Sadly, yes... it got really anoying at this point. How many throws was in the video? Like 20 with "batarangs" and 5 with kunai? In 33 minutes long video? Maybe its just me, but I really did not subscriped to Shadiversity to watch childish pet peeve. Its ok a little bit, but this was just too much.
And I enjoyed every minute of it! Half the fun of these videos is watching 3 guys hanging out and acting just like me and my friends did when we were teens. Brings me back to the good old days.
"shadiversity will be reorganized into the first australian empire! for a safe and secure society!" -tyranth after fighting off shad and nate and forcing them to go into exile
And if you survive you would wish to be dead because of the permanent injuries Batman caused. Judging from the Arkham games you'll be lucky if you just get out with a limp that doesn't fully heal and you have to use a cane after all of this is over for the rest of your days. 😂
@@MaaZeus In the Arkham games, if you survive the concussion you received after hours out in the cold, not to mention the multiple chances of internal bleeding you'd be doing, chances are you're a Meta-human (DC version of super powers). Straight up, Batman is a serial killer in those games.
@@DonLee-pv2kq Batman used to kill before his character got properly fleshed out. That is old silver age stuff, not valid for the Batman of today, the baseline that is. Alternate universes are a different story where they can go to town with the character. Hell we even have a comic where Batman got bitten by a Dracula and turned into a vampire.
@@MaaZeusyeah I think they went hardcore with Batman in the 80s or 90s then roller it back after the backlash from the Tim Burton movies...and even though its kind of ridiculous that he doesnt kill people it keeps him being the hero and kid friendly
It's not upside down. You have to account for the victim falling down after being hit, at which point, the batterang will be sideways, and the camera will angle so that the bat symbol will be oriented correctly.
"We don't have any shuriken because they are kiwi-no-nos, but we have all these other things that are basically the same thing, and they are perfectly fine."
@@1stCallipostleLOL right? Look, I live in the Chicago suburbs (used to live in the city proper) and it's just like that. And this state is getting slapped to star-land by the Supreme Court. Not exactly what they say, but essentially, "What part of 'the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" do you not understand, Lesser Courts?
My favourite restricted weapon law is that it's illegal to own a kusarigama in the UK. Good thing we banned those, they were becoming a real problem what with all of the illegal ninjas from 15th century Japan swimming over the English Channel.
One failing of the Batarang is that when you throw it, one point is going to want to hook in on impact, while the opposite isn't, since, as it spins, the points have opposite curves. There's no proper way to hold it when you throw, because on the off chance a point hits, it has a 50/50 chance of facing in the right direction to stick. By the way, Tyranth won, because no matter what he does, he looks cool doing it.
"There's no proper way to hold it when you throw, because on the off chance a point hits, it has a 50/50 chance of facing in the right direction to stick." That's the difference between an amateur thrower and a highly skilled thrower. For the master thrower, the random doesn't exist, because he CHOOSES exactly how much spin he puts on what he throws and understands the range and what spin is needed to get what impact. This is also why throwing knifes is so much more difficult, because you have to put just the right spin for the range on it, to make it hit point first. The problem of course, is that this kind of throwing skill is more in line with circus artists and highend performers than any normal users.
Yeah, lots of the traditional ninja tools aren't in pop culture. Like the rake. No, seriously. Anyone reading this and thinking I'm joking, I'm not. I'm sure plenty of people who thought the peasant with a rake and a garden trowel were jokes laughed... And then got stabbed in the neck.
@@matohibiki One of the ninja clans, after aiding the ascension of one of the shoguns, was rewarded with becoming the hereditary gardeners of the shogun's palace. This not only gave them steady work; but, also allowed them to still serve as eyes and ears (and bodyguards) for the shogun's court.
Tonight, on Functional Fandom, Tyranth becomes an expert at throwing upside down, Nate slowly steps into his rightful role as an average marksmen, and Shad continues to be the hype man father that his son Batman needs. XD XD
Less a magnet on a stick and just get a metal detector. The magnet has to be nearly right on it before it will make the knife move, especially if entangled in grass.
@@benwagner5089 Some neodynium magnets on a stick cost a lot less than a metal detector. And while magnets will not always be able to pick something up off the ground, a metal detector will never be able to. Advantage: magnets.
@@dgthe3 I haven't messed with neodymium magnets before, but if it's anything like regular magnets you still have to get damn close. Closest compromise is to borrow a roofer's magnetic sweeper that they use for picking up dropped nails. Rolling it through tall grass may be a challenge, but just swinging low to the ground you might get lucky.
As a 12 year old boy when the Dark Knight Rises came out, I cannot express enough just how obsessed I was with batman equipment most specifically batarangs, I finally was able to get a 3 pack of real solid steel true to size "ninja star" batarangs shaped like the genuine dark knight logo, I threw them at pallets and boards everyday for a whole summer and got very good actually. This video hits close to home for me, thanks Shad.
There’s a desire to use Batarangs or ninja stars in every man’s life. Naruto and Batman toys are sick but learning how to get really good with REAL Batarangs sounds like so much fun. I bet it’d.feel similar to learning something like a butterfly knife.
Ah, the memories. I once brought throwing knives and shurikens to middle school. We were throwing them at some cardboard boxes that turns out had all the text books for the year. I lost nearly all of them. Most of the group got reprimanded, and they called my parents, but nobody showed and they forgot the whole incident soon after lol.
You guys are forgetting where you are Gotham is in the norther hemisphere so the symbol has to be oriented in the correct logo position. You guys are in Australia southern hemisphere so the symbol landing upside down is actually correct.
I always thought of them as utility and the shock factor when the "bad" guy sees it and realizes Batman is nearby. Might be time to give up or run away at that point.
I seem to recall Batman using larger versions of his batterangs as duel weapons that he used in a one-on-one fight with the Predator in the fan made film: *Batman Dead End* Which btw also had a samurai type Predator in the film officially named Big Red, which NECA made some action figures based on him years ago.
I get that Batman wouldn't use guns, but the wild impracticality of unsheathing and then throwing something like this is off the charts. He needed some sort of a launcher for these things.
@@danieltilson4053 And, as noted in that show, the Batsuit was old tech, decades old at the time Beyond started. Who knows what kind of tech a current-gen Batsuit would've had? Hardlight weapons, no way Bruce wouldn't have started his own Bat Lantern Corps.
There is actually a substance that sharks excrete when afraid that will cause all other sharks of that species to abandon the area for a long time. It was discovered that, after a great white was killed off the coast of California (maybe Baja California) by orcas, all of the other great whites (that had tracking beacons) immediately swam out as far as Hawaii at high speed! Of course, this substance only seems to affect sharks of the same species; so, it won't protect you from them all.
Nate is the clear winner on two fronts. Those things are hard to throw accurately because they are pretty much the opposite of aerodynamic, and require no small amount of practice. Wearing gloves to prevent even a hint of anxiety over having a pointy or sharp edge in the hand helped him IMO but didn’t push him over the hump as it were. Also, you other two didn’t talk over him nearly as much as usual. This was both fun and informative. An unknown number of kids and no small number of adults have done this with little fanfare, and you’ve vindicated all of us in our search for an answer to the question “gimmick, or effective weapon?”… okay, maybe some of both, but still we now know for certain that all those hours we spent playing with them was not wasted. Oh, the Bale batarang hands down. The other one looks slashy but clearly the edges really didn’t come into play. Points earn you points.
it was so blatant who won that I can't believe you would even have to ask, Tyranth did an amazing job without a doubt. But Nate won hands down and it wasn't even close.
@@ToshiUchiha7 A good director meaning someone who understands the character. So far (in big budget live-action films) only Matt Reeves has been faithful to the Batman mythos... PROVIDED only if the bland characterization of the first film was a choice to specifically put a young Batman through an arc.
While having the batarang stuck in a Target rightside up is how Batman does it, thematically it makes more sense for Batman to have it land upside down due to an actual bats' resting position which is to sleep hanging upside down and they only turn right side up to poop which means the logo is essentially Batman crapping on his foes by saying "I'm better than you... CUZ I'M BATMAN🦇" LOL
The felt impact of a batarang hitting the gun (but not the hand itself) would be nothing compared to the felt recoil of firing the gun, so the shooter probably wouldn’t drop the pistol if the hand wasn’t impacted. Assuming they’re an experienced shooter who’s used to recoil, that is. I don’t think I stopped laughing the whole time. My friends and I used to do this exact kind of stuff growing up, especially the trash talk. Really enjoyable!
When you pull the trigger though you are expecting recoil. A sudden unanticipated impact is not quite the same thing. When someone has an ND they often _do_ drop the gun because they weren't expecting it.
The canon is that Batman doesn't use a gun due to the trauma of witnessing his parents being shot. There are many stories where he improvises weapons instead of using his gun when he impersonates a police officer.
I don’t know if it’s ever been done before, but as a video suggestion, the game “Warframe” has multiple melee weapons ranging from staves and polearms, to regular swords, machetes, and heavy blades with each having one to multiple “stances” consisting of combo moves. I think it would be really cool to see you guys go through and judge/recreate the moves!
A lot of Warframe's Melee weapons are ultimately mundane weapons that have a futuristic twinge to it here and there, that are also being used by superhuman humans with supernatural powers and skin as hard as steel.
@@kylegivens3120 yeah, a lot of what they do is mo-cap for the melee attack chains, so it’s feasibly achievable by people, besides the slow motion jumps, and the odd out melees like bladed exploding yo-yos and rideable mega-chainsaws
@@kylegivens3120 Yeah I was thinking most of them are pretty standard fare. The giant "glaive" (I think it was called that?) throwing weapon could be fun to make and test I guess. Maybe a bit dangerous lol.
Over 10 minutes in before a single throw pontificating over and over about how cute eachother are.. we get it you all are very cute… throw the damned thing already…
the gloves could've helped actually get it to stick, on the release the gloves offer less resistance, letting it fly straighter with better alignment. while a skin to metal release could effect its flight as it rubs against your hand unequally on both sides.
French TH-camr Bob Lennon had a whole compilation of times in Arkham knight, where you clearly kill people while he was repeating "non lethal", good memories :')
I have a few myself, Only sharpened on one end, And they LOVE to bounce. Whether or not they stick is basically a coin flip, They're just as likely to come back at your foot as they are to stick. Especially if I throw them at something hard and sturdy like a tree.
8:00 whether u throw it backwards or forwards the point will still hit its just a matter of half a rotations difference. simply personal throwing preference
Shinkage-ryu also has a 13cm long crescent-shaped shuriken that can be held in the hand and used as a dagger. There are also sickle-shaped and snake-shaped shurikens, which can also be held in the hand and used as weapons.
Important to mention: Despite what media would have you believe, a real ninja kunai is _not_ a throwing weapon. It’s actually a tool for making holes. In walls, mostly, but it would put a hole in a human if you _really_ needed to. It’s not balanced for throwing, though, so… Don’t do that. Or, don’t do that _and expect a positive result,_ I suppose.
@@konstellashon1364 And the best part is, they wouldn’t be wrong. A kunai is basically a modified masonry trowel. Y’know, that odd-looking tool used for applying mortar?
hey guys great video. got a few points id like to add: common pistols, like a M1911, for example, weighs about 2.8 pounds loaded, and a glock comes in at about 2.4 pounds loaded. i think they have way too much mass to be knocked aside by the batarangs that appear to be very light and dont have much mass of their own. you would need to hurl a large rock at their hand if you wanted to disarm the gun. if all you had were the batarangs i think you'd have to nail them in the hand and hope they drop it out of shock, or just hurl it at their face as a distraction to help you close the distance. i also feel its a big misunderstanding that shuriken and other similar throwing weapons have lethal capacity. i think they are used to distract and create openings. if youre having a sword fight with someone then out of no where you whip a sharp metal star, or even a knife or a rock at them, chances are youre going to force them to react. that reaction could be moving away from what was thrown at them, or straight up trying to parry it with their weapon. and whether it hits them or not, if you provoke your opponent to react to the unexpected and break their concentration for even a second and then follow up quick, it could potentially create the opening you need to finish the job
This was a great time to do something Batman related, and do to it with such humor just made it that much better. My favorite was absolutely the Balearang.
@@noraye2500 Daredevil hasn't been trained by the Hand, he fights the Hand. Batman, on the other hAND, was trained by the League of Assassins only in the movies (I mean, probably also somewhere else, there are many versions of him; but the bottom line is that he wasn't trained by them in the main continuity).
A little note on Batman's prowess, he even learned a Kryptonian martial art somehow.. Granted they lived under a red sun so no super powers, so perfect for a human.
7:34 I think it does not matter at all :D Regardless of how you throw them the 2 sides will alternate on each revolution and one side will always arrive point first.
hey guys, I just wanted to say, you should give a check on some of the bloodborne weapons, some of them, like the rakuyo, are quite interesting to analyze, and actually, the chikage is literally the cimitana you made (but gorgeous)
3:26 Choosing not to save Ra's al Ghul from the train Ra's himself set on a collision course is not killing him. It's simply choosing to remain neutral in Ra's's own self demise. Now, one could argue that immobilizing him on the train while knowing Ra's was dooming the train to derailment was "killing" him, but again that was a result of Batman choosing to save the rest of the city and then Ra's who was already on the train choosing to try to stop him. Every step of the way Batman is making the defensive choice, not the offensive. Even going in there is a last minute and last ditch effort defensive advance to the front, not an offensive advance. He would never have gone there if Ra's wasn't already trying to attack the city there. He would have likely confronted Ra's at another location and gotten him arrested instead. In the end he just chose to stop saving people when Ra's was the one in need. That's not murder. It's calculated neglect while watching another dude slowly kill himself. It's accidental manslaughter after another dude walked in front of his car, not murder, and not "Batman killing someone". The guy killed himself. The blood was not on Batman's hands. (I do not mean manslaughter as in the legal term. I would not expect Batman to be charged in any US court of law for that act. It was Ra's who did it to himself)
For utility and tools you don't need a batarang you can have a ball or spiked ball containing explosives, microphones and more so the only reason to add it to a batarang is symbolism.
I think the boys here are vastly underestimating how quickly you can readjust your aim. Like you've knocked me off course for maybe a second depending on the amount of shock.
Shad, Batman is misrepresented in media. His core tenant is that he does not kill. Zach Snyder is a hack and the other Batman movies never really understood this either and that's why he's got such a high kill count in those and why in Batman uses a gun in one of them even though he HATES guns because his parents were shot
So I guess to you guys, it would be totally fine to have Batman dressed up in a zebra costume because he did it in a couple of comics? You would look at him and say, "Yeah, that's Batman!" Zach Snyder portrayed a Batman who will either kill you without hesitation or brand you so someone kills you in prison. Anyone can agree that that isn't Batman. As for the guns, I don't know where you're getting the "shoots unnamed thugs" because I looked it up. The most indiscriminate Batman seems to have gotten with his shooting was with vampires. The rest seem to be situations where killing them served as a writing technique to communicate the inner conflict in Batman. In Batman Begins, he saved Raz at the beginning and he saw the consequences, so at the end, he doesn't save him because it's thematically appropriate and he sees that there are some people who are just too dangerous. In the Dark Knight he kills Harvey Dent because they happened to be near a ledge and tackling him from that direction was the only way to save the child. It also was necessary for the plot because Batman's arc was realizing that his crusade was inspiring people in the wrong way. He created the Joker and inspired normal citizens to rise up and become vigilantes which is not what he wanted. By taking responsibility for Harvey and his murders, Batman becomes a villain in the public eye so that he doesn't inspire more people to take up his crusade. It's his cross to bear alone. Again, it's done in a way that fits the themes of the story. This isn't just a Tuesday for Batman. It's generally accepted through a majority of comics that Batman doesn't kill and doesn't use guns. When he deviates from that it is because it is usually for a dramatic and thematic purpose that serves the story, like in Dark Knight Returns where he is more violent because he's old, more cynical, and the criminals have become more aggressive and stronger. He becomes more violent and brutal because it serves the story and is used to challenge your understanding of Batman. It's not the norm. There is probably some other obscure comic that you'll probably try to contradict me, but again I will just cite the Zebra Batman scenario. Just because it happened in very specific scenarios doesn't make it the norm. It's also impossible to have a character that has been around as long as Batman and keep them consistent, because there will always be retcons. But in general, it's accepted that Batman doesn't kill and doesn't use guns.
17:02 When the bad guy looks down at the baterang stuck in his chest, he's going to see it upside down, so it needs to be upside down in him for him to see it properly.
Justice League Batman kills. But that's because the director was an idiot who knew nothing about Batman. Same for Burtons Batman. I like them both, but they're both killers due the directors lack of understanding of the character. MOST versions of Batman don't kill.
Or maybe the directors just wanted their versions of batman to be killers? Wanting your version of a character to be different from the source =/= lack of understanding. There's this thing called creative freedom.
@@VidelxSpopovich yeah, I shortened the explanation, but the no kill rule originally stems from the no gun rule that was introduced in a certain run of the comics, he did originally use a gun though
Batman in most stories he doesn’t kill but batfleck did, zack snyder made a Batman that kills. Also Batman in must stories is controlled enough to really destroy you without killing, he is not the punisher.
Michael Keaton Batman killed people (including the Joker) Val Kilmer Batman killed those guys chasing him in the car by letting a missile hit them Bale Batman killed those League of Shadows ninjas and Talia Al Ghul Even Adam West Batman killed a guy with an exploding octopus Only George Clooney and Robert Pattinson Batmen didn’t kill people, and they’re the worst Batmen (the latter being woke as shit). lol
Now that you've tested the Batman's Batarangs how about testing some of BLADE'S weapons. From the Comics Blade had wooden throwing knives that were razor sharp. From the Movies Wesley Snipes had a throwing claw-like boomerang that he used in 1 & 2. Just how effective would the wooden knives be or the claw boomerang? Food for thought.
6:12 I love how he says: "He just looks like a regular JOE." And you're dealing with something Batman related. It may have been an unintentional slip of the tongue, but even so I feel it fit so perfectly here. After all, Joe Chill *WAS* the criminal responsible for murdering Bruce's parents and turning him down the path of becoming Batman.
Shad movies don’t represent batman that well. Comics and the animated series he doesn’t kill. It’s just his way to separate himself from the criminals he brutalizes.
I suggest watching these two videos on Realism and Paragons for those who need an explanation of what most of the recent DC movies get wrong about batman. th-cam.com/video/I9_ODNTNDrY/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/zm_Pi6OpNKU/w-d-xo.html
The dark knight shaped one needs two pointy ears and probably the bottom point sharpened. This would let it function like a true ninja star. The swoopy curved one I think will bounce way too much.
So who actually won? 😂
I just asked for this on your channel lol, how funny
Mister Rogers in a bloodstained sweater.
We all did.
Don't tell Chad but he's automatically dis invited to any and all future hunting/shooting range trips with me😅
Pretty sure Shad won. Accurately to Batman, he wouldn’t have killed anyone with those throws.
This video:
85% Three guys giving each other crap
5% Opening and ending
9% Actually testing Batarangs
1% Shad's kid being the real Batman
That basic formula worked for Jermey, Richard, and James for 20 years or so.
@@coreytaggart128top gear reference?!?
Sadly, yes... it got really anoying at this point. How many throws was in the video? Like 20 with "batarangs" and 5 with kunai? In 33 minutes long video? Maybe its just me, but I really did not subscriped to Shadiversity to watch childish pet peeve. Its ok a little bit, but this was just too much.
@@Mprokess go be a mood somewhere else, this was actually hillarious
And I enjoyed every minute of it! Half the fun of these videos is watching 3 guys hanging out and acting just like me and my friends did when we were teens. Brings me back to the good old days.
"i never kill anyone. i just throw razor blades at people's faces until they are subdued"
-batman
Can't believe the lads got actual Batman to show up!
"I love democracy, I love the republic" 5 seconds before tyranth declared he could start his villain arc.
"shadiversity will be reorganized into the first australian empire! for a safe and secure society!"
-tyranth after fighting off shad and nate and forcing them to go into exile
@@mobgabriel1767Australia is corrupt enough for such a move
batman doesnt kill he just injures you so badly that if you die its the hospitals fault
And if you survive you would wish to be dead because of the permanent injuries Batman caused. Judging from the Arkham games you'll be lucky if you just get out with a limp that doesn't fully heal and you have to use a cane after all of this is over for the rest of your days. 😂
@@MaaZeus In the Arkham games, if you survive the concussion you received after hours out in the cold, not to mention the multiple chances of internal bleeding you'd be doing, chances are you're a Meta-human (DC version of super powers). Straight up, Batman is a serial killer in those games.
Ok, well Batman has literally made a guy fall into acid & snapped necks.. So yes Batman kills... Look up the info in comics...
@@DonLee-pv2kq Batman used to kill before his character got properly fleshed out. That is old silver age stuff, not valid for the Batman of today, the baseline that is. Alternate universes are a different story where they can go to town with the character. Hell we even have a comic where Batman got bitten by a Dracula and turned into a vampire.
@@MaaZeusyeah I think they went hardcore with Batman in the 80s or 90s then roller it back after the backlash from the Tim Burton movies...and even though its kind of ridiculous that he doesnt kill people it keeps him being the hero and kid friendly
"I got some thoughts right off the bat " lol
It's not upside down.
You have to account for the victim falling down after being hit, at which point, the batterang will be sideways, and the camera will angle so that the bat symbol will be oriented correctly.
Actually a good point, if his goal were to kill the target
That and they are Australian, so if you really think about it, Tyranth won because he was the only one to hit the target rightside up.
@@Morriaphant i can get behind this
@@TemperedMedia He doesn't just go for the neck, nor are they all bladed.
@@Unknown-hb3id and?
Nate got distance/sticking, Tyranth got disarming/accuracy and Shad got perfect hype-man
So basically Shad's the male cheerleader, cheering on the home team of Nate and dissing the visitor team of Tyrenth! 😂😂
Shad has definitely earned Tyranth's villain arc
"We don't have any shuriken because they are kiwi-no-nos, but we have all these other things that are basically the same thing, and they are perfectly fine."
What? Weapons laws being pointless and hypocritical?
Who ever could've seen that coming?
@@1stCallipostleLOL right? Look, I live in the Chicago suburbs (used to live in the city proper) and it's just like that. And this state is getting slapped to star-land by the Supreme Court. Not exactly what they say, but essentially, "What part of 'the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" do you not understand, Lesser Courts?
My favourite restricted weapon law is that it's illegal to own a kusarigama in the UK. Good thing we banned those, they were becoming a real problem what with all of the illegal ninjas from 15th century Japan swimming over the English Channel.
@@yewtewbstew547 I'm just waiting to see the UK announce a ban of metal utensils in general after their last few "weapon" bans
@@Angelic_HeroFirst knives, then forks, and then they will come for your assault spoons.
One failing of the Batarang is that when you throw it, one point is going to want to hook in on impact, while the opposite isn't, since, as it spins, the points have opposite curves. There's no proper way to hold it when you throw, because on the off chance a point hits, it has a 50/50 chance of facing in the right direction to stick.
By the way, Tyranth won, because no matter what he does, he looks cool doing it.
"There's no proper way to hold it when you throw, because on the off chance a point hits, it has a 50/50 chance of facing in the right direction to stick."
That's the difference between an amateur thrower and a highly skilled thrower. For the master thrower, the random doesn't exist, because he CHOOSES exactly how much spin he puts on what he throws and understands the range and what spin is needed to get what impact.
This is also why throwing knifes is so much more difficult, because you have to put just the right spin for the range on it, to make it hit point first.
The problem of course, is that this kind of throwing skill is more in line with circus artists and highend performers than any normal users.
@@DIREWOLFx75 My comment was mostly about the supposed shuriken-like properties.
@@DIREWOLFx75well Batman learned from the circus performers as well as Combat experts and hunters, ironic considering his greatest enemy is a clown.
i am so glad that they mentioned that kunai were originally just gardening tools. not enough people talk about that
They also generally weren't used as a throwing weapon. They were used for digging, climbing, and for fighting.
Yeah, lots of the traditional ninja tools aren't in pop culture. Like the rake.
No, seriously. Anyone reading this and thinking I'm joking, I'm not. I'm sure plenty of people who thought the peasant with a rake and a garden trowel were jokes laughed... And then got stabbed in the neck.
@@matohibiki One of the ninja clans, after aiding the ascension of one of the shoguns, was rewarded with becoming the hereditary gardeners of the shogun's palace. This not only gave them steady work; but, also allowed them to still serve as eyes and ears (and bodyguards) for the shogun's court.
Pretty much every Asian weapon was improvised. Kunai, nunchucks, tonfas, bo
It is a joy watching Medieval Grand tour with Shad taking the part of Clarkson, Tyranth as Hammond, and well, we all know whose captain slow.
“TYRAAAAAAAATHHHH” 😂
Tonight, on Functional Fandom, Tyranth becomes an expert at throwing upside down, Nate slowly steps into his rightful role as an average marksmen, and Shad continues to be the hype man father that his son Batman needs. XD XD
@@jonashartman3059 and on that bombshell, back to the studio
This entire thing needs more likes.
The clear winner is the laughs we had along the way.
10:50 I suggest getting a magnet on a stick. They are great for finding steel on the ground.
Less a magnet on a stick and just get a metal detector. The magnet has to be nearly right on it before it will make the knife move, especially if entangled in grass.
i have a magnet that would pull the knife from 2 feet away... @@benwagner5089
@@benwagner5089 Some neodynium magnets on a stick cost a lot less than a metal detector. And while magnets will not always be able to pick something up off the ground, a metal detector will never be able to. Advantage: magnets.
@@dgthe3 I haven't messed with neodymium magnets before, but if it's anything like regular magnets you still have to get damn close.
Closest compromise is to borrow a roofer's magnetic sweeper that they use for picking up dropped nails. Rolling it through tall grass may be a challenge, but just swinging low to the ground you might get lucky.
But what happens if you break the stick in 2 and put a chain on it? 😂😂
As a 12 year old boy when the Dark Knight Rises came out, I cannot express enough just how obsessed I was with batman equipment most specifically batarangs, I finally was able to get a 3 pack of real solid steel true to size "ninja star" batarangs shaped like the genuine dark knight logo, I threw them at pallets and boards everyday for a whole summer and got very good actually.
This video hits close to home for me, thanks Shad.
I mean no disrespect, but I REALLY wish that they were actually called batarnags, sounds as Aussie as can be
There’s a desire to use Batarangs or ninja stars in every man’s life. Naruto and Batman toys are sick but learning how to get really good with REAL Batarangs sounds like so much fun. I bet it’d.feel similar to learning something like a butterfly knife.
@@christianguest63 It's very fun.
Ah, the memories. I once brought throwing knives and shurikens to middle school.
We were throwing them at some cardboard boxes that turns out had all the text books for the year. I lost nearly all of them. Most of the group got reprimanded, and they called my parents, but nobody showed and they forgot the whole incident soon after lol.
You guys are forgetting where you are Gotham is in the norther hemisphere so the symbol has to be oriented in the correct logo position. You guys are in Australia southern hemisphere so the symbol landing upside down is actually correct.
2:58
"You hear that? That's the sound of a thousand angry keyboards typing furiously this way."
Or the sound of a Gypsy Curse
I always thought of them as utility and the shock factor when the "bad" guy sees it and realizes Batman is nearby. Might be time to give up or run away at that point.
Good to see some Nate appreciation in this one!
I seem to recall Batman using larger versions of his batterangs as duel weapons that he used in a one-on-one fight with the Predator in the fan made film: *Batman Dead End*
Which btw also had a samurai type Predator in the film officially named Big Red, which NECA made some action figures based on him years ago.
Tonight, on Functional Fandom;
Tyranth throws and misses
Nate throws and hits
and I... Throw too far and loses the batarang
I have to say I'm really impressed at how accurate you guys were. It shows that a practiced user could wield them quite well.
Stuff like that imply enough spin with the wrist when you throw and it's surprising how steady they are in flight.
This test was amazing! Tyranth's work on the batarangs is great! To me, Bale's batarang is the most effective one. Cheers lads!
I get that Batman wouldn't use guns, but the wild impracticality of unsheathing and then throwing something like this is off the charts. He needed some sort of a launcher for these things.
Careful first it starts with batman having a batarang launcher but it'll end with batman having a wrist mounted flamethrower and powered exo suit
@@IRONMANHALO66Bat Shark Spray and Bat Lighter.
Batman Beyond shot small batarangs from his wrists.
@@danieltilson4053 Batman Beyond and Azbats.
@@danieltilson4053 And, as noted in that show, the Batsuit was old tech, decades old at the time Beyond started. Who knows what kind of tech a current-gen Batsuit would've had?
Hardlight weapons, no way Bruce wouldn't have started his own Bat Lantern Corps.
Who here needs this can of Shark Repellent Bat Spray?
There is actually a substance that sharks excrete when afraid that will cause all other sharks of that species to abandon the area for a long time. It was discovered that, after a great white was killed off the coast of California (maybe Baja California) by orcas, all of the other great whites (that had tracking beacons) immediately swam out as far as Hawaii at high speed!
Of course, this substance only seems to affect sharks of the same species; so, it won't protect you from them all.
Need more of the Shadlings testing stuff. 100% adorrbile. Would recommend.
Tyranth Gypsy cursing Nate had me laughing.
Nate is the clear winner on two fronts. Those things are hard to throw accurately because they are pretty much the opposite of aerodynamic, and require no small amount of practice. Wearing gloves to prevent even a hint of anxiety over having a pointy or sharp edge in the hand helped him IMO but didn’t push him over the hump as it were.
Also, you other two didn’t talk over him nearly as much as usual.
This was both fun and informative. An unknown number of kids and no small number of adults have done this with little fanfare, and you’ve vindicated all of us in our search for an answer to the question “gimmick, or effective weapon?”… okay, maybe some of both, but still we now know for certain that all those hours we spent playing with them was not wasted.
Oh, the Bale batarang hands down. The other one looks slashy but clearly the edges really didn’t come into play. Points earn you points.
it was so blatant who won that I can't believe you would even have to ask, Tyranth did an amazing job without a doubt. But Nate won hands down and it wasn't even close.
Woah! I can’t believe you guys got Adam West on the show! That’s amazing!
I can't believe how young he still looks.
Batman doesn't kill when he has a good director
I guess almost all the live action Batman directors aren't good then.
@@ToshiUchiha7 It’s not that they are bad directors, just don’t understand the character. (I guess)
TRUE XD
@@ToshiUchiha7 they aren't, it's settled
@@ToshiUchiha7 A good director meaning someone who understands the character. So far (in big budget live-action films) only Matt Reeves has been faithful to the Batman mythos... PROVIDED only if the bland characterization of the first film was a choice to specifically put a young Batman through an arc.
". . . right off the bat."
I see what you did there, Tyranth. Well played.
I’ve always been curious about this sort of thing. Thank y’all!
While having the batarang stuck in a Target rightside up is how Batman does it, thematically it makes more sense for Batman to have it land upside down due to an actual bats' resting position which is to sleep hanging upside down and they only turn right side up to poop which means the logo is essentially Batman crapping on his foes by saying "I'm better than you... CUZ I'M BATMAN🦇" LOL
Holey metal bowl, batman.
For the last time, Robin, it's called a colander.
Nate clearly won! I mean, when the other guy gets shot and killed, it's no contest 😂
Absolutely wholesome lads!
I got replicas from Arkham they are so fun to throw i like to throw them at an old mattress by the woods and stick them in it. Good times.😅
The felt impact of a batarang hitting the gun (but not the hand itself) would be nothing compared to the felt recoil of firing the gun, so the shooter probably wouldn’t drop the pistol if the hand wasn’t impacted. Assuming they’re an experienced shooter who’s used to recoil, that is.
I don’t think I stopped laughing the whole time. My friends and I used to do this exact kind of stuff growing up, especially the trash talk. Really enjoyable!
When you pull the trigger though you are expecting recoil. A sudden unanticipated impact is not quite the same thing. When someone has an ND they often _do_ drop the gun because they weren't expecting it.
@@WJS774 Fair point.
Now that I think about it, we never see Shad and Batman in the same place at the same time.
Suspicious.
The canon is that Batman doesn't use a gun due to the trauma of witnessing his parents being shot. There are many stories where he improvises weapons instead of using his gun when he impersonates a police officer.
Testing out Batman stuff... Hell yeah! ❤
We All know... Batman is the winner.
I don’t know if it’s ever been done before, but as a video suggestion, the game “Warframe” has multiple melee weapons ranging from staves and polearms, to regular swords, machetes, and heavy blades with each having one to multiple “stances” consisting of combo moves. I think it would be really cool to see you guys go through and judge/recreate the moves!
i forget the channel but i did see someone review some of the melee weapons but that was months ago
A lot of Warframe's Melee weapons are ultimately mundane weapons that have a futuristic twinge to it here and there, that are also being used by superhuman humans with supernatural powers and skin as hard as steel.
@@kylegivens3120 yeah, a lot of what they do is mo-cap for the melee attack chains, so it’s feasibly achievable by people, besides the slow motion jumps, and the odd out melees like bladed exploding yo-yos and rideable mega-chainsaws
@@kylegivens3120 Yeah I was thinking most of them are pretty standard fare. The giant "glaive" (I think it was called that?) throwing weapon could be fun to make and test I guess. Maybe a bit dangerous lol.
@@yewtewbstew547 I wasn’t meaning weapon’s specifically but the different stances and attack chains that they use for them to review
Over 10 minutes in before a single throw pontificating over and over about how cute eachother are.. we get it you all are very cute… throw the damned thing already…
the gloves could've helped actually get it to stick, on the release the gloves offer less resistance, letting it fly straighter with better alignment. while a skin to metal release could effect its flight as it rubs against your hand unequally on both sides.
Nate is the Lego Batman
French TH-camr Bob Lennon had a whole compilation of times in Arkham knight, where you clearly kill people while he was repeating "non lethal", good memories :')
We still love you Tyranth. Just remember, theyre teasing you because they feel inferior.
The banter 🤣
For a throwing knife turning end over end the way you hold it for throwing should depend on the distance to the target if you want it to stick in.
I have a few myself, Only sharpened on one end, And they LOVE to bounce. Whether or not they stick is basically a coin flip, They're just as likely to come back at your foot as they are to stick. Especially if I throw them at something hard and sturdy like a tree.
Poor Boromir looks like he went a few rounds with Batman.
Great win Shad
I’m with Shad, Nate was totally the winner.
the types of injuries that Batman cause actually can be considered fatal if looked at from an orthopedic standpoint
All of us won, particularly batman himself.
Shad using Calvinball rules to make Tyrinth lose at every step is my favorite part of this channel. XD
All hail Nate, the truest of batmans!
8:00 whether u throw it backwards or forwards the point will still hit its just a matter of half a rotations difference. simply personal throwing preference
I think the best style would be the Batman Beyond ones. Those are almost like throwing Chakrams.
Good point.
5:14 to 5:45, just wholesome and adorable. That’s all I can think to say.
You guys are amazing and I love you lol
Shinkage-ryu also has a 13cm long crescent-shaped shuriken that can be held in the hand and used as a dagger. There are also sickle-shaped and snake-shaped shurikens, which can also be held in the hand and used as weapons.
Important to mention: Despite what media would have you believe, a real ninja kunai is _not_ a throwing weapon. It’s actually a tool for making holes. In walls, mostly, but it would put a hole in a human if you _really_ needed to. It’s not balanced for throwing, though, so… Don’t do that. Or, don’t do that _and expect a positive result,_ I suppose.
Also, if caught with one, the Ninja can claim it's a tool. Digging, light masonry, carving, etc.
@@konstellashon1364 And the best part is, they wouldn’t be wrong. A kunai is basically a modified masonry trowel. Y’know, that odd-looking tool used for applying mortar?
Batman Returns, has batman turning his car around to use the jet exhaust to literally turn a guy into the human torch.
Nate- we are outside and can’t throw it at the sun.
Sounds like a skill issue.
hey guys great video. got a few points id like to add:
common pistols, like a M1911, for example, weighs about 2.8 pounds loaded, and a glock comes in at about 2.4 pounds loaded. i think they have way too much mass to be knocked aside by the batarangs that appear to be very light and dont have much mass of their own. you would need to hurl a large rock at their hand if you wanted to disarm the gun.
if all you had were the batarangs i think you'd have to nail them in the hand and hope they drop it out of shock, or just hurl it at their face as a distraction to help you close the distance.
i also feel its a big misunderstanding that shuriken and other similar throwing weapons have lethal capacity. i think they are used to distract and create openings. if youre having a sword fight with someone then out of no where you whip a sharp metal star, or even a knife or a rock at them, chances are youre going to force them to react. that reaction could be moving away from what was thrown at them, or straight up trying to parry it with their weapon. and whether it hits them or not, if you provoke your opponent to react to the unexpected and break their concentration for even a second and then follow up quick, it could potentially create the opening you need to finish the job
Over they years he also used batarangs to throw a rope for climbing up walls and buildings.
that won't work the tiniest bit.
@@BayWa4eva
Don't tell me that,
telll that to decades of Batman Comics,
or heck superhero comics in general.
This was a great time to do something Batman related, and do to it with such humor just made it that much better. My favorite was absolutely the Balearang.
Shad back to his mall ninja days
0:23 Finally, I'll know your guys' names. The only reason I can remember Shad's name is because it's also in the channel name lol
In the Tim Burton movies Batman kills like crazy
I am not sure what i like more, the intresting weapons or how utterly, manically excited you guys get 😀
Don't forget Batman had training from the "Hand" ninja association so he had expert level training
That's Daredevil
Batman was trained by the League of Assassins
Oh yeah I thought that he was trained by the Hand from the first Dark Knight movie reference @@noraye2500
@@noraye2500 Daredevil hasn't been trained by the Hand, he fights the Hand. Batman, on the other hAND, was trained by the League of Assassins only in the movies (I mean, probably also somewhere else, there are many versions of him; but the bottom line is that he wasn't trained by them in the main continuity).
A little note on Batman's prowess, he even learned a Kryptonian martial art somehow.. Granted they lived under a red sun so no super powers, so perfect for a human.
7:34 I think it does not matter at all :D Regardless of how you throw them the 2 sides will alternate on each revolution and one side will always arrive point first.
Surprise Shadling!
Did you know that Batman has kryptonite baterangs specifically to fight kryptonians? Because of course he does XD
hey guys, I just wanted to say, you should give a check on some of the bloodborne weapons, some of them, like the rakuyo, are quite interesting to analyze, and actually, the chikage is literally the cimitana you made (but gorgeous)
3:26 Choosing not to save Ra's al Ghul from the train Ra's himself set on a collision course is not killing him. It's simply choosing to remain neutral in Ra's's own self demise.
Now, one could argue that immobilizing him on the train while knowing Ra's was dooming the train to derailment was "killing" him, but again that was a result of Batman choosing to save the rest of the city and then Ra's who was already on the train choosing to try to stop him.
Every step of the way Batman is making the defensive choice, not the offensive. Even going in there is a last minute and last ditch effort defensive advance to the front, not an offensive advance. He would never have gone there if Ra's wasn't already trying to attack the city there. He would have likely confronted Ra's at another location and gotten him arrested instead. In the end he just chose to stop saving people when Ra's was the one in need. That's not murder. It's calculated neglect while watching another dude slowly kill himself. It's accidental manslaughter after another dude walked in front of his car, not murder, and not "Batman killing someone". The guy killed himself. The blood was not on Batman's hands.
(I do not mean manslaughter as in the legal term. I would not expect Batman to be charged in any US court of law for that act. It was Ra's who did it to himself)
Bat-shark Repellent 🦈
For utility and tools you don't need a batarang you can have a ball or spiked ball containing explosives, microphones and more so the only reason to add it to a batarang is symbolism.
That intro ! Yes.
I think the boys here are vastly underestimating how quickly you can readjust your aim.
Like you've knocked me off course for maybe a second depending on the amount of shock.
Video aside? Based Shad Dad moment.
I really like Shad's facial expression in the thumbnail
Ya'll are killing me 🤣
With the way they bully each other, you can tell they are good friends.😂
Shad, Batman is misrepresented in media. His core tenant is that he does not kill. Zach Snyder is a hack and the other Batman movies never really understood this either and that's why he's got such a high kill count in those and why in Batman uses a gun in one of them even though he HATES guns because his parents were shot
ooph pick up a comic. He kills plenty
S'funny, but in the original comics, Batman carried a pair of pistols around to kill unnamed thugs. You are uneducated.
So I guess to you guys, it would be totally fine to have Batman dressed up in a zebra costume because he did it in a couple of comics? You would look at him and say, "Yeah, that's Batman!"
Zach Snyder portrayed a Batman who will either kill you without hesitation or brand you so someone kills you in prison. Anyone can agree that that isn't Batman.
As for the guns, I don't know where you're getting the "shoots unnamed thugs" because I looked it up. The most indiscriminate Batman seems to have gotten with his shooting was with vampires. The rest seem to be situations where killing them served as a writing technique to communicate the inner conflict in Batman. In Batman Begins, he saved Raz at the beginning and he saw the consequences, so at the end, he doesn't save him because it's thematically appropriate and he sees that there are some people who are just too dangerous. In the Dark Knight he kills Harvey Dent because they happened to be near a ledge and tackling him from that direction was the only way to save the child. It also was necessary for the plot because Batman's arc was realizing that his crusade was inspiring people in the wrong way. He created the Joker and inspired normal citizens to rise up and become vigilantes which is not what he wanted. By taking responsibility for Harvey and his murders, Batman becomes a villain in the public eye so that he doesn't inspire more people to take up his crusade. It's his cross to bear alone. Again, it's done in a way that fits the themes of the story. This isn't just a Tuesday for Batman.
It's generally accepted through a majority of comics that Batman doesn't kill and doesn't use guns. When he deviates from that it is because it is usually for a dramatic and thematic purpose that serves the story, like in Dark Knight Returns where he is more violent because he's old, more cynical, and the criminals have become more aggressive and stronger. He becomes more violent and brutal because it serves the story and is used to challenge your understanding of Batman. It's not the norm. There is probably some other obscure comic that you'll probably try to contradict me, but again I will just cite the Zebra Batman scenario. Just because it happened in very specific scenarios doesn't make it the norm. It's also impossible to have a character that has been around as long as Batman and keep them consistent, because there will always be retcons. But in general, it's accepted that Batman doesn't kill and doesn't use guns.
17:02 When the bad guy looks down at the baterang stuck in his chest, he's going to see it upside down, so it needs to be upside down in him for him to see it properly.
Justice League Batman kills. But that's because the director was an idiot who knew nothing about Batman. Same for Burtons Batman. I like them both, but they're both killers due the directors lack of understanding of the character. MOST versions of Batman don't kill.
Batman's no kill rule is a relatively new thing, the original rule was no guns
Burtons first batman was great tho joker was his version of Joe chill too so it's Burtons answer to the phantasm in the comics
Or maybe the directors just wanted their versions of batman to be killers? Wanting your version of a character to be different from the source =/= lack of understanding. There's this thing called creative freedom.
@@leonrussell9607 No it wasn’t. The original Batman used a gun as his primary weapon. Look it up.
@@VidelxSpopovich yeah, I shortened the explanation, but the no kill rule originally stems from the no gun rule that was introduced in a certain run of the comics, he did originally use a gun though
Thank you shad for bringing up that batman at times contradicts his moral code of not killing
Batman in most stories he doesn’t kill but batfleck did, zack snyder made a Batman that kills. Also Batman in must stories is controlled enough to really destroy you without killing, he is not the punisher.
Michael Keaton Batman killed people (including the Joker)
Val Kilmer Batman killed those guys chasing him in the car by letting a missile hit them
Bale Batman killed those League of Shadows ninjas and Talia Al Ghul
Even Adam West Batman killed a guy with an exploding octopus
Only George Clooney and Robert Pattinson Batmen didn’t kill people, and they’re the worst Batmen (the latter being woke as shit). lol
@@gameragodzilla hm that interesting i didn’t know that, that kinda sucks.
@@runman74 Batman The Animated Series is the only well done Batman that never killed. Even Arkham Batman killed Solomon Grundy and Clayface.
@@gameragodzilla what do you mean by clay face? And solomon Grundy is already dead and gets revived all the time.
@@gameragodzilla what about the Batman? The tv show
Now that you've tested the Batman's Batarangs how about testing some of BLADE'S weapons. From the Comics Blade had wooden throwing knives that were razor sharp. From the Movies Wesley Snipes had a throwing claw-like boomerang that he used in 1 & 2. Just how effective would the wooden knives be or the claw boomerang? Food for thought.
Are shurikens illegal in Australia?
Everything is illegal is Australia, and if it isn't the government will make it illegal
Everything is illegal in Australia.
They'd make your fists illegal if ripping your bones out was any easier.
Just find evidence of The Great Prophet Muhammed using a shuriken type weapon, and they'll get legalized!
My 10 seconds on google says they are.
6:12 I love how he says: "He just looks like a regular JOE."
And you're dealing with something Batman related.
It may have been an unintentional slip of the tongue, but even so I feel it fit so perfectly here. After all, Joe Chill *WAS* the criminal responsible for murdering Bruce's parents and turning him down the path of becoming Batman.
Shad movies don’t represent batman that well. Comics and the animated series he doesn’t kill. It’s just his way to separate himself from the criminals he brutalizes.
I suggest watching these two videos on Realism and Paragons for those who need an explanation of what most of the recent DC movies get wrong about batman.
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I guess they aren't aware there is a multiverse in DC and the main timeline Batman doesn't kill.
The dark knight shaped one needs two pointy ears and probably the bottom point sharpened. This would let it function like a true ninja star. The swoopy curved one I think will bounce way too much.