Thanks for watching guys! hope yall have a good weekend, also TS files vs MP4 are ridiculous, hence the later video lol ALSO I meant to say 40,000 generations concerning humans, not 40 lol I cut off that audio by accident

I always loved the first movie because the monsters actually acted like ANIMALS. Everything they did was in line with what a natural insect would be doing. I.e. only attacking for food or protecting the colony, being tricked by pheromones, etc. They worked so well that I gave a pass to that dumb gene splicing/rapid evolution plot line that started the whole mess.

Fun fact, this was the first acting role of Norman Reedus! He's one of the sewage treatment plant workers.

42:10 If I recall correctly, the liger is so massive because it retains some traits for growth but lacks one of the parents' traits for *stopping* growth, leading to an ABSOLUTE UNIT.

There are actually quiet a lot of insects that mimic not as defense against predators but to feed on other species. Fireflies learn to mimic the flashes of smaller firefly species so they can eat them and their is more than one creature that mimics ants and just follows them around and just picks one off when it strays from the group, bugs are scary.

I love that Roanoke's reasoning for the bad acting was just that this takes place in New York

14:00 You're not giving the cop enough credit. He wasn't trying to "hoof it out of there". He was acting as a distraction. Knowing that by being wounded and bleeding, he would have slowed them down and attracted the bugs, he instead decided to distract them by acting as bait. It should have been obvious seeing how he was singing when it had been earlier established that it attracted the bugs and was something he did when stressed. He was probably trying to keep his wits while knowing his fate or at the very least draw the bugs towards him while the rest escaped.

The lack of PPE and safety precautions at the start is the most accurate part of the movie.

44:45 there's also aggressive mimicry. Where an predator mimics a species which might either attract prey or not be perceived as thread by a different species. A prime example are Photurinae, they mimic the "light" of fireflies to attract males and eat them. Considering that the judas breed is preying on humans, this might also be the possible evolutionary benefit for why they have adapted to humans.

Lost my wife to an autoimmune disorder, it's a mindfuck to watch someone's body attack itself to its own end. She was officially diagnosed with wegeners granulatomis but also had symptoms consistent with relapsing polychondritis and beschetts syndrome, so it was probably some chimeric bullshit no one has named yet. It was what drove me to start learning about immunology and biology in general, and one day papa roanokes videos showed up on my vids you may like section, and we both became fans.

The school looking like a dungeon is way more common then you think. The dungeon areas look the backrooms, some classrooms, the maintenance halls, and just all the floors in my highschool. Dust and random stuff everywhere. Yes it was a absolute sh%t hole.

Due to the lung development and the 'messy' attraction to the bug lady in the second movie I comfortably believe Dr. Tyler used human dna as a binder of some sort due to her time constraints. Could have been that the less than ideal boyfriend in the second movie could have, or was close, to bridging that gap.

I always loved the concept for this franchise, evolved intelligent insects mimicking rough human forms by way of "masks" and an upright posture, to better hunt them but not just being a man bug, still possessing their natural weaponry and superior maneuverability and speed. Its really great use of speculative evolution in creature design, even if the validity of the writing fails in areas like saying we were somehow in any way their predators when we are clearly prey. I have no idea why they would write it like that.

Right now in biology i’m learning about viruses and I know the most in class thanks to you.

Mimic is a good choice. Props to Guillermo Del Toro as always! I will also reiterate my suggestion of covering the Goa'uld parasites from Stargate SG-1; I'm sure you'd enjoy that research :)

I actually have a theory about the human mimicry, lungs and intelligence being adapted into the Judas breed’s evolution. The chemical substance the original generation used to amp up the roach’s metabolism you said had mutagenic properties. Which is what made their metabolism increase, perhaps the chemical had the unintended side effect of genetic blending, as in it assimilated the DNA of a different organism into the Judas breed. As to how it explains why human traits such as lungs and intelligence and the extreme form of mimicry made its way into these insects. You have to remember that the roaches lived in the sewer, a place that houses all the biological waste that humans produce on a daily basis. Whether it be urine, feces, blood from various reasons, anything. So it could be possible that the chemical mutagen the Judas breed produced which affected the roaches also blended the present human dna from the waste consumed by the roaches with both insects as they bred. This is a theory but I figured it would be something that could assist in figuring out how the Judas breed could have developed their current form.

The interesting thing with movie 2, termite explains some stuff. Termites have a function to upgrade from sterile to fertile. Another fun fact, termite colonies have a royal couple, pairing for live (up to 60 years) in some variants

Such an underrated series. It haunted me watching it when I was a kid.

For the record: The surface tension of the surface of water makes it the perfect protecting from an explosion. The harder something hits water, the harder the surface of the water becomes. Example, if you are floating on the surface of water when an explosion goes off beneath you, you can survive. If an explosion goes off above water and you dive beneath it, the explosion will be dispersed above water - thus protecting you from the concussive force (which is far more deadly than the shrapnel produced from an explosion). Therefore, it is entirely believable you could survive an explosion if you dive into water. Source: every armed force on the planet, and Mythbusters.

A quick correction. The cop wasn't trying to limp his way out of the subway to escape he was trying to act as a distraction.

At 11:37, The Dr Mans glasses situation, he is more in likely short sighted. So a person whom is short sighted can read without glasses, it is actually easier to read without glasses then trying to read with them on. The glasses are used to see objects in the distance. It would be the opposite for reading glasses.

I've always been super interested in biology, so your channel has been a godsend! Your videos both inspire me to learn and make me laugh. Thanks so much- both for the education and entertainment!! :)

If human DNA actually was added it might explain the attraction to humans and human mimicking.

Reminds me of how I mentioned to my friend that if dragons were real, cows would have a faster gestation period and she pointed out that humans probably would too

This and CHUD hold a special place in my heart. The NY underground (the sewers, subways, old sub-basements and the like) are one of the closest things to a D&D dungeon in the real world. The idea of populating them with actual monsters is fascinating, and the Judas Breed creatures were a neat visual design that's hard to match. A 'Bugpocalypse' set of movies with the Judas Breed going fully worldwide and continuing to evolve would've been interesting to see, but you'd practically need del Toro back to make it work.

Watching your stuff has massively enhanced my ability to bullshit my way through technical medical conversations with in-laws in the field. For this I thank you.

Would love to see the shadow creatures from Wes Craven's "They" broken down

As a molecular biologist I think it would have been awesome to have the strickler virus be responsible for transferring human DNA to the Judas bug because the genetic engineers accidentally put a sequence or sequences that the virus could target.

33:54 I work at a meat processing company. The soap to wash hands we use has antibacterial compounds... I'm not sure what they are, but I could check. The same thing applies for pretty much every food processing and transformation company.

You're commentary and overviews of horror movies are priceless, they get me through my workday. Not to mention the biological assessments are fantastic! Thanks for all your work, Roanoke!

"Why would a bug have the hots for Alex? I don't know, but maybe, play Mass Effect 2 and that will tell you all you need to know!" -Made me laugh.

I never thought of Charles S Dutton's character as trying to hoof it outta there. He weakly keeps telling Peter to "go away" and that he can't stop the bleeding. I think he tried to lead them away to buy them some time cuz he knows he's toast.

"This school doesnt even look like a school it looks like a dungeon" so public school. Gotcha 🤣

Man it's funny(and a bit disturbing) how close your description of Strickler's mimic(haha) what actually happened to me after experiencing muscle weakness, myotonia and then going into DKA. I was eventually diagnosed with both muscular dystrophy and type 1 diabetes and I can tell you the whole fast shallow breathing due to overly acidic blood suuuuucks, this happened shortly after graduating college and in the best shape of my life but I could not catch my breath and was panting like I just finished wind sprints when I was on the college soccer team. What Roanoke doesn't mention though is another way your body will try and reduce the acidity or maybe a side effect is by constantly vomiting, so pleasant stuff and also thanks Roanoke from bring those memories back on top of making me focus on my damn breathing! :p

“Man, the Department of Defense sucks” most factually statement in this video

40:00 Oh we've tried that before. Releasing an introduced species to hunt the pest, but the released species becomes a pest of its own later and then people think "well it worked before, so we'll do it again!" and it just spirals out of control.

They live in New York's underground tunnels. Obviously the evolutionary pressure to evolve that kind of mimicry was caused by mutant turtles who fight monsters but who mostly hide from humans.

44:48 If I remember correctly you can tell them apart by their pattern. That being red when it touches black is safe and red touching yellow will kill you.

The weirdness with the ending is because he was meant to die in the explosion and the things standing there was meant to be a bug not him

Mimic 3 is a movie version of the actual short story mimic was adapted from. Which I was forced to read in high school. The strangers or something.

Real note after what Roanoke said in the beginning I need to say this. Thank you so much man for what you do you’ve taught me so much about the world and science, you’ve even inspired me to follow my dream about being a virologist. So cheers to the end brother!

"life will not be contained" is a better part of the same quote which accurately portrays the intended meaning behind the quote. life will not be contained. it will break boundaries. often dangerously. but life finds a way.

"Bug man comes to the window, but he is lacking the boom box." Amazing 😂🤣

"He tries to hoof it so he doesn't get got. But then it chases him and he gets got." This made me laugh more than it should have 😅

aphids gained plant genes by being in close contact with plant viruses so that could also be the way judus bugs gained human genes

So what I'm hearing here is, Starship Troopers is a sequel to the Mimic series, where idiots in charge didn't pay attention quick enough so the Judas Breed were able to mutate and evolve into the mindbugs and those other bastards

Oh man, this is actually a perfect movie for this channel. And it's one of if not the first Guillermo Del Toro movie.

I always loved the design, they didn't overdo it and i love that the mimicry is relatively subtle. Silhouette and vague facial feature. Enough that if you saw them at night with only some light highlights, it would fool you. It makes their existence that much more believable.

Dude I appreciate you so much. So grateful to have such a well educated individual devoting time and effort to a very niche type of entertainment that just happens to be thousands of people's Jam.

18:00 This explains the entirety of the "Mass Effect relationship" feature. XD

Can you do the *species* series next please? It's got some interesting metabolic human-alien stuff going on.

Dude, like I follow your stuff, like your videos and love your breakdowns. I am even more pumped knowing you have specialty in these fields. Keep the work going and dude, you rock for making these cause I always want a break down of viruses in movies and cartoons outside of the normal "Movie science!"

Man, I think we would love to see more of this and just anything you dig. You're such a chill content creator who is intelligent and and analytical but still grounded and good natured.

Did you hear about scientists raising dragonflies with higher percentages of oxygen and managed to raise noticeably larger adults? Nothing crazy but still interesting

If he popped out the lens and then closed the lensed eye to read, it most likely means that he is nearsighted and the lens would have thrown off his vision trying to read something naturally with the unaided eye.

I love stumbling across channels on KZfaq that are actually good, this one has good watch ability and is good for background noise. Keep up the good work man

I love Roanokes rhetorical pandemic quotes he throws into this video because it couldn't be more closer to the truth.

"Difficult difficult lemon grip of the gods" is going to be something I use in day to day life now

The name “Judas” is very interesting, because I think “Judas” is the betrayer in the Bible. The Judas bug was made by humans to save humans, but they end up hunting humans ( betraying humans by turning on them ).

Man I remember when I sub'd and you had less than 1000 other subs. Good for you for doing so well man, happy for you, well earned. You know I am a bit surprised you never delved into the creatures in "Evil Within". Monsters like the Obscura, Guardian, and so on are right up your alley and are similar to Dead Space creations. You may want to look into that as there is potential for numerous videos for those games.

“The third movie doesn’t add anything to the story” *proceeds to use the third movie as an explanation for the disease*

I already avoid antibiotic soaps for this very reason. Regular soap works just as well and doesn't breed superbugs. Same with taking antibiotics; only if infected with something it will genuinely help with, like streptococcus.

So the first Mimic is a movie I would watch when it comes up...but that fact that YOU are giving us a more in-depth look at the viruses is amazing! I actually only stumbled across your videos because of the look at the Dead Space Necromorphs. And down the rabbit hole I tumbled...gladly.

It would be cool if you did a video on the Neanderthal descendant Wendol from the film "The 13th Warrior" and how exactly they managed to survive into the European Viking Age while all others perished. They are not supernatural or anything, so figure it is right up your ally.

Woo! I'm proud of myself for predicting that Strickler's would be a Polio variant!

Roanoke have you ever considered talking about monster hunter monsters? I'd LOVE to see you try and explain what the hell's going on in Bazelgeuse's body when he carpet bombs hunters

I just really respect this man’s knowledge . He knows his stuff and I learn things I didn’t know watching this channel .

"If you play Mass Effect 2 it'll tell you everything you need to know" Those are some true words.

My grandmother was crippled by polio, and spent the rest of her life with poorly functioning arms. It was thanks to her husband, my grandfather, that she made it to her late 80's.

I love your channel I rewatch some of your videos sometimes it’s just good love the commentary too

I was obsessed with this movie as a kid. The title use to freak me out. I have all 3 on DVD lol

“Judas Priest bug” by far my favorite pun in the whole video

39:17 "Necropsy" is the correct term; "autopsy" is for humans. "Necropsy" is for other than humans/animals.

You should totally cover the Freaker virus from Days Gone. The game actually has a whole storyline category/mission set where you eavesdrop on researchers that are studying the virus, and it explains a lot of biology in some interesting ways

The movie is loosely based on a short story by the same name, but required a TON of extrapolation; the short story was much simpler, but still had that really interesting core premise. IIRC, it was a Victorian setting or perhaps early 20th century London, and the main characters basically realize that this one odd neighbor who never talks to anybody is actually a giant insect that's quite well described--it just has spots and lines suggesting a human face on the top of its head, relying on distance to keep people from noticing it wasn't blinking, its carapace looked like victorian garb, complete with coattail wing cases and a hat. The implication is that this is a more natural evolution, the insect mimicking the most formidable predator species around to avoid whatever predates it. The protagonists confront the insect in its apartment/nest, and it panics, flying out the window... until ANOTHER animal, evolved to mimic a CHIMNEY, snaps up and catches it out of the air. The implication is that there may be an entire ecosystem of animals that have evolved to look like various parts of the cityscape. And who knows how many of them wouldn't be opposed to trying out human prey?

You gave me flashbacks, I don't remember watching this movie but I'm seeing memories from my childhood because I definitley see these scenes before

10:08 insects have organs. The discovery was that it had rudimentary lungs rather than tradition arthropod sphericals.

Yo Roanoke you might want to check out the "protomolecule" from the expanse sci Fi TV show, might be interesting. Might have already explained in the books/TV show but thought it was worth a shot suggesting it.

Love your channel! Doing a woodworking project and all your vids are on none stop in the background. In NY now but NC born and raised! (Greensboro:) )

I wonder would you ever do a video on GeneStealers from 40k I know it's pretty out there but your talk about evolving over generations got me thinking about how Genestealer cults spread so quickly from one stowaway Broodlord

THE JUDAS BREED!! I darn LOVE 'em! Really hope for a reboot/remake of some kind~🖤🦗

I think you were nailing it with the music references personally.

Love watching these and trying to guess the illness based off the symptoms. Glad to see you thought polio as well.

Hell ya! I recommended these guys a few vids back. Great to see them!

Not gonna lie.... I totally lost it when Roanoke said "Pregananant"... (9:04) I laughed so hard at that!

I was looking forward to you covering this. I was always fascinated by these creatures and their ability to creepily mimic humans, so cool! The first movie was one of my favorite movies growing up. Anyway, awesome video!

I hope your KZfaq career never concludes I love your videos you make everything so interesting and even tho sometimes I don’t understand I still feel like I understand just letting you ive been watching forever

How have I never heard of this series? It doesn't look like a beloved classic by any means, but the special effects and the plot concept are so cool!

I have been binging so many of these! Have you considered the Mass Effect Reaper forces? I know there’s a higher amount of tech vs most of the pure organic that you cover, but it shares some similarities to stuff like dead space

The glasses thing isn't that weird. As someone nearsighted, I prefer to read things without my glasses. Like looking over the lens or taking them off. So not too strange the dude would be reading through his empty frame side.

I figured the disease would be similar to polio. That’s what I thought of when they said it effected kids and if they lived they would be in leg braces. I love what you do with your videos. I’m hyper logical and as I watch movies I always find myself asking could this really happen; so your channel makes me giddy. My husband would also like to thank you because now he doesn’t have to listen to my ramblings about the logistics of what is happening in movies. I can just watch your videos and smile and enjoy.

Been decades since I watched the first and I don't think I've seen the other two but Mr Funny Shoes has always suck with me and sprung to mind occasionally over the years. Thanks for the refresher.

Loved the video. Apparently GDT wasn't too happy with how mimic turned out and kinda distanced himself from the movie over the years but apparently they made some newer cut that he was satisfied with but I'm not sure which is which. Dude doesn't miss when it comes to monster design

I dont know but I will definetly recommend hp lovecraft universe next - maybe the uh not so safe biology of the deep ones and their definetly pg interactions with humans Or maybe that weird japanese parasite movie where the dudes arm gets replaced by an alien

Was a kid myself when the 1st movie come out but i always remember that one kid in the movie with the bloody spoons and tapping them together!

I love your channel and how you actually explain the science of the disease or virus in the selected movie. I'm a MASSIVE sci-fi buff. I've studied natural medicine, so I understand most of what you're talking about haha. On a really sad note.. my mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 brain cancer, Glioblastoma Multiform, last year. It is as bad as it can be.. it's so incredibly heartbreaking watching her go through this. She is my hero, and she'll be the reason I will be going back to study either medicine or specializing in Natutal Medicine. My mother has just started a drug that stops the growth of blood vessels, which is meant to stop the tumors from growing new blood vessels that feed it and make it grow. I'm agnostic but this is so bad I have been praying.. If anyone that reads this could pray for her, it would be appreciated. On the other hand, if anyone reading this knows of some random treatment that is effective in treating Glioblastoma Multiform brain cancer.. We're open to trying anything.. We nearly lost her a few months ago, the tumor grew so much so rapidly that it was putting so much pressure on her brain that she was seizing whilst in a coma, it happened in a period of thirty minutes. We had to hold her in the recovery position keeping her breathing for 30 minutes waiting for the ambulance.. she has been through hell.. She then had to have part of her right frontal lobe removed in an emergency surgery.. The doctors told us she probably wouldn't wake up and to prepare for the worst but she woke up the next day in better form than she was prior to the surgery. The tumor has now grown again but they cannot do anymore surgery so we're losing options fast.. So anyone that has any knowledge about any alternative treatments or medicines that have actual results in treating and shrinking Glioblastoma Multiform. Please just reply to my comment with any info :)

I genuinelly like Roanoke's honour.

9:28 Anyone 21 and under reported missing will be added to the national database instantly.

This youtube channel seriously has it all. Movie reviews, fucking awesome science, on point analytical skills, fantastic quippy comedy. You are a top tier channel for sure.

RG, you need a PO Box and need to do a fan mail opening vid. Love your channel bud and, you’re always the first sub channel I watch