Reed Richards Is An Asshole

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  • Reed Richards is an asshole. The guy has done a bunch of shady things over the years, and in this video, I will be going over all of them so you can have a more informed opinion about this character. So yeah, Reed is an asshole, and thanks for watching.
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  • @StraightOuttaLatveria
    @StraightOuttaLatveria 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2513

    This is the single greatest video on the platform, aside from Doom's of course.

    • @KirhenBhagavath
      @KirhenBhagavath 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +271

      But Lord Doom, this video doesn't include you among the 'Smartest Minds' at 00:45. Surely, your excellency should have been mentioned as the most intelligent among the ones included and not the fraud Reed Richards

    • @StraightOuttaLatveria
      @StraightOuttaLatveria 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +451

      @@KirhenBhagavath You are correct, I demand the creator of this broadcast completely re-edit the entire video to show how I am truly superior.

    • @tuskact4425
      @tuskact4425 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +201

      ​@@StraightOuttaLatveriaBut Master Doom, have you considered that maybe he didn't put you in the list of "Smartest minds in the *Marvel* universe", simply because you are superior than the Marvel universe ?

    • @JohnD-ti5xy
      @JohnD-ti5xy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

      ​@@tuskact4425 Actually, thats a good point right there..

    • @alexneff
      @alexneff 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      Glad you liked it my lord

  • @twilighthunter6583
    @twilighthunter6583 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2455

    Just wait till StraitOuttaLatveria sees this

    • @elqueobserva7663
      @elqueobserva7663 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +104

      Just what I was thinking

    • @gottfriedosterbach3907
      @gottfriedosterbach3907 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +110

      My theory about Doom is that he became a villa in to counter the threat of Reed Richards. If you look at it Doom prevented RR from abusing time travel if he invented it and every time Doom seizes power it could be taken as preventing others from claiming and misusing it. Then weirdly despite having unopposed power he lose it when things can normalize. I think Doom found the most effective way to use his own gifts to help mankind and oppose the dangers of superscience. He could never be a typical hero and wouldn't be effective if he tried. Without Doom RR never would understand or care about the dangers of what he dabbles in.

    • @alexneff
      @alexneff 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      I sent him a link

    • @dastealthbear6693
      @dastealthbear6693 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I just found that guy lol

    • @alexneff
      @alexneff 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @dastealthbear6693 doom found you along time ago you will follow all laws and orders given or not given to you you will proceed to enjoy serving your lord under no duress do you make this choice and you agree that should any effort to impede our great leader will lead to your family and friends disowning you and may be harmful to your health no fault shall be blamed toward our lord doom and you agreed to give your life for him at any moment... glory to Latveria glory to doom

  • @felipevega484
    @felipevega484 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +954

    For all of you wondering why dr.doom isn't here is because comparing him to these mortals would be unfair, and putting him in the same list as Richards offensive

    • @DerPlaguedPiper
      @DerPlaguedPiper 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Or Reeds has big ego and they deeply HATED each other

    • @alicepbg2042
      @alicepbg2042 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Also he can solve those problems alone if he wanted to... let them play around in their little group.

    • @jeniskindof
      @jeniskindof 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      GLORY TO LATVERIA

    • @VOgaming51official
      @VOgaming51official 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@DerPlaguedPiper it's both

    • @TYMND
      @TYMND 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes! All hail our glorious leader Doom!

  • @genesismultiverse4896
    @genesismultiverse4896 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +492

    Dr doom: I literally outsmarted him and took over the universe couple times and made stuff reed couldn't dream of and yet I am not the top 5? I'll have to change your mind

    • @robertaguilar7628
      @robertaguilar7628 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      It because he has magic it wack but true

    • @Elmithian
      @Elmithian 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      ​@@robertaguilar7628 Magic is only as useful as the mind that wields it.
      Reed is supposedly the smartest being, yet he constantly fails at almost elementary issues.
      Tbf, I blame it on the writers. A smart character is only as smart as the writer is capable of comprehending.

  • @raineahava7217
    @raineahava7217 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1062

    How is Doom not listed among the smartest mind lmao

    • @1bruceeric
      @1bruceeric 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

      Or Black Panther

    • @louisthompson8642
      @louisthompson8642 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Or cho

    • @PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth
      @PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +101

      @@1bruceeric| Because power-creep is a thing. To be listed among the "smartest minds" in a world like Marvel's, you need to have been doing goofy sci-fi stuff before you even reached adulthood.

    • @DerPlaguedPiper
      @DerPlaguedPiper 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      Reed probably HATED T'Challa due to that incident with T'Challa and Sue and we should know that both Victor Von Doom and Reed Richards hated each other

    • @dastealthbear6693
      @dastealthbear6693 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Or spider man

  • @tsunderemerc2963
    @tsunderemerc2963 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1246

    GLORY TO LATVERIA

    • @mecha53107
      @mecha53107 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      GLORY TO LATVERIA!

    • @A.D.V.I.
      @A.D.V.I. 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      GLORY TO LATVERIA!
      GLORY TO DOOM!

    • @MateMaterial
      @MateMaterial 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      A nation united for hating on one man..... glory to latveria

    • @ChineduOpara
      @ChineduOpara 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      GLORY TO DOOM

    • @gregorbonne9089
      @gregorbonne9089 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sieg Zeon i mean GLORY TO LATVERIA!

  • @thesnaggler
    @thesnaggler 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +320

    Doctor Doom speechbubble

  • @plasma592
    @plasma592 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +331

    This video was factchecked by real Latverian patriots

  • @Glory2Latveria
    @Glory2Latveria 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +121

    Heavily agree, Richards is the reason why our country has a poor reputation.

  • @animefaction863
    @animefaction863 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +176

    Straight Outta Latveria is boosting all Fantastic Four rated content. Take advantage of this and ride the wave.

  • @helixsol7171
    @helixsol7171 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +227

    I think Reed is less so an asshole for not having already solved all the world's problems, and moreso just... VERY easily distracted by the allure of pure scientific discovery, as well as any and all superhero-related shenanigans he and his family are constantly getting caught up in.
    Edit: Everything involving the Illuminati and such is definitely valid reason to call him an asshole, though.

    • @king_poyo64
      @king_poyo64 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      What they did to Hulk was just awful. Though that was intentional and they suffered the consequences of their hubris.

    • @nvfury13
      @nvfury13 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      He allowed all the Superhero Registration nonsense after using the fact you’d have to register all metahumans if Mutant Registration went through, and that something like 20% of people had the meta gene, to argue successfully agains Mutant Registration.

    • @HunterStiles651
      @HunterStiles651 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Reed Richards is cartroonishly smart, but he's also arrogant and tends to not see the forest for the trees. The Fantastic Four keep him grounded, and The Maker is what happens when he doesn't have that.

    • @helixsol7171
      @helixsol7171 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@HunterStiles651
      Exactly!

    • @Wildwildwild22
      @Wildwildwild22 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      ​@@nvfury13As all Marvel fans have accepted. We don't judge how your goat acts during Civil War. Everyone was acting insanely out of character and immoral.

  • @nvfury13
    @nvfury13 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    Richards created a device the size of one of a set of rear view mirror fuzzy dice that generated enough power to supply the entire US. It is installed in some of their tech, but not given or even sold outside those uses, despite the fact it could change the world instantly. It needs no fuel, produces no pollution, and is highly safe and stable.
    Doom created a similar device and uses it to give free electricity to all of Latveria. He also donated some prototypes (larger and slightly less power output) to several small struggling nations he finds worthy (meaning he finds their leaders worthy).

  • @louthegiantcookie
    @louthegiantcookie 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +159

    Years back there was this huge Twitter post detailing quite comprehensively all the awful things Reed has done and sort of concluding that he's a total sociopath. Whilst I don't believe that, he IS dangerously irresponsible and shortsighted. He has intelligence, but not wisdom.

    • @ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo
      @ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Unlike Doom, who has both intelligence and wisdom

    • @Wildwildwild22
      @Wildwildwild22 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He really isn't. He's a flawed man who tries his best. In 60 years of comics he's gonna fuck up a few times. But overall he's a man who desperately wants to solve as much in his lifetime that he ends up making some dumb decisions in the meantime. That's where the other members come in. While Reed is focusing on the Forrest, Sue, Ben, and Johnny are focusing on the trees.

  • @JasonTalksEverything
    @JasonTalksEverything  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +269

    Where are all of you guys coming from lmao. The metrics for this vid shot up in the last 48 hours

    • @superboomn
      @superboomn 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +140

      Straight Outta Latveria baby

    • @silversoulken
      @silversoulken 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      Take advantage!

    • @roniyarose9470
      @roniyarose9470 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

      I think videos about richards have gained new popularity in the algorithm because of Straight Outta Latveria

    • @SymbioticVader
      @SymbioticVader 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      The doomies are thriving right now

    • @AloeHalo
      @AloeHalo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Footdive! Footdive!

  • @RocknRoll301199
    @RocknRoll301199 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +140

    I see the government of Latveria is the channel's new sponsor

  • @youngapollo7703
    @youngapollo7703 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +108

    doom smarter

    • @Amuro1X
      @Amuro1X 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Doom bot acct detected

    • @colorfulautumn1327
      @colorfulautumn1327 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Amuro1X
      Doom smarter.
      From: Totally not a doom bot.

    • @yasirnazirbutt8240
      @yasirnazirbutt8240 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Doom smartest.

  • @drksideofthewal
    @drksideofthewal 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

    It’s the same way The Flash could stop all villains on Earth in a second, but doesn’t. Status Quo is god.

    • @blogdogs9462
      @blogdogs9462 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      what would be the problem with that?

    • @name6770
      @name6770 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      bro could fix EVERY problem, the only people even able to touch him are other speedsters. but he chooses to just fart around in one city when it would take him, i don’t know, a day to turn earth into a utopia

  • @77wolfblade
    @77wolfblade 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

    And yet he could not save Aunt May for Peter.

    • @_Tzer
      @_Tzer 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      guaranteed dr doom could.

  • @Gat_Play
    @Gat_Play 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

    Reed become Rick from Rick and Morty. That is the worst thing that could happened.

    • @tbuckley2031
      @tbuckley2031 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Rick is like why do I have to do what’s right where Mr Arrogance is convinced if he decides it’s the right thing it’s the right thing

    • @TheRedCap30
      @TheRedCap30 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He turned himself into a pickle?

    • @elfascisto6549
      @elfascisto6549 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Council of Reeds existed before rick and morty

    • @Gat_Play
      @Gat_Play 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@elfascisto6549 That actually changes what i said.

  • @Pellz
    @Pellz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    Jokes aside the problems with Marvel comics is they pick and choose what can and cant be done with technology. Heck Scarlet Witch herself could say no more cancer and it would be gone

  • @edwardnygma8533
    @edwardnygma8533 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Damn, he didn't even mention the worst part about the Council of Reeds: they had decided that no Doom could be trusted in any universe and started hunting them down, lobotomizing them, and imprisoning them en masse. It was so bad that when Doom was looking into multiversal stuff before Secret Wars '15, someone(Molecule Man?) informed him that there were distinctly less of him throughout all realities than other people. They kidnapped a statistically significant amount of Doom out of an *infinite* supply.

  • @matti.8465
    @matti.8465 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    Didn't one version of Reed solve world hunger? Which just makes 616 Reed look worse, because it means he COULD make that kind of change but chooses not to.

    • @Wildwildwild22
      @Wildwildwild22 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Most people could, it genuinely only takes money to solve it. But the issue is status quo and the greater timeline making it so overall there can't be massive changes to the universe like that.

  • @thegamebusters5413
    @thegamebusters5413 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    The best way to descibe Reed is he's the type of guy to patent Insulin and not allow other people to make it not out of Greed but Pride and the idea he is the only one smart enough to bring it to the people. He doesn’t make it though and just goes and adventures in the Tenticle Dimension.

  • @Mr-atom55
    @Mr-atom55 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    This is all because marvel doesn't allow characters to grow or develop. God forbid a character has development and actually accomplish their goals.

    • @petermj1098
      @petermj1098 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Reed Richards has stretchy powers because he is a clingy and obsessive person. Sue has invisible powers because she is insecure and protective person. Johnny has fire powers because he is a reckless and volatile person. Ben had a rock appearance because he is a rough and hardheaded person.
      All the powers of the Fantastic Four are reflection of their own personal flaws.

    • @Mr-atom55
      @Mr-atom55 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@petermj1098 okay... and?

    • @petermj1098
      @petermj1098 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@Mr-atom55 People really overhating on Reed. It is meant to be a character flaw he can tend to be dependent and obsessive on science but he still a good person. People only love hating on Reed since the Maker storyline.

    • @laststrike4411
      @laststrike4411 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@petermj1098What does any of that have to do with the original post?

    • @petermj1098
      @petermj1098 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@laststrike4411 People hating that Reed Richards has a character flaw. It is not that he doesn’t grow he simply has a character flaw. It is the entire point that Reed needs Ben, Johnny and Sue to help him be better as much as they need him.

  • @slayermate07
    @slayermate07 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    why do i get the feeling that reed richards is literally just rick sanchez with slightly better adjustment to society especially when the "council of reeds" got mentioned?

    • @JanusHoW
      @JanusHoW 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      More like Rick Sanchez is a powerless Reed Richards with significantly worse adjustment to society.

    • @TheRedCap30
      @TheRedCap30 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Rick is based off Reed lol

    • @SaperBossTv
      @SaperBossTv 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@TheRedCap30 eh, he's more based off dr brown from back to the future

  • @Bubblegob
    @Bubblegob 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Ultimate Reed kind of tried to solve the world as the maker but he was coming from such a place of resentment that the rest of the Marvel Universe would never follow. But the mere fact The Maker wouldn't allow his brilliant mind to go to waste and use it and try to fix the world even as a villain make him so much more entertaining than OG Reed for me.

  • @mqfii8992
    @mqfii8992 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Also, during One More Day, Dr. Strange helps Spider-Man by making him be able to be everywhere at once and ask everyone for help with Aunt May being shot.
    One of them Is Reed.
    The smartest man alive can't save the life of an elderly woman who was shot.

  • @hagos9939
    @hagos9939 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Hank Pym “Let’s not talk about it”😭 Y’all gotta leave my boy alone

  • @SevenInchPounder
    @SevenInchPounder 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Bro only sees the surface of reed probably the most loving father shows up for his family when it matters most

    • @mylles1112
      @mylles1112 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It's a doom propaganda video, he took away all the good things the character has only for the sake of this argument

  • @benhramiak8781
    @benhramiak8781 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    It'd be interesting if reed knew he was in a book and just flat out said 'if i solved these problems the world would be less interesting and the writers don't want to have to answer the question of what would hapoen if i did'

  • @PosthumanHeresy
    @PosthumanHeresy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    0:50 And Peter, he just doesn't have their funding. Give him a lab and Reed gets impressed.

  • @kikook222
    @kikook222 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Glossed over a very big point on World War Hulk, he wasn't mad they betrayed him. He was mad he thought they killed his new family.

  • @danrod6130
    @danrod6130 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

    Damn, Reed is such a bastard. Doom was right.

    • @slimer44producciones3
      @slimer44producciones3 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Yeah sure, Reed can act really dumb at times, but that's rich coming from Doom who literally destroyed an entire universe when a Doom from another universe stated his flaws in front of him, and told him that he had to left all those childish actitudes behind if he wanted to become a better version of himself
      And like I said before Doom took the most reasonable course of action by blasting the face of this other Doom, then took the ultimate nulifier and destroyed this Doom's world

    • @DerPlaguedPiper
      @DerPlaguedPiper 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      ​@@slimer44producciones3 fair enough but at least Doom is more competent

    • @mantraki
      @mantraki 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Propaganda​@@slimer44producciones3

    • @jprime9748
      @jprime9748 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@DerPlaguedPiper Doom glazing is astronomical

    • @Wildwildwild22
      @Wildwildwild22 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@DerPlaguedPiperDoom is not. There's a reason Doom has never been successful and it's that Reed is simply more competent.

  • @chrislister570
    @chrislister570 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    This is the kind of problem that arises from trying to reconcile the existence of superheroes in a world the writers want to keep recognizable. Like a homeless man asking Been Lantern what he's done for black people, or Black Lightning critiquing the Justice League for not solving the Iran hostage crisis.

  • @danzigvssartre
    @danzigvssartre 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    Hank Pym is just as bad. He’s managed to slap his wife, attack his own team mates and create a supremely powerful mad robot that wants to destroy the planet.

    • @ntinosaggelopoulos6718
      @ntinosaggelopoulos6718 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I think the slap wife thing was for another dimension you know the one with that dark book which turned every avenger to dark lord i mean pym made a mistake by creative ultron but he didn't mean to be a threat

    • @jackmakila3776
      @jackmakila3776 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@ntinosaggelopoulos6718no the actual main universe hank pym slapped his wife while making a killer robot(not ultron) to attack the avengers

    • @jackmakila3776
      @jackmakila3776 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The same pannel has been redrawn in order to be used for all kinds of alternate universe though because its like one of the three things his character is known for
      (Pym particles,making ultron,beating his wife)

    • @jackmakila3776
      @jackmakila3776 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He also used to have a mental breakdown every 5 mins

    • @twenty-fifth420
      @twenty-fifth420 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      To be fair, the common explanation is that the writer/artist had a miscommunication. Supposedly, the artist drew it so she was ‘shooed’ away, but the writer took it as a slap.
      Doesn’t change the context, still an abusive moment regardless and yeah, Hank Pym is a fucking asshole.

  • @adonutlol1697
    @adonutlol1697 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Namor and Doom really worked hard on this one

  • @D0CT0RD00M-D4C
    @D0CT0RD00M-D4C 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    I'm highly offended that i am not listed as one of, IF NOT THE smartest minds of all time.
    But i can respect your opinion in regards of that cursed Reed RIchards
    Like i always said: He could solve any problem that plagues our society but what does he do?
    He plays around in his lab all alone while his "wife" plays around with the Sub-mariner
    "World Smartest Man"
    I said enough.

    • @StraightOuttaLatveria
      @StraightOuttaLatveria 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      Doombot, you must be malfunctioning. Return to Castle Doom for immediate repairs.

    • @D0CT0RD00M-D4C
      @D0CT0RD00M-D4C 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@StraightOuttaLatveria BAH Doom does not require these so called "repairs"

    • @O.uroboros.777
      @O.uroboros.777 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@D0CT0RD00M-D4C You're talking to the lord himself. Watch your mouth

    • @D0CT0RD00M-D4C
      @D0CT0RD00M-D4C 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@O.uroboros.777 SILENCE MINION No one shall talk to doom like that under no circumstances

  • @Sjono
    @Sjono 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    There’s various reasons why the writers don’t have Reed fix everything that he should be able to
    1.) To keep the world similar to the real world. This is particularly common in an Urban Fantasy, superhero, or other series whose setting is superficially similar to the real world. Unlike, say, Star Trek or The Lord of the Rings, one of the key draws of the series is that it could take place right outside the reader's window, which is lost if you make the fictional world too fantastic in comparison.
    2. To ensure that there's some level of drama in the story. If the super science or magic can literally do anything, then there's no reason the heroes can't just figure out a creative way to get them out of any jam. Goodbye potential conflict.
    3. To keep the hero unique. If the hero shares their technology, magic, discoveries, or other advantages with the world, they'll cease to be uniquely special. Iron Man isn't Iron Man if he sells his suits on every street corner or shares the technology so anyone can produce them, necessitating an explanation for why he doesn't.
    4.) To avoid trivializing real-life problems. If Mr. Fantastic actually does cure HIV in the Marvel Universe, there will be plenty of real people still HIV-positive, and plenty of researchers still investing untold millions of dollars and work hours to fight HIV when they finish the comic. This can make creators wary of tackling such issues, as it can be considered insensitive to have such a heavy burden in real life be casually miracle-cured in fiction. Also, in the interest of representation, disabled people exist in universes where science should theoretically be able to cure their disability. However, either the disability is so ingrained as a facet of the character's portrayal; or curing them could be seen to detract from their mass-market appeal as someone that other disabled readers can relate to; or it's felt that a setting where "future utopia" means "disabled people don't exist" has very unfortunate implications.
    5.) To keep multiple titles within a Shared Universe consistent with one-another; comic book universes would approach a new level of Continuity Snarl and Depending on the Writer if writers had to keep track of every published book in their universe for which major diseases/blights had been cured by the heroes and which ones weren't.

    • @burner555
      @burner555 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      TLDR Because Marvel's necessity for mass appeal doesn't allow the characters to make real progress in their stories

  • @gilgameshthetreasurehunter2750
    @gilgameshthetreasurehunter2750 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Lets not forget he just straight up turns evil or insane any time he's mentally compromised even a tiny bit.
    Like that time there was a disease or some kind withering going on in New York, Reed went crazy and Spider-Man melted him or something to use him as web fluid to hold prople together.

    • @Wildwildwild22
      @Wildwildwild22 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      2 alternate universes with completely alternate depictions of Reed.

  • @EnbyVess
    @EnbyVess 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Honestly? This is something that kinda holds true about plenty of comic characters.
    Writers want to display them as cosmic genuises, capable of absolutely incredible things- but because the status quo, because they want state of the world around the character to match ours to an extent so we can relate, these genuises can never have any real impact, not any more than anyone in the real world has.
    Reed isn’t curing cancer, Bruce Wayne isn’t tackling systemic issues that cause people to commit crimes in the first place, and Tony Stark isn’t solving world hunger. If they did, readers couldn’t just view the worlds they live in as “ours but with superheroes”.

    • @lePirateMan
      @lePirateMan 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And how tf does crime exist in a world with the flash? He has the speed to move hundreds of people away from a nuke, some of them being pretty close to it, after it exploded without anyone getting injured

    • @gregorbonne9089
      @gregorbonne9089 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@lePirateManhe’s fast not omniscient

    • @LuarIbriqi-qf4fh
      @LuarIbriqi-qf4fh 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Flash with speed force is almost a god lmao, especially Wally. Them having problem with crimes is just beyond me.

  • @LordProteus
    @LordProteus 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    I reject Moon Girl as the smartest, she basically has no genius feats by comparison. Show, don't tell.

    • @SaveDareDevil-Mx
      @SaveDareDevil-Mx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      bruh go read more moon girl then or simply watch any two episodes after the goated gambino episode from the hella underrated animated moon girl show

  • @bushi1507
    @bushi1507 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    STRAIGHT OUTTA LATVERIA WAS RIGHT

  • @mikleTheGoofster
    @mikleTheGoofster 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    6:49
    I just noticed that the artist gave Namor Black Bolt’s under arm glider thingies.

  • @bro-what-25
    @bro-what-25 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Carzy how TH-cam decided to recommend everyone this video thanks to straightouttalatveria

  • @Ash-Winchester
    @Ash-Winchester 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "I've come to the realization that reed doesn't want the world to change."
    At this point, what comic book superhero does want the world to change? Every superhero that isn't an anarchist or isn't written by an anarchist is stuck in this weird paradox of wanting to make the world a better place and then immediately turn around and make an enemy out of anyone that has a problem with the status quo. Pop culture detective has a pretty good video about this paradox.

  • @filipvadas7602
    @filipvadas7602 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    1. The 2006 Fantastic Four animated series I feel depicted Reed the best. He is so enthralled by pure scientific discovery that almost everything else seems to take a backseat. It makes him sometimes come off as an aloof arsehole, when in reality he's just so innocently invested in learning as much as he can about the universe/multiverse, to the point he sometimes forgets to eat & sleep. That's why the rest of the Fantastic Four are so important, they bring him back down to earth and make him focus on the world around him.
    2. The Planet Hulk storyline was slightly improved by the Planet Hulk Animated Movie (2010) where they changed it so that the INITIAL plan was for Hulk to be sent to a planet that was vibrant and could support him living there, but was also devoid of other sentient life. Effectively giving Hulk exactly what he wanted, a place where he can live out his days in peace, rather than one where he would be doomed to die on alone. It was him messing up his ship that made him land on Sakaar.
    Granted, its still a bad solution because The Hulk doesn't MIND people when they're actually nice to him, he's just sick of people trying to kill him, use him and/or "help" him.

    • @JasonTalksEverything
      @JasonTalksEverything  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      2006 Fantasic Four was the best animated depiction of Reed Richards Bar none. He was the only version of the character I didn't want to drown as a baby

    • @Wildwildwild22
      @Wildwildwild22 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@JasonTalksEverythingthere's like 3 other animated Reeds.

  • @eb7389
    @eb7389 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I'll always remember the Italian edition of Marvel NOW's first Iron Man series where at one point there was a small introductory text about Tony that literally said something along the lines of "... Probably the smartest individual in the entire world (GOT THAT, REED?! AND STOP DYEING YOUR HAIR, YOU VAIN PIECE OF CRAP!)". Apparently every Marvel fan agrees on dunking on Reed at any moment and I find that hilarious

  • @tatersalad76
    @tatersalad76 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Still one of the funniest moments in Marvel Comics was when Tony Stark used the Infinity Gauntlet to make everyone as intelligent as he is. And eventually it cuts to Reed Richards and he just says "I feel...... stupid. But why....... Tony."

  • @Rogue-a-Pogue
    @Rogue-a-Pogue 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    But Reed did fix world hunger. Galactus hungers for worlds and Reed put him in his place with the Ultimate Nulifier.

  • @greatmesodini
    @greatmesodini 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I will say that a likely reason Reed's solutions haven't fixed anything is because if on earth 616 everything was fixed, there would be no more conflict. Superhero comics are about a conflict and there need to be a conflict to keep making stories. Marvel requires there to be a conflict in order to keep making stories so they can keep making money, so if all of the sudden earth 616 was fixed, there would no more conflict, no more struggle, and there wouldn't be any stories left and money to make. But, they can fix other worlds because they aren't the main world or the main focus of marvel.

    • @Steflora
      @Steflora 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The solution to that is to not have characters that are smart enough to fix the world. If you have someone that is fully capable of fixing all of the world’s problems, and they have the motivation to do it, but they just don’t, then the story is bad and doesn’t make sense.

  • @RenanL.S.
    @RenanL.S. 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This is a terrible argument. Reed is not forced to solve some problem just because he can, he has his goals to achieve and he should seek them and not something else.

  • @elecmagpulse7385
    @elecmagpulse7385 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Important addition to World War Hulk. Hulk actually became Sakaar’s ruler and was happily married with a child on the way, but the Illuminati’s pod self-destructed, killing his wife and unborn child (although the child kinda survived? It’s classic complicated comic book stuff). This was the catalyst that caused him to invade Earth.

    • @amrotamer6951
      @amrotamer6951 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You didn't read wwhulk did you

    • @Wildwildwild22
      @Wildwildwild22 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Did you Reed the comic? None of that was the Illuminatis fault it was one of Hulks friends that blew up the ship.

  • @Jhyrkan032
    @Jhyrkan032 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wasn’t it that they were going to send Hulk to a peaceful planet and where he could live in peace without aggressors but he destroyed the hull of the ship once he realized he was tricked and got sucked into a wormhole to the planet Sakaar. Where he thought they really wanted to send him to so he hated them even more.

  • @attackofthecopyrightbots
    @attackofthecopyrightbots 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'm surprised I've never seen people use "well reed slapped his wife so ant man should get a break"

  • @МигдадСалахов
    @МигдадСалахов 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I think that if any superhero will try to actually change something in the world, governments and corporations will try to stop them because many of the problems humanity in general have are beneficial for people of high authority. I don't say that they shouldn't try to do it but it can be explanation of why many superheroes that can change the world don't do it.

  • @emilianocichanowski7894
    @emilianocichanowski7894 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    there was a guy on tiktok that got asked "wich is the most evil superhero and the goodest villian?", now i understand why he said Reed and Doom LOL

  • @rubaiyat300
    @rubaiyat300 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I believe in a throwaway panel he invented calorie free ice cream safe enough for his pregnant wife. Not the ice cream itself but food of that nature might save millions of lives and trillions of dollars in healthcare costs. So unless it’s made of vibranium somehow Reed is a jerk just for that alone.

  • @Joseph_Drew_III
    @Joseph_Drew_III 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Plus his series is the reason people see Sub-Mariner (the only one who objected to launching Hulk into space) as a villain.

    • @Wildwildwild22
      @Wildwildwild22 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Because he's a rapist.
      He was a misogynistic character from the start.
      Lee made him obsessed with Sue.
      He's a rapist.

  • @gapsule2326
    @gapsule2326 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Pretty sure Reed isnt a billionaire since he gives away his patents and runs a nonprofit.

  • @dylonnewsom1616
    @dylonnewsom1616 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ant man, Hank pym once grew so large he enter the macroverse and met the being known as Eternity and was named Scientist Supreme for BEING THE ONLY MORTAL RK EVER DO THIS

  • @helixsol7171
    @helixsol7171 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Immortal Hulk is my favorite Hulk story personally

  • @potatoman305
    @potatoman305 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Reed Richards doesnt want to solve world hunger. He wants to research parallel universes... For fun!

    • @ntinosaggelopoulos6718
      @ntinosaggelopoulos6718 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Well is a, marvel universe so why other heroes don't do that

  • @clarasalazar9801
    @clarasalazar9801 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Props to you my man the algorithm saw this for the Latverian people and you got them on your side

  • @MegaBond101
    @MegaBond101 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Me and my friend figured this out years ago from how Reed treated the Venom Symbiote 😬
    It's like they say. You find out peoples true colors from how they treat others especially other species

    • @Wildwildwild22
      @Wildwildwild22 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He didn't know it was an alien species, he saw a fabric that he believes was nanotech and have it to Peter. That's not that bad.

  • @Abyssal86
    @Abyssal86 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There is no war, famine, or pestilence in glorious Latveria!

  • @thomasgartner5236
    @thomasgartner5236 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved how in one of the first dozen or so issues Reed lost his entire fortune gambling on the stock market and the FF were forced to move out of the Baxter Building.

    • @Wildwildwild22
      @Wildwildwild22 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Was that the one where a rich guy was tricking the F4 and making them turn against each other and he faked that.

  • @jonathanplooij3666
    @jonathanplooij3666 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    sending the hulk to space was a jerk move

  • @sydryi3086
    @sydryi3086 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    it's funny how the rich, genius's have all this intelligence and never once think, "hey maybe i should cure cancer of maybe solve world hunger."

  • @ToddBryan-j9y
    @ToddBryan-j9y 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Say hello to his alternate counterpoint The maker that shows how bad Reed Richards could possibly be.

  • @glitchedsouls7593
    @glitchedsouls7593 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    GLORY TO LATVERIA!

  • @davidtucker9498
    @davidtucker9498 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I think you are correct, but your criticism is contradictory.
    Reed basically has no moral compass. He's a genius, and like most genius's, he does not understand other PEOPLE. The other three members of the Fantastic 4 make up for this major failing, and Doom is incredibly important as a cracked mirror of what Reed could easily become.
    The best example of the problem is, world hunger.
    I real life, world hunger is ALREADY SOLVED. We produce more than enough to feed the entire planet and then some. The problem, is that those resources do not get to the poor who need them, due exclusively to corrupt government leadership. All we, or Richards, needs to do to solve the issue, is abolish every corrupt world government and set up a dictatorship to crush anyone who resists our "help."
    Reed literally does this in Civil War. IT wasn't even that hard to talk him into it. The only thing keeping Reed from becoming Doom is the same thing that keeps him from being more effective in making the world a better place, his family keeping him in line.

  • @Wyzard01
    @Wyzard01 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Also let us not forget that this an individual that cannot cure either the Thing or the Hulk.

    • @Wildwildwild22
      @Wildwildwild22 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And that's his deepest regret. As much as the F4s powers have allowed them to accomplish Reed has genuinely expressed that it's his biggest regret because he hated seeing his family feel like outcasts and freaks, and be mutated due to his arrogance.

  • @thehandofgod2864
    @thehandofgod2864 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm not a fantastic four fan, so I don't know if this video is accurate, but if it is, then it would make sense as it is very difficult to write characters who are so ridiculously intelligent (like Reed Richards).

    • @Wildwildwild22
      @Wildwildwild22 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's not very accurate. It leaves out an insane amount of context and uses very surface level claims about the stories it brings up.

  • @niczaz58
    @niczaz58 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Glory to DOOM and Latveria 🗣‼️🫡

  • @cod3n4m36
    @cod3n4m36 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think the point with exiling the Hulk is that yes, The Hulk doesn't attack people out of nowhere, there's always a provocation, but the Hulk doesn't stop at the thing that threatened him and he usually goes on a rampage after, and you can't risk him leveling a city every time someone pisses him off, even though it's not his fault.

  • @Multi1
    @Multi1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Now that you've mentioned Reed Richards as this illusion of a superhero. Now I'm thinking, what about all the other superheros?
    Knowing that they have monumental superpowers and peak capabilities compared to ordinary people. I would think we would be able to see a huge difference once they come on the scene.

    • @ИльяНедбаев-у3н
      @ИльяНедбаев-у3н 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All that is applied to reed here could be applied to tony and other super geniuses(except doom, he is like only reason why his country isn't a dumpster fire), reed is just the smartest

    • @Multi1
      @Multi1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ИльяНедбаев-у3н I consider Doom a superhero at least in some iterations.

    • @Wildwildwild22
      @Wildwildwild22 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@ИльяНедбаев-у3нDooms country is pretty damn close to a dumpster fire. It's people have money and food but lack any freedom whatsoever and are killed for speaking out against their isolating egotist leader.

  • @thelordofthelostbraincells
    @thelordofthelostbraincells 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Isnt there an evil reed variant that's a multiversal threat?

    • @thelordofthelostbraincells
      @thelordofthelostbraincells 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah I just looked it up, he's called "the maker" and he's got a fking xenomorph looking *ahh* helmet.

    • @Wildwildwild22
      @Wildwildwild22 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@thelordofthelostbraincellsand? There's also an alternate Spider-Man where hes an assassin. There's an alternate version of every character.

  • @metronome8471
    @metronome8471 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Reed Richards is the villain. Every single time.

  • @JJoelems
    @JJoelems 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    simple answer: a man must sacrifice something to be that smart, and what he sacrifices is practicality. it takes a lot to make his tech commercially available, which he simply doesn't care about anything if it removes from his ability to further his knowledge.

  • @loganswalk8621
    @loganswalk8621 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I do remember seeing somewhere most of Reed’s invention patents were bought by major companies to prevent them from radically changing the world’s economy but the fact that Reed allows that to happen and doesn’t make his stuff open source still says a lot.

    • @Wildwildwild22
      @Wildwildwild22 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      They do not. The Fantastic Four is also a nonprofit organization that sells their inventions that they then use to fund more inventions.

  • @xuanathan
    @xuanathan 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Only Reed I've actively seen change the world was Ultimate Reed and that went just a little bad

  • @andrewshearsby8125
    @andrewshearsby8125 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He cannot heal a bullet wound...

  • @sahilhossian8212
    @sahilhossian8212 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Lore of Reed Richards Is An Asshole momentum 100

  • @ardyn3177
    @ardyn3177 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    doom so salty he had to make another alt account

  • @Mrgiftedsoul
    @Mrgiftedsoul 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wait til straight outta Latveria sees this Lord Doom will not be pleased with your disrespect

  • @muthafoca9409
    @muthafoca9409 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why is Lord Doom not in top of the list of smartest people in the world?
    I get he's not simply a "person" but the great ruler of Latveria, but still...

  • @ryszakowy
    @ryszakowy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    actually reed is a real genius
    if HE just fixes world hunger then what happens to human autonomy
    if they really cared they would fix world hunger 60 years ago IN OUR WORLD
    but it's always better to make excuses

  • @nicewanwan9163
    @nicewanwan9163 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is why Ultimate Reed is better because he KNOWS he's an arsehole.

  • @Mikeshmit87
    @Mikeshmit87 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Glory to Latveria! Lord doom thanks you for pioneering the way to her perfect video

  • @indumatipngtuber2790
    @indumatipngtuber2790 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My favorite thing about Reed Richards is he STARTED Marvel Zombies.

    • @yonical2trap
      @yonical2trap 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Was that ultimate ff

    • @Wildwildwild22
      @Wildwildwild22 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No he didn't.

  • @thesmashor4396
    @thesmashor4396 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fifteen seconds in and this is already sounding like it's written by Victor von Doom.

  • @jammedout191
    @jammedout191 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you for sharing the truth about dr richards
    Though doom is the most brilliant mind in the universe
    Glory to Latveria ❤

  • @JDWalker495
    @JDWalker495 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Doom: Glory to Latveria

  • @Eat_Your_Life
    @Eat_Your_Life 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Well i just strated reading FF with kirby and lee's run but doom seems to have superiority complex.

  • @ResearcherGhost
    @ResearcherGhost 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Marvel has a lot of job to do if they expect us to see Doom as a villain when we all know he is the rightful saviour of the universe

    • @Wildwildwild22
      @Wildwildwild22 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He literally took over the multiverse and instantly showed he was not qualified to do so. The only universe where he DID properly rule earth was the one in which he was friends with Reed.

  • @vortex_all9055
    @vortex_all9055 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Alright guys I think I found doctor doom

  • @sheikaejulius4441
    @sheikaejulius4441 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    5:44 this art is by Shen Comix and should be credited. Good video though.

  • @User-ChairBoom4729
    @User-ChairBoom4729 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Part of me never understood why the Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic 4 or other heroes don’t cure all these illnesses, stop all these issues like world hunger or homelessness, and more.
    Instead they seem to be too busy fighting one another or pointing out each others nitpicks to fuel their own egos ☹️.
    And this says a lot because I grew up looking up to these guys ☹️

    • @Wildwildwild22
      @Wildwildwild22 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Because then there would be no heros. This isn't the reason in universe, their explanation is that they can't. But it's more that writers wouldn't have anything to do if there's no problems or conflict.

  • @Thoralmir
    @Thoralmir 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Doctor Doom and the Nation of Latveria approve of this video.

  • @seeleunit2000
    @seeleunit2000 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You're not wrong. In fact The Venture Bros villainous version of Mr. Fantastic was definitely on to something.
    I swear I think the writers really want Richards to be a bad guy plausible deniability and it's not working