Military Survival Expert Rates 9 Ocean Survival Scenes In Movies And TV | How Real Is It? | Insider
The UK military's chief survival instructor, John Hudson, looks at nine sea-based survival scenes from popular TV shows and movies and rates them based on realism.
He looks at "All Is Lost" (2013), "Titanic" (1997), "Unbroken" (2014), "Adrift" (2018), "Cast Away" (2000), "The Shallows" (2016), "The Perfect Storm" (2000), "Life of Pi" (2012), and "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" S7E2 (2011).
Hudson created the UK military's survival manual. He specializes in teaching rescue at sea, and he conducts training in the UK's West Country. He has developed safety training for Airbus Defence and Space's security team and other corporate clients. He was previously a consultant and expert on Discovery's "Dude, You're Screwed".
Hudson is the author of "How to Survive: Self-Reliance in Extreme Circumstances" wwnorton.com/books/9781682686454
Find out more at www.johnhudsonsurvival.com/
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Military Survival Expert Rates 9 Ocean Survival Scenes In Movies And TV | How Real Is It?
“Can you outswim a shark?” *laughs hysterically* “No.”
And then comes in Crawl (2019), albeit that's with some sorr of giant crocodiles. 😂
@@iwatchyoutube6539 you must be fun at parties
Yeah it’s in the video
Yes, I am sure any animal designed by evolution for maximized mobility on land is capable of outswimming any animal designed By evolution for maximized mobility in water. It's common knowledge that, by the same vein, a shark can outrun most terrestrial animals when they come out of water, as they occasionally do!
@@chatnoire89 Actually, it's possible to outswim a croc, but not because they're slow swimmers. They are ambush predators, relying on their camouflage and stealth. They swim very slowly and silently up to prey and then, VERY SUDDENLY, launch themselves at full speed to attack once in range. The biggest danger of a croc is not knowing they're there. If you know they're there, you can actually outswim their stalking swim pretty easily. Keep that up for a bit, and the croc might actually decide you're not worth the effort and break off the hunt. Just keep in mind, Crocs are actually pretty fast on land, too, and use much the same tactic. They can't keep it up for long but a galloping croc can reach 20-30 MPH, they can easily chase down horses and deer if they stalk close enough before sprinting into a gallop because they accelerate MUCH faster. Also, if you're on the other side of a chain link fence or in a tree, you are still not safe because both alligators and crocs can actually CLIMB, and are regularly sighted in trees and fenced areas as a result.
Insider didn't just get a survival trainer, they got a survival trainer trainer. Bless.
They got the experts expert
Expert level 1000
The question is, who trains him?
@@cayden.m3720 And then the question would be, who trained the person who trained him?
Facts
“One of the first senses you lose in a survival situation is your sense of humor.” This guy was fantastic. Please bring him back.
I love that he gave that IASIP clip a 10/10. Their behavior is totally ridiculous and this guy "That's how people who haven't thought about it and haven't trained would react." Beautiful. :D
We definitely need more of him!
Right? He clearly hasn't lost his sense of humor. Loved him!
The Marine Corps taught us that in a prisoner of war situation where your sanity is on the line, maintaining your sense of humor (discretely of course) was an exercise in survival and returning home.
Yes. He was fantastic. Could listen to him for.......... Seems like a guy who has achieved high levels but is very "down to earth" (accidental humour for surviving at sea video). He seems quite humble and non-judgemental about people who sometimes don't react well in distress and emergencies. Seems like the type of bloke that you'd want in a life raft with you, and the type of bloke who would be a really good friend (honorable). 🙏🏻😊 Respect.
I served 25 years and was a SAR Tech for 10 of that in the CAF before retiring. I can tell you my training is extensive and John Hudson is absolutely a Legend amongst anyone military who has had survival training for the utmost in extreme situations. Spot on critiques here. Thumbs up to this hero.
I'm not from your country but thanks for your service.
@@madoxxxx06 You not being from my country means even more to me that you can thank. I've seen things I wish I could forget. I appreciate you, my friend. We are from different countries but we are all human and in this game we call life together. I can only say thank you to you as well.
@@TheUnforgiven69 you are very welcome, serving ones country in any capacity is great, but military service is a true sign of patriotism.
Honestly so jealous of you brother. I wanted to go on SAR Selection but I'm colorblind so it's excluded me. Been in a CAF for coming on 12 years!
@@backpackzak8448 That's a shame. Were you CV3? In some cases exceptions can be made especially on recommendation from your CO. CV2 cases can move forward as long as they pass the Farnsworth D-15 Standard test despite failing the color plates. At least that was the case 20 years ago. Requirements seem to get stiffer over time despite the fact they allow females now who cant handle the various tests nearly as well as a male
I could've listened to him talk about every ocean movie in existence
Totally agreed. Insider should start a new channel, "John Hudson talks about, I don't know, whatever he feels like he wants to talk about," and I'd watch every video.
He wrote a book and I have the audiobook. I could literally listen to that audiobook on repeat forever. 😂
Same. I didn't want the video to end.
I could also look at him talk about it too 😍
@@briansniffin2719 Yeah, there is something pretty charming about him. 😂
Not only he has the knowledge, he also very good at telling it.
That's one of the most important traits an instructor can possess. We have all met people who have a vast amount of knowledge, but are more or less incapable of explaining anything to anyone so that it would be really understood.
@@herrakaarme The story of most my school years.
That’s his job
Idk, he contradicted himself like 6 times
@@GabGotti3 where?
"They are far more at risk from us than we are from them." I loved that he commented that, adding all the weight that his expertise as a top ocean survival trainer carries. Sharks are so misunderstood still, with many of them on the brink of extinction from overhunting.
Me too. I love sharks and it's so nice to hear them be respected and not demonised.
sharks just hang out and eat a lil, dolphins are the real threats
Ummmm not in australia. The great whites there do barbaric things to people dumb enough to swim out too far.
@@cryth2725 lol what..
@@shaun5047 dude dolphins literally rape people, they play ping pong with other fish. and have you heard of Orcas, their name "Killer whale" was a misinterpretation of "Killer OF whales". dolphins are pretty horrible.
If you like this guy and want to see more, you should totally check out a show he’s in “survive that”. He and a bunch of other survival experts kidnap each other and the get dumped in random parts of the world with 100 hours to find civilisation. It’s a brilliant show, informative and hilarious.
Thanks!
that sounds awesome, thanks for sharing
Right on. Sounds great.
For those in the US trying to find it it's called 'Dude You're Screwed'
@@anyatheile Thanks for sharing! I'm English so had no idea :)
They got the badass that teaches badasses who teach badasses to be badass. That’s badass.
Damn, I’m not an expert but I’d say this comment is badass
@@wizard9489 I’d say this reply is badass
I'd say this video is badass
I’d say this reply section is badass
Do u lift weights?
I like that he said that jack should have been on the damn piece of wood with rose.
He could have gotten on the other float…push the dead person off the other….easy Peazy
But Jack needed to die so he could return to his time in the future.
He couldn't. Mythbusters tested that theory and they concluded that there is no way that board can support both of them without modifying it. (But they managed to find out that they can tie their life jacket beneath it to make it could have enough bouyancy tho)
@@hohuy1469 That's not exactly what they concluded. They determined that two people (two much larger people, at that) can be floated by the piece of debris, but it would be mostly covered in water. To get it fully above the water they had to use the life jacket. Obviously, with the temperature of the water around where the Titanic went down, being fully out of the water is fairly important.
yes but that IS NOT ROMANTIC!
The Marine Corps taught us that in a survival situation, maintaining your sense of humor (discretely of course) was enormously understated as a means of self-preservation and returning home.
if you have fun (humour) you will stand a better chance of surviving rather than being pissed off angry all the time and getting more depressed which would you prefer and i agree with you bud
You yanks take it too far, you aren't supposed to find killing innocent people funny.
Have fun till the end
I didn’t know they issued marines a sense of humor us in the army thought you guys just got just crayons 😂😂😂
This video is almost 20 minutes long and he made it feel like 2 minutes. I loved listening to this guy.
Right? Felt the same!
"I train the trainers how to teach" It doesn't get much more badass than that
But who trained him..
Chuck Norris.
@@gezzapk Who shaves the barber?
@@foty8679 himself *dun dun dunnnnn*
Imagine if he was a drill sergeant who trains drill sergeants to train dril seargents, that would be a lot of group anger, yelling, stomping etc
I love how accepting he is of the un-realism of Hollywood. He's reviewing their closeness to reality without letting it upset him when they're completely wrong. Top tier stuff.
Do u think movies scenes would make him upset?💀💀 LMAO
@kshamwhizzle agreed, a lot of experts they bring on seem to forget its movie, or fail to explain why something wouldn't work and why something could.
@Lello what I said wasn’t even funny I was just laughing
@kshamwhizzle Exactly. He was so cool and respectful into bringing it forward. You know, keeping the movie magic intact.
@@julialowes284 yeah some experts seem to get mad when a movie isn't like real life.
I was capsized while sailing in the North Sea in early March as a young adult. When we went into the water it was very cold. A storm was building and a small shipping warning had been issued. We had been heading home with all speed. I remember gasping hard when I went in but then I couldn't get myself to breath at all for the longest time. I really thought I would suffocate. Then we tried hard to right the boat, climbing on the upturned hull and pulling the keel over with all out weight but the mast was stuck, probably in a sand bank. Our safety boat for the flotilla appeared and was manned by someone who was just learning. He approached from windward and up tide with his 2 mercury 90s pointing towards us. He got too close and I tried to yell as hard as I could that he was going to make us into mincemeat but I couldn't get any sound to come out. Fortunately his trainer saw the situation and floored the engines to bring them away from us in the water but I was swept under and away from both boats by the force of the engines right next to me. By this time I'd been in the water for about 5 minutes and couldn't feel my legs. I remember thinking that the situation was serious because I couldn't see any shipping or land. I remember thinking clearly that I should blow my whistle (on the life jacket), but I never actually did it. I kept thinking I had and then seeing that I hadn't even got the whistle out of the loop it was held in on the lifejacket. By the time I was rescued I didn't feel cold anymore and had stopped shivering. I couldn't really move much at all or keep a coherant thought in my head. I just remember feeling quite peaceful.
You're lucky to even be alive after something like that
@@MASTEROFEVIL Yeah, it was quite scary at the time. I don't think I felt properly warm for a day or so.
Your statement may give some comfort to others...thanks.
I’m never entering the sea ever again
Very interesting to read, thank you for sharing
At 2:31, it's not anyone from the Carpathia in a lifeboat looking for survivors who went into the water after the Titanic sank, it's Titanic 5th officer Harold Lowe, commanding one of just two of the Titanic's lifeboats to return to try and save people from the water after Titanic had sunk.
I was hoping someone else would point this out.
I’ve never seen the film and it’s entirely possible he hasn’t but is he talking about what happened in real life perhaps, thinking it’s what the film was portraying? Bare in mind the fella hasn’t got context for these clips.
@@me5969 nice user name :)
@@me5969 the Film is pretty accurate except the whole love story. The Carpathia arrived in the early morning hours not in the night. So the survival expert made a mistake
That Ioan Gryffud has lots of practice as a sailor.. wasn't he Hornblower? My only question would be, would his uniform be quite so immaculate?
Best one ever. Please bring him back to cover all movies with any water. “Would that glass of water quench his thirst?” *Chuckle* “No.”
Go to horni jail
Bonk
@@squakswuak2692 it’s justified
The fact that he calls Rose's survival in Titanic superhuman and basically a miracle just adds credence to the popular fan theory that Rose is an unreliable narrator and made at least a large part of her story up.
"basically a miracle" doesn't mean "impossible."
You understand that Rose is a fictional character, right?
Well, with Rose as the supposed last survivor of the Titanic in the film, and with no other survivor to talk to, the researchers will just take her story at face value. Also, adding the unreliable narrator theory, she's the only narrator we have, and the fact that she knows about the Heart of the Ocean pretty much proves she's a main source of info at best or unreliable at worst.
@@LocalFoe Of course it's fictional. I'm just referring to what happened in the universe of the movie. In the movie, the events aboard the Titanic are told from Rose's point of view. However, Rose does not have any concrete evidence to back them up. Jack's name is not on the manifest (since he won the ticket in a last minute poker game), she cannot provide any links to her past socialite life (since she burned all bridges to that life to avoid her domineering mother, actions inspired by Jack), and no other witness is alive to corroborate her story. The only evidence she has is the presence of a "Rose Dawson" in the survivor list (which may not be her), a nude drawing of her (which may also not be her), and possession of The Heart of The Ocean (which she may have acquired somewhere else aside from being in the Titanic or may even be a fake altogether). Adding the fact that her story has a lot of inconsistencies, inaccuracies, and anachronisms (Jack mentions a lake that did not yet exist), that it's told from the memory of a 101 year-old woman, and now including this expert's analysis in her alleged survivor story, there is a very plausible chance that "Rose"'s story may be inaccurate at best at completely false at worst, and she might just be a grifter scamming the explorers, who were suspicious of that happening in the first place. But with some good storytelling peppered with publicly known facts about Titanic, she manages to get a free trip to Newfoundland.
There were a few people pulled from the water floating on things. But it wasn't by people from the Carpathia. One of the life boats went back fairly quickly, but the water was so cold, almost everyone was dead. I don't think there are accounts of whistle blowing, but a few people survived going in the water.
As a former lifeguard, we were taught entering the water to rescue someone is the last resort, unless they're unconscious, obviously. It's better to throw something to them, as he said. Can confirm pulling someone out of the water is incredibly difficult but can be done with techniques you're taught. Easier in a pool than an ocean though. I loved this. Just fascinating! 5 🌟.
Reach, throw, row, go
@@ridnolan2029 I like that! 😊 You're no good to someone if you drown yourself or they panic and drag you down. We did have one lifeguard though where I worked. He would take off his polo shirt and jump in (our very own David Hasselhoff) everytime someone was even slightly in trouble. He destroyed so many two way radios though he had to be stopped. 😂
@@jena.alexia Thanks! It's one of the first things I learned and never forgot. And thanks for the image of David Hasselhoff. I can't get him out of my head. 😂
its good that he's also rating what people "without" experience would react. not only how he would react.
Are we just gonna ignore the fact that a special trained marine survivalist gave “it’s always sunny” a 10/10 realism rating.
Because thats realistic. A couple o idiots in a life raft are not going to manage.
RUM HAM!
Well yeah. Cause he explains how someone who hasn't thought about survival in real life and hasn't been trained in it would react similarly if they had to enter survival mode. Sounds like a realistic scenario to me.
@@nissan_skyline I need to elaborate, this is true and I was appreciating the fact that he understood that.
Brilliant
"It's a really common way for people to get into difficulties" That's one way to call it.
Maybe I’ll just avoid getting on cruise ships and the ocean…..I’ll stick to the resort pool and sipping drinks instead
@@johnkreese4706 Me too. My first time swimming in the ocean was a few months ago as an adult who can swim. I didn't put the life jacket on and while I was looking down to enjoy the view I drifted a bit too far away from the pier. Could've had a heart attack when I pulled my head up and realized how far away I was. Never again, at least not without a life jacket!
@@chatnoire89 I get my feet wet in the ocean,…but that’s it…drinks by the sand….on a nice chair…..and a joint
Best way to handle this to ask where the safe spaces to swim are from locals. Locals very rarely die from drowning, it’s usually tourists who think they know best. Interesting story was from a local that got pulled out to sea. Instead of swimming back, he made himself comfy and floated until the currents brought him back to another part of the beach. He knew the ocean and knew he would have drowned if he wasted all his strength by swimming against the current. It really is about knowing the timing of how the currents push and pull that keeps you safe.
@@chatnoire89 Something similar happened to me last year. I told myself not to panic and focused on swimming back. All those cardio workouts paid off.
I love how It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is equally as realistic as Unbroken
😂
It’s probably super realistic in terms of the average intelligence of a civilian. And I say that as a civilian. I’m probably half aware, but can you imagine sharing a life raft with a qanon idiot? We’re gonna DIE.
The one he gave 10/10 was a true story, and it was the longest time anyone had survived adrift at sea in a liferaft at that time (During WW2). Pretty amazing story!
I'm gonna assume you're not talking about Its Always Sunny
@@biosparkles9442 xD no when Louie Zamperini was adrift for like 45 days or something
If I ever get lost at sea, I want this guy by my side!
Yeah, he won't think of cannibalism first!
so he can eat you when it gets tough?
He's probably so skilled that he will find the right way to sautee you 3 weeks in.
@@Blaisem lmaooo
But you *will* get the short straw three weeks in. Lol
I remember this guy from “Dude You’re Screwed” and he was one of the ones that wasn’t overplaying things. He totally knows his stuff. He literally wrote the survival manual for the UK military. The one thing I will always remember is him talking about how to have a Positive mental attitude when dealing with survival.
That was one aspect I liked about "Unbroken". The one to die on that raft was the one who had mentally given up.
Yeah I remember him too from show
i would have a positive mental attitude when dealing with survival too if i was an specialist. but i am not
Omg I totally forgot about that episode lol
Dude Your Screwed is a awesome show. Survival is 90 % phycology. John Hudson really knows his stuff
My history teacher knew Louis Zamperini, the one Unbroken is about. Louis used to come to my high school and talk to all the kids, until eventually my teacher stopped bringing him in due to his age. From what my teacher told me about him, he was an incredibly sweet man, I wish I had gotten the chance to talk to him and hear more of his story of what happened.
7:29 His impersonation of what a shark would be thinking when flipped upside is hilarious ....but he's spot on This is what Killer Whales do when they hunt sharks....they flip them on their back and for some reason the sharks go catatonic like the fell asleep There's great documentary footage of Killer whales doing this to sharks and humans experimenting using this technique
Lizards are the same, weirdly enough
His imitation of a tonic shark - “urr, what’s happening?” - is priceless. (7:20)
was looking for this comment, favourite expression in the video
Literally same 😂
I lost it
“You want to be unattractive to this thing” Me: ✅
Not like that lmao
Oh I’m sure you’re gorgeous.
Ha. 😐
lmao right. check
Omg stoppppp 😆
not only does this guy know what he is talking about but also he is a brilliant teacher. if he ever gives private survival lessons i'd gladly participate. pls bring him back to this show
This is one of the best if these. Loved his professionalism and confidence without arrogance. I actually learned a lot from this one.
Not exactly when he didn't mention adrenaline in titanic to pull it of and he doesn't know about survival mode
The ocean took my brother. 53 degree water. They searched for his body for 12 hours. After 30 minutes they weren't looking for a survivor, they were looking for a body. Coast guard never found him. Buried at sea.
I'm so sorry about your brother. Sending love your way.
Damn, I’m sorry
he is with aqua man
I’m so sorry to hear that.
@@redbetta2191 dude 😭😭😭 thats sweet but thats so disrespectful
I'm glad he gave the scene from Unbroken 10/10 since it was based on the real-life experience of Louis Zamperini and his fellow crew members.
Agreed
It was such a good movie. Totally deserved a 10/10
Movies based on real events can still be overplayed and stamped some Hollywood for effect.
I thought the same thing, I've read the book and it was fantastic
Lots of movies based on real life that are ruined by Hollywood. Watch the real-life documentary of "Little Dieter Needs to fly", then watch the horrible Hollywood remake "Rescue dawn"as an example. Better yet just watch "Little Dieter Needs to fly" and don't waste time watching the other
Fun Fact! Charles Joughin, the head baker on the Titanic survived in a pretty crazy way! After passing out food and supplies, giving up a seat on a lifeboat for another, and throwing chairs over so other could use them to float, he went to his cabin and got HAMMERED on whiskey. He was in the water for 2-3 hours. He survived for a few reasons. He was one of if now THE last person to leave the ship clinging to the stern as it went down. Also the cold water nullified the effects of alcoholic vasodilation and gave him a heavy dose of liquid courage. While everyone was panicking and thrashing, lose body heat or drowning, he just doggy paddled around for hours. He ended up clinging to a life raft until another came along and pulled him in. He survived until 1959. Pretty darn amazing
Yes and also that was Officer Harold Lowe of the Titanic and not the Carpathia.
@@annemchurchwell what was officer Lowe?
@@allshookup1640 5th officer of the Titanic
@@annemchurchwell what about him? Sorry I’m just confused why you brought him up
@allshookup1640 the one who brought the life boat back to search for surviors. He said he was from the Carpathia.
I used to take cold showers and even though the water was like 60 F, I was still in shock for like 30 seconds trying to get used to it. I couldn't even begin to imagine how shocking it was to have been in the near freezing water where the Titanic sank
not near freezing, BELOW freezing! the ocean was estimated to be 27-28F that night. (salt water freezes at a lower temperature than fresh water.) Jack Thayer, a survivor, described the shocking feeling as "being stabbed with millions of knives" when he dove into the water after there were no more lifeboats.
I went to the Titanic museum in Gatlinburg a couple of years ago,and they have a pool that's the same temperature the water was that night. You're supposed to stick your arm in and see how long you can last. I pretty much stuck my arm in, and pulled it right back out.
it is good to see a survival expert confirm that survival is better with each other, not "every man for himself"
except for the cabin boy.
IKR!
agreed! & he's British too! British soldiers died in much higher numbers than Aussies & others in ww2 POW camps, cause they didn't stick together well. ANZACS did it best & so survived in disproportionately high numbers
@@mehere8038 The survival rate in POW camps had almost nothing to do with that and almost everything to do with the amount of food, forced labor and extermination. What a fucked thing to believe.
@@MrTheclevercat you need to do some research! Many camps had a mix of POW's from different countries, all getting exactly the same rations & doing exactly the same work, yet some nations saw a far higher percentage survive than others. Certainly stuff like POW's with dysentery giving their rations to their mates while sick, then getting extra back when/if they recovered assisted, but moral is also a huge thing
Damn, that man really knows what to do. It was nice to see, real pro
Yes
I've had the pleasure of speaking with John several times, he is an absolute gentleman. I can thoroughly recommend his books on survival.
I love how he also give tips on how to survive these situations
Clicked it for entertainment. Walked away with a PhD in survival
You can see why he trains the trainers, very entertaining, easy to follow and well spoken. Clearly highly experienced
His shark voice "Oh what's happening??😳😟" was downright adorable Fr though, one of my gave guests for this series! Just praying I can remember this video for my dumbass in Utah's backcountry
This guy is the real thing. I'd love to watch more from him! Totally impressed. And I don't often say that.
That's one of the best ones from Insider.
I agree
Agreed 10/10
This has to be the most 10/10s given in this series. Seems if Hollywood can do one thing right, it's ocean survival.
And I like how this comment has exactly ten likes. 10 out of infinity that is.
Hollywood always fictions things up for more entertainment value. What’s it say about ocean survival, then, that being perfectly real is harrowing enough for our entertainment?
Don’t give Hollywood too much credit. These are hand picked films not a random compilation. I’m sure there are more films where they get it wrong than they do right.
On average it seems like 😂
Watch the video on cults, they've got those down pretty well too.
I wish we could see more of this guy on survival shows. He explains things so well in a fun manner. Best of all he takes information from all survival genres and not just the tough soldier, stone age wannabe or the person who wants to be one with the earth, like many others do. He takes pieces from all of these and provides a much more balanced view.
Thanks not only for breaking down the survival videos, but also giving us survival tips. I try to remember them if I get in this situations^^
I think it's amazing that the Inuit gesture of greeting is also a check to see if you still have manual dexterity.
It’s also the number 6 in ASL.
Middle index finger works too.
Having the knowledge is one thing, being able to communicate it effectively is another. This guy has both
Given how tough this guy is, that makes the part at 7:28 even more wholesome/entertaining 😀😀
My husband and I with our 8 year old son had an accident in a lake. Our boat flipped and we found ourselves in the freezing water wearing all our clothes. Heavy jackets and leather boots, scarfs and jumpers. We had our life jackets on, but our clothes made it soooo hard for us to float. I had seen this video before and I swear, while I was gasping for air, hyperventilating and fearing for my son's life, there was a part of my brain saying: Well, it turns out , that guy from that KZhead video? Knew what he was talking about.... We were able to swim to shore all three of us with great difficulty and we're ok now. Scariest 15 minutes of my life.
Kudos for addressing the "We gotta have food!" mentality when you're short on water. Food takes water to digest. If you're short on water, minimize eating as much as you can afford to or even stop eating altogether to make the water last longer. Sometimes you really do need the food to help withstand cold or provide necessary energy for physical feats. Otherwise it's better to go hungry. Also it's usually better to go hungry than eat some questionable food that might make you sick.
If you need to eat a person eat the fat.
Raw, wild seagull sounds pretty chancy even if you're near a hospital.
What about drinking blood
@@TommyCurrell You will dehydrate faster.
@@The_DC_Kid they are literally sky rats. I think mayyyybe in a jam I might use their blood to keep my lips from cracking. Might even drink a little, but most likely not. But there’s a reason we don’t eat birds raw.
Really enjoyed John Hudson, please bring him back.
This guy was one of the best ones ever. So knowledgeable and easy to listen to
"Water water everywhere. But not a drop to drink."
"One of the first senses you lose is your sense of humor." nice one.
Is there a patreon or petition I can contribute to in order to bring back “dude, you’re screwed”? Now that I see you’re alive and well, I’d love nothing more than to see grown adults travel 30 Miles in 100 hours in impossible climates. Low key the most addicting show on the planet.
It was obviously scripted, but was still so entertaining. I agree that I wish they had more seasons. I mean, the scenarios were whatever, bug the fact that the characters were legit was what really made it
You would pay money to see something you can get for free? Wow people are stupid nowadays.
@@iwatchyoutube6539 who hurt you??
@@iwatchyoutube6539 with such a sophisticated name it’s no wonder you’re so clever. You must have ALL the Reddit karma huh?
@@Chiwalker absurdly scripted. But you get it haha if you described it to someone who has never seen it they’d be like… uh no thanks haha.totally the characters. So much low key tension between jake and John I loved it haha
genuinely, unbelievably for me, never thought about it even. This was so true, so informative, best video on youtube i've watched in terms of reality and genuine intrigue and knowledge
I enjoyed this. Picking scenes that have interesting information rather than criticizing movies that are completely unrealistic.
I'm so happy he gave Unbroken a 10/10 for realism. That's one of my favorite movies and for good reason ☺️
Should be because it was based on the true account of Louis Z. Hopefully told as it was.
@@BuzziRus the book is even better, but scary at points.
@@blu5021 yea we had to read it in school but worth it, I got so excited when they showed the albatross scene
@@fishsion9569 it was incredible how well they portrayed it. Most movies just say and then it was all ok after
I bet he has some great stories himself. Best one of these thus far.
He wrote a book….👀 It’s called How To Survive. Just throwing that out there.
@@kristinastaab3572 thanks so much for the info😀
Missed opportunity to talk about Charles Joughlin, the baker on Titanic who survived for 3 hours in the cold water because he was completely smashed! Look him up, it’s a fantastic story. And he is portrayed in the film too.
if he was pissed then the alcohol thinned his blood enough to survive lucky him lol
Wait, what? We should get trashed if we're gonna freeze?
sounds like a birko head,sorry british slang,means he’s from birkenhead (which is one of the roughest areas in the north of England)
This is medical nonsense. Alcohol dilates your vessels which in return leads to loosing your body warmth faster which leads to hypothermia and death faster
@@Celisar1 yeah, that's what I thought! So something else was clearly going on here.
Must have watched this 20+ times, he’s such a fascinating person to listen to. Please bring him back again.
He can describe how paint dries and I'll totally listen to it.
15:38 There's also an anecdote/real story here in Brazil, that during the war, a brazillian expeditionary patrol in the italian mountains, not used to Europe's colder environment (Here is mostly warm and never too cold) made a small fire in the forest knowing that if a german patrol saw them they would be caught and killed, and in fact, a german patrol saw the fire, but didn't went to check out what it was because they thought it would be too stupid for someone to do that.
Do you know which part of Italy?
@@eduardoverre6392 Probably near the Monte Castello, which was the major battle the FEB had their entry marked in Europe.
@@ygorschuma3059 I live so near! It is realistic since in this area there were many many nazis during the occupation! It is in the north so yeah in the mountains can get to 0° or a bit less during the winter. Fun fact the place is so near at the birth village of Benito Mussolini! Great story!!
I didn't get it. They knew they would be caught and killed, so they built a small fire. But the German patrol saw them and yet ignored them because they thought it was stupid?
So these brazilians survived because of some weird reverse psychology.
Inteligent person explains complicated things as simple as possible, i like this man, i could watch at least 20 min more. I would like him rating desert survival scenes too...
Love this guy's just absolute expertise. Thank you for doing this
I could listen to him for hours! Insider...we want more! This guy is simply awesome! :D
Try a show called dude, you're screwed. He was one of the participants and shows how intelligent this guy is and some others.
Interesting fun fact: the guy with the dark hair in Unbroken is based on a true person. His name was Louis Zamperini. He was an Olympic runner, and a soldier in WWII. He was born in my home town of Olean, NY.
They were all real people
Yeah they were all real and everyone moron knows that…. It says it in the movie. It’s made very very very clear.
@@mizzouranger134 you don't have to be rude, man
Interesting fun fact: People exaggerate their own experiences+lie about them for personal gain all the time. Don't fall to that, "oh these guys said they experienced this, it must be true!" train of thought.
Not so fun fact: Gaga had the worst experience in WWII
Absolutely love John Hudson. Very happy to see him In one of these
I did cold water training once, the water was 5 degrees in an outdoor pool in the middle of the uk winter, I managed 20 minutes up to my shoulders before the instructor told us to exit the pool as anything over that starts to get dangerous. It was awful but awesome at the same time. Also correct about the involuntary gasp/hyperventilating, I often have contrast showers after the gym and although over time you start to get used to it so that initial cold shock isn't as pronounced, it still causes sharp intakes of breath.
This guy is really well spoken and interesting, hope to see him again
I’m glad they did Always Sunny in Philadelphia that episode was hilarious
10/10, naturally
How did they survive that? Or like get back to shore?
@@acidicjerk218 they got rescued by a party boat
@@An1meL0v3r1997 by the guidos
This is the best Expert I've seen in this series. Phenomenal. Knowledgeable and engaging.
This was beyond delightful. Please bring him back for another!
The reason Unbroken is so accurate is because it's based on a true story. I read the book and what this man survived is insane.
Titanic is based on a real story, but that film is fantasy.
@@haroldbridges515 I should clarify. The film Unbroken is a pretty faithful biographical adaptation of an actual person's life based on a non-fiction novel written by an actual historian which combines a detailed 1st person account with additional contextual historical research. Titanic is a film based on a historical event but completely invents pretty much everything. It's historical fiction, not a non-fiction biography. It borrows from some actual accounts and history but is non-biographical.
@@hurricaneofcats How do you know how much of Zamperini's story as told by Hillebrandt is fiction?
@@haroldbridges515 That is something I personally cannot attest to since Mr. Zamperini died in 2014 and I'm not an expert on this particular topic. As with most historical accounts Zamperini is likely not a 100% reliable narrator, no human is. And I would not be shocked if there was some embellishment or inaccuracy. It includes a lot of harrowing stuff and Zamperini also didn't omit some of the uglier effects of his experiences after the war (drinking and PTSD). But his story as a whole is still pretty amazing even if you go by the well established facts. It's hard to dispute the key points of the story, his athletic career, his plane going down in the Pacific Ocean, the fact he was a Japanese POW, and the well-documented abuses that many POWs experienced. Hillenbrand didn't just use Zamperini's interviews, she also cited wartime records, letters, Zamperini's own diary from the war, other historians, other published accounts etc. Hillenbrand cites her sources in the book itself throughout. Feel free to form your own opinion, but I personally think Hillenbrand did her homework.
“When sharks attack there is not a lot you can do about it” Well that’s reassuring
John Hudson is an amazing expert and a great teacher. A very entertaining and enlightening video. But the main lesson I learned from watching this video is "never go anywhere near the ocean."
If you don't drown, you'll freeze, if you don't freeze, you'll bake and if you don't bake, you'll die of thirst, if you don't die of thirst, you'll get eaten by something nasty... I have a similar attitude to going to Australia, why would you go to a continent where most if the flora and fauna will try and kill you? 😁
Kate Winslet is a beast, she is tough. They filmed this in cold water tanks. She managed childbirth afterwards with no pain relief because she had gone through this.
The ending was filmed in heated water, although a lot of the rest of the water scenes used water directly from the Pacific.
Kate Winslet is known for having had a c-section in 2000, but claimed initially to have had a vaginal birth due to disappointment she needed surgery...Has she had another baby, the other way?
@@hannahb7038 she has 3 children though.
Can you out swim a shark? (snort) No! Should you try to? No!
Thats a goddam hard instinct to break, and even harder to find realistic practice.
20 yrs as a Combat Survival Officer and every word this guys says is absolute gold!
This is the best host yet. 10/10 for you, sir!
Could watch and listen to this guy all day!!!
I honestly had no idea that water temperature affected how long one could hold their breath for! Very interesting!
Yeah and it sorta sucks if you think about it. Even without cold, and without doing any movement, you can only hold your breath for around a minute, or two at best. Splashing into cold water though is all sorts of bad. If your body was too heated before you enter, you can even get like a heart attack sorta thing... Plus this breathing reflex... RIP
As an asthmatic I've had that experience myself jumping into a river which turned out much colder than expected! Instant massive asthma attack from external temperature shock to torso & throat, even though I hadn't breathed in any liquid... 😬 Thankfully an uncle spotted I was in difficulties & towed me out, or suspect I'd likely be dead now? It seemed like when breathing suddenly stopped like that, any logic and rest of body's motor control just went into a sudden freeze as well, really scary. Given the skill-building this gentleman & his trainees deliver, I suspect that may be something you can train yourself to override, but I dont imagine an untrained person has much chance alas? 😔
I would love to take a survival course with John Hudson. Such a class act.
Love him! Very clear explanation. Enjoyed this interview.
This guy is awesome.All of the things that he said made perfect sense.Great job !!!!
He just confirmed what we already knew, Jack could have got on that raft but Rose was too greedy
24 years later and people still get this wrong. 2 people on the raft was SO OBVIOUS it was the first thing they tried...and failed.
The raft couldn’t hold both of them with out flipping
There's a song that says "the terrible thing about the sea is dying of thirst" wich always reminds me of that scene in unbroken
This is just the best content format of all time. I can easily waste a day getting through things like this.
I love John Hudson, he was on “Dude, You’re Screwed” an amazing survival show among some of the best of the best. Glad to see him back on my screen. Bring back Dude, You’re Screwed!
This guy is great "the bitey end" lol
What a cool and knowledgable guy. He knew his stuff and didn’t come across as a know it all at all. I feel I’ve learnt things from this video!
Yeah for someone who knows as much as he does he seems like someone whod make me feel smarter by talking to him
he is in a survival show too where they get dropped somewhere on the planet without knowing, its called dude you're screwed
This man knows everything about everything - truly an expert !
This guy must be brought back for more analysis! Possibly my favorite survival expert commentator!
I remember that gasp reflex. I was getting into water maybe 10°Celsius, (that's about 10° over freezing point) and the first thirty seconds after jumping in I was gasping and hyperventilating so much, I thought I was having a heart attack. After that, it was fine: the swimming kept me warm. And I had the entire (way too cold) pool to myself, hurray!
Same. When I taught at a middle school we took them to a camp in the spring and as motivation they were allowed to throw a teacher in the lake at the end of the week if they met a goal. It was Lake George. I had never been tossed in cold water (it was about the same temp as the water you describe). I was only a few feet from the dock (in 10 feet of water) but I wasn't sure I would make it back before I sank to the bottom because I barely got back to the top before I had to inhale and then it was just a constant battle to stay up high enough to breathe while I panted my way back (with hair all over my face so I couldn't see!)
I get that feeling just from having a cold shower
I've never had that reflex like you mammals do
@@bluehornet197 Well, your tracheae won't save you.
@@steffenkassner2033 you're right this is why I fly above water not swim in it
The shallows is one of those films that is so far out of reality that I couldn't enjoy it. It was so ridiculous. Sharks are not that vindictive. And also, THERES A GIANT DEAD WHALE. The shark will never waste the time attacking a human on the shore when the whale is right there, prime for eating
Jaws was the worst PR for sharks ever.
I can watch any trash shark movie, becuase, you know, sharks. Regardless how accurate the movies are, sharks are amazing and terrifying.
This makes me think of when there are Deaf people in movies and on TV. I’m an interpreter. It makes me nuts. Every time a Deaf person is interviewed by the police they: don’t get an interpreter, they find an officer who “can sign”, they sit them next to them, have them in a dark room, and the “interpreter” is ahead of what the person is signing. Dude! Laws of physics and neurology. Interpreting is the single hardest task the human brain can do. It requires a LOT of study past bilingualism (the beginning). Deaf people can’t watch someone signing in the dark next to them.
@@ire1398 It says a lot when even Peter Benchley regrets writing the book because he saw how much harm it ended up doing to sharks as an entire species.
I love this guys attitude
This guy is fantastic. Bring him back!