How to Beat the SHIMMER in "ANNIHILATION"

[@NerdExplains]

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[@indevious9659]

Why raid lol

[@beepergeedle1942]

Raid is that desperate

[@GodIsGood7473]

Raid is dumb lol

[@imisaacc]

Nope I refuse to download raid!

[@zillathegod6549]

@@indevious9659 money, why not?

[@YEAHKINDA]

"Eh fuck it, this ain't gettin' nowhere. Send in the randoms." -The US military in 90% of movie situations.

[@BobtheHat]

Seriously though where is the military in all this aside from the random army dudes

[@GokuBlackRose978]

@@BobtheHat movie magic 🙄 duh

[@coreym162]

Technically not in 90% of films. 90% of films would have put soldiers in. This is just more generic girl power shortsightedness in script and cast...

[@boombox1738]

Them the last 10 percent of the time: “ G R E A T G O O G L Y M O O G L Y I T S A L L G O N E T O S H I T !”

[@aryabratsahoo7474]

1%: secret governmental organization: our time has come.

[@link1016]

Like how anytime there is a survival situation, NE always finds a way to bring up cannibalism

[@v.c.447]

I think he's trying to tell us something 🤔 😂

[@leodiusd4858]

Ok im not a canibal, but that body seems pretty good since we ran out of food...

[@_Krist00F_]

*He

[@shepard1175]

@@_Krist00F_ NE = Nerd Explains

[@leodiusd4858]

@@_Krist00F_ lol

[@sheepleweeple9822]

For anyone curious, the psychologist is much more important in the book and aids the group in crossing the border of the shimmer by putting them under hypnosis, and there’s an entire arc where the biologist inhaled fungus spores which makes her immune to the psychologists mind control, and she starts to notice some extreme corruption. And in the book, none of the characters have names, they’re just named off of their jobs. Excellent book trilogy, I love it!!

[@Zurupup1]

Love the first book but I'm still finishing the rest but honestly I prefer the books story but love the look of the film, some of the changes just seemed unnecessary.

[@SozBoz]

@@DragonflyandTheWolf What does this comment even mean?

[@DragonflyandTheWolf]

​@@SozBoz Let me break it down: Book good. Book better. Book biologist good. Movie biologist bad.

[@danielrussell4500]

Hypnosis is bs. The book sounds dumb.

[@jesusvolos8737]

@@danielrussell4500 you will suspend your disbelief for a movie about a shimmering alien bubble, but not even a little bit for a fictional book that briefly involves hypnosis? got it..

[@justindavis2711]

The Shimmer was a higher dimensional being trying to understand a lower dimensional world. This is why it could teleport. After copying the protagonist, i think it learned what she knew, and so it destroyed itself and the lighthouse after understanding that it had hurt people without intending to. It also healed her husbands clone for the same reason.

[@KITN._.8]

agreed, and it never directly hurt anyone. Yes it mutated the genome o creatures and humans but never directly to hurt them just simply the way it was. The scientist and marine died from a mutated bear not controlled by the shimmer, the lady who turned into a plant even excepted it in a beautiful way. This thing wasn't intentionally just curious with wierd phenomena.

[@TheCenyon]

i think it destroyed itself by mimicking her fire thus destroying itself

[@zero.9831]

If it’s trying to understand a whole dimension, how and why do you think it has a concept of human morality, let alone care about it? It would then have a awareness, thus conscience, and want to prioritize its own survival naturally, as it should already have that instinct since it in-codes DNA from other predatory animals prior to this moment.

[@_spooT]

@@zero.9831 if it developed such a thing, then it would've developed a sense of compassion, thus, if it learned it was hurting people when it never intended to, the horrors felt by our protagonist, then it would make sense why it did so. Not everything is selfish towards self preservation even when you know life is precious. Kindness, compassion and selflessness takes more balls than saving your own skin. Soldiers do everything to save their people and even civilians even if it means sacrificing their own. basic training creates that bond of brotherhood or sisterhood that you would do everything to save your people. Seeing as how it basically replicated our MC, I'm guessing it also understood that kind of bond together with morals and compassion that it copied from humanity that it decided to destroy itself knowing it was bringing more harm than good

[@TheFragrantGangsters]

If this were the case, this would have happened when it copied Kane.

[@somethingswrongicanfeelit5688]

Y'know if this actually happens everybody is gonna freak out,then you know there's gonna be that one guy who says "Don't worry guys I've watched nerd explains."

[@mrearly171]

.

[@Ireallylikeathf123]

Underrated tbh

[@ethanmueller9355]

Yep

[@disbeafakename167]

I like how he gives dumb people advice that will end up killing them. I like that he is thinning the herd.

[@mitchellwillis1]

Lol that's what I would say

[@_JustSomeDude_]

“You’ll either turn out as wall art, bear shit or have mutated so much, so fast that your self will cease to exist” Decisions decisions

[@randomgreek5682]

I would just shoot my self in the head and try to burn my body so I can’t because part of what ever the duck is that

[@_JustSomeDude_]

@@randomgreek5682 you mean like what Kane did with the white phosphorus grenade? I’d do that before I had a sudden twin if I was him.

[@dontkickmychick6076]

I'd say I'd go with the last option there. Mutated so much that my past self ceases to exist COULD mean me getting turned into a godlike entity, so if I'm gonna die anyways I'm rolling that dice.

[@_JustSomeDude_]

@@dontkickmychick6076 That’s your call, but I’d say me and Willie Pete will go out on my terms.

[@dontkickmychick6076]

@@_JustSomeDude_ that wasn't on the list tho now was it

[@nothanksimgood123]

Shark Crocodile hybrid: Chases and trys to kill everyone Psychologist: But how does that make you feel?

[@Dobbie.]

The hybrid: *hapy*

[@sanford4319]

I think its more of a leech crocodile, since both of them are found in the swamps i think

[@sanford4319]

I mean the shimmer combines you with the nearest things or smth i actually dont know

[@BLOODKINGbro]

Sounds like an immature 682. Alert the containment teams and send in a mobile task force.

[@ajstoys260]

The sharkgator in Jarasic park: am I a joke to you No seriously their was a sharkgator in Jarasic park

[@lnsane_Venom]

Am I the only one who considers the bear section with them tied up to be one of the most terrifying movie experiences ever? Like, you know its the bear even when you dont bc her voice is distorted and on top of that, theyre so helpless that its just crazy terrifying how the bear comes in and murders the crap out of the one girl.

[@diy_cat9817]

It's so SO good!

[@lnsane_Venom]

@@diy_cat9817 this guys channel has become my favorite movie descriptory channell

[@Stonedsheepu8906]

Tbh it’s one of the best horror scenes I’ve ever seen

[@aTrueWolFy]

Why would you be the only one lol

[@bezimienny_andzej6425]

They had guns and should have enough common sense to not get outsmarted by a very primitive 4-legged beast. I was cheering for the bear at that point.

[@kwoook317]

Bruh half the movie is just him roasting Ventress about being a phycologist.

[@aubrey5577]

Pyschologist*

[@kperson498]

I think it makes more sense whys she's pyschologist in the book.

[@coyraig8332]

@@aubrey5577 Piscologist*

[@packerjack87]

@@coyraig8332 polsalgamist

[@limbsmith]

@@packerjack87 misogynist.

[@cypherdk85]

Am I the only one when thinks the visuals in this movie are absolutely beautiful? That soldier in the pool might have been horrific, but I think it's one of the most beautiful things in the movie.

[@TheSkaalBrothers]

ok.

[@Tommycraft9925]

This is one of my favorite cosmic horror movies!

[@planetruths1373]

The bear is amazing.

[@SendHelpItWontStopAlt]

Same, it's beautiful

[@Neithie]

It really is. They brought in the artist Alex Grey for the final scene with her doppleganger and had a choreographer direct the 'copy' movements.

[@d00s0n]

God that bear screaming in that womens voice gave me goosebumps

[@yoongi7854]

mhm

[@srslothington]

Added with that skeletal face, I was curled up in ball in my bed just from watching it move and somewhat interacting with them

[@d00s0n]

@@srslothington indeed

[@jblasutavario9549]

I had to pause that scene, take a dump (solid, triple log), grab some more snacks and come back to watch as the bear thingemebob started mauling the Latina chica. Great scene.

[@impostrous]

"Black hole" ambient ft. Moderat gives much more

[@valenmejia2135]

I kind of found Jossie's death one of the more peaceful ones there... She knew what was going to happen, she chose to leave willingly, and didn't look like she was in excruciating pain, as far as I can remember.

[@leociresi4292]

She becomes a rhododendron

[@garymcderp1146]

Sure beats having a giant mutant bear tearing you to pieces and you living on in some messed up way inside it.

[@Masterofmultiverse]

Well, the idea of self harm was already implanted in her, maybe it stemmed from some deep rooted childhood trauma, and even though she decided to branch out of the mission objective, Josie is the only one who really blossomed through the events in the shimmer.

[@leiferikson5029]

@@Masterofmultiverse😏

[@stupidmalechick]

​@@Masterofmultiverse So many puns 😭

[@CyclopsRat]

You're telling me it's only RAID's second birthday? I feel like I've been seeing those ads for decades.

[@johncarlofernandez2698]

Lmao right?

[@OX1OX]

I swear omg

[@bnashtay2278]

Fr

[@jadenjoestar3927]

If I hear one more *'RAID SHADOW LEGENDS!'* ad, then i'm jumping out of my window lol

[@bnashtay2278]

@@jadenjoestar3927 are you in a hospital now?

[@Harpold]

Something important that wasn't mentioned is that most of the humans didn't make it out alive because they already set their mind that they were going to die. Thats how Lena survived so long because she set her mind on returning and maybe her husband came out because he still loved her.

[@dylanbarnhart6311]

So any human that decided they wanted to be Jesus got to be Jesus nice: mind over matter of we are going all out

[@lilweedsea]

Many people still love the ones who hurt them, maybe he wanted to go back to be able to communicate with her about what happened in their marriage, and that what drove him through the Shimmer.

[@lilweedsea]

The Shimmer in the books is kinda meant to be a passage of sorts. A metaphor for internal growth and change. As the Shimmer changes one from the inside out,.

[@Harpold]

@@lilweedsea I think its exactly that why he survived, even though he killed himself

[@antenna7002]

Is that her husband or the clone??

[@advayvenkat402]

Being a team leader then why did you not bring any different equipment? "Ohh wait because you're a f***ing psychologist." Love that part lol.

[@yoongi7854]

same

[@macecop6652]

Wait wtf I saw this just as he said it

[@Petaurista13]

I fail to guess why psychologist is doomed to lead expedition worse than random dude from the internet, but well...

[@mechanomics2649]

@@Petaurista13 Yeah it's not a strong point at all. You don't have to be an expert in a given field to put redundancies in place. It'd honestly be very unlikely that she would be the only one overseeing preparation for the expedition to begin with though.

[@rizinhokasa]

Being a psychologist doesn’t mean ur a therapist, much of psychology is actually experimental and testing with meticulous planning so this doesn’t make any sense. Being a psychologist just means ur a scientist, so it’s dumb to assume she doesn’t have the necessary expertise to do it. She most likely got a doctorate which makes her a doctor so again what ur saying makes no sense.

[@im2bored284]

The smartest people in the world that shimmer takes place in: lets throw people at it One youtuber: solves all of the problems they couldn't in 3 years

[@Chacalot]

wdym smartest people, this is in America. It harldy has 40% smart people

[@im2bored284]

@@Chacalot i think you added 1 to many 0's Did you mean 4%?

[@ripcactusify]

Dude fuckin solved it like an scp. Every possible option is taken

[@panman-yc4hp]

is it me or is the shimmer wall right next to there camp like o know my electonics arent working right LeTs Go DeApEr InTo ThE BlOb

[@ultraman_99]

Well, it is sort of a captain hindsight situation. In this movie they were indeed incredibly stupid, but still.

[@K1N9Y33T]

25:20 that bear with the vocal cords is honestly terrible. I would just off myself if I knew that thing existed in even the same universe as me, and it begging for help makes it so much worse.

[@henrycooper7930]

Agreed. Probably the scariest animal I’ve ever seen in a film

[@onomstarr]

Its even scarier when you realize there are two possibilities: A. The bear only assimilated her vocal cords, and using genetic memory to replicate her last noise she made, used those noises to attract prey that would respond to the distress call. B. The bear assimilated her entirely and there is enough of her alive that she is calling for help

[@botelladeaguamediollena4885]

I mean with the universe being as big as it is, something similar probably exists

[@Highminded12]

@@onomstarr you see her dead body later on with its vocal cords ripped out.

[@zipperozicvideodump]

@@onomstarr A partial human head *is* on the side of the bear's head so... oh shit...

[@soxrocker04]

"The book is better!" In this case, it is, and it's even more unbeatable than the movie.

[@RocketRaccock]

Book

[@user-xj3mo2lx9z]

it is better, read it immediately after the movie.

[@cursivebobcat8964]

Just wondering, how does the book play out?

[@soxrocker04]

@@cursivebobcat8964 First one is confusing as heck at times, mostly the imagery, but I think that's what makes it unique, since you only know as much as the character and even they have a hard time describing this alien force they've encountered. I've only gotten through half of the second book, and it's pretty slow and more focused on the political intrigue aspect. Overall you'll just keep reading it because you NEED the answers, so whether you like it or not you're hooked regardless.

[@JinKee]

@@soxrocker04 also it explains why a psychologist is in charge. I'm excited. Are you excited, too?

[@johns1625]

My favorite part about this movie is it captures the visuals of a mushroom trip almost perfectly. The shimmer, colors, patterns, the contrast between horizontal leaves and vertical moss and vines, everything so colorful and vivid. Really great

[@titoizdaman3]

This was a ripoff of HP Lovecraft's Color out of Space, a better story.

[@benny_lemon5123]

@@titoizdaman3 it was literally a different story entirely. Not exactly comparable

[@titoizdaman3]

@@benny_lemon5123 the premise was ripped off completely. Don't see why you're running to defend a crappy movie...

[@AllenGingrich]

Lol so true. Doing mushrooms in the dark in the woods is otherworldly. Everything is just writhing at your feet, like snakes covering the forest floor.

[@trapstrar]

you clearly have no idea what you're talking about

[@aakarshballa9173]

Natalie Portman: *Husband dies but comes back* Me: "Hey, I've seen this one"

[@poppyuwu4710]

@@icancraftsomething Are you okay?

[@jruh2141]

@@icancraftsomething What is your logic here

[@kwelsyy]

@@icancraftsomething drones are semi fast. Also very stable too I think you heard of a drone but don't know how to use it.

[@isubki8275]

brothers movie?

[@lookatmahsword9082]

The one that hates sands right?

[@Fishleyz]

"Were trapped in a room togeth-" Nerd explains: cannibalism

[@Speedur_]

👁 👄 👁 🥩

[@cocopuffs4990]

@@Speedur_ 👁👄👁 🍪

[@abutterynoodle9347]

@@cocopuffs4990 cokie

[@abbysmith3140]

Connie asf: 👁👄👁

[@BlackIronHero]

Nerd Explains, NE, Neutral Evil Coincidence? I think not

[@nathankanter7967]

Honestly, this is the one movie where just nuking the thing might have worked.

[@ped3752]

Agreed lmao, but honestly studying it instead of being idiots around it would make it so much better!

[@averagedcenjoyer8450]

No it wouldn't have, in fact it would have made it worse. Nuclear fusion + Alien eldertrich presence/atmosphere would only lead to worse things. There was literally nothing we could realistically do if something like this would happen

[@ped3752]

@@averagedcenjoyer8450 That sounds unnecessarily pessimistic, the video clearly shows the movie didn't even thought to try what actual researchers would do, movies tend to overreact things too much people start thinking humans would actually just do nothing in situations like those.

[@averagedcenjoyer8450]

@@ped3752 I mean, you are right, buy nuking it would only make it worse, most likely. I doubt that the governments would even try to interact with something like that tbh. Let's be real the main characters only won because the directors wanted them to, same with many movies. Tho in a realistic case we would only be sending in rats, so yeah. Most movies tend to be unrealistic because, well who would want to watch 2 hours of rats moving randomly?

[@ped3752]

@@averagedcenjoyer8450 While i agree nuking the area might not be the best there's not much evidence that it wouldn't do anything too, and the argument that just because something is realistic it doesn't mean it's boring, this is just an excuse because it's way more simpler to just say "Lol ghost" or "lol Eldritch monster" than to actually work towards a narrative and details that expands on those settings, but yeah the ending was pretty shit the only thing this movie had were the visuals.

[@cricketpickett666]

The screaming bear thing really left me unsettled. It was one sick mutation

[@leociresi4292]

Pretty much, since you could hear the woman’s screams echoing in the bear’s roaring

[@kennethturner8290]

At the beginning Lena suggests her husband Kane has suffered some radiation or viral exposure.. so their team goes marching in with no protective gear.. but they are all carrying rifles. They aren't even carrying oxygen..

[@Wavemaninawe]

There was a point made that they all had suicidal tendencies, and were granted access with this in consideration because of the slim survival chances on this operation. Even the commander, because of her guilt over all of the previous teams she had sent to their deaths.

[@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022]

@@Wavemaninawe But that makes no sense though, they may have suicidal tendencies, but they still want to get to the bottom of this shit. If they really wanted to die that much, they wouldn't be putting up night watches (the psychologist standing watch for an example) or try to fight off the "bear".

[@fernandoreimpell2818]

@@Wavemaninawe yeah thats not really an excuse. This isn't even about surviving is just about being efective. If they wanted to kill themselves that badly then they should just use a rope or a gun, this is just too force, let alone dumb. Why would the governmwnt send people this stupid or suicidal? Doesn't make aby sense

[@someguy7629]

@@Wavemaninawe If they where truly like that, they would have sh0t themselves as soon as they where given guns.

[@cameronlopez5344]

@@Wavemaninawe weak logic here, really weak

[@bronsonedward]

Knowledge to live by, “Do you want snake intestines because that’s how you get snake intestines.”

[@haileymead908]

Lmao that was my favorite 🤣

[@diamondmaynard3924]

Do you want ants?? Because that's how you get ants!!

[@buschacha]

And that kids, is why the Foundation uses D-Class with a rope around the waist. Entirely expendable, yet oddly dependable. Edit: Lmao at how many times NE roasts the doctor

[@randomgreek5682]

Ya but there a different the scp foundation is smart this movie humans are stupid and all together have the brain of 1 human

[@kingcyrusrodan6772]

The scp foundation is 4 parallel universes ahead of these nutjobs

[@ferdinandb.s8975]

How about the MTF sir?

[@buschacha]

@@ferdinandb.s8975 Realistically speaking MTF teams cost money-- lots of money (e.g. the IRL version of the replica GPNVGs used in SCP Overlord retail for 40k USD). Lore wise, the foundation does try to do whatever they can to limit the amount of MTF casualties taken on any operation (hence D-class on a string). It's just a matter of statistical likelihood that constantly encountering eldritch horrors is going to result in some dead bodies. Some SCPs (especially old ones like 906 or angry lizard) are written to be unkillable, but are also openly hostile. So of course no matter how smart you make the Foundation in those stories, they lose a ton of highly trained personnel. But other than that, if we need to place some rats in a cage just inside the shimmer? D-boys. Need to take some quick video? D-boy on a string. Stick a shovel in the dirt to get some soil samples? D-boys on a string. Looking back on it, 95% of all actions the characters--of which like 3 had PhDs--in Annihilation performed (outside of giving us exposition) required zero special training beyond knowing how to use a microscope, and which end of a rifle goes bang. Moral of the story? Don't let a psychologist choose who goes into the death cloud to do basic science shit. D-boys all the way man.

[@ferdinandb.s8975]

@@buschacha ah, a senior researcher has arrived

[@briannorris1548]

If everyone failed to come back out while tryingto investigate, after one or two teams wouldn't you change tactic and see if someone can come back at all? For example heres a full hazzmed suit and a harness with attached lanyard walk in and come right back! If possible then try to get a sample in the immediate area and come back right away. Keep increasing time and studying the people as they come back untill you build up a picture of what is going on.

[@-JaggedGrace-]

they can expend civilians and personnel but not 100 feet of rope

[@lifeispain404]

@@-JaggedGrace- human lives are cheap but a mile of chain is expensive i guess

[@rovgor]

Finally someone said it

[@theshellcollector]

Need Explains: **talks about what to do with a black bear** Me: *”if it’s brown, lay down, If it’s black, fight back and if it’s white, say goodnight.”*

[@absolutenothing7094]

No, just say good day and the white bear will let you go for being polite and having good manners.

[@novink6620]

If it's head looks like a dead rat just run and hope he's stupid enough to let you run away Edit: he's not stupid he mimic the voice to trap u Oh fuck

[@hazeltree7738]

If it's yellow, give it honey!

[@handleonafridge6828]

If it’s named after our star… give it the AR

[@pokemonfan2630]

Yeah we have all seen that, any bear can kill you so those aren't guarantees.

[@dregamesta]

Since the shimmer alien copies it’s inhabitants, the one thing Lima teaches it is the human ability to self destruct

[@negativezer0741]

“ART IS AN EXPLOSION!!!!”

[@gavinprestage7018]

Then I know how to win send in chuck Norris you can't copy perfection

[@onion_man324]

@@gavinprestage7018 1000iq

[@towelfn4320]

This is easy, just bring a pin and pop the thing. You said it was a bubble.

[@grigoriyefimovichrasputin7897]

That's a gamer nerd move right there.

[@towelfn4320]

@@grigoriyefimovichrasputin7897 I'm not sure how to respond

[@grigoriyefimovichrasputin7897]

@@towelfn4320 you did

[@nikkimclellan-keizer7732]

Good job towel the and peter

[@towelfn4320]

@@RacsoLoski lol

[@goliathprojects7354]

When dealing with something unknown, dangerous, supernatural and potentially world ending, I would ALLWAYS have a psychologist on the team. Nobody deals with things like these without an existential crisis

[@LizLuvsCupcakes]

And we shouldn't ignore the importance of having someone who knows how to keep everyone calm and grounded in the case of an emergency... Well, she would have, if she had been a good psychologist.

[@sweypheonix]

Like Dustin Hoffman in Sphere!

[@lorenzocampici7885]

The weirdest thing is that they don't wear any air purifying masks in the alien ecosystem that is almost completely unknown

[@mikadosannoji553]

its like going naked on a trip towards Chernobyl's reactor

[@keijokelvoton8936]

The weirdest thing is that you seem to have missed the part which tells "it" has been there for about three years. And that they have previously sent human personnel via land, air and water, aswell as drones and such. It's not like they have just found about the phenomenon, and that these are the very first people they send to investigate. In addition, when trying to isolate this kind of phenomenon from the public, it's kind of obvious you can not inform every branch of the government about it and bring in thousands of personnel on-site. How can you not read anything between the lines... 🤯

[@williel853]

"Is there air, you dont know!"- HammerTech

[@toringaming723]

What makes this so scary is how hopeless everything feels and that there’s nothing to stop the shimmer.

[@paw0960]

@@dytzin2040 I mean, mint ones are good too but yeah, Orange Are The Best

[@toringaming723]

@@dytzin2040 yeah I have an army of them to destroy the shimmer.

[@zachsilby4569]

👉🏻😎👉🏻 cancer allegory

[@patches3555]

Ahem, nuke-

[@toringaming723]

@@patches3555 no it would make it worse with the radiation

[@thepixel9852]

Nerd Explains: "I'm probably gonna end up eating this guy... Cinema Summary: And that was his first mistake."

[@foxcheetah6035]

Honestly I still prefer Nerd over Cinema. My mans got a sense of humor.

[@cowtaplayz8277]

My opinion, cinemas solutions always require more skill to complete than nerd’s solutions

[@diobuthesconfused7507]

@@foxcheetah6035 both. Both are good

[@TasX]

The ultimate crossover

[@emanueldargan9934]

Nerd is more funnier funny cinema is more entertaining

[@billmarion5796]

8:02 didn't Lena have military experience though? 29:23 I think the reason the clone sets everything on fire is because Lena's being had refracted onto the alien, perhaps even her thoughts and mind. So the clone then made the decision to destroy the shimmer because the part of the clone that was Lena wanted the clone to do that.

[@daminox]

Pretty sure it's as simple as the alien essentially being a newborn child. It didnt panic because it felt no pain, but when it began sensing that it was dying it sought out safety by retreating home to its birthplace inside the hole.

[@DrakeOola]

No that doesn't make any sense, it already cloned several dozen other humans long before her so if it just gets all their memories too then it would have multiple lifetimes worth of human knowledge and understand everything it already needs to know about humanity. Why would copying one more person suddenly make it want to destroy the shimmer when countless soldiers were already cloned, all highly trained soldiers who's primary mission and goal was to destroy the shimmer?? Not to mention we even see another clone pair using an incendiary grenade on themselves the same exact way she did too, why did that clone not end up burning down the whole hive but hers did?

[@jeinicho]

In case anyone missed it the first time, the whole movie was an allegory for Cancer and the way cancer cells behave, as well as different ways patients behave and deal with cancer (acceptance, denial, fighting, etc) and rewatching the film with this in mind adds a whole extra level to the story

[@jeinicho]

There are KZbin videos breaking this down as well

[@HI-oh5ur]

Imma act like that made sense

[@LeønardoHimself24]

You sure? Sounds interesting but scary

[@soxrocker04]

Someone's been paying attention in their film theory class

[@Joes86-nstuff]

You forgot the dam physiologist

[@brianadams7903]

Using a homing pigeon for comms wouldn't work well, pigeons use the earths magnetic field to navigate. Noticing the compass going erratic means that in the bubble the magnetic field is compromised.

[@Star_II3S]

Also the Pigeon might have already been mutated

[@ghostpurr9570]

and if it affects humans it will affect the pigeons

[@M.Babadook]

Sssshhh, stop using basic knowledge and logic

[@shuttittuppitt9355]

Magnetic fields are NOT the only things that (flying) birds use to navigate. It wouldn't work in the shimmer place, but most (flying) birds use their FAMILIArITY with an area far more than any magnetic field.

[@DekkarJr]

put a faraday cage over the entire thing... the size of FLorida... nevermind lol

[@user-gk9oz5bw3p]

“Would’ve brought that m249 SAW” The M240 in front of him: “Am I a joke to you?”

[@recording_closet9100]

Well the M240 isnt meant to be fired from the shoulder or the Hip it's meant to be fired as an an MMG on a tripod, the M249 would've been a better choice, because its 5.56 cartridge and lighter weight, as appossed to the 7.62 cartridge of the M240

[@mentalwarriorshow1458]

@@recording_closet9100 well yes, but no. The SAW is a piece of shit. Give me the 240 any day. And it doesn’t need a tripod, it can easily be fired from a bipod.

[@kimper7598]

The m240 is life of a squad. With its 7.62. Your m240 goes down you pick it up.

[@steelknight5052]

@@recording_closet9100 someones never been to machine gunners course

[@recording_closet9100]

@@steelknight5052 that is true I'm just speaking from what I've heard

[@timwhite5562]

I don't know why but in all the articles and videos I've seen about this movie, no one ever talks about the fact her "husband" and his doppelganger are making the video before he kills himself, one of them (presumably the actual husband) has a pronounced southern drawl while the one behind the camera doesn't (nor did the one that came back).

[@adamlouis3725]

because every part of this film is nonsense. you can only talk about so much

[@billyhendry8369]

Don’t their eyes have the same hue in the end frame?

[@gamerx9253]

Nerd Explains: "If a meteorite impacted the Earth creating an expanding iridescent bubble that caused the death of anyone who entered what would you do?" Me: Stay home and watch KZbin

[@pissapocalypse]

Well, I wouldn't enter it lol

[@bliss3599]

Until the internet goes down

[@chillpill2016]

Just live on the other side of the world

[@redtomahawk0]

Intervene

[@cannibalman8175]

laughs in space

[@onespookedprofessor1289]

Considering Bullsharks can swim up rivers and wind up interesting places, there could have been Shark DNA present in the region for the Shimmer to manipulate.

[@CrossVarietieZ]

Sharknado

[@onespookedprofessor1289]

@@CrossVarietieZ Heck yes

[@Jack_OutsideTheBox]

House shark

[@Volvith]

Sewer Sharks. _Look before you shit, otherwise, _*_you might get bit._*

[@jelfishery]

Land shark lol

[@iambobbyd1998]

Okay here is some nerd shit about antimatter physics for those interested: the annihilation reaction as you explained it is correct. However antimatter is both extremely rare and volatile, and it is not naturally occurring as far as we know. Humans have only observed antimatter in tiny amounts inside particle accelerators. The total amount of antimatter that has been made in all of history is so small that it is measured in nanograms, and so expensive that one single GRAM of the stuff would cost about $62.5 TRILLION. In terms of volatility, antimatter is so reactive that 1 kilogram would create a blast with the yield of 43 megatons of TNT. For context, that is about 2000 times that of the weapon deployed on Hiroshima, and close to the yield of the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated, Tsar Bomba, which was 57 megatons of TNT. One kilogram of antimatter is almost on par with 27 tons of the deadliest class of weapon ever created. Antimatter is truly a force to be reckoned with. Thank you for coming to my nerd ass Ted talk, and I wish my fellow nerds (and non-nerds ofc) a great day.

[@exudeku]

Thanks for the infodump, mate.

[@esebato24]

I now fear antimatter.......did not expect it to be worth that much or have it be compared to tnt or the bomb from Hiroshima......

[@GI-yy1ex]

Why the heck are they trying to make more antimatter then when's it's so destructive.

[@sebastiansanchez8752]

@@GI-yy1ex to study things like black holes, it's believed hawking radiation is antimatter and matter pairs being form above the event horizon, one particle shoots into the black holes and the other shoots away from it, making the black holes lose mass

[@deathdragon2283]

Yeah, an asteroid that size made of antimatter would’ve made the chicxulub meteor impact look like a fire cracker.

[@thewierdoneout]

I always thought that Lina transfered her self destructive nature to the shimmer, as represented by the grenade, and that's why it destroyed itself.

[@madgames7576]

When the zombie apocalypse comes around, being subscribed to Nerd Explains would be the passport to get inside safe zones

[@crispyfour9052]

NE: Here's your first mistake. Even if someone has a reputable ethos, it doesn't mean that they prioritize your best interests.

[@mosiout7736]

No they are probably canibals I shoot them on sight

[@gabby3056]

@@mosiout7736 right🤣 most youtubers who tell ppl how to survive suggest betraying the whole group to survive💀 i wouldnt trust any of yall

[@magicblaze1553]

@@gabby3056 I mean that's in the worst case scenerio and besides most groups in horror movies are idiots who are going to get you killed

[@gabby3056]

@@magicblaze1553 true true im just sayin i wouldnt trust the audience of youtubers who tell u how to survive stuff based on the fact that they usually tell you to take any measure to ensure ur own survival even at the cost of others so teamin with them wouldnt be the best idea🤣

[@TonyEmond]

Actually a lot of the questions you raise at the beginning are a lot clearer in the book - the team is led by a psychologist in order to try and maintain control over the team once they're inside. It clearly doesn't work but it's the main reason.

[@AdamTFinch]

Yeah, I came here to post about the book. The movie is pretty good - as good as an adaptation of weird fiction can be probably - but some of the things NE proposes just wouldn't work because of how Area X works. To be fair, though, you have to analyse what's presented in the film, not stuff from the book, which NE has :)

[@Meerschweinchenweitwurfchamp]

" Ohh there is mutated and alien stuff, let's all just touch it bare hands". That is literally "Homer Simpson liks an Uranium rod" kind of stupid...

[@JetstreamSam343]

I'd say drunk Homer on 3AM getting out of Moe's and driving to buy a plane for around 1mil is smarter than this nutjobs on this movie

[@jaguar_8344]

The second they stepped in, they were dead. What’s the point in trying to stay away from the environment when you are literally walking INTO it? It’s like wearing socks in the bath so your feet don’t get wet. They didn’t even know if there was gravity in there: or light. It’s quite literally a suicide mission.

[@NodDisciple1]

Or Prometheus?

[@soxrocker04]

Grammatically it is supposed to be "an Uranium rod" but it just sounds wrong, while "a Uranium rod" sounds better but is grammatically incorrect. english why

[@marblemarble7113]

@@jaguar_8344 they didnt even know if they could get out thats what really doesnt make sense, they have an alien territory where nobody who has entered has come back alive and yet they dont even test for it

[@nocturnalsimulacrum6385]

She only admits to 2 deaths the other 2 she just says "I don't know" Killed by a bear Killed by a bear Turns to flowers Turns into mandlebulb morphs into an exact replica of lena

[@thegrimcritic5494]

To me, the most unrealistic thing in this movie was the fact that Nathalie Portman’s character would ever in her right mind cheat on someone as handsome and charming as Oscar fucking Issacs.

[@wi4305]

You never know.

[@SmootherThanSilk]

Looks don't matter when you're significant other is gone for months at a time, you don't know if they'll come back, and you're lonely.

[@PabloCruise1]

Oscar is gay.

[@mrplayfulshade]

@@SmootherThanSilk no excuse. If Im committed to someone I'd wait my entire fucking life so don't sit here and say it's justified because she's "lonely". She never loved him, if you love someone you don't do shit like that. Ever.

[@dillonthevillon3719]

@@SmootherThanSilk I genuinely hope u never get married, and if u do I hope ur husband/wife never has to leave for more then a weekend for his/her own sake

[@Laarye]

The reason the psychologist went, is she was the director of the organization and had hypnotized the others to follow commands. The title, Annihilation, is even a trigger word. However, the movie seems to have left that part out, and makes the title not as important other than to go, hey we're making it into a movie.

[@jacobm6617]

yeah they left everything important out of the movie lol

[@dylanbarnhart6311]

Why were they all girls though :0 if they need a psychologist, wouldn’t a all girls task force kinda eliminate the purpose or would it refine it, I’m jsut trying to figure out why they needed women instead of a shaman or monk

[@tenjenk]

@@dylanbarnhart6311 it was for sampling purposes. Previous team which got slaughtered was all male. They wanted to collect data for a full female team without any expectation of them surviving, just more data to research so each successive expedition would survive somewhat longer for even more data. In the book there were multiple "successful" expeditions (IE had some survivors) around the outer rims which helped provide the standard for expeditions going deeper inside and not getting immediately annihilated. Stuff like the shimmer having an extreme reaction to any advanced tech.

[@emiko5592]

Everyone watching this: Just in case

[@youtubedislikebutton6031]

You can never be too careful

[@KairousKen]

Well, whatll i do when my city gets covered with a bubble?

[@God-gi9iu]

Yup

[@pauleire2523]

Yup

[@juergenhaessinger4518]

Why I'm watching this: Please tell me I'm not the only one who thought these characters were idiots.

[@henriquesouza8704]

Dude now that you said to go by the shore, I can't help but think "wtf happened to the sea inside the shimmer? What kinds of seamonsters and horrors could be there?"

[@lazarusthibodeaux]

“We don’t know what happened to him” *PROCEEDS TO WALK IN WITHOUT ANY PROTECTION FROM POSSIBLE AIRBORNE PATHOGENS* Edit: I haven’t seen this much stupidity since “Alien: Covenant” where they walked onto a previously undiscovered planet without any protection because “there’s oxygen”.

[@dog4579]

This video is sponsored by:........ Your dog! Wuf wuf

[@adamgray1753]

He was also profusely coughing up blood and shaking like a leaf in a hurricane on the way to the CIA Black Site. Ehhh! No bother! He *looks* clean. So he *is* clean! What wonderful movie logic.

[@juicebox3216]

@@adamgray1753 It's a sci-fi movie. It's not supposed to be realistic.

[@adamgray1753]

Thank you, @@juicebox3216, for missing the entire point of what Misfited Misfit and I posted.

[@terrible1237]

Horror movie logic

[@bulbobaggins]

19:53 quick minor correction: that’s actually an M240B. It packs a way heavier punch than the M249 and judging by the creatures within the shimmer, you’ll definitely need that extra punch

[@asilentmeme2393]

thankfully someone else noticed that I was doing homework and just looked at the gun when he said they found it was like "huh nice a 240" then he said "249 saw " and I was like "am i the crazy one??"

[@oneballwizard406]

Definitely an m240B

[@clueless6932]

Thank you, I was about to put this comment myself

[@adamhall4146]

Same goes for when they kill the croc and he says it's an AR.

[@KindredGh0st]

The shimmer genetically changed it to a 249.

[@nijeandrej]

"they leave the safety of the guard tower to wander into the dark tall grass where they heard the roaring beast" I'm dead

[@crumb.crumblet.S.crumbington]

i love listening to these when i animate! :) u have wonderful videos!!

[@SquirtleTurtle.]

First, nice animations. Second, why aren't you verified on youtube yet?

[@octopusgaming9706]

crumb? why u here

[@rayzephayze6399]

This is a surprise haha

[@TheOrcKatari]

Crumb i didn't expected to see you here

[@frog1586]

Oh... Hi, what a pleasant surprise

[@thekamotodragon]

The concept of this movie has always been extremely interesting to me, particularly the idea of never knowing if the characters were copies created by the shimmer or not since days of the story are missing from the presentation, which means they could've already been replaced. When it comes to "beating" it though... I think humans probably have little chance since the story obviously presents the shimmer as being an attempt by aliens or even extra-dimensional beings far more advanced than us of changing earth to their liking... and knowing what i said earlier about how it can seem to copy and mutate (and ultimately replace) ANYTHING that enters it's borders very quickly, the only real solution i think would be for humans to nuke that whole area or even glass the continent it appears on if we'd hope to survive it's effects, because even if you can't stop the actual shimmer, you could just remove all things for it to change and effect, essentially removing it's "food source" like how you'd have to handle the flood from Halo.

[@wizz_air5283]

Nerd explains:how is glass coming out of sand Me:advanced minecraft tech

[@therealtdr]

Moded Minecraft

[@tejanb.s1218]

Glass is made from silica and u know wat is sand is made up of???? yup its silica.

[@cavemanbonk8320]

He was specifically asking how it 'grew' to be the shape of the trees

[@zaachfennell]

@@cavemanbonk8320 mods

[@Kit_stoop_stoop]

@@cavemanbonk8320 mods

[@cantonnierbethcepourlavhy6343]

16:55 Bull sharks are perfectly able to swim in non-salin water and have been observed up to 50 miles inlands from the sea. Considering the movie's location near the shore, a meeting between a shark and a gator is actually quite plausible. Now for the mating part i'm definitely not enough into furry shit to elaborate any hypothesis

[@iwasdroppedatbirth2409]

Most likely the gator consumed the shark, like with the bear, it consumed her vocal cord and was able to replicate her voice

[@hahafunnyname]

@@iwasdroppedatbirth2409 maybe, although since the flowers are multiple species mixed into one and they can't "eat" eachother, maybe shimmer is taking genetics of one species and grafting it on the other (that might explain why the soldier got snake intestines while eating normal rations)

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

​@@hahafunnynameThat's a good point.

[@leviathan5494]

Listen, I've watched plenty of scary movies and tv shows, so many that I'm pretty much immune to shit like this. But there is something so unsettling about the skullbear using Cassie's voice to call for help while starting down its prey that really just gets to me.

[@ddoober]

TRUE

[@raaston9761]

same here dude same here and I habe had encounters with bears and creatures that look like a fucking wendigos or skinwalkers

[@jackcristo1628]

If entering the shimmer causes you to lose days of consciousness, then dropping or (especially) flying into the center of it would've been a disaster.

[@kvilhs211]

they only lost memories after a few days of exposure so not necessarily

[@murphylaw7106]

SCP fans that have read every exploration logs: “I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you.”

[@braydenengelking6084]

Legit 😂😂

[@supadakta2235]

That part at around the area 25:35 seems like an scp. I can't remeber the name but it looks like it and also mimics sound too. I think it is scp 989 pretty sure

[@alexkitchen6739]

@@supadakta2235 You’re thinking of 939

[@LoRenzo-go5mx]

@@alexkitchen6739 h o w d i d u k n o w

[@Gramythebee]

Hehe yeah

[@cyanideyt1314]

the most perplexing part of the movie is how lena is depressed because the guy she cheated on left her

[@joeyk3134]

That's exactly what I thought. As soon as they made that reveal, I thought "oh so I don't care if she dies now"

[@tropiczebra]

She cheated because she was depressed.

[@mms2855]

@@tropiczebra not an excuse

[@Aerondighteternal]

@@tropiczebra what an excuse

[@clownworld4655]

@@tropiczebra always funny how women get excuses to the ends of the earth yet men immediately get called shitbags

[@FlatlineVC]

I saw nobody else mention it... So can we just talk about the mutated bear? I'm guessing it mimics the sounds it's prey makes, to lure in more prey. The scary part is that since the only thing it heard Cassey do is scream for help that'd never come, that's the sound it chose to replicate. And for some reason, that is oddly unsettling, in a much worse way than any horror movie monster ever has been.

[@Wertzuio]

this.

[@dr.palsonp.h.d815]

literally an scp copy

[@user-xj3mo2lx9z]

In the book its not a bear its a giant ass pig.

[@zarrowthehorse]

@@user-xj3mo2lx9z sounds even more interesting. I enjoyed the movie a lot but I might just have to read the book

[@spleeneater9481]

@@dr.palsonp.h.d815 monsters repeating human speech isn't an scp exclusive idea. The native americans thought of it like, 300 or more years ago.

[@cabooey2905]

what im surprised by is that no one thought of using analog tracking, like a bread crumb trail or something like that, a simple rope wouldve been enough, hell markers with color ribbons wouldve been good too

[@saltymisfit6566]

We all know Shark Gator is scary.....but ManBearPig is a whole new level of horror 😁

[@StarstormAnimations]

Its super cereal.

[@maxedison7182]

Oh my gosh. So startled

[@SergeiMosin]

A lot of smarter people say MBP doesn't exist. And if it does, what are we gonna do about it? The Chinese aren't gonna do anything about it. (I love that episode so much)

[@heathenly_aesthetic7233]

For cereal

[@alexdowie7650]

@@benanspaugh2969 f*ck... Best me to it 😂

[@stygianmoon1716]

Is nobody gonna talk about how gorgeous this movie is 0-0 It's so colourful it's hauntingly beautiful in a way

[@erinofarrell5122]

Fr

[@discxple]

It was the most mindcurving movie ive seen i looked at my skin after watching it Trust me it hits diffrently when watched at 02:30 am

[@orbismworldbuilding8428]

Reply to op: It seriously is, it's left a mark on me. It's chock full of beautiful, ugly, and scary all together Reply to second comment: I watched it late at night too, actually just before i went to bed.

[@orbismworldbuilding8428]

Mindcurving is an excellent way to describe it tbh

[@cainabel6356]

Nah. It did not look that good to me.

[@flamefierce998]

This is why, the SCP foundation are geniuses they do their research completely unknown holds and contained thousands of crazy creatures or things. Because they do their research, D-class would've been sent in just like any other tests not some important personnel that doesn't have prior experience or training in certain situations

[@OneEyedCloud01]

Even with their competence they tend to lose in alternate realities and such as well which is kind of insane when you think about it.

[@blender7]

@@OneEyedCloud01 The Foundation lose against stuff like the Sun turning people into parasitic hiveminds, or the extinguishment of the human soul from the threads of existence. Something like 'the shimmer' is pretty standard for them.

[@imweirdfiteme593]

This movie is so complex with so many hidden means it's so good. I love the fact that the shimmer realizes that humans are self destructive and ends up destroying itself.

[@PutTheCookieDown]

NE uploads. I click. I’m a simple man.

[@KaiserStormTracking]

Indeed

[@МадафакатикатакаГЛОК]

Good physique keep grinding !

[@dontfactcheck376]

-simple man- you mean man of culture?

[@PutTheCookieDown]

@@МадафакатикатакаГЛОК Must stay one step ahead of the horde of zombies. The only real reason to do cardio 🏃‍♂️

[@МадафакатикатакаГЛОК]

@@PutTheCookieDown i fucking hate running i will risk fighting zombies rather than running.

[@pumkinpatchwork]

the Annihilation looks like a REALLY beautiful movie, the flower motifs and mutated animals are all creative as hell and the entire concept is incredibly clever. the way it plays iridescence and ethereal beauty into cosmic horror is just so fantastically well done. pity all the characters were so damn stupid, though...

[@grailw9221]

it sucks when talented artist's work gets wasted on a terribly made script

[@Mesakezuit]

@@grailw9221 can u write a movie? creativity is penalized in school all about format. minimuze creativity. and add the factors of gramer

[@grailw9221]

@@Mesakezuit yes i am not a writer but that does not excuse the laziness and obvious lack of care or passion by the "professional" writer behind annihilation

[@Mesakezuit]

@@grailw9221 it was lazzy?

[@grailw9221]

@@Mesakezuit well of course he is. there are so many plot holes, and times the characters act uncharacteristically stupid, in order to move the plot forward, without having to put the effort into having to make believable conflict. those among other things shows, that the writer behind annihilation is a hack, who would rather quickly make something, that gives the illusion of having deeper meaning. in order to trick people like you or me, which he likely thinks are a bunch of idiots who would lend money to him, and by extent the studio who produced the film. if he puts a few, somewhat deep and poetic sounding lines in his script

[@Mr.Chris.P.Bacon1]

25:39 *The CREEPIEST THING I've ever seen/heard in my life. A bear with the vocals of a MUTATED DYING WOMAN?*

[@saltymisfit6566]

The Fulton extraction method has to be an absolute nightmare and a blast at the same time going from zero to whatever the plane is doing in no time at all has got to be jaring on the human body

[@joshmulligan8093]

The group: don’t test at the border Nerd explains: and I took that personally

[@cloberlobster2276]

It's kinda stupid ngl, but I would like to see another movie, maybe a sequel where a new shimmer astroid, maybe multiple, land in a populated area and the military *actually* use their brains to combat the threat.

[@joshmulligan8093]

@@cloberlobster2276 your hired!

[@ren4issance-754]

Got to love the part in every apocalypse-survival movie where the military forego any rational thought and revert to bonobo chimpanzees. Literally anyone with two eyes could look at that field and tell that there’s probably some kind of electromagnetic distortion going on there.

[@greenxenon4]

Things like these are the reason why I want to major in Biology. I fricking love weird creatures.

[@donovansmit4772]

Im wired creatures or du u mean weird creatures

[@greenxenon4]

@@donovansmit4772 weird* sorry typo

[@luckydal2059]

Biochem ftw

[@matthewwynn3025]

Same I'm a bio major

[@TyyTheFlyGuy]

It’s cool if you get grants to work on stuff. Most people I know who went into bio either became teachers or went to medschool after.

[@antonradke5943]

18:52 I just realize that in this universe, due to the circumstances of the shimmer, manbearpig can and likely does exist. I’m super cerealz

[@folieadeux147]

Everyone knows global Manbearpig doesn’t exist!

[@folieadeux147]

@@an-animal-lover type it into the youtube search box

[@danielko1099]

@@an-animal-loverI think it’s a red dead 2 reference

[@richardarriaga6271]

​@@an-animal-loverCreature in South Park that Al Gore was mocked for warning people about as if it didn't exist. An allegory for global warming. The creators then reverse course and show ManBearPig terrorizing South Park.

[@brendenhawley2225]

@@an-animal-lover South Park reference. It was used as an Allegory for climate change. The creators were at first skeptics, so it was mocking, but when they learned more, they retconned it into being real.

[@PrincessCupncake]

“They’re not close to an ocean” Also: “Lighthouse... shoreline...”

[@vegetalover9297]

Yeah and some sharks can go up river

[@mikadosannoji553]

@@vegetalover9297 the shark grew legs

[@rodolfobeguiristain]

didnt they hike 40 miles to get to the lighthouse? I'd say that's probably further than those alligators traveled

[@snekkoheckko4466]

@@rodolfobeguiristain yeah alligators don't often travel more than 10 miles from there home waters

[@Drangir]

@@snekkoheckko4466 it had years to work on their builds. It could even get information from different places of The Shimmer to mix them up. It's limitations are hardly set up

[@cloberlobster2276]

*It would be cool if he did a video on how the SCP-foundation could handle this anomaly.*

[@leroyjenkins6809]

Is that a show or something?

[@cloberlobster2276]

@@leroyjenkins6809 scp-foundation is a community of fan made oddities and anomoles "entries" recorded by a "fake" organization that secure. Contain. And protect (s.c.p) any anomolies. They have a LARGE fanbase with many games, books, manga, fan art and other stuff that the community makes. And no, it's not an official tv show.

[@metanoia3438]

They definitely should make a tv show about it

[@redactedseed7114]

@@metanoia3438 id watch it

[@-cet]

they then fucking use G O D

[@ddopson]

The shimmer world was created by the affair and has been "growing for 3 years" (the secrecy phase), then Kane finds out, and his old self is completely destroyed. Someone completely new returns inhabiting his physical body. Lena enters the shimmer world and experiences her own suffering, including realizing that Kane had discovered the affair, before ultimately willing herself to return to him. Her choice is what destroys the shimmer, not the literal grenade and fire. Effectively, the shimmer world is an exploration of the kind of ego shattering that can happen during a divorce, after a cancer diagnosis, or when facing one's own impermanence -- various forms of "Annihilation". It's also a bit like a dream that's processing several different ideas at the same time, but with real consequences at the literal level to keep things grounded. The affair itself was a form of cancer in their relationship, and so the shimmer world is also a form of cancer, with many references to mutation, unexpected growth, and even outright "wall tumors". There's also various forms of transcendence to a new form (ie, death), including the girl who turns into a tree. The new Kane and the changed Lena are going through a rebirth process -- after the affair, they can't go back to who they were before, but maybe they can build something new. Etc. I'm not normally into non-literal "arthouse" type films, but the imagery was so stunning and engaging that I really enjoyed this movie -- it took a blender to several ideas and several genres, but felt real enough to keep me engaged. Just don't take it so literally -- it's not hard sci-fi -- and plug your ears when they pseudo-science basic biology.

[@soulbound2]

....wat

[@bunkerhousing]

@@soulbound2 Yep

[@DarckAngel11]

That explanation (thought very good and logic) makes it boring for me, idk why...!?, but i prefer to think in aliens, abstract shit, and cosmic horror instead of an affair and divorce. I also think your comment is underrated, I haven't seen anyone else talking about in that way.

[@bobergamer1963]

Let's get it to 69 and leave it there

[@bradleyhandsonjoehallschro5419]

While i'm not against this analysis of the film, it is interesting at least, but I don't buy it that much. I would be more inclined to if the shimmer was only involving the characters in question, but it doesn't. It's been 3 years. Tons and tons of people die. Nature is changed, destroyed, and repurposed despite not being involved in the divorce.

[@tomastorasen9164]

I think who visited her in the beginning was not Kane, or at least too morphed to be recognized. To me it seemed like the whole point was that the gene splicing between all DNA was uncontrollable, even behaviourally, the bear scene was to demonstrate the behavorial and sound similarities transferred. The burning of Kanes body was to show he understood this transfer and that any case of dangerous humanoid crossing over would unavoidably take over his last actions and burn itself to death. Thus the only way of beating it, which they did. This opens the door to the understanding of an underlying intelligence that had this strategy worked out to take over worlds, or something like that. That it was not random. The ending where they both had the shimmer in their eyes went completely against this, this was only a flirt with a well repeated thing in the endings of horror movies, where they show “oh know it lived on”. It was very fluidly fantasized, the script. I think a part of it is the open interpretation, while the script writer probably was high and had quite a clear story to tell.

[@Gawkgawkgiver]

Nothing better than watching nerd explains while my parents aguing in the background. My best life

[@NamingIsHard828]

Life

[@NamingIsHard828]

Life

[@nathencrowfather6502]

Same :/

[@PaladZerkGamerGF]

Man I feel you, it'll get better eventually, hope you're okay

[@SPFLDAngler]

You clearly need someone to talk to. You should reach out for help. There are even online resources you can utilize.

[@sik.6721]

You kinda missed a little bit about how the clone is like the melted conscience of the original, just like the two deers, Lena's clone kinda takes her destructive nature as( he mentioned that she and many people in the team has) and destroy herself.

[@aquaticborealis4877]

I think he missed most of what the movie was about

[@toastsloth4831]

@@aquaticborealis4877 yea it had quite a few levels to it tbh

[@Voeris1]

Yeah I got the sense that the clone "knew" what she had to do, when she looked at Lena after the blast. Shocked but not angry, more so sad.

[@GrimReaper-dh8yc]

@@aquaticborealis4877 I mean yeah, sure. The movie is metaphorical to us but if this were to actually occur, it wouldn't be a metaphor. Slasher movies are metaphors about celibacy but you don't beat Jason Voorhees by wearing a promise ring.

[@aquaticborealis4877]

@@GrimReaper-dh8yc The point of slasher films is not metaphor. I would say that metaphor is a pretty flattering description of what they communicate. You could make an argument for some films, like American Psycho, but most are extremely superficial. Annihilation purposely constructs a lot of metaphor into it. It has more to say. It does a reasonable job of translating this from the novel.

[@applewater5642]

One of these times I want somebody to make a movie about the cameramen of other horror movies where THEY all have to compete in death games and beat each other.

[@b3n868]

That would create a rather boring movie, as the cameraman never dies. And if he somehow does, the universe immediately ends. This is fact.

[@commandercat10]

@@b3n868 well what about when they die a new person gets the camera

[@JinKee]

Look up an anthology movie called [REC]

[@bananein121]

@@JinKee rec 1 and 2 are just so good, and also if you consider the fact that the director on purpose chose very unknown actors to add realism

[@doorknob2712]

This channel is literally the shimmer, once you step in to seeing content you don’t come back out. Honestly I’d rather stay anyways because this is some good *fucking* content

[@thestrangefishlikeentity9967]

Anyone: So we're locked in this room together but don't worry, a locksmith is on their way and- Nerd Explains, sharpening his steak knife: No time, get in my mouth.

[@JetstreamSam343]

Hmm, kinky

[@rupertgarcia]

@@JetstreamSam343 😭💀

[@kingcyrusrodan6772]

“They pass through the barrier and wake up in their tent with no memory of anything that happened” Meanwhile in italy: KING CRIMSON!

[@superneird3255]

Here comes the Crimson Chin!

[@professionalliar1524]

Golden experience requiem: appears in the shimmer

[@Ireallylikeathf123]

This golden, golden wind

[@BIGBLOCK5022006]

To be continued.....

[@coleman8or264]

Bro, I was thinking the exact same thing

[@benjaminizquierdo4700]

I think the bear only ate the vocal cords on purpose, because it had a lot of time to eat so much more of the body, but didn’t, and that brings up a lot of horrifying possibilities

[@onomstarr]

It probably ate her, but mutated with her vocal cords. But then it gets scarier: Either A: it knew to use those vocal cords and mimic her distress cry to lure in prey Or B: She fused with the bear and was still conscious enough to be suffering and try to call for help

[@MyNameisRevenant]

@@onomstarr none of them is pleasant to read, truly horrifying.

[@Snay1998]

@@onomstarr maybe it ate her brains too lol

[@lwdrd]

@onomstarr the bear acts like a bear, it probably just ripped her throat out and ran away, and the shimmer merged their parts together

[@allisongriffiths1653]

@@onomstarryup, I personally think it’s option B

[@sorenwhittington2396]

18:24 man I gotta give you major props. "Psychonaut's wet dream" has my crying right now!

[@yeetboi2828]

Nerd explains playing Raid: Enemy:*makes a move* Nerd explains: This was his first mistake which will eventually be a large set back and will eventually lead to his downfall

[@Avigorus]

The plot twist they didn't see coming: They've all been secretly designated D-Class by the SCP Foundation.

[@yeboxxx_channel_2505]

DU DU DU DUU

[@mtf-alpha-1]

HEHEHEHEHEHE we totally didnt send them in ha

[@spaghettiman7108]

That actually make sense

[@cloberlobster2276]

They actually were kinda doing that in the books (intentionally sending people in as test subjects, and in the books simply being around the shimmer makes one unhinge and become ever more paranoid)

[@banjobill8420]

That would be bonkers if they did that. Connected Annihilation with SCP. EDIT: the book this film is based on is a part of the Southern Reach series. Southern Reach is a private SCP Foundation-esque company that is overseeing study of the Shimmer.

[@bitzmarckoftheseastirpitz7479]

I can’t stop thinking of this: Poe Dameron discovers time travel and has Padme cheat on Anakin

[@flaviomonteiro1414]

Poe is Luke's true father... Best X-wing pilot in that Galaxy...

[@corsacs3879]

Honestly, I can empathise with the psychologist. For 3 years she observed, sent in teams and just tried to understand this thing… and the entire time she got absolutely nothing, not even a lead on what might be happening. She knew the thing was growing, she knew she was going to die regardless (not mentioned here but she was terminally ill that’s why she went in) and by extension she knew that if nothing could be done the world would eventually be taken over and destroyed. Knowing all that will happen (as far as she’s concerned) is enough to break people. No wonder they were so unprepared and sent in seemingly weird choices. They were so beaten they just didn’t care.

[@carlosmartinsjr3602]

Well... in the books they observed the shimmer for 30 years actually and get little knowledge about it, it could get worse....

[@Carabas72]

@@carlosmartinsjr3602 And in the books, all that fancy tech like drones and sensors and environment suits and modern high-tech military gear whatnot? The Shimmer just points and laughs at it, at best.

[@Yishaiification]

A harness and rope would have cut those 3 years down severely lol.

[@chaosdogma4259]

That bear-wendigo-thing is the scariest thing I’ve ever seen, or probably will ever see. It activates EVERY SINGLE ONE of my fight or flight instincts on nearly the deepest primal level possible. Nothing disturbs me more than that... thing. It’s like all of my ancestors that I’ve ever had are screaming out to me.

[@codemiesterbeats]

yea its like a movie about that thing would be crazy scary... I am not a fan of horror stuff but suspense/thriller type ones are ok. That thing could make a super freaky deaky monster... even if it just emulated human sounds (that it learned while mauling them to death) jeepers creepers yeesh.

[@magnagermania9311]

Oh God I used to love wendigo folklore, but nowadays it's just cringe. Fucking 11 year old edgy kids on tt runes it

[@lilweedsea]

I’m assuming you believe “w” exists since you mentioned it’s name. If so, and I’m not trying to scare you, you should never mention it’s name anywhere, especially in the wilderness. If you do not believe it’s existence, you should and should still not mention it’s name.

[@lilweedsea]

@@magnagermania9311 If you love that folklore so much, you should turn that love into fear. And not mention it’s name. They’re very real, and very hostile. It’s not a tale, it’s real.

[@magnagermania9311]

@@lilweedsea even if they are real, I live in europe

[@stardropav5980]

I feel like Nerd Explains handles western movies and shows while Cinema Summaries handles Eastern shows and movies

[@an_id10t1]

But Nerd Explains and Cinema Summary both talked about Birdbox

[@kimguir303]

Tahtrs actually great that they don't do the same vids

[@vorpalz2356]

@@an_id10t1 I think they're talking about what movies the content creator's lean towards. They can both talk about the same movie if they want.

[@deadlyninja6214]

Here is a survival tip: check the corpse if it's still fresh, not for cannibalism but to see if the mutant bear is still there, most times when there are corpses in caves and it's just bone, there is a high chance that the bear has moved.

[@ellierenee9312]

That bear is still one of the creepiest creature designs that I’ve seen in a while in cinema. I get chills every-time I watch that scene

[@PersonJustCommentedAndSaid]

I just realized something. Aren't the trees infected. That would mean the oxygen or the air would be bad to breath in.

[@keziahsarajohn4160]

Oh Non no non no

[@markofcomms]

I think just being within the borders of the shimmer means you're fucked

[@sawbox2getthorns944]

I mean the grasses are fine so ye, they're still breathing some safe air.

[@InTrancedState]

Trees make little oxygen

[@tenjenk]

The shimmer effects all energy and matter in its growing radius. Just that the organic effects are more apparant.

[@TorFactor]

That bear is absolute nightmare fuel. I wouldn't even want to be in the same galaxy as that thing.

[@davidj3841]

Not to worry, a magazine of 5.56 will do the trick

[@TorFactor]

@@davidj3841 well in Canada I'm limited to magazines pinned to 5 rounds. I suppose it gives me an excuse to practice my reloads haha.

[@mtf-alpha-1]

@@TorFactor wait so if the bear can talk does that mean it is possible to make talking animales?

[@TorFactor]

@@mtf-alpha-1 I mean, all for talking animals, but that mimicking stuffing is horrifying.

[@Cp-71]

You may not want to read SCP-939 then, it's based on a similar concept but manages to be even worse.

[@xC4N4D14NB4C0Nx]

smh somoebody tell these ladies to call the SCP bois they'll have this sorted in two days or less.

[@edgewastaken2432]

Did 682 come from this

[@cavareenvius7886]

"No, Dr Bright! You can not throw a owl and a bear into it to create your own Owlbear pet. Not even when you claim to be able to train it."

[@Dakotahlikesboxing]

Plenty of scp people would still die, so it isn't like they come out unscathed or something.

[@SergeantPear]

@@edgewastaken2432 no, 682 is wayyyyy older than this movie

[@edgewastaken2432]

@@SergeantPear i know, i was making a joke