Permission to write an essay arguing that an assassination in the Balkans over a hundred years ago can be indirectly tied to the existence of John Wick in Fortnite, Captain?
@@cuzl2 June 28th, 1914. The Archduke of what was then Austria-Hungary is driving down the street with his wife, Sophie. Suddenly, they make a wrong turn that just so happens to bring them in view of Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian assassin who, like much of Serbia, despised the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s annexation and rule over its neighbors. Princip drew a pistol and walked over to the car. Two shots, two pulls of the trigger that changed the world. Through a complex web of alliances, treaties, and declarations of war, this assassination of an archduke and his wife in a small Balkan nation spiraled into the First World War. Now, the First World War caused the development of many new technologies. Two in particular that are significant to this argument are semi-automatic handguns and action-packed propaganda movies, books, and plays, many of which featured a male main character capable of single-handedly fighting off large amounts of enemies (for example, there is a short Italian propaganda film that depicts an Italian strongman with an amazing mustache taking an entire Austro-Hungarian fort on his own while shirtless and flirting with a woman he rescued). As for the advent of semi-automatic handguns, the drive to win the war resulted in the first-ever mass production of predecessors to John Wick’s iconic weapons, such as the M1911, which arguably inspired the core design for semi-automatic pistols such as Wick’s preferred Heckler and Koch P30L. In the aftermath of World War One, the United States experienced an economic bloom, with the Roaring 20s seeing the birth of modern cinema. With Westerns, war films, and action films becoming a public fixture, the existence of a singular main character with incredible combat skills and little dialogue became cemented in Hollywood’s traditions. An example would be Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925). As you can probably tell, this eventually would allow for the creation of John Wick. After World War One, nations were bitter and resentful of the outcome, on both sides. Italy and Japan, notably, both felt cheated by the Entente, due to not receiving territorial concessions equal to their contributions. This resentment allowed their governments of the 1930s to isolate them politically from their former allies, helping them decide to join the Axis Powers for World War Two. The worldwide Great Depression, which indirectly resulted from World War One (due to a devastated Europe relying on the United States to support them economically), allowed leaders like mustache man and his Italian counterpart to take control of their respective countries. Their ideologies and extreme ambitions led to the outbreak of World War Two. Now, while World War One saw its fair share of propaganda films with John Wick-esque characters, it was World War Two that fully kicked the public fascination with fast-paced gunfights and strong male leads into overdrive. Nations on all sides produced propaganda films showing a soldier or handful of soldiers fending off larger enemy forces. Comic books, especially in the United States, depicted superheroes taking down large swaths of hostile empires. John Wick’s potential to exist as a character and garner public appreciation was now certain. Like World War One’s modern handguns, World War Two also saw or led to the rapid development of many of John Wick’s iconic weapons. This was the first major war where submachine guns were produced and deployed en masse, and it was the war that saw the invention and implementation of the assault rifle. The predecessors to Wick’s iconic arsenal, as well as the guns that many of Fortnite’s weapons are based on (for example, the infantry rifle is the M1 Garand, the drum gun is the M1928 Thompson, and the standard pistol is the M1911) were now fully complete. After World War Two, thanks to the invention and eventual mass production of the television (which was further boosted by governments’ efforts to distribute propaganda), Hollywood became a key fixture of American life and media. With the Cold War seeing the rivalry between the United States and Soviet Union, the trope of a dastardly Russian villain was born (just like the syndicate Wick fights in the first movie). The public ate it up. Even more seemingly invincible, combatant, and mysterious male leads were formed, like many of Clint Eastwood’s movies (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, for one), and eventually Chuck Norris and his reputation in the 70s. By this point, it was clear that people loved seeing a dark and mysterious, good-looking man take on swarms of enemies with deadly aim, martial arts, and quick reactions. Furthermore, thanks to the Cold War (which was thanks to WW2, which was thanks to WW1, which was thanks to the assassination), computers had been developed and advanced, originally for the purpose of being more technologically advanced than ideological rivals, and eventually for the production and distribution of media, allowing for advancements in special effects, sound design, and CGI, a highly notable example being the animated spiral in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 movie Vertigo, which was created using a World War Two aircraft targeting computer. All the key structures of John Wick were ready. Modern firearms? Check. Public love for Byronic action movie heroes? Check. Realistic sound design and special effects? Check. Tradition of assigning the antagonist a Russian accent due to American disdain for the Soviet Union? Check. John Wick had only to be released, and it would be a smash hit, especially since Keanu Reeves’ career had been cemented by The Matrix (which in its own right plays off questions about the advent of computers, indirectly resulting from the Cold War and what that resulted from). Now, when Fortnite garnered its global popularity in 2017 and 2018, John Wick had been released and successfully earned almost $90 million. John Wick 2’s release in 2017 was even more successful, ensuring our favorite titular hitman remained in public thought. When Fortnite began to pick up on the potential for collaborations with other media, noting the popularity that had been ingrained through a century of movies and books, it was inevitable that they’d go for John Wick. After all, it was a game with a heavy focus on gunplay, featuring real-life inspired models of guns from and resulting from wars past. Thus, John Wick was in Fortnite, after a long timeline of public media consumption, technological innovation, and warfare that can be traced back to that fateful day in the Balkans. TL;DR: Gavrilo Princip shoots Austro-Hungarian Archduke -> World War One -> Unstoppable mysterious hero archetype in film and media + modern firearms + Great Depression, dissent from nations-> World War Two -> Ginormous escalation of archetype in media, especially for propaganda reasons + even more modern firearms + Cold War -> Anti-Russian Hollywood tropes + full normalization of archetype in public consciousness + rapid development of computers-> Seeds for John Wick’s success + development of advanced video game design and public favor for shooters -> Fortnite adds John Wick. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk, Captain. I hope it made some degree of sense and wasn’t just a bunch of mindless rambling.
@@cuzl2 Part 1. June 28th, 1914. The Archduke of what was then Austria-Hungary is driving down the street with his wife, Sophie. Suddenly, they make a wrong turn that just so happens to bring them in view of Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian assassin who, like much of Serbia, despised the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s annexation and rule over its neighbors. Princip drew a pistol and walked over to the car. Two shots, two pulls of the trigger that changed the world. Through a complex web of alliances, treaties, and declarations of war, this assassination of an archduke and his wife in a small Balkan nation spiraled into the First World War. Now, the First World War caused the development of many new technologies. Two in particular that are significant to this argument are semi-automatic handguns and action-packed propaganda movies, books, and plays, many of which featured a male main character capable of single-handedly fighting off large amounts of enemies (for example, there is a short Italian propaganda film that depicts an Italian strongman with an amazing mustache taking an entire Austro-Hungarian fort on his own while shirtless and flirting with a woman he rescued). As for the advent of semi-automatic handguns, the drive to win the war resulted in the first-ever mass production of predecessors to John Wick’s iconic weapons, such as the M1911, which arguably inspired the core design for semi-automatic pistols such as Wick’s preferred Heckler and Koch P30L. In the aftermath of World War One, the United States experienced an economic bloom, with the Roaring 20s seeing the birth of modern cinema. With Westerns, war films, and action films becoming a public fixture, the existence of a singular main character with incredible combat skills and little dialogue became cemented in Hollywood’s traditions. An example would be Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925). As you can probably tell, this eventually would allow for the creation of John Wick.
@@cuzl2 Part 2. After World War One, nations were bitter and resentful of the outcome, on both sides. Italy and Japan, notably, both felt cheated by the Entente, due to not receiving territorial concessions equal to their contributions. This resentment allowed their governments of the 1930s to isolate them politically from their former allies, helping them decide to join the Axis Powers for World War Two. The worldwide Great Depression, which indirectly resulted from World War One (due to a devastated Europe relying on the United States to support them economically), allowed leaders like mustache man and his Italian counterpart to take control of their respective countries. Their ideologies and extreme ambitions led to the outbreak of World War Two. Now, while World War One saw its fair share of propaganda films with John Wick-esque characters, it was World War Two that fully kicked the public fascination with fast-paced gunfights and strong male leads into overdrive. Nations on all sides produced propaganda films showing a soldier or handful of soldiers fending off larger enemy forces. Comic books, especially in the United States, depicted superheroes taking down large swaths of hostile empires. John Wick’s potential to exist as a character and garner public appreciation was now certain. Like World War One’s modern handguns, World War Two also saw or led to the rapid development of many of John Wick’s iconic weapons. This was the first major war where submachine guns were produced and deployed en masse, and it was the war that saw the invention and implementation of the assault rifle. The predecessors to Wick’s iconic arsenal, as well as the guns that many of Fortnite’s weapons are based on (for example, the infantry rifle is the M1 Garand, the drum gun is the M1928 Thompson, and the standard pistol is the M1911) were now fully complete. After World War Two, thanks to the invention and eventual mass production of the television (which was further boosted by governments’ efforts to distribute propaganda), Hollywood became a key fixture of American life and media. With the Cold War seeing the rivalry between the United States and Soviet Union, the trope of a dastardly Russian villain was born (just like the syndicate Wick fights in the first movie). The public ate it up. Even more seemingly invincible, combatant, and mysterious male leads were formed, like many of Clint Eastwood’s movies (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, for one), and eventually Chuck Norris and his reputation in the 70s. By this point, it was clear that people loved seeing a dark and mysterious, good-looking man take on swarms of enemies with deadly aim, martial arts, and quick reactions. Furthermore, thanks to the Cold War (which was thanks to WW2, which was thanks to WW1, which was thanks to the assassination), computers had been developed and advanced, originally for the purpose of being more technologically advanced than ideological rivals, and eventually for the production and distribution of media, allowing for advancements in special effects, sound design, and CGI, a highly notable example being the animated spiral in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 movie Vertigo, which was created using a World War Two aircraft targeting computer. All the key structures of John Wick were ready. Modern firearms? Check. Public love for Byronic action movie heroes? Check. Realistic sound design and special effects? Check. Tradition of assigning the antagonist a Russian accent due to American disdain for the Soviet Union? Check. John Wick had only to be released, and it would be a smash hit, especially since Keanu Reeves’ career had been cemented by The Matrix (which in its own right plays off questions about the advent of computers, indirectly resulting from the Cold War and what that resulted from). Now, when Fortnite garnered its global popularity in 2017 and 2018, John Wick had been released and successfully earned almost $90 million. John Wick 2’s release in 2017 was even more successful, ensuring our favorite titular hitman remained in public thought. When Fortnite began to pick up on the potential for collaborations with other media, noting the popularity that had been ingrained through a century of movies and books, it was inevitable that they’d go for John Wick. After all, it was a game with a heavy focus on gunplay, featuring real-life inspired models of guns from and resulting from wars past. Thus, John Wick was in Fortnite, after a long timeline of public media consumption, technological innovation, and warfare that can be traced back to that fateful day in the Balkans. TL;DR: Gavrilo Princip shoots Austro-Hungarian Archduke -> World War One -> Unstoppable mysterious hero archetype in film and media + modern firearms + Great Depression, dissent from nations-> World War Two -> Ginormous escalation of archetype in media, especially for propaganda reasons + even more modern firearms + Cold War -> Anti-Russian Hollywood tropes + full normalization of archetype in public consciousness + rapid development of computers-> Seeds for John Wick’s success + development of advanced video game design and public favor for shooters -> Fortnite adds John Wick. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk, Captain. I hope it made some degree of sense and wasn’t just a bunch of mindless rambling.
@@cuzl2Part 2. After World War One, nations were bitter and resentful of the outcome, on both sides. Italy and Japan, notably, both felt cheated by the Entente, due to not receiving territorial concessions equal to their contributions. This resentment allowed their governments of the 1930s to isolate them politically from their former allies, helping them decide to join the Axis Powers for World War Two. The worldwide Great Depression, which indirectly resulted from World War One (due to a devastated Europe relying on the United States to support them economically), allowed leaders like mustache man and his Italian counterpart to take control of their respective countries. Their ideologies and extreme ambitions led to the outbreak of World War Two. Now, while World War One saw its fair share of propaganda films with John Wick-esque characters, it was World War Two that fully kicked the public fascination with fast-paced gunfights and strong male leads into overdrive. Nations on all sides produced propaganda films showing a soldier or handful of soldiers fending off larger enemy forces. Comic books, especially in the United States, depicted superheroes taking down large swaths of hostile empires. John Wick’s potential to exist as a character and garner public appreciation was now certain. Like World War One’s modern handguns, World War Two also saw or led to the rapid development of many of John Wick’s iconic weapons. This was the first major war where submachine guns were produced and deployed en masse, and it was the war that saw the invention and implementation of the assault rifle. The predecessors to Wick’s iconic arsenal, as well as the guns that many of Fortnite’s weapons are based on (for example, the infantry rifle is the M1 Garand, the drum gun is the M1928 Thompson, and the standard pistol is the M1911) were now fully complete.
Gay cat and emo cat, the only presets you'll ever need.
They should make this into a ltm ngl, it would be hilarious
There was a similar ltm in chapter 2 called Protect the VIP. It wasn't the same, though.
@@Weaving_Spiders yeah I’ve played that one, kinda similar except not as difficult
The VIP LTM from c2s5 was pretty much this, Including the Skins rule (the only way to acces John jones was that ltm
6:07 the hardcut from the normal skins they were using to just cats got me 💀
Cat army
Permission to write an essay arguing that an assassination in the Balkans over a hundred years ago can be indirectly tied to the existence of John Wick in Fortnite, Captain?
Permission granted.
@@cuzl2 June 28th, 1914. The Archduke of what was then Austria-Hungary is driving down the street with his wife, Sophie. Suddenly, they make a wrong turn that just so happens to bring them in view of Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian assassin who, like much of Serbia, despised the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s annexation and rule over its neighbors. Princip drew a pistol and walked over to the car. Two shots, two pulls of the trigger that changed the world. Through a complex web of alliances, treaties, and declarations of war, this assassination of an archduke and his wife in a small Balkan nation spiraled into the First World War. Now, the First World War caused the development of many new technologies. Two in particular that are significant to this argument are semi-automatic handguns and action-packed propaganda movies, books, and plays, many of which featured a male main character capable of single-handedly fighting off large amounts of enemies (for example, there is a short Italian propaganda film that depicts an Italian strongman with an amazing mustache taking an entire Austro-Hungarian fort on his own while shirtless and flirting with a woman he rescued). As for the advent of semi-automatic handguns, the drive to win the war resulted in the first-ever mass production of predecessors to John Wick’s iconic weapons, such as the M1911, which arguably inspired the core design for semi-automatic pistols such as Wick’s preferred Heckler and Koch P30L.
In the aftermath of World War One, the United States experienced an economic bloom, with the Roaring 20s seeing the birth of modern cinema. With Westerns, war films, and action films becoming a public fixture, the existence of a singular main character with incredible combat skills and little dialogue became cemented in Hollywood’s traditions. An example would be Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925). As you can probably tell, this eventually would allow for the creation of John Wick.
After World War One, nations were bitter and resentful of the outcome, on both sides. Italy and Japan, notably, both felt cheated by the Entente, due to not receiving territorial concessions equal to their contributions. This resentment allowed their governments of the 1930s to isolate them politically from their former allies, helping them decide to join the Axis Powers for World War Two. The worldwide Great Depression, which indirectly resulted from World War One (due to a devastated Europe relying on the United States to support them economically), allowed leaders like mustache man and his Italian counterpart to take control of their respective countries. Their ideologies and extreme ambitions led to the outbreak of World War Two. Now, while World War One saw its fair share of propaganda films with John Wick-esque characters, it was World War Two that fully kicked the public fascination with fast-paced gunfights and strong male leads into overdrive. Nations on all sides produced propaganda films showing a soldier or handful of soldiers fending off larger enemy forces. Comic books, especially in the United States, depicted superheroes taking down large swaths of hostile empires. John Wick’s potential to exist as a character and garner public appreciation was now certain.
Like World War One’s modern handguns, World War Two also saw or led to the rapid development of many of John Wick’s iconic weapons. This was the first major war where submachine guns were produced and deployed en masse, and it was the war that saw the invention and implementation of the assault rifle. The predecessors to Wick’s iconic arsenal, as well as the guns that many of Fortnite’s weapons are based on (for example, the infantry rifle is the M1 Garand, the drum gun is the M1928 Thompson, and the standard pistol is the M1911) were now fully complete.
After World War Two, thanks to the invention and eventual mass production of the television (which was further boosted by governments’ efforts to distribute propaganda), Hollywood became a key fixture of American life and media. With the Cold War seeing the rivalry between the United States and Soviet Union, the trope of a dastardly Russian villain was born (just like the syndicate Wick fights in the first movie). The public ate it up. Even more seemingly invincible, combatant, and mysterious male leads were formed, like many of Clint Eastwood’s movies (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, for one), and eventually Chuck Norris and his reputation in the 70s. By this point, it was clear that people loved seeing a dark and mysterious, good-looking man take on swarms of enemies with deadly aim, martial arts, and quick reactions. Furthermore, thanks to the Cold War (which was thanks to WW2, which was thanks to WW1, which was thanks to the assassination), computers had been developed and advanced, originally for the purpose of being more technologically advanced than ideological rivals, and eventually for the production and distribution of media, allowing for advancements in special effects, sound design, and CGI, a highly notable example being the animated spiral in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 movie Vertigo, which was created using a World War Two aircraft targeting computer. All the key structures of John Wick were ready. Modern firearms? Check. Public love for Byronic action movie heroes? Check. Realistic sound design and special effects? Check. Tradition of assigning the antagonist a Russian accent due to American disdain for the Soviet Union? Check. John Wick had only to be released, and it would be a smash hit, especially since Keanu Reeves’ career had been cemented by The Matrix (which in its own right plays off questions about the advent of computers, indirectly resulting from the Cold War and what that resulted from). Now, when Fortnite garnered its global popularity in 2017 and 2018, John Wick had been released and successfully earned almost $90 million. John Wick 2’s release in 2017 was even more successful, ensuring our favorite titular hitman remained in public thought. When Fortnite began to pick up on the potential for collaborations with other media, noting the popularity that had been ingrained through a century of movies and books, it was inevitable that they’d go for John Wick. After all, it was a game with a heavy focus on gunplay, featuring real-life inspired models of guns from and resulting from wars past. Thus, John Wick was in Fortnite, after a long timeline of public media consumption, technological innovation, and warfare that can be traced back to that fateful day in the Balkans.
TL;DR: Gavrilo Princip shoots Austro-Hungarian Archduke -> World War One -> Unstoppable mysterious hero archetype in film and media + modern firearms + Great Depression, dissent from nations-> World War Two -> Ginormous escalation of archetype in media, especially for propaganda reasons + even more modern firearms + Cold War -> Anti-Russian Hollywood tropes + full normalization of archetype in public consciousness + rapid development of computers-> Seeds for John Wick’s success + development of advanced video game design and public favor for shooters -> Fortnite adds John Wick.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk, Captain. I hope it made some degree of sense and wasn’t just a bunch of mindless rambling.
@@cuzl2 Part 1. June 28th, 1914. The Archduke of what was then Austria-Hungary is driving down the street with his wife, Sophie. Suddenly, they make a wrong turn that just so happens to bring them in view of Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian assassin who, like much of Serbia, despised the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s annexation and rule over its neighbors. Princip drew a pistol and walked over to the car. Two shots, two pulls of the trigger that changed the world. Through a complex web of alliances, treaties, and declarations of war, this assassination of an archduke and his wife in a small Balkan nation spiraled into the First World War. Now, the First World War caused the development of many new technologies. Two in particular that are significant to this argument are semi-automatic handguns and action-packed propaganda movies, books, and plays, many of which featured a male main character capable of single-handedly fighting off large amounts of enemies (for example, there is a short Italian propaganda film that depicts an Italian strongman with an amazing mustache taking an entire Austro-Hungarian fort on his own while shirtless and flirting with a woman he rescued). As for the advent of semi-automatic handguns, the drive to win the war resulted in the first-ever mass production of predecessors to John Wick’s iconic weapons, such as the M1911, which arguably inspired the core design for semi-automatic pistols such as Wick’s preferred Heckler and Koch P30L.
In the aftermath of World War One, the United States experienced an economic bloom, with the Roaring 20s seeing the birth of modern cinema. With Westerns, war films, and action films becoming a public fixture, the existence of a singular main character with incredible combat skills and little dialogue became cemented in Hollywood’s traditions. An example would be Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925). As you can probably tell, this eventually would allow for the creation of John Wick.
@@cuzl2 Part 2. After World War One, nations were bitter and resentful of the outcome, on both sides. Italy and Japan, notably, both felt cheated by the Entente, due to not receiving territorial concessions equal to their contributions. This resentment allowed their governments of the 1930s to isolate them politically from their former allies, helping them decide to join the Axis Powers for World War Two. The worldwide Great Depression, which indirectly resulted from World War One (due to a devastated Europe relying on the United States to support them economically), allowed leaders like mustache man and his Italian counterpart to take control of their respective countries. Their ideologies and extreme ambitions led to the outbreak of World War Two. Now, while World War One saw its fair share of propaganda films with John Wick-esque characters, it was World War Two that fully kicked the public fascination with fast-paced gunfights and strong male leads into overdrive. Nations on all sides produced propaganda films showing a soldier or handful of soldiers fending off larger enemy forces. Comic books, especially in the United States, depicted superheroes taking down large swaths of hostile empires. John Wick’s potential to exist as a character and garner public appreciation was now certain.
Like World War One’s modern handguns, World War Two also saw or led to the rapid development of many of John Wick’s iconic weapons. This was the first major war where submachine guns were produced and deployed en masse, and it was the war that saw the invention and implementation of the assault rifle. The predecessors to Wick’s iconic arsenal, as well as the guns that many of Fortnite’s weapons are based on (for example, the infantry rifle is the M1 Garand, the drum gun is the M1928 Thompson, and the standard pistol is the M1911) were now fully complete.
After World War Two, thanks to the invention and eventual mass production of the television (which was further boosted by governments’ efforts to distribute propaganda), Hollywood became a key fixture of American life and media. With the Cold War seeing the rivalry between the United States and Soviet Union, the trope of a dastardly Russian villain was born (just like the syndicate Wick fights in the first movie). The public ate it up. Even more seemingly invincible, combatant, and mysterious male leads were formed, like many of Clint Eastwood’s movies (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, for one), and eventually Chuck Norris and his reputation in the 70s. By this point, it was clear that people loved seeing a dark and mysterious, good-looking man take on swarms of enemies with deadly aim, martial arts, and quick reactions. Furthermore, thanks to the Cold War (which was thanks to WW2, which was thanks to WW1, which was thanks to the assassination), computers had been developed and advanced, originally for the purpose of being more technologically advanced than ideological rivals, and eventually for the production and distribution of media, allowing for advancements in special effects, sound design, and CGI, a highly notable example being the animated spiral in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 movie Vertigo, which was created using a World War Two aircraft targeting computer. All the key structures of John Wick were ready. Modern firearms? Check. Public love for Byronic action movie heroes? Check. Realistic sound design and special effects? Check. Tradition of assigning the antagonist a Russian accent due to American disdain for the Soviet Union? Check. John Wick had only to be released, and it would be a smash hit, especially since Keanu Reeves’ career had been cemented by The Matrix (which in its own right plays off questions about the advent of computers, indirectly resulting from the Cold War and what that resulted from). Now, when Fortnite garnered its global popularity in 2017 and 2018, John Wick had been released and successfully earned almost $90 million. John Wick 2’s release in 2017 was even more successful, ensuring our favorite titular hitman remained in public thought. When Fortnite began to pick up on the potential for collaborations with other media, noting the popularity that had been ingrained through a century of movies and books, it was inevitable that they’d go for John Wick. After all, it was a game with a heavy focus on gunplay, featuring real-life inspired models of guns from and resulting from wars past. Thus, John Wick was in Fortnite, after a long timeline of public media consumption, technological innovation, and warfare that can be traced back to that fateful day in the Balkans.
TL;DR: Gavrilo Princip shoots Austro-Hungarian Archduke -> World War One -> Unstoppable mysterious hero archetype in film and media + modern firearms + Great Depression, dissent from nations-> World War Two -> Ginormous escalation of archetype in media, especially for propaganda reasons + even more modern firearms + Cold War -> Anti-Russian Hollywood tropes + full normalization of archetype in public consciousness + rapid development of computers-> Seeds for John Wick’s success + development of advanced video game design and public favor for shooters -> Fortnite adds John Wick.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk, Captain. I hope it made some degree of sense and wasn’t just a bunch of mindless rambling.
@@cuzl2Part 2.
After World War One, nations were bitter and resentful of the outcome, on both sides. Italy and Japan, notably, both felt cheated by the Entente, due to not receiving territorial concessions equal to their contributions. This resentment allowed their governments of the 1930s to isolate them politically from their former allies, helping them decide to join the Axis Powers for World War Two. The worldwide Great Depression, which indirectly resulted from World War One (due to a devastated Europe relying on the United States to support them economically), allowed leaders like mustache man and his Italian counterpart to take control of their respective countries. Their ideologies and extreme ambitions led to the outbreak of World War Two. Now, while World War One saw its fair share of propaganda films with John Wick-esque characters, it was World War Two that fully kicked the public fascination with fast-paced gunfights and strong male leads into overdrive. Nations on all sides produced propaganda films showing a soldier or handful of soldiers fending off larger enemy forces. Comic books, especially in the United States, depicted superheroes taking down large swaths of hostile empires. John Wick’s potential to exist as a character and garner public appreciation was now certain.
Like World War One’s modern handguns, World War Two also saw or led to the rapid development of many of John Wick’s iconic weapons. This was the first major war where submachine guns were produced and deployed en masse, and it was the war that saw the invention and implementation of the assault rifle. The predecessors to Wick’s iconic arsenal, as well as the guns that many of Fortnite’s weapons are based on (for example, the infantry rifle is the M1 Garand, the drum gun is the M1928 Thompson, and the standard pistol is the M1911) were now fully complete.
1:16 Let's go gambling!
This was a fun watch and had a good content idea! Captain Fortnite lives on 😂
Happy Friday the 13th
Excellent video - keep up the awesome efforts! 💯
10:26 he's in the what..
always a good day when my favorite fortnite RUclipsr posts 🙏
*Beep* Underatted channel detected
I love you gay cat but I hate the cybertruck
Don't worry, it's not mine.
@@cuzl2 thank you gay cat
You make the bast fortnite videos
I'm going to do this challenge with my friends and give credit to you
Cool!
I’m the gnome you been gnomes! -Sureor12
Dope ahs video :D
another video in less then two weeks, nice :]
6:14 best part of this video
No Literally bros chin just ate that shield
More like captain meow meow
That’s a bit skibidi
Permission to lke the video, captain?
Permission granted to Ike side B the video.
3:47 Cell. 3:54 Cell.
Permission to do this with my friends Captain ? 😼
Permission granted.
@@cuzl2 thank you Captain 🙏
captain, permission to change my tinder bio to single?
Kitty
so its a drunk version of VIP?
That or a reverse body guard, yeah.
hehe
Permission to comment, captain?
Permission granted.
I dont have friends
😂
GOOD VIDEO CAPTAIN. 🫡🦅🎆