The BORG (STAR TREK Cybernetic Organisms Explained)

[@iona2225]

Conquerer of thousands of species, highest population of any empire in the galaxy, remarkably resilient and adaptive. Weaknesses? Worf with a knife and Picard in the midst of a beserker fury. And all things called ‘Voyager’ xD

[@filmcomicsexplained]

lol

[@ariesmight4141]

Warf's solid punch to their face.

[@DerekT860]

Blow up the damn ship! Nooooo!!🤣

[@Rez090]

Don't forget the weakness known as Archer.

[@TheEventHorizon909]

iona2225 *ASSIMILATE THIS*

[@chiaroscuroamore]

“Bionic Zombies” I’d never thought of them as that, but you’re right! Thanks for another great video!

[@chrlpolk]

They originally weren’t like zombies but a hive mind, like a bee or ant colony. Voyager changed them to space zombies. Some people liked that, others not.

[@fireradfieritis8953]

Ah yes, the Borg... I had some nightmares about those when I was younger. My dad was watching the movie and the idea of creatures that forcefully converted you into one of their own was rather terrifying. Now, though, I find it intriguing. I do enjoy species and races that, rather than outright kill you, transformed a person in the way of transmutation of the body or mind. Feels more insidious in that regard. Of course, I would be terrified if these sort of things existed in real life but we thankfully have no need to worry. Great video, good sir! Please keep your hard work and have a wonderful day.

[@noahm.9091]

We are human 2.0. You will become like us.

[@joshglover2370]

They do exist in real life! 😳 They are called communists and several of them are running for POTUS right now! I will not be assimilated, I will not comply, and I will resist to my dying breath!

[@Karasaph]

They don't exist? Look at those calling to cancel jk Rowling! They are the borg, because they are diverse and want everyone to bend to their lifestyle.

[@rucu8311]

@@Karasaph there is a fungus that can control an ants mind, hopefully mother natrue doesn't let it evolve to control us.

[@threeofnine346]

We are the Borg. Lower your device and surrender your lives. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.

[@randomhank]

This isn't part of my program. I'm a doctor, not a door stop

[@promnightdumpsterbaby9553]

Enrique Romero would you like an analgesic creme?

[@europademon]

The Borg's personal shield always reminds me of the body shields in Dune. I can't help but wonder if the slow blade penetrates the shield.

[@promnightdumpsterbaby9553]

Donald Hudson and pat stewart was in dune 😂 good call

[@europademon]

prom night Dumpster baby Gurney Haleck, a bad ass babysitter if I ever saw one. 😎

[@Sleeptech77777]

well, bullets do.

[@rjframe4410]

basically kinetics hurt them, bullets, swords, hand to hand combat, they cant adapt to render themselves immune to it

[@WhiteWoof]

Even the fast blade penetrates the Borg shield! Though I wonder if a phaser or disruptor would still cause the dreaded Holtzman Effect.....

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

They are probably the most powerful army any conqueror could dream of.

[@cleansingnight7332]

What about The Imperium of Man (Warhammer 40K)? Now THAT is an army.

[@prosyndication21]

Allan Donohue Not even the most powerful in Warhammer 40k

[@brotheralaric7177]

Borg Vs Necron, lol.

[@6thsavage]

Xeran King you all seem to be forgetting about Ewoks. They beat a Galactic Empire with nothing but crude weapons and sheer will to become marketable toys.

[@silverliew0093]

The borg is the dumbest race ever conceives. Like any miltary with explosives can literally walk into any borg ship and so on plant bombs and walk out without the borg ever attacking them. What armed species would like trespass do whatever they want and not detain or question them. Their reason of existence is even more of a paradox. To integrate technology that better than the borg into the borg, but to capture said technology they must have technology capable of capturing it. So what if there's no technology advance enough to capture said technology.

[@joecool458]

You cut off the best line of the EMH "I'm a doctor not a doorstop". Felt the same as Dr. McCoy saying "damn it Jim I'm a doctor not a ....." 😆

[@Eluzian86]

If you're able to board the Borg ship, they seem to prefer fighting hand to hand as they want to assimilate rather than kill. They're able to adapt to any energy weapon, but remain vulnerable to physical attacks. Therefore, what the Federation should do in fighting the Borg, is build ships specifically to fight the Borg that are fitted with massive railguns. They would have some of the regular energy weapons as well, but would be meant to be used only when necessary to allow an escape or finishing opportunity, using them as little as possible because of the Borg's adaptability. Hand-held railguns would be the most ideal weapon against the Borg for Federation crew against the Borg drones. However, if the quick speed of the rounds had them able to be adapted to, then all crew on these ships would also be highly trained in Martial Arts, and their primary weapons would instead be things such as throwing knives, swords and tomahawks, since it seems certain that the Borg never adapt to take the slower strikes as from a sword. The primary flaw in the Federation's strategy in fighting the Borg appears to be the belief that higher technology is somehow the answer to beating them, rather than reverting to older technology.

[@buchan448]

i know this is old comment but 100 percent agree about the melee weapons hope yer well from Scotland

[@SpaceMonke99]

“The line must drawn here, this far no further! I will make them pay for what they’ve done!”

[@Menaceblue3]

Josh Powell-Morris You broke your toys... See ya later Ahab...

[@hawk66100]

The conviction and anger in which he says this line gives me goosebumps every time I see the movie. Patrick Stewart is an incredibly talented actor, one of the best in my opinion.

[@cringycook9597]

"Captain.... They've adapted!!!" I always loved that line from Worf

[@nicolasperez114]

Zuccerborg

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Can I use bits from the social network? lol

[@BrokenEyes00]

The disturbing thing is when you think about it, that’s probably how the Borg got started, LOL.

[@blueeyeswhitedragon9569]

Nicolas Perez that got me

[@TallicaMan1986]

@@BrokenEyes00 It's all down hill from here.

[@threeofnine346]

Our cover has been blown. Immediate assimilation in progress!

[@Transilvanian90]

It would be fascinating to have a Borg origin story, where they start out with nascent implants here and then and grouped hive minds (like a military squadron) before devolving into a totalitarian dystopia where everyone of the species is forced into the hive mind and implants. Or perhaps that would hit a bit too close to home Black Mirror style.

[@AndrewJamesWilliams]

The Borg have to be one of the most chilling and dangerous of all sci-fi villains. Especially given how they just keep coming and keep getting stronger the more you fight them until they're strong enough to assimilate you.

[@anthonydrayton3673]

50 years of watching Sci/Fi of every kind & the Borg are still my favourite baddies.

[@nicksnrub]

I like to think that the borg hive mind is a virtual space like in The Matrix. That they exist as individuals in that space and live on an accelerated dream time like in Inception. They have happy lives and vote on what action to take next and express themselves creatively in their virtual world.

[@Transilvanian90]

They do, look up the Voyager episode Unimatrix Zero

[@Yavorh55]

"An eye replacement to improve vision" 3:08 - DRUNK-O-VISION, ACTIVATE

[@zionmolina7819]

One of my Favorite Star trek villains.

[@Penfold101]

2:00 Yes, they always remove an eye and an arm to replace them with prosthetics, unless the script requires you to become human again at some point in which case it easier to just leave them in place…

[@bigevil1001]

So true.

[@Taylor1999]

One of my most favorited (yet also hated) villains from one of my favorite film and tv series. Nice video.

[@punishedchad8733]

The grotesqueness of the borg remind me visually of the grotesqueness of the cenobites from Hellraiser.

[@gmorgan7603]

Love the videos, sir. I have messaged you a few times, thank you for always replying. The Borg are my all time favorite villains. You know, if you think about it, the Borg aren't that much technologically that much more advanced than the rest of the galaxy. It is their ability to adapt to almost any situation and quickly that made them almost superior

[@Draco_Alpha]

So basically Borg drones are technically individuals, but are quickly driven to insanity when they’re connected to the hive mind? Damn, that makes them even more sinister. That would explain why they don’t show any interest in anything except for what the collective wills... They have simply given up and resigned themselves to an eternity of hopelessness. That seems like a complete and total failure on a technological level in the hive system... I would have thought that in the quest for perfection they would have at some point implemented some sort of system to keep the hive mind in some sort of order. Unless the original Borg race had a disdain for individuality... Fuck. My mind.

[@goofygoober779]

Maybe the original species was a sort of hive minded species anyway, like a swarm of bees and they never had a need nor want for any "order" in their hive mind implants.

[@jameskendrick3235]

I love your eerie background music it makes all your videos suspenseful and mysterious. My favorite is the faceless men

[@dannyp2970]

Would you consider covering anything in the Warhammer 40K Universe. I only just started playing a few Warhammer games I bought and their is so much to learn.

[@ronj7677]

ComfyTush check out grim dark narrator. He's one of my favorite 40k channels. Not trying to send anyone away from this channel it's just grimdark is 100% 40k.

[@BrokenEyes00]

Resistance is and always has been… Futile.

[@bigevil1001]

That is where you are wrong, Worf! Now that I possess the sword of Kahless the Klingon throne is mine!

[@whattheheckamidoinghere4305]

Who here still have nightmares of them as a kid in 2000s, don't leave me hanging.

[@TheNecronpker]

you just keep pumping out great videos man, thanks again.

[@darkwingduke1631]

In Deep Space 9 it was shown that the federation has miniaturized teleportation technology and could mount it on a gun and literally have it teleport the bullet to within inches of the target Would it be possible to have something like that be an Anti Borg weapon by having the bullet teleport to inside their shields

[@ganados0]

The main problem there is they'd have to do it while they regenerate otherwise moving targets would be difficult and since the Borg can revive fallen drones those shot down may not stay down long.

[@e4unow421]

In the books one of the ships fighting at sector 001 used those weapons to repel a borg boarding party.

[@bigz4339]

I think that was the whole point of the TR-116. To kill Borg Drones.

[@thedoruk6324]

Awesome work as usual ! *Zucc*

[@JOneone7]

Always with the badass videos man Best channel around.

[@sulanis8444]

Star Trek: Destiny. If you want to read a book that beautifully describes the Borg and how they were created this is amazing and the overall story i wish they would adapted to TV. I'm sad its not considered Canon.

[@zimgonzalez2127]

You should do Ticks(Seth Green,Clint Howard, Alfonso Ribeiro) the giant ticks in that movie gave me nightmares when I was younger even though I couldn't stop watching that movie over and over.

[@djungelskogs_bf]

and they said communism wouldnt work

[@djungelskogs_bf]

@@funonline972 oh right its not a meme or anything

[@jameskosusnik1102]

@@funonline972 like crapitalism hasnt caused millions of deaths too?

[@ec329]

Borg still lost....... like Lenin 😂😂😂

[@eccremocarpusscaber5159]

James Kosusnik Communism has caused more. Many more.

[@christiannewaye7306]

tough n stuff well there's no economic equivalent to it due to the fact that everyone is surgically and biologically augmented it doesn't have an IDeology anything the Starfleet and the Federation are pure examples of communism. If anything if you look at the Borg exiles on Voyager they actually create a communist society by using their implants to communicate their thoughts and feelings and open manner and a democratic matter with no individual being forced or coerced to have the right to think

[@samcook2668]

I do love the Borg but you didn't mention species 8472, their ultimate enemy, which I thought were quite cool!

[@christianoester8785]

Damn this was a blast from the past! Still get a gut wrenching feeling when I see these things

[@josephmassaro]

My favorite Star trek villains.

[@filmcomicsexplained]

They're soo goood!

[@josephmassaro]

With the return of Picard in a new series, perhaps the Borg will be the catalyst for him to return to action.

[@WOK12-t4p]

Even though I was never a big fan of Star Trek in general, The Borg are amongst my favorite villains in all of Sci-Fi. They perfectly represent what kind of an existential threat a superficially diverse, yet mentally homogenous hivemind can truly be. The Borg more than any other group of villains highlight just how dangerous the ideology "Diversity Is Our Strength" really is.

[@jacenstarheart6256]

Fantastic Video, Resistance is Futile! 👍👍💯

[@redeye7500]

Congrats with the channel ... Doing pretty great.

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Thanks buddy!

[@redeye7500]

No prob🍻

[@DaRollinThunder]

Finally! Thanks, I always found the Borg to be genuinely scary. You should have mentioned 7 of 9 though lol, but great video.

[@samlee5599]

Great vid dude really enjoyed it, the game Star Trek Legacy had a really good origin story for the Borg that ties into the motion picture but i don't this its regarded as cannon

[@samlee5599]

*that

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Thanks Sam! I must check it out :)

[@probot6515]

Sam Lee canon*

[@Dragoon444]

@Liam Leggitt star trek armada 2 had the tactical cube and fusion version.

[@Dragoon444]

@Liam Leggitt gotcha haha

[@davidvasquez749]

Hey man loved the video keep up the good work

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Thanks David :)

[@mohanicus]

my absolute favourite drones are the ones with the beams shining out either from their eye or beside their heads... perfect example at 2:48...its a fantastic and menacing look.

[@SuperClarkeyboy]

love your videos man. keep up the awesome work

[@namelessro]

Excellent and composed work again mate. I don’t usually do this but may I request you to do one for ‘Static Shock’ I was working on sanding the stairs and it’s just hit me. Cheers. Good work once again. -CJ

[@deang1631]

Hell. Yes. Had to give this a like before the vid even started.

[@gurgenferkulat9663]

Is "M.D Geist" already on the list? That was one of my favorite Animes as a Kid...pleeeeze do "M.D Geist".

[@JOneone7]

Another Great video even if I don't know what the topic is you explain it so well an make it interesting so Very well done 👍✌️

[@homesickskymusic]

Still... The end of ST-TNG S3 and beginning of ST-TNG S4 "The Best of Both Worlds Part 1 and 2". My all time faves!!

[@jd3497]

Why aren't edged weapons, knived, swords, axes used? Also seems like blunt force trauma to the head and neck would be extremely effective as well.

[@jumpinjackflash9394]

I think because how risky it is getting close to a borg

[@uncletaylorify]

They do work...but you have to get close and they run you over by numbers.

[@raideurng2508]

@@jumpinjackflash9394 Bingo, Borg are easily stronger than any other organic creature in Trek (besides 8472) and they need but grab you once and you are now a drone.

[@Commando110]

Great video on the Borg. First Contact is in my opinion one of the best films from Picard's timeline. Any chance you could do an expanded Borg video focusing on Seven of Nine and the other Borg from the Voyager tv series?

[@tonnig6077]

Not a star trek fan but my dad was, rip. Thanks for another great vid!

[@Gondor80]

awesome as always

[@LordBloodraven]

StarTrek had the Borg... Quake had the Strogg. I argue that the Strogg were more terrifying due to their gory assimilation process which your character experiences in first hand in Quake 4 (chest ripped open, legs amputated, neural implant embedded in the skull, etc.) all without anesthetic.

[@jamesb.8940]

I would like to know how Picard-made-Locutus kept both his original eyes, and both arms, whereas almost everyone else assimilated lost one.

[@chrlpolk]

He had plot armor equipped.

[@leannefresquez3490]

Are you going to cover the locus from gears of war?

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Yep its on the to do list :)

[@leannefresquez3490]

FilmComicsExplained cool thanks. Looking forward to it. Keep up the good work. 👍👍👍

[@cleansingnight7332]

FilmComicsExplained Oh pleasssse. That would be great.

[@leviroch]

This movie scared the absolute shit out of me when i was 10-ish. . . Twas also my introduction to star trek as a whole, and my love of patrick stewart

[@Carolineplayz186]

Great vid! 👍

[@razok9757]

Hey you should do the Virus from Cargo!

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Yep! its on the list :)

[@razok9757]

FilmComicsExplained sweet thanks man

[@marystone860]

Hmm, what if The Borg and The Cybermen went against each other? The result would be very interesting to say the least!

[@Akdmkman]

Be interesting to see a video on the robots similar to the Borg on the seth mcfarlane show

[@SiNCry0]

The Borg are utterly terrifying.

[@Huskerfanman-g9e]

It's crazy how well the first contact still looks to this day

[@zacimusprime4865]

I can’t wait till the day you finally do The matrix👍🏻 but these guys are pretty cool though👍🏻

[@duchessofphelan3737]

As a Trekkie... I love this movie and the borg! So ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@D1craigRob]

I would have loved a voyager movie. That was the most fun series for me out of the star treks.

[@NivekH420]

One of my all time favourite films

[@fireball75677]

Oh funny thing actually I was just playing star trek online & had just encountered a Borg Sphere

[@mbnhiphopmusik6429]

Which one would win: Reapers (Mass Effect) or the Borg? Or would they become one new entity?

[@BigHosMan]

Great video,brother! How about something on the Thoalians,eh?

[@Orca19904]

Would be interesting to see this video revisited after the events of "Picard".

[@gluekswurst8444]

the borg movie was the darkest of all. im looking forward to the Tarantino version.

[@aaronpeters4155]

Would you be able or willing to do a video on the Tyranids from the warhammer 40,000 universe as they are quite similar to the Borg due the hive mind mentality :)

[@lopirobinson1991]

Ah The Borg. My favorite character in the series🔥❤️

[@games4trade105]

love this. please do the Q rase next

[@JC-ze2et]

the borg were always my favorite!

[@mickeydrago9401]

yeah, they are just a buncha sweetie pies, like a cute puppy licking your cheek

[@CriminalGamingHimself]

0:30 I just realized how much the main Resistance rifle in TLJ looks exactly like that

[@jessemiller9792]

The weirdest thing I noticed was that all Borg look human and do not remember any others from other Star Trek species.

[@angelvivero7325]

They would closer to perfection if they retained their individuality in some form

[@kevindoyle1884]

Great video

[@mr.ertyla2628]

1:02, withing the borg colective,no single individual exists, exept the queen. Me (who watched the series): what about hugh?

[@JohnDoe-ih8ou]

I'm looking forward to how they portray the Borg in the new Trek Picard series.

[@chrlpolk]

Any regrets? 😂

[@bosanski_Cevap]

I love this great channel :D

[@tudoserumbling4145]

Can you also make a video explaining Ghost of the Mars

[@EricGarcia-fm4uc]

I just love how after they have adapted to futuristic energy rifles, you can always rely on brute force

[@Borg231]

I have seen a few Star Trek movies. Might have been a Star Trek fan and never realized it 😂

[@spartana1116]

My dad told me that the race was obsess with perfection a nd as they keep adding cybernetics their computers took over their mind becoming the borg

[@VincentGonzalezVeg]

Isn't one of their only weakness is having their head removed?, wouldn't a crossbar bat be incredibly effective at destroying them

[@fosterck13]

Please do another just on the Borg Queen. There's much more information since the Picard series

[@multiyapples]

I find The Borg quite interesting and frightening.

[@JDMJR1217]

I was wondering if there is a particular reason you didn't cover the back story for the borg written for and shown in the Stars Trek legacy game. That was pretty interesting information concerning a portion from Earth falling into a black whole and coming into contact with a race of machines. Also mentions something to the fact that the ship that returned to earth in Star Trek The Motion Picture was the first contact situation with the borg. It's where I was led to believe the assimilation process started. Not sure if all my facts are right but as far as I could remember.

[@chrlpolk]

Are the games you’re referencing considered canon?

[@skippycampbell3782]

I was wandering if you could do a video on the the origins of the G`aold from the stargate series.

[@tristenelkinselkins4023]

Every time I hear the Borg my brain is like BORG! BORG! BORG! BORG!

[@johnbroadway4196]

The perfection of the Borg is a wishful desires in A Matrix like mental cocoon is where we wish to not be abundant in our selfish motives in ignoring pain. While, humans are really the false reasons in learning how to live alone and with skepticism in why others are not perfect.

[@Jumbocombo]

I wish you had delved more into their abilities. In the books its shown that they are more than 3 dimensional. Their tech that is

[@shadowking13X]

I would like to see an origin to the borg who was the very first one, how was this discovered and implemented. That’s what I want to know

[@raideurng2508]

It's better to keep their origin a mystery. Not everything needs to be explained.

[@noodlesare2hot648]

Maybe they were just trying to find the perfect way of making noodles

[@danjoaquin1571]

In the book Discovery they came from a super advanced race called the Caeliar after an incident with early warp humans. Also the temporal drive was given to the Borg by the sphere builders

[@j.r.mocksly5996]

poor borg, voyager took their teeth! They were so scary pre-voyager, but then 1 little ship just trashed them 24/7

[@threeofnine346]

Can you explain to us our naming Designations? Such as Three of Nine.