake. The whole atmosphere is wrong. I believe you could go back to the original takes, re-edit them with a different effects approach and you'd get a completely different movie that to me would look way better.
but is "too much freedom" a good thing? i mean, the reason why Star Wars was good was because it was a space western, not a political, city filled, CGI waste land!
+Aaron Bell I personally believe that one man, unless he's a indie film producer, should never make his own movie. Movies are collaborative efforts.
+otdoud lol but the prequels were a collaborative effort. You watched this video didn't you?
Im talking more so about Georges freedom. Nobody challenged him about his ideas. They all just said yes.
+otdoud that's exactly what happened when they made the originals too. Why would they challenge him? When it comes to Star Wars George Lucas is the boss, it's all in his head. I'm not saying ideas didn't come from other people as films are always collaborative efforts, but the myth that the only reason the originals were good was because people didn't listen to George Lucas is a complete lie. For example, on empire strikes back if Irvin Kershner had a question or needed help on a particular scene who do u think he would ask? Well obviously he would ask George Lucas because it was George's story. Now let's say George came up to Kershner and said " hey Kersh, we need to go back to this scene and change it up" what do u think Kersh would say? He would say "yes George, we'll do it as soon as possible". People were always yes men to George Lucas when it came to Star Wars especially after the first film came out and was a hit.
Aaron Bell the prequels were amazing, epic and fun its you who have a problem in your head, I pity you and people who havent enjoyed the prequels
nope everybody hates it
Not me, so that is not everybody anymore!
This video is a good illustration of why the prequels look bad, and it has nothing to do with "good CGI" or "bad CGI." Even the best CGI in the world won't be convincing if it's used to depict things that couldn't exist. That's why IMO the worst CG character is Watto. He may be photorealistic, but you just know those tiny little wings couldn't possibly support the weight of his fat belly. There's a reason we don't see golden retriever-sized hummingbirds flying around. Your brain knows physical objects couldn't be behaving the way they're shown to be behaving, so the whole thing ends up looking fake, regardless of the quality of the CGI. McCallum says Lucas, in the writing, didn't let himself be restricted by what scenes or characters would be hard to do, and I believe him, but I don't think it's the whole truth. Rather, I think Lucas expressly tried to write scenes and characters that *would* be hard to do. Like, he let himself be restricted by what would be *easy* to do. Ambition is fine, but in this case it led them to create fundamentally unrealistic locations and characters that can't be redeemed no matter how detailed the surfacing becomes.
+Robert Pritchard maybe you are in the wrong movie, maybe you should see 60 Shades of Gray, or Leaving las vegas, or something that have humans in earth. this is Sci fi/fantasy. The more natural thing is to have things that doen't exist.
+Christian Valenzuela I agree, Why should Star Wars be limited to what it could be by 3 films that came out from 1977-1983. It's a galaxy far far away so why would every planet look like earth or look worn down and lived in. I love all the movies including force awakens, and imo all the prequels ever did was add even more depth to the OT.
+Robert Pritchard It´s called science fiction, dude ;) But maybe you find more enjoyment in realistic things like Starkiller Base.. ;)
A Bee Movie will educate you about watto
star wars I graphics look like a shitty video game today
Is George Lucas aware of Jar Jar Binks’ controversy?
I think every director needs boundaries, without them you get Jar Jar Binks or badly ethnically stereotyped Transformers.
Let me get something straight. The prequels are mediocre. They're not bad; they're not good. They're right in the middle.
The sequels are way worse. The prequels are much better.
@The SNES Man Correct. People tend to forget that the OT also has issues. No movie is perfect. (LOTR comes close for example, but even one would notice issues regarding it).
some things are cool, like the music, effects, but it's the worst episode of all...jar jar was an exaggerated character, appears in many scenes, boring
I love the prequels but, as I've gotten older, I've realised one of the things I dislike is that the amount of CGI takes away the soul of the film.
Watch the video again and look for things that aren't CGI. You might be shocked by how much there is.
Well I hope you think the same of 98% of films made today.
@@du6167 attack of the Clones is all done in camera. The environments are fake and I feel that. It's not the best.
@@lionheart11381 the environments in AtoC are mostly miniatures, with plenty of sets and real world locations. Sorry they couldn't build you a life-sized Geonosian arena.
@@du6167 Or a life sized death star
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So much work into such a lousy script.
Jar-Jar Binks is terribly shoehorned in but I do have some sort of ironic love of Jar-Jar from how terrible he is in every way
What a waste of time and effort.
+Kyran Feeley You're an idiot
Rowan J Coleman Wow what a comment
Kyran Feeley Well do you count the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Lord of the Rings, 300, Sin City and pretty much every blockbuster for the past 10 years, "a waste of time and effort"?
Rowan J Coleman No because they're good movies, the prequels ain't.
Kyran Feeley Without the prequels the movies mentioned wouldn't exist and if they did not in their current form.