I'm a 28yo guy from Singapore. I found out about your channel yesterday. I like the way you edit your video. Very calming. And i hope i can be like you when I'm older, to explore the world

@PlanetDoug

28 күн бұрын

Thank you. I've gotten quite a few comments since I started shooting video about my somewhat calm and slow delivery and the calming tone of my videos. I never actually think of myself and how I speak in those terms. But it must be true. People have referred to me as the Mr Rogers of KZread. 😁

I visited the War Museum in 2013, set a package of souvenirs down at one of the exhibits close to the entrance to make photos', Two hours later when I remembered the purchases I rushed outside to find the package right where I had sat it.

@PlanetDoug

Ай бұрын

I've heard stories similar to that. Friends of mine talk about leaving all their valuables at a coffee shop table by the go to the bathroom or go shopping somewhere else. And they don't worry about anybody stealing anything. I'm not quite sure what to make of those stories myself because when I visited Vietnam back in the '90s, there was a lot of theft. It was a constant theme of my visit, as I was robbed, and it seemed to happen to all the foreigners I met at that time. But it seems like things have changed for the better.

Glad you didn't face any issues recoding a video to bring us this insightful and at times, difficult watch of the museum tour. Love that the video ended with little bubbles filling the air as you walked past the street.

@PlanetDoug

Ай бұрын

I wasn't really sure about the rules in terms of shooting video. The posted rules indicated you would need permission for video for special purposes. But I don't know if KZread falls under the category of special purposes. I was just assuming that by special purposes they meant professional programs meant for television or documentaries. Even so, I did have the feeling that the guards were looking at me somewhat carefully. And I didn't flaunt the GoPro when the security guards were very near. No sense looking for trouble. 😁 But as I noted in the video, I didn't shoot much video inside the exhibit rooms themselves. I thought doing so would disturb other people, and I didn't need to document the entire place from top to bottom. I just shot a little bit here and there.

@WanderEats

Ай бұрын

@@PlanetDoug yeah wise choice

@cendahng

23 күн бұрын

@@PlanetDoug Hello PlanetDoug, First of all, thank you for visiting by Vietnam. I hope that you enjoyed your trip here. Regarding to the photo and video-ing about the places, there won't be any problems unless they are not governmental offices and buildings. :D

@samsungtap4183

Күн бұрын

Why would he have any problem filming Vietnam is a free and independent country and welcomes everyone !

@cendahng

Күн бұрын

@@samsungtap4183 We as Viet also welcome everyone, film about Vietnam wouldn't be any problem. Just like I said, one should just only be careful taking photos directly at the governmental building, as the law forbidden those kind of picture for privacy, even the local aren't allowed.

Agent Orange is still active my step-daughter(born in 1989) grew up where the most Agent Orange was dropped. She and at least 3 of her classmates have colon cancer.. I

@jerryle379

Ай бұрын

Yeah agent orange never goes away it passes from generation to generation 🥲

A lot of the Vietnam War was Broadcast Live or just days old on TV in Aust between 1962 .. 1973 (black & White) ... Very Confronting ... I was lucky, marble did not come up! ... I have been to Remnants museum Etc ... 523 died 2400 wounded Aussies ... War is Hell.

Love your uploads, Doug. All of them.

Thank you for your video upload, I always enjoy every museum trip video.

@PlanetDoug

Ай бұрын

I'm glad you like the museum videos. I know that museum videos aren't exactly super popular on KZread. I guess museums aren't exactly super popular in real life either. 😁 But I like to visit them and I figure I might as well shoot a bit of video while I'm there.

Welcome to Saigon.

@PlanetDoug

12 күн бұрын

Thank you very much. I'm very glad to be here.

Hi Douglas Nice Video always. Show us where is 7011 And laundry area. Touristy places is nice and this is the basic essentials places for everyday use. ❤❤❤

Thanks

Oh my my ! Have fun bro ! Remind me 50 yrs ago Lordy Lordy.

At present, Gaza comes to mind when I see the atrocities of war posted on social media on a daily basis.

bạn sẽ phải ngạc nhiên trước tuổi đời của những cái cây, ngoài ra bạn cũng ấn tượng với chiều cao và kích thước những cái cây này

I've seen a lot of videos from Westerners about this place and find them very interesting. Most of them film the tanks, helicopter, artillery and they seem excited and very curious about those sorts of things. But when it comes to the inside exhibits about the war crimes, the impact on innocent Vietnamese civilians from use of dioxins, hardly a peep in most videos. I know KZread is trying to suppress the images of the dioxin under the guise of sensitive images (but has no issue with images or videos of Germany's genocide against the Jews) but what's interesting is most of the videos barely talk about what they saw (not show, but just talk about it). And there's always a fair amount of "propaganda", "one sided" commentary thrown in. As if we don't write our own version of history in our museum. I guess the guilt from our own hypocrisy is just too much to bear. We have no problem talking for hours and hours over decades about our enemy's atrocities but when it comes to our own, nope, can't touch that. It's happening again with what's going on in Gaza. Frankly speaking, I really don't give a damn if commenters don't like my observations but in this age of the internet, the West's suppression of truths and facts are downright immoral.

@PlanetDoug

Ай бұрын

It seems to me that a superficial approach in a video about this museum is somewhat appropriate because, in reality, the museum itself is quite superficial. From what I saw, it's not really a museum about the Vietnam War. You can learn more about the war from just reading a single Wikipedia entry or any online article or book. The War Remnants Museum struck me as mainly a propaganda exhibition. So it doesn't really lend itself as a starting point for talking about anything to do with the Vietnam War. That might be why KZread videos like mine focus more on the hardware on display. Also in my case, I would have shown video of all the exhibits, but somehow waltzing through them while babbling into a GoPro didn't feel appropriate. There were a lot of other visitors in close quarters much of the time, and it was very quiet, and I felt like it would disturb them. So I shut down my camera most of the time.

@20luzer52

Ай бұрын

@@PlanetDoug Let's start with the basic first and that is I'm an American. My father was directly involved in the Vietnam War and suffered physically, mentally and emotionally from it. Now, onto your response. You labeled it an "In-depth" video but you said you presented a "superficial" approach. The museum is not about the Vietnam War, that's why it's called War REMNANTS Museum because too many museums points to the glory of the victor, not about the deadly and inhumane outcome like the one you superficially described. As to your statement about "...can learn more about the war from just reading a single Wikipedia entry or any online article or book." - surely you take the global community as fools. What article or book do you have access to, Western and American in particular as far as one can see. When did you last see a book from Vietnam, or Cuba, or Iran on their sufferings? Even Wikipedia has been known to have suffered from government sources overwhelming it with its own message. And here is the pathetic one that I know you will get to "The War Remnants Museum struck me as mainly a propaganda exhibition." It's always considered to be a propaganda when the message comes from the other side isn't it? What do you call our country labeling Gaza genocide as a "tragic event" when 30,000+ women and children are intentionally bombed over 5+ months with American bombs? I guess that' s not propaganda? What do you call the way our government portrayed how we're winning the Vietnam War for 8+ deadly years all the while knowing we made no progress ??? What do you call how our government had been labeling Cuba as a big exporter of terrorism when they have actually been sending out medical professional to Africa and South America ?!? Do you still think the world is that stupid? Because if you still call what Vietnam presented in their War Remnant Museum and every other museum as "propaganda", then you're dumber than a doorknob and is showing the world Americans are lying arrogant morons. As to your pathetic deflection about afraid to bother others is about as sad as your defensiveness. We Americans had been starting, enabling and prolonging wars for the last 5 decades. We have killed more civilians than any other countries for decades. We have killed our own Native Indians and tried to bury it in your Wikipedia and history books. Don't try to pass your videos off as insight into culture when you are afraid at looking at their own version of their sad history. There's enough of Western media and propaganda to last 100 years, the least we can do is to show the other side of things. So stop it with your pathetic response and deflection. If that's too much for you to handle, then stick with food and scenery. Last point on your statement about how the war crime and museum seems superficial - 3,000 Americans died on 9-11 and we went on a rampage that destroyed Iraq under false pretense and caused turmoil in the Middle East for 2 decades. Vietnam had hundreds of thousands died on a multi-generational degenerate and deformities just on the dioxin issue alone while millions more died from mines and carpet bombing of cities and schools and hospitals and you call it "superficial". As a fellow American, I can tell you to piss the ph...ck off with that superficiality of yours. Speaking on behalf of my dead father, you can ph..ck off and go to hell you mofo sob.

@PlanetDoug

Ай бұрын

Cool.

Charlie didn't get much USO.He was dug into deep and moving to Fast.His ideal of R&R was cold Rice and a little Rat meat.He had only 2 ways Home,Death or Victory.

@PlanetDoug

Ай бұрын

Probably my favorite movie of all time. I never seem to tire of watching it. Plus, of course, the story of making the movie is fascinating. I've probably watched the documentary about making the movie almost as many times as I've watched the movie itself.

Those tours will be super expensive. Have to book through friends to get a fair price. I once called and talked about imaginary friend we had and I got a good price. Lied and flattered so much.

Back in the 90s this museum was more like a park. My uncle took me there many times and I would climb onto the tanks. Now it’s a lot more formal.

At least they showed the brutality by the french and us soldiers during the war for the world to see. The vietnam people forgive but never forget what happened to them during the war. Karma will strike back

@selfreflection2117

Ай бұрын

Even now the US, Izreal and their allies are actively involved in the g3noc1de in G4z4 and w4r in the Ukraine.

This probably wouldn’t be recommended for tourists passing through Saigon it is very depressing will spoil your day

@jerryle379

Ай бұрын

Why shouldn't it be recommended ? Everyone should visit it and see the true horror of war , so they can't stop and educate their child about how war is brutal

@kevbrown1867

Ай бұрын

@@jerryle379 true but some tourists are going for a short visit and should spend their time doing something more enjoyable I recommend the reunification palace cause it’s like stepping into a time machine and going back to 1975 . Nothing has changed in that palace and it’s a nice place to sit on the roof top cafe having a refreshment overlooking Saigon . Vietnam years ago use to have advertising promoting tourism and their slogan was Vietnam more than a war .

@Cpl_Maverick

Ай бұрын

That’s the great part about a recommendation, you can choose not to do it.

@thevannmann

Ай бұрын

Also an extremely one-sided account of the war.

They don’t show the communist weapons. Why?

@PlanetDoug

12 күн бұрын

I think the reason for that is because of the history of the museum. Originally, its purpose was simply war propaganda. The whole place was set up to showcase war crimes by the US. It was never meant to be a history of the war itself. It only shows the war from one side, from the perspective of North Vietnam.

Good video but I prefer 4k. Thx

@PlanetDoug

Ай бұрын

Is there a specific reason you prefer 4K? For example, do you watch KZread videos on a big TV screen? I'm curious, because shooting and editing in 4K is far more difficult and time-consuming then in 1080p. The 4K file sizes are huge, and my laptop runs really badly and slowly when trying to edit 4K video. I can do it, but it is a lot more work and a lot more difficult. So I end up wondering if it's worth it in the long run. In fact, the GoPro Hero 12 can even shoot in 5.3K. I don't think I've even tried to do that because I assumed my laptop would just burst into flames. 😁

@Qqqqqqqqqaaaaaaa

Ай бұрын

@@PlanetDoug I have a 32 inch 4k monitor. It’s so much sharper in 4k. How about 1440p? That is good enough and maybe ok for you to edit? Thanks!

@PlanetDoug

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the reply. I appreciate the info. 1440p is an odd resolution. Companies seem to be phasing it out. On my new GoPro Hero 12, 1440p is only available for slow motion at 240 FPS. There are no other frame rates available. And DaVinci Resolve doesn't even offer 1440p as an export option. You have to set up a Custom mode, and then it takes hours to process and export. My only reasonable choices are 1080p or 4K (or 5.3K). But there are so many problems with 4K. I shot in 4K last night, and my GoPro overheated and shut down constantly. And it drains batteries so fast. The whole night was kind of miserable because the GoPro kept turning off because of overheating. And I exported a 4K video file yesterday. It was a relatively short video, and it took seven hours just to export the video file. I really want to shoot, edit, and export in 4K, but my camera and computer gear doesn't seem able to handle it. I'll keep testing and trying it out, though, to see if there is a way. 👍

@Qqqqqqqqqaaaaaaa

Ай бұрын

@@PlanetDoug I see, I will watch you either way. Do what works for you. It should be fun. Thanks!

@Qqqqqqqqqaaaaaaa

Ай бұрын

@@PlanetDoug Have you tried lowering the bitrate in 4k? Maybe other settings to minimize the file size.