The Biology Of The MISUNDERSTOOD Regent Species Explained

As Humans do what Humans always do, try and reach out into the stars to see if anyone else is out there, this entire ideology may prove extremely dangerous to our existence. As we found a goldilock planet in the distance, we immediately beamed a communication about its planets extended warranty every 24 hours for years. Eventually, something would speed its way towards our planet, basically telling us to shut up. But what was this species and why may their intentions be misunderstood? Also what about their biology? Lets discuss in todays episode over Battleship!
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[@Nostripe361]

My favorite theory is that they got annoyed by the scientist sending signals so they came to earth to beat up the scientist and get them to stop spamming their intergalactic emails

[@NeumaghAnon]

Could be like that one episode of Stargate SG1 where our radio communications did actually do some damage

[@Bapate-rh9be]

@@NeumaghAnon That is what I always loved about Stargate. In Startrek it would have been a lession in Worf beeing stupid and really the aliens are just misunderstood, in stargate is is outright: "Get out of the major or we will lay waste to your world!"

[@Techstriker1]

That would explain why they inexplicably shot the communication scientists, while normally ignore non-combatants.

[@kyze8284]

Even aliens hate "We've been trying to contact you about your car's extended warranty"... the all powerful uniter

[@JinKee]

@@NeumaghAnon”Blindsight” a novel by Peter Watts had a similar idea. And there was The Whale Signal from Star Trek IV

[@TheArklyte]

Tbh, I always view Battleship as story about team of geologists being ambushed and murdered by crazy locals in the jungle.

[@Slavesforsale1]

I felt bad for the aliens for having landed on a planet of violent, impulsive monkeys.

[@Texasplit]

Nah. Team humans! 😎

[@dasiksupahuman]

@@Texasplit HUMAN NUMBER 1!!! MAN MADE IN GODS IMAGE NOT ALIENS!!!

[@Nostripe361]

I always liked the idea that they are coming to tell us to shut up and stop beaming signals at their homeworld

[@zerrodefex]

You'd have an argument if the aliens had not shot first and started tearing things up without provocation.

[@renimusprime]

“Stop contacting us about our planet’s extended warranty.” That had me rolling in the floor.

[@TheBluntkin]

What about your ships extended warranty *throws asteroid*

[@saga2964]

I think we've done enough to void our warranty.

[@lightfootwall4173]

And then they sent the “galactic bureau of investigation”

[@ricgillingham8056]

First of all great movie ...the alien plan was Conquest this was an advanced scout to assess earths abilities military abilities and to form a beach head then they would of sent a signal home were the main fleet would of been deployed the aliens had no peaceful intentions lol they may of been reasonable fair as our masters if they won but humanity would 100% been a occupied planet 😊.....great as a ways my man 💪 😊

[@GlazerKing]

Yeah. Rolling. Sure.

[@sethherrington350]

“We are gonna die, I’m gonna die, you’re gonna die, we’re all gonna die... just not today”

[@camarofan2008]

Bad ass quote from a rather mid popcorn film.

[@anotheryoutubeuser5379]

*drifts a fucking boat*

[@l33tninja1]

Now realize that there's a good chance at least one person who reads that will find themselves dieing the day they read it.

[@withertempestprime8718]

Love that quote

[@The_Ragequit_Cannon]

​@@l33tninja1*dying

[@Mithiasgame]

It always seemed to me like the aliens were dealing with their own internal issues during their time on Earth. Sometimes they're hyperagressive, taking out nearby military equipment and infrastructure, othertimes they're TRYING to handle things peacefully. It feels almost like it was originally a investigative mission, but when one of the ships was destroyed on entry, and the others were VERY quickly responded to with military vessels, civilian/non-combat aliens disagreed on the approach with the military/combat aliens. So depending on the ship, sometimes the talkers were in charge, and sometimes the grunts were in charge. Combine this with the language barrier and the fact that shots had been exchanged, and you have a recipe for labeling it an attack when it could just be grunts trying to establish a safe zone before phoning home for further instructions. IE "We had a ship blow up on entry, destroyed local miilitary and civlilan infrastructure, and got into multiple firefights with local water vessels. Please advise." "You did fucking WHAT?!"

[@suddenlythatenderman5800]

form what the background says the ship that was destroyed was the command ship so the remaining ship where the grunt/escort vessels now without commander or even diplomatic officers... just TRYING to do something resulting in there absolute fucking mess of an operation.

[@raghnall847]

​@@suddenlythatenderman5800 I'm no military person, but isn't that like the LAST thing grunts and untrained people are supposed to do?

[@clayxros576]

@@raghnall847 Hahahahahahaha....yeah. Keyword being "supposed to do". Most of the time whoever is in charge will aggressively carve out a perimeter, then hunker down and wait for instructions. Then if they think they can chase off surrounding inhabitants, they will if they're fighting back (or if the commander just feels angry). A large ratio of the time, grunts on the ground won't be following protocol. Usually because their commander has been in hotzones before and knows protocol gets you killed, and the top brass will generally cover for them.

[@JNJ1983]

This is a brilliant summation!

[@shikikankillzone4239]

@@suddenlythatenderman5800 It was their comms ship, in reality. But well, you could be onto something, back in Ten-Go, the IJN commander in charge of center force left Yamato (Their big-ass flagship battleship) and entered Ooyoda, which was more of a support light cruiser as it had better radios and the big battleship was an airstrike magnet

[@dustinwashburn1283]

I was in the Navy when this movie came out, and just so happened to be on one of the ships participating in the Rimpac that was going on in this movie. Every time there was a comms connectivity issue (including internet), it was unanimous that it was aliens. Fun times.

[@balanoidik]

Is it true that pretty much everyone in the Navy know about all the alien activity stuff? Also, there was this story about technicians sacrficing a chicken to a radar or something, are stories like that common?

[@davecave141]

​@balanoidik not just sacrificing the chicken, but that when the voodoo shit got removed the radar stopped working.

[@salted6422]

@@balanoidik The radar wants a sacrifice, so you give it a sacrifice. It's not really something you should even bother thinking about imo.

[@geofff.3343]

My read of it was they had actual rules of engagement and warfare. Do not fire on a ship not actively trying to attack you, especially with no formal declaration of war. Do not attack noncombatants, focus on infrastructure to limit response.

[@justalex4214]

Yeah, I mean this movie was made during a time when the US had a massive military presence in both afghanistan and iraq, it seems they wanted the aliens to mirror that.

[@clayxros576]

The most unrealistic part of the movie is the military following rules of engagement with their comms knocked out.

[@stormjin2242]

@@clayxros576 no, thats actually pretty realistic, its literally drilled into every soldiers head from day one after all

[@JessPoetics178]

One of the few alien movies where the Aliens are not just bugs, naked greys, or mindless killing machine creatures. They are a spices who are like a couple centuries ahead of us and aren't necessarily looking to take over but were curious and then shit hit the fan.

[@cjthenarhwalking1378]

Exactly I also love that each alien we see has a different personality. Some are curious, some are aggressive, and others are empathetic.

[@jedidiahmayes7167]

Aliens: "Damn, we can't leave. Phone home boys, hope the locals won't mind Locals: "Time to show em why we are the apex"

[@rainbowsnek]

yeah i really wish we got movies like that more often lol this movie specifically was a bit of a creative inspiration for me because of this exact thing back when i first saw it

[@ShiftySprinkles]

When we die and see a bright light, what if that bright light belongs to an intergalactic angler fish, attracting us towards it so it can consume our eternal soul.

[@TheRedMage01]

We need to speed up the progress to immortality

[@wittyjoker4631]

You need to go to jail that is definitely a violation.

[@bold524]

Roanoke's worst nightmare there lol

[@Sh1tbagActual]

Why do I feel like this could absolutely be a thing in Warhammer

[@onieyoh9478]

Spirit anglers.

[@deathcapphalloides]

That one roided out NASA employee watching feels unseen.😢

[@grumpleforskin]

I feel seen now😂

[@Agitateddoor]

@@grumpleforskin lol

[@markevionjones9584]

It me😂

[@dradamov]

OMG I thought exactly the same XD

[@Texasplit]

I love the scene when the senator dudes like “send another plane” and the admiral is like “sure thing, as soon as you come sit your rear in the cop pilot seat” 😎

[@clayxros576]

Which is funny, since that is by definition mutiny. Methinks the fact the censors let that in the movie means the military isn't too jazzed about following Washington's orders these days.

[@kyze8284]

The more chad way of saying "you only care about your own life, but I am not going to sacrifice another one of my men for your idiocy"

[@reclaimatorerebus6531]

My understanding is that the alien weapons were designed to look like the pegs from Battleship, in another reference to the game. However, we can hypothesize an actual reason for why they arc rather than being a Gauss or other straight line high velocity weapon. It's fairly apparent that they alien ships can operate both above and below the water. While in the movie we mostly see them "hopping," this might be their equivalent of evasive maneuvers. If the ships can operate under water, this would make direct fire weapons useless, as the rounds would shatter against the surface of the water and have little to no penetration against submerged targets. However, the arced shots could act more like depth charges, going slow enough to not shatter on impact, and with the arc, sort of sinking onto a submerged target. It's a bit odd that the aliens didn't have more autonomous weapons like the "meatballs of doom," but maybe those are resource intensive when you can't count on something handy like radar (not having radar and satellite intelligence would completely change how modern warfare is fought, so might give some insight on why the alien tactics and weapons seem so odd, since apparently they can't be tracked on radar). As to what was up with the aliens, my take is that the ship that ran into the satellite wasn't just a communications ship, but also had the "diplomatic delegation" on board. Somewhere on the trip over something broke, which is why it wasn't able to avoid the satellite. This just left the small military security force sent with the diplomats, whose commander decided to try to fortify the area and phone home for further instructions once he realized the contact team was dead. Basically, a series of unfortunate incidents leading to a military person who was honestly probably just trying to get his people home without killing too many of the natives.

[@suddenlythatenderman5800]

its said in extended universe matieral the "pegs" are actualling mining charges hence why they have god awful fucking rotation they aren't actually weapons..

[@reclaimatorerebus6531]

@@suddenlythatenderman5800 Do you know where I can find the extended universes materials? I heard there were some, and I'd be interested in reading them.

[@clayxros576]

@@suddenlythatenderman5800 Aw yeah, the Dead Space special!

[@RyanKarolak]

I feel like this movie is just "How to not make first contact"

[@ginaran8921]

that sounds about right

[@ericlamb4501]

Now watch us do *EXACTLY* this the instant any aliens actually try to make peaceful contact, cause I can bet you if they want us gone, we'll never even know it was extraterrestrials

[@NaokiKurogra]

@@ericlamb4501 For real, if aliens wanted us dead and didn't need the biosphere intact, and are SOMEHOW able to use FTL-type technology? Well, pretty sure they can just chuck something from the asteroid belt at us at an appreciable fraction of lightspeed and let physics do the rest.

[@tbush6657]

We honked our horn and they thought "do we have anything like that to communicate back with and show we understand? Maybe try the foghorn on the lowest setting, I'm sure their glass isn't so weak to shatter from the sound" and we mistook that and everything else after that as aggression. Maybe the big guy or the prisoner could have established peace by drawing a picture on paper, but maybe their version of showing pictures is telepathy and they wouldn't think of it.

[@clayxros576]

Honestly a pretty good read of how miscommunication between us and Regents could have played out. Cultural differences on earth, between humans, cause crazy incidents all the time. Have entire separate species, from different solar systems, and different communication organs? Oh yeah, this could very easily have been everyone panicking and not knowing how to talk.

[@MrRougeace]

Thought process came to me about the "fog horn" is that it may be that strong to work underwater, it's a fact that if you're outside of a sub when it uses it's sonar it straight up just vaporizes your insides

[@cristianbernal8009]

Im amazed no one points out how much these aliens look like Brutes from Halo

[@Talesfromthefoodofficial]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@WiseSageBum]

With Elite's hands

[@sydryi3086]

Thank you.

[@juanarredondo9763]

plus the halo 2 quote

[@josepetersen7112]

We'll, we murderized them too, didn't we.

[@theskepticalpagan5074]

The fact that you absolutely committed to the Rhanna puns.... CHEF'S KISS!!

[@EmmanueltheGod]

Yeah had me dying lmao

[@Learn.The.Hardway]

Every single one was So Good!

[@ShiningRayde]

God I love this movie, unironic masterpiece. Bareknuckle fist fighting the lizardcat alien heavyweight champ, Liam Neeson phoning it in for like three scenes, fuckin 'Mahalo Mother Fuckers', the grid of sensors, THE ALIEN PEG WEAPONS... Sheer genius. 100% as good as a movie based off Battleship could be.

[@donkeymanusa6364]

Don't forget drifting a battleship

[@cloak679]

@@donkeymanusa6364 GAS GAS GAS

[@nutmeg7107]

It's not perfect and it is braindead but turn your brain off and all you can do is go "hell yeah"

[@larrackell]

@@nutmeg7107 that's why i love it. sometimes, you just want a movie to be *fun* lol

[@raghnall847]

​@@nutmeg7107Honestly it's nice to have a movie where I can just turn my brain off and go hell yeah.

[@IchigoKurosaki_]

This alien species actively avoids casualties at ANY cost even after being attacked. Despite the destruction, they were pretty underwhelming for a "threat" tbh

[@oompalumpus699]

Yeah, like compare them to Martians from War of the Worlds. The tripods wrecked and slaughtered anything they came across

[@slacksviii9824]

fun fact, all US museum ships are kept in a state where they would only need a few days or weeks to get the war ready again. the US museum fleet is like the 4th largest on earth pretty sure Edit: I confused the museum fleet and the mothballed fleet

[@seanwhelan6960]

I would point you toward the Battleship New Jersey channel, the curator has basically said the Iowas would need years in a yard before they could be brought back into commission. For instance New Jersey’s engines are clapped out. Also, no one makes 16in projectiles anymore, so new factories would have to come online to supply them. I happened to take a tour of Missouri about a year after the movie came out, and half jokingly asked this Korean War vet of the ship, how long to get her back in fighting shape? He laughed at me. It would be more practical to pull from the mothball fleet with cruisers and destroyers, but many of the same problems would remain.

[@Spendingryan]

I learned that some battleships like the USS Missouri in real life were upgraded with modern (for 1980) Tomahawk missile launchers and four Phalanx CIWS miniguns for shooting down anti ship missiles and projectiles and modern radars, the same type used on the destroyers at the start of the movie. I remember seeing what looked like the CIWS Phalanx firing on the old battleship and im like that can't be right as that's a more modern weapon system, but sure enough I looked it up and they used these modernised upgraded battleships during the gulf war for artillery bombardment in operation desert storm in real life I think.

[@slacksviii9824]

@@Spendingryan the US still has about 6 battleships around purely because of how efficient they are for coastal artillery

[@reclaimatorerebus6531]

I was on the Iowa not too long ago, and while still a wonderful ship to tour, I'm pretty sure it's not going anywhere without some serious yard time, unless you are talking about using a tug boat. I think you're thinking of the National Defense Reserve Fleet, which is ships that have been mothballed but can be activated within 20 to 120 days to provide shipping during national military emergencies. However, these are not front line military ships; these are dry cargo, tanker, and military auxiliary ships. The size of the fleet has also shrunk dramatically, down to around 91 ships today from a peak of 2277 in the aftermath of World War 2.

[@slacksviii9824]

@@reclaimatorerebus6531 I think you're right, I might've confused the two

[@Lancer376]

Humanity: we wanna meet aliens Aslo Humanity: fuck them aliens!

[@SuperMych]

Instructions unclear, had sex with the aliens.

[@LilWeed69]

some of us mean it in a whole other way

[@keoniflow2019]

Also also Humanity: lets fuck them aliens!

[@colpelvole3275]

Fuck as in action or figure of speech?

[@arrowb.8438]

​@@colpelvole3275 Yes

[@jimkerman5675]

bro really said 'The moon titan that orbits jupiter' and thought nobody would notice

[@binarybiosphere]

THAT FOOL

[@aveleziii]

Saturn did not appreciate that

[@mrsir2254]

I don't think he thought no one would notice...he seems to enjoy trolling people 😉.

[@NMG99]

He's an microbiologist not and astronomer Jim

[@krioswordsmith1017]

my theory is that the anatomical differences largely comes from being on a planet with a much thicker cloud cover, and a much higher moisture content in the air, i don't think they are amphibious, just used to a more humid environment. also, pretty sure they were just their to check things out, and the warning shot was seen as hostile, they may not have the concept of a warning shot.

[@UNSCLEADER]

There are two renegade options I pick in the Mass Effect games 1. Punch the reporter 2. Kai Leng renegade interrupt where you break his sword with your fist

[@jimmyseaver3647]

"Nice knife!"

[@xxvaltielxx1789]

Push that one Eclipse grunt from the building in ME2, schock to death that Batarian Blue Sun on Omega, the mech guy... Those are the ones at the top of my mind, no matter how nice my Shep is, those are a must.

[@gremlininblue2601]

@@xxvaltielxx1789 SAME. I always fuck that shit up and I always play paragon. It's just smart to do so.

[@D-Thang_]

11:03 The VA would still try to deny that it's combat related.

[@MikeC-mt1ku]

That joke had me rolling lol.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

I just had something of a revelation. Humanity is a lot like elves from high fantasy. We REALLY don't want to let others know we are here for personal safety. As a result, it makes us look, from the outside as reclusive and exclusionary rather than just cautious.

[@shiggermetimbers]

Far from it, we've been blasting radio waves into deep space for decades trying to contact others.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

@@shiggermetimbers True. Though I was referring more to the more recent trend of "all that was and is a mistake".

[@dasiksupahuman]

When that first message comes back and its just "be quiet they will hear you."

[@mrsir2254]

​@@shiggermetimbers So? High fantasy elves are often highly hypocritical, and they typically found doing rather questionable (magical) experiments...which directly contradict the rest of their ideology, and put the entire species in mortal peril/general danger.

[@chaosinsurgency6636]

Elves from high fantasy or like extremely racist and hate dwarfs and treat humans like children short life span comparative to theirs

[@irishdc9523]

I think they kinda had the same mentality as Star Trek's Borg in that they don't attack unless you're perceived as a threat. Even walking around with weapons, they'll leave you alone until you start shooting. However, they will still destroy vital infrastructure like highways and military bases. It could also be that they didn't know what collided with their communications satellite and assumed that humans shot first, so while their intentions are relatively peaceful, they're already thinking that human soldiers are a threat

[@cjthenarhwalking1378]

I assume them taking out the bridge was their attempt at isolating the beacon, the officer did mention how they destroyed all roads in and out.

[@ateam8083]

Everyone hates this movies but it's always been one of my guilty pleasures lol

[@trueblaze84]

Same

[@auden_builds]

Same

[@mechalover1235]

Honestly same

[@tVt2000]

Same

[@JohnDoe-zh8tj]

Same, it’s no masterpiece but it’s a fun movie. Very rewatchable

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

I feel the Regents were not hostile initially to Humanity as a whole, and that first contact was completely botched likely due to both sides mis-interpreting intentions. Humanity believing they were hostile from the onset when the Regents blew there version of a horn and the regents opening fire when they should have continued to remain passive indicating to human vessels that they meant no initial harm. They also had direct rules of warfare and engagement. They also had conduct and recognized non-hostiles or non threats. That's important. Also I'm pretty sure the recon group had survivors that survived the human attack and humanity has access to regent technology now. Although they were quite advanced, they don't seem to far off from human technological advancement that reverse engineering is impossible. The Shield system would be the vital tech and the drone remote tech along with the power armor. Sure there was some survivors with technical knowledge running around. If a 2nd movie ever was made they should try to have a 2nd contact with the regents again but this time with a battlefleet but non-aggressive showing they indeed are not trying to take over earth and requesting help as the actual threat follows them forcing Terran forces to side with the Regents as everything comes bearing down on top of them. Humanity during that time having mastered a little bit of the regent tech to create something strong enough to help fight back. Of course that's just a hopeful wish :p

[@tbush6657]

My post film theory is that the 5% who did survive are taken prisoner but from their perspective, they're just slightly perturbed scientists who are like "dammit! First our comm ship and then you blow up your own communications! Now how are we gonna call home to report our findings! They are gonna come looking eventually." Eventually the prisoners and humanity are able to communicate and clear up the misunderstanding, ally themselves, and help share tech and repair the alien comm devices to call home and let them know we're friendly but initially did kill 95% of the Regents on first contact due to a miscommunication, and the Regents are like "Yeah we definitely want these inferior underdeveloped monkeys on our side if they could do that to us with kinetic sticks and stones. Screw being refugees, let's arm them and turn the tide of our war of extinction"

[@randallbesch2424]

@@tbush6657 interesting hypothesis.

[@arrowb.8438]

I would absolutely watch a second movie of this. Love it

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

@@tbush6657 You pointed out a very important bit of info. of the survivors mentioning someone is going to come looking. Through the entire film of Battleship, the Regent soldiers and crews including technicians (scientist) showed empathy, only attacking hostile human combatants and allowing civilians to leave or even trying to calm down a situation to avoid a conflict, and showed actual acts of heroism such as rescuing the captured regent on the ship. Sure you had the occasional one do something different but considering the situation its no surprise a couple had enough. Yeah if these guys didn't report in or reported a incident such as the collision before entering Earths atmosphere its very likely someone is at the fleet, colony or homeworld is going to be like. Oh crap they got into trouble, should we send help? Send a rescue ship or send a larger ship to help in rescuing them if they are indeed in alien custody. The only other species in films that showed that kind of empathy but literally were running on fumes was the landsharks from Battle Los Angeles. More technologically inferior and far more brutal than the regents and were pretty much invading and killing anything in sight but it was out of sheer desperation and through the film we see the landsharks show acts of heroism and attempts to save their fellow soldiers that fell to human soldiers. Unlike the Regents the landsharks was on a one way trip do or die situation.

[@zachowon]

There was a game if this movie

[@asteroidrules]

Ironically one of the proposed explanations to the Fermi Paradox is that intelligent life elsewhere might be primarily aquatic or amphibian, which these creatures seem to be. Most of Earth's surface is covered in water, and it's possible that other planets in the habitable zone have an even greater amount of surface water, which would make it more likely that their native species would be aquatic/amphibian. This would greatly limit our ability to contact said species because right now we're primarily sending and listening for radio transmissions or satellites, both of which took humans thousands of years to figure out and would be even harder for an aquatic/amphibious species to figure out since radio signals can't be transmitted through water and it might take significant effort for them to enter their planet's atmosphere, let alone escape from it.

[@PhailRaptor]

A couple problems with that, though. First, its extremely difficult to perform metallurgy underwater. Since, you know... fire kind of needs oxygen, and water puts it out. If our own societal development is remotely close to the norm (which we have no way of knowing -- sample size of 1 is bad and we should feel bad) the ability to smelt raw ores into refined metals always produced huge advancements of technology, for every rung up the metalworking ladder. Brass and bronze to iron to steel and aluminum to titanium. And we know the Regents have extensive metallurgical knowledge, since they built spaceships capable of reaching Earth, and built exosuits that our bullets can't penetrate. By definition, this means they must have extensive land based facilities to work with for the processing of the ore and the construction of their ships. This, in turn, is highly suggestive that they have also dabbled in radio, if not necessarily taken a dive into the deep end with it. Sooner or later someone would put 2 and 2 together and realize that that radio thing that someone plays with for a hobby isn't just random noise, but a clear pattern meant as a communication form. Second, if a planet has too much water the chances are, from the physics of it, that the atmosphere is comprised primarily of hydrogen instead of nitrogen, along with a near-zero oxygen content. And that it would be well over 200 C, but the extreme pressure from it would keep the oceans liquid. I don't fully understand the science of it myself, but it seems to now be a prevailing theory that an ocean world as described in popular media, like Mon Calamar or Kamino from Star Wars would not be possible under physics as we understand it. The environment would simply be far too hostile for complex life forms to have any shot at becoming a technological society, and would most likely have more in common with the microbes that live in hot springs than with us.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

35:17 Taking out zome of the turrets on that ship is REALLY impressive; To put that into perspective, that is an Iowa-class Battleship, last produced in WW2, I believe, as a response to the large battleships of the time made by Japan and Germany. While that is specifically the U.S.S. Missouri, it is the Sister ship of the U.S.S. Iowa, and the u.s.s. Iowa's turret was once hit by a Japanese Artillery shell. It left a _small dent_ in the turrets armor plating, and the captain replied to "get that trash off my deck" referring to the spent round. There are larger dents in the U.S.S. Iowa's Deck FROM WHERE THEIR OWN SPENT SHELLS LAND than there is from when THEY WERE STRUCK BY ARTILLERY FIRE. Those turrets are the size of SMALL BUNKERS and just as armored; to _destroy one entirely_ is some serious and impressive firepower. Clearly, whatever war these aliens were in was a tough one.

[@giladpellaeon1691]

It may be a formality but he should be careful because that admiral has a certain set of skills...and is also a Jedi. Also, "Iowa, what about our corn?" Isn't that why we have Nebraska? More corn.

[@Steeve4557]

I love humanity.

[@rodan9773]

Sidious ( Democracies better ). Lol.

[@SmileyFaceOfRom]

You'll never stop our way of life!

[@mathiasemmens3451]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[@TheBluntkin]

USA USA USA HUMANITY FIRST MF 🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🌎🌍🌏

[@ianswinford5570]

I hate humanity with the combined heat and passion of a thousand exploding neutron stars!

[@highbeamneem4607]

the sgt. johnson “dear humanity,” bit really brought joy to my heart. i love this channel so much man lmao

[@masterchief2182]

Roanoke: watches battleship to understand the aliens Me: watches battleship for the cool ship battles We are not the same

[@RiverRunsThroughIt949]

I still cannot believe this is an actual movie.

[@wittyjoker4631]

Sharknado, snakes on a plane, killer tomatoes, killer alien clown... this aliens invade is what trips you up.

[@Chas-OTE]

​​@@wittyjoker4631Slotherhouse should be on that list too. Added Elaboration: I went into Slotherhouse expecting a comedic but typical animal horror movie. Instead I got an animal slasher movie.

[@techmetal2964]

There is a "call of Duty clone" game based on the movie (based on the board game)

[@wittyjoker4631]

@@techmetal2964 wait slotherhouse as in a sloth slaughtering people. How have i never heard of this movie. You sir get a cookie.

[@undeadgentalmen]

Pretty much a a big ad for "Join U.S Navy."

[@Neptune0404]

My guess is that the situation is closer to District 9 than Independence day. These are some form of refugees who might even not be fully in control of the ships (Hence hitting debris upon entering the atmosphere, and why it took so long to raise the shield). For all we know they might be mostly civilians with just some military. And we don't even know for sure that they were trying to send a message out, they might have been trying to send a message across earth telling us "hey, we're not hostile". Like you say they almost never initiate violence and seem to be just defending themselves. Although they certainly could have taken a less hostile looking approach to communication, so they're far from blameless

[@RetroRuin]

The rihanna quotes keep catching me offguard.. He CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!!! 😭💀

[@RD-py9sv]

Ha! This movie is gimps and geezers vs. aliens. It was hilarious. XD And yes, that's Rhianna.

[@thelonelywhale219]

I was surprised by her acting honestly. I thought it was pretty good

[@danielallan8061]

I like how the alien artillery looks like pegs from the Battleship game.

[@asteroidrules]

Why is this the biggest movie to depict aliens understanding the concept of limited warfare? Just about every other depiction of hostile aliens has them being fully genocidal by default, but much like humans these creatures are depicted as actively avoiding civilian casualties and being selective in their use of weapons.

[@cjthenarhwalking1378]

Also one of few movies to depict aliens with individual personalities.

[@rubenp8320]

Former Army medic here, all you need is a 4 year degree in basket weaving and anyone's a officer. OCS isn't that long, bout a year. also, military pays and boy do you get to play.

[@andezong9565]

Ain’t no way some dude is picking up O-3 within a year of graduating from OCS. In my experience observing our Os, you need to have at least a couple years TIS and TIG in order to be within zone of getting O-3. Nobody’s getting their bars within a year.

[@rubenp8320]

@@andezong9565 Super true, but I joined the army cause I like to hike and can't swim. Granted I was enlisted, so I your mileage might vary. much love

[@tigerdye]

Officially marks day 3 of asking Roanoke to do a Ghosts of Mars breakdown.

[@williamthomas4769]

Get in line man, I'm over a month in and 17 videos past asking for him to cover some werewolves and vampires from my childhood favorite movies. 😓 we gon' be here for a min big dawg

[@camarofan2008]

Weren't they literally ghosts, though? Seems more supernatural than biological. Now John Carpenter's vampires, while still supernatural, has some flavor of biology.

[@davidbeechey6358]

100% Yes I want Ghosts of Mars! Even if the ghosts are supernatural we've seen Roanoke find something explainable through science for many things that at first glance appear supernatural and I relish the opportunity to see his take on this movie! Personally I always thought of the mist as a species that was native to Mars that had superseded the physical form, that when confronted by humanity was sucked in and had no idea what was going on in physical form, hence the insanity and mutilation.

[@tigerdye]

@@camarofan2008 they kinda were. It was like the town got infected after the ghosts were “released”. I think it would be cool to see how he would find a way to figure out a scientific approach to it.

[@arthurb6200]

I literally forgot about this film until you mentioned it. Yes, I agree. GHOST OF MARS! Please daddy Roanoke!

[@marshallhuffer4713]

I'd like to point out an awesome fact regarding Mick: he's played by real-life retired Army colonel Gregory D. Gatson who never acted prior to Battleship. He is an actual amputee who lost both legs to an IED in Baghdad in 2007, and instead of accepting a medical discharge, he chose to stay on active duty where he spent two years as the head of the Army Wounded Warrior Program and was later selected to command Fort Belvoir becoming the first Wounded Warrior to ever command an Army installation. Director Peter Berg read a National Geographic article about advances in artificial limbs that featured Gatson and decided to cast him based purely based on his story.

[@metek8926]

You would expect them to expect some kind of resistance from earth. Considering there size they act more like a scouting party, sent to earth to scout and make a remote foothold to report back to others of there species.

[@SilvaDreams]

Considering their technological level they likely assumed that they could just walk over us. Unfortunately hubris gets everyone, even alians.

[@junrobin9335]

I mean considering it's unknown how many planets do contain sentient life they could have just expected no sentient life in the first place but maybe animals. And then we showed up and they where like....well what do we do now? Try to talk maybe? And their version of interaction differed way too much from us. So it ended in no one talking. Just destruction.

[@NongIng]

What did that rugby movie my health teacher show us say? "Soccer is for kids, football is for wussies, rugby is for men"? Yeah my health teacher was biased But also right

[@dasiksupahuman]

Soccer is a gentlemen's game played by hooligans and Rugby is a hooligan's game played by gentlemen

[@NongIng]

@@dasiksupahuman yeah honestly I didn't agree with the soccer is for kids part of that quote But you are right

[@undeadgentalmen]

Nah, yeah. That checks out. 🤔👍👌

[@anthonydjeguede694]

Try to play soccer and get your legs destroyed. You know the legs that basically are your locomotive appendices, to live and play the sports that pay your bills... The don't catch you, they kick you, plus the appeal of the sport is not at all about the takedowns but about the goals. So why get hurt for no freakin reason? Simulation can also give a lot of advantages, soccer is a game on every level.

[@dasiksupahuman]

Socrates said “I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.” That is why Rugby is better than Soccer

[@CEOofCEOs]

4:45 if that’s the case then why not play the REAL man’s football, Rugby?

[@ferro9926]

What if, American football's real name was "rugby football"

[@crwydryny]

​@@ferro9926rugby football is the real name for rugby. Hence why rugby teams are often followed by RFC (rugby football club) because some guy in the middle ages picked up a ball while playing football (Later rugby boarding school claimed it as theirs when they popularised their specific set of rules innthe 1830s and slapped their name on it... typical of the English)

[@NSWSPIRITWOLF]

Yall keep that slander to yourselves Jkjk I knew of rugby and Football (Soccer) but it's interesting thinking about it (American football and rugby being the same sport) just played differently based on area of the world

[@connorhernandez6570]

33:30 It’s called the Bridge Roanoke.

[@Rawkwilder]

Liked how one of the xenos has a prosthetic hand.

[@brittanycampbell2063]

I'm off work today, my birthday is Sunday and then I get a notification that Roanoke uploaded, best start to my birthday weekend ever 😂😂

[@tenebrousoul9368]

Happy early birthday

[@yolsil775]

Ayyyyyyyyy happy early birthday :0

[@Donsoto97]

Happy early birthday

[@camarofan2008]

Happy early birthday 🎂 🥳

[@thatdudeghosty6817]

Happy early birthdayyy

[@randomfunwithjake27]

About the constant flowing water, they could be using it as a coolent

[@stormjin2242]

that and they keep jumping in and out of the water, it never really has a chance to finish falling off

[@cjthenarhwalking1378]

You are correct you can see tubes and pipes leading off the ships into the water.

[@stormjin2242]

@@cjthenarhwalking1378 that doesn't imply that its being used as a coolant in the slightest, that implies that there is something being moved around the ship, those could be the crew transports for all we know

[@cjthenarhwalking1378]

@@stormjin2242 fair but it still would explain why the constant water.

[@bradymenting5120]

quick thing I want to point out about the Fermi Paradox: it took Voyager over 40 years to make it out beyond the heliopause, essentially "outside" of our solar system. it will be centuries before it reaches any habitable system, and if we don't have an orbital defense network by then, then I'd say we deserve to get obliterated by aliens. the biggest thing is that without FTL travel, it would take generations to reach any star system, so a battlefleet sent to conquer a planet that looks like it has primitive steam age may in fact arrive to find strategic nuclear warheads being fired at it from battlestations throughout the solar system, and it'll take centuries more for reinforcements to arrive, which will by then have to face a network of death stars. basically, unless there is a major leap forward in our understanding of physics, then interstellar warfare just is not worth the expenditure of resources.

[@retsaMinnavoiG]

Not only that, even if you spread out into the galaxy at near light speed... at some point the original world and the idea of expansion as part of some mission becomes meaningless for you. You think a planet 200 light years away gives a twat about Earth and the reason they founded the colony. It would take 400 years just to send a message to Earth and receive a message back. Earth might as well not exist from your perspective. So you're a hyper advanced planet and likely don't have population/resource issues and Earth is meaningless, why would you keep spreading to new planets? The idea that a civilisation would intentionally and systematically spread out into the universe is ludicrous unless FTL is possible.

[@bombomos]

Nuclear warheads??? By the time we have Orbital battle stations to defend earth and all of her colonies. It will be Massive Rail Cannons that shot a car size project a percentage of the speed of light. Nukes will be out of date by then hahahha

[@henryisnotafraid]

Couple of antidotes for you: On Senior trip in Cancun five of us in a room we'd get a little bit rambunctious sometimes and on our last day there we broke a floor to ceiling mirror door. No injuries but we called security and let them know what had happened and the first guy that showed up went and looked in the bathroom and then got water out of the sink and sprayed it on the floor "you slipped" before the manager came in to see. That was after a few days before when we gave them everything from our safe because somehow a marble countertop got broken. I drive a 2003 Jeep Liberty w/ 280,000 miles and that sucker is still going.

[@spramazd]

The translation of the aliens' last message turned out to be "Where can we get a decent chicken burrito?".

[@Joolyen]

these aliens remind me of the Advent Soldiers from XCOM 2. Mainly their physical appearance, with their quill chinhair aside

[@randlebrowne2048]

The helmets seem to have a similar angled design to them, at least.

[@Learn.The.Hardway]

DUDE...your swift puns throughout this one are *Top Notch*. I had to pause, laugh, and rewind multiple times!

[@geofff.3343]

"If you don't think humanity going hand-to-hand with aliens is cool--" Me: Say no more, HFY!

[@robertkessler2574]

You posted this just in time to watch on my lunch break, impeccable time good sir

[@onyxdragon1179]

I guess we were fighting what amounted to be a scientific explorer team's security detail and it was all just a misunderstanding that, well, got worse and worse lol. As for why a science team would have such a large (or rather, well equipped) security detail... My guess is, they are not the only aliens out there, and whoever they are might be worse.

[@Volrec64]

damn man, I love your videos, I always feel like I’m learning something, while also having a bit of humor, and a lot of sarcasm in freedom units, and it’s just like, every video I look forward to, even if I don’t even care about the subject, keep it up as long as you can handle it, it’s very appreciated !

[@jacobcarter2262]

I see you using the man, the myth, the legend, Scott Sterling!

[@DeadlyGhost1207]

"How about we make a movie about a alien refugees, but for no reason have them attack randomly and not try to establish any type of communication with a clearly sentient species." Hollywood has always been deficient in talent it seems.

[@losttunes6378]

Hey Roanoke LucianDragon here, love the videos you make brother, keep up the good work

[@mj_SR22]

The Man! They Myth! The Legend! SCOTT STERLING @ 4:37!!! Solid reference. Respect reaches unprecedented levels.

[@_Russianduck]

Finally I've been waiting for you to do this one

[@Boomken76]

was tille my 3rd watching that I hit me that the bombs the aliens shoot at the ships are like the pins used in the battle ship game.

[@CerotheDemon]

The thing that always bothered me about this movie was humanity were shocked that the aliens they contacted show up, the humans shoot them and the aliens fight back but humanity are the good guys lmao

[@yourlilgremlin]

the 109 miles thing you just keep going with is such a good bit I love this

[@spiral2754]

Roanoke You just unlocked a memory of me watching this with my dad, thanks.

[@godlyhax4172]

Yoooo This says 11 minutes ago, not 11 months. Crazy

[@hobosam21]

I think this is a new video on the movie, but I definitely remember an older video on this movie as well.

[@anthonypra8899]

When this movie came out, I think I was watching it with my son, and I was asking him, why aren't they being attacked anymore? I don't understand. This doesn't make any sense. And he told me to shut up and enjoying the movie. I was like, okay, yes, you're right. Sorry. He was young I think too much.

[@samuelsmith2247]

"starting with the feet" is my favourite part of this channel and I'm glad the editor has fun with it

[@Dorama1997]

The Rihri jokes just get better and better

[@camarofan2008]

Dark Forest hypothesis. Three Body Problem would be right up your aisle Roanoke. Also, even Paragon Shepard chooses the "you been working too hard" option.

[@yadakakadu]

The dark forest hypothesis is defeated by the existence of big numbers. And if everyone is hiding, then it is actually perfectly safe outside.

[@randallbesch2424]

@@yadakakadu when SG1 met the Nox they thought them primitive till they saw what was done to bring them back to life and stifle the Gou'auld. We find out the Nox are so advanced they joined 4 other races as a kind of peace alliance.

[@yadakakadu]

@@randallbesch2424 Notice that the Nox are not a "hunter" species, yet they are advanced beyond belief. They treasure all life and are obviously capable of interstellar travel, both by ship and gate. The dark forests theory states that everybody that does not hide gets hunted down. But as you should know, the nox do not hide out of fear. They have sufficiently advanced tech (as in magic-like) and are aware of many other sentient species. They hide themselves because they have a strong non-interference culture. If the theory had merit, they would have eradicated any advanced species they were aware of. They are actually a counterpoint to the dark forest theory. An advanced species that goes out of their way to not harm and sometimes preserve other species. They are anathema to the dark forest.

[@yadakakadu]

​@@randallbesch2424 How does a species that goes against the mentality prescribed by the theory support the theory? The nox went out of their way to preserve other intelligent species they were aware of. The dark forest theory states that every civilization is hunted by everyone else that are aware of them. The vastness of space and time ensures that eventually a sufficiently advanced civilization emerges that can defend itself but doesn't want to kill everyone.

[@joshm3297]

"I'm sure one person here probably, I don't know, works at NASA. So, you're probably a little skinnier" 😂

[@grimreaper2301]

Awesome video dude! I hope the next one is for the tardigrade monster from harbinger down!

[@Moneyman49442]

Fun Fact Rim Pac Happens every 2 years where its a bunch of Nations that play "war games" as for him making officer at 26, if he had his bachelors; they only need to do a 5 week course, as for making LT that quick aint no way lol

[@stormjin2242]

yea there is, if he was an eagle scout or had other things of that nature he couldve skipped some of the mandatory service time

[@hobosam21]

Fun fact, the US had a pretty bad war game record. Why you ask would the best military in the world lose war games? Well it's because they operate with massive handicaps so they learn by losing. There's no lesson to be learned in stomping other nations but there are big lessons to be learned in losing.

[@thatguy44148]

Make a video on how to make a space marine please

[@dasiksupahuman]

It would be a list of scientist you would need to acquire.

[@calebbrown6735]

You had too much fun with this Roanoke. 😂😂😂😂

[@NecroKiller21]

The key from this movie that all aliens should know by now is DO NOT TOUCH THE U.S. SHIPS!

[@quck5651]

1) Titan does not orbit Jupiter, it orbits Saturn 2) It has no semblance of ancient Earth, they're kind of opposits in fact

[@mrsir2254]

#Trolled 😂

[@colossalslayer3616]

Ah the Michael Bay epic Battleship

[@camarofan2008]

Peter Berg film, more static shots vs. Michael Bay adhd style of filming.

[@sinjin8576]

I love the "suffering from a concussion" filter you used for some of the scenes lol

[@davidgensemer502]

Battleship is such a perfect example of this movie was objectively not good, but was inexplicably so much fun

[@StartingWithTheFeet]

Humanity Number 1!!

[@williamthomas4769]

Good God man, we're nearly at 29 videos since I started this stupid little bit but now I think I HAVE to see it through. Please cover the werewolf and vampires from the Underworld trilogy, PLS!

[@yoggoh380]

Bruh... I love your jokes lmao xD Grats on 1 million! I remember when you had like 200k

[@snow1marco]

Roanoake… i love you and your videos to bits, you did NOT have to put in a Sgt Johnson quote to solidify that gawd dayum 😂

[@Mor12349]

Fun fact for you Roanoke. The age of dinosaurs hasn't really ended since there are more species of birds than there are of mammals so dinosaurs still are the dominant life form.

[@silverauron7850]

The dominant species is not the one that count the highest number (in that case, ants, or even more so, bacteria, would be considered such) but the one that can just kind of decide to eradicate any one of the others on a whim, and actually do it with little to no direct repercussions.

[@starchcontrast4214]

Dinosaurs have never intentionally left the atmosphere. Case dismissed.

[@randallbesch2424]

They aren't dinosaurs just related as the Neornithes.

[@randallbesch2424]

@@silverauron7850 as has been pointed out viruses are unknown really and destroy 20% of ocean bacteria.

[@randallbesch2424]

@@starchcontrast4214 despite Dr. Carl Sagan's proclamation we have no data on technology of dinosaurs and there wouldn't be much over the last 180 million years.

[@jamesroocie9564]

Fun fact I was living on a navy base in Japan when this movie released and watched it in the theater.

[@chasemiller4832]

11:03 As a veteran with tinnitus I loved the VA low blow it was absolutely amazing.

[@seanphelps4057]

"Welcome to the party, there's no way that's service related, good luck with the VA" is great.

[@kirishima.nue13]

I think the friend or foe category of the aliens is a bit wrong, I think it's more of a Combatant/Non-Combatant situation, that's why the kid went from red to green, the wheel of death saw him with a bat and helmet first so he was red, until the baseeball kid said dad which turned him green. and now that I think about it, the fact that it turned green after the kid said Dad means they understand our language and they could've communicated with us. There's inconsistencies on their rules of engagement too, they have a friend or foe system, but they destroyed the elevated highway which has a ton of civvies and definitely caused collateral. I think the aliens were an invading force and thinking that we had inferior technology, decided to just target military tech and combatants and possibly plan to enslave humanity once they've established a beach head and communications back to their planet. Wasn't that the vision that Hopper also saw when the alien held his head? edit:Also I fucking love that everytime you're talking about Rihanna, you call her by her song titles 😂😂😂

[@leonvelasquez649]

Humanity is always gonna be #1

[@PostprandialTorpor]

Toyota Supremacy got me rolling😂. Great delivery

[@SavageMonkeyJizz]

That skit with the ball to the face... Scott Sterling - Top Soccer. Absolutely hilarious highly suggest searching it. Top quality stuff again RG bang tidy

[@theoregonguy]

Listen, if the aliens didnt have ill intentions they shouldn't have commited the cardinal sin of earth based conflict, they messed with America's boats. That's a one way ticket to having a miniature sun detonated on your house.

[@ArtyParty0848]

Would love you to cover deep impact, so many aspects you can nerd out on

[@Talesfromthefoodofficial]

Roanoke drops a video. My day has been made.

[@bluesirius1]

nice! this the way to start the weekend!