Psychoman #1 - Atop the Fourth Wall

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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
  • Welcome to Atop the Fourth Wall, where bad comics burn. In this episode, Linkara looks at a comic about a "realistic" superhero... which really just means he's an insufferable moron.
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    Originally uploaded September 3rd, 2012.
    ORIGINAL INFO: A startling deconstruction of superheroes in the real world! …Or, just a really stupid black and white comic about an asshole who gets superpowers.
    RUMINATIONS: The meeting, of course, had to happen at some point. The girl who played the role was the same age as Margaret was, though of course she’s aging now and it was written into a later episode that she can control her appearance.
    There’s a little meta commentary going on within the words, though I’ll spare you the real-life details of what it refers to. Basically, I’m of the opinion that if you care about someone and they’re on a road that’s going to lead to disaster for them, you should do everything that you can to help them. Maybe they won’t listen, maybe they’ll eventually become toxic and terrible, but if someone you care about is in trouble… you should try to make them better. The attempt is worth it even if it ultimately fails. The thing was that there was no single thing that Linkara had to do for Margaret to restore his magic - the point of the journey was to lead to self-discovery and realize what he COULD become… what Holokara had already turned into. It’s that little wake-up call for Linkara to basically go, “Maybe think for a minute before you start boasting about how much better you are than everybody else, be a little more self-aware.”
    Would everything work out? Well, keep watching, my friends…

Комментарии • 307

  • @Nymphonomicon
    @Nymphonomicon 8 лет назад +124

    I really wish this review had included a counter for how many times it violates the list of grievances Todd Loren rattled off at the beginning... Having characters "act like real people" would have received the most violations.

    • @wisewolftony
      @wisewolftony 5 лет назад +20

      I always hate when some guy is like Super Hero's are stupid for all this reasons an then they go on to do the same things they listed as stupid. Even dumber is if you hate Super Hero's so damn much then why the hell are you writing a comic that is all about that culture and that they probably only decided to write because Super Hero comics are popular. So basically just trying to cash in on the market. All while saying no they are all stupid yet my comic my comic is great.

    • @eon1014
      @eon1014 3 года назад +10

      Also, Todd Loren complained about supervillains, yet he made the main character of this comic a supervillain himself. How ironic.

  • @gelusvenn5063
    @gelusvenn5063 2 года назад +14

    Why is it that "Superheroes need to be more realistic" *ALWAYS* actually means "I am a sociopath and I can't understand why these characters don't act more like I would if I had superpowers."

    • @ChamarM
      @ChamarM 2 года назад

      Because that's how a lot of people are a lot of them would just be a superhero just for fame and hardly save anyone or do good deeds

  • @AtrocityEquine01
    @AtrocityEquine01 8 лет назад +17

    "I think I'm ready to go home now"
    "I'm already home."
    TEARS.

  • @KroutonCing
    @KroutonCing 7 лет назад +26

    5:09 the reason most superheroes have there identity a secret is so fans of them wouldn't be swarming around them 24/7 constantly invading there privacy. And like Linkara said, supervillains would not be able to tell who is the hero. So in real life they would definitely have secret identities. Unless the hero either has an enormous ego or dosen't mind all the downsides of being famous.

  • @mostmelon
    @mostmelon 7 лет назад +63

    Moved out at 17. Boy the economy was different back then.

    • @jfdrac
      @jfdrac 6 лет назад +19

      Yeah to afford an apartment on comic book store employee money in California NEAR the beach....Bwahaah

  • @shoresean1237
    @shoresean1237 9 лет назад +53

    Sorry thing is, comic books have been mocking superhero tropes almost as long as either has existed. Stan calls them long underwear characters in Amazing Fantasy 15. I think Gardner Fox mocked some of these during the JSA's first run. Despite this, everyone in fiction creation who :
    1 - Has a woman punch out a man
    2 - Has the horror antagonist prevail
    3 - And mocks comic-book tropes in something related to comics
    ALL think that they are the first one to ever do so. And More's The Pity.

    • @autobotstarscream765
      @autobotstarscream765 7 лет назад +6

      Rob Morris If the Horror Antagonist prevails, doesn't that make them the Horror Villain Protagonist?
      A lot of the "victims" in horror movies are just stupid evil people who exist solely to be murdered, so they're more like targets than protagonists while the monster murderer is the one that we usually follow and the one that usually gets all of the character development, making them a Villain Protagonist.
      This is why I stopped watching "modern" horror movies.

    • @shoresean1237
      @shoresean1237 7 лет назад +6

      You make a good point, with which I mainly concur. That said, what I crit is the idea that having the killer/monster win is somehow a new and startling notion. Even some very old stuff had that. Yet I still see some horror directors, when they talk about their stuff, saying how 'they're breaking the Hollywood mold', when the last film I saw a horror baddie decisively beaten for good was The Frighteners.

  • @ckd8520
    @ckd8520 9 лет назад +133

    I get the feeling that Todd Loren (may he rest in peace) did not really like or understand superheroes.

    • @SacridFire
      @SacridFire 9 лет назад +22

      Clayton Dills Either that, or he he was very much thinking mostly of stuff like the Adam West Batman or the Superfriends show, or even popular 90s Anti-Heroes like Spawn or other image characters.

    • @SnowyWolborg
      @SnowyWolborg 7 лет назад +23

      He didn't seem to understand that certain breaks from reality need to be made. Superheroes having super villains is the meat of what we open to book to see, not some "realistic" douche who goes around misusing his powers for petty and stupid reasons.

    • @MrSafior
      @MrSafior 6 лет назад

      He is right aboot the last point tough.

    • @jfdrac
      @jfdrac 6 лет назад +7

      Not only are they needed they are logical assuming you dont have a universe with JUST ONE guy with powers...I mean lets face it right her Todd made his universe basically have just a super villian

    • @LupineShadowOmega
      @LupineShadowOmega 6 лет назад +4

      @@jfdrac but even then, we have stories where only "one guy" has powers and those stories are almost never about some dude bumming around and more studies of society and human nature when faced with the OTHER or powers beyond normal human control. Dr. Manhattan is everyone's go to example, but we have all sorts under the Beware the Superman trope.

  • @NaviciaAbbot
    @NaviciaAbbot 5 лет назад +13

    "Magician and Debunker"... "Astounding Stonehenge"
    Yeah, that's James "The Amazing" Randi.

  • @goldreaper4209
    @goldreaper4209 8 лет назад +15

    After rewatching this, I realize that Mark Millar had some inspiration when writing Wanted.

  • @Bussani
    @Bussani 7 лет назад +75

    "They don't teach relevant lessons."
    What the heck was the lesson here? "God wants attractive people to get laid"?

    • @LupineShadowOmega
      @LupineShadowOmega 6 лет назад +3

      What happens if he just donates sperm?

    • @DarsiPadilla
      @DarsiPadilla 6 лет назад +3

      Unlikely. That "god" is just an idol crafted by a depraved writer who barely knows a thing or two about superheroes.

  • @inferno9714
    @inferno9714 7 лет назад +18

    Gotta love how God gives this guy superpowers so he can get laid... but doesn't actually tell him what his mission is. That's like if God just set the bush on fire but didn't actually bother talking to Moses.

    • @DarsiPadilla
      @DarsiPadilla 6 лет назад +2

      Except that is NOT the God of the Bible, but a gross caricature.

  • @captainjackharkness2136
    @captainjackharkness2136 9 лет назад +18

    Rest In Peace Todd Loren,you may have written this comic but I've heard you have also written some really good stuff as well and it's a shame that this was your last work. God Rest Your Soul.

    • @DarsiPadilla
      @DarsiPadilla 6 лет назад +1

      I don't think a comic where he writes God as an idiot can guarantee a "rest in peace". It's a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the Living God who judges his creation.

    • @JanetStarChild
      @JanetStarChild 5 лет назад +1

      @@DarsiPadilla
      "God" is as fictitious as Magneto and Dr Doom. They're all made-up characters, and the Bible is nothing more than a 2000 year old comic book.
      So, don't worry about Todd's fate; he doesn't exist anymore.

    • @DarsiPadilla
      @DarsiPadilla 5 лет назад

      @@JanetStarChild Tell that to the early Christians from the 1st Century AD.

    • @RabblesTheBinx
      @RabblesTheBinx 2 года назад

      @@DarsiPadilla the fact that they existed doesn't make them any less delusional or prove that their "God" is anything but mythology.

    • @RabblesTheBinx
      @RabblesTheBinx 2 года назад +1

      It wasn't his last. He had at least 3 titles that came out in the months after Psychoman #1, thankfully.

  • @FuelDropforthewin
    @FuelDropforthewin 7 лет назад +11

    "I am the Narrator and I bestow upon you the power to narrate"
    Funny you should mention that but I remember the tale of "Bob" who's super power was to "Be there too". Long story short he had the power to be wherever something was being narrated, due to the player of the character not being able to make it to several session so scenes generally included an offhanded comment like "and Bob was there too".
    Suffice to say when the villain started discussing his evil plans Bob was there too. Meanwhile in the center of the sun...

  • @TheSkully343
    @TheSkully343 5 лет назад +19

    In the hands of a better writer this could've been a darkly comic piss take on a jerk who gets super powers and suffers the consequences of his actions which would be perfect enough for a one shot if Todd Loren wanted his "HYPER REALISTIC" Super hero story.

  • @Forever_Muffin
    @Forever_Muffin 8 лет назад +7

    why does the storyline always make me feel emotional. First with pollo and now with this? gosh i never get tired of watching these things...

  • @ChristianNeihart
    @ChristianNeihart 9 лет назад +57

    Psychomantis, Psychomantis,does whatever a mantis does! Spins a web-- wait, wrong superhero.

    • @SacridFire
      @SacridFire 9 лет назад +5

      Christian Neihart Nah, Psycho Mantis just fucks with your head.

    • @RevanNaut
      @RevanNaut 9 лет назад +10

      +Christian Neihart
      Correction:
      ~Psychomantis, Psychomantis, does whatever a mantis can!
      Fucks your brain with his mind! Keep a watch out or you'll go blind!
      Look out!
      Here comes the Psychomantis!
      (I know, it's not the best. I tried...)

    • @RJ_Productions316
      @RJ_Productions316 7 лет назад +3

      SacridFire PUT YOUR CONTROLLER ON THE FLOOR!!!

    • @Fuckaue
      @Fuckaue 5 лет назад +1

      I see... so you like Marvel comics.

    • @gur262
      @gur262 4 года назад +1

      Ah. A mantis eats the man's head first. So does psychomantis. Kinda

  • @Fluffkitscripts
    @Fluffkitscripts 2 года назад +4

    You know who did the “schmuck with lax morals, short-sighted worldview and casual misogyny gets super powers” deconstruction? Megamind. Megamind did it approximately twelve billion times better.

  • @lorddrayvon1426
    @lorddrayvon1426 4 года назад +9

    "origins generally have no basis in fact and make no sense." Unless you wear a suit of powered armour which increases your strength, something that sort of already exists but still more fantasy than reality, I'd like to know how getting superpowers is supposed to be realistic.

  • @emmyttsmith8033
    @emmyttsmith8033 8 лет назад +6

    That talk Linkara and Margaret had made me tear up a bit.. damn... this show.

  • @VicPhant
    @VicPhant 9 лет назад +8

    This is one of my favorite AT4W episodes, so happy to see it finally arrive on RUclips.

  • @icarusben4633
    @icarusben4633 9 лет назад +23

    Todd Loren is looking down upon you and is saying...
    "He's right."

  • @KevlarNinja
    @KevlarNinja 9 лет назад +61

    I would say this is one of the most mean-spirited things I've seen in a while, but recently I flipped through the trade of this Dynamite series called "Badass" about a supervillian. The title is accurate in that the story is bad, but the main character is less an "ass" then "psychopathic asshole with gary-stu vaguely luck-based superpowers". Oh, and he drives a car with a screen that shows pin-up girls just to add tits to the book- oh I'm sorry "for distraction purposes".

    • @BodySprayMan
      @BodySprayMan 9 лет назад +17

      Matt Lipton Ah yes. That comic. What a miserable and awful comic that was. Gotta to love how in the final issue, it ended with all superheroes being killed and a school massacre. Charming comic. UGH.

    • @WinterSteele
      @WinterSteele 9 лет назад +1

      Matt Lipton Wow, sounds pretty terrible. Which company put that one out?

    • @TheGotenza
      @TheGotenza 9 лет назад +1

      ... Hello again Matt Lipton.....

    • @KevlarNinja
      @KevlarNinja 9 лет назад +1

      Winter Steele Dynamite. Although don't hold that crap against them, because they do publish some really good stuff, in particular with stuff like Green Hornet, The Shadow and other characters. That's just indie comics for you; the fact they don't have some of the same public image concerns that Marvel or DC have, they can get pretty nasty and mean-spirited. I mean, the comic version of Kick-Ass 2 has the Motherfucker kill dogs and kids. Although sometimes they can be pretty great too.

    • @KevlarNinja
      @KevlarNinja 9 лет назад +1

      So we meet again, Mr. TheGotenza.......

  • @ystin
    @ystin 9 лет назад +4

    I do recall at the time the speech used to snap linkara back into action in this episode kinda helped me get back on track a few years ago. I do wanna thank you for that

  • @DaJoezenOne
    @DaJoezenOne 7 лет назад +44

    OH MY GOD WE JUST SAW THE GIRL IN THE GUN
    WE ACTUALLY SAW HER
    SHE SPOKE.
    SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.
    half the dialogue in that scene was very... bleh, but I DONT EVEN CARE WE SAW HER AND SHE'S GREAT!! :D

  • @MainMan1998
    @MainMan1998 9 лет назад +16

    I think the writer might have been a fan of the authority (which is fine) but he failed to grasp the fact that the authority was supposed to be a dark parody of superhero comics and took the superheroes being assholes things completely seriously.

  • @sidequest2230
    @sidequest2230 8 лет назад +49

    So wait, this guy complained that superpowered characters have dumb origins, yet his idea is that god gave one random kid powers so he could get laid??
    you can't just say one thing, than do the exact freaking opposite

    • @lucasbell4831
      @lucasbell4831 7 лет назад

      FlameWhirlwind This was a parody. I don't know if it was intentional or not, though.

    • @sidequest2230
      @sidequest2230 7 лет назад +11

      Lucas Bell even if it's a parody, it's still hypocritical and shows how flawed his statement is. "oh superhero origins are so unrealistic"
      well neither are super powers bub. sorry to freaking say. (granted he could mean that it's unrealistic that someone with superpowers would suddenly decide to be a hero. in which case there's already examples of neutral super powered characters. oh y'know *super villains* people who use their powers to harm others. but hey fuck using logic i guess. plus saying that is unrealistic just kinda showed his view on things. "why would someone help someone" oh idk, maybe they weren't a dick?)

    • @TheSeptet
      @TheSeptet 6 лет назад +6

      @@sidequest2230 Any time someone asks "really, who would *actually* use their super powers to help people?" I'll guarantee they'd be a super villain if the opportunity presented itself.

  • @bloodysteel6429
    @bloodysteel6429 9 лет назад +44

    No, let's forgo super hero cliches, and instead read stories about jackasses who kills people! AWESOME!

    • @brodiecrain13
      @brodiecrain13 9 лет назад +1

      worked for suicide squad

    • @bloodysteel6429
      @bloodysteel6429 9 лет назад +1

      Brodie Crain Yeah... but were the suicide squad ever considered super heroes?

    • @brodiecrain13
      @brodiecrain13 9 лет назад +1

      BloodySteel64 eh more like sorta Anti-heros

    • @bloodysteel6429
      @bloodysteel6429 9 лет назад +1

      Brodie Crain Alright... but they were also in a good comic... so they have that going in their favor as well.

    • @brodiecrain13
      @brodiecrain13 9 лет назад +1

      BloodySteel64 oh and don't forget the punisher

  • @pinoypizza
    @pinoypizza 9 лет назад +2

    What I like to call the "reawakening" of Linkara in this storyline is one of the best parts, and does a good job in shouldering up what sounded like, if the Ruminations are to be believed, something forced and thrust upon Lewis.

  • @Thane3999
    @Thane3999 9 лет назад +34

    11:14 Did anyone notice that "666" under the Apartments? Trying to put even more religion into this comics, huh Todd Loren?

    • @kimifw58
      @kimifw58 9 лет назад +1

      +Thane3999 Nonsensically too. What was the point of that?

    • @Thane3999
      @Thane3999 9 лет назад

      Kimi FW
      Ehm...Antichrist lives here?

    • @Someguywhocooks
      @Someguywhocooks 7 лет назад +2

      probably Todd Loren loved Iron Maiden and just wanted to reference one of their song "The Number of the Beast" in his book

  • @KroutonCing
    @KroutonCing 7 лет назад +4

    I like how Todd (rest in peace) thinks that people in comics don't act realistic at all yet in this comic, everyone in this comic is an insufferable asshole (probably he has a clinical view towards Humanity), and 99% of the time, no one acts realistically towards the main character having superpowers. the only 3 reactions I can think of is being amazed, mystified or bat shit scared.

  • @angbandsbane
    @angbandsbane 9 лет назад +5

    I think "God" here is really the Outsider from the game "Dishonored." (Basically a being with omnipotence and omnipresence but not omniscience that sees all possible outcomes but not which one will actually be picked; so, to make for a more interesting show for himself, he'll occasionally grants super powers to mortals that will be hinges of fate, so to speak).

    • @SacridFire
      @SacridFire 7 лет назад

      Eh, even the Outsider isn't this much of a douchebag. After all, he doesn't just give out powers to people randomly, he gives them to people he finds interesting, people who he feels can create some color and chaos in an otherwise dull and orderly world like Dunwall.

  • @gratuitouslurking8610
    @gratuitouslurking8610 9 лет назад +29

    4: There is a total lack of humor.
    Uh, no.

  • @Gat720Dua
    @Gat720Dua 9 лет назад +8

    What about "lack of humor?" I would've been like "You know Batman could use some comedic elements to lighten up the mood."
    Also, Todd must've had a cynical outlook on humanity if THIS is what he believed in.

  • @Tareltonlives
    @Tareltonlives 8 лет назад +3

    "With great power comes no responsibility!" Well, the writer'd fit in with politicians and business leaders

  • @SasukeUchiha-ix2yk
    @SasukeUchiha-ix2yk 8 лет назад +27

    Damn, look Todd, may you rest in peace and all, but that list of why you made this, the only one you got right is "the same gimmicks repeated over and over" the rest? not so much man

  • @thegayghost872
    @thegayghost872 9 лет назад +4

    Methinks the good lord was drunk off his ass when he came up with this one.

  • @jeremyusreevu237
    @jeremyusreevu237 4 года назад +4

    Still a better deconstruction of superheros than JLA: Act Of God.

  • @aomarlargo
    @aomarlargo 9 лет назад +4

    Thanks for making my day Linkara. Great ep.

  • @WraithTDK
    @WraithTDK 7 лет назад +9

    Holy crap, I couldn't even finish this one. You lost me after "GOD was pissed that this guy wasn't having enough casual sex, so he gave the guy super human strength, and said all had to do was get laid." Also, all that blathering on about origins, and THIS is the writer's idea of a superior start? "How did he get his powers? GOD gave them to him one night because God was bored and wanted this guy to get laid more." UGH.
    Leeeeeets just scroll forward to the Linkara plotline stuff at the end of this one...

  • @ianr.navahuber2195
    @ianr.navahuber2195 5 лет назад +4

    6:24 OKAY they got us there. especially hen talking about crisis crossover events this days

  • @lunamalfoy7
    @lunamalfoy7 9 лет назад +3

    Great, now the story line is giving me feels! My heart can't take it!

  • @Dreigonix
    @Dreigonix 5 лет назад +12

    Good gravy, we’ve had so many “deconstructive” super“hero” stories that the genre is basically rubble at this point. This is basically just Shitty Brightburn, and the pretentiousness makes me wanna hurl. YOU’RE NOT ORIGINAL, AUTHOR.
    No, even better: This was done far better much later in Megamind with Tighten.

  • @Tareltonlives
    @Tareltonlives 4 года назад +2

    Wow, imagine something like this being the last work of an artist (suddenly remembers Orson Welles, Carrie Fisher and Stanley Kubrick and gets even more depressed)

  • @Tareltonlives
    @Tareltonlives 7 лет назад +2

    I think in this circumstance, making fun of the dead is perfectly warranted

  • @Armandosanchez-in7zh
    @Armandosanchez-in7zh 9 лет назад +17

    this comic is like write in beavis and butthead world

    • @jeremyusreevu237
      @jeremyusreevu237 4 года назад +6

      Except Beavis and Butthead has a consistent comedic tone, unlike this comic, which, as Linkara said, can't decide if it wants to be a subversion of superhero cliches, or a comedy about a dickwad who gets superpowers. Also, Beavis and Butthead is actually funny.

  • @asherhardin4178
    @asherhardin4178 9 лет назад +14

    AHK, MY LAST NAME.... USED IN A BAD COMIC BOOK..... LIFE FORCE.... DRAINING....

  • @SpeedyEric1
    @SpeedyEric1 6 лет назад +3

    7:45- Take that, Rob Liefeld, but thanks for giving us Deadpool and Cable.
    25:11- In other words, "Do, or do not. There is no try."

  • @TheBloodsuckerProxy
    @TheBloodsuckerProxy 8 лет назад +3

    I don't think a superVILLAIN would have a secret identity in real life, but it makes perfect sense for a superhero to have one.

    • @alucardyoici
      @alucardyoici 8 лет назад +7

      +Kyran Neill why? being chased by the police and or authority concerned sounds like the best reason to have a secret identity.

  • @AquaLantern
    @AquaLantern 9 лет назад +11

    wow... this comic was so depressingly bad I need to re-read Captain Marvel's series to make myself feel clean again... also that ending was really cute :)

  • @michaeliv284
    @michaeliv284 7 лет назад +18

    Oddly enough, this almost comes off as atheist satire of god.

    • @Macrochenia
      @Macrochenia 2 года назад +1

      Most atheists could write better satire. This is more like Jack Chick or Kevin Sorbo writing what they think an atheist is like.

  • @matthewclark5612
    @matthewclark5612 9 лет назад +4

    I often wonder what would've happened next if this series had continued, just like Neutro and the Wild.

  • @kimifw58
    @kimifw58 9 лет назад +2

    In that title card, you look like you're doing the "Y U NO" gesture.

  • @haruruben
    @haruruben 6 лет назад +5

    I think James Gunn is making a movie out of this, it’s called “Brightburn”

  • @jacobmatthewcrawford2120
    @jacobmatthewcrawford2120 9 лет назад

    On the comic book...
    Well, it certainly lived up to its title...
    I know the website didn't exist back then, but watching this makes you think, "Goes to show that Fifty Shades of Grey wasn't the only fanfic that made it to publication..."
    On the AT4W storyline...
    I think that this part was very well done. Linkara was at some of his vulnerable moments, and said what a lot of people say when they are in a dilemma and aren't sure what to do. Sometimes you ask for help, but there isn't always a clear answer. What Margaret said is probably the best thing for him to hear... Nobody's perfect, but you just gotta try to do your best. Try to be good. Getting better doesn't happen immediately, it takes time... It's a very human thing.
    I thought S.S. Lee, the girl who plays Margaret, did a good job acting for this emotional scene. I guess if I have one question for Lewis, it would be, "How do you know her?"

  • @matthewclark5612
    @matthewclark5612 5 лет назад +3

    Aren't those the same reasons that Garth Ennis hates superheroes?

  • @SacridFire
    @SacridFire 9 лет назад +13

    lol, I kinda knew that at the "The same gimmicks are repeated over and over" part of the complaints that the reaction was going to be "Yeah... I can't argue that one." Because even if you love comics, you do have to admit that's kinda true. Even characters I've created I can point to having a similar gimmick to others.

    • @DasNordlicht91
      @DasNordlicht91 9 лет назад +2

      +SacridFire That's arguably true, but the real difference is in making these repeated gimmicks feel fresh and conceptually appealing to the point where the fact that it's already been done shouldn't be a point of contention.

    • @Wildeye13
      @Wildeye13 9 лет назад

      +SacridFire Actually there's a simply counter to that: The same can be said of all ideas and concepts in all other mediums.
      Or in a sarcastic way: I even this comic I'm reading this list from is about a guy would realistically use his super powers like a normal person would. Now that's original! (Alan Moore's been doing that years before this comic was published)
      But yeah fair enough, though one arguable valid point out of ten isn't what I call a strong case.

    • @SacridFire
      @SacridFire 9 лет назад

      Wildeye13
      Point well taken, my friend. And yeah, I'm not saying no other medium is guilty of this (Hell I'm guilty of this all the time when I try to write) I know that by their very definition, tropes are something that we'll always be using, and yeah, having one valid point (arguably valid at that) did not make up for all the other incorrect or uneducated points he made. I just liked the joke is all. But I do agree with you.

    • @brandonc5061
      @brandonc5061 8 лет назад

      While that is true, I would say that it is a consequence of storytelling. Subversions, inversions, and deconstructions will eventually become tropes themselves. It is a matter of bringing something new and/or interesting to the table I would say.

  • @RabblesTheBinx
    @RabblesTheBinx 4 года назад +2

    5:15 eh... he's got a point about that, though. Hell, it's one of the most commonly brought up points when dealing with vigilantes like Batman and Green Arrow: they're trying to act like cops, but they don't allow themselves to be subject to the same rules. Cops don't have secret identities partly so that they can be held accountable when they fuck up. Jim Gordon *has* had supervillains go after his family, multiple times, but he doesn't have the luxury of hiding who he is. How are you going to hold Green Arrow accountable for the countless times he's straight-up tortured people if you don't know he's really Oliver Queen? Besides, how often do the loved ones of superheroes end up in the line of fire, regardless? Lois Lane gets kidnapped like 12 times a week. The Joker killed one of Batman's sidekicks and paralyzed another, and (apart from Alfred) the Bat-Family are literally the _only_ people Bruce gives a damn about in his personal life. No, the truth is that superheroes have secret identities to protect _themselves_ from the consequences of their actions, not to protect their loved ones. They have secret identities because they'd be _in prison_ for lots and lots of crimes, if they were public with their identities.

    • @jeremyusreevu237
      @jeremyusreevu237 4 года назад

      Also, in the 60's Batman show, most of the villians go after Bruce Wayne without knowledge that he's Batman.

  • @Hulkzilla0
    @Hulkzilla0 7 лет назад +2

    I like the idea of a comic where God just dicks around and give random people super powers with hilarious commentary.
    Oh well... XD

    • @zaneseibert
      @zaneseibert 6 лет назад

      Isn't that basically most ancient Greek stories?

    • @LupineShadowOmega
      @LupineShadowOmega 6 лет назад

      @@zaneseibert if you replace super powers with horrific curses...maybe?

  • @haruruben
    @haruruben 6 лет назад +2

    Wow, they won their law suit- that’s amazing. Poor guy, sad to see he got murdered.

  • @azuretiger-kfpmarketingstr6018
    @azuretiger-kfpmarketingstr6018 6 лет назад +3

    Sounds like the writer never met an altruistic person in their life. The whole thing with the parents, I almost wonder if there was more going on with this than just a story about a "normal" person with super powers.

  • @munromister777
    @munromister777 8 лет назад +2

    So if God narrator in this comic wants teenagers to get laid, and wanted to create a new race of super beings all with super powers, does that mean this God is also in Trouble, since Peter would get superpowers, and every time Peter has future children, they get his exact set of powers?

  • @mikethegrunty5968
    @mikethegrunty5968 9 лет назад +2

    As a fan of hard rock and metal and hating censorship I'm unfortunately very familiar with tipper gore. Wife of Al Gore and founder of the parents music resource center, AKA PMRC.they basically wanted labels to "warn parents" about content in music, and is basically responsible for the " parental advisory: explicit content" stickers you see on CD's. They wanted mor draconian labels, warning of violence, drug references, sexual content, and even occult references. It was basically a giant witch hunt

    • @dylanfrost1277
      @dylanfrost1277 9 лет назад +7

      Mike White As a fan of hard rock and metal and dislikes censorship i see your point but consider this. It's a parents right to control what there child listens too who they hang out and various other things until they move out it's a legal right and is has been one for quit some time. As a side effect off that right they should know when a song has things they might take offense too like violence drug references sexual content and occult references. Was it a witch hunt probably but the stickers are no different than an M rating on games and a R rating in movies it's needed censorship since. However it probably was a witch hunt it always is but every one of these kinds of witch hunt has a point parents have a right to know what there child is listening to watching or playing.

    • @mikethegrunty5968
      @mikethegrunty5968 9 лет назад +2

      it was a bunch of senators wives telling us how evil our music is. I'm not against parents being informed. Hell, I'm an uncle and I'd be mortified if my niece was listening to cannibal corpse or ICP or something. personally, especially now I'm older, the parental advisory :explicit cont sticker" is just fine. But if you're going to slap a label on black magic woman that you'd slap on merciful fate for " occult themes" that's pretty ridiculous

    • @haileyshannon7548
      @haileyshannon7548 9 лет назад +1

      +Dylan Frost Parents should know what their kids are being entertained by, but they should also try to explain to their kids what those things mean and why it's not good to say or do them!

    • @Trevin_Taylor
      @Trevin_Taylor 7 лет назад

      Mike White so what’s your suggestion for doing it better?

  • @ryandowney8743
    @ryandowney8743 5 лет назад +3

    This is like if Brigthburn were written by a fratboy dudebro.

  • @Fuckaue
    @Fuckaue 5 лет назад

    The power of narration is well used in Doompatrol series.

  • @MrSonicHedgehog
    @MrSonicHedgehog 6 лет назад +2

    12:49 okay, I may not be from Australia so I apologize, but I find his imitation of an Aussie hilarious

  • @Daminite
    @Daminite 5 лет назад +1

    I can only think that in the mid 90's MTV would of greenlit this for a cartoon adaptation.

  • @joholloway8818
    @joholloway8818 9 лет назад +8

    am I the only one that noticed the apartment building was number 666? take a look: 11:17

  • @battlion507
    @battlion507 9 лет назад +2

    Somehow, I'm being reminded of AKIRA and Chronicle...

    • @MTdaVoid
      @MTdaVoid 8 лет назад

      Same here. But I doubt history will place these three stories on the same pedestal...

  • @geekmangacomic9916
    @geekmangacomic9916 7 лет назад +3

    9. Is kind of true. Superheroes typically don't use their powers intelligently. Fuck, Beast and Wolverine for example, could end disease in a few years if they actually sat down and focused.

    • @Trevin_Taylor
      @Trevin_Taylor 7 лет назад +2

      Berserker Rogue how could wolverine end disease? Kill everyone who’s sick?

    • @PallysCafe
      @PallysCafe 7 лет назад

      Geek Mangacomic so like wolverine blood transplant?

    • @LupineShadowOmega
      @LupineShadowOmega 6 лет назад

      @@PallysCafe Wolverine's blood doesn't even work that way. Only Archangel has been shown to through a simple blood transfusion grant regeneration to others. But if we're talking Beast, I assume the OP is talking about Hank's comicbook genius, where he is capable of doing pretty much anything so long as we slap a coat of soft science over the whole thing. But that's less a power and more a skillset, and one that is true for pretty much all comicbook geniuses and most other literary ones besides.

    • @PallysCafe
      @PallysCafe 6 лет назад

      @@LupineShadowOmega fair point

  • @spiderdoctor2269
    @spiderdoctor2269 2 года назад +1

    4:57
    The most frustrating part about this list is that he never gives any examples! Or even elaborates on why he feels these are bad things
    Like, what are the positives to superpowers that go underrepresented in comics this writer is referring to?

  • @sheepheadsez2229
    @sheepheadsez2229 3 года назад

    This comic seems like someone working through a lot of unresolved issues from their youth...

  • @rorylumley4727
    @rorylumley4727 6 лет назад +2

    A teenager who gets superpowers and tries to make money with them. Sounds fimilar like spider-man. I look forward to the clone saga with scarlet psycho.

  • @yurilouback6331
    @yurilouback6331 7 лет назад +3

    Something tells me this writer doesn't know the difference between mutation, natural selection and evolution.

  • @TheGrayMysterious
    @TheGrayMysterious 7 лет назад

    Honestly though, sock puppets ARE scary. I mean, did you ever see what happened when one got into a wrestling ring? I still shudder from the photos of Damien Sandow's trachea...

  • @jackmcslay
    @jackmcslay 9 лет назад +2

    @16:25 I wonder what kind of show "Cure Jock Itch Cast" is

  • @dannywapbang
    @dannywapbang 6 лет назад +2

    When did Cyborg ever get possessed by an alien computer intelligence and try to pull the moon out of its orbit? This was before Grid so... please tell me Cyborg at least said "BOO-YAH!" during this
    EDIT: It was in The Technis Imperative arc. I thank Scribblenauts Unmasked for educating me on Cyberion Cyborg. Now if you excuse me, I'm going to murder Brendan Fletcher for coming up with Countdown.

  • @jeremyusreevu237
    @jeremyusreevu237 4 года назад +1

    Theory: This Comic's version of God is Jack from Marville.

  • @Sonichero151
    @Sonichero151 8 лет назад +4

    Uhhh..... When did the TF2 Sniper get here?

  • @ninjaturtlefan2003
    @ninjaturtlefan2003 5 лет назад +2

    17:58 Did Stranger Things get inspiration from this? They are even trying to crush a Coke can.

  • @MythicSuns
    @MythicSuns 4 года назад

    12:24 who the hell is Spiderman? Is he like Spider-man?

  • @joshuaingobo1559
    @joshuaingobo1559 5 лет назад

    7:51 Just like how she used it for the Nostalgia Critic. (I found it hilarious.)

  • @lorddrayvon1426
    @lorddrayvon1426 4 года назад

    This sort of epitomises the old question. The whole "do you criticise the work of a dead man?" Especially given this writer was murdered. At the same time, in my opinion, it's fine as long as you're not a prick and\or personally attack the writer.

  • @wisewolftony
    @wisewolftony 5 лет назад +4

    RIP to Todd but his freaking list at the start about why he wrote this comic and why Superhero's are dumb is one of the most idiotic things I have ever seen. Like really people wouldn't use secret identities so I guess all the cops that go undercover just decide to use their real names because nobody would ever look them up notice they are a cop and go after their family and just kill them as soon as they learn the truth. It's not like when Peter Parker came out about being Spiderman that anything negative happened in his life ohh wait "One More Day" has something to say about that.
    Origins are stupid because who they hell wants to know where a character came from their backstory and why they are doing what they are. Yea because if I saw Shazam I so totally wouldn't want or need to know why or how a young kid magically can turn into a grown man with super powers and can use magic. Batman why the hell would I need to know why a millionaire who should have it all is instead miserable and has decided to fight crime dressed as a bat.
    Super Villains are so a crutch because comics would be so interesting if every week Superman was beating up some one of the mill criminal with no powers because wouldn't that be so entertaining.
    They all look the same yea so many of them all look like each other. Black Panther, Batman and Venom are all in black and look totally exactly like each other. Same with Green Arrow, Green Lantern and The Hulk.

  • @krystlvines
    @krystlvines 2 месяца назад

    those complaints feel more at home in the 90's than in general

  • @eon1014
    @eon1014 3 года назад

    How ironic. Todd Lauren complained about Supervillains and said he didn’t like them, yet despite that, he made the main character of his comic himself a supervillain.

  • @jamesoblivion
    @jamesoblivion 2 года назад

    The guy on the TV is 100% supposed to be James Randi, one of the greatest debunkers of the so-called paranormal.

  • @flair541
    @flair541 9 лет назад

    I like the idea. "I have powers! ... Fuck it."

  • @blucifer4865
    @blucifer4865 9 лет назад

    Speaking of one-off superheroes, Linkara, have you heard of Solarman?

  • @SpaghettiGod34
    @SpaghettiGod34 7 лет назад

    Gotta love the 666 on the apartment building, no good comic can exist without those. Amirite?

    • @Trevin_Taylor
      @Trevin_Taylor 7 лет назад

      matthew cheek said a dozen people before you. Read the comments before posting.

    • @SpaghettiGod34
      @SpaghettiGod34 7 лет назад

      Trevin Taylor already read them

  • @MetaSynForYourSoul
    @MetaSynForYourSoul 9 лет назад +2

    I, Linkara, for one do know who Tipper Gore is and I think I can speak for most of us O.G.'s when I say F.D.B. Also I would just like to point out this chick apparently lives with The Beast. 11:13

  • @Azurenighterror11
    @Azurenighterror11 9 лет назад +2

    Is that skeptic guy supposed to be the amazing randy

  • @jessewilley531
    @jessewilley531 4 года назад

    The theology of Psychoman is only strange if you're unfamiliar with the idea of mesotheism.

  • @vww3606
    @vww3606 7 лет назад

    that vanilla ice looked like Jesse Eisenberg Lex Luthor

  • @lynngreen7978
    @lynngreen7978 9 лет назад +4

    This appears to be the Old Testament God. Not the happy-go-lucky one of the New Testament (y'know, the one who will end the world).

    • @jeniferjoseph9200
      @jeniferjoseph9200 9 лет назад

      ***** I was thinking whatever God designed the Bill and Ted universe. Only a bit worse.

    • @autobotstarscream765
      @autobotstarscream765 7 лет назад +3

      Jenifer Joseph The most excellent God that created the Bill & Ted universe would never do something so bogus.

    • @eddihurta7173
      @eddihurta7173 7 лет назад

      Autobot Starscream -Excellent!! (air guitars)

  • @Shades14
    @Shades14 3 года назад

    Wait. An ordinary guy is given powers by a divine being because they're bored, said ordinary guy is an asshole who uses his powers irresponsibly, and there's a genius regular guy who plans to take him down. This is Death Note! But I sincerely I doubt the writer knew about Death Note so I'm not calling it a ripoff.

  • @astrocitizen
    @astrocitizen 9 лет назад +1

    Why not a comparison to MAJOR BUMMER, a DC series that actually had a full (mini)series?

  • @CS-ku9mg
    @CS-ku9mg 9 лет назад

    TF2 reference figuratively killed me.

  • @noahvance6160
    @noahvance6160 Месяц назад

    8:50 Then why didn't God also gift him with super intelligence? By his logic, this would basically make Kevin the ultimate chick magnet.

  • @1989Goodspeed
    @1989Goodspeed 8 лет назад

    02:00 mmmm. PMRC BS.
    Tip Check out the 2002 TV-Movie: "Warning: Parental Advisory"
    (Starring Dee Snider as Dee Snider)

  • @TheBestComicKing
    @TheBestComicKing 7 лет назад

    So our hero is Beavis and Butthead combined, and has powers.