Dr. Oppenheimer was another of those poor souls in world history who did what was asked of him, then was thrown under the bus by the people who asked him to do it. In my book, he is a true American hero. "Oppenheimer" is an amazing movie - everyone should see it.
I think Dr. Oppenheimer was dedicated in his research but his regret at the extremely high loss of human life was not lost on him. I would offer that it changed him forever. Just makes me so sad that such a genius was hurting so badly.
Every time they show that clip of J.R Oppenheimer quoting a line of Lord Krishna from the Bhagwat Gita, i feel a little chill down my spine. That's a look of pure despair on a man's face, who knew about the horror and mass destruction his invention could cause. He did (in a way) gave humanity the absolute power to destroy themselves. It is a shame that the majority audience in India won't be able to see this film in it's preferable 70mm IMAX ratio (as there's very limited imax screens available in the country), but props to Nolan for telling his story. Seeing it this Friday!
My great uncle was in the army and present in the desert when it was developed and first tested. The soldiers were told to turn their backs when it was tested. Later in life my uncle had a cancer the size of a grapefruit on his back.
@@losrajvosa0078 not a fool. Just a real American soldier from the greatest generation serving his country and doing his duty so that you can live free in the U.S.A.
I love that Nolan chose to do a movie like this. He's clearly always had an interest in science and especially the concept of time, but this is a very different movie than what he's done in the past.
@@Tan92lfc Neither was the Batman trilogy. I didn't say every one of his movies played with scientific concepts, nor did I say his only interest is science.
Can't remember the last time I looked forward to seeing a movie the way I am this movie. Also, delighted that Cillian is getting his chance to really shine on a whole other level. Fantastic actor who is very humble.
couldnt agree more. I have chills everyday thinking about going to see it. I never care about movies either. Its such an impactful subject and history was never the same. Cillian is going to win an oscar i hope!
@@brandoncausey645 don’t know if you have seen the - what could be - five minute trailer? The score for it is perfect, really building the tension and it gives you a better taster of what the movie is about. Worth a look if you haven’t done so already.
@@sgtpepper1138 finally got to see it tonight. Will just say that the 3 hours goes by really quickly. It’s a haunting story and Cillian and RDJ deserve Oscars for their parts particularly Cillian. He carries the movie right through to the end. I’ve seen a lot of his roles and he completely embodies the role. With some actors, they can overact to try and force the audience to forget the other characters they’ve played. Cillian is just a whole other person to the point that I thought I was watching the real guy. (Watched some of his interviews after the fallout and he does a great take on him). RDJs Strausse pulls the strings of everything together and he is so effective in the role. Haunting story but really worth the price of the ticket. You won’t regret it.
@coolcat. Me, too. I think it's such a really significant life and time to explore. I mean, nuclear science, war, the ethics of atomic bombs, the intelligence of the scientists, the moral struggles, Oppenheimer's depression, the consequences to Nagasaki and Hiroshima.....just so very much consequential science, intellectualism, human strength and weakness, just so much history. I think Cillian Murphy will be totally captivating as Oppie.
My Aunt worked under Oppenheimer ~ she worked as a nuclear scientist for Westinghouse Bettis, Pittsburgh and designed the nuclear reactor for the atomic submarine the Nautilus as well as other nuclear reactors in Pennsylvania. I miss her 🙏
I saw the play "In The Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer" when I was in high school - a very powerful experience for a teenager. Indeed, he was a very tragic figure.
@@exlost245like Turing? >.> nowhere has a great record treating all academics and experts, especially ones instrumental in some great effort, very well at all.
Here's the thing. Being a member of the American "communist party" in the 1930s-1950s was not the same as being in the Communist Party in Russia. Lucille Ball was a member of the American communist party. When she was asked about it, she basically said most people joined as a protest against the Robber Barrons. During the Great Depression, millions of people starved while people like John D Rockefeller got richer and lived in several homes. It was never to overthrow the country, it was just something to do.
like a pocket-book boycott? I don't like what this store does so I don't shop there? Or it has to be more than that. It's to make their voice heard, I get that, but what the they expect the end result would be? What was the goal? You make a good hypotheses, and I'm curious to know what your theory leads to the end result.
@@AldousHuxleysCat Exactly. It was never a serious political movement in the United States. You do know I'm referring to the UnAmerican Activities Committee interview.
@@theylied1776 I know exactly what you're talking about I've read at least three autobiographies of Lucy and Desi. Lucy claimed that she was completely apolitical and she only signed up to appease her grandfather. Any motivations she speaks of were his and not hers
@@josephprice4095 Look, this was all covered in the UnAmerican Activities Committee investigation. No One was actually charged with treason. The Committee surmised that the American Communists Party in the 30s and 50s was nothing more than a social club at worst. There were no links to the USSR or any Communist movement of note. Joe McCarty bet and lost his entire political career trying to prove they were a threat.
For those who were curious like I was, that IMAX camera is probably around 500,000$. And fun fact, Nolan broke 3 of them while making a single movie. :) .
My friends Dad worked at Los Alamos during the building of the bombs, where they were fabricating the parts for it. He had kept a diary stating how much fun everyone had on the weekends, and how they all knew they were building parts for the military but no one knew what they were building. Some guessed aircraft, some guessed military vehicles. He had stated everyone was in shock to find out they were building bombs of this magnitude. Everyone had real mixed emotions when they learned the death tolls. I guess they felt being at war with soldiers who have guns is one thing, but murdering an unsuspecting innocent population of people is another. War is war, but in a way they have a point. I mean, we gave them payback with Hiroshima for Pearl Harbor, but NAGASAKI??? If you look closely, Lady Liberty still has blood on her knuckles...
A repost, but I remember when I read all the books on Oppenheimer there were on a little section of the bookshelf at the university library (and later purchased at the bookstore) some years ago. His life read like a novel that couldn't be put down, and now that one of my favorite directors made a film about him it's incredible to think of! I also hope, given that Oppenheimer led the effort on something that much of foreign policy revolves around to this day, this movie reminds people of the value of being amicable with one another and the importance of global cooperation and unity.
Cilian Murphy is an insanely talented actor. Watched him in 28 days later and he played the best role that i have ever seen, save a few others. Matt Damon looks ridiculous with a mustache and is such an average actor but I’m glad Gary Oldman is in it. He’s one of the top 10 best actors ever.
There is an amazing book about the location where the specifics of the atomic energy were monitored in total secrecy. The book is Denise Kiernan's 'The Atomic City.' I came across this book (it is not the novel with a smilar title) while reading everything I could find on WWII. I intend to reread it now that this movie is out.
I want to read the book about the Japanese survivors of Nagasaki or Hiroshima. Is there a book like that? I heard it is like Lord of the Flies. Can you imagine being an orphan in Japan and wondering if you were going to live for the next ten years or not. Yes, there are survivors from Japan. Japanese people are nice. They gave us cherry blossoms. Japan is a great vacation area. My cousin married a Japanese lady. They have the cutest son in the world. He speaks Japanese. Pride in family.
No dude...For historical purposes, watch a documentary about this guy that isn't bias and full of theatrics and hollywood spin. This movie is good for entertainment purposes, not historical. But maybe that's why US education is trash because they look at movies for educational 😂
@@HokkaidoSan Entertainment? I saw the film. It's the complete opposite of entertaining. Sure, it might stimulate you intellectually, but god is it a borefest. I foresee a flop (with the budget that it had) the youth simply isn't interested in this and there's notjing here for them. And THAT'S where the money comes from.
@@datatsushi2016 You're mistaking what I'm saying. I didn't say it was entertaining. I'm saying it's entertainment. Whether it was entertaining or or not, a movie is still a form of entertainment and should be taken as entertainment rather than for it's historically accurate depiction compared to a documentary
The irony in Oppenheimer's descent in the way he would be treated is that his German counterpart, Werner Heisenberg, who had been conducting cold water tests for the Nazis to attain atomic fission but FAILED - causing Hitler to abandon the project - later went on to a fruitful teaching career.
I have the same concern. I remember being told to hide under our desks for protection. What is not spoken about is how much more destructive these bombs are now, how many different types there are and what the radious is of each one. You can easily look it up on line or here on TH-cam. Or how preppers talk about trying to live after such a destructive event, not taking into account how horrific it could be. I hope this movie opens eyes.
@@DH-gk8vhhere’s a website out there where you can find different bombs blast radius’ (mostly nuclear) and put it on a map to see casualties and other info. pretty mind blowing how small the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs were comparatively. really scary that there are weapons capable of so much death just out there in the world
I am a child of the 80’s and am fully aware of the destructive power and double edge sword that the bomb created. We must be teaching history completely so that we do not repeat our mistakes
@@DH-gk8vhthe difference is today the need to do a mass bombing is no longer necessary, yields can be dialed back, and the threat from cyber attacks and on infrastructure are far more dangerous and likely. Nuclear exchanges would more than likely be a limited event, relatively speaking to the height of the cold war M.A.D. plans. Neither are desirable, one's just a little less bad. I guess.
What a fascinating story! Funny enough, I was thinking of Robert Downey Jr. in the original Iron Man and how he was giving speeches against Stark Enterprises and causing ruckus. Didn't know he was in the film!
“Imagine someone firing a pistol very close to you and putting a leaf blower on your face.” I know witnessing this event is beyond comparison but a Navy friend of mine did a tour in Iraq during their high summer months and he talked about how it was like being in the barrel of a hair dryer for months. Felt bad for him but at least he came home completely unharmed.
@@bluesmanish yes I imagine AZ to be similar for sure. The average high is about ten more degrees in Iraq during the summer months but once the temp is over 110 you can’t tell the difference you just know it’s hot.
@@srh361the bomb was a fission reaction not a fusion one. But fusion is just the reverse and will probably be one of humanities greatest achievements when we make it more efficient
That he was a modern-day Prometheus is such an apt comparison. Prometheus, a god himself, in Greek myth stole fire from the gods and gave it to humankind; hence he is known as the Friend of Man. And Zeus punished him for it by binding him to a rock in the Caucasus mountains where an eagle fed on his liver. Eternal punishment, because his liver regenerated each night, only to be eaten again. Here is a sonnet by the late Australian A. D. Hope which builds on this very Prometheus-Oppenheimer comparison: Prometheus Unbound Still fettered, still unconquered, still in pain, Bold in his hope and steadfast in his right, The Friend of Man on the Caucasian height Saw one vast flash to northward blast the plain. As Hermes, swooping down, struck off the chain And raised him, smiling, in that dazzling light, "Does the old tyrant, then, repent his spite," He asked, "or has Zeus ceased at last to reign?" "His wisdom is not mocked," the god replied, "Nor alters nor repeals the great decree. These are his words: 'Go, set the Titan free; And let his torment be to wander wide The ashes of mankind from sea to sea, Judging that theft of fire from which they died.'"
We certainly give too much credit to the organizer. We had most of the famous names in science of that day in Los Alamos, and they all contributed greatly.
Yes there were very famous scientists but with their famous egos with them. Oppenheimer was able to wrangle them together and get the thing done in an incomprehensible amount of time so yes he does deserve the credit.
Absolutely cant wait to watch a drama again in the theatre. Not oversaturated action, unfunny comedy, and well just kinda, junk. Miss real dramas, real dialog.
Am looking forward to the movie. Finally a balanced, non-ideological story from a network. All of you should remember however, the vast majority of people in the US, UK, China and Japan and other nations, are alive because the US didn’t have to invade the mainland of Japan. Revisionist history says Japan would have surrendered anyway. No. Look at the last year of the war and the fanatical behavior of the Japanese. They were planning to die by the hundreds of thousands to force the Allies to give up. Truman made the right decision.
If I call recall there was a requirement for every Japanese citizen woman and children included to bear arms at home and join the Japanese failing war effort. The Japanese administration at the time was in complete denial the casualties on both sides in the theatre of war would've been tenfold.
@@MrDada120 --yes. Japan was still quite strong and the people had been indoctrinated to die for the Emperor. Had the Allies been forced to invade, hundreds of thousands of many nations would have died. Read about the campaigns in Saipan, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
bit ironic you talk about `revisionist history` ..when your tale clearly is one. japan didn`t surrender because they were holding out for a truce, they were gambling on the soviets helping them negotiating for one. the soviets declared them war instead, and this is the main reason as to why japan surrendered, as the situation was now hopeless. the official story were an attempt to wash away genocide claims and US clearing its own concience, as the nukes/bombs were probably never needed for japans surrender. in any event, IF your story were true..im a bit surprised people still fall for the idea `ending the war` killing 300 000+ women and children somehow is an excuse for genocide
Or the fact that THE MANHATTAN PROJECT got its name because the original offices were Oppenheimer and Company got the paperwork started was actually in a building opposite the northwest corner of City Hall Park in NYC! Along with key members from the scientific field being connected to Columbia University in Upper Manhattan...❤
Yep the criminal mafioso thuggery "military/corporate/banking" cabal chimera has a LONG HISTORY of chew ya up an spit ya out. Just ask Tesla. Even happened to Ike Eisenhower. Unlimited tax dollars for over 100 years, guess what CRIMINAL THUGS !!!
@burpeesquad there isn't a lot of information as to what happened. What is known is the FBI denied Toni's security clearance to become an interpreter at the UN. This caused the accusations against her father to come back into light again and she secluded herself in a cabin out in the Caribbeans where after her 32nd birthday she took her life.
No. The fact is that there was a network of spies operating at the highest levels of the Manhattan Project and they gave the secrets to the atomic bomb to the Soviets. The government was correct to revoke his security clearance. Oppenheimer lived out his life as head of the most prestigious lab in the world at Princeton.
@@bobanderson6656 Tell me about. I've been studying since June 4th and I'm ready to get it over with. Even though they split the 7 into the SIE and the top of, it's a lot of information to try and remember.
I saw the picture, and was a little dissappointed....it was long minutes of convestaion, but the actor who played The opppenheimer part was scary he was so good, and looked Like the actual man
I hope there's some nitty gritty physics in the movie but I think nuclear weapons research is very classified. Some of the physics in Interstellar were really cool so I have hope for a movie that is both entertaining and informative.
@@jamesfair5774 Another fun fact: when Fermi patented the nuclear reactor the paten was given to “Fermi et. al. “et.al.” was Szilard. No one could stand him.
Seeing that pic of Oppenheimer on the book cover, I could see the last scene being him lighting a cigarette. You know, the closeup of the lighter, the ignition, the glow of the cigarette, then the smoke...
@hexedits369 how can you possibly disagree with that fact? Oppenheimer wasn't the only person with the knowledge to be able to build an atomic bomb. Maybe you need to educate yourself on the history of atomic energy? Disagreeing without explaining why you think that is a typical response from someone that knows nothing about the subject or the people involved.
WHERE ARE ALL THE SETS FROM CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S FILMS? This would be the coolest attraction in the world! Imagine: riding on the Endurance spacecraft or the Interstellar planes, visiting Cooper's house, hanging in the Tesseract like the main character, driving the Batmobile and having a drink in its cave, walking through the spinning room in Inception, strolling through the town of Oppenheimer. Just imagine. Where is all of this?
The set for WWII Los Alamos was built outside of Abiquiu, NM. The original Los Alamos is still a town on the Pajarito Plateau east of the Jemez Mountains in NM. It is a beautiful place and much great scientific research is still conducted there. Statues of Oppenheimer and Groves stand outside of Fuller Lodge in downtown Los Alamos, which was shown in the movie. This is open to the public and the Los Alamos HIstorical Society offers tours of the community.
@@anthonymartensen3164 if i need to supply the imagination, then the director and writer didnt do their job. Obvioulsy it tanked and is forgotten. Thank goodness. Pos film.
It's a little strange how long it took scientists to realize this was something completely new. I'm a long time sci fi fan, and even writers with a science background kept writing in "atomics" as if it were just another chemical. The mania about keeping it secret was a little out of tune with reality. The basic research had all been published. Someone even wrote fairly accurate sci fi story about an atomic bomb, published in Analog magazine before VE Day, and the FBI nearly had heart failure. John Campbell, Analog's editor, pointed out that the magazine had already been distributed that month and if they tried to recover all the copies it would just call more attention to it. The FBI finally agreed.
What sparked my interest in learning about this event is when I read the lyrics to the song, "Manhattan Project" by the Canadian prog-rock band, Rush. Great band. Great song. Music by G. Lee and A. Lifeson. Lyrics by N. Peart. I encourage everyone to watch the video (with the lyrics) and listen to the song. Powerful.
I’d gone under the false pretence that we’d never used nuclear bombs before because of what my parents told me and not being taught about it in school. What I found was extremely horrifying that every clip I watched of a nuclear bomb going off I felt actually sick after learning about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In saying that it’s so god damn fascinating. Especially when learning specifically about the Manhattan project I found myself unable to stop researching. It’s made me terrified of nuclear weapons and to learn the man that made my favorite movie (interstellar) is making one all about that project??? With Cillian Murphy my fav actor??? I’m so excited because while this story is heartbreaking AND horrific it’s so interesting.
If you ever ever are able to go to Japan, I cannot stress how life changing a visit to Hiroshima is. It made me see how dark humanity could be but also how resilient. The people there today have made the city a place to educate everyone about how nuclear weapons must never ever be used again. It is a peaceful, beautiful city. I felt so ashamed to be an American there but the people are so kind. Many countries have nuclear weapons now. Barack Obama was the FIRST head of state of a nuclear armed nation to visit Hiroshima. Astounding.
@@ginamosca7015 I would love to visit Japan one day and if I ever do it will definitely be one of the destinations I travel too. It’s horrifying to think about what happened there and how much those types of weapons have gotten so much more needlessly stronger
My grandfather was among the 66,000 Filipinos, along with 10,000 Americans who marched in Bataan Death March, during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. My husband’s father was in the Dutch Royal Army, he was a foot soldier who fought and ended up as a POW during the Japanese occupation of Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during WWII. Thank you Oppenheimer. I am glad the atom bomb was unleashed. #sorrynotsorry
The Japanese Kempeitai/marines under the command of Gen. Yamashita slaughtered between 100,000 to 500,000 civilians between Feb. 3 and Mar.3 1945. source (Wiki) The Manila massacre.
On the morning of March 10th, 1945, the emperor awoke to gaze upon his capital city on fire, more than 100,000 dead. Sixteen square miles were ablaze because the B-29's from Tinian, Guam, and Saipan had been there hours earlier. What could Japan possibly do to counter an attack of this magnitude. Nothing. They could not strike the islands nearly 1,500 miles away to put them out of action. The Americans will continue to burn Japan to the ground until they run out of bombs, yet you fight on. The emperor could have saved many lives on both sides had he just surrendered after these attacks. He is as guilty as any other war criminal.
What disturbs me is I get the impression Oppenheimer seemed not to care if the Russians had the Bomb and we should not have it. Supposedly Harry Truman threw Oppenheimer out of his office, get him out of here. The decision (Hiroshima/Nagasaki) was mine and I slept well on it. Leaving this country defenseless against Russia says a lot about his possible Communist ties.
I don't bemoan the fact that the atomic bomb was developed in the U.S. but I firmly believe it wasn't necessary to drop it on Japan. Japan was all but defeated. It lost all of its foreign bases and was hemmed in by U.S. forces. Also the Soviet Union was poised to join the fight. The end of the war was evident, there was no need to actually invade the islands of Japan.
When Oppenheimer was asked if this is the first nuclear explosion, he significantly replied: "Yes, in modern times," implying that they had been used in the very ancient past according to the Indian Vedas.
Dr. Oppenheimer was another of those poor souls in world history who did what was asked of him, then was thrown under the bus by the people who asked him to do it. In my book, he is a true American hero. "Oppenheimer" is an amazing movie - everyone should see it.
Erego American Prometheus
The same happened to Turing in Britain.
I'm planning to see it next week. I've been researching this man. His voice is almost scary.
Nuclear weapons are fake. Your mind has been programmed since you were first plunked down in front of a TV screen.
Totally agree. Saw it last week and what an experience. Fantastic!!
I think Dr. Oppenheimer was dedicated in his research but his regret at the extremely high loss of human life was not lost on him. I would offer that it changed him forever. Just makes me so sad that such a genius was hurting so badly.
also he knew inventing the atomic bomb would end the war but could also wipe out the human race in a future war.
But he still did it, because he knew it needed to happen. And, overall, he saved millions of more lives than were lost.
@@greentea9335 Who knows had the Nazi's had built it before us and the Solviets for the Cold War?
@@TheStockportHatter1986 Yep, the entire world could have been speaking German or Russian. A *very* grateful world says: "Thank You, Oppie!!!"
Thank you David hutchinson.5233
I AGREE.
Every time they show that clip of J.R Oppenheimer quoting a line of Lord Krishna from the Bhagwat Gita, i feel a little chill down my spine. That's a look of pure despair on a man's face, who knew about the horror and mass destruction his invention could cause. He did (in a way) gave humanity the absolute power to destroy themselves.
It is a shame that the majority audience in India won't be able to see this film in it's preferable 70mm IMAX ratio (as there's very limited imax screens available in the country), but props to Nolan for telling his story. Seeing it this Friday!
I live in the US and there isn't an IMAX that I would consider fairly close to where I live, so don't feel bad!
actually there’s no imax 70mm in India. maybe imax but not the 70mm. if i understand correctly, there are only 30 of them worldwide.
Dam India can't afford theaters with all the scam money flowing into that country. 😮
Europe doesn’t have them commonly either, so don’t feel bad. Only big capital towns have them
@@marniekilbourne608 Do you think it's worth it to see in imax 70mm if it's almost 2 hours from my location? I'm very tempted
Finally a movie worth seeing in theaters - this is a masterpiece.
My great uncle was in the army and present in the desert when it was developed and first tested. The soldiers were told to turn their backs when it was tested. Later in life my uncle had a cancer the size of a grapefruit on his back.
No doubt about the original cause of the cancer. Your great uncle was a hero.
Rip
Jesus.
@@losrajvosa0078 not a fool. Just a real American soldier from the greatest generation serving his country and doing his duty so that you can live free in the U.S.A.
Las Vegas sits on a huge underground reservoir of fresh water.
It can't be used.
It's radioactive.
I love that Nolan chose to do a movie like this. He's clearly always had an interest in science and especially the concept of time, but this is a very different movie than what he's done in the past.
Dunkirk is not science
@@Tan92lfcread again
@@Tan92lfc Neither was the Batman trilogy. I didn't say every one of his movies played with scientific concepts, nor did I say his only interest is science.
@@Tan92lfcDunkirk Is history, which Nolan seems to love.
Doctor rockenheimer
Can't remember the last time I looked forward to seeing a movie the way I am this movie. Also, delighted that Cillian is getting his chance to really shine on a whole other level. Fantastic actor who is very humble.
couldnt agree more. I have chills everyday thinking about going to see it. I never care about movies either. Its such an impactful subject and history was never the same. Cillian is going to win an oscar i hope!
@@brandoncausey645 don’t know if you have seen the - what could be - five minute trailer? The score for it is perfect, really building the tension and it gives you a better taster of what the movie is about. Worth a look if you haven’t done so already.
My 21yo son and I are going to drive 2.5hrs to see it at the closest IMAX theater.
@@sgtpepper1138 finally got to see it tonight. Will just say that the 3 hours goes by really quickly. It’s a haunting story and Cillian and RDJ deserve Oscars for their parts particularly Cillian. He carries the movie right through to the end. I’ve seen a lot of his roles and he completely embodies the role. With some actors, they can overact to try and force the audience to forget the other characters they’ve played. Cillian is just a whole other person to the point that I thought I was watching the real guy. (Watched some of his interviews after the fallout and he does a great take on him). RDJs Strausse pulls the strings of everything together and he is so effective in the role. Haunting story but really worth the price of the ticket. You won’t regret it.
@@Rheinmeister09 Heck yeah, that's what I was hoping to hear.
Great segment and looking forward to seeing this film more than any other this year. Especially since it was filmed in IMAX.
@coolcat. Me, too. I think it's such a really significant life and time to explore. I mean, nuclear science, war, the ethics of atomic bombs, the intelligence of the scientists, the moral struggles, Oppenheimer's depression, the consequences to Nagasaki and Hiroshima.....just so very much consequential science, intellectualism, human strength and weakness, just so much history. I think Cillian Murphy will be totally captivating as Oppie.
My Aunt worked under Oppenheimer ~ she worked as a nuclear scientist for Westinghouse Bettis, Pittsburgh and designed the nuclear reactor for the atomic submarine the Nautilus as well as other nuclear reactors in Pennsylvania. I miss her 🙏
What did she say about Oppenheimer was like during the manhattan project
@@JohnathanHouston-uq6hyi seriously doubt she ever met him
@@Hollywood42081 OK how did she Is felt about the Manhattan project after they successfully detonated first atomic bomb and changed the world forever
From what I understand that Oppenheimer cried many nights in his bed knowing what the bomb would do.
The nautilus is now in Groton CT, I’ve been there. Grew up there. Thanks for her service.
Thank God that Hollywood coming back to senses and working on real stories and movies.
Yup hope the younger generation continues it
Gary Oldman is also in Oppenheimer. I don’t know if it’s small part in the film, however he plays President Truman in Oppenheimer.
From what I've heard he has 1 sentence of dialogue. For Nolan big actors will take these small roles.
@@alexandercumminsstill, its an awesome casting, I love Gary and its a shame he’s retired from acting
@@GuineaPigEveryday Oldman is actually playing the Oppenheimer character.
@@tuckerbugeater no he isn't!
Cillian Murphy make playing leading role
I saw the play "In The Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer" when I was in high school - a very powerful experience for a teenager. Indeed, he was a very tragic figure.
Nukes are not real.
What America did to Oppenheimer is unforgivable. I’m glad Christopher Nolan’s movie will clear all of that.
Agreed. If he was in the UK. he would've been knighted
The Manhattan Project story
Unlikely.. What the UK did to Alan Turing was if mot more unforgivable so I doubt very much the UK would've treated Oppenheimer any better.
@@exlost245 Because they treated Turing so well...
@@exlost245like Turing? >.> nowhere has a great record treating all academics and experts, especially ones instrumental in some great effort, very well at all.
Here's the thing. Being a member of the American "communist party" in the 1930s-1950s was not the same as being in the Communist Party in Russia. Lucille Ball was a member of the American communist party. When she was asked about it, she basically said most people joined as a protest against the Robber Barrons. During the Great Depression, millions of people starved while people like John D Rockefeller got richer and lived in several homes. It was never to overthrow the country, it was just something to do.
like a pocket-book boycott? I don't like what this store does so I don't shop there? Or it has to be more than that. It's to make their voice heard, I get that, but what the they expect the end result would be? What was the goal? You make a good hypotheses, and I'm curious to know what your theory leads to the end result.
What Lucy said was she joined to make her grandfather happy
@@AldousHuxleysCat Exactly. It was never a serious political movement in the United States. You do know I'm referring to the UnAmerican Activities Committee interview.
@@theylied1776 I know exactly what you're talking about I've read at least three autobiographies of Lucy and Desi. Lucy claimed that she was completely apolitical and she only signed up to appease her grandfather. Any motivations she speaks of were his and not hers
@@josephprice4095 Look, this was all covered in the UnAmerican Activities Committee investigation. No One was actually charged with treason. The Committee surmised that the American Communists Party in the 30s and 50s was nothing more than a social club at worst. There were no links to the USSR or any Communist movement of note. Joe McCarty bet and lost his entire political career trying to prove they were a threat.
For those who were curious like I was, that IMAX camera is probably around 500,000$. And fun fact, Nolan broke 3 of them while making a single movie. :) .
My friends Dad worked at Los Alamos during the building of the bombs, where they were fabricating the parts for it. He had kept a diary stating how much fun everyone had on the weekends, and how they all knew they were building parts for the military but no one knew what they were building. Some guessed aircraft, some guessed military vehicles. He had stated everyone was in shock to find out they were building bombs of this magnitude. Everyone had real mixed emotions when they learned the death tolls. I guess they felt being at war with soldiers who have guns is one thing, but murdering an unsuspecting innocent population of people is another. War is war, but in a way they have a point. I mean, we gave them payback with Hiroshima for Pearl Harbor, but NAGASAKI??? If you look closely, Lady Liberty still has blood on her knuckles...
THANK GOD, THEY ARE FINALLY MAKING AMAZING MOVIES BASED ON REAL HISTORICAL EVENTS!! PLEASE DISPENSE WITH THE SUPERHERO MOVIES AND DO MORE OF THIS!
Both have their places..
I think Batman has a cameo.
Or they can just have a healthy balance of both?
agree with your sentiment, but - please - learn to use lower case letters (all caps feels like you’re yelling, or worse). thanks
Both can exist.
A repost, but I remember when I read all the books on Oppenheimer there were on a little section of the bookshelf at the university library (and later purchased at the bookstore) some years ago. His life read like a novel that couldn't be put down, and now that one of my favorite directors made a film about him it's incredible to think of! I also hope, given that Oppenheimer led the effort on something that much of foreign policy revolves around to this day, this movie reminds people of the value of being amicable with one another and the importance of global cooperation and unity.
Movie of the year can't wait until Friday!
Me too going to see
NIce to see David Martin again. He is a dinosaur from the previous world of objective journalism.
Cilian Murphy is an insanely talented actor. Watched him in 28 days later and he played the best role that i have ever seen, save a few others. Matt Damon looks ridiculous with a mustache and is such an average actor but I’m glad Gary Oldman is in it. He’s one of the top 10 best actors ever.
Such a tragic hero, cant wait to see the movie.. Book is tremendous. The movie looks incredible. What an amazing story..
There is an amazing book about the location where the specifics of the atomic energy were monitored in total secrecy. The book is Denise Kiernan's 'The Atomic City.'
I came across this book (it is not the novel with a smilar title) while reading everything I could find on WWII. I intend to reread it now that this movie is out.
I want to read the book about the Japanese survivors of Nagasaki or Hiroshima. Is there a book like that? I heard it is like Lord of the Flies. Can you imagine being an orphan in Japan and wondering if you were going to live for the next ten years or not. Yes, there are survivors from Japan. Japanese people are nice. They gave us cherry blossoms. Japan is a great vacation area. My cousin married a Japanese lady. They have the cutest son in the world. He speaks Japanese. Pride in family.
An important movie for historical purposes and also as a reminder of today's sobering reality!
Ive played so much fallout. Im ready for nuclear warfare.
No dude...For historical purposes, watch a documentary about this guy that isn't bias and full of theatrics and hollywood spin. This movie is good for entertainment purposes, not historical. But maybe that's why US education is trash because they look at movies for educational 😂
@@HokkaidoSan Entertainment? I saw the film. It's the complete opposite of entertaining. Sure, it might stimulate you intellectually, but god is it a borefest.
I foresee a flop (with the budget that it had) the youth simply isn't interested in this and there's notjing here for them. And THAT'S where the money comes from.
@@datatsushi2016 You're mistaking what I'm saying. I didn't say it was entertaining. I'm saying it's entertainment. Whether it was entertaining or or not, a movie is still a form of entertainment and should be taken as entertainment rather than for it's historically accurate depiction compared to a documentary
I watched movie today. Loved it as physist myself. Worth watching trust me!
Absolutely I've seen it twice now I'm even thinking of seeing it one more time lol.
I think Enrico Fermi had a lot to do with conceiving the bomb. But Oppenheimer made it happen, definitely.
Going to be excellent!! An important moment on history!!
I can't wait to see this film.
The Pistol leaf blower analogy was the understatement of all understatements.
The irony in Oppenheimer's descent in the way he would be treated is that his German counterpart, Werner Heisenberg, who had been conducting cold water tests for the Nazis to attain atomic fission but FAILED - causing Hitler to abandon the project - later went on to a fruitful teaching career.
And a massive meth making, distribution empire…
I found out a neighbor of mine had worked at Los Alamos. Unfortunately found out after he had died. Would have loved to talk to him about it.
Odds are he wouldn't have had much to say.
A college buddy of mine works at Los Alamos right now. He's doing a lot REDACTED stuff.
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein
What if the real atomic bombs were the friends we made along the way?
As a child of the sixties, I wonder how much of this is grasped by later generations.
I have the same concern. I remember being told to hide under our desks for protection. What is not spoken about is how much more destructive these bombs are now, how many different types there are and what the radious is of each one. You can easily look it up on line or here on TH-cam. Or how preppers talk about trying to live after such a destructive event, not taking into account how horrific it could be. I hope this movie opens eyes.
@@DH-gk8vhhere’s a website out there where you can find different bombs blast radius’ (mostly nuclear) and put it on a map to see casualties and other info. pretty mind blowing how small the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs were comparatively. really scary that there are weapons capable of so much death just out there in the world
I am a child of the 80’s and am fully aware of the destructive power and double edge sword that the bomb created. We must be teaching history completely so that we do not repeat our mistakes
Nothing before the current culture is grasped by the current generation.
@@DH-gk8vhthe difference is today the need to do a mass bombing is no longer necessary, yields can be dialed back, and the threat from cyber attacks and on infrastructure are far more dangerous and likely. Nuclear exchanges would more than likely be a limited event, relatively speaking to the height of the cold war M.A.D. plans.
Neither are desirable, one's just a little less bad. I guess.
Book is tremendous. The movie looks incredible. What an amazing story.
What a fascinating story!
Funny enough, I was thinking of Robert Downey Jr. in the original Iron Man and how he was giving speeches against Stark Enterprises and causing ruckus. Didn't know he was in the film!
Not to mention the first Iron Man mentioned that Howard Stark helped build the atomic bomb
War is so terrible, yet has led to some of humanity's greatest technological achievements out of necessity.
“Imagine someone firing a pistol very close to you and putting a leaf blower on your face.” I know witnessing this event is beyond comparison but a Navy friend of mine did a tour in Iraq during their high summer months and he talked about how it was like being in the barrel of a hair dryer for months. Felt bad for him but at least he came home completely unharmed.
Except his hearing could well have been permanently damaged.
That’s how I describe the heat of Iraq when someone asks how hot it was over there. It’s a good comparison though and feels a lot like a blow dryer.
@@michaelvaughan8 Sounds like Arizona
@@bluesmanish yes I imagine AZ to be similar for sure. The average high is about ten more degrees in Iraq during the summer months but once the temp is over 110 you can’t tell the difference you just know it’s hot.
Completely?
Scientists in that era were so passionate..
The greatest achievement by humans ever, and at the same time the worst thing humans ever achieved.
AI will top that.
@@TsepeteScary thought but probably true.
You think a bomb is humanity's best achievement? Wow
@@number420pencilIt's nuclear fusion, the bomb is secondary.
@@srh361the bomb was a fission reaction not a fusion one. But fusion is just the reverse and will probably be one of humanities greatest achievements when we make it more efficient
That he was a modern-day Prometheus is such an apt comparison. Prometheus, a god himself, in Greek myth stole fire from the gods and gave it to humankind; hence he is known as the Friend of Man. And Zeus punished him for it by binding him to a rock in the Caucasus mountains where an eagle fed on his liver. Eternal punishment, because his liver regenerated each night, only to be eaten again. Here is a sonnet by the late Australian A. D. Hope which builds on this very Prometheus-Oppenheimer comparison:
Prometheus Unbound
Still fettered, still unconquered, still in pain,
Bold in his hope and steadfast in his right,
The Friend of Man on the Caucasian height
Saw one vast flash to northward blast the plain.
As Hermes, swooping down, struck off the chain
And raised him, smiling, in that dazzling light,
"Does the old tyrant, then, repent his spite,"
He asked, "or has Zeus ceased at last to reign?"
"His wisdom is not mocked," the god replied,
"Nor alters nor repeals the great decree.
These are his words: 'Go, set the Titan free;
And let his torment be to wander wide
The ashes of mankind from sea to sea,
Judging that theft of fire from which they died.'"
Can’t wait to see
Oppenheimer’s high intelligence is simply a wonder and a marvel…
As Lisa Simpson pointed out, happiness often goes down as intelligence goes up 😮
Very very best video I have seen so far of the upcoming movie Oppenheimer. Highly recommend seeing this movie. I intend to see it in IMAX.
Out of all the contributors, I would say that David Martin, and Mo Rocca are my favorites.
Wait Wait, Mo is great!
We certainly give too much credit to the organizer. We had most of the famous names in science of that day in Los Alamos, and they all contributed greatly.
Yes there were very famous scientists but with their famous egos with them. Oppenheimer was able to wrangle them together and get the thing done in an incomprehensible amount of time so yes he does deserve the credit.
From what I understand that Oppenheimer cried many nights in bed knowing what the bomb would do.
Notice that the film clips for this video are remixed so you can hear dialogue very well.
The power of the Sun, in the palm of his hands.
Absolutely cant wait to watch a drama again in the theatre. Not oversaturated action, unfunny comedy, and well just kinda, junk. Miss real dramas, real dialog.
Real talk.
It's been 20 years of Superhero movies
I hear the film will be a blast .
Now that’s funny
Christopher & Cillian will both get Academy Awards for this film.
Am looking forward to the movie. Finally a balanced, non-ideological story from a network. All of you should remember however, the vast majority of people in the US, UK, China and Japan and other nations, are alive because the US didn’t have to invade the mainland of Japan. Revisionist history says Japan would have surrendered anyway. No. Look at the last year of the war and the fanatical behavior of the Japanese. They were planning to die by the hundreds of thousands to force the Allies to give up. Truman made the right decision.
If I call recall there was a requirement for every Japanese citizen woman and children included to bear arms at home and join the Japanese failing war effort. The Japanese administration at the time was in complete denial the casualties on both sides in the theatre of war would've been tenfold.
You're saying after Germany surrendered, Japan posed a threat to the UK, US, etc?
@@MrDada120 --yes. Japan was still quite strong and the people had been indoctrinated to die for the Emperor. Had the Allies been forced to invade, hundreds of thousands of many nations would have died. Read about the campaigns in Saipan, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
@@allsomatt yes.
bit ironic you talk about `revisionist history` ..when your tale clearly is one. japan didn`t surrender because they were holding out for a truce, they were gambling on the soviets helping them negotiating for one. the soviets declared them war instead, and this is the main reason as to why japan surrendered, as the situation was now hopeless. the official story were an attempt to wash away genocide claims and US clearing its own concience, as the nukes/bombs were probably never needed for japans surrender. in any event, IF your story were true..im a bit surprised people still fall for the idea `ending the war` killing 300 000+ women and children somehow is an excuse for genocide
I can't wait to watch the movie
Such a tragic hero, cant wait to see the movie.
Same here! Can’t wait to see it!
මේ තියෙන්නෙ ඇමරිකන් ජෙපි මරක්කල තමිල්නාඩු මිශන් එක. මට හුකා එක්ක හු... දවස ලගයි හුකේ...දැන් ලයික් කරපියව්.....මහා පරමානු පදු බෝමබෙ මගෙ හුකාට හෙලනවෝඕඕඕ... මට බලං ඉංට බැරියෝඕඕඕඕ... ඌරෙක් හම ගහපියෝ
@@Divorcedhousemaid666Hookah, hookah, hookah!
ජෙප්පොඇමරිකාවෙ නා සා ල එක්ක මිනි මරන හැටි. තොපිට කොහෙද ලෝකයක්. අම්ම අප්ප උනත් විකුනං කන තොපිට කොහෙද ලෝකයක්. විකෘත කාම ලෝකෙ මිස.
අනේ නාලිනි ගෙ කොල්ල සමංත. සෙකුරූට්ට උනාට ලෝකෙ අතේ කරකවන්නෙ. උගෙ කාම ආසව නිවපියව්. බෝම්බ දාහක් හරි ගහල
Absolutely awesome movie. Recommend to anyone who loves a great drama or is interest in atomic bombs/quantum physics
Humans killing each other ........😢
Since the begging time.
I look forward to seeing the movie.
It's been a beautiful planet 🌏
But how long can we last
After Oppenheimer lost his security clearance he lived at the Hotel Chelsea. No one ever mentions that.
Or the fact that THE MANHATTAN PROJECT got its name because the original offices were Oppenheimer and Company got the paperwork started was actually in a building opposite the northwest corner of City Hall Park in NYC! Along with key members from the scientific field being connected to Columbia University in Upper Manhattan...❤
Wow! I never heard that!
What does it mean to "lose security clearance"? That he can no longer work at Los Alamos anymore, is that it?
@@vetiverose128 you can’t see secret documents or work on secret projects. You are considered a security risk. Go watch the movie when it comes out.
Yep the criminal mafioso thuggery "military/corporate/banking" cabal chimera has a LONG HISTORY of chew ya up an spit ya out. Just ask Tesla. Even happened to Ike Eisenhower. Unlimited tax dollars for over 100 years, guess what CRIMINAL THUGS !!!
This will make everyone so teary. Can't wait for my Oppenheimer screening. 😢
Yea from seeing all those flames lol
@@coreybeyond3311 also there will be so much theories and moral lectures 🤣
I helped the team solve problems, my boss taps and listens to my team meetings....
What happened to him and his family is a tragedy. Especially his daughter
Surprised that wasn't brought up....
What happened?? Can you please tell me
@@burpeesquad The government harassed her until she committed suicide.
@@JDoe-gf5oz dammn. What was the reason for the harassment?
@burpeesquad there isn't a lot of information as to what happened. What is known is the FBI denied Toni's security clearance to become an interpreter at the UN. This caused the accusations against her father to come back into light again and she secluded herself in a cabin out in the Caribbeans where after her 32nd birthday she took her life.
Awesome News Piece
"The big bang, took and shook the world, shot down the rising sun. The end was begun, it would hit everyone. When the chain reaction was done." - RUSH
"Big shots try to hold it back
Fools try to wish it away
The hopeful depend
On a world without end
Whatever the hopeless may say" - Rush
It happened on my grandmother’s 45th birthday 🥳
The government turned on Oppenheimer like a rabid dog.
A war crime
@@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401No it wasn't
A case of greedy , ignorant Republicans frightened by their own stupidity. Not unlike today.
No. The fact is that there was a network of spies operating at the highest levels of the Manhattan Project and they gave the secrets to the atomic bomb to the Soviets. The government was correct to revoke his security clearance.
Oppenheimer lived out his life as head of the most prestigious lab in the world at Princeton.
Good he was an intellectual lunatic
Just received American Prometheus this weekend. Studying for the Series 7 but plan to get a good portion read by Friday.
Good luck studying. Not an easy test.
@@bobanderson6656 Tell me about. I've been studying since June 4th and I'm ready to get it over with. Even though they split the 7 into the SIE and the top of, it's a lot of information to try and remember.
@@stephaniebrown9799Best of luck! I remember taking it back when it was only one test and it was brutal. Hopefully it goes smoothly for you
What is "Series 7"?
@ericsierra-franco7802 it's the test that will allow the taker to have the license to sell most investments in the US.
Great Story! Thanls
I saw the picture, and was a little dissappointed....it was long minutes of convestaion, but the actor who played The opppenheimer part was scary he was so good, and looked Like the actual man
AI, the newest "Oppenheimer"
the Entity!
Yes ,smart commentary
Amazing how network TV focuses on this movie and completely ignores “sound of freedom.”
Humanity should do away with nukes and warfare.
According to commenters here it was the greatest invention since sliced bread.
@@jflsdknfand it was. How it was used can be up for debate, but it is certainly one of the greatest achievements of man kind. How can it not be?
@@weemadhatter2273 That's not a counter argument.
Ground Zero is open 2 times a year. In April & the first weekend in October, coinciding with the October Hot Air Balloon Fiesta.
I wonder if Nolan approached Bryan Cranston to play Heisenberg.
Excellent piece.
Admiral Rickover didn't like Atomic power either but used it!
Excellent film!
The word "Narr" isn't Yiddish, it's German. It dates back to the 8th century.
I hope there's some nitty gritty physics in the movie but I think nuclear weapons research is very classified. Some of the physics in Interstellar were really cool so I have hope for a movie that is both entertaining and informative.
Enrico Fermi. The real Architect and father of the atomic bomb
why doesnt he get the credit then ?
That would be Leo Szilard.
Oppenheimer was in charge, he gets the credit.
That’s how it goes….
@@kurtvonfricken6829 Yes.. Leo with Federico both are the father and the architect of the gadget 👍🏻
@@jamesfair5774
Another fun fact: when Fermi patented the nuclear reactor the paten was given to “Fermi et. al.
“et.al.” was Szilard. No one could stand him.
Seeing that pic of Oppenheimer on the book cover, I could see the last scene being him lighting a cigarette. You know, the closeup of the lighter, the ignition, the glow of the cigarette, then the smoke...
One individual is not soley responsible for this 'project'.... yes it haunted him😢
it occurs to me that Oppenheimer was seen as an easy scape-goat if things didn't pan out
If it hadn't have been Oppenheimer, it would have been someone else. The atomic bomb was inevitable.
That’s the way with most inventions.
Had the Nazi’s survived for several more years, it’s very possible they would have developed a bomb as well.
2 years after US bombed the Hiroshima & Nagasaki in the end of World War 2
@hexedits369 how can you possibly disagree with that fact? Oppenheimer wasn't the only person with the knowledge to be able to build an atomic bomb. Maybe you need to educate yourself on the history of atomic energy? Disagreeing without explaining why you think that is a typical response from someone that knows nothing about the subject or the people involved.
So what is your point?
Thomas Shelby finally turned over a new leaf, got a physics PhD and invented the atomic bomb.
watched it today, what an experience!
but girls hated this movie tho, they think its borin n nerdy
I want to read the book! And the movie sounds awesome as well.
The book is a great read.
WHERE ARE ALL THE SETS FROM CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S FILMS? This would be the coolest attraction in the world! Imagine: riding on the Endurance spacecraft or the Interstellar planes, visiting Cooper's house, hanging in the Tesseract like the main character, driving the Batmobile and having a drink in its cave, walking through the spinning room in Inception, strolling through the town of Oppenheimer. Just imagine. Where is all of this?
The set for WWII Los Alamos was built outside of Abiquiu, NM. The original Los Alamos is still a town on the Pajarito Plateau east of the Jemez Mountains in NM. It is a beautiful place and much great scientific research is still conducted there. Statues of Oppenheimer and Groves stand outside of Fuller Lodge in downtown Los Alamos, which was shown in the movie. This is open to the public and the Los Alamos HIstorical Society offers tours of the community.
@@Carole-c8l Thanks, but what about other films? Interstellar, Inception, Batman Trilogy, Tenet etc.
I have all of Nolan's movies. I hope this is great. Tenet was underwhelming for me.
Tenet is awesome
Tenet was pos
@@defiverr4697 Tenet is the kind of movie that requires opening up the imagination to. Not for everyone, clearly.
@@anthonymartensen3164 if i need to supply the imagination, then the director and writer didnt do their job. Obvioulsy it tanked and is forgotten. Thank goodness. Pos film.
@defiverr4697 ok you win 🫡
why wasn't it shot digitally?
It's a little strange how long it took scientists to realize this was something completely new. I'm a long time sci fi fan, and even writers with a science background kept writing in "atomics" as if it were just another chemical.
The mania about keeping it secret was a little out of tune with reality. The basic research had all been published. Someone even wrote fairly accurate sci fi story about an atomic bomb, published in Analog magazine before VE Day, and the FBI nearly had heart failure. John Campbell, Analog's editor, pointed out that the magazine had already been distributed that month and if they tried to recover all the copies it would just call more attention to it. The FBI finally agreed.
What sparked my interest in learning about this event is when I read the lyrics to the song, "Manhattan Project" by the Canadian prog-rock band, Rush. Great band. Great song. Music by G. Lee and A. Lifeson. Lyrics by N. Peart. I encourage everyone to watch the video (with the lyrics) and listen to the song. Powerful.
There really is a Rush song for everything
@@thomasleffler6721HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA yes there is sometimes 💜🤘💜
It's an incredible song. Only Rush could make a great rock song about the Manhattan Project, ha. Greatest band ever.
‘They won’t understand it until they’ve used it.’
Thus as it ever is with humans.
He gave us the power to destroy ourselves, now that's a powerful statement!!!
Exactly and deeply disturbing.😐
Have you seen the state of the planet today? We don't need nuclear bombs in order to destroy ourselves.
I’d gone under the false pretence that we’d never used nuclear bombs before because of what my parents told me and not being taught about it in school. What I found was extremely horrifying that every clip I watched of a nuclear bomb going off I felt actually sick after learning about Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
In saying that it’s so god damn fascinating. Especially when learning specifically about the Manhattan project I found myself unable to stop researching. It’s made me terrified of nuclear weapons and to learn the man that made my favorite movie (interstellar) is making one all about that project??? With Cillian Murphy my fav actor??? I’m so excited because while this story is heartbreaking AND horrific it’s so interesting.
Problem is the nuclear bomb is not the biggest threat to our existence anymore. We're destroying the planet (and ourselves) perfectly fine without it.
If you ever ever are able to go to Japan, I cannot stress how life changing a visit to Hiroshima is. It made me see how dark humanity could be but also how resilient. The people there today have made the city a place to educate everyone about how nuclear weapons must never ever be used again. It is a peaceful, beautiful city. I felt so ashamed to be an American there but the people are so kind.
Many countries have nuclear weapons now. Barack Obama was the FIRST head of state of a nuclear armed nation to visit Hiroshima. Astounding.
@@ginamosca7015ashamed to be an American? Japanese military in WW2 were unbelievably brutal. You know little real history.
@@joinjen3854 bet you think the bombs were justified 💀💀
@@ginamosca7015 I would love to visit Japan one day and if I ever do it will definitely be one of the destinations I travel too. It’s horrifying to think about what happened there and how much those types of weapons have gotten so much more needlessly stronger
Was he the man that quoted " behold I become death destroyer of worlds" ?
My grandfather was among the 66,000 Filipinos, along with 10,000 Americans who marched in Bataan Death March, during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. My husband’s father was in the Dutch Royal Army, he was a foot soldier who fought and ended up as a POW during the Japanese occupation of Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during WWII. Thank you Oppenheimer. I am glad the atom bomb was unleashed. #sorrynotsorry
You make a very good point. And I agree # sorry not sorry.
The Japanese Kempeitai/marines under the command of Gen. Yamashita slaughtered between 100,000 to 500,000 civilians between Feb. 3 and Mar.3 1945. source (Wiki) The Manila massacre.
On the morning of March 10th, 1945, the emperor awoke to gaze upon his capital city on fire, more than 100,000 dead. Sixteen square miles were ablaze because the B-29's from Tinian, Guam, and Saipan had been there hours earlier. What could Japan possibly do to counter an attack of this magnitude. Nothing. They could not strike the islands nearly 1,500 miles away to put them out of action. The Americans will continue to burn Japan to the ground until they run out of bombs, yet you fight on. The emperor could have saved many lives on both sides had he just surrendered after these attacks. He is as guilty as any other war criminal.
What disturbs me is I get the impression Oppenheimer seemed not to care if the
Russians had the Bomb and we should
not have it.
Supposedly Harry Truman threw Oppenheimer out of his office, get him
out of here. The decision (Hiroshima/Nagasaki) was mine and I slept well on it.
Leaving this country defenseless against Russia says a lot about his
possible Communist ties.
It burned children alive.
I don't bemoan the fact that the atomic bomb was developed in the U.S. but I firmly believe it wasn't necessary to drop it on Japan. Japan was all but defeated. It lost all of its foreign bases and was hemmed in by U.S. forces. Also the Soviet Union was poised to join the fight. The end of the war was evident, there was no need to actually invade the islands of Japan.
When Oppenheimer was asked if this is the first nuclear explosion, he significantly replied: "Yes, in modern times," implying that they had been used in the very ancient past according to the Indian Vedas.
source?
I think he was saying that figuratively. Ancient civilizations didn’t have technology to nuclear fusion
@@PremierCCGuyMMXVIbut the comment about said Oppenheimer implied it, therefore it’s true!
I call bs
My father was in the Manhattan Project.