Recap / On The Tropes Ep 201 Practical Effects

Ep 201 - Practical Effects

Released: Wednesday Nov 06, 2019 at 05:00 AM - Length: 1:31:04

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Top Five	Kyle	Eva	Cir	Themos	Nick	Paul from Ep 204
5	CPU Access scene - Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Trucking in sand and dirt from the Utah desert... that turned out to be radioactive and gave many of the crew cancer - The Conqueror	Werewolf effects - An American Werewolf in London	Transformation scene - An American Werewolf in London	Transformation scene - An American Werewolf in London	David Hasselhoff scene. Pulled across the sea on a sled and also a 11 foot replica of the Hoff in other shots BBC - SpongeBob SquarePants
4	Face melting - Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Lost Ark	The car chase - The Blues Brothers	Bullet Time - The Matrix	Face transformation - Sh The Octopus	The baby - Eraserhead	Face melting - Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Lost Ark
3	Various roles as a contortionist - Troy James	Creature effects - The Thing (1982)	Tokka and Rahzar - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ii The Secret Of The Ooze	The Phantom - The Phantom of the Opera (1925)	The Tyrell building - Blade Runner	Exploding head - Scanners
	Various roles due to his unique appearance - Doug Jones
2	Dinosaur effects, especially the kitchen scene - Jurassic Park	The beast people - Island of Lost Souls	The Child aka Baby Yoda - The Mandalorian	Possession effects - The Exorcist	Skating scene - Modern Times	Robot effects - Short Circuit
1	Multiple examples of using practical effects when it would have been easier to use CGI - Christopher Nolan	Cars and stunt work - Mad Max: Fury Road	Cars and stunt work - Mad Max: Fury Road	Transformation effects - The Fly (1986)	Extensive use of Matte Paintings - Citizen Kane	Double amputee used for CPR scene - The Thing
Honerable Mentions	Jack seeing Wendy and Danny walking through the model maze - The Shining		Eye Gouging - Deadwood	Zombie effects - Night of the Living Dead	Chestburster scene - Alien
	Train fight - Skyfall			Stop motion effects - Ray Harryhausen
	Jaeger cockpit controls - Pacific Rim			Gymnast bent double to wear Tik-Tok costume - Return to Oz
	Crafted settings - Lumino City
	Crafted settings - Truberbrook

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Mentioned

Computer-Generated Images	Rec	Dick Smith
Special Effect Failure	Pan's Labyrinth	Max von Sydow
The Call of the Wild (2020)	The Shape of Water	Rutger Hauer
Harrison Ford	Hellboy (Film)	Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Jack London	S04E10 - Hush - Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Sam Raimi
The Call of the Wild	Victor Massague	Drag Me to Hell
Isle of Dogs	Rob Bottin	Charlie Chaplin
Cockfighter	The Howling	No OSHA Compliance
Narrator	Our Werewolves Are Different	Buster Keaton
Get off my plane! - Air Force One	Shown Their Work	By Wall That Is Holey
I already work around the clock! - Extraordinary Measures	Man on Fire	Jackie Chan
Lady and the Tramp (2019)	The Thing from Another World	Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai
Disney Live-Action Remakes	The Thing (2011)	Under the Skin
Guillermo del Toro	Gord Robertson	Jonathan Glazer
Christopher Nolan	Mark Ginther	Truck flip - The Dark Knight
Cosmetics Tropes	Rock Lyon	TARS - Interstellar
Rick Baker	Kurt Bryant	Dogfighting - Dunkirk
The Irishman	Awesome Mccool Name	Train down the city street - Inception
Soft Glass	S08E20 - Space Mutiny - Mystery Science Theater 3000	Plane heist - The Dark Knight Rises
Squib	The '90s	Nightmare Alley
Black Panther	Lon Chaney	Cirque du Soleil
Ryan Coogler	Method Acting	George Miller
Marvel Cinematic Universe	Viggo Mortensen	Babe
The Avengers (2012)	Exene Cervenka	Academy Award
Martin Scorsese	X (Band)	Mad Max
Alan Moore	Robert Pattinson	Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Fitzcarraldo	Kristen Stewart	Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
Gremlins	Charlie's Angels (2019)	Guy Norris
Horror Films	Hot Ones	Wuxia
Deleted Scene	Deontay Wilder	David Cronenberg
Director's Cut	Chris Evans	Chris Walas
Arnold Schwarzenegger	Luke Evans	Painful Transformation
Linda Hamilton	Sean Evans	Museum of the Strange and Unusual
Making Use of the Twin	Sean Murray	Stephen King
The Marx Brothers	Blazing Inferno Hellfire Sauce	Dreamcatcher
Mirror Routine	Key & Peele	Does This Remind You of Anything?
Extreme Mêlée Revenge	Hallucinations	Geena Davis
John Wayne	S08E09 - El Viaje Misterioso De Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer) - The Simpsons	Height Tropes
Howard Hughes	Johnny Cash	Jeff Goldblum
The Topic of Cancer	http://www.movingimage.us/visit/MuseumOfTheMovingImage	The World According to Jeff Goldblum
Yellowface	Miniature Effects	Disney+
Scarlett Johansson	Ridley Scott	Roger Ebert
John Landis	Blade Runner 2049	Flashback
Creator Cameo	Escape from New York	Orson Welles
Off with His Head!	Matte Shot	Hoggle - Labyrinth
Gory Discretion Shot	Stan Winston	David Bowie
Lon Chaney Jr.	Jaws	Five Nights at Freddy's
Body Horror	Wally Westmore	The Terminator
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Charles Gemora	Gumby
Darth Vader - Star Wars	Bela Lugosi	Eagles
Meaningful Name	The Island of Doctor Moreau	The Flying Burrito Brothers
Willing Suspension of Disbelief	Little Bit Beastly	Pete Kleinow
Time Lapse	Beast Man	Tom Savini
Nightmare Fuel	Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism	Stop Motion
The '80s	Professional Wrestling	The 7 Th Voyage Of Sinbad
Hellraiser	Minimalism	Nathan Juran
Cruel and Unusual Death	Deborah Chow	Attack of the 50-Foot Woman
Hate Sink	Werner Herzog	Kazaam
They Live	Badass Adorable	Shaquille Oneal
Musical Number Index	Jerk with a Heart of Gold	The Berenstain Bears
Carrie Fisher	Jj Abrams	The Mandela Effect aka Fake Memories
Eye Scream	Star Wars: The Phantom Menace	Enforced Method Acting
Wire Fu	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Room 237