Everything We Learned About The DEATH ANGELS From 'A Quiet Place: Day One'

[@NerdCookies]

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[@carolynallisee2463]

So, if the Death Angels are their biosphere's equivalent of leaf-cutter ants, then let's pray that their equivalent of an anteater failed to make it to Earth as well!

[@z_wulf]

My main problem with this movie was the insane inconsistencies of what the creatures reacted to. A loud book? A creature shows up not 5 seconds later. Thousands of humans marching down a street through rubble? Anyone who's ever been to any march knows just how loud that is, and yet it took a solid 30-40 seconds for anything to show up. And that's the most extreme example, yet that movie had so many different things that were inconsistent with the aliens.

[@mccheesy9865]

I think their attracted to no natural sounds like a window breaking or a book falling like you said. Continuous sounds like a waterfall or thousands of people walking are probably more natural sounding to them so it probably took them some time to figure out that all the people walking was actual people and not like just something that nature does occasionally.

[@thejurassicking3817]

Also the helicopter lured many of them away from the area so they would be pre occupied chasing the helicopter.

[@aliahpersonous2893]

A DA was probably near the book. Weren’t there a dozen+ DAs crawling down the buildings in the March scene? I’m sure they heard the humans.

[@zachariasj2120]

In the movie it was the shown that the wheelchair & luggage made a lot of noise when walking.

[@anydaynow01]

I just loved the film because the lead actor had a cat as a loyal companion 😸! This was a pretty good film and really helped the lore along, especially the nest scene. Looking forward to more which push the lore and maybe see more of the alien host since these Death Angels seem more like shock troop to clear out a planet in preparation for the real invasion.

[@2GuysTalkingPodcastNetwork]

Your statement at 9:00 is VERY apt. The faster that future storytellers infuse COMPASSION with ass-kicking/survival instinct/forward striving elements, the faster we'll get back to being satisfied with what we're given. I just hope it begins far soon rather than later.

[@owenoone9445]

I liked the third movie as well. The ending was emotional and it explained her desire to go to the city and to relive happy moments with her dad.

[@medianvideos]

Yeah I like they are expanding the lore a bit more. I heard somewhere that the death angels don’t attack out of malevolence or anything, but rather it’s a defensive mechanism because they are blind and on their world it was dead quiet. So maybe they are “attacking” sounds as if that sound is a threat. This would reframe how we see them completely. Doesn’t make them less terrifying lol.

[@valenciavisuals]

Don't they make noise when they move? I think they might have some sort of hive mind.

[@zachariasj2120]

Extremely quick too

[@GodzillaSamurai]

​@valenciavisuals well yeah but they obviously don't attack themselves. Maybe the death angels communicate in some way. Thats the mystery about them, always a Maybe with them. I like that

[@jadzsienes2184]

if their planet was dead quiet tho, how would then they have evolved to react to noise? nahh i dont think their planet as quiet is a good assumption, maybe a possibility, but those creatures were practically made for sound...well..almost...okay yeah these creatures are a big inconsistensy i give up😂

[@2GuysTalkingPodcastNetwork]

I'll take a BUNCH of these movies, showcasing the spectrum of people that are educated/prepared enough to defend themselves, and then those who clearly AREN'T. It would make for an interesting slate of "which fate would YOU choose?"-style stories that could propel half a dozen storytelling offerings that aren't only endearing, but a clear sample of people choosing/fostering their own fate.

[@vgernyc]

I had a thought, the Death Angles must have evolved on a inhospitable and hostile planet of intense competition. Also, if the Death Angles are really the vegetarians of said planet, then who were their predators? And if the Death Angles and their food survived crashing on Earth, where did their predators crash land at?

[@aliahpersonous2893]

Herbivores don’t need a predator to exist.

[@RedTSquared]

My biggest fear..... friggin Bullet Proof Aliens!!!

[@michaelpipkin9942]

Mimics from Live Die Repeat would fuck em up.

[@anonymousrex5207]

The whole premise is ridiculous... they showed in the first movie that these things are super sensitive to loud noises to the point where it hurt them, yet they show these things arriving on meteors crashing into the planet. Even if you buy the fact that they are somehow tough enough to survive the impact, the crazy loud noises from the the point of entering our atmosphere to impact would absolutely kill them based on what we saw. Additionally, why would these things go anywhere near places like New York? I get terrorizing people in small towns in the countryside, but if loud noises were really that painful for them, then they would complete avoid all population centers and naturally head somewhere quieter. It is an interesting premise for a scary movie to help build tension and suspense, but the origin story they gave the aliens just doesn't make any sense. They also would have been smarter to say they were drawn to loud noises because of how they hunt rather than being a weakness too... otherwise the narrative of the story falls apart. Horror/ scary movies always suffer from the problem of explaining the lore in a way that makes sense because the movies are just designed to deliver jump scares and suspense.

[@theinkslicer]

Sound isn't their weakness tho, they're just drawn to it because obviously they're blind. Only reason the characters were actually able to hurt them in the first films is because they hit a certain pitch that fucked with their senses, there's a frequency with anything. Like nails on a chalkboard for us. It just kept their faceplate open long enough to get a hit in on the soft tissue under it. Also it's not like these things chose to land in nyc

[@ozzysummerall2501]

Sound doesn’t kill them, the high pitched frequency messed with their senses and ability to think straight, the atmosphere wouldn’t have killed them via sound, same with New York or any major city. The same thing works for humans, but the right pitch for us and we’d be disoriented, but we can live in New York and major cities, or listen to loud music with headphones or AirPods without being disoriented. And as for being tough enough to survive the landing, their planet had such an extreme environment they evolved overtime to overcome the harsh environment, therefore allowing them to survive their planet exploding and send them to Earth.

[@RyllenKriel]

I hope any future additions to this franchise are done as classic silent films.

[@thenotoriousgryyn342]

I thought I saw movie art, showing Aliens Ships sending these parasite laden meteors. It was kind of disappointing when I didn't see this. I like the idea, of them using the corpses of their victims to create the organic soup for their food. I would love to see this story turned into a TV Series, or a series of Video Games, where we see the story shown around the world. How each part of the world deals with this infestation, have other nations discovered their weaknesses to high frequency sounds? It'd be cool if another group in another part of the world have discovered this, and then discover that the Death Angels can destroy each others armored plating, so these survivors harvest the bodies of the ones they kill, and make suits of homespun armor out of their plates and teeth, so they can survive longer in battles with them. And there are human societies that practice total silence, such as Ninjitsu Practitioners in Japan, Shaolin Monks in China, Buddhist Monks in Tibet, Christian Monks and Nuns in Monistaries and Convents, and Native Tribes in The Amazon. Would these groups venture out into the world, finding and taking survivors to safe safety, and eliminating as many Death Angels as possible? As for water, I think they don't mind water, but being immersed in it blinds the Death Angels, muffles any sounds, that's why they avoid it, their Echolocation abilities are useless. That being said, I'd like to see how other creatures in the sea, deal with these Death Angels, particularly Orcas, whom we all know emit high frequency songs to navigate and communicate. Could these be lethal to the Death Angels? And would the Orcas attack and feed on a Death Angel, if given the chance?

[@jadzsienes2184]

reading this made me realize that i am more scared of the possibility that these DAs would evolve to have echolocation similar to whales, tho i doubt theyll go to that direction for this franchise, and plus that doesnt mean they can learn to automatically swim first.

[@stephenhester9503]

Now we need an alien invasion movie with creatures that see but can’t hear lol

[@anydaynow01]

By the way I've always liked the Starcraft Adjutant like voice you use in these lore videos, just adds another layer of the science fiction feel and aspect to the news and lore stories you bring to us! Please don't change it because of a few negative comments, that fringe group can go elsewhere 😅.

[@bbartky]

Nice video-thanks! I was pleasantly surprised who much I liked this one. I liked it more than the second and almost as much as the first one. I liked how focused it was on the main characters and I thought Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn were great. And thanks for that info about how the Death Angels (DAs) are akin to leaf-cutter ants. I’ve felt since the first film that they are non sentient and akin to insects. Speaking of which, my theory on the DAs is that they’re like giant Tardigrades (aka water bears). For those that don’t know, Tardigrades are just about the hardiest animals in existence. For example, they can be exposed to levels of radiation and temperature extremes that virtually no other animal can survive. They can even survive long exposure to a complete vacuum. What happens is they become dormant but once exposed to water they come back to life as if nothing happened. Similarly, I believe the DAs were dormant for millions of years but when they were exposed to the Earth’s atmosphere that were revived. And fortunately for them, but for humans, their food source also went dormant but revived when exposed to the Earth’s atmosphere.

[@austinwalker3737]

Did anyone else notice the fact that the Death Angel guarding the nest was, like, 20ft tall??

[@thestarseeker8196]

That entire sequence gave me the same “oh shit” suspense as in Aliens when Ripley stumbles upon the Queen’s chamber. I definitely noticed the huge lumbering alien there.

[@Anywaays]

Fr but couldn’t hear a human breathing and probably had their heart thumping right next to them

[@thestarseeker8196]

@@Anywaays We don’t see them murking animals or sources of lower, ambient noise. They’re just more like librarians from hell. If you speak you gotta go

[@Anywaays]

@@thestarseeker8196 I just rewatched the first 2 the other day and they actually do kill a small rodent/raccoon in the first one in the corn field

[@burgertacokitties]

Maybe the death angels are like a hive, the normal ones roam the land for food or maybe to get extra territory and there’s more of those big ones and they could be females that lay eggs like a queen

[@regis_red]

I went out of the theatre thinking “Oh, this one is actually about euthanasia…”

[@MrCheeseJr]

What? Did we even watch the same movie? My brother in Christ this movie is about fucking aliens 💀

[@regis_red]

@@MrCheeseJr Aliens can be a metaphor.

[@halohaalo2583]

Dune is about worms.​@@regis_red

[@renuvatio9986]

I haven't watched it yet waiting to get it on streaming I literally loved the first 2 films but Emily Blunt is my favorite actress so I might be Bias. I also love the Bird Box series aliens that you cant look at and these you can't make noise an interesting dynamic. I am glad that they haven't revealed all of the aliens lore gives us something to look forward too a little mystery is always good who know the Mushrooms may be a psychedelic and they are gettin high,. There are a lot of unanswered questions but I can wait I will just enjoy the show. Great info as always...

[@shanenolan5625]

Thanks Elaine

[@TrollTeam6-h3q]

The only thing new thing I learned(from the movie) was the Aliens eating the eggs from the crash site. No one is talking about this on any other channels and theories keep things going. Thanks for addressing

[@Thomas-VA]

i still say that death angels should not be able to survive their planets destruction ejecting them into the void of space as well as the heat of entry into earth's atmosphere hitting ground high velocity impact. They are just so lucky and if they called ahead, we could have set up a nice resting area for them to land and have a bite to eat peacefully, instead of some of the toughest military weapons that shred walls and cakes.

[@cernstormrunner7263]

The nD's from INVASION: EARTH (1998) were also based on Leaf-cutters. Only they didn't kill the people they took... they let their "food" digest the victims while still alive.

[@pyroromancer]

Imagine James Cameron swooping to direct a quiet film from t,he persoective of the military This franchise can go in any direction

[@paxofpayne]

A quite place four like alieins ,were the army counter attacks ,, thou probably it would be the navey

[@mueffe1357]

I was expecting a spoof ending like the alien in Spaceball. Clearly that alien gained intelligence after eating a few humans. 😂

[@andrewcram6032]

My problem and perhaps unfounded is where or who brought these parasitic Death Angels to earth because these creatures seem more like animals then sentient beings. I may have missed something in the video but I was intrigued by the breakdown. Thanks Elaine! :)

[@EnterTheFenix]

Their own planet exploded, and they survived in the void of space on chunks of rock for however many thousands of years, and then arrived on Earth by happenstance.

[@Mentat1231]

​@@EnterTheFenix The odds of them getting specifically here at random are infinitesimal. I'm convinced something sent them here as a first wave, and that they're coming next.... I mean, even at the level of "leaf-cutter ants" (or even birds), there's no way they could get here on purpose or by accident.

[@Theggman83]

I haven't seen the movies.. do these aliens attack everything that makes noise? Like animals? Cause a species like that would destroy their environment, leaving no prey. If left on earth long enough, they would destroy it.

[@Wimpiethe3]

@@Theggman83 Yes I believe it was said most large to medium sized life was wiped out pretty quick. And animals are attacked in the first movie. But who knows what kind of animals were around on their planet. They may not have been the top predator.

[@Theggman83]

@@Wimpiethe3 an animal that aggressive couldn't possibly evolve naturally.

[@Kingramze]

I just don't understand the creatures themselves. They seem to find sound painful, but arrived on roaringly loud meteorites with thunderous crashes to Earth? were they dormant so the sound didn't hurt them? How could anything biological survive that impact unless it was microscopic spores? I need explanations, but I get nothing. lol.

[@captnwinkle]

Exactly! Tthese monsters are just stupid. The sound of the meteorite falling should have killed them and it took me 15 mins into the moviento figure out how to kill them. But no military or Scientist discovered that in the first days?! And on the second movie they jump at the water and drown but not in the third? It's a stupid movie series and monster

[@studgud3345]

It’s the e high pitch that is painful for them not sound

[@aliensoup2420]

The "indestructible" concept is what loses me. C'mon... they are made of some unknown natural material impervious to a high velocity 50mm bullet, a laser, a nuclear bomb? They have joints, which would be a weak spot. Anyway, if they are sensitive to water, they were pretty stupid to land on a planet that is 75% water on its surface.

[@Kingramze]

@@aliensoup2420 THIS! So much this! I need some science in my sci-fi, otherwise we're just dealing with something supernatural.

[@aliensoup2420]

@@Kingramze It's lazy writing..."I want sharks with frickin lasers".

[@AtlanticPicture]

Somewhat similar to The Tomorrow War. Another movie I couldn't take seriously. It is important to consider practical limitations and to have critical thinking; otherwise, the viewer is pulled out from the immersion of the story and turns the sci-fi into a Looney Tunes episode. I love movies, and science fiction is definitely at the top of the list, but once the director and the characters start making... beyond questionable decisions just (to quote Ryan from Pitch Meeting) so the movie can happen... that's not the right reason and definitely not the right direction. Just for fun I asked GPT about constructing the sand pathway. 😂 If that's app 40cm wide and 3cm thick, it would be 638,639 lbs or 319.32 US tons per 1 mile. (didn't double check bc that's just one of the dozen other issues).

[@definitelynotRoberto]

It seemed like the military would've used sound to herd them to one area then *POW* right in the kisser

[@sebastiengoulet360]

The aliens are scary for sure but i doubt they could endure high caliber ammo like 50 cal and up or even a tank shell at their size the shock of the shell would kill them for sure they would get rip to shreds

[@tyedrichill8097]

They survived impact from space, so I dont know

[@aliensoup2420]

Maybe if we capture a dead alien body and make bullets from their exoskeletons, it would penetrate a live body. Anyway, the indestructible concept is stupid. It's a lame excuse for lazy writing.

[@griffinparker8581]

I didn’t like day one because it didn’t address how the high frequency noise should’ve been figured out relatively quickly and weaponized.

[@tyedrichill8097]

They were more efficient at killing us than the other way around

[@lawrencereid2767]

I still think a AA12 would ruin their day

[@Theggman83]

Yeah, I refuse to believe that something like a .50 BMG would be completely useless against these creatures.

[@andrewm7874]

@@Theggman83they did ride in on meteors tho

[@Theggman83]

@@andrewm7874 yeah, that's silly.

[@tyedrichill8097]

​@@Theggman83if they survived meteoric impact, then it makes sense that the composition of their exoskeleton is stronger than armed fire

[@Theggman83]

@@tyedrichill8097 lol surviving a meteor impact, especially with all that noise seems impossible. Unless a death angel has armor that's inches think, it's not stopping an AP round from a .50...

[@benquinneyiii7941]

Superfortress Lincoln Mitchell

[@tomdonahue8227]

I've always look at these aliens as Guard dogs for their masters.

[@cernstormrunner7263]

that was my thought about the White Spikes from TOMORROW WAR

[@emilgabl9069]

No

[@ichigen511]

I wish you and Mr. H would focus your attention on these amaing lore videos. You really shine in this arena. It's when you get together with other KZbin bullie's and kick the lifeless body of something you hate that I lose interest. Oh well. Opinions and assholes! Don't be an asshole.

[@toreystreet1639]

Who is here because of the game? If so you’re in for a true experience 🎉❤

[@michaelthomas5433]

Why can't they just walk along the bottom of any body of water? And if they die from lack of oxygen, after travelling through space on meteorites, just use thermobaric weapons.

[@jacara1981]

Well even here on earth, Humans can't eat most things. The odds of an alien lifeform being able to eat anything on our planet is astronomical.

[@emilgabl9069]

They did not eat the humans. They used the organic material to make their food.

[@rafaelmazas6593]

I enjoyed this movie analysis FAR MORE than I did the movie. As Nerd Cookies states, there is NO lore building in this installment. Only juicy morsel we see is their nourishment. Next Quiet Place sequel better deliver or this franchise is officially a DUD 💥

[@tyedrichill8097]

Nah man, it's okay. It's a simple movie, simple premise. We gotta be quiet or these things will come kill us. It doesn't need to be way more complicated than that

[@emilgabl9069]

🤡

[@Davepool-hs7vr]

I wonder how many more ideas can be made with the A Quiet Place franchise

[@Alphachewei]

Unfortunately the sequel and this film has ruin the original for me. It just inconsivable for me that the human society can be destroyed by an alien with so many fatal weakness. Drown in seconds when umder water, easily distracted by low sound, high pitch sound even paralyzed them, can't fly and have almost no intelligence.

[@marknovak6498]

"A Quiet Place Day One" is a story about humans rescuing a cat from Manhattan after an alien invasion.

[@captnwinkle]

Sorry, but these monsters are just stupid. The sound of the meteorite falling should have killed them and it took me 15 mins into the moviento figure out how to kill them. But no military or Scientist discovered that in the first days?! And on the second movie they jump at the water and drown but not in the third? It's a stupid movie series and monster

[@julesknight1511]

Such a dumb scifi idea

[@ogungou9]

Wow! You're so smart. Huge brain. humongous intelligence.

[@TrollTeam6-h3q]

what a dumb comment

[@d-_-b8558]

How so? I found it ingenious with the simplistic premise. Less is more.

[@julesknight1511]

@@d-_-b8558 It worked okay for 1st movie as long as you didn't think about it too much. An alarm clock & explosives would fix the problem easily, same with a high frequency weapon

[@ogungou9]

@@d-_-b8558: I concur.

[@RA-dq4ro]

This movie was incredibly bad

[@ryancoles18]

Yea just like you😂

[@RA-dq4ro]

@@ryancoles18 ur mom does like baddys so yeah