How The Genus Alien Nearly Destroyed Humanity in EVOLUTION

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Directed by Ivan Reitman, Evolution is a 2001 sci-fi comedy, starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Julianne Moore, and Sean William Scott, about a rapidly evolving alien life-form that wreaks havoc on a small town in the desert of Arizona.
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@thedoruk6324 2 жыл бұрын

I remember this one! It was amongst the most underrated classics out there! I wish some speculative evolution project would have actually make full blown cover of this alien bioterraformer

@roberttail1676 2 жыл бұрын

So true...

@TrangleC 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, very underrated. It kind of is the unofficial sequel to the Ghostbusters franchise we never got. Has the same feel and humor as Ghostbusters 1 and 2, just with different characters in a different setting.

@JBX07 2 жыл бұрын

It was like The Ghostbusters of the early 2000s.

@TrangleC 2 жыл бұрын

@@JBX07 Well... It should have been. Unfortunately it was a flop and nobody noticed it.

@damianstarks3338 2 жыл бұрын

True on the underrated part of your comment.

@enjolireyes643 2 жыл бұрын

“Ice cream… I’d like an ice cream please.” “Okay what flavor?” “It doesn’t matter. It’s for my a$$” A quote that roamed around my group of college friends for months! Thanks for covering this Niyat!

@prehistorichero2755 2 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this as a kid. And for a comedy movie that parodies biology and alien life, it's a guilty pleasure, in my opinion.

@theflashgordon193 2 жыл бұрын

it was both funny and rappy for the aliens for me

@aimeem 2 жыл бұрын

I feel no guilt whatsoever lol

@benf6822 2 жыл бұрын

@@aimeem agreed! No guilt! It's a really fun movie!

@babalonkie 2 жыл бұрын

It's CGI has not aged well but was and still is a good watch.

@ahabduennschitz7670 2 жыл бұрын

@@babalonkie The CGI was already laughable when the movie was released. Thats not a matter of age in this case

@NCHProductions 2 жыл бұрын

the ghostbusters spinoff about busting alien lifeforms. love the movie back when it came out.

@peza. 2 жыл бұрын

Alien hunter world

@Supertitan351 Жыл бұрын

WHATS UP!!! I really enjoyed your monster hunter videos 👍

@Blyegh 2 жыл бұрын

The bit where the Genus bug crawled up the biologist’s ass scared me as a kid, but also got me to laugh super hard lmao

@drunkenhobo64 2 жыл бұрын

"Don't let them take my leg!" "Is there anything else you can do?! He thinks he's an athlete!"

@iloveanothermanswives4278 2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the part where the nurse had to shove the grabber tool deep in his ass to take the alien insect out. This movie is peak comedy. Lol

@Jim_WoodPike_Gherkin_WangWick 2 жыл бұрын

I felt so much sympathy for the poor man, I still wince every time I am reminded of it

@ermonski Жыл бұрын

TAKE THE LEG!!!!!!!!

@pokemonfanmario7694 2 ай бұрын

It would've horrifying in the original script. SPOILER The bug would've infested a red-shirt who would panic at it burrowing into his leg. The scene plays out roughly the same until they get him to the surgery table, where the surgeon panics as the bug reaches his bone - here's the kicker, instead of just going to the guys arse for extraction, it starts *eating his bones* while moving further up the leg. The scene would've shown a CAT scan of the bug slowly making its way up the leg, devouring bone like nothing, with the MC commenting that it eats calcium. Eventually, the bug splits in two at the tibia, and its offspring starts devouring the spine, eventually killing the poor red-shirt.

@Rodeo_Wizard 2 жыл бұрын

I remembered this sci-fi comedy when I was young, just started college. The critics are totally wrong & doesn't deserve that much hate. David Duchovny, Orlando Jones and even Sean William Scott were terrific in the film. I had a total blast & fun time. Too bad it wasn't a box office hit to justify a sequel.

@lopiklop 2 жыл бұрын

They at least made their budget back. I don't think this movie was a failure. Maybe only to critics. There is huge dissonance between what critics respect and what the audience enjoys. I don't think this movie needs a sequel.

@superbananas7792 2 жыл бұрын

A sequel would have ruined it.

@igorlukyan206 2 жыл бұрын

This video unlocked a childhood memory that I didn’t know I had

@c.Orange 2 жыл бұрын

Mission started: lost memories - chapter 1

@theflashgordon193 2 жыл бұрын

me too man. I completly forget it now but I enjoyed the movie a lot as a kid. I have watched it multiple time

@drasticbread249 2 жыл бұрын

I used to watch this movie all the time, the story was so interesting and the actors performances really elevated the script they were given. The special effects looked pretty bad even back when it came out, but it worked with the silly tone of the movie. It's too bad Orlando Jones hasn't acted much for the past ten years, he really was hilarious in Evolution.

@reishiki 2 жыл бұрын

An underappreciated gem of a movie. Orlando Jones's character was really funny.

@dylanfrancis5996 2 жыл бұрын

No clue why the Genus are getting attention lately, but not complaining in the least!

@ericokonkwo7771 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine what would happen if the Aliens in this Film encountered the Chaotic Shimmer Being from the Annihilation film, interesting fight/battle or cross-breed-mutations going on!!

@filmcomicsexplained 2 жыл бұрын

I'll pay to see that movie!

@williamcastillo2312 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of my guilty pleasure movies

@TheMrsmartass13 2 жыл бұрын

I loved this movie ever since my childhood friend put it on during one of our sleepovers, I just stayed up watching this wild film that both scared me (the spider like creatures freaked me out of my skin back then) and just kept me watching.

@yaldabaoth2 2 жыл бұрын

"Nitrogen based lifeform" Three words that already show that no scientist worked on this movie.

@Lurkai 2 жыл бұрын

Well im sure there was scientific input somewhere lol tho the basis of nitrogen based life is highly improbable But not entirely impossible 👽 Just probably would only exist for a fraction of a moment or something like that in our world

@xironevarus576 2 жыл бұрын

@@Lurkai theoretically when the universe was younger and more condensed. time was a bit faster as well. Leaving a sort of temporal goldilocks zone for possible nitrogen based life. But then again we are putting arbitrary limiters. If there are hundreds of billions potential earth like planets. If nitrogen based life is possible. It's just as comman as us at least. Albeit we may have missed the timeframe for them to exist.(unless closer to galactic centers could still act like a SafeZone for these types of life

@calebdonaldson8770 2 жыл бұрын

@@xironevarus576 Not to mention that our atmosphere contains PLENTY of nitrogen, allowing this creature to thrive like it never could. As far as we know, the essential requirements & conditions for life may be different on different planets. We are trying to project the same qualities of Earth-based life to the entire Universe, and that's just not probable.

@xironevarus576 2 жыл бұрын

@@calebdonaldson8770 exactly. The only real problem is we base it on how open carbon is to binding to other elements. Where nitrogen can't hold as many bonds . Making it easier for carbon based life. But not impossible for nitrogen based life

@xironevarus576 2 жыл бұрын

@@calebdonaldson8770 being said though we could make some assumptions. Like nitrogen based life being more akin to underwater life only. I mean more base animals like sponges,jellyfish, and maybe corals. But they may be unable to collect calcium so chordates and possibly arthropod like animals may be non existent in those branches of life

@kavvi9605 2 жыл бұрын

i spent years trying to find this movie. i forgot the name of it, as i´ve seen it like when i was a child. thanks for bringing it back to my memories

@filmcomicsexplained 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@ALC2550 2 жыл бұрын

I loved this one growing up! Best mix of science fiction and comedy out there. Can you cover The Core?

@filmcomicsexplained 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. The core is a guilty pleasure of mine!

@TheRealsemaJ 2 жыл бұрын

My work played this in rotation with 3 other movies for 6 months in a row, I never felt the need to watch it at home naturally.

@carolynallisee2463 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, dear, Neant, I never thought I'd have to do this! DIMETRODON WAS NOT A DINOSAUR! You are right in saying it was a synapsid, but Dimetrodon was also a pelycosaur, and is considered to be a branch on the line from which us mammals come from. Dinosaurs and birds are diapsids- the difference may not seem that significant to most people, but for biologists and paleontologists its fundamental! Despite that, I enjoyed the video. Evolution was/is a good film but we don't hear much about it these days. Even so, it's a good romping mood lifter!

@raphses6871 2 жыл бұрын

I have watched this movie many times when I was a kid. You gave me a literal blast from the past with this one.

@cloroxbleach6673 2 жыл бұрын

I loved this movie as a kid. Got me interested in sci-fi

@jonbranch710 2 жыл бұрын

Wow i forgot about this movie

@DrMuFFinMan 2 жыл бұрын

A overall great movie especially with David Duchovny and Orlando Jones. The casting for the movie was spot on.

@rockspoon6528 2 жыл бұрын

I read "genius alien" and had to know...

@darknessleaderzero 2 жыл бұрын

god i love this movie they shot this in my home town of page arizona

@filmcomicsexplained 2 жыл бұрын

That’s so awesome!

@theflashgordon193 2 жыл бұрын

that cool !

@ThereBeGoldInThemTharHills 2 жыл бұрын

I loved how dandruff shampoo was the ultimate weapon against the aliens.

@josephlight349 2 жыл бұрын

thoroughly enjoyed this as a kid and recently had the joy of watching it again with my daughter who also found it highly amusing, still an awesome movie today!

@lordfrostdraken 2 жыл бұрын

Still one of my favorite sci-fi comedies of all time.

@ahardworker2154 2 жыл бұрын

Love this movie as a kid and still do

@panchora99 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this movie when it came out. And its nice to see that the special effects still hold up after 20 years.

@glittch135 2 жыл бұрын

This was a huge movie for the guys in the family. Super underrated and highly recommended when doing anything with the guys.

@wonkothesane8691 2 жыл бұрын

I love this movie! Orlando Jones is hysterically funny, he absolutely dominated every scene he was in!

@ChrisWilliams-zz1kt 2 жыл бұрын

Both the film and the animated series are good for once thanks I give the late Ivan reitman good pointers

@Lurkai 2 жыл бұрын

Almost forgot there was a series on this, it was pretty good too

@mediocri5y 2 жыл бұрын

Animated series?

@Lurkai 2 жыл бұрын

@@mediocri5y not sure of your age but there was a limited animated series back in like 2005 or something

@mediocri5y 2 жыл бұрын

@@Lurkai yeah I searched it it seems more aimed towards children

@hotstreek52 2 жыл бұрын

Man you just do all my old favorite movies

@centralscrutinizer6108 2 жыл бұрын

I never realized Ivan Reitman made this film, I understand now why I liked it so much this movie was a blast. I just remember how the comedy was intelligently done it worked so well.

@zephalon 2 жыл бұрын

They where really over their head and shoulders in this.

@dracodracarys2339 2 жыл бұрын

It just bothers me how the first aliens looked really bizarre and alien and then...they just turned into lizards and apes. The animated series had more interesting monster designs even regardless of show quality

@danielm.595 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe they have some sort of subconscious hivemind, whom noticed that the best form to evolve and thrive on this now world would be a form similar to its dominant species.

@alecLogan 2 жыл бұрын

They hyperevolved to their environment, and their environment was somewhere in Arizona, on Earth. From the fauna based there, we can gather that those sorts of evolutions honestly tracks decently.

@louiemercado5595 2 жыл бұрын

Good work on the Genus Aliens from Evolution my friend! I really watch this movie and the Alienators Evolution series when I was young. It's cool and very fantastically awesome to watch.

@SwagbitoUchiha 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow I had memories of seeing this movie as a kid but never had a name to apply to it, and thought until now maybe I just made it up lol. Thanks man, that’s some closure I never knew I needed.

@compatriot852 2 жыл бұрын

I think they made a fundamental flaw in trying to capture what made Ghostbusters great as the creatures simply behave as agressive and generic animals, while with ghosts they have their own unique characteristics/abilities and can be very expressive. There's simply a lot more that can be done and worked off with

@nihilforte 2 жыл бұрын

EVOLUTION is one of those movies that gave me a little bit of a fear of whats out there while at the same time laughing about it

@myrixica4222 2 жыл бұрын

Omg thanks for covering this one, loved it as a kid, was a family favourite film.

@malekdelacruz3842 2 жыл бұрын

Why am I not seeing your videos in my feed as much as before?? I missed so many new videos of yours :( another great one btw! My mother love this movie so much

@darthjacobynum573 2 жыл бұрын

Oh god!! That mosquito getting inside the suit traumatized me as a kid. Whenever I felt itchy I immediatly thought one of those had gone under my skin!!😖

@lexiairaldi5399 2 жыл бұрын

Omg I've been trying to remember the title of this movie for SO LONG!! I was remembering it again this week and I can't begin to explain how lucky I feel that this popped up today. Thank you so much for bringing back the memories!!

@RedVelvetUnderground333 2 жыл бұрын

Right here is a cult classic, this movie is brilliant, it has laughs, actions, scares, romance. Perfection

@everettgrijalva4778 2 жыл бұрын

I justed rewatched this movie after a long time and it's good to see you cover this

@aeronight5871 2 жыл бұрын

My family loved this movie growing up. We always had a blast watching it and we even remember all the scenes while we rewatch it. Such a gem of a movie

@jonmurphy4889 2 жыл бұрын

I remember being so excited to see David Duchovny in something other than the X-Files not that I didn't enjoy The X-Files. Fuckin love them. That's one of the few shows / movies that I could watch over and over and over and never get sick of it. I actually feel a little special that I got to watch those as they aired every week on FOX as I grew up. But this is definitely an underated gem!!!

@YouAreTheMusicInMe11 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. This reminded me how much I enjoyed this movie as a kid. The one liners are absolute gold. One minor correction: Dimetrodon isn't a dinosaur but a non-mammalian cousin. They are more closely related to us as synapsids (one hole in each temporal bone) vs dinosaurs which are diapsids (2 holes in each temporal bone).

@TheMadKingDryst 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Not sure how I missed this one. I will be watching this soon enough though. I said it before but it warrants me saying again you should do some videos on "The Strain"

@k1ngh0rus46 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!! This gem here I love this movie so much, So glad you did a review on this. A++ all around

@zionleach3001 2 жыл бұрын

Could you do a video on the vampires from John Steakly's Vampire$ or the Rugaru of Supernatural.

@filmcomicsexplained 2 жыл бұрын

Sure!

@reeces.oconnor3403 2 жыл бұрын

I love this movie, its extremely overlooked. I also have a good childhood memory attached to the first time I saw it which helps. Great video!

@theglorioussweatward6390 2 жыл бұрын

Ngl, I've been meaning to recommend this film for ages so so pleased it's been covered :D

@yudhaadrian47 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for granting my (and other people) request and covering this movie. 😁🙏

@Dinotology 2 жыл бұрын

Dimetrodon was a synapsid reptile and more closer to Mammals. Dinosaurs were archosaurs like crocodiles and later birds.

@conanhighwoods4304 2 жыл бұрын

I am pretty sure crocodilians were not dinosaurs though.

@Dinotology 2 жыл бұрын

@@conanhighwoods4304 Archosaur is the clade that all three are apart of. Its more of a taxonomic description.

@iusefacebookalso 2 жыл бұрын

This video was very enjoyable. I remember seeing this as a kid and really enjoying it. Maybe it's time for a re-watch.

@michaelhowell2326 2 жыл бұрын

I had to rewatch thus movie the other week when the poll came up. It is such a classic. Another awesome movie that couldn't be made today.

@DarthLego46 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this movie and watched it a lot as a kid. I loved the creature designs.

@runnre 2 жыл бұрын

I remember that cartoon, it used to be played early in the morning when I saw it, I never got to see the end of the episodes before I had to leave for school.

@RonyPlayer 4 ай бұрын

I always thought there was a more serious concept under this movie comedic presentation. Makes perfect sense that the plot was first conceived as a serious sci-fi.

@jayz4dayz763 2 жыл бұрын

I love this movie so much. Was always running on cable when I was close to being a teenager. I can watch this classic over and over!

@inkblotCrisis 2 жыл бұрын

This was the longest commercial for shampoo ever. I love it!

@filmcomicsexplained 2 жыл бұрын

I love how it ends with them actually doing a commercial for Head and Shoulders haha

@grex951 2 жыл бұрын

God this movie was so good! It was one of my childhood favorites and still a great film to this day.

@duskknighttorqe7444 2 жыл бұрын

I remember this movie from when I was really young, and up til now I thought it was a fever dream I had when I was a toddler. Thanks for making this video bro!

@freekill1018 2 жыл бұрын

I still have this gem on DVD I used to watch it every day at my grandparents house as a 10 yr old now I'm 22 holy shit how time flys

@samuelburton302 2 жыл бұрын

SWS doing the "Caw C-caw" bit was my fsvorite scene

@jasonhall947 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched this several times. Very entertaining.

@hikariatearu4028 2 жыл бұрын

Love where they lure the monster with awful singing And The Periodic Table . . . Never knew Shampoo could be SO useful

@Alteringrealitystudios Жыл бұрын

This movie was like watching a cartoon made into a movie and it was awesome. I think they should have expanded the universe should have been pretty good with the right writers and actors.

@threedawg 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video thank you

@jsdpatters473 2 жыл бұрын

I watched this movie when I was a little kid and it has stuck in my memory forever. I could just never remember the name.

@saintblankie 2 жыл бұрын

Somehow my brain blocked me from remembering the cartoon series until I saw this video. Now my childhood memories are flooding back. Thanks

@damianstarks3338 2 жыл бұрын

This is a blast from the past it has been a long time since I have seen this movie.

@maxco3412 2 жыл бұрын

one of my favourite films growing up

@dalaanibombina8822 2 жыл бұрын

Omfg I loved this movie! Thanks for covering it! 🥳

@Colejones9505 2 жыл бұрын

I really love this movie I remember seeing it as a kid and being kinda confused but now watching it, it's both funny and very interesting with the creatures. I love all the designs of the various creatures and it is a cool idea a form of organism that continuously evolves based of it's environment in a matter of days so coo. Also I didn't know this got it's own cartoon show so thank you for that interesting bit of information.

@regiman222 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you mentioned the cartoon, I was worried I'd imagined the whole thing

@ashleightompkins3200 2 жыл бұрын

I remember almost throwing up every time I watched that creature reach a new evolutionary stage. It all looked so fucking gross! But I fucking loved TV series that came from it

@HuskyType 2 жыл бұрын

Bro you beat me to it! Hahaha, just saw this video and your comment after I posted mine, had same quote float around for years! This movie doesn’t get enough respect!

@rolay504 2 жыл бұрын

I have never heard of this movie and now i really wanna watch it. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

@wiggy5209 2 жыл бұрын

This is an absolute gem.

@alexandertheokay9943 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing to see you do a video on one of my all time favourites 👍 In hopes that you see this, Inavasion of the Triffids, as well as the British series, Day of the Triffids is well worth a look. Even if it's not worth a video, I think you'd enjoy watching it 👌

@MassManicMedia 10 ай бұрын

Great cast with a cool concept, I love this movie

@maxo963 2 жыл бұрын

Great memories watching this when I was younger. Uncle had it on CD it was like a ritual to watch it anytime I was over lmao

@BassLineProductionsI 2 жыл бұрын

This has always been one of my favorites since childhood!

@MxRavenJay 2 жыл бұрын

I still have this movie in my dvd collection. One of my favourites.

@EliosMoonElios Ай бұрын

I really wish this amazing concept return as a serie about how humans fight against the New Species, like in Primeval where humans fight against old species.

@godhasabandonedme1643 2 жыл бұрын

Bro i was terrified of this movie as a kid

@GeorgiaDLee 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best alien comedies of all times

@professor_lembach 2 жыл бұрын

I have never heard of this movie. Amazing.

@DanteMishima 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! This takes me back...

@evegrim8780 2 жыл бұрын

This is the best head and shoulders commercial ever made

@xarievans7978 2 жыл бұрын

i literally just rewatched this movie last night !

@robertagu5533 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah... Remember this movie.. that time when Mulder took on an alien threatening the planet an Skully was nowhere to be seen or heard

@TheGodOfWarhammer 2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this in theaters and I remember a grown man verbally moaning “awwe come on!” in the end where it devolved into a head n shoulders commercial.