Four Most INTENSE Super Soldier Transformations 

" Let us know which one of these you'd join- that's a joke. You wouldn't want to join any of these. " *My life for the Emperor.*

My favorite super soldier has to be Doomguy, who turned into a living god

Did anyone else start watching this video thinking, “If Astartes aren’t at the top of the list then the list is bullshit!”???

"They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give of themselves to me. Like clay I shall mould them and in the furnace of war I shall forge them. They shall be of iron will and steely sinew. In great armour I shall clad them and with the mightiest weapons shall they be armed. They will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight them. They shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best them in battle. They are my bulwark against the Terror. They are the Defenders of Humanity. They are my Space Marines...and they shall know no fear." - The Emperor of Mankind

Allen; "You wouldn't wanna join any of these..." Me; "Such utter heresy... PURGE HIM IN FLAMES!" xD

How did you not talk about how the space marines get flayed alive in the process?

The most intense transformation is a _training montage sequence_ to rock music.

That was the most pg overview of the Astarte process i have heard in a while.

Another intense super soldier program was Manticore from the Dark Angel TV series. These super soldiers were bred with advanced genetic engineering and gene splicing from the DNA of certain animals. For example, a soldier intended for desert warfare would have the DNA of desert reptiles. However, Manticore was brought down by a team of super soldiers that had escaped from the Manticore facility years earlier, including the main protagonist of the series, Max Guevera. This led to the escape of dozens of experimental super soldier prototypes into an unsuspecting world.

Carter: "I read your file, Lieutenant. Even the parts ONI didn't want me to. I'm glad to have your skillset, but you can leave that lone wolf stuff behind."

The spartan II program She had over 300 candidates but only 75 candidates got constricted into the program in the end in 2517

First 3, "man that sucks" Space Marines, "Hey! The apothecaries!"

If Marvel got their act together: Okay, after the super serum, you eat these berries from Wakanda. Now bring out the radioactive spider…

Super soldiers from various franchises, all leading up to 40K's Astartes, and as usual 40K just has to be... well... 40K about it all. In a setting where more is most definitely more - more ridiculous trials of strength and 'purity', more extreme augmentation, higher procedure failure rate, more excessively gruesome medical procedures, more powerful weapons (Bullets? Bullets are just so pre-Imperial. Now, rocket propelled, mass reactive, armour piercing explosive warheads? That is more like it...), more high tech powered armour that is also sort of like medieval full plate armour crossed with a main battle tank, more delusional fanaticism and merciless ruthlessness.... ... And then the Astartes gets eaten by a giant killer space bug - the 40K cycle of life.

Question for the group: Would you sacrifice 10 years of your live expectancy but you'll be in peak physical, mental and overall health condition. So basically a toned down Captain America till you croak at 60 or so. No back problems, arthritis, asthma, allergies, cancer, heart disease, obesity, mental deterioration etc. I would.

Me: *Reads title* "Huh? Wonder how long until 40k pops..." Video: First image is of an Adeptus Astartes. Me: "Damn that's got to be a record."

Don’t forget some of the Spartan IIs whose bodies rejected their augmentations were rehabilitated later, such as Jerome, Alice, and Douglas.

The only way the opening scene from Universal Soldier could get any more American was if they started watching Rugby and eating Haggis

Doesn't really do the Astartes recruitment process justice. After all, there are the other joys of the process. Starting with a lot of the surgical procedures being performed in conditions that would appall a medieval plague doctor (gotta make sure the candidate's newly boosted immune system is up to scratch) and the frequent lack of anaesthetic (pain is an illusion of the mind) before moving onto the Chapter's Librarians having a rummage through your psyche to make sure your soul isn't tainted in any way (no, they're not gentle about it), frequent brainwashing via hypnosis all the while coupled to a training regimen that can charitably be described as 'relentless'. This process takes about 6-8 years depending on the Chapter. The real clincher, however, goes to the Space Wolves with the Test of Morkai. Thanks to some Dark Age genetic shenanigans, Space Marine geneseed isn't quite compatible with the genetics of native Fenrisians. To get around this, the Wolves implant the first stage of the geneseed, then fly the candidate several hundred kilometres away from their base and drop them into the snow covered wastes surrounding said base. All the candidate has to do to pass is get back to the base. No, they don't get any equipment beyond a loincloth. Yes, the environment is mostly polar tundra. And the continent is crawling with predators that include 'wolves' measuring 6 feet at the shoulder. And that not-quite-compatible geneseed I mentioned? There's a small but significant chance of it turning the candidate into what is basically a werewolf - something that the candidate is expected to hold in check by sheer force of will. If the candidate gets back, they get the next stage of the implants which stabilises things somewhat. If they don't get back...well, it's no major loss and it makes things more interesting for the next batch. It should not be a surprise that the success rate of Astartes induction is normally quoted as being about 1%.

Primaris Astartes have 22 new organs added

Wow never was a big halo guy but their past story reminded me of an more extreme version of what they did in “ Soldier “ with Kurt Russell

A little note: Space marines don't get bone implants, they have a special organ that makes the bones grow faster and larger (it also makes their ribs flatten, overlap and eventually connect into one whole piece) and it hardens their bones natyrally via the excessive amount of minerals, including silicon, that they consume from their food.

Celestial turtle? What is this heresy!?!?! Inquisitor!!! Inquisitor!!!!!! Here!!! Heretic!!!!

And the Space Marines aren't even the best supersoldiers in the Imperium ... that would be the Custodes

Well these guys from Lord of the Rings are the only fantasy supersoldiers in the fantasy world.

Some other super soldier transformations that I can note: Skulls Parasite Unit from MGSV. The Skulls were members of XOF who were given a new species of parasites that turned them into a perfect killing machine but with the side effect of losing their cognitive functions and basically becoming zombies. They have heightened senses, super strength, and teleportation to name a few. Cyber Newtypes from The Gundam Universal Century timeline and the After War timeline. CNs are an artificial form of a new sub race of humans called "newtypes" ,which are humans that have telepathic powers. The process of creating Cyber Newtypes is still unknown in the Gundam canon but it is known that they are given organ transplants and chemicals that heighten their reaction speed and other physical/mental capabilities. They are also subjected to hypnotic conditioning that alters their personality and memories but with the side effect of rendering them mentally unstable with even the possibility of personality disorders. All this turns them into the perfect mecha pilots despite being a bit screwed in the head. Imperial Assassins from W40k. A bunch of people who were shown to having promising mental and physical capabilities who are then all stuffed inside a ship and forced to fight in a battle royale for survival until their ship arrives at their designated training facility. All the survivors are then given mental conditioning that deletes their memories and personalities and turn them into viscious killers. They are each then sent to one of seven Assassin temples that best suits their abilities to train and become Imperial Assassins. Psycho System Pilots from the Gundam Universal Century timeline. Pilots of the Psycho system are forced to have their limbs cut off and replaced with a cybernetic adapter that connects their nervous system to Mobile Suits that were built for the Psycho system. This in turn makes more natural movement and better reaction speed from their mechs.

I was hoping to see the new recruits from the movie Soldier, underrated movie and Todd kicks butt.

I would definitely go through the training, augmentation and equipping of Mjolnir armour that the Spartans use especially if there were aliens invading

How about the Witcher process? Don’t know all the details of that one but I believe the success rate was 1 in 3? Would like to see a follow up vid on that.

my good sir you forgot one, the Tenno the void changed them from organic carbon based life form to an energy based life form and I havent started about the awful experiments by Ballas and transference into the Warframes

Alan..... Really? REALLY?!!! Velociraptors didn't eat the little girl in "The Lost World"... The girl got mauled by a Compathangosauras attack.... And she Survives it, while the parents sue INGEN.. (Kinda surprised I was able to spell that right without screwing it up, when I had to use spell check for "surprised"

Hilarious commentary. The dryer the delivery the better. Keep it up!

They are the bulwark against the terror. They are the defenders of humanity: They are my Space Marines. And they shall know no fear.

Love your work!

the Spartan in the live action video is Carter from noble team...a Spartan III not II, Spartan III’s were pretty much the same level as Spartan IIs but didn’t have the armor and the bio enhancements were way less invasive and not fatal

Other franchises: Warhammer 40k: that's cute

Dolph Lundgren is a IRL superhuman, no artificial augmentation needed.

You forgot that during the bio-augmentation the space marines have to be completely awake otherwise the augmentation will fail

The Weapon X program within the Marvel franchise was a super-soldier program. Wolverine, and others injected with the adamantium made them nigh-unstoppable. The latest one from them, making a Hulk-Wolverine hybrid could take on a lot of those other guys, instant healing, unbreakable claws, near-unlimited strength, near-instantaneous reaction times in combat and extremely fast running.

Talks about Spartan II program, shows footage of Spartan III

Love ur videos... Keep em up

Surprised you neglected to mention that for the last geneseed organ to be implanted, the recruits skin is literally flayed off, so the Black Carapace can be implemented.

You forgot tge nanosuit from crysis.

The Spec Ops from 'Soldier' is also incredible

They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give of themselves to me. Like clay I shall mould them, and in the furnace of war forge them. They will be of iron will and steely muscle. In great armour shall I clad them and with the mightiest guns will they be armed. They will be untouched by plague or disease, no sickness will blight them. They will have tactics, strategies and machines so that no foe can best them in battle. They are my bulwark against the Terror. They are the Defenders of Humanity. They are my Space Marines and they shall know no fear.

I saw this in my recommended and immediately i KNEW what the winner was gonna be

Nanosuit 2 from Crysis. A suit that fuses itself with the human body, making it stronger, faster, harder to kill, and with the wonderful question on if you are even human anymore.

As someone who loves 40K, I always appreciate a Space Marine shout out. But I have to say that their are a lot of other beings, and xenos scum that get bio-enhancements, and knowledge of them should spread. Humanity First!

Has anyone seen the movie "Soldier(1998)"? The super soldiers training scenes in that movie were pretty intense.

Totally *impressive wool hat* you're wearing Allen! *Where did you get it?*

So a couple of videos ago I criticized the channel for lack of Verity and research. I must say you recent videos have been 100% better. I doubt it's cause of my last post but must say much better and keep up the good work 💪👍.

Honestly I think halo is seriously underrated and the discourse in the universe around halseycand the Spartans is some of in my opinion the most interesting idk what you’re yo want to call it intellectual or philosophical commentary I guess but it’s amazingly interesting

The fact that Dolph is a chemical engineer is amazing

I love the 90's "Americans" "I was born an raised here.... ignore my European accent.

Turtle holding discworld got me to tears laughing xD

As a Jurassic park fan my feelings were greatly hurt just now 😂😂 he really called them velociraptors

I never really saw the Uruk-Hai as super soldiers before, but it does check out

What about the trial of grasses creating the Witchers? Or Adam Jensens surgical "optimization" in Deus Ex: Human Revolution? That opening scene is one of the most epic ones ever created!

Not sure if this really counts as Super Soldiers but. The Tenno from the Warframe Universe were they were use by the orokin to pilot the Warframes to fight off the sentients are technically super soldiers in that universe seeing as the warframes have abilities depending on their design and style.

10:24 where did you get the chart from? Looks cool. Also loved the vid

I found most of these organizations very interesting especially the Uruk Hai and the Spartans because I am a big fan of both LOTRs and Halo. But I would say I would be a Space Marine out of these organizations mainly because I do not want to be on the Imperium of Man's bad side.

Calling the Guard a speed bump.... Shows what you know.

Imagine "The Rock" and Vin Diesel will be transformed into a space marine. Earth will have a better chance in defending itself againts those vile Xenos.

@Generation Films, you forgot about the SOR from Deathworlders on r/HFY. It's a pretty intense process, where they take a drug called "CRUE-D," where they get intense healing capabilities, and they just push themselves in the gym harder than anyone else could go, including supergravity and massively higher weights. instead of traditional gym exercises, where going too hard will tear muscles to the point of not being able to use them, with CRUE-D, they heal stronger than before, causing them to grow increasingly larger, and massing much higher than any other humans in the universe.

I love super soldier's form crysis.

For Blood For Glory For The Emperor

I was worried the space marines weren't on this list until it got to the end. I think one of the more gruesome augments they get is when they literally skin them alive to apply the black carapace that acts like a nervous system and connects to their armor.

Can you make a list of super soldier units in fiction that has a 100% success rate? That people would volunteer for?

See the turtle ain't he keen? All things serve the fuckin beam

Shout out to the Big Daddies from Bioshock.

I'm not a big Rock fan, but the Rock probably doesn't need a lot of steroids. He's 1/2 Samoan.

You should you video on would it practical to build the thunderbirds

I thought the thumbnail for the video was star wars theory for a second 🤣

You missed the soldiers from the movie SOLDIER. The newest batch soldiers were made "invitro" (test tube babies) using recumbent DNA, while the previous generations were selected at birth using extreme genetic profiling. For someone who was tagged "obsolete," SGT Todd was pretty bad-assed. For a "B-roll sci-fi movie," SOLDIER was pretty good!

Kurt Russel in Soldier (1998).

You've dealt here primarily with one of two basic ideas. Here the idea is that the beings involved are modified themselves. The other idea is that the beings involved are put inside of suits that have enhanced capabilities. Though in some cases you have both. The problem with modifying the beings involved - except for the Urak-hai (which would seem to be able to be mass produced) - the beings themselves tended to go through a process that would limit their numbers. Here - the length of the process would prevent the program from keeping up with losses. If the emphasis is placed on the suits (as in Heinlein's book Starship Troopers) you can mass produce the suits and give the people being put in them training that while extensive wouldn't take long enough to prevent you from being able to replace your losses - and in fact - wouldn't stop you from increasing their numbers. .

with the spartan-ii program, some of the washouts and killed would end up re-entering service as full SPARTAN-IIs, such as the halo wars red team

Acid spit is metal as fuck

It's interesting that Spartan 2's are essentially a more primitive version of Space Marines. I wonder if they were simply a copy or convergent 'evolution' so to speak.

i got two RU-vid notification these un exetable and I have subscribed to at least 30 you tubes

I vote for the soldiers from Old Man's War by John Scaizi . The story starts when, John Perry, a 75-year-old retired advertising writer, joins the Colonial Defense Forces who protect human interplanetary colonists. Volunteers sign letters of intent and provide DNA samples at age 65, which John and his now deceased wife Kathy had done ten years prior to the beginning of the story. After visiting his wife's grave to say goodbye (as volunteers can never return to Earth), Following a series of sometimes bizarre psychological and physical tests, Perry's mind is ultimately transferred to a new body based on his genetic material. His new body is a younger version of himself, but genetically engineered with enhanced musculature, green skin, and yellow cat-like eyes. He now possesses enormous strength and dexterity, nanobot-enhanced artificialblood, enhanced eyesight and other senses, and most critically, a BrainPal-a neural interface that, among other capabilities,stores and processes mission data,links to the soldiers weapons and allows Perry to communicate with other members of the CDF via thought. (From Wikipedia.) Not a direct transformation of the original body but of the new body.

4:25 Those are Compsognathus.

Where's American Ben gushing about Gunnery Sgt Roberta Draper and the MMC?

You left out the Borg and the Witchers

I thought ikomas transformation in kabenari of the iron fortress was pretty sick

Warframes- (spoilers) Adults and their Children are put in a space ship that flies through an area of space called the void, which has properties that are pretty much magic. Doing so gave the children to gain incredible powers but drove the adults insane. So the children killed their parents and were left trapped on a ship alone, until they were found by their civilization and put into pods that allowed them to control drones (made o people) that harness their magical void powers to use a variety of powers such as fireballs energy swords, laser shooting disco balls, etc. They also gought in a war against space terminators and were eventually put into cryostasis, and forgot that they were children

If I was 10 yrs old again, I would sign up to be an Astartes in a heartbeat! I if I survived, the weapons and armor available to me, the abilities granted, the promise of waging war on the enemies of the Emperor, sweet joy!!!!

Spartan 2 (halo) program and universal solider where my childhood games and films

Could you do an episode on futuristic riot control equipment?

No mention of the Borg?

Are you now, or have you ever been, a Suspicious Observer? Celestial Turtle indeed.

This guy woke up and had to debate how many beaclets he should wear.

Robocop: Am I a joke to you?

Velociraptors? 🤔 Poor little Compsognathus'

If anyone wants to know more about how to become space marine luetin09 has an in-depth videos.

Ah...Ave Imperator: "They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give of themselves to me. Like clay I shall mould them, and in the furnace of war forge them. They will be of iron will and steely muscle. In great armour shall I clad them and with the mightiest guns will they be armed. They will be untouched by plague or disease, no sickness will blight them. They will have tactics, strategies and machines so that no foe can best them in battle. They are my bulwark against the Terror. They are the Defenders of Humanity. They are my Space Marines and they shall know no fear."

Sgt. TODD, Soldier. 1996.

Y'all Ive started watching these like "I know Astartes will be on the list, I wanna see the other 3" Edit: ah I see many people have had the same thought

Whats the scene at 4:45 from with the 2 rows of people?

If I'm being honest with all the different ways to die becoming a super solider I would rather take quick death to Jedi, xennomorph, or myself testing if fall damage is on during World war 3