@@thepaintingbanjo8894 Wikipedia has a broad overview, but it's pretty technical: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%E2%80%93South_differences_in_the_Korean_language
@@thepaintingbanjo8894 it’s like an American speaking to a British person. Different ways of pronunciations. North Korean is much more formal than South Korean since they don’t use borrowed English words. So basically, North Koreans use the old fashioned way of speaking while South Koreans speak like people from the future.
We saw about as much of him as we saw of the Russian detector in season 2, so this is probably setup for his character in season 4. I'm guessing he'll return to Earth with the combined American/Soviet/Helios crew, but it's possible North Korea sends him back to Mars afterwards or he insists on staying behind to protect his landing site or something like that.
The best part still the reactions of everyone, the astronauts, NASA, the President and the Soviet Premiere, all of them going "you mean...all this...and we got beat...by NORTH FUCKING KOREA?!"
I love how they brought back the last scene of the season two finale and connected it all. It came as such a shock to us that it was a North Korean astronaut that made it on Mars first. I guess that’s what they were planning.
IIRC writer didn't decide who's boot is it until later in the production, where they came up with this plot twist that NK beat everyone to the Mars first.
Transleta from italian to english: SPOILER, fa ridere anche la scena dopo, in cui danielle cerca di comunicare con lui tramite i segni, ed appena lui si fida e abbassa l'arma kutnezov, in pieno stile russo, gli sfila il tubo dell'ossigeno!
I think the point of the series is to show us how brilliant humans can be to be first. And how utterly stupid at the same time. They all pushed things further than they knew was wise because of all the national-pride issues. High five the Koreans for surprising everyone or slap them for WTF didn't you tell the Mars crews to go look for your people? it could be just a comm issue. But of course they wouldn't want to admit failure. Better pretend it never happened. facepalm.
honestly the Russian commander's "motherfucker" just felt so perfect for the scene. Like "we did all this work, raced each other, I lost my space craft, we both lost crew members. And we even got in a fist fight trying to make sure one of us was first. And a NORTH KOREAN, beat us by MONTHS!"
@Quinzerrak now that i think about it, the North Koreans really pushed things this season, first their debris damages Polaris, then they reach Mars First with a Soyuz copy (also although is feasible, they do make a one way trip)
Even though it's kinda hard to believe that NK would be able to pull off a mission like that even with a stolen Soyuz design, this story is still super interesting! I wish we had seen more of Lee Jung-Gil in the final.
Hard to believe? In 1995? Hard to believe even the South Koreans and Japanese (assuming they could ever cooperate) could do it. For the North Koreans? Not even good SF.
@@Cruiserfrank Its definitely possible in 95. If North Korea spent all their money on space instead of war. A one way mission while hard, is not impossible.
@@GreenPartyHat Accounting for the fact that this is a wealthy North Korea that still has Soviet backing, meaning the economy wouldn’t have become trapped in the 70s like IRL.
I’m astounded as to how his oxygen lasted that long, considering the minuscule size of the tiny capsule they arrived in. Was it a suicide mission? That thing was never going to get them back into orbit and fly them home again. Was the intention that they would both die on Mars? Or were they hoping to hitch a ride back to Earth when the Helios arrived? Regardless, I’m going to concede that this IS what North Korea would have indeed done - just to win the accolade of putting the first human on Mars.
@toomanyaccounts Those machines and modern ones as well, have a limited life span. For example the life support on Crew Dragon is only good for about 10 days.
Possibly the most depressing landing on an foreign planet. limited life support, broken communications, dead comrad, and no means of getting of that planet.
I vote for most depressing one being landing on a planet that was supposed to contain the key to saving earth only to find out it's matt daimon an he's evil. So you have to kill him despite the martian being your favorite movie
You have to pity the poor guy's fate, but it's right out of the DPRK's playbook to catapult a breathing body at Mars to claim victory of "first" in complete contempt of the challenge being to send someone that can return home. Like sealing a person inside a cast iron sphere and dropping them in the Marianas Trench to be the first human to reach the bottom.
@@floydjohnson7888 It is possible that there will be a return vehicle launched later, like what Robert Zubrin proposed Mars architecture. However, since Korea wants to keep it a secret, or they simply haven't finished it, or both, they cannot launch the return vehicle ahead of manned Mars launch. The idea is similar to Phoenix's plan, reach Mars first, then manufacture enough propellant for the trip home.
@@victor_silva6142 Yes, but it can launch at a later date if astronaut were to stay on Mars for ~2 years. The idea of launching early is that astronaut can do a shorter stay and have an abort option. If those are thrown out of the window, then the return vehicle can be launched after crewed launch.
They got there first. That’s all that matters to them. Bringing their astronauts back isn’t a priority. Quite horrifying to think about. It’s something NK would do if they wanted to win
Same goes to Apollo where NASA dropped the plan of putting a Saturn V on standby as rescue vehicle during lunar mission and ready to go in case of an emergency. That's what cold war and space race is, it's literally a war, minus the firing at each other part, that both sides are willing to win at all cost.
I’m confused tho, how did he survive in that little probe for 2 years? Matt Damon couldn’t survive properly in the Martian despite having a base bigger than James town with far superior 2030s technology. And air, food, water? You can come with whatever excuse but a probe in that size CANNOT supply a man for 2 years. Even the giant base of the Martian was quite laughable for a 1+ year survival on Mars. Ain’t no way the Korean man was farming oxygen and canned food.
@@Nemenis They are consuming food & water and not producing it. To grow something you need a lot more resources. For all we know they slapped an extra storage pod on the end of the capsule that they either jettisoned in space or burned up on reentry to Mars.
Reminds me a lot of an old Ultraman episode. Astronaut gets set up by an unnamed nation to beat the major powers of the world to an unknown planet. They didn't care if he would live or not, and covered the whole thing up. Guy eventually went mad and came back to earth for revenge.
Surprising that the korean language here is done perfectly. Especially with the NK stuff like ending sentences with ‘-우’ or calling each other ‘동무’. The letters on the panel look decent too Maybe the actor is a korean after all
It takes far less fuel to land on Mars than it does to land on the Moon. It's only slightly more fuel to get to Mars, but you get a free aerocapture and aerodynamic reentry. The moon requires rocket power to get a captured orbit, then rockets to land. A one way mission to Mars is super easy compared to landing on the moon, especially returning from the moon.
I hope for this dude’s sack that he gets the recognition of being the first man on Mars. It would suck if he didn’t. His been through enough garbage. And he lives in North Korea, so his life sucks more.
@@mardkam_triplesh also without the collapse of the USSR they wouldn’t be suffering from the massive famine they were experiencing in the 90s in reality
The parallels between Lee Jung Gill and Danny and Margo and Sergei are quite apparent but different too. Don’t forget about Chekov’s Gun, property of The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that was buried in the Martian sand by Dani and Kuznetsov. I hope HE becomes Chekov’s Gun himself rather than operating the gun on himself, being the “oh we thought he’s dead but he’s still there and he saved Ed or Kelly or her child” guy in Season 6. I hope Danny can still talk with Jimmy and Amber from the little Soyuz descent module. He’s probably set up to redeem himself eventually
I hope this opens the door to the international community for Season 4 and what a lot of people were predicting that would occur in Season 3, the introduction of China's influence in the For All Mankind universe
I think with the USSR still going, and now the North Korean space program it is enogh communist countries for now, also, i remember that Turkey had one too so putting an arabian/muslim player in the table will be far more interesting.
So obviously season 4 has came through and no appearance of china yet in any major scale. The reason why there is a lack of China in the show is likely due to Apple's guidelines on how they want to have China portrayed as a nation, as it would potentially do harm to their Chinese market if they portrayed China as a space adversary, hence no china in the show and the likelyhood on why they went with North Korea instead.
For the Koreans, it was a one-way ticket, that's for sure. This is a Soyuz descent vehicle with an inflatable airlock similar to the block of the Vostok spacecraft (in the universe of the series - rather outdated technologies, purchased or stolen from the USSR). They landed, but would never take off again; the Soyuz lander is not designed for this. They were given pistols simply to shoot themselves when food and oxygen ran out. Well, so as not to die in agony. But the fact is that Lieutenant Colonel Lee Jong Gil was the first man on Mars. End justifies the means.
rushing to send a man to mars for propaganda purpose with no means to return to earth and if the astronaut is lucky enough he can hitch a ride back home with the american or ussr spacecraft is the most outrageous thing north korea can do and i can see how they gonna do this in real life
I don’t think the plan was to hitch a ride at all. He seemed very determined to stay with his capsule and protect it at all costs. If the plan was to hitch a ride back he would have welcomed the Americans and Soviets with open arms. It really was a suicide mission which is totally in line with the government values of North Korea.
I've read a lot of comments basically saying that North Korea is no way ever going to land on Mars and stuff like that. If you truly want to enjoy alternate timelines you really have to forget everything you know and believe in the possibilities
And North Korea does kinda have a ramshackle space program. In season 2 they said they gave up on ICBM and focused fully on space. Add that to the space race continuing and the Soviet union becoming a massive economy willing to help them it doesn't seem that out there, especially with a simple one way trip
US/USSR: "We need to invent new technologies so our astronauts can survive in the harsh realities of space." DPRK: "Lol, just stick them on a rocket and see what happens."
Astronaut1: let's deploy chute Astronaut2: no, it's too early 5 seconds later Astronaut 2: deploy chute Astronaut1:deployed Astronaut2: we are going too fast!
Be interesting to see him talk with Ed not only they both have the same experience being the only person on there own bases Ed As the lone American on Jamestown and Lee Jung as the lone Korean on mars and Ed being the only one who knows Korean
I wonder what he was told before he set out? Presumably there was a plan to show the world NK's achievement in the event he landed successfully. Whether or not there was a plan to get him _back_ isn't quite even odds. Best case scenario, he would have been told to establish a base camp and they would have kept sending him canned food until he quietly died up there or the Soviets picked him up.
Man this must suck. You are about to land on Mars which should have been a triumph. But instead your partner is dead and you look out of the window with dread..
People argued who got to mars first taking still frames of the video to show who stepped on Mars first. And it didn't matter because neither one of them was on mars first. XD
It's depressing when you realise they never intended on getting them back home. If they lived, then North Korea could have the bragging rights that they put the first man on Mars. If they died, they could cover it up to avoid the alleged humiliation. And we all know Mars is an uninhabited planet, so that gun they sent him with wasn't exactly for self defence.
Since his crewmate is dead, Jung-Gil have doubled supply to survive until Dani and Kuz found him. Also, thank God Jung-Gil reunited with his wife in 2000s
if I was the north korean I would have looked at this as a blessing to meet other astronauts even if enemies because I would think there might be a chance of rescue thru them and thus back to earth even if that meant prison.
Well, it was a one way trip, thats way easier when you dont have to worry designing and constructing a ship that can land, and fly back. Also since they lost coms, they thought they died, and they made it look like an unmanned probe from the start anyway, no reason for them to report it was actually a manned spacecraft
As a person of north korean descent, I love how they indeed did put on an effort to give him a North Korean accent. Its pretty decent.
I was wondering!
Can't tell how it's different since I don't know any Korean so would like to know the difference in accents.
@@thepaintingbanjo8894 Wikipedia has a broad overview, but it's pretty technical: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%E2%80%93South_differences_in_the_Korean_language
@@thepaintingbanjo8894 it’s like an American speaking to a British person. Different ways of pronunciations. North Korean is much more formal than South Korean since they don’t use borrowed English words. So basically, North Koreans use the old fashioned way of speaking while South Koreans speak like people from the future.
You. The start of this video.
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North Korean descent.
I would have watched an entire 120 minute film on just this guy
Very well acted, well scripted, and a bit disappointed we didn't see more of him...
Hopefully we get a good season 4 arc with him.
@@dominicwilliamson7912 Let's assume next season, we're still on Mars and the dude has learned some English by then
"화성인" Hwaseong-In
We saw about as much of him as we saw of the Russian detector in season 2, so this is probably setup for his character in season 4. I'm guessing he'll return to Earth with the combined American/Soviet/Helios crew, but it's possible North Korea sends him back to Mars afterwards or he insists on staying behind to protect his landing site or something like that.
At least we have The Martian movie
The best part still the reactions of everyone, the astronauts, NASA, the President and the Soviet Premiere, all of them going "you mean...all this...and we got beat...by NORTH FUCKING KOREA?!"
I would love to see the media reporting on it and the public reaction in the next season, as everyone is just like, wtf
@@MrOil-qy3vv Especially after the US media have all been trying to smugly claim the race as a US win...
Yeah, but are they also going to talk about how it was a suicide mission with no plan to be able to return to earth?
Yup, it’s just as unreal IRL as in the universe of FAM.
@@DavidiusViajelous Obviously they would, anything to diminish the accomplishment.
I love how they brought back the last scene of the season two finale and connected it all. It came as such a shock to us that it was a North Korean astronaut that made it on Mars first. I guess that’s what they were planning.
IIRC writer didn't decide who's boot is it until later in the production, where they came up with this plot twist that NK beat everyone to the Mars first.
its bot the same year, 1995
@@8749236 Well they had to know it would be someone from a communist nation, as they were wearing a Cosmonaut space suit.
@@BlackfyreHD no not really
It'd shock North Korea too - they can't even get into orbit right now.
Getting a gun pointed at them but laughed at the fact a North Korean is the first man on Mars
Truly embody the US and USSR rivalry lmao
Transleta from italian to english:
SPOILER, fa ridere anche la scena dopo, in cui danielle cerca di comunicare con lui tramite i segni, ed appena lui si fida e abbassa l'arma kutnezov, in pieno stile russo, gli sfila il tubo dell'ossigeno!
NK “We we’re first on mats”
US and USSR chads astronauts “Bro, crash landing doesn’t count”
@@aaronescobar2057
I agree.
And as Sojorunner also crash-landed (is not able to fly back), that would probably also not count.
I think the point of the series is to show us how brilliant humans can be to be first. And how utterly stupid at the same time. They all pushed things further than they knew was wise because of all the national-pride issues. High five the Koreans for surprising everyone or slap them for WTF didn't you tell the Mars crews to go look for your people? it could be just a comm issue. But of course they wouldn't want to admit failure. Better pretend it never happened. facepalm.
honestly the Russian commander's "motherfucker" just felt so perfect for the scene. Like "we did all this work, raced each other, I lost my space craft, we both lost crew members. And we even got in a fist fight trying to make sure one of us was first. And a NORTH KOREAN, beat us by MONTHS!"
My kerbal when I forget parachutes but still insist on landing
Or not enough fuel for a successful suicide burn.
My kerbal when half their ship just disappeared during reentry
Bill when I strand him on Duna for 9999999999999999999999999999 years.
@@zainabumer4526 "Not to worry, we're still flying half a ship"
@@THEncrtrooper The magic of Kerbalism never fails 💯
This is a great twist that needed much much more time. Like an entire episode dedicated just to him was desperately needed
Agreed
Nah they've been teasing him since the first episode of the season. Remember the North Korean satellite that blew up Polaris?
Jeez I can't imagine the psychological hell he had to endure while on Mars
not just on Mars, but man, he and his mate survive months of trips to mars in that tiny little space craft
Let’s not forget that he lives in North Korea.
@@d-manflorida4976 he would have been better off staying in North Korea lol
@@EzzieMoore a lot better
Meh he's an NK, it wasn't enough.
NK Space Agency: and that's the plan to get first to Mars
Lee: how we get back to Earth?
NK Space Agency: yes
- How do we get back to earth?
NK space agency: We hijack the craft of second comers.
Problem solved.
@Quinzerrak now that i think about it, the North Koreans really pushed things this season, first their debris damages Polaris, then they reach Mars First with a Soyuz copy (also although is feasible, they do make a one way trip)
More like: *_n o_*
@@S.Ghosh_221 NK: Mission completed. Turn off all the comms
Well, use that pistol for escape, spiritually.
Even though it's kinda hard to believe that NK would be able to pull off a mission like that even with a stolen Soyuz design, this story is still super interesting! I wish we had seen more of Lee Jung-Gil in the final.
Hard to believe? In 1995? Hard to believe even the South Koreans and Japanese (assuming they could ever cooperate) could do it. For the North Koreans? Not even good SF.
@@Cruiserfrank Its definitely possible in 95. If North Korea spent all their money on space instead of war. A one way mission while hard, is not impossible.
Maybe if North Korea didn't research nuclear weapons and put all of those resources into a space program, yes this might be possible.
@@mae_doll optimally, it would take 7 months to get there.
Where are you going to put 7 months worth of food on a Soyuz capsule?
@@GreenPartyHat Accounting for the fact that this is a wealthy North Korea that still has Soviet backing, meaning the economy wouldn’t have become trapped in the 70s like IRL.
Bro you can’t bury him in his spacesuit! Haven’t you read The Martian? You need every little thing you can get to work with to find a way to survive.
maybe it's more of mutual respect rather than survival cuz he would have probably eaten him if he didn't care about the dead dude
@@EzzieMoore oh shit yeah that’s a good point. Mark Watney woulda eaten the shit out of him lol.
I'm fairly sure that was suicide mission, long term survival was not the issue.
@@randomnickify you have a valid point
Dude just tanked a landing from orbit without a chute...hes that tough he probably doesn't need the suit he's wearing let alone his friends
I’m astounded as to how his oxygen lasted that long, considering the minuscule size of the tiny capsule they arrived in. Was it a suicide mission? That thing was never going to get them back into orbit and fly them home again. Was the intention that they would both die on Mars? Or were they hoping to hitch a ride back to Earth when the Helios arrived? Regardless, I’m going to concede that this IS what North Korea would have indeed done - just to win the accolade of putting the first human on Mars.
It was a suicide mission
you do know that even back in the 1960s there was oxy generating machine in the capsules right? they don't have to carry atmosphere.
I’d imagine they would have told the astronaut to hitch a ride back with the soviets so probably not a suicide
@@sc-gy4lg the ideology of Juche means they were sent on a suicide mission
@toomanyaccounts Those machines and modern ones as well, have a limited life span.
For example the life support on Crew Dragon is only good for about 10 days.
Possibly the most depressing landing on an foreign planet.
limited life support, broken communications, dead comrad, and no means of getting of that planet.
Read Titan by Stephen Baxter. There's a landing sequence in there that haunts me. And no, it's not near the beginning.
@@trumfiteverything by him is sad and depressing.
I vote for most depressing one being landing on a planet that was supposed to contain the key to saving earth only to find out it's matt daimon an he's evil. So you have to kill him despite the martian being your favorite movie
You have to pity the poor guy's fate, but it's right out of the DPRK's playbook to catapult a breathing body at Mars to claim victory of "first" in complete contempt of the challenge being to send someone that can return home. Like sealing a person inside a cast iron sphere and dropping them in the Marianas Trench to be the first human to reach the bottom.
@Del Cox Uuuy...you've reminded me that, in reality, the US declaring a goal of walking on the moon explicitly mentioned the return trip.
@@floydjohnson7888 It is possible that there will be a return vehicle launched later, like what Robert Zubrin proposed Mars architecture. However, since Korea wants to keep it a secret, or they simply haven't finished it, or both, they cannot launch the return vehicle ahead of manned Mars launch. The idea is similar to Phoenix's plan, reach Mars first, then manufacture enough propellant for the trip home.
@@8749236 Zubrin vehicle wasn't supposed to be launched before?
@@victor_silva6142 Yes, but it can launch at a later date if astronaut were to stay on Mars for ~2 years. The idea of launching early is that astronaut can do a shorter stay and have an abort option. If those are thrown out of the window, then the return vehicle can be launched after crewed launch.
@@8749236 I see. Thanks
They better make a joke about this in s4.
Like an astronaut and and cosmonaut walk into a bar on Mars but a north Korean beat them to the good stuff
The perfect joke does not exis....
Sounds like a the expanse joke
"An astronaut and a cosmonaut walk into a bar, but the bar is on mars and there's a korean cosmonaut there"
@@elnico5623 "What'll you have? says the Korean Cosmonaut, that beat them both there"
Maybe it should be changed to that the North Korean had built the bar.
They got there first. That’s all that matters to them. Bringing their astronauts back isn’t a priority. Quite horrifying to think about. It’s something NK would do if they wanted to win
They knew they could ask one of three others for a ride back home.
They could ask the Mars 94 to bring their guy back. After all, USSR and North Korea were still best friend.
Same goes to Apollo where NASA dropped the plan of putting a Saturn V on standby as rescue vehicle during lunar mission and ready to go in case of an emergency. That's what cold war and space race is, it's literally a war, minus the firing at each other part, that both sides are willing to win at all cost.
I’m confused tho, how did he survive in that little probe for 2 years? Matt Damon couldn’t survive properly in the Martian despite having a base bigger than James town with far superior 2030s technology. And air, food, water? You can come with whatever excuse but a probe in that size CANNOT supply a man for 2 years. Even the giant base of the Martian was quite laughable for a 1+ year survival on Mars. Ain’t no way the Korean man was farming oxygen and canned food.
@@Nemenis They are consuming food & water and not producing it. To grow something you need a lot more resources. For all we know they slapped an extra storage pod on the end of the capsule that they either jettisoned in space or burned up on reentry to Mars.
That's one small step for Korea, and one giant leap for Dear Leader
Alternate History is just as effective as Futuristic Science Fiction because it makes you wish for a better world.
In that timeline I would have grown up in a russian puppet state surrounded by communist propaganda. So, "better world" is subjective.
Or makes you be grateful the world isn't worse
Just imagine suceeding on becoming the first human being on Mars while 2 superpowers US and USSR still moon phase but nobody back home know about it.
And they gave you a gun instead of a ride home.
Well the two super powers also on the way on Mars
Both of the superpowers weren’t still in moon phase. They were already on the way.
I mean it’s embarrassing for North Koreans to admit their astronaut crashed on Mars. Let alone sending him to a suicide mission to “win”
And they cut out the most meaningful scene. Where he is alone and the isolation is getting to him and he draws a smiley face in the sand.
the final was so fucking good what an amazing ending! I'm so shocked about the bombing tho
Man, Lee suffered so long. I hope he gets to shine in later seasons.
His laugh after drawing a happy face on the ground is like the one from 1987 Predator..
Reminds me a lot of an old Ultraman episode. Astronaut gets set up by an unnamed nation to beat the major powers of the world to an unknown planet. They didn't care if he would live or not, and covered the whole thing up. Guy eventually went mad and came back to earth for revenge.
Surprising that the korean language here is done perfectly. Especially with the NK stuff like ending sentences with ‘-우’ or calling each other ‘동무’. The letters on the panel look decent too
Maybe the actor is a korean after all
he even has the north accent
It takes far less fuel to land on Mars than it does to land on the Moon. It's only slightly more fuel to get to Mars, but you get a free aerocapture and aerodynamic reentry. The moon requires rocket power to get a captured orbit, then rockets to land.
A one way mission to Mars is super easy compared to landing on the moon, especially returning from the moon.
I think the worst part about this is that there was no plan for returning, literally a suicide mission only made to claim first
dude wanted to escape north korea so bad he just left earth
I hope for this dude’s sack that he gets the recognition of being the first man on Mars. It would suck if he didn’t. His been through enough garbage. And he lives in North Korea, so his life sucks more.
In this universe, North Korea is less militarized because they focused on space more. So North Korea wouldn’t be as much of a shit hole
@@mardkam_triplesh also without the collapse of the USSR they wouldn’t be suffering from the massive famine they were experiencing in the 90s in reality
@@Mr.E723 true
@@mardkam_triplesh I Mean the USSR Is less of A Shit Hole,But North Korea? Are you sure?
@@kevinhenrique4256 yeah man. Ussr is still there, and investing in space means better quality of life than investing in military
Danny became the exiled astronaut hahaha
The parallels between Lee Jung Gill and Danny and Margo and Sergei are quite apparent but different too. Don’t forget about Chekov’s Gun, property of The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that was buried in the Martian sand by Dani and Kuznetsov. I hope HE becomes Chekov’s Gun himself rather than operating the gun on himself, being the “oh we thought he’s dead but he’s still there and he saved Ed or Kelly or her child” guy in Season 6. I hope Danny can still talk with Jimmy and Amber from the little Soyuz descent module. He’s probably set up to redeem himself eventually
@@fork9001 Wanna bet they left that gun there so Danny can kill himself?
they really left Danny just a few meters away from the only Gun on Mars huh?
@@MekDog69 I wonder if he’s gonna game over himself?
I hope this opens the door to the international community for Season 4 and what a lot of people were predicting that would occur in Season 3, the introduction of China's influence in the For All Mankind universe
I think with the USSR still going, and now the North Korean space program it is enogh communist countries for now, also, i remember that Turkey had one too so putting an arabian/muslim player in the table will be far more interesting.
So obviously season 4 has came through and no appearance of china yet in any major scale. The reason why there is a lack of China in the show is likely due to Apple's guidelines on how they want to have China portrayed as a nation, as it would potentially do harm to their Chinese market if they portrayed China as a space adversary, hence no china in the show and the likelyhood on why they went with North Korea instead.
For the Koreans, it was a one-way ticket, that's for sure. This is a Soyuz descent vehicle with an inflatable airlock similar to the block of the Vostok spacecraft (in the universe of the series - rather outdated technologies, purchased or stolen from the USSR). They landed, but would never take off again; the Soyuz lander is not designed for this.
They were given pistols simply to shoot themselves when food and oxygen ran out. Well, so as not to die in agony.
But the fact is that Lieutenant Colonel Lee Jong Gil was the first man on Mars.
End justifies the means.
I love this scene. Watched it again yesterday. One of the best opening sequences. Especially using Korean country music - brilliant 🙂
Lee Jung-Gil, the first man in Mars.
they just laugh like “well damnit they did it”😂
Imagine being the first and no one knows.
0:31 Is that the Airbus A/P Disconnect sound?
hmmm
seems like the north korean mars suit is a copy from soviet moon suit in season 2? just worn with a vest to carry radio(?)
it actually is the most likely thing, north korea would most likely do anything to be the best.
oh i just realized
the vest is similar to the one worn on the soviet mars suit
They mentioned that NK bought their space tech from USSR
It's either a radio or a better life support system.
that suit is so similar from early Soviet Soyuz suit lol
The most unrealistic thing in this show is not that humanity made it to Mars, but the fact that North Korea somehow sent someone there first
Congrats on landing first, my good dumpling.
The Martian, but without morale or hope.
rushing to send a man to mars for propaganda purpose with no means to return to earth and if the astronaut is lucky enough he can hitch a ride back home with the american or ussr spacecraft is the most outrageous thing north korea can do and i can see how they gonna do this in real life
Dunno if that astronaut would still like NK after that tho
See, if he dies on mars then that's not going to be an issue.
I don’t think the plan was to hitch a ride at all. He seemed very determined to stay with his capsule and protect it at all costs. If the plan was to hitch a ride back he would have welcomed the Americans and Soviets with open arms. It really was a suicide mission which is totally in line with the government values of North Korea.
Extreme case of mixed emotions: You're the first man on Mars. You're also the only man on Mars.
I've read a lot of comments basically saying that North Korea is no way ever going to land on Mars and stuff like that. If you truly want to enjoy alternate timelines you really have to forget everything you know and believe in the possibilities
And North Korea does kinda have a ramshackle space program. In season 2 they said they gave up on ICBM and focused fully on space. Add that to the space race continuing and the Soviet union becoming a massive economy willing to help them it doesn't seem that out there, especially with a simple one way trip
Real question is how he made oxygen in that van-sized wreck
He sucked the remaining oxygen from his dead friend's lungs before burying him.
Improvised Recycler - powered by using improvised reactor from isotope heat source?
i just burst into laughter when i heard the Airbus auto pilot disconnect alarm lmao
If this news was brought back to the world, North Korea has bragging rights.
2:45 Puts a very human face on what some figure to be Pyongyang's model citizenry.
US/USSR: "We need to invent new technologies so our astronauts can survive in the harsh realities of space."
DPRK: "Lol, just stick them on a rocket and see what happens."
the circumstances in mind they can still laugh about it
that’s a mindset i strive for these days
Most realistic example of me forget to add parachute in sfs
This feels like a fever dream
Astronaut1: let's deploy chute
Astronaut2: no, it's too early
5 seconds later
Astronaut 2: deploy chute
Astronaut1:deployed
Astronaut2: we are going too fast!
finally I'm able to understand what they are saying since the Italian version doesn't have the subs, Thanks
best five minutes of the show!
the sadness in his eyes before seeing the rover tells something about how the people of NK are living
So North Korea’s plan to land was the same as the Party Horses from Regular Show: crash and hope to survive.
Oye, nunca lo pensé asi
My kerbal when I don't give enough fuel to return to earth cause I don't know how to do that.
Be interesting to see him talk with Ed not only they both have the same experience being the only person on there own bases Ed As the lone American on Jamestown and Lee Jung as the lone Korean on mars and Ed being the only one who knows Korean
if anyone is wondering what music he was listening to on the casette, it was 아리조나 카우보이
I liked this actor's character in Dexter as the comedic geeky Masuka. It'll be nice to see him in this dramatic role.
Imagine when the Korean tells them wich country has already a man on the sun 😂
This was such a good twist. Felt so bad for him.
It makes sense that the North Koreans would do a 1 way mission to Mars just to be able to say they were the first
The Martian turns into Robinson Crusoe on Mars.
That Korean guy acting was so brilliant and funny to watch 😂❤
there's an entire movie dedicated to a man forgotten in mars i think
0:36 When my lander runs out of fuel while landing on the Mun:
huh i missed this whole scene when i watched the series i loved his and eds talk
Reminded me of ‘Robinson Crusoe on Mars’….
or The Martian !
@@Brownshoe24 Which itself reminded me of the same movie lol
What do you use to record these?
Hi, I'm Saul Goodman, if you're trapped on a planet, you better call Saul!
Jimmy going to space now that's a story.
I wonder what he was told before he set out? Presumably there was a plan to show the world NK's achievement in the event he landed successfully. Whether or not there was a plan to get him _back_ isn't quite even odds. Best case scenario, he would have been told to establish a base camp and they would have kept sending him canned food until he quietly died up there or the Soviets picked him up.
ah season 4 is back :)
Adds a different dimension to it when you hope the principal characters all perish.
Kerbal space program finally became a tv show!
>goes to mars
>draws a pepe
>goes insane
He is one of us?
Man this must suck. You are about to land on Mars which should have been a triumph. But instead your partner is dead and you look out of the window with dread..
Mark Watney: ... "First time?"😂
Are they realizing that they got second place
People argued who got to mars first taking still frames of the video to show who stepped on Mars first.
And it didn't matter because neither one of them was on mars first. XD
Danielle Poole is still the first woman on Mars though. So the US got first in something.
I want to see Kim reaction 🤔. I think he is probably watching this show.
It’s like the Martian! But with less drama…
"Ah shit, here we go again" - mark watney
It's depressing when you realise they never intended on getting them back home. If they lived, then North Korea could have the bragging rights that they put the first man on Mars. If they died, they could cover it up to avoid the alleged humiliation. And we all know Mars is an uninhabited planet, so that gun they sent him with wasn't exactly for self defence.
Nice Airbus sound effects.
Since his crewmate is dead, Jung-Gil have doubled supply to survive until Dani and Kuz found him.
Also, thank God Jung-Gil reunited with his wife in 2000s
Love the laugh, when they realize he was first
my favorite dumpling of the show
Bloody hilarious like a jack in the box the Korean pops up out of nowhere.
Wow Rocketman got good .
😂😂😂
😎😉👍
the opening crash sequence is actually just a recording of the standard kerbal operating procedures for a typical landing
That one humanoid fuel tank When I takeoff with lander:
Uh huh!!! N.Korea makes it to Mars in 1995? LMAO!!!!
What a unsuspecting plot twist
Plot twist: North Korea really send two human to Mars and that humanoid figure we saw = one of them 😂
I wanted more with North Korean Matt Damon this season.
if I was the north korean I would have looked at this as a blessing to meet other astronauts even if enemies because I would think there might be a chance of rescue thru them and thus back to earth even if that meant prison.
I like this show, but the idea that NORTH KOREA, of all countries, was able to land on Mars and NOBODY knew about it is just laughable!
Well, it was a one way trip, thats way easier when you dont have to worry designing and constructing a ship that can land, and fly back. Also since they lost coms, they thought they died, and they made it look like an unmanned probe from the start anyway, no reason for them to report it was actually a manned spacecraft
If you don’t want the astronauts to return home then we would’ve been on the moon years before 1969 lmao
@@Nemenis exactly
I think its 100% beneficial that the Koreans were first. This keans neither the US nor Russia won Mars, and they can stop competing.
I still think Soviet Union would claim victory for the Communists.
That is the strongest crew capsule in the world
This is actually kinda sad