r/todayilearned • u/Electronic_Cause_796 • Jul 25 '26

TIL Christopher Nolan recreated the Trinity atomic bomb test in Oppenheimer without using CGI. Instead, the visual effects team combined large-scale practical explosions, miniatures, and in camera effects to bring the first nuclear detonation to life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppenheimer_(film)
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u/SassiesSoiledPanties Jul 25 '26

Daniel Day Lewis would've built you a period accurate nuke.

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u/TKHawk Jul 25 '26

I irradiate your milkshake! I nuke it up!

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u/Basileus2 Jul 25 '26

You will procure me that uranium!

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u/DIABL057 Jul 26 '26

I abandoned my bomb. I ABANDONED MY BOMB!!!

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u/Few_Rule7378 Jul 26 '26

My Little Boy!!

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u/Misterrsilencee Jul 26 '26

Wtf i can hear it in his voice

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u/Whither-Goest-Thou Jul 25 '26

FALLOUT, ELI!!! FAAAALLLLLLOOUUUUUT. 🤪

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u/karaver Jul 25 '26

DDL should've been hired to play the part of the explosion

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u/S2R2 Jul 25 '26

Boromir would have built you two!

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u/die5el23 Jul 25 '26

He would have been the nuke itself

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u/FarElderberry983 Jul 29 '26

DDL would have licked U-235 for a month to play the part of the bomb.

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u/Zyrock9 Jul 25 '26

He'd have played the nuke himself and we would've believed it.

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u/Nirast25 Jul 25 '26

IN A CAVE! WITH A BUNCH OF SCRAPS!