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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
@@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.
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.
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?
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
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
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.
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.
Having seen Cybermen and Daleks trash talking each other at Canary Wharf, I can imagine. "YOUR_UPGRADES_ARE_INCOMPLETE" "NO U(re distinction will be added to our own)"
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.
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…
If you are looking for hard to kill, galaxy spanning robots try the Necrons from Warhammer 40K, that or the Zerg/Tyranids if you are looking for something biological ;-)
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 :)
The borg can probably be destroyed or rendered ineffective with a data destroying virus, deprogramming their basic life functions. Or Worf with an M-60 machine gun.
Please explain the space marines from 40K Yes i know its an absurd idea but its worth trying (i think) and besides i'd like what Filmcomics would say about the 40K universe and the spacemarines
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.
