Comments by "Colorme Dubious" (@colormedubious4747) on "History Buffs" channel.

  1.  @anthonysellick3520  They don't have to be cannibals to kill you, just extremely pissed off.
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  2. "The Utah was a Battleship, not a Carrier." -- Very true but, at the time, the Utah had been stripped of her guns and most of her superstructure in order to be used as a practice bombing target (she had no crew). As a result, her deck appeared to be very flat, just like a "flat-top" (carrier) and, therefore, many of the Japanese pilots mistook her for a carrier. They bombed the living crap out of her, which probably saved a significant number of American lives.
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  3.  @acerld519  It seems far more likely that it was introduced by earlier crews that had paused in North or South America enroute. Bounty's visit was NOT the first contact.
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  4. "Pearl Harbor" just infuriates him, as it should (it's possibly the worst movie ever made -- in a world where "The Room" and "Independence Day: Resurgence" exist). Watch his analysis of "Tora! Tora! Tora!" to see why.  "Memoirs" is a good suggestion, though. I found it disturbing but it wasn't supposed to be all rainbows and unicorns.
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  5. While there can be no denying that the indigenous tribes certainly got a raw deal throughout America's westward expansion (and after), you definitely oversimplified the issue of the DAPL protests. For example, how about the horrific environmental damage that the so-called "environmental activists" did to the tribe's land and private properties adjacent thereto? How about the thousands of tons of manufactured waste and even more tonnage of human excrement they failed to clean up? How about the petrol they burned driving hundreds of miles from their elegant homes on the coasts to a land about which they didn't give a flying fart until it became trendy to do so? How about the blatant disrespect they showed to the tribal council, disobedience they offered to the Native cops, and continuous disruption they inflicted upon the ordinary tribesmen who had work to do and lives to live? Did you solicit the opinions of Native Americans, some of whom think the protesters did far more harm than good? Have YOU given up driving, flying, and owning or using anything made from plastic? Have you given up wearing clothing containing synthetics or color? Have you given up eating anything that was grown with the aid of fertilizer, pesticides, tractors, or electricity? I trust you get the point.
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  6. I think of him as more of a mauve than a rouge.
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  7. By the way. I do enjoy your content and remain contentedly subscribed. Just had to point out that, as are certain historic events in many of the films you critique, the DAPL issue is far more nuanced than a few minutes of video can possibly convey.
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  8. "the last bit was truly the best coverage of the Dakota pipeline I've come across" -- Then you should check out Based Mama's videos on the topic and get an actual Native American's opinion on the matter that sheds a little perspective on the rather one-sided narrative you've encountered.
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  9. "his highest achievement is preventing nuclear war with Russia in the Cuba missle crises.." -- You mean the crisis that the elitist meddlers in the White House precipitated, almost causing World War 3 due to their clumsy, transparent, promise-breaking interference in other nations' affairs? Yeah... good job, guys, in not taking the nuclear exchange that YOU almost started all the way to the finish line! What a bunch of true heroes. Oh, sorry, I mispronounced "zeros." Do you know ANY history?
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  10. "...it should be featured in news stories all around the world" -- Actually, the issue is far too nuanced for mainstream news to be interested in it. For example, what you mentioned is, in no way, the whole story. It IS, however, the narrative of the "water protectors" who left behind on tribal lands environmental damage equivalent to a respectable oil spill.
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  11. "Under-appreciated???" Only by talentless hack critics like Lardass Eatbert! When first released, the film was widely praised for its accuracy and special effects, as well as its decision to use Japanese cast and crew and the resulting balanced perspective of the events portrayed. The filmmakers were lauded for their choice to not just make another lame propaganda piece (unlike "The Green Berets"). I was living in Hawaii (Wheeler Field on Oahu) when they were filming there. Most of the Hickam exteriors and practical effects were actually shot at Wheeler, using the then-deactivated airstrip that was active during WWII and was shot up during the attack.  Many interiors were filmed at the Wheeler Officers' Club, which had remained virtually unchanged since the war. The major inaccuracy that got a rise out of audiences in Hawaii was the scene where the Japanese planes flew through Kolekole Pass (pronounced as "coal ee coal ee" without pauses -- your Hawaiian is atrocious), which drew gales of laughter from the audience because the clearly visible gigantic white steel cross at the pass was built after the war (EDIT: I see you caught that one, too). It's gone, now, because a bunch of stupid nuisance lawsuits from "concerned" citizen busybody groups were costing the Army too much money. I'm sure those jerkholes won't stop their nonsense until all religious symbols are removed from the graves of war heroes at Arlington National Cemetery. Screw actual history that doesn't agree with an extreme political narrative, right?
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  12. Apparently, the conquistadores found the wormhole from The Final Countdown about a thousand years before the U.S.S. Nimitz did.
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  13. The plot sounds like an episode of "Sliders."
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  14. "Where do you people even come from?? From fucking Mars??" -- We came from YOUR country, and every other country on Earth. We just decided to leave our inferiority complexes behind. Thanks for demonstrating why that was a good idea!
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  15. Wait, are we just uncritically accepting Speer's self-serving version of events now?
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  16. Excellent review. Thanks for ending it on an upbeat note!
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