VFX Show 261: Thor - Love & Thunder

Mike Seymour (the thunder from down under), Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin discuss Taika Waititi’s “Thor: Love & Thunder” on the latest episode of the VFX Show.

VFX Show 260: Love, Death, & Robots

In this special episode of the VFX Show we look at Love, Death + Robots with Blur’s Supervising Creative Director for the series Jerome ‘Jed’ Denjean from Los Angeles. We’re also joined by Autodesk’s Håkan ‘Zap’ Andersson from Sweden.

The Love, Death + Robots series is an adult animated streaming anthology created by Tim Miller for Netflix. The series is produced by Blur Studio, and it consists of stand-alone episodes in wildly different styles with varied stories connected in some way to the title. Each episode is produced by a different animation studio from around the world.

Mike Seymour in Sydney, Jason Diamond in New York City, and Matt Wallin in Richmond, VA talk with Jed and Zap about how the episodes are made and what makes this anthology series so compelling. Listen for free at FX Guide.

MARS 2022

I was invited back this year to MARS 2022 as an alumni. The conference this year was held at the Ojai Valley Inn. It was another amazing and inspiring year with some old friends and lots of new ones.

VFX Show 259: Star Trek - Picard & Strange New Worlds

Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin seek out new life in the latest episode of the VFX Show. We explore both Picard and Strange New Worlds. Listen for free at FX Guide.

VFX Show 258: Dune - Part 1

Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin discuss the visual effects in Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part 1”. Listen for free on FX Guide.

VFX Show 257: The Book of Boba Fett

He should have stayed in the sarlac pit. Click here to listen online for free at FX Guide.

VFX Show 256: Black Widow

Mike Seymouruski, Jason Diamondetski, and Matt Wallinoffka form a dysfunctional family of Soviet super spies as we defy physics, logic, and character development in this week’s VFX Show discussing Marvel’s Black Widow. Listen for free online at FX Guide.

VFX Show 255: Loki

Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin are caught in a time loop that leads to a conversation about the Marvel/Disney streaming television show, Loki. We talk VFX, franchise fatigue and what’s next. Listen online at FX Guide.

Blade Runner: Special Photographic Effects

“The real key to doing the special effects on this or any other picture is the experience

and ingenuity of the people involved. It is not the equipment.” 

— David Dryer

This quote from Special Photographic Effects Supervisor David Dryer really resonated for me. It’s from an article in the July 1982 issue of American Cinematographer. It’s a great read for any student or fan of visual effects and it details the tenacity, teamwork, and gumption required for complex creative problem solving.

Ridley Scott: A Retrospective

Ridley Scott has long been one of my all time favorite filmmakers. While he certainly has laid a few eggs along the way, his films are the ones that I return to more often than any others. Ian Nathan wrote this coffee table style book that is really a broad survey of all of Scott’s work to date. It goes deep in a few key sections and glosses over some lesser received projects. I highly recommend the book to any big fans of his work. Its a must have for the home library.

Landing on Mars.

This is the coolest thing I think I’ve ever seen.

VFX Show 253: Wonder Woman 1984

Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, & Matt Wallin get gnarly and talk about the like totally awesome tubular visual effects in Wonder Woman 1984. Listen to the radical discussion online at FX Guide. Also check out Mike, Jason, & Matt in the 80’s in the images below.

VFX Show 252: Tenet

Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin live in a twilight world and there are no friends at dusk. We pass through a lazy-Susan/turnstile and use entropy to talk backwards catching IMAX frames on our Apple Watches as we talk about Christopher Nolan’s TENET.

VFX Show 251: David Lynch's - Dune

The sleeper has awakened! Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin fold space to find the Kwisatz Haderach on the latest retro episode of the VFX Show as we explore David Lynch’s divisive 1984 epic, Dune.

Eight-one Eleven

Eighty-one eleven is hosted by visual effects artist and VCUarts Professor Matt Wallin, V.E.S. (also co-host of FX Guide's VFX Show podcast). Each episode is a conversation with a guest who worked at George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic during its 40+ year history. Guests discuss their journeys and career paths, and how working at ILM changed them.

But its really just an excuse to catch up with old friends. New episodes every Monday. Subscribe for free in your favorite pod catcher.

VFX Show 250: Raised By Wolves

Jason Diamond, Mike Seymour, and Matt Wallin land on Kepler 22B after the annihilation of Earth. On the latest show we talk about the wild plot and the visual effects in Ridley Scott’s epic series, Raised By Wolves.

VFX Show 249: Greyhound

Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin come up to periscope depth from the Covid-19 pandemic to discuss the action packed Tom Hanks’ film Greyhound. A hard left rudder chat on visual effects, streaming feature films, and our favorite “dad” war movies.

VFX Show 248: DEVS

Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, & Matt Wallin discuss free will, determinism, the multiverse, quantum computing, and the genius of Alex Garland’s DEVS.

The Art of Space: Art and Science: A Match Made in the Heavens

I did a short interview with NPR for With Good Reason. I talk about visual effects, MARS, and the importance of art as well as science. If you’re stuck at home, give a listen. The whole show is pretty solid. I’m in the second segment of the program. Click on the image to be directed to the program.

VFX Show 247: The Rise of Skywalker

The dead speak! Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin discuss JJ Abrams’ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and the end of an era. Listen online at FX Guide.