The new video is now available, but Warner Bros. rejected the fair use dispute, so they may have dropped a bunch of ads on it - hopefully it's not too egregious!
The next video is now available for Patrons, and I'm hoping can be available for everyone at the end of the week.
Since this video deals pretty specifically with one movie, the footage got auto-claimed by youtube's system so I need to wait for that to clear before making it available publicly, which could take up to a month.
If you want to check it out before that, you can join us over on the Patreon at:
I'm trying to get some shorter videos out more frequently rather than disappearing for half a year between projects, and the next video will be out on Friday, May 2!
If you'd like to check it out early, it's currently available for patrons at patreon.com/empirewreckers
I've had some extra time during the holidays, so I put together another quick video - this one is taking a look at some of the early marketing for the new Superman movie and comparing it against what was done with previous films.
It's currently available for Patrons and will be available publicly on Friday!
The next video "A Short Introduction to Transformers for New Fans" is now available for patrons and will be available publicly on Friday!
What was intended to be a short palate cleanser between larger projects turned into my longest video to date - oops! I'm planning to dive into the next Prequel What-If video soon, but I might do a palate cleanser for the palate cleanser, just so there's not another half year between videos.
Quick update for the next video - "What if The Phantom Menace came out in 1987?"
As the project began to take shape, I realized that because I had to explain and justify all the changes to the story, it was starting to impact the telling of the story itself. So I decided that instead of one video, each What-If would be split into two - one video that's just the story of the alternate version of the film, and one that has the full breakdown of all the changes.
And with this month being the 25th anniversary of The Phantom Menace, I wanted to make sure I had at least the story-only version done by the end of May.
However, I think the "main event" is the full video, with the shorter version being a bonus that people can check out if they want to see how the story works on its own, or if the full video's stops-and-starts make the narrative difficult to follow.
So rather than putting the story-only version up publicly on its own and potentially confusing people with what is essentially contextless fanfiction, I've made it available over at the Patreon (www.patreon.com/empirewreckers) for anyone who's interested in getting a preview of the story until it's ready to release along with the full version.
And for everyone else, hopefully you won't have to wait too much longer for the full video. I'm aiming to get it done by the end of June, which seems doable now that I just need to fill in the gaps between the 187 storyboard frames I spent the last three months making.
I'm still a couple of months away from the next video, but in the mean time I wanted to make a Channel Update to talk about some other stuff that's going on.
The short version is that the lingering effects of last year's Hollywood strikes means that me (and many other people) are currently a stiff breeze away from being laid off from our jobs in the VFX industry - which isn't an environment that's super conducive to making hobby youtube videos.
So if you've been enjoying the videos so far and are in a position to help the channel stay on its feet, check out the Empire Wrecker patreon, which has about 3 years of bonus content that you might enjoy.
In the last post about upcoming videos, I mentioned a What-If video about an alternate version of the Star Wars prequels released in the 1980's.
I realized that would probably be a pretty lengthy undertaking so I decided to make something shorter and simpler instead... and that ended up taking 6 months!
Anyway, our new video chronicling the design history of a bunch of Star Wars aliens is now available for our $4CAD+ patrons (over at patreon.com/empirewreckers), and will be released to the public on Friday.
Empire Wreckers
Hi everyone,
The next video is now up for Patrons, and will be available for everyone on Friday!
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Empire Wreckers
Hi everyone,
The new video is now available, but Warner Bros. rejected the fair use dispute, so they may have dropped a bunch of ads on it - hopefully it's not too egregious!
2 months ago | [YT] | 89
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Empire Wreckers
Hi everyone!
The next video is now available for Patrons, and I'm hoping can be available for everyone at the end of the week.
Since this video deals pretty specifically with one movie, the footage got auto-claimed by youtube's system so I need to wait for that to clear before making it available publicly, which could take up to a month.
If you want to check it out before that, you can join us over on the Patreon at:
www.patreon.com/empirewreckers
2 months ago | [YT] | 51
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Empire Wreckers
Hi everyone!
I'm trying to get some shorter videos out more frequently rather than disappearing for half a year between projects, and the next video will be out on Friday, May 2!
If you'd like to check it out early, it's currently available for patrons at patreon.com/empirewreckers
7 months ago | [YT] | 76
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Empire Wreckers
Hi everyone!
I've had some extra time during the holidays, so I put together another quick video - this one is taking a look at some of the early marketing for the new Superman movie and comparing it against what was done with previous films.
It's currently available for Patrons and will be available publicly on Friday!
11 months ago | [YT] | 93
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Empire Wreckers
Hi everyone!
The next video "A Short Introduction to Transformers for New Fans" is now available for patrons and will be available publicly on Friday!
What was intended to be a short palate cleanser between larger projects turned into my longest video to date - oops! I'm planning to dive into the next Prequel What-If video soon, but I might do a palate cleanser for the palate cleanser, just so there's not another half year between videos.
11 months ago | [YT] | 66
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Empire Wreckers
Hi everyone!
The next video "What if... The Phantom Menace came out in 1987" is now available for patrons and will be available publicly on Friday!
1 year ago | [YT] | 181
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Empire Wreckers
Hi everyone,
Quick update for the next video - "What if The Phantom Menace came out in 1987?"
As the project began to take shape, I realized that because I had to explain and justify all the changes to the story, it was starting to impact the telling of the story itself. So I decided that instead of one video, each What-If would be split into two - one video that's just the story of the alternate version of the film, and one that has the full breakdown of all the changes.
And with this month being the 25th anniversary of The Phantom Menace, I wanted to make sure I had at least the story-only version done by the end of May.
However, I think the "main event" is the full video, with the shorter version being a bonus that people can check out if they want to see how the story works on its own, or if the full video's stops-and-starts make the narrative difficult to follow.
So rather than putting the story-only version up publicly on its own and potentially confusing people with what is essentially contextless fanfiction, I've made it available over at the Patreon (www.patreon.com/empirewreckers) for anyone who's interested in getting a preview of the story until it's ready to release along with the full version.
And for everyone else, hopefully you won't have to wait too much longer for the full video. I'm aiming to get it done by the end of June, which seems doable now that I just need to fill in the gaps between the 187 storyboard frames I spent the last three months making.
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Empire Wreckers
Hi!
I'm still a couple of months away from the next video, but in the mean time I wanted to make a Channel Update to talk about some other stuff that's going on.
The short version is that the lingering effects of last year's Hollywood strikes means that me (and many other people) are currently a stiff breeze away from being laid off from our jobs in the VFX industry - which isn't an environment that's super conducive to making hobby youtube videos.
So if you've been enjoying the videos so far and are in a position to help the channel stay on its feet, check out the Empire Wrecker patreon, which has about 3 years of bonus content that you might enjoy.
www.patreon.com/empirewreckers
1 year ago | [YT] | 13
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Empire Wreckers
In the last post about upcoming videos, I mentioned a What-If video about an alternate version of the Star Wars prequels released in the 1980's.
I realized that would probably be a pretty lengthy undertaking so I decided to make something shorter and simpler instead... and that ended up taking 6 months!
Anyway, our new video chronicling the design history of a bunch of Star Wars aliens is now available for our $4CAD+ patrons (over at patreon.com/empirewreckers), and will be released to the public on Friday.
1 year ago | [YT] | 77
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