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  • Master EOD Technician Jay Ly rates bomb disposal scenes in movies and television for realism.
    Ly looks at common explosives used in combat throughout history, from the improvised explosive device in "The Hurt Locker" (2008), starring Jeremy Renner; to World War II bombs in "M*A*S*H" S1E20 (1973) and "Rambo" (2008), starring Sylvester Stallone. Ly explains the plausibility of disarming nuclear weapons in "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" (2023), with Tom Cruise and Simon Pegg; the detonation of the nuclear warhead in "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012), with Christian Bale and Anne Hathaway; and the underwater explosive in "The Abyss" (1989). Ly also breaks down various tools and procedures used in explosive ordnance disposal, including using a robot for bomb detection in "Bluestone 42" S1E1 (2013), the bomb squad kit in "S.W.A.T." S5E13 (2022); and the wire cutters used in "SEAL Team" S2E1 (2018). Additionally, Ly looks at the realism of communication systems and render safe procedures used in "Archer" S1E7 (2010) and "Speed" (1994), starring Keanu Reeves.
    Ly is a former Master Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician for the US Navy, with 13 years of experience in explosive ordnance disposal. He did four combat deployments, including three to Afghanistan and a subsequent deployment to Bahrain. Ly is the founder and president of Golden Compass, a leadership and personal finance coaching company. He is also the Community Engagement Liaison of Navy Special Operations Foundation.
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  • @nightshade7240
    @nightshade7240 Před 5 měsíci +525

    You need to bring this guy back. So awesome when your experts have such a demonstrable knowledge base and look at scenes realistically and give scores accordingly.

    • @ValkyrieAims
      @ValkyrieAims Před 4 měsíci +7

      agreed, he was straight to business

  • @hjk6606
    @hjk6606 Před 5 měsíci +615

    I totally get why this dude was an EOD Tech. His whole demeanor and personality is so calm while explaining and a few times, he purposely didn't go into detail about certain procedures/intel. Still maintains a level of professionalism. I like that.👍🏽

    • @Aviator27J
      @Aviator27J Před 5 měsíci +8

      I'd find it a fun and rewarding job. I mean, fun as in the way I loved firefighting: you get to help others, you get adrenaline rushes, etc. I can't be sure about the items he didn't explain due to secrecy concerns, but I understand it and I'm sure some steps can be figured out all the same. It's like how understanding the operation of a nuclear bomb is relatively simple, but despite the information and schematics available out there, building an efficient device would take expertise, money, and materials. With just the latter you could certainly create something that produces a sufficient yield, but not several kilotons or beyond.

    • @uthamanj
      @uthamanj Před 5 měsíci +8

      Disables a nuclear bomb while replying back to emails 😂😂

    • @tommyt1971
      @tommyt1971 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Yeah, I’d expect that it would take the kind of nerves of steel that air traffic controllers have. Couldn’t do that myself, even tho my hands are rock steady - I couldn’t handle the mental aspect of it.

    • @mandelorean6243
      @mandelorean6243 Před měsícem +1

      Have you asked him out yet??

  • @butwhataboutdragons7768
    @butwhataboutdragons7768 Před 5 měsíci +1230

    The color-coding of wires on bombs is just so hilarious when you think about it. In most electrical applications, color-coding is specifically so repair people can tell what they're dealing with at a glance. In fact it's often regulated by code or actual law. Why would a bomb-maker even consider making it easy to disable?
    Unless it's for story purposes, like it's a fake bomb, okay then sure. Or if it's to fool the heroes, "Aha! You've fallen for my trap! Those obvious wires outside all make the bomb go off instantly!"

    • @ankurito3746
      @ankurito3746 Před 5 měsíci +39

      A fail safe so they themeslves can debomb it in case the bomb is ever turned on them.

    • @helljester8097
      @helljester8097 Před 5 měsíci +73

      @@ankurito3746but then you need to assume the bomb maker is so forgetful he needs to stick to the “official” color codes because he can’t remember which color he chose to make thingy go boom boom.

    • @EnhancedNightmare
      @EnhancedNightmare Před 5 měsíci +10

      Dude most people think that cables go one way and that's why onenis red and other black to charge car battery xD I'm not even joking.

    • @cssgtmicahcook1487
      @cssgtmicahcook1487 Před 5 měsíci +1

      just clip the RED wire!!

    • @Ya_Mf_Boi
      @Ya_Mf_Boi Před 5 měsíci +16

      Lmao thats so true, working on anything with wiring on cars is "the manual said this was a brown wire with a gray tracer but this one is only bown, nope this is the wrong wire" and then an hour later you realize it WAS the right wire but the manual was for a different trim package

  • @Minnevan
    @Minnevan Před 5 měsíci +555

    I like this guy, he seems very
    knowledgeable and professional, but also friendly and down to earth

    • @Amish_Paradise
      @Amish_Paradise Před 5 měsíci +18

      He is so handsome as well

    • @redflagy8
      @redflagy8 Před 5 měsíci +19

      Not to mention he doesn't want to say too match. As we saw on the seat explosive he didn't tell us what is the second device or what it does because he doesn't want the wrong people to learn, it's truly the only professional in this videos he said only what was necessary or wide spread. As someone who doesn't know anything about bombs or how to create/disarm them I didn't learn anything from this guy. A true professional never shows how it's done

    • @lowendplayer4259
      @lowendplayer4259 Před 5 měsíci

      But he is comparing old movies to the current technologies which is weird

    • @MrTsiolkovsky
      @MrTsiolkovsky Před 5 měsíci

      almost all EOD techs

    • @TzunSu
      @TzunSu Před 5 měsíci

      @@lowendplayer4259 The physics are the same.

  • @cssgtmicahcook1487
    @cssgtmicahcook1487 Před 5 měsíci +444

    This would be to me one of the most scary professions.😬 A big thank you to our service members, as well as techs!

    • @hansolowe19
      @hansolowe19 Před 5 měsíci +7

      Made me think of the sappers in the mine fields in Ukraine.
      This guy (and the sappers) are heroes and badasses.

    • @rkl233
      @rkl233 Před 5 měsíci +11

      I think alot put the scary out of their minds because you are either going to defuse the bomb or suddenly its not your issue

    • @cssgtmicahcook1487
      @cssgtmicahcook1487 Před 5 měsíci

      @@rkl233 4 real!

    • @cssgtmicahcook1487
      @cssgtmicahcook1487 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@hansolowe19 100%

    • @oswaldkite2106
      @oswaldkite2106 Před 5 měsíci +4

      If this is the job they assigned me in the military, I'd be going AWOL. No chance.

  • @EtomidateEnjoyer
    @EtomidateEnjoyer Před 5 měsíci +104

    I love that the most realistic part of hurt locker was the eod flipping off the team haha

    • @Extrahello
      @Extrahello Před dnem

      Oh it is 100% the most realistic part and how techs act on the daily

  • @rolltide8754
    @rolltide8754 Před 5 měsíci +110

    I was a civilian bomb tech for 25 years for a large sheriffs office. Just like the military we do training at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama for IED recognition. A really useful procedure in any disruption whether you’re going hands on or remotely, is the acronym PIES. It stands for power supply, initiator, explosive, switch. If you remove anyone of these, the device will not function. I would explain this to students using a simple fire cracker as an example. The power supply would be someone lighting a match. The initiator would be moving the match to the fuse, the explosive would be the cylindrical portion of the fire cracker. and the switch would be the fuse. So, just like with this simple device, all the way up to the nuclear weapon, if you remove one component, the device simply won’t work. Great video.

    • @fredslipknot9
      @fredslipknot9 Před 28 dny +2

      You’re good at explaining this, thank you.

  • @TDFMonster40K
    @TDFMonster40K Před 5 měsíci +244

    His knowledge on things that go boom is incredible, but the amount he brings up nukes makes me wonder exactly how often a nuke has almost gone off

    • @JohnBoyGamer1
      @JohnBoyGamer1 Před 5 měsíci

      there are a number of documented cases of nukes accidently being dropped and coming very close to going off

    • @michaelchallis4129
      @michaelchallis4129 Před 5 měsíci +5

      It’s something he learns about.

    • @cm275
      @cm275 Před 5 měsíci +38

      Read Command & Control, it’s scary how unsafe the early bombs were and that book only has access to the US records. Imagine how janky the Russian crap is.

    • @diakpoofaman
      @diakpoofaman Před 5 měsíci

      Theres a phenomenal Veritasium video on that very subject, highly recommend it

    • @BasedStreetRacer
      @BasedStreetRacer Před 5 měsíci +18

      Well, unfortunately there are nukes that have been “lost”. The US admits it lost 6 nukes that can’t be recovered but there’s probably more for various reasons whether it is strategic, a mistake, or perhaps even stolen. The other nuclear armed countries almost certainly have the same situation. I’m not an EOD but my buddy was and he can only say he knows how to properly disarm them if he has enough time but he can’t say anything. The most I got from is exactly what this gent said. It’s classified, but if you look up “ declassified recorded arrow incidents”, you can get an idea how many nukes went off by accident or were prevented.

  • @HHSTT
    @HHSTT Před 5 měsíci +61

    I've read that IED-guys are still rolling in laughter because of "Hurt Locker". 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @springbloom5940
      @springbloom5940 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Thats because they failed to understand the point of Hurt Locker. I mean, they should at least get it, when his team is discussing who would do the paperwork when they frag him.

    • @bob_the_bomb4508
      @bob_the_bomb4508 Před 5 měsíci +22

      As an EOD specialist I can tell you that the Hurt Locker was the first science fiction movie to win a ‘best picture’ Oscar.

    • @bob_the_bomb4508
      @bob_the_bomb4508 Před 5 měsíci +5

      @@springbloom5940you can’t polish a turd mate…

    • @HHSTT
      @HHSTT Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@bob_the_bomb4508 I proudly support you opinion, sir. 👍💪

  • @imightbebiased9311
    @imightbebiased9311 Před 4 měsíci +58

    I like the fact that he actually used the 10 point scale. He didn't just give everything an 8 or above to be nice.

  • @dugwug7703
    @dugwug7703 Před 5 měsíci +22

    My dad was Navy EOD from 62-84. Always a hoot to watch James Bond movies and hokey TV shows involving bombs. Miss that time with my dad.

  • @westnilesnipes
    @westnilesnipes Před 5 měsíci +59

    This has been one of the more interesting Insider expert react videos I've seen. Would love to see more stuff from this dude. Great insight without getting too specific for obvious reasons.

    • @productwholeslave2122
      @productwholeslave2122 Před 9 dny

      Blown Away,
      The Lethal Weapon,.
      That's all I can think of off the top of my head.

  • @TonyVSTheWorld
    @TonyVSTheWorld Před 5 měsíci +84

    I was a grunt in the Marines attached to an EOD unit. Everything he's saying is 100% accurate

  • @thetwitchywitchy
    @thetwitchywitchy Před 5 měsíci +38

    How can you possibly say Archer couldn’t disarm that bomb?! He was wearing his black turtleneck, that’s essentially an expert pass on all things special agent.
    Archer: “First letter B”
    Ray: “BRAVO!!”
    Archer: “Thank you”
    😂😂😂😂

  • @Gunbudder
    @Gunbudder Před 5 měsíci +62

    my friend in college was an EOD tech. he told me that if there was an IED that he thought might go off in his face while disarming it, he would sit as close to it as possible and get as comfortable as possible, without any bomb blast gear. he told me he did this because he wanted to die rather than survive and be maimed if an IED went off while he was working on it. i could never tell if he was messing with us or not

    • @Extrahello
      @Extrahello Před dnem

      As a tech equal parts truth equal parts joke

  • @ScarlettM
    @ScarlettM Před 5 měsíci +57

    It's great when you get these professionals react to scenes! So much fun and education!

    • @redflagy8
      @redflagy8 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I would disagree with you I didn't learn anything from him only what is on the internet already, he doesn't speak a lot like the seat bomb he doesn't say what is the second device or what it does, he knows not only good people watch this videos he doesn't want to teach the bombers the methods so they know how to bypass them. In my opinion this is the worst inside video but the most professional person.

    • @mauricemotors8207
      @mauricemotors8207 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@redflagy8You realize he can’t reveal a lot of information on how they work correct?

    • @mauricemotors8207
      @mauricemotors8207 Před 5 měsíci

      @@redflagy8He can’t show all his cards lol

    • @redflagy8
      @redflagy8 Před 5 měsíci

      @mauricemotors8207 in this series people go ham and show everything, don't get me wrong is nothing bad about him he is just not fitted for the role, let's say he is "too professional" for the video

  • @cthomas025
    @cthomas025 Před 5 měsíci +8

    Oh man that MacGruber scene is great. "There's like a thousand wires in here! I'm like a three wire guy."

  • @TheMattFernandez
    @TheMattFernandez Před 5 měsíci +17

    Dude looks like Explosive Gordon-Levitt

    • @reshpeck
      @reshpeck Před 5 měsíci

      I disagree but I appreciate your wordplay

    • @JustsomeSteve
      @JustsomeSteve Před 5 měsíci +1

      Yeah, I can see the similarity.

  • @imomedvidek
    @imomedvidek Před 5 měsíci +10

    I would pay for a ticket to see Jay review the whole hurt locker movie

  • @Dayvit78
    @Dayvit78 Před 5 měsíci +5

    I really enjoy the experts who are not afraid to really "clown" on the scenes. Way to go Master Tech Ly!

  • @Luis-be9mi
    @Luis-be9mi Před 5 měsíci +60

    There was a video about a British Bomb Disposal member during WW2. He stated that once he got to the bomb the first thing he always do was that he sat on it before he began his work.
    So in the event if the bomb went off he wouldn’t know about it.

    • @RealNaisuCinema
      @RealNaisuCinema Před 5 měsíci +1

      That doesn’t even make sense… if he’s working on it with his face up to it he won’t know if it goes off then either. Not to mention why would he risk setting it off when it could’ve been disarmed?

    • @user-hu8fn2jp5v
      @user-hu8fn2jp5v Před 5 měsíci +1

      ​@@RealNaisuCinemait was prolly a joke

    • @RealNaisuCinema
      @RealNaisuCinema Před 5 měsíci

      @@user-hu8fn2jp5v not every blatantly dumb thing said online is a joke though

  • @caffeineadvocate
    @caffeineadvocate Před 5 měsíci +55

    If there’s another one of these, would love to see ‘Executive Decision’ and ‘Goldfinger’ included. :)

    • @taracampbell2433
      @taracampbell2433 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Seconded!

    • @kaansoler1431
      @kaansoler1431 Před 5 měsíci +5

      I second that. Executive Decision is must. Hopefully they will do another video like this and include it. Or maybe add a scene from "24" with Jack Bauer would be cool.

    • @jessemorris3747
      @jessemorris3747 Před 5 měsíci +6

      Dude goldfinger is hilarious, bonds like ill search around the bomb for something doesnt see anything obvious, is like well i dont know how to do this, and at that second an expert comes in and flicks the off switch. Fuckin brilliant

    • @eddier8576
      @eddier8576 Před 5 měsíci +4

      And "Blown Away"

    • @himynameisjeff
      @himynameisjeff Před 5 měsíci +1

      They had another technician review goldfinger in another bomb tech reviews movies video

  • @murphythelatecomer4608
    @murphythelatecomer4608 Před 5 měsíci +31

    I love how this guy can’t believe he was going to give a Batman movie the most accurate score out of all of those clips. 😂

    • @TheoneandonlyGTA
      @TheoneandonlyGTA Před 5 měsíci +9

      Of course Joseph-Gordon Levitt would give his movie the high score

    • @murphythelatecomer4608
      @murphythelatecomer4608 Před 5 měsíci +4

      Huh. You know, I’m just now seeing that likeness. Go figure, I guess.

  • @patfer1189
    @patfer1189 Před 3 měsíci +3

    The best part of this was the number of times he said "without going into detail...".
    Yes- learning from experts on these videos is great, but everyone has access to them and certain techniques and procedures must be kept under wraps.

  • @ExileOfSand
    @ExileOfSand Před 5 měsíci +11

    Amazing break down and extremely knowledgable I would love to hear him breakdown more

  • @alexsargeson1945
    @alexsargeson1945 Před 2 měsíci +1

    This is one of my favourites, so detailed for the explanation and past experiences
    Thankyou for your service

  • @MrCarlBackhausen
    @MrCarlBackhausen Před 3 měsíci +1

    I love this guy. He seems so chill and he seems like a cool friend to have.

  • @andrewtischler9385
    @andrewtischler9385 Před 5 měsíci +13

    Truly useful and well-educated reviews. Thanks!

  • @shkotayd9749
    @shkotayd9749 Před 5 měsíci +13

    This expert communicates stuff I have no idea about in a way I feel like I understood better now, and in a way that was absolutely not condescending.
    Have him back on please!

  • @jackson857
    @jackson857 Před 5 měsíci +26

    For some reason it always pleases me when experts call out the Hurt Locker for how unrealistic it is. And I like the movie. But it's really annoying when people say, "oh this is so realistic". NO IT'S NOT!

    • @williambrandondavis6897
      @williambrandondavis6897 Před 3 měsíci +4

      Like spending two minutes to clean blood off the .50cal shells while they are getting killed by a sniper when anyone that has ever shot a rifle knows you can breach load the shells by hand one at a time straight into the chamber. That movie was crap.

    • @Extrahello
      @Extrahello Před dnem

      As far as what they do as techs it’s not realistic at all but it does portray war pretty well especially in the early 2000s time

  • @patgiblinsongs5
    @patgiblinsongs5 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Great review, and reviewer! Please have this gentleman back!

  • @robertcapek2425
    @robertcapek2425 Před 5 měsíci +24

    When someone say, "I can't get into a details of disarming of this type of bomb," you know he knows things.

  • @gauravsharma6
    @gauravsharma6 Před 5 měsíci +6

    Kudos to this Navy guy first. He is a wonderful critique. I know WONDERFUL & CRITIQUE don't go together normally.
    I salute his knowledge, his experience & his spot-on reviews of the scenes. Guys like these are a treasure for their nations.

  • @Dene181
    @Dene181 Před 5 měsíci +17

    Cool dude with great knowledge, love to see more episodes with him.

  • @smokeyjerz2688
    @smokeyjerz2688 Před 9 dny +1

    I love that he even avoids revealing certain details. 4:38 for example. Keep the integrity! Oorah!

  • @Eric_Nguyen.
    @Eric_Nguyen. Před 5 měsíci +5

    I love how the only reason he gave The Hurt Locker a 1 was because of the "communication" with the others.
    And that's just being generous.

  • @jessicacarlisle9160
    @jessicacarlisle9160 Před 5 měsíci +6

    Your comments where you say “I can’t talk about specifics” reminds me of talking to my dad. He’s a retired CWO5 nuke and I asked many questions growing up, I got used to hearing he couldn’t talk about it. Which I still hear sometimes 😂 Although he also tells me that about when he was a submariner too because he was on the NR-1

  • @Maazzzo
    @Maazzzo Před 5 měsíci +14

    Thank you for ncluding M*A*S*H! you could do about 10 more videos with Jay considering how many bomb disposals there are in tv and film. Please do!

  • @kylewilson9293
    @kylewilson9293 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Amazing commentary. And thank you for your service sir.

  • @npxmnpxm
    @npxmnpxm Před dnem

    This is the best of the series. And I dare say it will never be topped. Bravo.

  • @MrJohnchatfield
    @MrJohnchatfield Před 4 měsíci +1

    I love your commentary. Thank you for this

  • @MrJlee93
    @MrJlee93 Před 5 měsíci +25

    I like how he's brutally honest with criticisms. It's Hollywood, so it's going to be exaggerated. Probably done for entertainment purposes

    • @breaker6683
      @breaker6683 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I always like these videos the most when the expert is honest about what they really think. The "build a ditch" guy is also a favorite.

    • @Bbqluv7
      @Bbqluv7 Před 5 měsíci +1

      In hurt locker people don’t realize it was apart of the characters role , he didn’t care if he lived or died , everything was spot on in the movie .

    • @MrJlee93
      @MrJlee93 Před 5 měsíci

      @@Bbqluv7 what this EOD guy said was it's not how you're supposed to act if you're trying to defuse the bomb. Not many look that deep as you did

    • @Tranchelevent
      @Tranchelevent Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@Bbqluv7 Retaining a death wish is a tragic state of mind. As described in the analysis of Hurt Locker, the consequences of reckless behavior are not limited to the individual experiencing an issue. Informing CO of facts, and only facts, may result in a life-saving CDE/MHE.

    • @Bbqluv7
      @Bbqluv7 Před 5 měsíci

      @@MrJlee93 clearly they didn’t look into as deeply but if they did they would recognize it’s psycho brilliance

  • @ZergrushEddie
    @ZergrushEddie Před 5 měsíci +4

    I am calling my fake lawyer and suing this guy because I dropped my phone laughing from the dry delivery of “that blast wave would have killed a lesser man… not John Rambo.”

  • @JM-wf2to
    @JM-wf2to Před 4 měsíci +2

    EOD is insane. Those guys are wild. Met a few, all were chill laid back and great with one liners. Imagien it takes that to be good at this.

  • @d.s.7984
    @d.s.7984 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I would like to see him review the movies backdraft and blown away. He seems very insightful and knowledgeable

  • @maryross7633
    @maryross7633 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Great video! This guy was so funny and knowledgeable

  • @plasmafussion
    @plasmafussion Před 5 měsíci +4

    What a guy! Smart, handsome, funny, intelligent and totally professional.

  • @gradycdenton
    @gradycdenton Před měsícem +2

    I worked with a Navy EOD tech. My favorite story was when he was swimming in extremely murky water with 0 visibility looking for a naval mine. He actualy swam into it on accident. Bonk! The mine "counted" him. Apparently naval mines can count the number of ships that pass it so that it can skip an escort and take out the capital ship in a convoy.

  • @1800Nightmare
    @1800Nightmare Před 5 měsíci

    I kept trying to hit the like button again… this is the best series 😂

  • @32a34a
    @32a34a Před 5 měsíci +4

    The episode of MASH where they bring in a wounded soldier and he has a live mortar in his body is one of the really great episodes
    of MASH. Lets not even talk about the episode Death Takes A Holiday. That is one of the best episodes in television history.

  • @NNNedlog
    @NNNedlog Před 5 měsíci

    One of the best series on CZcams

  • @SamFisher007
    @SamFisher007 Před 5 měsíci

    Worked with these guys for 3 years at EODMU-1 very chill and professional dudes.

  • @babychicken2645
    @babychicken2645 Před 5 měsíci +55

    When i was in the army i worked as a blackhawk mechanic. To get my job you needed at least a 75 on the ASVAB. My AIT was 18 weeks long. Its not an easy job, very easy to fail out of. If you failed then chances are youre new MOS was gonna be a cook. When an EOD guy fails, they usually go into my blackhawk mechanic job. Thats how difficult EOD is.

    • @massivetwat5515
      @massivetwat5515 Před 5 měsíci +4

      I hate military abbreviations

    • @masterhand274
      @masterhand274 Před 5 měsíci +4

      So it goes cook, Blackhawk mechanic, then EOD

    • @Mr_Jish
      @Mr_Jish Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@massivetwat5515Lmao there were quite a few of em here, even for me. Reading your comment before reading your name though was the best decision I could've made 🤣 well played, sir. Well played.

    • @JH-wd6dp
      @JH-wd6dp Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@Mr_Jish The branch I was in was trying to move away from acronyms because it got to the point everything was an acronym and you might know what the person was referring to, but might forget what it stood for. Also not good during public relations, and other branches might use the same acronym for something different.
      I'm not sure if they succeeded, but I've certainly tried to avoid them in my civilian career. You spend more time telling people who don't know what it stands for than if you just used plain language in the first place.

    • @Fortnite-yt7zf
      @Fortnite-yt7zf Před 4 měsíci

      I enlisted as an EOD (89D), unfortunately failed the AIT. Reclassed to Infantry (11B). Glad it worked out, EOD is awesome but infantry is what i really wanted to do

  • @keth8947
    @keth8947 Před 5 měsíci +2

    So Mr Jay Ly.... you broke the cardinal rule about EOD, appearing on film. ;-) I expect a beer if I ever meet you IRL.
    Great video btw, spot on.

  • @KingPhilipF
    @KingPhilipF Před 21 dnem

    EOD are a special breed.

  • @michaelorford8304
    @michaelorford8304 Před měsícem

    One of the best 'expert rates these scenes in movies' videos.

  • @Menstral
    @Menstral Před 5 měsíci +1

    This guy and this video were both fantastic

  • @swordmonkey6635
    @swordmonkey6635 Před 5 měsíci +5

    It's funny when Hurt Locker gets such a low score and Batman got a 9. Who woulda thunk? lol
    Also +10 for MacGruber reference.

  • @johnsmith2799
    @johnsmith2799 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I would like to see you critique Elementary 4x24 at the beginning when Sherlock grabs the device and rips it away from the explosive containers. When Joan says he didn’t pick a wire Sherlock makes a pun about how Hollywood movies get [bomb disposal] wrong. In Castle he did something similar at the end of 3x17 when he grabs the big bundle of wires and rips them all out.

  • @TzunSu
    @TzunSu Před 5 měsíci

    Great video!

  • @JLTheBrethren
    @JLTheBrethren Před 4 měsíci

    For some reason, I wanted to be an EOD tech now. Life threathening specialization, but worthy profession! Kudos to all EOD tech!

  • @whty541
    @whty541 Před 2 měsíci +2

    "We would clown on that movie" 90% of them joined becasue of that movie I bet hahaha

  • @dbbeck90
    @dbbeck90 Před měsícem

    Man, I really like this guy. I have found some of the coolest cats through these Insider videos. Nicholas Irving, Mitch Wiuff, Laura Zerra, and now Lay Ly make my list of favs. Hope they have this guy on more.

  • @billdunson4174
    @billdunson4174 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I was a grunt, and can say with out hesitation that EOD, and Combat Engineers are total BADASSES

    • @Jay-Ly
      @Jay-Ly Před 5 měsíci

      🤘🏽🇺🇸💣

  • @nicholascrow8133
    @nicholascrow8133 Před 5 měsíci +5

    I'm not sure which side of cause and effect this is, but the fact that he scores these more harshly than others in this video format really drives home the seriousness of his job...

  • @CTNZ2000
    @CTNZ2000 Před měsícem

    I have experience through work in a similar field, portable x-ray system and l alway love how on TV shows the EOD guys walk around with x-ray generators and never x-ray anything.

  • @eightlittlemaniacs
    @eightlittlemaniacs Před 4 měsíci +1

    This guy's confidence and knowledge is so dang attractive.

  • @joshbreeze1865
    @joshbreeze1865 Před 5 měsíci

    Fun vid review, I graduated from HDS in 2010. If you go back a watch the opening screen of Hurt Locker the radio pack on the bot disappeared but then returned.

  • @brink6463
    @brink6463 Před měsícem

    This guy and the sub commander are my favorite experts so far.

  • @callanhulett503
    @callanhulett503 Před 3 měsíci +1

    If you bring him back, get him to react to Goldfinger. I'd love to see him react to both that weird nuclear bomb and the technician's one button press refusal.

  • @connorthompson8376
    @connorthompson8376 Před 5 měsíci +3

    I remember a movie called “American Soldiers” where in IED was hidden in a dog’s body on the street, and they cleared the street then shot it with a 50 Cal. I don’t know how accurate that is. The same movie also had two soldiers on foot spying, a car bomb, getting away from it, and another car presumably setting it off by tripping a motion sensor. Could you guys cover that movie sometime?

  • @furiousfear772
    @furiousfear772 Před 5 měsíci +51

    As a kid I stupidly believed that the suit of the bomb squad protected them from the bomb explosions.
    Edit: To be clear, I assumed bomb suits were invincible Armor. I thought of course they were invincible or else who would be dumb enough to go near the bomb. I now understand their real use case

    • @patrickbo2045
      @patrickbo2045 Před 5 měsíci +16

      "Shall we disarm it or wanna just put the suit on and face-tank the bomb?" xD

    • @Batchall_Accepted
      @Batchall_Accepted Před 5 měsíci +3

      A lot of adults still do lol

    • @Batchall_Accepted
      @Batchall_Accepted Před 5 měsíci +8

      ​@@patrickbo2045not too far off actually lol sometimes if it was in a non populated area, not very large yield or was just incredibly complicated, they would often do what's called "detonate in place" where they just get everyone to a safe distance and deliberately set it off
      Not always possible but yeah "just set it off" is actually quite a common solution lol

    • @SamuelKacerik
      @SamuelKacerik Před 5 měsíci +8

      Well, this is what google says: A bomb suit, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) suit or a blast suit is a heavy suit of body armor designed to withstand the pressure generated by a bomb and any fragments the bomb may produce.

    • @timhorton8085
      @timhorton8085 Před 5 měsíci +4

      ​@@SamuelKacerikohyeah, the suit will survive no prob. The person inside the suit? Ehhhhhhh

  • @jallen5263
    @jallen5263 Před 5 měsíci +3

    I really want him to rate MacGyver on his bonb disposal techniques. Richard Dean Anderson that is 😂😂😂

  • @WallStreet06
    @WallStreet06 Před 6 dny

    I absolutely love that my man said Batman just grabbing it and running away was the best ideal of Navy EOD is perfect. But yea he died. Saved lots of lives though. You sir are my Batman.

  • @Thetasigmaalpha
    @Thetasigmaalpha Před 5 měsíci +4

    Danger UXB was a eighties series about a bomb disposal unit during the blitz would be fun to see what he thought about that.

    • @bob_the_bomb4508
      @bob_the_bomb4508 Před 5 měsíci +1

      It was the 1970s…but every incident was based on a real one.

  • @Leekle2ManE
    @Leekle2ManE Před 5 měsíci +1

    My one and only EOD story: Walking out of the base gym I see a bumper sticker on a car that read: EOD. If I am running, you should be running.

  • @tims4502
    @tims4502 Před 5 měsíci +3

    How about Naked Gun? He failed to disarm the bomb, starts to run away, accidentally unplugs it, and the disaster was averted

  • @vincenthu9773
    @vincenthu9773 Před měsícem

    please bring him back!!! We love Jay Ly

  • @zaiah9252
    @zaiah9252 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Suggestion: BJJ artist rates BJJ artist (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) scenes in movies and tv.
    Keep up the great work Insider!

  • @Dissension249
    @Dissension249 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Former 13b20 from 2012-2020( Artilleryman) the vbied scene in the hurt locker would be devastating. A standard 3 square HE weighs 95ib a piece with around a 75 meter initial radius kill radius. They’re usually filled with composition B and have around 15ib of explosive charge. There was at least 6-8 rounds in that trunk.

  • @johnokeeffe8271
    @johnokeeffe8271 Před 5 měsíci +13

    Get this guy to do the toilet bomb from Lethal Weapon 2

    • @Shaz-Daz
      @Shaz-Daz Před 5 měsíci

      It's been done before though.. 😢

    • @johnokeeffe8271
      @johnokeeffe8271 Před 5 měsíci

      @@Shaz-Daz I must see it

    • @bob_the_bomb4508
      @bob_the_bomb4508 Před 5 měsíci

      The principle is sound. There was a WWII German fuse called a ‘Y’ fuse which was attacked by pouring liquid oxygen onto the bomb to freeze the capacitor. Later versions of this technique use liquid nitrogen. So freezing a battery is an option. The rest of the scene? Not so much… :)
      You can see more realistic examples of the technique in an episode of ‘Danger UXB’ and also in the movie ‘The English Patient’.

  • @TheJohtunnBandit
    @TheJohtunnBandit Před 5 měsíci

    I guess a chill vibe is probably pretty standard issue with EOD people, but dang he is CALM

  • @joaopauloadlergomesdacosta282
    @joaopauloadlergomesdacosta282 Před 5 měsíci +3

    This was interesting. Thank you. The only upset is that I was hoping that the movie "Juggernaut" (1974) would make an appearance. It is about agroup of military EOD disarming a number of bombs in a ship.

  • @octaviomoreno3542
    @octaviomoreno3542 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I am a big fan of this series, I like how some of the experts speak with great confidence on their subjects but some come across as smarmy. This is the first expert I'd like to have a beer with, he has such a chill attitude, like he was a surfer in a previous life.

    • @Jay-Ly
      @Jay-Ly Před 3 měsíci +1

      If you ever see me in the wild, I’ll gladly take you up on that beer 🤙🏽

  • @paramitch
    @paramitch Před měsícem

    Great and fascinating video! However -- just one small clarification. In "The Abyss," They are three miles down, but Bud is not three miles from the team. He has gone down into the trench below the rig, and it is still a ridiculously deep dive, but it is within radio distance (Cameron talked about it in the special features on the film).

  • @sablesoul
    @sablesoul Před 5 měsíci +2

    I love when these people give a bunch of low scores, really makes the high scores that much more entertaining to listen about.

  • @lordofentropy
    @lordofentropy Před 5 měsíci +4

    I like how he calls it as he sees it and throws out 0s and 1s for ratings. A lot of the folks in these segments are trying to be charitable and nice and won't even go below a 5 or 6 for something completely unrealistic.

  • @rubes-fcbayern
    @rubes-fcbayern Před 4 měsíci +1

    oh, man, I love this guy!

  • @BourneCreations
    @BourneCreations Před 5 měsíci

    Great video.

  • @MrsKKuz
    @MrsKKuz Před 7 dny

    This guy owes all the cases of beer for this video.

  • @davidmarquardt9034
    @davidmarquardt9034 Před 4 dny

    I've heard about it, but I have never seen it, the BBC had a series in the late 60's called "Danger, UXB" (Unexploded Bomb) and it was about bomb disposal in WW-2 London. They found a bomb with a time delay fuze. They solved the problem by putting clay around the clock and filling it with liquid oxygen, freezing it. Also to save any info during the disarming process, the man on the bomb had a field phone connected to his partner behind cover. He would call out what he was seeing and what he was going to do and the man on the other end of the phone would record it in his note book. He would say, "I see a red, a brown and a yellow wire, I"m going to cut the yellow wire now", and a moment later it goes off. But his partner has the procedure he used up to cutting the yellow wire written down. So next time we know DO NOT CUT THE YELLOW WIRE.

  • @neilhamill318
    @neilhamill318 Před 5 měsíci

    Very interesting video. I like it.👍

  • @kparsa1
    @kparsa1 Před 2 měsíci

    He's super chill yet very dangerous at the sametime.haha

  • @leoperidot482
    @leoperidot482 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Here's some EOD movies that were overlooked, like;
    24.
    BLOWN AWAY.
    BOYS FROM COMPANY C.
    BROKEN ARROW.
    CASTLE; COUNTDOWN.
    DEMOLITION MAN.
    DIE HARD 3.
    EXECUTIVE DECISION.
    GET SMART.
    HOGAN'S HEROES; A KLINK, A BOMB, AND A SHORT FUSE.
    JUGGERNAUT.
    LETHAL WEAPON 2-3.
    LIVE WIRE.
    MACGUYVER.
    MASH; THE ARMY-NAVY GAME.
    NCIS; TILL DEATH DO US PART.
    THE PEACEMAKERS.
    REDS 2.
    THE ROCK.
    SEA PATROL; ONE PERFECT DAY.
    SHOCK WAVE.
    THE SPECIALIST.
    THUNDERBALL.
    THE X-FILES I WANT TO BELIEVE.

  • @AbigailGManning
    @AbigailGManning Před 5 měsíci +4

    Jay is 100% the real-deal and hero as an EOD expert and is a class-act including his post-military career. Loved the laughs he created and how he also protected information that we as the general public don't need to know in order to keep protecting our country and our military ... including service members like my kids.

    • @Jay-Ly
      @Jay-Ly Před 5 měsíci

      Thanks for your kind words and support, @abigailgmanning 🙏🏽🇺🇸

  • @yaboi_LGK
    @yaboi_LGK Před 27 dny

    The knowledge this guy has definitely has him on a list for the rest of his life lol

  • @carlingram8316
    @carlingram8316 Před 5 měsíci

    That MacGruber scene he mentioned is awesome 🤣

  • @Garian9
    @Garian9 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I like seeing pros unafraid of giving a 0/10 for these videos, especially for more serious subjects. Last thing we need is more people saying "Don't worry, I seen this on CZcams." and getting hurt, hurting someone else, or worse.

  • @Emily-jx8em
    @Emily-jx8em Před 5 měsíci +3

    I love how he found a way to rate Batman as almost perfect, made me giggle

  • @StrollinSodaPops
    @StrollinSodaPops Před 5 měsíci +1

    That dog running at full speed to sniff out his objective….stop trying to make fetch happen. It’s not going to happen. Am I right? 😅🤣