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@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!!
@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” ????????
@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
@Bungadoom42
March 8, 2024 at 3:47 pm
RDJ jumpscare
@lamp7746
March 8, 2024 at 3:49 pm
And that’s how you answer like a politician!
@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
@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
@noneshere
March 8, 2024 at 4:04 pm
That documentary was terrible and very low budget done imo.
@sleekblackroadster
March 8, 2024 at 4:13 pm
It didn’t look right
@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.
@spinner735
March 8, 2024 at 7:02 pm
lies. they used a ton of cg
@corruptduboiscountyindiana5058
March 8, 2024 at 8:18 pm
the us govment was faking them back in the 50s and 60s
@reddr4ke884
March 9, 2024 at 4:47 pm
No cg…. Sorry, what the fu-
@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 ????
@thabreez456
March 12, 2024 at 11:03 am
The comment section is on something illegal
@dallasbhowell8485
March 12, 2024 at 9:18 pm
Lmfao, he didn’t