MIMIC TRILOGY - Strickler's Disease and Judas Breed Hybrid Explored| Good Science, Bad Bug ( 1 2 3 )

[@RoanokeGaming]

Thanks for watching guys! hope yall have a good weekend, also TS files vs MP4 are ridiculous, hence the later video lol ALSO I meant to say 40,000 generations concerning humans, not 40 lol I cut off that audio by accident

[@kingshadow8782]

Hey

[@kingshadow8782]

Good job Roanoke Gaming.

[@thelordofthelostbraincells]

Can you do the *species* series next please? It's got some interesting metabolic human-alien stuff going on.

[@jacobmcdaniel6705]

I love these movies. Thank you for covering them

[@denifnaf5874]

Hey! Sorry to be a bother but when half life 2 part5?

[@DrErikNefarious]

I always loved the first movie because the monsters actually acted like ANIMALS. Everything they did was in line with what a natural insect would be doing. I.e. only attacking for food or protecting the colony, being tricked by pheromones, etc. They worked so well that I gave a pass to that dumb gene splicing/rapid evolution plot line that started the whole mess.

[@RoanokeGaming]

exactly!

[@xenodragonlord6007]

Del Toro has always does research into the movies he makes tbh, he's great at making creatures seem realistic in a way.

[@jesshorn257]

@@xenodragonlord6007 that explains why mimic had such cool creature effects didn't know it was a del toro flick

[@TheShadowguy64]

Good science fiction has the world we live in and one difference. Could be big, could be small, could be far in the past making big changes today. Usually that difference is an impossible technology, like in this movie.

[@Burner-B]

@@jesshorn257 it's the movie that almost made him give up on Hollywood. Knowing it is a del Toro flick brings out all the studio meddling... Weinstein ftw...

[@chakatBombshell]

There are actually quiet a lot of insects that mimic not as defense against predators but to feed on other species. Fireflies learn to mimic the flashes of smaller firefly species so they can eat them and their is more than one creature that mimics ants and just follows them around and just picks one off when it strays from the group, bugs are scary.

[@torniojawsFAWM]

Isn't that known as marriage? ;)

[@unifiedhorizons2663]

Wasp mantis and wasp wasp o hello Carl Carl well hello there wasp: …… hey await, you ain’t a wasp mantis b17ch toss wasp

[@memelurd7341]

And the fuzzy moths

[@unifiedhorizons2663]

Spider ants giggle in nightmare fuel.... there’s a imposter among us

[@P.Subaeruginosa]

Bugs don't have intent though they just react to stimuli, humans are the scary ones

[@AM-kf2zt]

14:00 You're not giving the cop enough credit. He wasn't trying to "hoof it out of there". He was acting as a distraction. Knowing that by being wounded and bleeding, he would have slowed them down and attracted the bugs, he instead decided to distract them by acting as bait. It should have been obvious seeing how he was singing when it had been earlier established that it attracted the bugs and was something he did when stressed. He was probably trying to keep his wits while knowing his fate or at the very least draw the bugs towards him while the rest escaped.

[@jackalope2302]

Right, he was rather unpleasant (and usually justified) but ultimately a noble guy.

[@Goldenkitten1]

Yeah I was kinda confused when he said that. We know he watches these movies through given that he has to to come to a conclusion so it was strange that he made such an obvious misinterpretation. Because it wasn't vague what the cop was doing, he literally tells them to get out of there while he distracts them. I remembered that and hadn't watched the movie in years, how Roanoke missed it I having just watched it I do not know.

[@Goldenkitten1]

@@jackalope2302 I think it was less him being an unpleasant person and more of a "I am not paid enough for this shit" sort of situation. He repeatedly keeps trying to do his job and tell them to stay away only for them to keep ignoring him and trying to get around him, only to drag him into a life or death situation in which he becomes seriously injured...I'd be pretty grumpy too! Hell despite it being all their fault he still saves them. If anything he's too nice.

[@jackalope2302]

@@Goldenkitten1 hence unpleasant but justified. Even Mr. Rogers would gripe about babysitting two geeky scientists in the sewers.

[@toasteddingus6925]

Worddd I like how he died

[@Deckaio]

44:45 there's also aggressive mimicry. Where an predator mimics a species which might either attract prey or not be perceived as thread by a different species. A prime example are Photurinae, they mimic the "light" of fireflies to attract males and eat them. Considering that the judas breed is preying on humans, this might also be the possible evolutionary benefit for why they have adapted to humans.

[@RavengerX1]

There's also the various types of Ant Mimic Spiders which can copy the pheromones of which ever ant species they prey on, have body shapes more in line with ants, and some, similarly to the human judas breed, have elongated mandibles that fit together to mimic the shape of an ant's head. Really incredible stuff.

[@johng8837]

Also in Beijing alone there are 1 million people living beneath the surface in various infrastructure. I wouldnt be surprised if New York had a similar population in its tunnels so humans and rats could be their main food source

[@ShardtheWolf]

The lack of PPE and safety precautions at the start is the most accurate part of the movie.

[@SulphurFoxx]

I love that Roanoke's reasoning for the bad acting was just that this takes place in New York

[@adrammelechthewroth6511]

Pft! Typical southerner. You'd think the South would learn from their transgressions by now. The fact I was born in the south never ceases to piss me off. (SIGH) Well at least it's not the mid-west or west.

[@Recoil1808]

@@adrammelechthewroth6511 As someone in New York state... Yeah no, a bit exaggerated but I mean he's not *wrong.* The city's a mess. And that isn't just the bitterness from it being one of exactly two locations in my entire state where a vote matters in the least.

[@UsenameTakenWasTaken]

@@Recoil1808 Doesn't it feel fucking GREAT to know that powerful shitheads completely negate your vote? One party makes cities more powerful, the other suppresses with gerrymandering and outright hostile laws while peddling conspiracy theories that imply they literally cannot lose any election ever. Oh boy. The future looks bright.

[@ATemplarIGuess]

@@adrammelechthewroth6511 I would hope this is sarcasm

[@goblined]

@@ATemplarIGuess hope not. Screw the south, you guys hate literally everything in the country

[@skeletalmesh9872]

Fun fact, this was the first acting role of Norman Reedus! He's one of the sewage treatment plant workers.

[@forgettable8300]

That's so epic

[@mojus2890]

Who's that?

[@forgettable8300]

Hes the main character in death stranding hes also in walking dead

[@mojus2890]

@@forgettable8300 I don't know what that is

[@forgettable8300]

@@mojus2890 death stranding is a game and the walking dead is a show try searching them on here they are fairly popular

[@ctdaniels7049]

42:10 If I recall correctly, the liger is so massive because it retains some traits for growth but lacks one of the parents' traits for *stopping* growth, leading to an ABSOLUTE UNIT.

[@disbeafakename167]

But the males come out tiny, because they have a double 'stop growth now' gene.

[@RyunosukeHachi]

@@disbeafakename167 Actually, males reach a total length of 3 to 3.6 m (9.8 to 11.8 ft), while females tend to reach 3.05 m (10 ft) long on average. Seems like both sexes tend to grow about the same size, give or take a foot.

[@NoESanity]

not exactly that was a theory for a while. it's closer to say that ligers basically go through both lion and tiger puberty, so both genes for the growth between juvenile and adult are expressed. if it was that they didn't have the gene to stop growing, you'd have 30ft long ligers they reach maturity at about 4 years old and live to about 20, so they would be like 3-5 times as massive give or take diet and the like.

[@sendmorerum8241]

To clear up confusion: Lion-tiger hybrids only grow huge if the father was a lion; if the father was a tiger, the offspring is on the smaller side (and called tigon). The theory was, both tigers and lions have growth inhibitor genes, but lions get it from the mother, tigers get it from the father.

[@sendmorerum8241]

@@NoESanity puberty actually acts like a growth stopper

[@yaqbulyakkerbat4190]

Due to the lung development and the 'messy' attraction to the bug lady in the second movie I comfortably believe Dr. Tyler used human dna as a binder of some sort due to her time constraints. Could have been that the less than ideal boyfriend in the second movie could have, or was close, to bridging that gap.

[@humatrixf9076]

I actually have a theory about the human mimicry, lungs and intelligence being adapted into the Judas breed’s evolution. The chemical substance the original generation used to amp up the roach’s metabolism you said had mutagenic properties. Which is what made their metabolism increase, perhaps the chemical had the unintended side effect of genetic blending, as in it assimilated the DNA of a different organism into the Judas breed. As to how it explains why human traits such as lungs and intelligence and the extreme form of mimicry made its way into these insects. You have to remember that the roaches lived in the sewer, a place that houses all the biological waste that humans produce on a daily basis. Whether it be urine, feces, blood from various reasons, anything. So it could be possible that the chemical mutagen the Judas breed produced which affected the roaches also blended the present human dna from the waste consumed by the roaches with both insects as they bred. This is a theory but I figured it would be something that could assist in figuring out how the Judas breed could have developed their current form.

[@598019001]

New york, Would not be shocked if there was more than one body in that sewer to a company the other human waste, With possibly Generation upon generations of those amped up metabolic Judas Bugs snacking on it/them, Which could explain why they started adapting towards hunting humans in the first place, Human bodies being the richest, albeit rare source of nutritious they could find until they evolved to go and get it themselves.

[@BioGoji-zm5ph]

That's disgusting. Please explain further.

[@germanperp651]

The school looking like a dungeon is way more common then you think. The dungeon areas look the backrooms, some classrooms, the maintenance halls, and just all the floors in my highschool. Dust and random stuff everywhere. Yes it was a absolute sh%t hole.

[@Tarumarugan]

Hell yea, my high school had a new campus that was still connected to the old building and they still used some of the old building’s rooms. It was like walking into one of those asylums from the 1920s or something. It was creepy af

[@AmericaTheSimpleMinded]

Well we can’t afford to spend money on education, because it’s so bad. We’ve gotta save that for tax rebates and credits, to the guys that let people go and demolish oversights to the tune of 10% of our accumulated tax dollars. And a steadily increasing 65% straight to “the military” with around 2% of that going to the soldiers welfare, and care.

[@legendswarble2845]

For real. My old school had the entire outside recess area fenced in sections like the sections outside of prisons.

[@slendersera]

A few of the buildings at my old college were pretty weird. There were lots of oddly shaped rooms. Plus, cramped hallways that had random curves and inclines. I always thought that it would be extra horrible to be in one of those places during a fire.

[@walterabanathy7814]

Lost my wife to an autoimmune disorder, it's a mindfuck to watch someone's body attack itself to its own end. She was officially diagnosed with wegeners granulatomis but also had symptoms consistent with relapsing polychondritis and beschetts syndrome, so it was probably some chimeric bullshit no one has named yet. It was what drove me to start learning about immunology and biology in general, and one day papa roanokes videos showed up on my vids you may like section, and we both became fans.

[@ericfrancisco6615]

Sincere condolences.

[@rosiehawtrey]

Conceivably could have had all three at the same time - didn't they try a hard reboot on the IS? I wonder though - any remote chance of exposure to something like 2,4,5T/2,4D or OP/DIELDRIN? Sorry for your loss, know how it feels, lost my partner on her 22nd birthday - cancer she couldn't possibly have..

[@cooper10182]

My wife has Hashimoto's, basically an autoimmune thyroid disorder

[@dr.bright5670]

Dude just reading that ripped me up, so I can't imagine living with it. I'm sorry for your loss man I hope you're hanging in there

[@busyg67]

I’m so sorry for your lost

[@wojciechmurza1637]

Right now in biology i’m learning about viruses and I know the most in class thanks to you.

[@RoanokeGaming]

Glad to have helped brother, I love and also despise viruses at the same time, bunch of freeloaders

[@nenmaster5218]

@@RoanokeGaming Speaking of Diseases and Current-Era-Problems: KZbinr Some More News covers the political meaning and the social effects of Covid pretty damn-well.

[@project4061]

Honestly, I have found it a lot easier to learn about stuff from media, and how Roanoke breaks down the story and the biological consequences is no exceptions!

[@nenmaster5218]

@@project4061 What about 'Oversimplified' and 'Bluejay' then?

[@nenmaster5218]

@@RoanokeGaming ?

[@thehappyaipom]

The only reason new York isn't under water is because we have the periodic hot days that feel like the Sahara and Mohave desert had a love child. Then it's back to torrential rain.

[@kennethsatria6607]

I always loved the concept for this franchise, evolved intelligent insects mimicking rough human forms by way of "masks" and an upright posture, to better hunt them but not just being a man bug, still possessing their natural weaponry and superior maneuverability and speed. Its really great use of speculative evolution in creature design, even if the validity of the writing fails in areas like saying we were somehow in any way their predators when we are clearly prey. I have no idea why they would write it like that.

[@CM-hx5dp]

I mean... prey doesn't tend to drive it's predators to extinction...

[@zeframmann1641]

@@CM-hx5dp The thing you need to understand is that humans are monsters. Individually we're weak, as a species we're the most horrifying life-form in existence. We basically annihilated every creature in every ecosystem we've ever inhabited due to our ability to use tools and act collectively and a rampant instinctive need to exterminate anything that could even potentially hunt us. Even Australia couldn't stop us and they have spiders with life-bars. Sure, against a school-teachers and homeless the Judas Breed are terrifying, even to an armed cop. Flood those tunnels with 5k marines with flame-throwers, concussion grenades, gas cannisters, and automatic shotguns with dragon's breath rounds and it'd be a different story while nests outside of cities could be spotted with infra-red imaging and taken out with bunker-busters. Starship Troopers is the only one to get this right. We're far far scarier than a bug army.

[@AveSicarius]

@@CM-hx5dp I mean they do if they ever develop weaponry capable of killing their predator's while far exceeding their population size. Regardless, many prey items will actively kill predator's, especially their young, if they ever get the opportunity, they just aren't thorough enough about it due to limited cognitive skills, otherwise they absolutely would eradicate their predator's, and they have the means to do so. Most predators are far outnumbered by their prey items, and if those prey are of a similar size, and have some form of weaponry, it isn't inconceivable at all for them to easily turn the tables if they chose to do so. Even a herd of Gazelle could wipe out a Lion pride if they decided something along the lines of "for the many we sacrifice the few" and just charged them as a group. Let alone Wildebeests or other prey with serious weaponry. I'd say we classify as prey items in most natural interactions with predatory species, yet we've wiped a fair few out due to artificial equivalents to evolutionary weapons combined with being able to work as a group and outnumbering those predator's significantly. A Tiger is absolutely a natural predator of Homo Sapiens given the chance, but they are still going extinct at our hands.

[@alexar4583]

The short story that this movie is based on is so much better in my opinion. Such a good read if you can find it

[@TRFAD]

Right that's what made this movie interesting and worth a thought since it was speculative about how evolution could function if it were sped up or manipulated in some way. To see how that could play out sort of makes it a little more real in a way and way creepier.

[@alexwisz9527]

Mimic is a good choice. Props to Guillermo Del Toro as always! I will also reiterate my suggestion of covering the Goa'uld parasites from Stargate SG-1; I'm sure you'd enjoy that research :)

[@RoanokeGaming]

First one was awesome! they needed him back for the other 2 and I may be able to, need to refresh my memory on them!

[@andrewcharles6489]

Guillermo did this to me?! I should of bloody known. This, the pale man……man just can’t create some that won’t haunt me can he?! Serious hit I forgot about this movie. I’m going to watch it tonight for sure.

[@alexwisz9527]

@@RoanokeGaming lots of lore information to work off of and gain insight into biological mechanisms from. A well developed and thought out parasite.

[@aurumvale9908]

aint the goauld more of symbiotes than parasites? besides that whole bodysnatching thing there's only positive effects from having on of these snakes

[@RamielNagisa]

@@aurumvale9908 The Goa'uld are symbiotes, but get called parasites because the host doesn't benefit from the arrangement. Goa'uld exert absolute control over the host, even the health and long life are for the Goa'uld's benefit to avoid needing a new host more often.

[@thetacticalpuertorican]

Such an underrated series. It haunted me watching it when I was a kid.

[@RoanokeGaming]

first one was great! second was like, "ok", third one was a huge bruh moment lol

[@thetacticalpuertorican]

@@RoanokeGaming watching this I realized why I scared me so much. It killed tiny humans that were my age. I haven't seen them since they came out. Lol

[@thescarletcultist113]

@@RoanokeGaming exactly

[@Goldenkitten1]

@@RoanokeGaming I get what they were going with, with the third movie. They were trying to imply how big the problem was becoming and make the movie more straight horror than an action romp tinged with horror. And a voyeur is a good way to have a character noticing these strange things going on...it uh...just doesn't make a very likable one...or a well acted one.

[@Nomadic_Gaming]

@@RoanokeGaming the reason the bugs would see bug lady as a potential mate or host is she’s probably and her whole apartment over time has probably gotten soaked in bits of various bug pheromones

[@Erik-co3zs]

I've always been super interested in biology, so your channel has been a godsend! Your videos both inspire me to learn and make me laugh. Thanks so much- both for the education and entertainment!! :)

[@RoanokeGaming]

absolutely man!

[@adrammelechthewroth6511]

I've learned a lot from this guy. But he has a lot to learn as well. As do I.

[@Adahy_Bullet]

Same honestly

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

@@adrammelechthewroth6511 to ever keep up with the shifting hues and patterns of weaves that the threads of living takes the shape of is the never ending treasure and journy all in one for those seeking knowledge for knowledges sake i heard and remember people...the more meds you flush down the drain...the more you leet diseases and parasites get the blueprints to the few Ace's your society got up its sleeve.

[@apocolototh1948]

The interesting thing with movie 2, termite explains some stuff. Termites have a function to upgrade from sterile to fertile. Another fun fact, termite colonies have a royal couple, pairing for live (up to 60 years) in some variants

[@DrakeBarrow]

This and CHUD hold a special place in my heart. The NY underground (the sewers, subways, old sub-basements and the like) are one of the closest things to a D&D dungeon in the real world. The idea of populating them with actual monsters is fascinating, and the Judas Breed creatures were a neat visual design that's hard to match. A 'Bugpocalypse' set of movies with the Judas Breed going fully worldwide and continuing to evolve would've been interesting to see, but you'd practically need del Toro back to make it work.

[@charliebrown2460]

For the record: The surface tension of the surface of water makes it the perfect protecting from an explosion. The harder something hits water, the harder the surface of the water becomes. Example, if you are floating on the surface of water when an explosion goes off beneath you, you can survive. If an explosion goes off above water and you dive beneath it, the explosion will be dispersed above water - thus protecting you from the concussive force (which is far more deadly than the shrapnel produced from an explosion). Therefore, it is entirely believable you could survive an explosion if you dive into water. Source: every armed force on the planet, and Mythbusters.

[@RoanokeGaming]

I'm talking about how the spark was below him so the concussive force would begin there and blow him up, not down

[@JamesDM4]

Water, being incompressible, propagates a blast wave much more readily than air. Water would provide more protection from radiation but much less protection from a blast.

[@rosiehawtrey]

There is a reason modern torpedoes are not designed to hit a ship but run deep and blow under the keel. Water is 812x denser than air so what an SC500 bomb would do in air as far as blast is 812x worse in water, and SC500 often killed by blast. Nuclear torpedo is the same idea - just you only need to get within half a click (and having the pre recorded platinary of the target helps too, for homing).

[@a-blivvy-yus]

@@JamesDM4 The problem with this is that you're talking about what happens when the explosion happens underwater in order to propagate there, not when the explosion happens outside of the water, where surface tension (mostly) prevents it from propagating into the water. The problem with the original comment is that the guy was very clearly inside the initial explosive blast before he hit the water so it's too late for it to have protected him by the time he makes it there. That said, there is a potential scenario where the mixture of the flammable gas in the air varies between the rooms. This could make this situation play out in a believable way for the guy to survive. In the room he's in, there's the right amount of gas to ignite - but not properly explode with a harmful shockwave - from his spark. While this burst of flame isn't explosive, the next room has a better mixture of the gas with the oxygen in the air, allowing for the ignition to turn into a secondary explosion once it hits that better environment to detonate. This window of time could theoretically be the time he needed to get himself into the water before the shockwave hit. Unlikely and doesn't seem to match what's shown on screen, but it's as valid an excuse as I think you can give for what's meant to have been happening there.

[@dragon091327]

Didn’t he get blasted at like point blank range?

[@kadewiedeman1314]

Watching your stuff has massively enhanced my ability to bullshit my way through technical medical conversations with in-laws in the field. For this I thank you.

[@schickification]

At 11:37, The Dr Mans glasses situation, he is more in likely short sighted. So a person whom is short sighted can read without glasses, it is actually easier to read without glasses then trying to read with them on. The glasses are used to see objects in the distance. It would be the opposite for reading glasses.

[@adrianmcbride1666]

I am short sighted, I would still read through my glasses because everything including stuff close by is clearer with my glasses. Also not wearing my glasses gives me a headache.

[@jonnoble5624]

These movies get two basic things wrong about cockroaches. The first is that they are that easy to kill. The second is that humans are intelligent enough to outsmart them.

[@relicdude36]

You're commentary and overviews of horror movies are priceless, they get me through my workday. Not to mention the biological assessments are fantastic! Thanks for all your work, Roanoke!

[@nenmaster5218]

Speaking of Diseases and Current-Era-Problems: KZbinr Some More News covers the political meaning and the social effects of Covid pretty damn-well.

[@Vicerion17]

Man it's funny(and a bit disturbing) how close your description of Strickler's mimic(haha) what actually happened to me after experiencing muscle weakness, myotonia and then going into DKA. I was eventually diagnosed with both muscular dystrophy and type 1 diabetes and I can tell you the whole fast shallow breathing due to overly acidic blood suuuuucks, this happened shortly after graduating college and in the best shape of my life but I could not catch my breath and was panting like I just finished wind sprints when I was on the college soccer team. What Roanoke doesn't mention though is another way your body will try and reduce the acidity or maybe a side effect is by constantly vomiting, so pleasant stuff and also thanks Roanoke from bring those memories back on top of making me focus on my damn breathing! :p

[@eddiemaiden4192]

Dude I know how you feel. Blood sugar related shit sucks. Almost every time I’ve had a cold/flu or just couldn’t keep my BG down, I’d be in a hospital at like 1am with an IV of cold water

[@KageKobushi]

"Why would a bug have the hots for Alex? I don't know, but maybe, play Mass Effect 2 and that will tell you all you need to know!" -Made me laugh.

[@stevepalpatine2828]

But the only bugs on Mass Effect 2 were the Collectors and even Shepard never tried to bone them...

[@KageKobushi]

@@stevepalpatine2828 But they were huskified protheans, and fem shepherd could bone Javik, so your argument is rendered invalid! Muwahahahaha. Joking aside though, decent point.

[@niccalee]

Reminds me of how I mentioned to my friend that if dragons were real, cows would have a faster gestation period and she pointed out that humans probably would too

[@Oceanrex]

Humans are essentially born a few months too early. We had to evolve to give birth earlier due to our larger heads.

[@PowerCrunchVideos]

A quick correction. The cop wasn't trying to limp his way out of the subway to escape he was trying to act as a distraction.

[@zeframmann1641]

Yeah, he knew he was a black dude in a horror movie and decided to at least give the others a chance.

[@LordMalice6d9]

@@zeframmann1641 You know how it goes. In a horror movie from Hollywood the black character is either the first or second person to die or sacrifice themselves for the other characters to survive.

[@robertjackson1813]

That guy can't get a break!!! Sacrificing himself to the alien in alien 3. And now to some earthling bug!

[@JJ-fq4nl]

⁠@@robertjackson1813lol actor Charles S. Dutton.

[@lonewolfryman]

“Man, the Department of Defense sucks” most factually statement in this video

[@Illitha]

I know right

[@azrasashima3733]

"life will not be contained" is a better part of the same quote which accurately portrays the intended meaning behind the quote. life will not be contained. it will break boundaries. often dangerously. but life finds a way.

[@MatoWitko]

“You have to wait 48 hours to report someone missing.” No, there’s an entire show about how the first 48 hours are the most crucial when looking for a missing person. 9:21

[@gregc8831]

As a molecular biologist I think it would have been awesome to have the strickler virus be responsible for transferring human DNA to the Judas bug because the genetic engineers accidentally put a sequence or sequences that the virus could target.

[@Oakoms]

Would love to see the shadow creatures from Wes Craven's "They" broken down

[@Justitia_Nomen]

Omg this movie from my childhood. Still freaks me out at my age of 30 self 💀

[@neonicon8500]

Oh man, this is actually a perfect movie for this channel. And it's one of if not the first Guillermo Del Toro movie.

[@RoanokeGaming]

definitely was a blast writing about it!

[@zeframmann1641]

Cronos precedes it by a couple years, and well worth seeing. Very interesting take on the vampire mythos.

[@neonicon8500]

@@zeframmann1641 I think I saw something about that. Did they make comics based off that?

[@Rurik_Luci]

44:48 If I remember correctly you can tell them apart by their pattern. That being red when it touches black is safe and red touching yellow will kill you.

[@raistlarn]

Red touch yellow kill a fellow. Red touch black friend of Jack.

[@psychoticksoul]

Real note after what Roanoke said in the beginning I need to say this. Thank you so much man for what you do you’ve taught me so much about the world and science, you’ve even inspired me to follow my dream about being a virologist. So cheers to the end brother!

[@nightwolfkakana]

"This school doesnt even look like a school it looks like a dungeon" so public school. Gotcha 🤣

[@xarxesmora9738]

I love your channel I rewatch some of your videos sometimes it’s just good love the commentary too

[@RoanokeGaming]

ayyyyy I appreciate that brother!

[@Availbillity]

I love Roanokes rhetorical pandemic quotes he throws into this video because it couldn't be more closer to the truth.

[@RoanokeGaming]

wonder times we are living in!

[@bobgunter9608]

The weirdness with the ending is because he was meant to die in the explosion and the things standing there was meant to be a bug not him

[@serpentinious7745]

"He tries to hoof it so he doesn't get got. But then it chases him and he gets got." This made me laugh more than it should have 😅

[@tommysia7860]

I always loved the design, they didn't overdo it and i love that the mimicry is relatively subtle. Silhouette and vague facial feature. Enough that if you saw them at night with only some light highlights, it would fool you. It makes their existence that much more believable.

[@LivingUnicorgi]

So what I'm hearing here is, Starship Troopers is a sequel to the Mimic series, where idiots in charge didn't pay attention quick enough so the Judas Breed were able to mutate and evolve into the mindbugs and those other bastards

[@franciscocota6440]

I would absolutely watch that

[@BleydTorvall]

Woo! I'm proud of myself for predicting that Strickler's would be a Polio variant!

[@Poodleinacan]

33:54 I work at a meat processing company. The soap to wash hands we use has antibacterial compounds... I'm not sure what they are, but I could check. The same thing applies for pretty much every food processing and transformation company.

[@normalhuman9878]

That seems like a reasonable scenario If you don’t wash your hands you can contaminate the food supply

[@Xahnel]

40:00 Oh we've tried that before. Releasing an introduced species to hunt the pest, but the released species becomes a pest of its own later and then people think "well it worked before, so we'll do it again!" and it just spirals out of control.

[@HomerSimpson-gr1uj]

You missed an interesting point! In the uncut version of the film and the novelization of the film they discuss how Sticklers is Polio. The movie originally was written as if Polio had never occurred and was meant to be "if polio happened today and they decided to use genetic manipulation." It was originally meant to be sort of a reimagining of Frankenstein.

[@manuelromero8837]

Did you hear about scientists raising dragonflies with higher percentages of oxygen and managed to raise noticeably larger adults? Nothing crazy but still interesting

[@rosiehawtrey]

Doesn't surprise me - since they've had a 6ft wingspan at an oxygen ratio of 35% during the Carboniferous.

[@manuelromero8837]

@Rosie Hawtrey Yes, though I don't remeber what they were testing for or what the purpose was

[@rosiehawtrey]

@@manuelromero8837 probably to try and get the insects larger for food purposes - makes sense since gas refining and separating quite simple - biggest problem is hyper oxygenation in the workers, we don't react well to high levels of oxygen over short or long term. Short term is oxygen poisoning and long term exposure will likely cause more cancers and metabolic damage leading to faster ageing.

[@thesteelsquid863]

Pigs can revert almost entirely to their natural, feral state when they leave captivity. What if it's the same for insects when exposed to the enviroment of their ancestors?

[@stevepalpatine2828]

The return of Carboniferous sized Arthropods would be horrifying.

[@Salty_mayo]

“The third movie doesn’t add anything to the story” *proceeds to use the third movie as an explanation for the disease*

[@kenthomas7471]

Dude I appreciate you so much. So grateful to have such a well educated individual devoting time and effort to a very niche type of entertainment that just happens to be thousands of people's Jam.

[@conzondo]

Peter closing the eye that uses a lens (I don't know if this image is mirrored) to read is entirely accurate. Going off curvature and thickness of lens, he is nearsighted (meaning his prescription is to help him see far away). When you wear a nearsighted prescription, it can reduce reading acuity. The imbalance of one uncorrected and one corrected eye would definitely make him close the "weaker" eye in a scenario where he is reading. I know this video is two years old, still. Now you know ;)

[@frankbruder3097]

They live in New York's underground tunnels. Obviously the evolutionary pressure to evolve that kind of mimicry was caused by mutant turtles who fight monsters but who mostly hide from humans.

[@Blaze3062]

I think you were nailing it with the music references personally.

[@tonygalati2672]

I wish they found a way to wipe out all roaches in real life.

[@abtmo0069]

I never thought of Charles S Dutton's character as trying to hoof it outta there. He weakly keeps telling Peter to "go away" and that he can't stop the bleeding. I think he tried to lead them away to buy them some time cuz he knows he's toast.

[@sjc5411]

18:43 "How did a 112 pound woman toss a 200 pound man up into the air over the wires?" You sir have clearly not see most action movies lately 💪💪💪.

[@theintern2960]

My grandmother was crippled by polio, and spent the rest of her life with poorly functioning arms. It was thanks to her husband, my grandfather, that she made it to her late 80's.

[@MrCactusfish]

Loved the video. Apparently GDT wasn't too happy with how mimic turned out and kinda distanced himself from the movie over the years but apparently they made some newer cut that he was satisfied with but I'm not sure which is which. Dude doesn't miss when it comes to monster design

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

As a biologist, I love _Mimic._ A very effective movie, and one with an interesting monster.

[@edwarddore7617]

He was happy with, and endorses the directors cut.

[@thelordofthelostbraincells]

Can you do the *species* series next please? It's got some interesting metabolic human-alien stuff going on.

[@RoanokeGaming]

oh yah, I do need to check that out

[@JustAnotherLawyer]

Oof. That film brings back some traumatic memories. My parents were way to relaxed about me watching whatever caught my eye, so I watched Alien at something like 6 and Species around 10. It was not a pleasant experience. Reflecting on that, it's a wonder I turned out as well as I have, all things considered.

[@Adahy_Bullet]

@@JustAnotherLawyer more or less same honestly. Tho will admit, i especially love Aliens. Species is just weird. Still liked it, but yeah.

[@Kesvalk]

Roanoke: "it appears the bug has the hots for alyx. Why would it have the hots for a human? I don't know, but maybe play mass effect 2 and that will tell you everything you need to know!" Me: *sudden realization face* "oh that explains a lot..."

[@TheScribe1.0]

In a nutshell, Mimic 3 is a standard slasher flick. With a giant monster cockroach that can shapeshift into a human as the killer.

[@RandallBesch]

It looks like an arthouse movie were the conspiracy is that the blood thirsty bugs have developed intelligence the last thing they needed to spread to wipe out Humanity.

[@adamroberts9243]

39:17 "Necropsy" is the correct term; "autopsy" is for humans. "Necropsy" is for other than humans/animals.

[@redriddler1231]

"If you play Mass Effect 2 it'll tell you everything you need to know" Those are some true words.

[@taradresbach4684]

I already avoid antibiotic soaps for this very reason. Regular soap works just as well and doesn't breed superbugs. Same with taking antibiotics; only if infected with something it will genuinely help with, like streptococcus.

[@grimoirehearts8720]

Can we appreciate that this video evolved from, meh movie 1, meh movie 2, indepth science dive on pathology, entomology, with some fun theoretical speculations on a sci-fi universe thrown in. Raised my interest level from being bored with nothing to watch, to "oh what's this a fellow nerd speaking a language I understand?!" 10/10 did enjoy

[@lilwolv3rin3]

Man, I think we would love to see more of this and just anything you dig. You're such a chill content creator who is intelligent and and analytical but still grounded and good natured.

[@patrickcroft2846]

aphids gained plant genes by being in close contact with plant viruses so that could also be the way judus bugs gained human genes

[@JinzoTK]

I genuinelly like Roanoke's honour.

[@RoanokeGaming]

;)

[@cowbell420]

Dude, like I follow your stuff, like your videos and love your breakdowns. I am even more pumped knowing you have specialty in these fields. Keep the work going and dude, you rock for making these cause I always want a break down of viruses in movies and cartoons outside of the normal "Movie science!"

[@agenth1091]

I love stumbling across channels on KZbin that are actually good, this one has good watch ability and is good for background noise. Keep up the good work man

[@sheller153]

The funny thing about coral snakes and king snakes is that the highly venomous coral snakes are actually mimicking the non venomous but notoriously not fun to mess with king and milk snakes! Everything that messes with a king or milk snakes knows not to do it again because it’s not worth the effort, and so they won’t mess with coral snakes either because they look alike. But if something messes with a coral snake it’s going to likely die and not learn the lesson not to mess with the coral snake. All the other super dangerous snakes use camouflage so they don’t get messed with in the first place, but coral snakes instead disguise themselves as an unappealing meal!

[@bellystraw]

Roanoke have you ever considered talking about monster hunter monsters? I'd LOVE to see you try and explain what the hell's going on in Bazelgeuse's body when he carpet bombs hunters

[@gen2763]

to quote myself when I was playing with friends and saw that. “What evolutionary pressure lead to needing to evolve organic bombs on a B-52 bomber animal?”

[@namegoeshere5220]

The problem, and best part, of the monsters of MonHun is they are one part logical and one part "fuck you it's magic shut up". So for scientific explanations for them can just lead to, "Uh, there's no sound reason for this beyond magic".

[@RandallBesch]

@@namegoeshere5220 magick which differs from stage magic.

[@goodorusty]

I was looking forward to you covering this. I was always fascinated by these creatures and their ability to creepily mimic humans, so cool! The first movie was one of my favorite movies growing up. Anyway, awesome video!

[@alexrudolph301]

You should totally cover the Freaker virus from Days Gone. The game actually has a whole storyline category/mission set where you eavesdrop on researchers that are studying the virus, and it explains a lot of biology in some interesting ways

[@tiberseptim8330]

Roanoke: *Compliments kurgsesacht* Me: I knew you were a man of fucking quality

[@Kernwadi]

“Poop spelled backwards is poop.” -Bilbo Baggins

[@Kernwadi]

Amazing.

[@ShadeMeadows]

THE JUDAS BREED!! I darn LOVE 'em! Really hope for a reboot/remake of some kind~🖤🦗

[@deitchj003]

Sounds like a metal band

[@ewoodley82]

There is apparently a TV show being planned. Showrunner is the same guy who was in charge of the Hannibal TV show

[@ShadeMeadows]

@@ewoodley82 👀 really?

[@ironkeepgaming1936]

The name “Judas” is very interesting, because I think “Judas” is the betrayer in the Bible. The Judas bug was made by humans to save humans, but they end up hunting humans ( betraying humans by turning on them ).

[@the_last_ballad]

There is many interpretations of Judas, but considering this: without him, Yahweh's plans would have failed because they required the sacrifice to work. There are some interpretations where the "betrayal" was planned by Jesus, which makes sense as he definitely knew what was going on and made a whole pagent out of it, Dramadore style.

[@amandagoldsbury8122]

​@@the_last_balladI call them Christian logic loops. Like how Lot's virgin daughters knew how to seduce him or David's questionable relationship with Johnathan.

[@jaydejesus8444]

I was obsessed with this movie as a kid. The title use to freak me out. I have all 3 on DVD lol

[@GH-un9uz]

fun fact: despite its' overcast reputation, New York actually gets more yearly precipitation than London

[@zesru2784]

i don't know why but your content is like the Dr. Stone equivalent to all things biology related for things like these, like you had me hooked on the movie overview, but then I'm actually learning more here then I have in my whole 18yrs of education..................like I was a Bio Major but here i am............swapped over to Kinesiology, yet still learning more about biology then I had when I was in the bio course...............keep up the good work man!!!!

[@ritzybebombing9931]

Your KZbin career will never cease, we love you too much to let that happen. Plus I need something to help me get a lil smarter so don't you dare leave me. Love your content and scientific analysis on everything.

[@jazcc]

So fun fact first case of Polio in 10 years found in NY.

[@billyborton5136]

Yo Roanoke you might want to check out the "protomolecule" from the expanse sci Fi TV show, might be interesting. Might have already explained in the books/TV show but thought it was worth a shot suggesting it.

[@rosiehawtrey]

I just enjoyed checking out Drummer & Bobbie 🥴😍

[@ryan1761nm]

No. The cop sacrificed himself for them to escape. You better give him credit.

[@sloppytilapia]

This youtube channel seriously has it all. Movie reviews, fucking awesome science, on point analytical skills, fantastic quippy comedy. You are a top tier channel for sure.

[@RoanokeGaming]

Thanks my man!

[@jeffbuck2111]

I have been binging so many of these! Have you considered the Mass Effect Reaper forces? I know there’s a higher amount of tech vs most of the pure organic that you cover, but it shares some similarities to stuff like dead space

[@RoanokeGaming]

actually playing through Mass Effect 1 - 3 now to start getting into that

[@jeffbuck2111]

@@RoanokeGaming also, just remembered that mass effect andromeda has an enemy that’s all about DNA stealing and transforming.

[@Tank16365]

Mimic 3 is a movie version of the actual short story mimic was adapted from. Which I was forced to read in high school. The strangers or something.

[@RandallBesch]

A very short story.

[@Rurik_Luci]

9:28 Anyone 21 and under reported missing will be added to the national database instantly.

[@RoanokeGaming]

Exactly!

[@Rurik_Luci]

It helps we're in the age of cell phones

[@zdeity3620]

“Judas Priest bug” by far my favorite pun in the whole video

[@teestephenson3667]

I just really respect this man’s knowledge . He knows his stuff and I learn things I didn’t know watching this channel .

[@precisecalibre6986]

If he popped out the lens and then closed the lensed eye to read, it most likely means that he is nearsighted and the lens would have thrown off his vision trying to read something naturally with the unaided eye.

[@TheHellhound01]

Unfortunately, India does follow the 48 hour rule as they don't want to want to have to put in effort only to realize that the kid just went to a friend's house without telling anyone. And while that seems like a rather proper reaction (at a glance) as it turns out 48 hours are more than enough to smuggle a kid out of the country. (like of course, if there are more than one people who are getting smuggled out, it takes longer, but still 48 hours is way too long)

[@GunNutproductionsOG]

I wonder would you ever do a video on GeneStealers from 40k I know it's pretty out there but your talk about evolving over generations got me thinking about how Genestealer cults spread so quickly from one stowaway Broodlord

[@justincarrington4157]

You gave me flashbacks, I don't remember watching this movie but I'm seeing memories from my childhood because I definitley see these scenes before

[@XBloodyBaneX]

Director of some horror schlock B-Movie: Act sick. Make some shit up, idk, just make it convincing. Actor: Acts sick. Roanke: It all makes sense, you see! It works like This, and This, and This! Respect for going in depth on these things, some of them likely Are as deep as you are describing, but others, like this one, likely weren't thought out that far.

[@TheJigsaw1591]

40:00 "Why not introduce a natural predator to the roaches?" Invasive species are inherently bad for a local environment, especially natural ones and there really aren't many natural predators of roaches that could kill so many that quickly. Large spiders are one thing, but I cannot imagine local New Yorkers would agree to have a thousand tarantulas released into the sewers The use of a similar species to entice the male roaches was bait, a decent idea in concept but obviously failed due to them not really testing the fertility of the Judas breed, again, because nearly every kid in NYC was dying. Time wasn't a luxury and haste created errors. Creating something temporary to eventually die out while 'poisoning' the only thing they're trying to get rid of is more or less a good idea, and could in theory work in real life if properly tested. "Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions"

[@nadagainagain4987]

Mantises and roaches are pretty closely related so that's sort of accurate