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Christopher Nolan on Recreating a Nuclear Explosion in Oppenheimer

Robert Downey Jr. and director Christopher Nolan from the 2023 film ‘Oppenheimer’ answer their most searched questions from the web. How did Christopher Nolan film a nuclear bomb detonation? #Oscars #Oppenheimer #WIRED Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► Follow…

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  1. @chadnystrom698

    March 8, 2024 at 3:42 pm

    those big bangs out in the desert was the usa illegally dropping nuclear bombs on Navajo Nation and killing people for generations

    • @deathtrooper1394

      March 8, 2024 at 3:44 pm

      1 what are you smoking 2 where can I get some

    • @Kevininkansas

      March 8, 2024 at 3:46 pm

      The Navajo Nation? I think you are mistaken ???? . I don’t think the test explosions for Oppenheimers special effects hurt anyone. And the US never dropped nukes on their own people

    • @Ternaz88

      March 8, 2024 at 3:47 pm

      Got em!!!!! Pesky Natives!!

  2. @werewolffamguy8597

    March 8, 2024 at 3:45 pm

    “Idk of I buy that, do you want another take?” ????????????

    • @oppenhomies4life

      March 9, 2024 at 1:35 pm

      “No I’m good” ????????

  3. @GHBlaser

    March 8, 2024 at 3:46 pm

    The explosion was kinda mid

    • @therizzler0609

      March 8, 2024 at 4:12 pm

      I’m sorry WHAT?

    • @deathninja16

      March 8, 2024 at 5:46 pm

      is was just a giant fireball i dont see how it could be seen one way or another.@@therizzler0609

    • @spinner735

      March 8, 2024 at 7:02 pm

      agreed

    • @TopazDelta

      March 9, 2024 at 1:01 am

      The wide shot looked dogshit. It looked TOO tall and not that wide, that’s the only bad thing. I think the close ups were great though

  4. @Bungadoom42

    March 8, 2024 at 3:47 pm

    RDJ jumpscare

  5. @lamp7746

    March 8, 2024 at 3:49 pm

    And that’s how you answer like a politician!

  6. @mr.teezee

    March 8, 2024 at 4:01 pm

    That nuclear explosion was a bit of a let down honestly. I feel like they could’ve easily given a bigger bang and mushroom cloud with todays special effects

  7. @mathewblanc9936

    March 8, 2024 at 4:03 pm

    Imo he’s taken the idea of ‘no CG’ too far in this case. Watch any video of a real nuclear explosion, then watch the one in Oppenheimer… It’s a let down. It is so obviously a bunch of gasoline being blow up. It doesn’t have the scale or aggressiveness of a nuke. It didn’t inspire awe and horror in the same way as a nuke. A bit of CG would have amplified this scene and made it better.

    • @spinner735

      March 8, 2024 at 7:03 pm

      not only that but they actually did use cg in the process. they just started with things they filmed.

    • @EvanSchurr

      March 10, 2024 at 9:54 am

      Yeah this was a huge misstep. If you look at the early nuke tests it looks nothing like Nolan’s movie. There is like a ball of plasmised air at first and then the big explosion/mushroom cloud as a giant shockwave of ejected earth races across the ground. Nolan’s explosion was a huge whiff, I almost laughed in the theater

  8. @noneshere

    March 8, 2024 at 4:04 pm

    That documentary was terrible and very low budget done imo.

  9. @sleekblackroadster

    March 8, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    It didn’t look right

  10. @user-xw7oh3vh3h

    March 8, 2024 at 4:26 pm

    Why not let us know the tricks? It’s not that I’m going to do it in the yard of my house right now ????

    • @Donnerwamp

      March 8, 2024 at 4:55 pm

      Probably because he used a different explosive in a bomb size of 10kT of TNT to recreate the explosion.

  11. @spinner735

    March 8, 2024 at 7:02 pm

    lies. they used a ton of cg

  12. @corruptduboiscountyindiana5058

    March 8, 2024 at 8:18 pm

    the us govment was faking them back in the 50s and 60s

  13. @reddr4ke884

    March 9, 2024 at 4:47 pm

    No cg…. Sorry, what the fu-

  14. @anongirl3122

    March 9, 2024 at 10:14 pm

    Never thought i’d see a day where RDJ is not the alpha in the room

    • @KingdomSilverStar

      March 11, 2024 at 9:22 pm

      Money talks buddy ???? the boss is in da house ????

  15. @thabreez456

    March 12, 2024 at 11:03 am

    The comment section is on something illegal

  16. @dallasbhowell8485

    March 12, 2024 at 9:18 pm

    Lmfao, he didn’t

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