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  • pooperj wrote on September 10, 10:05 am

    I wanna also know how 2 make a super hero

  • daydreamer1 wrote on September 10, 10:10 am

    What do you mean by super hero?Like weapons?

  • hotelfboy55 wrote on September 10, 10:22 am

    this probobly has to be the best episode eva!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • hotelfboy55 wrote on September 10, 10:23 am

    please tell me u r doing minutures next week! i need to make my monster movie!!

  • Blu Mage wrote on September 10, 11:00 am

    Ha ha, The Flying Squrriel, cute. I believe they used that superhero on Whose Line Is It Anyway? Along with the Super Duper Pooper Scooper.

    Nice job, Erik! I can't wait for more episodes!

  • matthiasdeo wrote on September 10, 11:40 am

    6th beaver lol

  • SorcBear wrote on September 10, 11:53 am

    hahahaha, i love that bfx short! NUTS! ahahaha. They are getting less and less cheezier and a lot more funnier this time. Not saying they weren't great before. x]

  • mac_millz wrote on September 10, 12:18 pm

    sweet erik next time remember to protect your nutz!!!!

  • sandmanfvr wrote on September 10, 12:52 pm

    Good stuff. To me those guys on that other show, looked like idiots. Just my opinion. I guess they were challenging you guys in fun, just there are alot of know it alls on the net.

    Great build and good costume for $50.

  • StunTLobster wrote on September 10, 2:12 pm

    Heh, my nuts thats classic humour right there.

  • mambo wrote on September 10, 2:36 pm

    hi eric i was wondering if you could tell me how to make a cheap gun turret (the sitting down type), i've tried the rest now lets try the best.

  • Jason wrote on September 10, 3:42 pm

    And I want to make a squirrel costume, why?

    I hope these episodes start picking up some momentum soon. This kind of thing could have been on Threadbangers instead.

    The Kung Fu one was ok, but wasn't very in depth. You have good quality stuff, make em longer!

  • Weker1 wrote on September 10, 4:42 pm

    Squirrel Girl?!?!!?
    Sorry there is a hero from marvel called that, she beat a fake DR.Doom once, she was all I could think of, with her sexy Squirrel tail....WHAT?, I mean!!!!.... Who are the two new people???....Nothing else..............

  • uhrisuh wrote on September 10, 4:47 pm

    what's with all these haters??

  • BlOoDrEdSaNdMaN67 wrote on September 10, 5:08 pm

    KAIJUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • BlOoDrEdSaNdMaN67 wrote on September 10, 5:08 pm

    please

  • zebragrrl wrote on September 10, 5:28 pm

    Hey you guys.. I know some of you have come here expecting to learn how to do Quentin Tarantino on the cheap.. but this is, from what I have seen, geared towards younger filmmakers. Take a glance through the archives. giant sandwich, smashing heads, the guys from Sock Monkey show up to beat up Erik

  • noone wrote on September 10, 5:53 pm

    uh take a close look at the spining thing on the wheel of prosperity. . .

  • jason voorhees 2007 wrote on September 10, 6:22 pm

    hey earic can you make fake guts???????????
    it would be real cooooool beacuse i need some
    for my horror movie thanks

  • liger wrote on September 10, 6:42 pm

    there is no super time lapse

  • Hudson wrote on September 10, 7:12 pm

    Hey, you keep mentioning that if I want to make an awsomme home film I could use some Special FX. Well, I tried resurching programs on the internet and I can't seem to find one and you mentionned you had some downloads on your site. Do you think you can send me a link for a special FX program download(peferrably a free program).
    thanks, Huddy.

  • brandon wrote on September 10, 7:29 pm

    freaking awesome keep it up

  • Patrick wrote on September 10, 7:34 pm

    That didn't seem like a very useful episode. All it really teaches is how to make your costume. The only general tip you give is what to use for tights.

  • Patrick wrote on September 10, 7:40 pm

    For the gun turret question. If you're not trying to make a sci fi turret, I recommend you watch there BFG episode, I figure you could take two things like those and attach them to a spacey looking swivel chair.

    If you want to make an actual turret which was used in some past war, you'll probably need to spend a fair amount of money.

    For the guts question, You can get animal parts from a butcher, I don't know the cost.

  • Hat wrote on September 10, 8:36 pm

    I really think you need to moderate some of these comments, or otherwise the comments section will start to look like the dumb ones found all over YouTube.

  • dizzy wrote on September 10, 8:48 pm

    im starting to think the will of prosperity is fixed!

  • noone wrote on September 10, 9:03 pm

    ^^ agreed

  • zealotta wrote on September 10, 9:06 pm

    hahaha "my nuts!"
    that's hilarious!!!

    the wheel looked a little, you know, "helped"? lol

  • Jason wrote on September 10, 9:51 pm

    Who's hating? I'm just stating the obvious. I've watched all the episodes from the start, and no that Erik and the crew can do much better than this.

  • Blu Mage wrote on September 10, 10:32 pm

    OMG! There's actually A GIRL in this episode! And not all dudes! Power to the chicks, yo! Sorry, I just noticed. XP

  • daydreamer1 wrote on September 10, 11:16 pm

    Hi Jason!

    I found a site that shows you how to make fake blood,skin and guts.Here is the link.

    http://www.leavingcitylimits.com/bag.html

  • Pete359 wrote on September 11, 1:52 am

    Another great ep guys.
    Erik, could you seen out of that thing??

  • daheadlesshero wrote on September 11, 3:58 pm

    Check out http://filmyboard.freeforums.org/ for my cool new indie film forum. I'm sure you guys will like it.

  • BlOoDrEdSaNdMaN67 wrote on September 11, 5:30 pm

    EEEEERRRRRRIIIIIIKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    i REALLY need to know how to make kaiju suits!!!!!!!!!
    i'm a kid ind i don't have too mucth time so PLEASE
    work on it (please)

  • BlOoDrEdSaNdMaN67 wrote on September 11, 5:32 pm

    HOTELFBOY55!!!!! HOW DId U MAKE YOUR KAIJU SUIT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

  • ErikBeck wrote on September 11, 9:52 pm

    Hey Pete359, I could totally see through the mask. Actually the yellow/orange lenses made it easier to see!

  • Pepsikirby11 wrote on September 12, 2:22 pm

    Hooray for the Flying Squirrell!

  • daydreamer1 wrote on September 12, 10:22 pm

    Hey Erik,I need help with aking super heroish props.If my idea goes right,then I might start my own short power rnagers or super sentai series,and I need help with ideas for the weapons and the morphers.And if you can,how about a super villian suit?I got the megazord covered.Thanks so much if you can help.Oh yeah,the helmets,do you have any ideas on how I can do them?

    Much love,

    -daydreamer

  • Pete359 wrote on September 13, 3:50 am

    Yeah my dads got sunglasses that are yellow and he says the same thing. Cheers Erik, take it easy.

  • IRKSAW wrote on September 13, 2:15 pm

    awesome

  • Tylerdx wrote on September 15, 12:46 am

    Oh man so funny, I cannot belive how good you are at it!]

    Oh man so funny at 3:59 to 4:00 XD

    My nutz!

  • hotelfboy55 wrote on September 16, 7:23 pm

    BLOODREDSANDMAN67: i'm not using costumes. I'm using stop motion

  • moviemansam89 wrote on September 17, 11:54 pm

    Eric you forgot the most important thing of being a superhero... ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR NUTS!!!!!!!!

  • captainnodrugs wrote on September 22, 4:42 pm

    My nuts!


    P.S. No drugs kids!

  • devinrocks33 wrote on September 25, 7:41 pm

    dude you should make FLYING SQUIRREL: THE MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ON THE FIRST HALLOWEEN SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • devinrocks33 wrote on September 25, 7:42 pm

    OH, IFORGOT. HOW DO MAKE THE WEBS LIKE THE WEBS ON SPIDERMANS COSTUME.

  • stighansen wrote on September 27, 9:32 am

    really nice costume!:)

  • GEOFFGRAAAHAAMAAM!#$@%$^ wrote on October 1, 8:47 pm

    dude erik your voice mail box is always full when i call and i really do a rad moguleen super time lapse :( plz respond!!

  • aaron32995 wrote on October 17, 10:43 pm


    I love how at 50 sec he has a cobra dogs shirt on.

  • Underman! wrote on October 28, 4:44 pm

    DUDE U ROKKKK!!!!

  • mithrandir89 wrote on December 5, 9:41 pm

    take that suckers, il try one with a bird or something like that

  • BFX is da bomb wrote on January 24, 6:49 pm

    $50 holy c**p thats alought im a 12 years old and i dont have 50$ i only have like 20 and that has to last me maybe i should get a job?

  • BFX is da bomb wrote on January 24, 6:51 pm

    my nuts what are u people doing in your spair time

  • Spleenless92 wrote on March 18, 3:56 pm

    Awesome Episode!!!!!!!!

  • www.youtube.com/capntac (guest) wrote on August 7, 2:57 pm

    Lol, this was awesome!

Backyard FX: Super Hero Costume

Challenged by the dark lords of The Stack, Erik Beck must design a Super Hero Costume for under $50 in order to save the entire Universe!!!

Tags : hero, super, costume, squirrel

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