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If you watch Oppenheimer in interviews, dropping the bomb destroyed him spiritually. He actually acted like that on camera, the dead inside thousand yard stare. If someone with that level of permanent despair looks at you then suddenly focuses like he did with Thanos, it can swiftly become terrifying.
@@softdrink-0 Yeah but they doesn't make their decision to go with the bomb any less painful. It's like asking what would you prefer to end the life of a loved one with, a kitchen knife or a pillow. Disclaimer: Don't take this seriously, I'm not referring to murder, this is strictly a hypothetical mercy killing.
@@DerelectSkill further examples: "terra firma" = solid ground, "terra cotta" = "baked earth" (used to describe roof tiles, or the brown color of said tiles)
This rap battle was a litmus test. The smarter you are the more you realize Oppenheimer won. The more you think thanos won, the more you slept through class.
I feel like Thanos' weak bars like the thanos copter and Fortnite reference were intentional because of the fact that in the marvel comics and the MCU his Hubris is off the charts, he thinks he can do no wrong because his goals are pure
The portrayal of Oppenheimer here by NicePeter is one of my favourite performances in ERB and his lines just absolutely destroyed Thanos IMO. Your reaction to U235 was priceless. Could tell you were partially stunned as you forgot to pause for a few beats!
the way he’s so chill about it too. like, you ever get excited when you get the reference before you dig into what everything means? i was so damn proud of myself for getting U235
The “in this battle there is no balance” line I think is also a double. As you pointed out it references Thanos’ “perfectly balanced, as all things should be” line but it’s also a chemistry reference because in chemistry, all reaction equations MUST be balanced due to the laws of conservation
“I will Loki choke you out, like my name was throat cancer” -Low-key -Oppenheimer died of throat cancer -Thanos choked Loki to death in the beginning of Infinity War
I mean, its pretty clear tht he researches before that. No one has that many random facts memorized. Its fine, I enjoy his breakdown, but pretending he "just remembered that" kind of seems fake to me
@@fernandorico9196 Nothing, it just seems like he pretents to know this all by heart. If he said "I prepared and this is what I know" Its totally ok just the whole "ah, if I remember right...wasnt it... yes, it was *obscure fact no one knows when first watching*... " sometimes feels a bit fake
He is amazing at deep stuff. Utterly can sometimes miss shit right in his face like when Lenin entered the Stalin vs. Rasputin saying he had no pride for stalin after stalin says "pride of lenin" But he does offer interesting insight
"You wanna talk about Death? How bout the one that looked at you and wiped left." is also a reference to the fact that, after his whole crusade to impress Death, she chose Deadpool over him. That's one of the reasons Deadpool can't die. Thanos cursed him with immortality (using T-Ray and the Cosmic Cub), since there was a sort of love triangle between Thanos, DP and Death. I say sort of, because it isn't really a triangle. Thanos was infatuated with Death, but she wanted to be with DP, and he wanted the same.
Man maybe my favorite line in the whole erb series is from Lance Armstrong vs Babe Ruth. "The Sultan of swat will knock you right out of the park, And round the bases to the sound of uproaring applause While you hang your head in shame and disgrace because, you got lost and forgot what real spormanship was!" Alright Imma rewatch that battle now:p
Dunno why, but I could really see him as Nathan Drake, especially from the newest Uncharted - they're even a little bit similar in their appearance. He could face off against Indiana Jones or Lara Croft.
So to explain the whole "home wrecker" bar from Thanos. Linus Pauling was a chemist that worked with Oppenheimer on the Manhattan Project and the two were good friends for a while. However it's no secret that Oppenheimer was attracted to Pauling's wife, Ava, and it is suggested that they were having an extra marital affair together. Although the affair was never confirmed to have happened (outside some suspiciously timed tickets to travel to Mexico) it was enough to drive a wedge between the two friends and eventually split them apart. He had another affair with Katherine Puening, a radical Berkeley student and former American Communist Party member, also creating a minor scandal by sleeping together after a party, later finding out she was pregnant and married. Her status as a Communist party sympathizer got him essentially damned and blacklisted by the government and society as McCarthy era Red Scare politics was rising in America.
So glad you caught that Oppenheimer line, the way they twisted his famous words "I am become death, destroyer of worlds" into "I am become deaf" was so fucking dope man!!!
I’ve seen like 80 reactions to this battle and this is the first time I’m hearing about the eternal vs temporary, everyone picks up on his mom killing him but No one has pointed out the contrast from eternal to temporary, Shaq was right about Knox lmao
He absolutely NAILED that Oppenheimer impression. He had the EXACT cadence of the real "I am become Death" speech, which means he probably listened to that several times to get it right. He wins just because he's clearly the one who did the most work in this one.
"Chemist who never learned to love his bomb" is a reference to a Stanley Kubrick film: "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"
I could be just be dumb by saying this, but I thought that bar was referencing Robert himself? He had a very heavy guilt on his shoulders after the creation of his bombs.
Knox: "Dr Manhattan was a character from Marvel" Me thinking: "Oh no, Knox, you just woke up the rage of nerds everywhere" Knox, a second later: "oh no he was from Watchmen" "Crisis averted"
Theres also dr manhattan from DC. The reason it could be a refference to him is because canonicly dr manhattan was a scientist working on a nuclear project, and after surviving and becoming OP he got the name "dr manhattan" as a refference to the manhattan project.
An actual historian gave the W to Thanos bc he didn't get any of Oppenheimer's digs against Thanos. He understood Thanos' bars bc they were historically about Oppenheimer.
THIS is my favorite ERB and honestly you picked up on SO MUCH of the haunting, crazy depth to this battle. Like for real this one is just completely obliterating, Nice Peter's Oppenheimer just KILLS. Great in depth analysis of what is in my opinion the most incredible ERB verse.
“never learned to love his bomb” a reference to the classic 1964 Stanley Kubrick movie “Dr Strangelove How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb” is the full title of the movie. A hilarious satire about nuclear annihilation. Slim Pickens rides a hydrogen bomb to the ground like a bucking horse after it’s released from a B-52
Even though, Oppenheimer won this hands down. Did anyone picked up the difference between the 2 rounds of thanos? The first round, thanos sounded confident but in the second, he sounded.........some what desperate for points but failed dramatically 👍
@@DLCS-2 It also plays into Thanos' lore in Marvel comics. You see, Thanos looses, because he wants to loose. He almost always self sabotages just moments before he should win it all. He gets called out on it at lest twice that I can recall, I just wish I could remember witch issues.
For the fissile material part: Quick Wikipedia: In nuclear engineering, fissile material is material capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction. By definition, fissile material can sustain a chain reaction with neutrons of thermal energy. The predominant neutron energy may be typified by either slow neutrons (i.e., a thermal system) or fast neutrons. Which just pretty much means he can keep going on and on. As long there’s stuff to use. So he’s never ending… I thought it was really clever.
Ok, going to geek out on the "Split U like 2 and 3 from 5" bar for the Ubernerd double. In a fission reaction of U-235, a atom of uranium is split to produce two nuclei of lighter elements and three neutrons, which go on to cause the next chain reaction when they hit three more uranium atoms. And the core goes supercritical in approximately 5 millionths of a second. Maryland geek cred in the house. Mike drop.
Yes, that line is genius, Saying that he will split Thanos like the nucleus of the U235 atom, during a nuclear reaction If you split the isotope U235, you first get two atoms Krypton and Barium plus three neutrons, thus splitting you like 2 and 3 from 5, 2+3 = 5
So I have to say, these breakdowns are my new addiction. As a nerd and history lover, I'm seriously impressed by how much you know off the top of your head. It's made these videos ten times more enjoyable for me, also as a plus it introduced me to your rapping. You've earned this sub and fan. Keep it up.
dude, you have so many golden battles left to watch. (though the first season has few not as great battles) - Romeo and Juliet vs Bonnie and Clyde (this will def shock you) - blackbeard vs alcapone - Wonder Woman vs Stevie Wonder. - Bruce Lee vs Clint Eastwood (holy sh*t) - Hitler vs Vader trilogy (the first one is actually what kick-started ERB, def most classic and why the only battle with rematches) - Rick Grimes vs Walter White - Ash Ketchum vs Charles Darwin this list is what I would enjoy you reacting to :p
This has to be the ERB reaction I revisit the most often. I had dismissed this ERB the most because the idea was kind of weird. After listening to the reaction, and reading the comments, I realise that I had known little of Oppenheimer besides his brief mention in history classes. Thankfully this ERB was so one-sided that it encouraged me to read more into this man. I genuinely appreciate your reaction style.
I’ve seen a lot of reactions to ERB, but I love yours the best because of your knowledge and experience. I look forward to these videos every week. Keep up the good work!! ♪( ´▽｀)
I like that he fully explains every bar he catches. He doenst ever assume his viewers know what he's talking about, so he goes through the effort of explaining it. Very good
The “Split U like 2 and 3 from 5” Also has another meaning because during nuclear fission the atom is split to cause the chain reaction, so Oppenheimer is literally splitting the Uranium isotope Also a little bit of a stretch here but the U, 2, 3 and 5 are all each split by one word so might be that as well All in all this was an amazing bar
And Thanos' sword that he uses in Endgame is supposed to be inspired by helicopter rotors. It even makes the noise when he spins it to block Iron Man's blast.
"Terran" simply means "from Earth". Terra is the Latin term for Earth/land, and as such it has become normal for sci-fi to refer to humans as Terrans rather than Earthlings.
Probably already came to this conclusion, but the heavy breathing between Oppenheimer's lines was because he was a smoker; and that's how his 'drags' kinda sounded when he would smoke and talk during some of his recordings. Like that stressed exhale to release the smoke and get right back into the conversation at hand.
15:20 U like 2 and 3 from 5 I always love that line. Chemistry and math in one bar Specifically uranium-235 is an isotope useful in that it can sustain a fission chain reaction, unlike the more common uranium-238. It's also the only fissile isotope that's also a primordial nuclide, meaning it's existed in its current form since before the Earth formed.
Finally! Someone who knows enough to understand Oppenheimer's bars! It's so frustrating to watch people react who don't get it, and declare this a 'meh' battle. Still here to recommend: Gordon Ramsay vs Julia Child, Rasputin vs Stalin, Ash vs Darwin, and Spielberg vs Hitchcock.
This is why your breakdowns are so incredible, your wealth of knowledge is absolutely INSANE! No one is touching your reactions on that level.🔥🔥🔥 The sad part is I see people hating because they cant comprehend your massive knowledge and think you're reading lyrics 🤣
@@BlaydeTan that's propably the deepest line in whole ERB. It hits in do many points. There is also a chance that IT was not meant to go soo deep but still its amazing
Dude you've defs earned a sub. I love when reactors don't just go "oh wow this is good" for 20 minutes, you actually break it down and discuss it line by line. Kudos!
i still love a small detail at 14:01 where if you look in his eyes as he says, "I've got that fissile material", you can see a mushroom cloud in each eye. not sure who else caught that but i have always liked it
Lloyd and Peter write the verses together so it was probably a decision they made. Maybe it was so everyone can make jokes about how Thanos got dusted by 2 Roberts
Terran just means earthling. Never learned to love his bomb comes from the the movie Dr Stragelove: or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb. A lot of people don't remember the full title of that flick. Liking your reactions.
the "learned to love your bomb" line is a movie reference Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Also terrans could be a star craft reference, but quite of of science fiction has used the term, it just means an inhabitant of earth.
@@thomasecker9405 ofcourse, it's weid al.. But ngl ..Tysons cameo was surprisingly delighting. And if you have been following ndt.. that simple line is so true and weird at the same time
@@rude1802 Not really... Don't get me wrong, Neil DeGrasse Tyson is pretty talented when it comes to astrophysics, but there are quite a few things about his historical knowledge that are more than a little lacking...
"I will loki coke you out" - in the beginning of infinity war, thanos kills loki by choking him "You need an iron man" could also be saying that because the first MCU film was iron man, there might have never been a film with thanos without iron man starting it all
when he said "there is no balance" that could also be a play on molecules. In chemistry you learn about how they try to achieve balance with their valence electrons
You're the first reaction/commentary I've watched the whole thing without wanting to skip... very knowledgeable and entertaining fellow... great stuff ... +1
A lot of people believe that the reason Thanos looks so off is because most of their budget went to Joker vs. Pennywise (previous battle) and they just didn't have time or money to render a cgi Thanos, which is fair. Though I'm pretty sure most people forgive it though because Oppenheimer is absolute 🔥💯
In the behind the scenes for it, it sounds like they put a lot of time and money into the Thanos costume, but once they put it together, it was too difficult to move. That's why his mouth is often in shadow during the battle to make it less obvious that the mouth doesn't match the words. Similar problems with the gauntlet itself, which was difficult to make a snapping motion with once they got it designed so the gems would light up. For all the costume work they've done, I don't think there's another battle where they've bulked someone out like that and by the time they realized it wasn't working, they didn't have time to go back to square one.
Kind of. As much they try their best, they simply cannot compare to CGI and budget level of Marvel. IMO, it look decent. Not best, but could've been way worse.
Dan Bull was great in that and NicePeter's Hannibal was spot on for the character. I have mixed feelings about the JuliavGordon, it starts kind of weak for me but has some great roasts in it (pun intended)
AHHHH Your ERB reaction videos bring me so much joy you became my favourite youtuber as of now! I even told my friends about you which I don't do, like, ever. I need more of that sweet juicy Knox Hill crème de la crème of content.
A reference you might have missed (if it was intended) is that "Endgame" is the name of a Beckett play from the 1950s, the first describing the world after a nuclear holocaust.
@@notbob555 just translated, one language is not more original than another. So 2,000 years ago the Italians may have said Terra, but also 2,000 years ago the Angles and Saxons said Erthuz, so we can’t know what’s original unless someone finds the first human language, which has so far not been found
@@aerobolt256 but does that matter? My point was that it's an ancient word and didnt originate in scifi Also, a quick google search puts Latin 1300 years earlier than the Anglo word
The hindu book you refer too is "Bhagvat Gita", when Vishnu in a human form of Krishna had to tell arjuna to fight and do his duty then he shows his real form of all mighty making arjun realise oh it is the almight the ultimate death......also I have never read the book because it is a conversation between krishna and arjin which happens on battlefield.....which itself is a story of mahabharta......you guys should really really check it out....bhagvat gita is said to have all the answers of every problem ever and mahabharta is just epic it has drama, action, high-tec, lust, betrayal involving nuclear weapons and inter-dimensional storage war within family, good vs evil...anywaysi shouldn't blabber, I am not much of a religious person anyways
@@Kleehv oh it is indeed..... that's why I brought it up......I would really encourage you to watch mahabharata (newer version) it's a little long but better than any series out there ever
The breathing part is one of the best showing that he had throat cancer. This is hands down my favorite ERB because of how much character they put into Robert
Terran who never learned to love his Bomb was a reference to ‘Dr Strangelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Bomb. (also a hidden reference to Dr Strange)
can we also take a second for the Dr Strangelove reference. because that Stanly Kubrik movies was actully called "Dr Strangelove: and how I learnt to love the bomb" brilliant writing there
Thanos started strong and then fell off in his second round. Oppenheimer stayed strong throughout the battle. 💪 Great reaction and breakdown as always Knox. 👍🔥
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If you watch Oppenheimer in interviews, dropping the bomb destroyed him spiritually. He actually acted like that on camera, the dead inside thousand yard stare. If someone with that level of permanent despair looks at you then suddenly focuses like he did with Thanos, it can swiftly become terrifying.
you don't look very angry
@@richardo62 The name amuses me.
@@angrytheclown801 😡🤡
Dropping the bomb was more preferable to a land invasion for both sides
@@softdrink-0 Yeah but they doesn't make their decision to go with the bomb any less painful. It's like asking what would you prefer to end the life of a loved one with, a kitchen knife or a pillow.
Disclaimer: Don't take this seriously, I'm not referring to murder, this is strictly a hypothetical mercy killing.
Oppy = Oppenheimer's nickname when he was a professor. It's what his students called him.
that's also his organizations name
"Terra" is a common name for the planet Earth, so "Terran" is basically equivalent to "Earthling."
Terrans is the actual name of Humans in Starcraft.
Comes from the Roman titan Terra, used a lot in fantasy
Terra means Earth in Latin
@@DerelectSkill further examples: "terra firma" = solid ground, "terra cotta" = "baked earth" (used to describe roof tiles, or the brown color of said tiles)
terra is a portuguese word and means earth
This rap battle was a litmus test. The smarter you are the more you realize Oppenheimer won. The more you think thanos won, the more you slept through class.
Ok, Oppenheimer won easily, but “You should’ve gone for the head” was probably the single best bar.
@@nritsch I will agree that it was Thanos' best bar... however, "Thanos-copter" wasn't the flex he thought it was...
Very true. The U 2 and 3 from 5 line is probably the best example
I feel like Thanos' weak bars like the thanos copter and Fortnite reference were intentional because of the fact that in the marvel comics and the MCU his Hubris is off the charts, he thinks he can do no wrong because his goals are pure
@@FryGuy112 well he did actually had a thanos copter in one of the comics.... dont ask why but its there.....
The portrayal of Oppenheimer here by NicePeter is one of my favourite performances in ERB and his lines just absolutely destroyed Thanos IMO. Your reaction to U235 was priceless. Could tell you were partially stunned as you forgot to pause for a few beats!
"You just have no answer/for Fortnite's dopest dancer"
*Thanos hurt itself in confusion*
"Got my name on this win like its the Thanos copter."
Thanos used selfdestruct
he didn't even need to do that. the "your mother" line already turned him into dust
@@AJLaz000 It's easily my favorite bar. It's just mean, dude.
i love this lol
So we got Pokemon references here huh?
Actual physicist here:
You're doing a better job than the average person. By far.
I know right I was so surprised when he caught on to some high level physicist shit
the way he’s so chill about it too. like, you ever get excited when you get the reference before you dig into what everything means? i was so damn proud of myself for getting U235
He probably researched the lines before
When Oppenheimer said “two and three from five”did he mean uranium or splitting atoms?
@@LebronsSpritecranberry Both I think.
The "split U like 2 and 3 from 5" barr gets even better when you realize that that's also the equation you use to create a nuclear chain reaction.
Yeah and it compliments what he said before that when it comes to splitting atoms...
Uranium 235 (U235) is the element used in nuclear reactors.
@@GeorgiaWitt yes, but thats only the double of a triple in that bar
Also 2 and 3 from 5 could also refere to separating the infinity stones.
@@kevinwarburton2938 It also refers to lack of balance, because you can't split 5 in balanced way.
"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds." the frase oppenheimer used, still gives me chills 😁
@Cannabis Dreams krishna not shiva. Well they are same like Krishna said oh well
The “in this battle there is no balance” line I think is also a double. As you pointed out it references Thanos’ “perfectly balanced, as all things should be” line but it’s also a chemistry reference because in chemistry, all reaction equations MUST be balanced due to the laws of conservation
“I will Loki choke you out, like my name was throat cancer”
-Low-key
-Oppenheimer died of throat cancer
-Thanos choked Loki to death in the beginning of Infinity War
He made a fortnite line, that about cancels it out
Oppy turns that around immediately
oh i watched that a few times before already and saw the movie but the part about thanos choking loki i still juts got now lol
Can’t believe he didn’t freak out more on this bar. That was crazy
Bruh spoilers 🙄🙄
He's the second Robert to snap Thanos out of existence.
omg 🙃
Brutal
Damn. . . I like it.
That'd be such a dope line for this ERB man, props to you
Man!! That's clever. 😂
Dude, you’re genuinely one of the most knowledgeable and insightful people I’ve ever seen, it’s impressive.
I mean, its pretty clear tht he researches before that. No one has that many random facts memorized.
Its fine, I enjoy his breakdown, but pretending he "just remembered that" kind of seems fake to me
@@kcbsuiejd what’s wrong with doing research beforehand?
@@fernandorico9196 Nothing, it just seems like he pretents to know this all by heart.
If he said "I prepared and this is what I know" Its totally ok
just the whole "ah, if I remember right...wasnt it... yes, it was *obscure fact no one knows when first watching*... " sometimes feels a bit fake
He is amazing at deep stuff. Utterly can sometimes miss shit right in his face like when Lenin entered the Stalin vs. Rasputin saying he had no pride for stalin after stalin says "pride of lenin"
But he does offer interesting insight
@@kcbsuiejd still remembering recent info also takes effort too.
“Did you reference the thanos copter?”
“Yes…”
“And what did it cost?”
“The W.”
Thanos definitely didn't plan for this rap battle the fortnite bar proved it
nah the thanos copter bar was awesome.. but mentioning that he was in fortnite is basically verbal suicide
@@Ares54322 I don’t get it could you explain what was wrong with the Fortnite line?
@@michaelmouse5375 Being in Fortnite is _not_ a positive
underrated
Thanos: "You should have gone for the head."
Oppenheimer: "Let it be known that you brought this upon yourself."
"You wanna talk about Death? How bout the one that looked at you and wiped left." is also a reference to the fact that, after his whole crusade to impress Death, she chose Deadpool over him. That's one of the reasons Deadpool can't die. Thanos cursed him with immortality (using T-Ray and the Cosmic Cub), since there was a sort of love triangle between Thanos, DP and Death. I say sort of, because it isn't really a triangle. Thanos was infatuated with Death, but she wanted to be with DP, and he wanted the same.
Deadpool literally has ungodly rizz
so thanos got cucked by deadpool got it 👍
Thanos is the Ultimate simp. Which is why I'll never have any respect for him.
Yes the Thanos Copter does exist and it’s just as ridiculous as it sounds.
Also I think you’d enjoy Lance Armstrong vs. Babe Ruth
It's a Deadpool comic no less iirc
At least it's a decent line, can't say the same with the next line though.
Man maybe my favorite line in the whole erb series is from Lance Armstrong vs Babe Ruth.
"The Sultan of swat will knock you right out of the park, And round the bases to the sound of uproaring applause
While you hang your head in shame and disgrace because, you got lost and forgot what real spormanship was!"
Alright Imma rewatch that battle now:p
I love the Armstrong vs Babe Ruth one, but it's another very one sided battle.
@@Shoetoe2000 Literally some of the most savage bars in the entire ERB series are from Babe Ruth
Would love to see you play a character in an upcoming ERB
Now that would be dope
@@KnoxHill is there any historical/fantasy figure you would be thrilled to be able to portray on ERB?
Dunno why, but I could really see him as Nathan Drake, especially from the newest Uncharted - they're even a little bit similar in their appearance. He could face off against Indiana Jones or Lara Croft.
That would be sick! Indiana could end the battle with a line basically saying "Im the original adventurer" I'd love that!
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So to explain the whole "home wrecker" bar from Thanos. Linus Pauling was a chemist that worked with Oppenheimer on the Manhattan Project and the two were good friends for a while. However it's no secret that Oppenheimer was attracted to Pauling's wife, Ava, and it is suggested that they were having an extra marital affair together. Although the affair was never confirmed to have happened (outside some suspiciously timed tickets to travel to Mexico) it was enough to drive a wedge between the two friends and eventually split them apart. He had another affair with Katherine Puening, a radical Berkeley student and former American Communist Party member, also creating a minor scandal by sleeping together after a party, later finding out she was pregnant and married. Her status as a Communist party sympathizer got him essentially damned and blacklisted by the government and society as McCarthy era Red Scare politics was rising in America.
So glad you caught that Oppenheimer line, the way they twisted his famous words "I am become death, destroyer of worlds" into "I am become deaf" was so fucking dope man!!!
How the fuck does this man know so much about everything??? Love it
I am inevitable
You sure are man😁😁
Ikr i have no idea too
Some of it is websearchable. If he's watched any other reactions beforehand, he's concealing it well.
Additional Research before the battle
I watched this rap battle a lot, but you cleverly picked up on a lot of things that I couldn't even notice after you only watched it once.
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Your here too
I’ve seen like 80 reactions to this battle and this is the first time I’m hearing about the eternal vs temporary, everyone picks up on his mom killing him but No one has pointed out the contrast from eternal to temporary, Shaq was right about Knox lmao
@@RyokoEarth lol yeah I just realized that
Your here again huh? Last time I saw you you were in Simple History on "Who picked the UN Security Council" vid.
Oppenheimer was a teacher and his students called him oppy
He absolutely NAILED that Oppenheimer impression. He had the EXACT cadence of the real "I am become Death" speech, which means he probably listened to that several times to get it right. He wins just because he's clearly the one who did the most work in this one.
Oppenheimer's voice and lines feel like they have such gravitas. Weight, impact, seriousness.
The heavy breathing in the first part almost makes it feel like he’s putting everything he has into his lines
"Chemist who never learned to love his bomb" is a reference to a Stanley Kubrick film: "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"
He at least had the Doctor and Strange right. Partial credit.
@@xheralt ja
I could be just be dumb by saying this, but I thought that bar was referencing Robert himself? He had a very heavy guilt on his shoulders after the creation of his bombs.
@@scoob5boi547 it’s both - a double entendre.
That was a Kubrick film?!
Knox: "Dr Manhattan was a character from Marvel"
Me thinking: "Oh no, Knox, you just woke up the rage of nerds everywhere"
Knox, a second later: "oh no he was from Watchmen"
"Crisis averted"
I thought the exact same!
Theres also dr manhattan from DC. The reason it could be a refference to him is because canonicly dr manhattan was a scientist working on a nuclear project, and after surviving and becoming OP he got the name "dr manhattan" as a refference to the manhattan project.
Exactly what i thought
@@necrostatis8397 its the same doctor manhattan
@@necrostatis8397 it’s the same person, thats why he changed it
Most reactors give the win to Oppenheimer, Knox is one of the few to truly understand how much of a destruction this was.
An actual historian gave the W to Thanos bc he didn't get any of Oppenheimer's digs against Thanos. He understood Thanos' bars bc they were historically about Oppenheimer.
@@Queen_Homu thats not bad but why didnt he make a prep for the lore?
The "split U like 2 & 3 from 5" line might be the best line in all of ERB, imo.
THIS is my favorite ERB and honestly you picked up on SO MUCH of the haunting, crazy depth to this battle. Like for real this one is just completely obliterating, Nice Peter's Oppenheimer just KILLS. Great in depth analysis of what is in my opinion the most incredible ERB verse.
“never learned to love his bomb” a reference to the classic 1964 Stanley Kubrick movie “Dr Strangelove How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb” is the full title of the movie. A hilarious satire about nuclear annihilation. Slim Pickens rides a hydrogen bomb to the ground like a bucking horse after it’s released from a B-52
Also, the protagonist Dr. Stranglove, is based on european scientists that helped the Manhattan Project, like Edward Teller or Robert Oppenheimer.
“You got your nuts handed to you by a squirrel girl”
In the comics Thanos was defeated by a character called squirrel girl
To be fair Squirrel Girl has beaten Galactus.
@@MichaelJW72 just shows squirrels aren’t to be messed with
@@MichaelJW72 HOW ???
@@saorse5918Comic logic.
@@MichaelJW72 Fairs
Please do Gordon Ramsay vs Julia child!, pretty please.
Will check it out!
Oooh that's a good one, real good bars there.
Really good beat on that one, my favorite from all ERB.
@@KnoxHill You could like Einstein vs. Hawking aswell.
Seriously that one is miles better than it has any business being. 😂
Even though, Oppenheimer won this hands down. Did anyone picked up the difference between the 2 rounds of thanos?
The first round, thanos sounded confident but in the second, he sounded.........some what desperate for points but failed dramatically 👍
Just like Thanos in IW and In EG .
In IW Thanos was amazing , terrifying a true villain .
In EG he was more of a hugh school bully ... pathetic.
@@DLCS-2 It also plays into Thanos' lore in Marvel comics. You see, Thanos looses, because he wants to loose. He almost always self sabotages just moments before he should win it all. He gets called out on it at lest twice that I can recall, I just wish I could remember witch issues.
@@rolkflameraven1483 he calls himself out on it after the events of infinity war/gauntlet when he turns to farming.
For the fissile material part:
Quick Wikipedia: In nuclear engineering, fissile material is material capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction. By definition, fissile material can sustain a chain reaction with neutrons of thermal energy. The predominant neutron energy may be typified by either slow neutrons (i.e., a thermal system) or fast neutrons.
Which just pretty much means he can keep going on and on. As long there’s stuff to use.
So he’s never ending…
I thought it was really clever.
Thanos: I have an army
ERB: We have an Oppenheimer
Ok, going to geek out on the "Split U like 2 and 3 from 5" bar for the Ubernerd double. In a fission reaction of U-235, a atom of uranium is split to produce two nuclei of lighter elements and three neutrons, which go on to cause the next chain reaction when they hit three more uranium atoms. And the core goes supercritical in approximately 5 millionths of a second.
Maryland geek cred in the house. Mike drop.
Can we please stop dropping Mike, poor guy is constantly in Hospital
Also it's a jab at thanos because 2 and three isn't balanced.
This is high school physics so not really geeking. Also it doesn't have to be three neutrons it's usually rather arbitrary
@@AKSatMusic fine, what's your neutron flux moderator of choice?
I'm glad someone pointed that out. Cheers! :)
Oppenheimer completely split Thanos into nuclear fission
Lol facts
Well he said „ I’m here to split U like 2 and 3 from 5“
Yes, that line is genius, Saying that he will split Thanos like the nucleus of the U235 atom, during a nuclear reaction If you split the isotope U235, you first get two atoms Krypton and Barium plus three neutrons, thus splitting you like 2 and 3 from 5, 2+3 = 5
@Julio Cesar: "HAYMAKER! HAYMAKER! HAYMAKER!" - L from The Matthews Fam channel, also reacting to ERBs.
So I have to say, these breakdowns are my new addiction. As a nerd and history lover, I'm seriously impressed by how much you know off the top of your head. It's made these videos ten times more enjoyable for me, also as a plus it introduced me to your rapping. You've earned this sub and fan. Keep it up.
"After hearing your raps, I am become deaf" Oppenheimer actually said, after seen an atomic explosion "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds"
Once again I will recommend Spielberg vs Hitchcock!
We need this, and I am sure u would knox this one out off the park
Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
YESSSS
vs Tarantino vs Kubrick vs Bae
I mean, Bay.
@@MKDumas1981 shhhh spoilers! Although this is three weeks old so it’s probably fine lol
dude, you have so many golden battles left to watch. (though the first season has few not as great battles)
- Romeo and Juliet vs Bonnie and Clyde (this will def shock you)
- blackbeard vs alcapone
- Wonder Woman vs Stevie Wonder.
- Bruce Lee vs Clint Eastwood (holy sh*t)
- Hitler vs Vader trilogy (the first one is actually what kick-started ERB, def most classic and why the only battle with rematches)
- Rick Grimes vs Walter White
- Ash Ketchum vs Charles Darwin
this list is what I would enjoy you reacting to :p
Just fyi knox has done the Vader trilogy and did a great job as usual check them out
I'm still waiting for my battle with bruce
Guy Fawks vs Che Guevara is a personal favorite, but I really think he'd like Steven King vs Edgar Allan Poe.
He’s a Poe fanboy, and really didn’t give Stephen King the credit he deserves.
This has to be the ERB reaction I revisit the most often. I had dismissed this ERB the most because the idea was kind of weird. After listening to the reaction, and reading the comments, I realise that I had known little of Oppenheimer besides his brief mention in history classes. Thankfully this ERB was so one-sided that it encouraged me to read more into this man.
I genuinely appreciate your reaction style.
Knox: "Dr. Manhatten was in the MCU..." ; Knox: "Oh wait, he was in The Watchmen"
Not sure if you noticed but when Oppy said “fissile material” his eyes had mushroom clouds in them
I do every time.
Oppenheimer is prob my fav erb char, I would actually love to listen to tracks with a similar style and effect. it's so unique to me
I do hope you mean ERB and not ... the thing you just said.
@@MegaGaming11 fixed xD
@@aljanobin78 Good! Thank you! I- hehehehehehehehe
I’ve seen a lot of reactions to ERB, but I love yours the best because of your knowledge and experience. I look forward to these videos every week. Keep up the good work!!
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Thank you! Really appreciate the support
@@KnoxHill You and We Skeem
I like that he fully explains every bar he catches. He doenst ever assume his viewers know what he's talking about, so he goes through the effort of explaining it. Very good
I find that highly annoying. It's a React video not a Let me Splain video lol
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I love how when I click on this battle, Knox’s breakdown is immediately in the related videos.
"You don't have the stones." Stones like balls, saying you don't have any the balls, but also like the infinity stones.
Oppy was Oppenheimer's nickname that his students would use when he was a teacher
Finally, Knox Hill does read the comments
I am inevitable
the comment and reply other than mine are perfectly balanced in likes
I mean he does always the legend
@@KnoxHill I am Iron Man
@@KnoxHill I am Cornholio
"I have a new name for my AWP... AWPenheimmer" - Cyanide.
@Krzysztof Milański he just took the AWPatunity
@Krzysztof Milański its german humour its no laughing matter
@@ryanlacey7315 no, stop it.
@@oldtimegames96 and I would stop quoting good humour...why?
I guess I took the AWP'rtunity?
The “Split U like 2 and 3 from 5”
Also has another meaning because during nuclear fission the atom is split to cause the chain reaction, so Oppenheimer is literally splitting the Uranium isotope
Also a little bit of a stretch here but the U, 2, 3 and 5 are all each split by one word so might be that as well
All in all this was an amazing bar
Strangely enough, the Thanos Copter was a real thing. According to the Marvel wiki, it first appeared on Spidey Super Stories #39 on March 1979
And Thanos' sword that he uses in Endgame is supposed to be inspired by helicopter rotors. It even makes the noise when he spins it to block Iron Man's blast.
"Terran" simply means "from Earth". Terra is the Latin term for Earth/land, and as such it has become normal for sci-fi to refer to humans as Terrans rather than Earthlings.
tera'ngan.
Probably already came to this conclusion, but the heavy breathing between Oppenheimer's lines was because he was a smoker; and that's how his 'drags' kinda sounded when he would smoke and talk during some of his recordings. Like that stressed exhale to release the smoke and get right back into the conversation at hand.
Your reaction to the U-235 line is the best. Just the look of utter shock is so damn satisfying to see.
15:20 U like 2 and 3 from 5
I always love that line. Chemistry and math in one bar
Specifically uranium-235 is an isotope useful in that it can sustain a fission chain reaction, unlike the more common uranium-238. It's also the only fissile isotope that's also a primordial nuclide, meaning it's existed in its current form since before the Earth formed.
Finally! Someone who knows enough to understand Oppenheimer's bars! It's so frustrating to watch people react who don't get it, and declare this a 'meh' battle.
Still here to recommend: Gordon Ramsay vs Julia Child, Rasputin vs Stalin, Ash vs Darwin, and Spielberg vs Hitchcock.
This is a "meh" battle. Thanos is fucking garbage the whole time.
Who said this was a meh battle?
Rosé "On The Ground" mv is out!!!
This is why your breakdowns are so incredible, your wealth of knowledge is absolutely INSANE! No one is touching your reactions on that level.🔥🔥🔥 The sad part is I see people hating because they cant comprehend your massive knowledge and think you're reading lyrics 🤣
I think the home wrecker line can also pertain to homes destroyed in a nuclear blast
You’re the first reaction/breakdown person I’ve seen who actually got the tinky winky bar.
The U 235 bar also goes deeper since after fission it breaks into two lighter nuclei whose mass ratio is 2 and 3 compared to 5 of uranium.
There's also the two atoms and 3 resulting neutrons released totalling 5 products from the fission.
Oh yeah, that too.
Damn this line is so deep
Ontop of the fact that it is an "unbalanced" break.
@@BlaydeTan that's propably the deepest line in whole ERB. It hits in do many points. There is also a chance that IT was not meant to go soo deep but still its amazing
The portrayal of Oppenheimer in this was so on point it was absolutely haunting. My favorite impression in ERB ever.
Dude you've defs earned a sub. I love when reactors don't just go "oh wow this is good" for 20 minutes, you actually break it down and discuss it line by line. Kudos!
i still love a small detail at 14:01 where if you look in his eyes as he says, "I've got that fissile material", you can see a mushroom cloud in each eye. not sure who else caught that but i have always liked it
The death swiping left bar was a double. We got Death rejecting him, and Thor choppling his head off
Exactly! It was a right-to-left strike that beheaded him.
@Ashlan Allhands
Yeah, so it’s a triple.
Thor chopping his head off had NOTHING to do with that bar.
Always some moron like you seeing something that isn't there...
@@maxdrags3115 have fun living in bliss. Sorry, I meant ignorance. ✌
Lloyd and Peter write the verses together so it was probably a decision they made. Maybe it was so everyone can make jokes about how Thanos got dusted by 2 Roberts
Terran just means earthling.
Never learned to love his bomb comes from the the movie Dr Stragelove: or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb.
A lot of people don't remember the full title of that flick.
Liking your reactions.
the "learned to love your bomb" line is a movie reference Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Also terrans could be a star craft reference, but quite of of science fiction has used the term, it just means an inhabitant of earth.
Probably the rap battle that would impress you most would be Bill Nye vs Sir Isaac Newton
Yes.. Astrophysics black guy😂
@@rude1802 I think GBH was more of talking about Weird Al...
@@thomasecker9405 ofcourse, it's weid al..
But ngl ..Tysons cameo was surprisingly delighting.
And if you have been following ndt.. that simple line is so true and weird at the same time
@@rude1802 Not really... Don't get me wrong, Neil DeGrasse Tyson is pretty talented when it comes to astrophysics, but there are quite a few things about his historical knowledge that are more than a little lacking...
Eh, it's a pretty weak battle.
Isaac won though.
"I will loki coke you out" - in the beginning of infinity war, thanos kills loki by choking him
"You need an iron man" could also be saying that because the first MCU film was iron man, there might have never been a film with thanos without iron man starting it all
when he said "there is no balance" that could also be a play on molecules. In chemistry you learn about how they try to achieve balance with their valence electrons
"Fortnites dopest dancer"
Are you trying to lose points Thanos?
Lol facts
Yeah that really made him lose this battle imo
He's giving a handicap
But as we see everywhere he's the one who needed the handicap
My Gf son plays Fortnight a bunch so points for me lol....nerd i am lol
@@__TK___ I offer reaction content, , and you enter my channel will like it
Finally, a reactor pricks up on the U235!!! This is actually the only TH-camr that understood it.
You're the first reaction/commentary I've watched the whole thing without wanting to skip... very knowledgeable and entertaining fellow... great stuff ... +1
A lot of people believe that the reason Thanos looks so off is because most of their budget went to Joker vs. Pennywise (previous battle) and they just didn't have time or money to render a cgi Thanos, which is fair. Though I'm pretty sure most people forgive it though because Oppenheimer is absolute 🔥💯
That’s not the reason at all. Lloyd is a huge comic buff and wanted to be more true to the comic depiction.
In the behind the scenes for it, it sounds like they put a lot of time and money into the Thanos costume, but once they put it together, it was too difficult to move. That's why his mouth is often in shadow during the battle to make it less obvious that the mouth doesn't match the words. Similar problems with the gauntlet itself, which was difficult to make a snapping motion with once they got it designed so the gems would light up. For all the costume work they've done, I don't think there's another battle where they've bulked someone out like that and by the time they realized it wasn't working, they didn't have time to go back to square one.
Kind of. As much they try their best, they simply cannot compare to CGI and budget level of Marvel. IMO, it look decent. Not best, but could've been way worse.
I think they were going for the comics thanos not movie thanos
Or just don't care, because it's one of weaker raps from ERB
Jack the Ripper vs Hannibal Lecter and Julia Child vs Gordon Ramsay are both fire
This!
Dan Bull was great in that and NicePeter's Hannibal was spot on for the character. I have mixed feelings about the JuliavGordon, it starts kind of weak for me but has some great roasts in it (pun intended)
“I am become death, the destroyer of worlds”
I am become deaf, because your bars are so weak.
@@MistsMagic
I am become deaf, the destroyer of Eternals.
AHHHH Your ERB reaction videos bring me so much joy you became my favourite youtuber as of now! I even told my friends about you which I don't do, like, ever.
I need more of that sweet juicy Knox Hill crème de la crème of content.
A reference you might have missed (if it was intended) is that "Endgame" is the name of a Beckett play from the 1950s, the first describing the world after a nuclear holocaust.
"Terran" means from Terra, which is the name for earth by beings not from earth in the MCU
And not just in the MCU. It's a general term for humans in sci-fi.
@@Theis_Ejsing And in reality. It's just latin. Terra is Earth's original name
@@notbob555 just translated, one language is not more original than another. So 2,000 years ago the Italians may have said Terra, but also 2,000 years ago the Angles and Saxons said Erthuz, so we can’t know what’s original unless someone finds the first human language, which has so far not been found
@@aerobolt256 but does that matter? My point was that it's an ancient word and didnt originate in scifi
Also, a quick google search puts Latin 1300 years earlier than the Anglo word
Nah, Terra is literally earth in Latin.
Hydro is water, Pyro is fire, Terra is earth. Has nothing to do with the comics.
The 1 dislike is thanos.
🤣🤣 Facts
And his army
Fun fact : if he put his thumb in the screen he would break it
The hindu book you refer too is "Bhagvat Gita", when Vishnu in a human form of Krishna had to tell arjuna to fight and do his duty then he shows his real form of all mighty making arjun realise oh it is the almight the ultimate death......also I have never read the book because it is a conversation between krishna and arjin which happens on battlefield.....which itself is a story of mahabharta......you guys should really really check it out....bhagvat gita is said to have all the answers of every problem ever and mahabharta is just epic it has drama, action, high-tec, lust, betrayal involving nuclear weapons and inter-dimensional storage war within family, good vs evil...anywaysi shouldn't blabber, I am not much of a religious person anyways
Religion aside it sounds like an interesting story if one were to take it as mere fiction.
@@Kleehv oh it is indeed..... that's why I brought it up......I would really encourage you to watch mahabharata (newer version) it's a little long but better than any series out there ever
The breathing part is one of the best showing that he had throat cancer. This is hands down my favorite ERB because of how much character they put into Robert
Oppenheimer might be my favorite performance in all of ERB, Peter absolutely *nailed* him, and damn near every line was absolutely fire
“He looks like a Gerber baby.”
Indeed he does.
Terran who never learned to love his Bomb was a reference to ‘Dr Strangelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Bomb. (also a hidden reference to Dr Strange)
One of the most one- sided erbs ever. You should react to Dis Raps for Hire by Lloyd. It’s a ton of fun and it’s more video material
Omg so much this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
can we also take a second for the Dr Strangelove reference. because that Stanly Kubrik movies was actully called "Dr Strangelove: and how I learnt to love the bomb" brilliant writing there
I've said it often, Oppenheimer is the best character that Nice Peter has ever played. He owned it.
For the next battle, Cleopatra vs Marilyn Monroe gets absolutely _vicious_ and contains one of, if not the most, brutal disses in all of ERB.
Was it 'Lost so many babies we should call you Miss Carriage"?
Because that shit dropped me in HS
He’s now reacted to it, and like me, he gave the win to Marilyn Monroe.
Thanos started strong and then fell off in his second round. Oppenheimer stayed strong throughout the battle. 💪 Great reaction and breakdown as always Knox. 👍🔥
I really like this guy, I learn a lot from him.
You are the first break down channel that got the U235 line. So many channels took it at face value and did 2+3 lol lol
You're the first reaction I have seen who caught the U235!