While BobbyBroccoli originally used Bois’s Google Earth animation style, his latest docuseries has been fully integrated into Blender, although it retains the concept of gradually stitching together a virtual board to create powerful connections visual connections between characters and story concepts. This is part of what keeps these videos from simply looking like a Bois knockoff, as each of BobbyBroccoli’s series adopts a distinct visual style. For example, the human cloning series ties it all together at a casino card table to help enrich a story of international bluffing.
BobbyBroccoli also has Bois’s gift for breaking down topics you may not fully understand into compelling content. But while an episode of Very good you might need to explain how hard it is to miss a basketBobbyBroccoli must explain high-level science. Which means not only explaining how the periodic table works, but also how ultra-heavy particles are “discovered.” And how a fraudulent research paper escaped some experts while others were able to spot the fake.
Although visual connections seem to be the most obvious homage to Bois’s work, BobbyBroccoli actually understands that what really makes a video about guys named Bob Or a particularly remarkable launcher it’s not all fancy graphics: it’s that at the end of the day, these are stories about people. Extraordinary people, but still people. Even science, despite all its noble activities, is also the work of men. Imperfect, idealistic, selfish, glory-seeking human beings. No matter how difficult the elite quest is, if humans are involved, there will be an interesting story to tell.