Thing is practical- played by a real actor. The stump is attached to the top of his wrist and it has secondary controls, so he can turn the the stump one direction and keep his fingers planted. He truly brings the character to life.
The actor playing Thing is a professional magician (same as the movie), so he has incredible manual dexterity. I've seen some behind the scenes stuff on the official Netflix youtube channel, and he has a prosthetic stump on his wrist and then the rest of him is covered in a green suit.
You’re right. Jenna wasn’t blinking by accident because she was trying to hold a certain neutral face. Tim Burton noticed Jenna wasn’t blinking and loved it. So he asked her to try to do the whole thing without blinking. Very few blinks. Very few times her eyes close. Typically if her eyes close it’s intentional because she’s allowing vulnerability.
Jenna Ortega spent months learning fencing, playing the cello and learning German. The dance part she looked up things and made the dance herself which also has a part Wednesday dance from the 60's tv show. lots easter eggs in it. Love your doing the show I loved it when I watched can't wait until the second season is on. Thing was not CGI a magician did the hand.
I was so happy to see Gwendoline Christie in this show. We didn't see her in the trailers so it was a surprise to me. There is some great behind the sceenes footage of how they filmed Thing. He's actually played by magician Victor Dorobantu, which is cool, and a nice callback to Thing being played by a magician before. The shot where she holds Thing up is full CG and I feel they have been doing a great job with making him realistic.
1:11 Fun fact: The Season 2 announcement trailer uses that music, and has Wednesday narrate that she's been "mimicked millions of times across the Internet."
Let’s hope they can produce all 4 seasons as they originally planned. Amazon acquiring MGM, which owns the rights to The Addams Family, has thrown a monkey wrench into the whole thing.
I was pleasantly surprised with this show. I don’t normally watch shows just because of the buzz because ive been disappointed enough before, but people just wouldn’t stop talking about this so I gave in. I enjoyed it way more than I expected to. And it does consistently get better with each episode.
The finale drops the ball a fair bit IMO, it wraps certain things up way too quickly and introduces some other parts out of nowhere. But the lead up to it was great, Tim Burtons best work since Frankenweenie.
@@tortoiseoflegends4466 That’s fair, and I agree. I feel like the finale would’ve worked better with just one more episode prior to flesh everything out fully. Maybe instead of the Gomez murder subplot (which was clearly just an excuse to get the parents directly involved in an episode), they could have used that time to further develop the events of the finale. That said, there was some satisfying character stuff between Wednesday and Enid that kinda overshadowed everything else for me anyway.
I'm almost grumpy sometimes when everyone says 'X is good!' and I watch it reluctantly and... ok, ok, it's really good. (Same thing happened with Arcane)
My 10 year old niece made me watch the show with her, right after she'd watched it with her parents. "This is my favorite show of all time!" she said. And we had so much fun watching it together, I was fully invested and trying to figure out the mystery. "Can I tell you a big spoiler?!" she asked me at one point. No! 😄
Yeah, they had Ukrainian magician named Victor Dorobantu play Thing and the nub was prosthetic addition to his actual hand. They only used CGI for Thing when everything else they tried didn't look good and that happened rarely.
Thing was 95% a actor, he's actually a close up magician. They only used CG or props when it was impossible for the actor to do the scene. Also your right Jenna and Tim Burton decided early on that they wanted Wednesday to blink as little as possible. You'll notice she only blinks in situations where she is uncomfortable. Jenna put alot of work into the role. She had multiple skills she had to learn and developed the unique way she moves and carries herself. Her dead pan face and expressive eyes were part of that. Fun fact during a con in Brazil the audience challenged Jenna to not blink for as long as she could, she accepted and proceeded to answer questions. She lasted around 2 minutes to the point her eyes were watering.
Thing is played by a Romanian magician. He just wore a blue suit so that they removed his body. His Instagram is amazing to really get some good behind the scenes on how they did everything.
Thing is 100% practical. I've seen some BTS images and it's basically like Eric said. The stump is a prosthetic with a stick so they can move it as needed, and the actor has a blue sleeve on.
Yeah this is a great show! As everyone said, Jenna crushes it, with things like others explained with the blinking, the dance she choreographed, learning some fencing, German, to play the cello, and everything, she’s amazing. Thing is a magician’s hand with free screen getting the actor out. Tim directed the first 4, another director 2, and the last 2 someone else, but it all flowed pretty well. It’s definitely a “fun” show, it’s one to not take SUPER seriously but just enjoy and have fun with it, a few things are a bit loose but it’s all good fun (: Can’t wait to see more!
stunt double is Jenny Umbhau. Things actor Victor Dorobantu. Jenna Ortega took German lessons, cello lessons, fencing lessons, archery lessons, canoeing lessons, and even choreographed a now-viral dance on her own. Even when some were not needed (like fencing) she learn what she could so it wouldn't ruin the flow of the scene, going between her and her stunt double. and yes some were only the things in the script, like the songs on cello or what she says in German (later episode)
It’s weird that one of the complaints for this show was that Morticia was forcing Wednesday to go somewhere against her will, and in the movies she embraced her personality. It’s like those people didn’t watch the second movie where she forced her and Pugsley to go to Sumer camp despite their objections.
The guy who plays thing isn't even an actor. He is a romanian magician, illusionist and guitarist. The people behind Wednesday were impressed with his hand movements that they asked him to be Thing
Tim Burton was an executive producer and directed the first 4 episodes however the creators/showrunners/head writers are Al Gough & Miles Millar who created Smallville. The actor playing Thing is a magician from Romania which is where the series was filmed.
YES! You're doing Wednesday! I honestly wasn't sure what to expect when I first heard of it. The only things I had seen before watching the show were posts from a couple accounts I follow who were posting a lot of Wenclair ship art and pictures from the trailer. But I ended up liking the show quite a lot, definitely an enjoyable and rewatchable one for me.
I've seen this kind of severed hand practical effect before. So it's a real hand with a prosthetic wrist/nub sticking up above the performer's actual wrist while the actor is wearing a sleeve that can be painted out in post. Creating a 100% practical Thing.
I was hesitant to watch this because I’m a fan of the original (tv show, not movies) Addams Family. I finally watched it after it was recommended and I thought it was fantastic and I can’t wait for season 2!
Wednesday is 15 at the start (the actress is older of course). She has her 16th birthday in this season. She & her brother were at high school together in the opening shot, so I figure he is 14, in 9th grade & Wednesday in 10th grade. (They don't say that she was skipped, just say she has excellent grades, so I guess we're supposed to assume she is in the grade she would be according to age.)
Wednesday Addams: "I find social media to be a soul-sucking void of meaningless affirmation." Eric, BLIND WAVE [reacting]: "But that's the best part about it!" While I chuckled in agreement at Wednesday's clever quip, I nodded even more vigorously at Eric's response. And most of you did too. That is why we remain 😉
Some people are really bad at noticing how Wednesday's emotions switch through her eyes. Thank you for actually seeing her shift when she's with Tyler. I thought I was crazy when I saw it and others didn't
Thing previously looked a lot more like someone trying to mimic movement like walking with a hand, while New Thing looks like the actor put a lot of effort into imagining "how would something that had four fingers and a thumb to walk on move?" No wonder it looks almost spider-like, in fact, if you watch a tarantula walk, you'll see similarities. My very arachnophobic friend actually felt some discomfort watching New Thing because of that reason. On the other hand (no pun intended), since Thing's fingers/thumb are coordinated a lot like a spider coordinates its legs, if Thing had two hairy cousins who had beef with each other would look like tarantulas mating.
I have also seen the Addams Family TV Show. Some of the easter eggs extend back to the TV Show. All the students from Nevermore were at the fair. Thing was done with a man in a Blue Suit. Wednesday is 15, Jenna is 20
Really late but the Addams tv show from the 60's! It's really good and the actors in this show defintly did there research! It's just sad cause the girl who played Wednesday recently passsed away. The only actor left is the dad.
such a loss that no one understands the song playing in that first scene when she drops the piranhas: je ne regrette de rien by Edith Piaf, which means I don't regret nothing - sets the tone perfectly!
Fantastic show, hope you enjoy it. I’m excited for season two. Ortega absolutely nailed it along with learning cello, fencing, fluent German, and not blinking for long amounts of time.
The song for the dance scene in the show is Goo Goo Muck, but on tiktok, someone figured out that if you change the tempo of a particular Lady Gaga song (can't recall the name), it fits pretty perfectly. After it was uploaded, that song had the biggest download/stream day in its history.
Love you guys…..y’all got me through a dark time in my life. Y’all videos mean a lot to me. Keep up the good work. Not gonna lie I watched all your movie reactions at least 3 times.
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Fun Fact: Wednesday never blinks
It's really great you guys are reacting to Wednesday, not gonna lie but it's a really good show.
Happy Birthday, Aaron 🎂🎂🎉🎉🎊
If you want another great show with Jenna Ortega in it check out the Netflix show 'You', about a guy stalking different women. She is in season 2
Thing is practical- played by a real actor. The stump is attached to the top of his wrist and it has secondary controls, so he can turn the the stump one direction and keep his fingers planted. He truly brings the character to life.
That's so cool!!
The actor playing Thing is a professional magician (same as the movie), so he has incredible manual dexterity. I've seen some behind the scenes stuff on the official Netflix youtube channel, and he has a prosthetic stump on his wrist and then the rest of him is covered in a green suit.
Eric pretty much worked it out.
Sometimes he’s fully CG like when he falls out of the car
@@mauri9998 sometimes but most of the time it is the actor
You’re right. Jenna wasn’t blinking by accident because she was trying to hold a certain neutral face. Tim Burton noticed Jenna wasn’t blinking and loved it. So he asked her to try to do the whole thing without blinking. Very few blinks. Very few times her eyes close. Typically if her eyes close it’s intentional because she’s allowing vulnerability.
I think someone counted. It's like nine times, and it's basically only in a situations where her emotions are starting to take over slightly.
@@thembill8246 Like during the therapy session in this episode.
She was blinking.
10 times in episode 1, 37+ in episode 2, 12 times in episode 3 , just starting episode 4. Lol
@@toomanywokepeople "very few" no one said she wasn't blinking
Glad you guys are watching this!
The physical comedy of Thing is so genius, I just love that character so much.
Jenna Ortega spent months learning fencing, playing the cello and learning German. The dance part she looked up things and made the dance herself which also has a part Wednesday dance from the 60's tv show. lots easter eggs in it. Love your doing the show I loved it when I watched can't wait until the second season is on. Thing was not CGI a magician did the hand.
I was so happy to see Gwendoline Christie in this show. We didn't see her in the trailers so it was a surprise to me.
There is some great behind the sceenes footage of how they filmed Thing. He's actually played by magician Victor Dorobantu, which is cool, and a nice callback to Thing being played by a magician before. The shot where she holds Thing up is full CG and I feel they have been doing a great job with making him realistic.
Enid is great. She's my favourite character, she's just so.. "maximum emotional" over everything, whether it's happiness or sadness, it's always 11/10
1:11 Fun fact: The Season 2 announcement trailer uses that music, and has Wednesday narrate that she's been "mimicked millions of times across the Internet."
What's the name of the song?
@@prathapkutty7407 _Bloody Mary_ by Lady Gaga, but sped up. You can find it on CZcams, uploaded by itsAirLow.
Oh yay it’s here! Jenna Ortega crushed this role and it’s been renewed for a Season 2. Also, Happy (late) Birthday Aaron! 🥳💜🖤
I think they were saying his birthday is on the day this drops so you're not late I don't believe
Let’s hope they can produce all 4 seasons as they originally planned. Amazon acquiring MGM, which owns the rights to The Addams Family, has thrown a monkey wrench into the whole thing.
@@Rage1732 Media companies have been all over the f'in place. So here's hoping.
@@Rage1732I didn’t know this 😧
@@CatchBackNewss yes! It's today! :) you're right
The Hand that played Thing, Belongs to a magician. He does a great job.
Jenna Ortega is a pleasure to watch, she had big shoes to fill, and she did fantastic
She was great in You
She also had big shoes to fill on set. How did she walk in those things?
I was pleasantly surprised with this show.
I don’t normally watch shows just because of the buzz because ive been disappointed enough before, but people just wouldn’t stop talking about this so I gave in.
I enjoyed it way more than I expected to. And it does consistently get better with each episode.
The finale drops the ball a fair bit IMO, it wraps certain things up way too quickly and introduces some other parts out of nowhere. But the lead up to it was great, Tim Burtons best work since Frankenweenie.
@@tortoiseoflegends4466 That’s fair, and I agree. I feel like the finale would’ve worked better with just one more episode prior to flesh everything out fully. Maybe instead of the Gomez murder subplot (which was clearly just an excuse to get the parents directly involved in an episode), they could have used that time to further develop the events of the finale.
That said, there was some satisfying character stuff between Wednesday and Enid that kinda overshadowed everything else for me anyway.
I'm almost grumpy sometimes when everyone says 'X is good!' and I watch it reluctantly and... ok, ok, it's really good.
(Same thing happened with Arcane)
"Disappointed enough before." *coughcough* GameofThronesFinale *coughcough*
2:35
the exact moment I fell in love with her.
ONE MINUTE into the episode! *ONE* literal minute, and I was hooked.
My 10 year old niece made me watch the show with her, right after she'd watched it with her parents. "This is my favorite show of all time!" she said. And we had so much fun watching it together, I was fully invested and trying to figure out the mystery. "Can I tell you a big spoiler?!" she asked me at one point. No! 😄
Jenna Ortega is so good man. She's had such a year, this, X, even Scream 5 early in the year.
Happy birthday Aaron 🎉 you’re gonna love this show! So excited ❤
PS I think they had a magician play Thing, that’s why it’s so successful
Aaron*
Yeah, they had Ukrainian magician named Victor Dorobantu play Thing and the nub was prosthetic addition to his actual hand. They only used CGI for Thing when everything else they tried didn't look good and that happened rarely.
Didn't expect this. Definitely enjoyed the show, be it loving the good parts or laughing the truly stupid ones. But everyone agrees Jenna nailed it!
Thing was 95% a actor, he's actually a close up magician. They only used CG or props when it was impossible for the actor to do the scene.
Also your right Jenna and Tim Burton decided early on that they wanted Wednesday to blink as little as possible. You'll notice she only blinks in situations where she is uncomfortable.
Jenna put alot of work into the role. She had multiple skills she had to learn and developed the unique way she moves and carries herself. Her dead pan face and expressive eyes were part of that.
Fun fact during a con in Brazil the audience challenged Jenna to not blink for as long as she could, she accepted and proceeded to answer questions. She lasted around 2 minutes to the point her eyes were watering.
It blows my mind, that you guys didn't do a Sandman reaction. That show was so good, and makes for very good react content.
They were really busy when it came out but it's very possible they'll do it someday. If nothing else, it might win a poll.
I know, I have expecting them to react to it. That show was great and now with season 2 confirmed I hope they react to it.
Yess! I really hope they get to it.
The show sucked
@Drew McKenzie it did and it isn't
Thing is played by a Romanian magician. He just wore a blue suit so that they removed his body. His Instagram is amazing to really get some good behind the scenes on how they did everything.
What a cool surprise! Hope you guys have a great time with the show!
It’s mind blowing that the creators of Smallville also created this show!
you can tell they were given more reign on the back half of the season when tim burton stopped directing. teen drama was easier to see then
Thing is 100% practical. I've seen some BTS images and it's basically like Eric said. The stump is a prosthetic with a stick so they can move it as needed, and the actor has a blue sleeve on.
Yeah this is a great show! As everyone said, Jenna crushes it, with things like others explained with the blinking, the dance she choreographed, learning some fencing, German, to play the cello, and everything, she’s amazing.
Thing is a magician’s hand with free screen getting the actor out.
Tim directed the first 4, another director 2, and the last 2 someone else, but it all flowed pretty well.
It’s definitely a “fun” show, it’s one to not take SUPER seriously but just enjoy and have fun with it, a few things are a bit loose but it’s all good fun (:
Can’t wait to see more!
stunt double is Jenny Umbhau.
Things actor Victor Dorobantu.
Jenna Ortega took German lessons, cello lessons, fencing lessons, archery lessons, canoeing lessons, and even choreographed a now-viral dance on her own. Even when some were not needed (like fencing) she learn what she could so it wouldn't ruin the flow of the scene, going between her and her stunt double. and yes some were only the things in the script, like the songs on cello or what she says in German (later episode)
It’s weird that one of the complaints for this show was that Morticia was forcing Wednesday to go somewhere against her will, and in the movies she embraced her personality. It’s like those people didn’t watch the second movie where she forced her and Pugsley to go to Sumer camp despite their objections.
The guy who plays thing isn't even an actor. He is a romanian magician, illusionist and guitarist. The people behind Wednesday were impressed with his hand movements that they asked him to be Thing
Tim Burton was an executive producer and directed the first 4 episodes however the creators/showrunners/head writers are Al Gough & Miles Millar who created Smallville. The actor playing Thing is a magician from Romania which is where the series was filmed.
Calvin and Rick must've won rock paper scissors.
Happy Birthday Aaron!
Thing is played by Victor Dorobantu. He's a magician and I imagine that had a lot to do with him getting the job (flexibility and nimble fingers).
YES! You're doing Wednesday!
I honestly wasn't sure what to expect when I first heard of it. The only things I had seen before watching the show were posts from a couple accounts I follow who were posting a lot of Wenclair ship art and pictures from the trailer. But I ended up liking the show quite a lot, definitely an enjoyable and rewatchable one for me.
14:29 still one of my favorite moments from the whole series. It's hilarious but also the emotion from Thing was so great.
HAAAAPPY BIRTHDAY AARON!! 🥳 🥳 🥳 🥳 🥳 🥳 🥳 🥳 🎂 🎂 🎂 🎂
I've seen this kind of severed hand practical effect before. So it's a real hand with a prosthetic wrist/nub sticking up above the performer's actual wrist while the actor is wearing a sleeve that can be painted out in post. Creating a 100% practical Thing.
This series was filming in my country ( Romania)
Birthday greetings, Aaron! 😉
So a theory about Thing is that he's the hand of Bruce Campbell from Evil dead 2. Which I can see being an epic thing.
I was hesitant to watch this because I’m a fan of the original (tv show, not movies) Addams Family. I finally watched it after it was recommended and I thought it was fantastic and I can’t wait for season 2!
Filmed in Transylvania, lots of small actor roles are romanian actors, even Thing is a romanian magician
I am very excited for this and i really like how you guys upload Wednesday on a Wednesday
Wednesday on Wednesday! Happy birthday! ❤️ Aloha from Hawaii!
Wednesday is 15 at the start (the actress is older of course). She has her 16th birthday in this season. She & her brother were at high school together in the opening shot, so I figure he is 14, in 9th grade & Wednesday in 10th grade. (They don't say that she was skipped, just say she has excellent grades, so I guess we're supposed to assume she is in the grade she would be according to age.)
Happy b-day Aaron!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AARON!!!!!!
Wednesday Addams: "I find social media to be a soul-sucking void of meaningless affirmation."
Eric, BLIND WAVE [reacting]: "But that's the best part about it!"
While I chuckled in agreement at Wednesday's clever quip, I nodded even more vigorously at Eric's response. And most of you did too. That is why we remain 😉
They cast a real magician who could express things with his hands, for Thing.
So glad that you guys are finally checking out the show and on Wednesday no less. You're in for quite the adventure
Some people are really bad at noticing how Wednesday's emotions switch through her eyes. Thank you for actually seeing her shift when she's with Tyler. I thought I was crazy when I saw it and others didn't
IT HAS BEGUN
Thing previously looked a lot more like someone trying to mimic movement like walking with a hand, while New Thing looks like the actor put a lot of effort into imagining "how would something that had four fingers and a thumb to walk on move?" No wonder it looks almost spider-like, in fact, if you watch a tarantula walk, you'll see similarities. My very arachnophobic friend actually felt some discomfort watching New Thing because of that reason.
On the other hand (no pun intended), since Thing's fingers/thumb are coordinated a lot like a spider coordinates its legs, if Thing had two hairy cousins who had beef with each other would look like tarantulas mating.
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The actor for Thing is a magician. A great idea to hire someone whose career focuses on slight of hand.
Happy birthday aaron i wish u d best long life n enjoy yr day wt yr boys n family i love yall wt love from trinidad
Happy birthday, Aaron! This is going to be fun!
I have also seen the Addams Family TV Show. Some of the easter eggs extend back to the TV Show. All the students from Nevermore were at the fair. Thing was done with a man in a Blue Suit. Wednesday is 15, Jenna is 20
First saw Jenna Ortega standing out in X (great film), I'm so glad she's had a breakout role and become a known name.
“X to doubt”
Really late but the Addams tv show from the 60's! It's really good and the actors in this show defintly did there research!
It's just sad cause the girl who played Wednesday recently passsed away. The only actor left is the dad.
Christina ricci is the teacher lol i didn't realise til i watched it
Didn’t expect this, what a pleasant surprise!
Thing is, indeed, a real hand, btw...
happy birthday Aaron! this is gonna be fun! ❤
My fave Christina Ricci movie as a kid was Now and Then. Devon Sawa (human Casper) had a crush on her in that one too.
Love that you immediately recognized Danny Elfman
There were ads with a remote-controlled thing robot in the streets. It is AMAZING. Look them up!
such a loss that no one understands the song playing in that first scene when she drops the piranhas: je ne regrette de rien by Edith Piaf, which means I don't regret nothing - sets the tone perfectly!
The Inception song
Happy Birthday Aaron!!
4:13 Tell 'em Large Marge sent you! HAHAHHAHA!
I've had exams for the last week and I completely missed this but I'm so excited that you're reacting to this
Yay. So glad you guys are doing Wednesday. Happy Birthday Aaron. 🎉🎊
I'm glad you talked about her eyes, she show so much and so little at the same time! She's gorgeoussss 🥺
Happy birthday Aaron. Stay Healthy and Cheerful!
Wednesdays just got a whole lot better! Community and Wednesday on Wednesday!
Fantastic show, hope you enjoy it. I’m excited for season two. Ortega absolutely nailed it along with learning cello, fencing, fluent German, and not blinking for long amounts of time.
The song for the dance scene in the show is Goo Goo Muck, but on tiktok, someone figured out that if you change the tempo of a particular Lady Gaga song (can't recall the name), it fits pretty perfectly. After it was uploaded, that song had the biggest download/stream day in its history.
Bloody Mary
That’s actually insane. It never ceases to amaze me how many people use tiktok, and how they influence the internet
Love you guys…..y’all got me through a dark time in my life. Y’all videos mean a lot to me. Keep up the good work. Not gonna lie I watched all your movie reactions at least 3 times.
Happy birthday Aaron 🥳🥳
There is a video of the hand on CZcams showing how it done.
Thing is a real hand. They hired a fantastic hand actor, you need to see the bts of scenes with Thing.
Well it's about time you guys watched it. Though you have probably been too busy. Also nice one posting the video on a Wednesday
Happy birthday 🎉
This show is streets ahead.
Of the kindergarten maybe…
I really enjoyed this show and Jenna Ortega is incredible Wednesday and happy late birthday for Aaron💜
Sad Rick and Calvin didn’t want to join. Aaron’s wife could have joined too. 2:29
Nah this is going to be a hard watch. I feel too old to be watching blindwave after reading these comments
Aaron's wife, Melanie joins from episode 2 onwards.
@@laxuspoldish6165Yay!!!
Woooooh. Was waiting for this!!! Love this series!
You guys started this just as I have, good timing 😂
Finally I've been interested in your takes on this show
Miles Millar, who also did Smallville, worked on this as well
Glad you two enjoyed it. It is a really fun show. Can't wait to see more reactions here.
Never been this early much love from New Zealand boys 👌
Someone counted how many times she actually blinks though out the whole show and it came up to a whopping 9 times
This show reminded me a lot of Sabrina (the remake show), but more focused, since Sabrina felt like it didn't really know where it wanted to go.
Lol hulk gollum! 😁
So glad to see you're reacting to this 😊😊
Happy birthday Aaron!
Damn,.. took your sweet time
wednesday reaction in a wednesday.... nicely played
This show is great hopefully no one spoils it for you.
I didn't know I needed this
Yes I get 5 reactions!!! Four-sight Rider here. So excited! Worth the wait.
I'm excited you're reacting to Wednesday. I didn't think you'd be doing that so soon. Also, nice that it comes out every Wednesday