While BobbyBroccoli originally used Bois' Google Earth animation style, his latest docuseries have moved entirely to Blender, even as they maintain the concept of slowly assembling a virtual frame to create powerful visual connections between characters and story concepts. . This is part of what keeps these videos from looking like just a Bois knockoff, because each of BobbyBroccoli's series adopts a different visual style. For example, the series about human cloning ties everything together with a casino table game to help enhance a story about international bluffing.
BobbyBroccoli also has a Bois-like ability to break down topics you may not fully understand into engaging content. But while an episode of Pretty good Maybe he needs to explain how hard it is to miss a field goal, BobbyBroccoli needs to 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 went unnoticed by some experts, while others were able to detect the forgery.
As much as the visual connections seem like the most obvious tribute to Bois's work, BobbyBroccoli actually understands that what really makes a video about guys named Bob or a particularly notable pitcher isn't just the fancy graphics: It's that it ultimately , these are stories about people. Extraordinary people, but simply people. Even science, for all its noble goals, is also made by people. Imperfect, idealistic, selfish, fame-seeking human beings. Whatever the challenging elite quest, if humans are involved, there will be an interesting story to tell.