Shriekers from Tremors 2: Aftershock Evolution and Metamorphosis Explained | Tremors Explored 

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"I was denied, critical, need to know, information...........I am completely out of ammo.......thats never happened to me before." Talk about a classic line.

Fun fact, the guy who designed shriekers was also designing the bugs from starship troopers, that's why you can see some resemblance between the two

Roanoke: A quarter of a century seems like enough time Me who has mastered the ancient art of procrastination: Are you challenging me?!

I can imagine that the Tremors films inspired some of the locust design in Gears of War

Fave part of the movie is where they keep aiming higher and higher as the floor rattles only for the little shrieker to jump out from around the corner.

This movie is a quarter of a century old... Man that kind of blows my mind. Also, that shrieker tower of power is something alright.

"I am completely out of ammo...that's never happened to me before."

If you also notice throughout the film the Shriekers are constantly sniffing the ground or looking for a signature. I believe the padding on their feet does leave some type of heat they can all easily identify to stay together. Or at least in a close proximity with their spawn.

The first tremors was such a fun and charming movie, it wasn't a cinematic masterpiece or anything but it's always been a favorite. It's one of those movies I used to watch all the time when I was 8.

i always loved when Grady just slaps the graboid, but man, those shrieks from the graboid while the shriekers come out, gave me nightmares

I love that one Graboid that caused Earl to crash the truck because at one point it sounds like it's laughing.

16:55 Yes, it was related. 3 little mouths inside the graboid was going to generate 3 shriekers. it was the simple idea behind how many of they could have been generated. But once they were little and capable to move they also needed to fast proliferate in number. They were also a prey so being more was going to help reach the final stage and lay other eggs.

First DeadMeat and now Roanoke man today is a great day. Edit thank you guys so much for the likes. My favorite part of the movie is when they set the explosives and all start running and Bert says "we gotta keep running."

I read an article recently that had an interview with Reba McIntyre saying if Universal announced a Tremors reboot she, burt ward, kevin bacon and michael gross would come back in a heartbeat

Minor issue: Dinosaurs are NOT “cold-blooded”. They are actually in between warm and cold.

Can't wait for the amount of censor bleeps needed when he gets to the Ass Blasters.

Earl: Man Burt, you put a whole new shine on the word 'overkill'. Burt: When you need it, and don't have it... you sing a *different Tune.*

I have a suggestion, maybe you should do breakdowns and analysis of cryptids or maybe even mythical animals. I would personally love to see that

Y'know a good option for Graboids are actually placoderms. Early fish with large bony head shields, Dunkleosteus is a famous member. A good possibility is these are descendents of placoderms, a vertebrate line unlike anything today, because they are unlike anything. They aren't reptiles, mammals, or amphibians, but a totally different group. Would explain their vertebrate spine and bones, as well as their bony heads.

This has been a nostalgic trip. I remember having Tremors thing when I was young, hunting Graboids on the playground sort of a thing. I never really seen past 3, but considering I randomly found a DVD set of all SEVEN of the tremors movies at Walmart after you posted the first video, I'm going to finally get around to rematch and even catch up. Knocked out the first two back to back, about to hit 3.

Just remember Roanoke: Four pounds of C4 may be a bit… Excessive.

The Shrieker reminds me of a monster by the name of Deviljho. However instead of one green angry pickle, we get many smaller creatures. Both having the same devastating effects on the biomes they inhabit.

Quick evolution note: dinosaurs as a whole did not simply evolve into birds, bird-like dinosaurs just died out less. Also creatures do not intentionally develop adaptations in response to pressures, the adaptation already exists but is made more prevalent when it becomes successful

“This would most likely make them the oldest species around” Sharks and Jellyfish: *are we a joke to you?*

Dinosaurs were warm blooded or at least semi warm. So no... The adaptation of seeing infrared must have evolved somewhere during or before Mesozoic

Hehe first worm go boom : second worm got dem legs and then boom I’m sensing a pattern Y’all remember when tremors was on Netflix the old days

it's always cool seeing main characters that are actually self aware

I had a birthday party when I was 12 and rented this movie and nobody cared but me. I watched it anyways while my friends played with each other.

Nobody: RU-vid: *Roanoke Gaming uploaded 8 seconds ago*

Tremors 2: Aftershock is my favorite of the Tremors movies and I feel the Shriekrs were the most scary part of the Graboid life cycle.

Officially the "pre-Cambrian" fossils were improperly dated and aren't quite as old as that

I saw part of this movie as a very young child, specifically the bit with the CO2 stealth mission. I always remembered these freaky little walky guys, but never knew what they were or what movie they were from! Thank you for giving me the answer to a question I've had for most of my 23 year long life!

Those look just like reject zerglings lmao

I absolutely love your content. The attention to detail and scientific interpretations are so much better than 99% of channels that just postulate about these creatures.

You’re just perfectly explaining these creatures and I have a feeling that the people that made the movie are just like… “ Monster going nom nom then kaboom!!!!!”

Do you also plan on doing monster hunter megafauna in the future? It'd be cool.learning how a carnotaurus evolved into something like a Glavenus or the metabolism of a deviljho

Might wanna do a bit more research. Most dinosaur species are thought to be warm blooded now.

The locust theme fits the monsters that strike from emergence holes.

"Dinosaurs remained in the lakes and rivers as crocs and alligators" Crocodilians share common ancestry with dinosaurs, but I was under the impression that they weren't descendants of dinosaurs. both dinos and crocs are from the archosaur clade and the way I understand it is that they diverged into different sub groups with crocodillians and dinosaurs being entirely separate. Hence why other members of the clade such as pterosaurs and plesiosaur are refered to as "flying reptiles" or "marine reptiles" because they aren't considered dinosaurs. Unless I've missed some major scientific paper that actually links them more directly as descendants.

The part of the movie where Grady runs up and slaps the Graboid is my favorite part of the movie and never fails to make me laugh lol

YEEEEEES I've always been interested in the tremors series, thanks Roanoke!

I absolutely love that you used the gears of war music in the background. That was hard to catch at first.

“This movie has been out for like 25 years or something.” Thanks for reminding me I’m old as hel...

I have been waiting for this for so long😂

You should do the breakdown of the ww2 zombies from CoD ww2, some of those things look absolutely insane lol

Ngl the first time I watched this move I got genuinely nervous before the reveal of the shriekers they built up the tension in an amazing way making them seem smarter than we've ever seen em a new monster and being off the ground doesn't save you. It builds up tension and suspense then shows off the little Shriekers and it's like wow. But then they show just how dangerous they can be in sheer numbers and ability to create an army of themselves with enough food and it was just *chefs kiss* flawless

Those 3 screaming at the car at night reminds me of ZZ Top when they turn their heads.

I love the gears of war music in the background

Oh my gosh I’ve been waiting for such a long time I loved your Graboids explanation video and a bit I’m gonna love this one

I always love your videos I love that they quench my thirst for my geeker/nerdy side. Especially when you start talking about anatomy, biomechanics, ecology, & evolutionary possibilities of movie monsters/animals. Because of these factors your videos alway help me clam down & feel relaxed. So when you started talking about dinosaurs I was super excited & being a paleontology nerd myself. Unfortunately when I heard you say/talk about dinosaurs being “cold blooded” however I quickly became a little bumped out.

Banger practical effects. Love this stuff! Keep it up dude. I need more videos to binge at work. I’ve been through all of your vids like 3 times

I've recently discovered your channel, and I've been binge watching a bunch of them. I can't put it down ✌️

I love when he uploads just puts a smile on my face

I love it!!! Keep up the good work Roanoke :D

It’s weird how this is somehow helping me with my biomedical science course. Keep up the good work!

Honestly Roanoke you're making my day with the two tremor videos like I said before I love the series and I'm happy that you are covering it thank you again and keep doing what your doing I hope you're have a nice week and weekend

YES!!! You can't tell, but I'm dancing in excitement. 💃

Remember it was revealed in Tremors 3:Back to Perfection that the Graboid Eggs remain dormant for 300 years before they hatch and that in Tremors 4:The Legend Begins that the hot water from a mine caused the eggs to hatch and we get to see what the Graboids look like after they hatch as they look like the caterpillars from hell.

Factually imperfect but still pretty entertaining and educational for the majority of it

Had to finish an Ogg the Ogryn upload, got here as soon as I could. Ah, I remember I used to rent the first four Tremors in a DVD box set from the video store back home in Sheridan. Over and over again. Every time mom took us by there I think, actually. Oh well, great work as always Roanoke! I always love how enthusiastic and excited you sound. Edit: It's not just rattlesnakes! There's actually a whole family of snakes called "pit vipers" that use a form of thermal sense to hunt. They're called "pit vipers" because they have little "pits" behind (or was it in front of?) their nostrils that house the specific glands.

These movies are the best to me because not only are they scary, but they are also pretty funny. Edit: Higher likely paraphrasing here. Burt-Where the hell are all the explosives? Earl-I didn't have time, so I just threw one into your truck. Burt-YOU WHAT! That's five and a half tons of high explosives, Earl. Earl-Are you saying that's not enough? Please god Burt, don't tell me that it's not enough! Burt-Not enough1? Never mind, never mind, just go! Faster, it's going to be big.

All your channels are awesome man, I love watching them, and at night to listen and the help falling sleep. Keep doing it thank you!!

What i love about your videos is, that you look for explanation how thing COULD work, instead of going "but it is impossible" every two or three sentences...

I think it's kinda funny that the Graboids are kinda of a prediction for the Omnidens worm, which is a around 2 meter long deathworm from the Kambrian.

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Amazing vid as always roanoke! Love this series, but love you even more.

I always enjoy these deep dives. I get to relive childhood campy films, and learn.

So are these life stages like those polyps and medusa's of jellyfish? Also aren't dinosaurs known to be atleast partly warm blooded, especially the larger ones since some mid size dinos were known to live in pretty cold environments where a cold blooded creatures bigger than dogs shouldn't be able to survive

I actually think the Grabboids in the first movie didn't become Shriekers because they didn't have enough time or food, they only ate a flock of sheep, some cattle and some people. The ones in Mexico were alone for weeks and had grabbed a lot of food.

That was...........wow. I doubt that the movie makers were really thinking about the ore and actual life cycle of the Graboid race when making the movies yet you pieced it all together to make it logical. Very nice and most impressive.

I love these movies. Have been watching them and following new titles since I was a kid. Glad to see them get a little love!

Thought dinosaurs being warm blooded was the more accepted proposal than them being cold blooded

I have a friend that LOVES these movies and watches them religiously. He says they're the best horror movies ever.

This vid was the best way to start my Saturday morning (live in Australia). Thanks, my guy!

I can remember these movies by heart and still take the time to watch ur whole video just so entertaining

Yes! More Tremors! I can assume the A**Blasters are next. Are you going to do the young Graboids? The Dirt Devil's from Tremors 4?

I love the tremors series, these Shriekers are deadly little monster's ☠️

So glad people watched these, I still remember begging my mom to rent this from movie gallery (Off brand blockbuster) when I was younger, this series is a guilty pleasure of mine

9:31 I love that moment lol they just point higher and higher all ready for the big kaiju threat but it’s just a little toad thing lol

Dmn so basically this means thst their dna can be easily altered and can evolve to a sifferent lifeform I mean wow good thing this is a movie

One thing, bud. Dinosaurs were, in fact, warm blooded. Not cold. Love the vid tho! @RoanokeGaming

I find the use of Gears of War music in the background comical and relevant. Well done!

Yo man, I love this stuff. Super intelligent and super interesting. You’re making a difference Roanoke, keep it up.

Not trying to be rude but dinosaurs weren't cold blooded, they were warm blooded XD. Still a good video tho

Look at starship troopers arachnids

I love how much they show of these creatures and how they give us really good views of them

This was so awesome, absolutely perfect Friday the 13th upload!

Really quick, I'd like your thoughts on my hypothesis about the flesh-eaters from Brendan Fraser's The Mummy. In their natural form, they're necrophagous insects with slow metabolisms for creatures of their size. The Egyptians, through generations of steady feeding and selective breeding of the insects, would make them into a horrid form of torture. Due to their heightening metabolism, their ancestral ability to wait for long periods of time entered remission, until they were met with true starvation in the City of the Dead and entered a state of comatose for as long as they need. These scarabs aren't the ones that were found in the ancient times sequence, but are their descendants, having developed a happy medium between their low metabolism ancestors and their ravenous "domesticated" kindred...I say they developed this happy medium because, through breeding of those scarabs which survived starvation and those who were still hungry buggers (HA!!). This would explain why there are so many while also being so hungry: These are descendants who survived all whom had ventured into the City of the Dead before and had died there. Again did these insects become scavengers, this time with the addition of being reputable gluttons. Still, due to the fact that food wasn't a guarantee anymore, their ability to enter "comas" had become fairly important to not turn out dead. Given a few more generations, there's a good chance they'd have returned to their slow-eating ways of ancient times, though it's uncertain if we'd ever know because they're not as prevalent in the other movies. Papa Roanoke, what're your thoughts on this idea?

Oml, the special effects got worse as the movie series progressed🤣

Loving these new thumbnails. Great work

the Burt quotes you drop are fantastic

Are you ever gonna talk about El Blanco? he’s introduced in Tremors 3

I love deadmeat and Roanoke gaming dead meat is awesome because of comic relief and the way he counts the kills counting every dead body and having little funny skits and the end of his videos and why i like Roanoke is because of his amazing commentary and his explainations on beasts,creatures and such also breaking down the story.

When it comes too these old movies, I like seeing summaries like this before I watch it.

One fact wrong: dinosaurs (even the largest species) were warm-blooded.

Um. Roanoke: Dinosaurs were mesothermic if not full on warm blooded.

It’s a good day when Roanoke is looking at the series that made my childhood

I was waiting on this!

Love the Gear's of war menu theme playing in the background👌