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Captain D produces some of the most impressive technical content out there, wrapped in subtle and not-so-subtle zingers, and breathtakingly illustrated. Decompo
by myself248 2y ago
Captain D produces some of the most impressive technical content out there, wrapped in subtle and not-so-subtle zingers, and breathtakingly illustrated. Decomposing a frame into its brightness channel, rotating it, and collapsing the columns to make a waveform graph? Mind completely blown.
The debunk videos are his major stock in trade, but I personally love (and discovered him through) the explainers about frame rate and shutter speed, color spaces, interlacing, and other details of the video art.
And of course, his mindbogglingly detailed exploration of Flight of the Navigator -- if you've seen the film, make some time tonight and watch it.
- HappMacDonald 2y agoYou should also watch his similar documetary on Back to the Future. :chefs_kiss:
- schlauerfox 2y agoIt was more of a demo reel pitching himself to direct a sequel. Give him the job!
- Tomte 2y agoI have never watched the movie, only heard about it in CD‘s video. I have watched his documentation at least six or seven times now. It is that good.
- myself248 2y agoOh, it's worth a watch. The intro sequence (no spoilers, but when you get to the dog scene, you'll know what I mean) is just great, and there's a handful of classic lines I quote to this day. (Sarah Jessica Parker and the Coke question! No VFX needed, it's solid gold on its own merit.) I honestly don't know how the film holds up today, especially from the eyes of a grown-up watching it for the first time. The overall narrative may or may not earn its keep, I guess. But all those VFX shots were in service of a larger story, and if nothing else I think you'll appreciate them more in context.
- gopher_space 2y agoFlight of the Navigator wasn’t a good movie then or now. It is an excellent focus for childlike wonder, however.
- Terr_ 2y agoSomehow that puts me in mind of Explorers (1985).
- abruzzi 2y agothe alien comedy monolog was hilarious to me as a kid, but I haven't watched Explorers in probably about 30 years.
- moomin 2y agoIt’s enjoyable, but the writers basically had a really good idea for the start of a movie and then no idea of how it should develop from there.
- RajT88 2y agoSeems fair. I recall Paul Rubens, jokes about Twisted Sister, morphing spaceships, time travel, Fort Lauderdale Florida (which seemed impossibly alien to this midwesterner), and a lot of pop culture references.
- gosub100 2y agoI watched it and will recommend. It's on HighSeasflix.
- 4ggr0 2y ago> HighSeasflix i searched for HighSeasflix and got 0 results, is that just your way of talking about torrenting?
- wezdog1 2y agoArrr me hearty
- beAbU 2y agoOnly seaworthy ways of browsing the internet can be used to find it.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 2y agoMost likely torrenting but could also be referring to the practice of using a vpn to access content available in another country on your streaming service of choice but not your home country
- s09dfhks 2y agoMaybe the speed of sound was particularly fast that day
- dangsux 2y ago[dead]
- somedude895 2y agoI can barely watch his videos because for some reason I find his humor really irritating.
- verisimi 2y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyixMpuGEL8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyixMpuGEL8
- chucksmash 2y agoI wore that VHS out as a ~four year old. Haven't thought about that movie in decades. Thanks for the recommendation.