The Biology Of The MISUNDERSTOOD Regent Species Explained 

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?!"

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

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

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.

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

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

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” 😎

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

I love humanity.

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.

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

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

"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.

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.

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

33:30 It’s called the Bridge Roanoke.

Honestly my favorite future lore for humanity is that we are the Space Ork race of the galaxy. We love war. We are really good at it too. We can tame any animal on our planet. Including sharks and Bears. If we get our limbs replaced with robotics we prefer the metal look to fake skin. We ink our skin willingly. We prefer slug ammo and explosives, even when we get lasers and plasma. Railguns will most likely still be our main cannons on our starships.

If you’re thinking about doing a video solely on mirror neurons then my suggestion is doing a video on Eleven, 008, Vecna, and the mind flayer from stranger things. I’d love to see you take on how mirror neurons could have given them their powers.

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.

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 😂😂

The fact that the bombs that the aliens shoot are shaped like the pegs you use to land your shots on the board game is something everybody always misses. I havent ever heard anyone mention it.

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

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.

"It's just a formality, don't overthink it." -- does not compute when the Dad is an Admiral played by Liam Neeson. He has a particular set of skills. And those skills include access to literally every type of force multiplier on the planet with skilled deployers thereof.

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

When you were talking about amphibians you showed more b-roll of lizards than amphibians. The frog was amphibian the rest were geckos, chameleons, and a false chameleon which are reptiles. 29:07

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

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.

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.

The Rihri jokes just get better and better

I liked the theory that those Regents were miners that survived their homeworld's destruction and were trying to turn off those satellites to protect Earth's location.

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

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

Dear Mr. Roanoke Oh I would appreciate it if you would do a breakdown of Godzilla from “Godzilla Minus One”. Loved your one on Shin Godzilla and would like to see another one!

It is said that if you are able to sit through this movie three times in a row you immediately gain american citizenship.

I'm always here for the vehicle commentary and the Jeep shade. 😂

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

Ahh! It looks like the Potato Head orc from Return of the King, just with porcupine quills for a beard! Ack!

Johnsons line from halo 2 just before they discover the Scarab was perfect!

I absolutely love this movie for how it presents the aliens. Them having similar military protocols, codes of conduct, as well as evolutionary traits to humans makes them so much more believable than many other movie aliens, unlike for example the architects from prometheus, who outfitted their bioweapons research and testing facility wity large, ominous murals on their walls...

Look at the future war film, "SPECTRAL" for some high tech analysis. A great bit of future war.

It feels like they had a: "don't piss off the locals too much" approach. Using a warning shot first before using more leathal weaponry, getting their guy back without killing everyone around and most importantly, not attacking the offspring when given a chance. The more agressive approach on the satelite base seems more like a: we need this at any cost, type of situation. Also, considering they where initially taken out by debris in our orbit, they themselves did not know how to respond. All in all, I thought this is mostly a first contact gone horribly wrong. The diplomatic meetings afterward must have been hella awkward.

Some theories about why the aliens attacked some humans but not others. 1. The child playing baseball was recognized as an organic lifeform but they did not have enough information on humans yet to determine if the child was a threat. 2. The child playing baseball was similar enough in composition to the aliens that the alien visor/Tech mistakenly categorized the child as an ally/alien. 3. The aliens have a 'Predator' (movie franchise) mentality that they don't engage civilians and only target combatents.

There is a TV show called Surface that aired from 2005-2006. Unfortunately there's only one season of it, but I think there is enough information in that season that you could make a video about the main creature from the show. I find the concepts in the show fascinating and I thought it would be something right up Roanoke's ally.

32:31 Gotta love Roanoke throwing in some jokes hidden in military alphabet.

Humanity Number 1!!

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

Cool little thing about this movie is they filmed on k-bay in HI & used a lot of marines in the movie. My hubs was running marine 13, it was his breakout role! 😂

this is one of the few movies i had on dvd in the very early 2010s so i know ive watched this at least 10 times

Ah the Michael Bay epic Battleship

25:58 I think it viewed him as hostile because it determined he was the leader of the group of natives attacking them. Take out the leader, scatter the combatants without need for further fight.

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!

I love how you can hear in his voice how he's trying not to laugh at his own jokes

Alex becoming an O-3 Lieutenant within a 6 months/1 year timespan was by far the most unrealistic part of the move. Change my mind

*U.S. Gov’t Project:* “Hello! We’ve been trying to reach you about your vehicle’s extended warranty.” *Alien Civilization Fuck-Off Far Away:* “And I took that personally.”

I loved this movie honestly. It was kinda silly but drifting a battleship sold me on it.

"Not Iowa! What of our corn?!" That got a chuckle out of me XD

Should do Deathclaws, or do feral ghouls

I'd like to see you take a crack at the creatures from the 2024 Arcadian. Like, there's lore there about them, but it isn't expressed in the movie. Would be REALLLY interesting

Humanity is always gonna be #1

The tintinus va joke is too real man

Glad to see that you're of the view that this was more of a first contact mission and less of an invasion force. Switch the species around and it would be a movie about humans investigating an alien signal. A communication vessel veers off course and crashes, thus stranding the remaining humans, leaving them unable to contact earth. They try to communicate with the aliens, but there's a breakdown in communication and its mistaken for an attack/threat. The humans would then be forced to defend themselves and try to use local tech as an alternative method to contact home. With their ships and ground crews constantly being attacked by the aliens, it will eventually become an us or them scenario. At no point would we consider ourselves to be the bad guys. We would also fully understand the need for the first contact teams to come strapped as a preventative measure.

I love Roanoke’s random Halo references

31:43 love my dude for that Sgt Johnson quote 🤣🤌🏻perfect

oh man, I'm pretty sure I saw this movie when I was a kid. I distinctly remember that convenience store burrito scene.

I actually really like this movie. Its got a good amputee empowering side story and the scene where all the veterans come in and fire up the old steam ship was just incredible. :)

Bigger brain capacity was also possible due to a shrinking jaw muscle connecting to near the top of the head, due in the beginnings of food preparation and not requiring as large jaws to break down food.

The scene with the .50 Cal Snipers unloading into the alien cockpit!!

Pretty sure the Battleships cannons would be filled with cement.

Museum ships are preserved very well actually. The series on the USS New Jersey explains that the military filled the engines with preservative oil. Course the issue would be removing said oil to fire up the engines proper

Need the Anaconda from Anaconda next

The jeep 108 miles bit was grand.. cherokee. I like the idea that a greater alien force had them on the run. Greatly optimistic sequel bait.

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

The way the aliens in this movie fought kind of reminds me of the Clans from BattleTech

"No, ET no phone home... ET go meet Pele. In volcano... so I can proclaim This Is Sparta!"

Hey Roanoke, have you made merch yet that says ‘Starting with the Feet’. I would buy that so fast.

I also agree that it seems like the aliens weren't going full response, they were clearly attacking military and infrastructure, but they also clearly DIDN'T attack at times, like when they go back to pick up the drowning sailors. I like to think that at one point the script had moments that cut to the alien ship and we see argument in alien, with no subtitles, and a change in tactics overall. Like maybe a diplomatic choice was to show mercy and let the military ship that's VERY close to you leave as long as it doesn't try to shoot, then a more military response to go take the transmit center, as killing the cops seems to be more unrealistically aggressive. Stuff like that with a more interpretive segue via aliens arguing in space French. A botched first contact seems like a better movie than a tragically bad invasion.

The absolute hatred for jeeps really shines through here

Thank you Roanoke for always making me patriotic in every alien video. Humanity number one ☝️ 🗣️

I loved how somebody looked into the kids game Battleship and just said, damned, lets a movie with that premise. :´D

Hey, if Iowa goes down, you don't get your xanthum gum or ethanol!

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 😂

They didn't miss the WARNING SHOT. It's sent across the bow to ensure the other ship knows it was close, but on purpose, only close. And the USS Missouri was used during the gulf War. It was also renovated at least in 2009. The US museum ships is one of the largest navy in the world, and fully functional.

last I checked officer school (OCS) is 12-13 weeks long and then you have to go to your actual occupational school for more training. The additional schooling could last between 2 month to 4 years depending on your field. Now seeing as he was a lieutenant, he need at least 2-3 years time in grade as a lieutenant junior to get promoted. Its impossible to get O-3 even with meritorious promotions in less than a year. Also, who in their right mind would fight someone with 3 ranks on you in the military? An O-3 picking a fight with an O-6 is crazy. You are basically picking a fight with your judge, jury and executioner. The amount of pull an O-6 has in the military is huge, literally one word and you will never be promoted so long as you are under their command. A sentence and you can end up picking up trash the entire time you are in the military. And if you piss them off good enough you get demoted, pick up trash the entire time they are your commanding officer and then they dishonorably discharge you out of the military to give you 1 last FU.

14:47 this looks interesting to me, they act like radio cant get through but the radar sure doesnt look like its having penetration issues.

Fascinating video. Thanks for explaining the science behind this video. Suggestion for another video, look over the science of Frankenstein’s Army(2013). It’s an incredible piece of film glory

There’s so many movies that got sequels they didn’t deserve. But I think if done right this one could have gotten a great sequel.

Mmmm reporter-punching... That moment cemented Mass Effect as my favorite game series.