Why All Superheroes Are Actually Villains - Obsessive Pop Culture Disorder
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Does any damage caused by Thor and Loki count as an act from god? Because then that's a whole different insurance problem
If the battle of New York was real it would cause the US economy to collapse
In marvel, shield has a worldwide network of fund management and insurance backers just for ivestments to fund the projects to clean up cities, stark industries is a part of it in the mcu, so that anyone harmed should get reparations for any damage including asgardian "acts of gods", while in dc the u.n. pretty much funds all insurance claims and disaster relief in the wake of super battles as well as other semi private insurance companies
I havent watched it yet but powerless is supposed to be about this
Lmbo thats funny xD
You rock!
They only cover Abrahamic Gods. Not Norse.
Taxes must be insane in the DC and Marvel Universes
Nigel Cooper DC both Bruce Wayne and Oliver Queen pays for property damage, and Marvel has damage control that takes care of property damages...
I read that as "Texas" at first, but it still seemed to make sense
Only new york and California taxes are high, at least for the mcu, in dc movies, people just kinda got used to it
depends on each hero and whatever crime case they're gonna resolve
@@samkaranja5709 Texas and NJ have high property taxes
Ya know, something I noticed about Zack Snyder's Superman is that he doesn't actually fight crime. He doesn't stop bank robbers, he doesn't stare down muggers, he doesn't do anything that would require him to testify in front of anyone (with one exception that I'll get to later). What he does is save people; from exploding oil rigs, sinking buses, burning buildings, flooded neighborhoods, crashing space rockets, invading aliens (of course), and apparently being stranded in the Arctic. He's less a "vigilante" and more of an "emergency responder".
The exception is when he rescued Lois from the desert. Even though he was framed for the deaths of the people at the terrorist compound, his presence *did* destabilize the region, and he needed to appear before Congress to answer for that. I like that about this version of Superman. He doesn't "fight crime"; he "saves the day".
Oh, and can we stop the whole "Batman does nothing to help Gotham aside from being Batman" chant? The profits didn't stop flowing from Wayne Enterprises to his foundations until after he quit being Batman (quit being everything, really). There was a marked improvement in Gotham between "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight". The sun came out, and everything.
Last thing (for now). As far as the police showing up and not having a reason to arrest Crane...they have many reasons to arrest him. He's still a wanted fugitive for everything he did in "Batman Begins", and his thugs are all accessories. When the cops show up, the only question they'll have is "what do we do about these Batman-wannabe's?"
@@PaperbackWizard Don't forget that while the examples they used were from movies, they were simply talking about super heroes in general. Bruce DOES use his wealth to help Gotham aside from fighting crime. Same with Tony Stark. Stark Industries, after his return from captivity, has become the worlds leader in clean energy. Also, Tony doesn't "fight crime". He specifically fights against Alien/Supernatural threats + terrorists. He's never the guy who goes to stop those bank robbers down the street. And his company openly funds this since he has a public identity.
Also, while Red Skull wouldn't have been created if humanity didn't try to create people weapons, or whatever it was you said...Hydra was a legitimate threat with the tesseract powers weapons and NEEDED a good guy human weapon in this situation.
Tony was just creating normal weapons...until he was kidnapped and needed to make the MKI suit to break out. And btw, he was only kidnapped because he was betrayed by the ironmonger dude in the first place. So it's not like he sat down one day and thought "We need to make a super powerful exosuit for soldiers and I'm gonna be the test pilot"
And Loki already existed and everyone on Asgard is basically a super being. Loki specifically just became a dick because of the obvious favoritism showed by Odin to Thor. Loki wasn't "created".
Ultrons 100% on Tony. Like, wtf Tony, you suck.
I think Dan's point was, Earth didn't become Loki's target until Thor was banished here "for being a smug dick". If Thor had acted like someone who'd had 5,000 years to grow into a mature cosmic being instead of a football star who was cut from the team for using steroids, then he'd have been the proper King of Asgard, he'd have never needed to destroy the Bifrost and the Rainbow Bridge to stop Loki's plans, and Loki would never have found himself the minion of Thanos looking for Infinity Stones on Midgard in the first place. And even if Loki *did* skedaddle and go looking to conquer Earth, Thor would have been able to use the Bifrost to send a whole team to recapture him instead of only being able to go there himself through the use of Odin's "dark magic". So, yeah, Thor caused plenty of problems for himself and Earth all on his own.
Oh, and by the way? Spider-Man's webbing can easily be cut. The cops don't have to wait around for hours for it to dissolve. And Ronan was after the Orb because Thanos sent him after the Orb. The only thing Quill did was get in the way of the Orb being delivered to Ronan and thereon to Thanos. Dan's definitely exaggerating on *some* of these points.
I literally had to pause the video and cry when he said gogo gadget gimp suit.
I want a batman comic in which the joker starts opening schools, improving healthcare and doing other similar things. Then the crime rates go down in gotham. Then he stops all these efforts and crime rates go back up. And then keeps doing this over and over to make batman go insane.
@Alvin Carter I was right about to say that, "White Knight" is actually a super good series, imo~
Batman's supposed to be pretty smart, right? So he must know that what he does is all about personal gratification and doesn't actually help anyone.
@@billvolk4236 well, Bruce does have numerous charities and also as a Batman fanboy I am very triggered.
Well you should watch Harley Quinn then. Something a bit similar happens.
Batman White Knight.
Joker saves Gotham while Batman sits in Arkham.
It’s pretty good!
Civilian: Yeah hi, I need to file a claim. Superman threw my car at a robot.
Insurance Agent: Sir, that's ridiculous. Why would Superman need to throw a car?
Civilian: That's what I told him!
Insurance Agent: I'm sorry sir, we are going to have to deny your claim.
Civilian: Goddammit!!!
IA: no sir, acts of *god* aren't covered either
Insurance companies must love superheroes
Insurance Agent: Do you have any proof that Superman was involved in the accident?
Civilian: MY CAR WAS CUT IN HALF BY EYE LASERS, WHAT MORE PROUD DO YOU NEED?!
Sorry but you did not have the superhero insurance coverage.
TheReal008Zulu then if superman wasn't there civilian is killed by the robot think
I want a TV Show about the magical, but mundane, world of Super Hero/Villain insurance companies
There was a Marvel comic book called Damage Control about a construction company that cleaned up after superhero/villain battle scenes, and rebuilt the damaged/destroyed buildings in a ridiculously short amount of time.
DC has Powerless coming to NBC, in Feb. 2017.
thatHARVguy 😔 Powerless was canceled but entertaining
You gave netflix another idea, but they're gonna make sure it's boring.
almost had one that was GREAT and cancelled after a season smh. the DC one
I lost it when he said, "What was the original plan here? Have the Hulk smash ISIS."
Danielle Ellis lol
Funny as that idea might be, I'd say there was a fair enough reason for Nick Fury ambition: there's a world where magic exists, mythological gods exist, a gazillion of different alien civilizations exist, insanely super powered mutants exist, there's no shortage of mad scientists capable of making sci-fi tech in their garages,...
Even without a specific threat in mind, it's easy to see how having an elite response team could come in handy every time any of the above tries to conquer or destroy the planet.
@@SirConto very true, BUT at the time of that scene (way back in the first Iron Man) I think the only superpowered thing that he knew about was a frozen (and disappeared) Captain America and maybe the Tesseract (they found Thor's hammer during Iron Man 2 if I remember). I really don't know whether that's enough to consider possible threats from that or not. That's quite the foresight!
But yeah all those things are quite the reason to want to build some defences.
Cheers!
@@SalahEddineH There was the whole Pim Technology to consider which happened when Tony's dad was alive. Also Captain Marvel happened before Nick Fury became a Shield Agent. Maybe something happens in that movie which made him think we need an elite response team.
@@MrTihbohs You're exactly correct, as we see in the Captain Marvel movie. Also, on top of the Pym tech, Red Skull had already been active and creating advanced weapons as far back as WWII. There were plenty of reasons to need an elite response team.
Superheroes and America: saving the world from problems they create
....so America is a superhero?
+Its Not Lu Bu no thats y he said "AND"
"To Alcohol(Superheroes), the cause and solution to all life's problems!"
Moreso a superpower
I don't think America created Nazism, ISIS, or Justin Bieber, but continue.
I had an idea for a story involving the "Revolving-Door Club" - a group of government sanctioned 'criminals' who keep the super-powered 'heroes' from rebelling against the government through the use of cliche plots to take over the world (none of which would actually work, even if the heroes allowed the criminals to go through with them). The main character was the grandson of the world's 'Greatest Criminal Mastermind', and the arch-nemesis of the 'World's Greatest Hero', until the 'hero' realized that he was being played by the government and secretly went rogue to kill the grandpa.
Government: People have superpowers, so how do we keep them from taking over the world?
Researcher: Present them with threats that only they can combat so that they feel validated in their subservient role.
Government: What about all the damage to life and property?
Researcher: The loss of life is negligible if the heroes went rogue. We can 'confiscate' all the tech used by the 'villains', patent it, and use the proceeds to pay for repairs and hospital bills. If nothing else, there will be no shortage of construction projects to employ unskilled laborers, skilled laborers, tradesmen, and architects.
Government: Huh, a boost to the economy, thousands of new jobs, and the heroes are kept under control . . . okay, now we need to find a cadre of super-smart patriots who are willing to be branded as the criminals and spend most of their time between 'prison breaks' and 'paroles' living in a secret government think-tank, I mean 'prison', concocting their next plot for 'world-domination'.
Always the fucking Government. Somehow, someway.
Is this a long-winded joke about Suicide Squad?
War is good for business.
+Sonata Tracey yes obviously it is
Superheroes meets Keynesian economics. I love it.
"Irish Spring, put it on you not in you." this killed me
This is late as *hell,* but I think it was "on ya, not Enya."
As a reference to the famous Irish musician.
Same😂😂😂
It's amazing that this quote has gained a new relevance.
1: Blade is on the Midnight Sons.
2: State Farm DOES cover the hulk destroying your car, however if it was destroyed by Thor's hammer, they say they can NOT cover that because it's an "act of god".
it was an act of "a god" not from God
They say Meteor Insurance, then you get hit by a Meteorite. That's how they make money! ;-)
mexican twin the god of the Bible is also “a god”. His name is Yahweh.
@@captfox533 yea but God doesn't exist in the mcu or marvel comics now the living tribunal is a essentially God since he's the God of the multiverse.
Only flaw in that was Ronan the Accuser was a renegade warlord backed by Thanos, arguably the Hitler of the universe. His villainy was independent of Starlord.. he would have gotten the stone without him and even without the stone would have gone on slaughtering planets full of people. Only point in the argument that actually doesn't have relevance.
Same thing could be said of Red Skull, since he was the Nazi super soldier well before Captain America. Also, Daniel's arguments ignore the existence of the top tier villains that generally require super responses like Thanos, Galactus, Darkseid, Apocalypse, The Anti-moniter and Dormammu.
Very true.. Red Skull though will be a slightly different case with his upcoming return in the MCU, he will be returned as a story device directly tied to his relationship to Cap to facilitate the direct introduction to Thanos as a character. Pretty much all the war related or apocalyptic level villains act as exceptions to the superheroes being terrible rule since they were the original subject heroes were built upon.
The Red Skull thing was covered. Red Skull came from the same program as Cap (with an allegiance swap for the program between). If the scientist hadn't ever tried to create a super soldier in the style of Captain America then he wouldn't have created Red Skull first.
there's also the dark elves , frost giants, fisk, killgrave, and the hand.
Fisk's plan was slightly justified. He was cleaning up the street in a violent and twisted method.
Kilgraves would have died long ago if his parents never gave him super powers.
Dark Elves' rise to power would have been averted if jane didn't tamper with the aether in a very non-scientific manner
Thor restarted the war with the frost giants -> Odin could've taught Thor lesson well before his coronation...
The hand's evilness is a bit of a stretch... but they're considered evil by the chaste because they worship a slightly different god than them... not getting in the religious aspects, but that doesn't make one side good or evil (they both killed to defeat the other faction)
I think Seth Rogen and co should make a film set in the MCU where normal people have to deal with the Chitauri invasion, Ultron, Wilson Fisk etc. and superheroes destroying things.
So a film adapting the Damage Control comic book series?
+MrFForger there is a Netflix series coming out about Damage Control
It's called Powerless
I'll watch anything with Rogen in it.
+Edge Mileham powerless is dc
You know, I’d love to see a movie that explores the economic and societal effects of living in a world where superheroes and supervillains randomly tear through major cities.
I expect it’d be a much more spread-out society, with smaller cities and much more developed rural zones. Gotta disperse the risk somehow.
Anyone working at a major corporation, government agency, or innovative startup would probably also demand a certain kind of hazard pay along with a more comprehensive sort of AD&D insurance. It would be interesting to see day-to-day people navigate this kind of BS, not just insurance agents, but also everything from real estate brokers to job recruiters.
Not to mention, there would be a mad glut of preppers and survivalists, with doomsday bunkers cropping up in everyone’s backyard.
It definitely wouldn’t be our world. Things would be different in some fundamental ways.
They even made movies about how superheroes are just causing more trouble: Civil War, Batman vs Superman
they are also going to make a tv show about Damage Control
both sucked, sadly
both sucked, sadly
+Allistar123 is it going to be in mcu or what ever dc calls there cinematic u
you cant really blame superman for Zod showing up when he was sent to earth as an infant. Didnt really have a choice there
A few minor points:
Ra's Al-Ghul would have destroyed Gotham if Batman had not existed to stop him, indeed it had been his plan for decades.
Red Skull's existence is independent of Captain America's. Yeah, he did use a variant super soldier serum on himself, but that was besides the actual point. He had uncovered the Tesseract, and was planing on using it to conquer the world for the nazis if Steve hadn't stepped up to stop him.
Loki turning evil you can blame squarely on Odin, if the allfather hadn't kept Loki's adoption and frost giant heritage secret from him, he just might not have turned bitter over the whole deal. And his assault on Earth is due to Thanos wanting the Tesseract. Selvig even points out that the portal opened from the other side.
Malekith was going to awaken sooner or later anyway when Thanos would have collected Aether, and then we would really have been fucked.
Heroes aren't always the cause of supervillains, often the villains appear on their own, and it takes a person to step up and become a hero to stop them.
I agree with everything but the Loki won Thor is the source of all his inscureity. Odin show favoritism to Thor which pushed Loki away. Lokis plan would actually work and he always planned on destroying the frost Giants
yes but without Thor Loki would be the only son and would not be such a giant fick about being only nr 2. Also without Thor sending to earth Loki may never cared anyway for earth.
Guardians of the Galaxy doesn't work either. Peter Quill couldn't have had less to do with Ronan being a dick.
+Faizaan Naseem Ras plan was to destroy Gotham. Since the wealth of Thomas Wayne was used to help the city. It postponed Ras plan. to destroy Gotham. financially. That's why he planned to hit back hard with the fear gas. Scarecrow was manufacturing the fear toxin long before bats arrived as well as releasing it into the city's water. That just shows how futile it is to throw money at a hopeless and corrupt city. Red Skull true evil comes from his mind. Not the serum. it did make him more serious but he had the same amount of resources and intellect which led him to the tesseract. if there was no cap. The world would be a Hydra dystopia and probably prevent most heroes from existing
Had Odin been honest with Loki in the first place, told him he was adopted and about his frost giant origins, then the shit wouldn't have happened. Odin lying was what caused the whole mess in the first place.
8:13: Shouldda gotten the anti-hero coverage plan.
Hahaha love it!
Shit, I never thought I'd have reason to an anti-villain plan, but her I am...
I got the government agency - collateral damage plan. The heros all end up working for the government that ends up infiltrated or corrupt. Then if it wasn't them who crushed my car I can sue them for not stopping it. When they try to silence me by dropping me into a vat of something there will be some freak accident that gives me super-powers and I can join them, but turn out to be working for Hydra. They have better insurance plans.
I do wish super heroes drew the fighting to a field outside the city more often, but let's remember that the villains are attacking the city on purpose. Also, could you imagine the regular authorities trying to deal with them? they'd have to keep the super villains occupied for who knows how long while the national guard was on the way.
Just saw this come up in my feed, and for a fleeting moment before I saw "3 years ago" I thought Cracked had un-shat itself. I guess I was wrong.
I get so excited every time I see a new OPCD or After Hours pop up!
too bad the host is annoying as FUCK.
Same
*OCD
+XBLspartanx170 *KFC
and spit take
Well, the sad thing about Batman (Nolan Batman) is that his endeavours became too individualistic. He was so mad that he couldn't avenge his parents deaths that he decided to personally super punch every criminal he encountered.
That's the reason why he's a great character. Bruce Wayne is not pretending to be a perfect hero, he knows deep down that the whole Batman thing is his crazy creepy way of dealing with childhood issues.
A good psychiatrist would've been much better and cheaper for him.
Mask of the Phantasm had a good take on this as well, with part of it looking at college-aged Bruce being faced with deciding between a woman he loved who'd allow him to have a normal life, and the oath of vengeance he took.
+Jason Blalock Both that movie and The Killing Joke clearly shows that Bruce ain't right in the head.
He should of asked his parents to get him a psychiatrist, since children are notoriously bad at practical decision making.
... Oh, wait.
Yeah that's the ironic thing about Batman, the second he gets over his murdered parents is the moment his character will no longer exist and my favorite example of this is when he's given a Green Lantern Ring but he rejects it because he knowingly refuses to let go of the pain the death of his parents caused him. He's got real layers to his character that many other heroes, other than Spider-Man can't really measure up to.
Lots of people overlook the interesting aspects of the Superman character. Batman may feel like a loner but Superman literally is the last of his kind (with a few exceptions in some versions of his story, like if there's also Supergirl, Krypto, Superboy, I guess Bizarro, Eliminator, the rest of the Superman Dynasty...) and he grew up alone, having to keep his true nature a secret lest the world make him out to be even more of a freak, and potentially getting the attention of shady corporations like LexCorp/LuthorCorp and never being able to live a normal life ever again. If you watch Smallville you can see how difficult his life is just to keep that secret, and why it matters.
Not to mention the fact that he has so many incredible powers, and could at anytime use them for his own wants, but he doesn't because he is a person of great character and virtue. And even then, he has to make sure he's always on the alert for if he ever turns evil for whatever reason, be it mind control, Red Kryptonite, or hell, if he gets angry. He has such a will for staying as patient and understanding a person, and things like Smallville do an excellent job at showing how he became that man from a simple farm boy who discovered he was unearthly and godlike in his abilities.The story of Superman is one of an immigrant who is ultimately alone in the world, but the values of a humble American family shaped him to be one of the greatest heroes of Earth despite and to not take advantage of others with his powers. He could beat up any man who curses at him, but he doesn't. He could use his powers as an unfair advantage in sports, but he doesn't. He could infringe on anyone's privacy with his x-ray vision and super-hearing, but he doesn't.
Indeed, Superman may not seem relatable when you take a superficial look at him, but he is at the very least the kind of person we can all aspire to be. Batman might be a realistic crazy person, but not necessarily a role model if he's using his money for dressing up like a bat and taking the law into his own hands.
@2:50 Daniel, tensile strength is not the same as shear strength, toughness, or resistance to crack tip opening. It's why you can open plastic packaging easily with a knife but not just tear it with your hands. Spider silk is really only strong in tension.
In other words, Spiderman can web the hands of a criminal and then the police can easily cuff them and then cut them loose with a simple pocketknife.
Its unfair to say that super heroes cause suffering. Just because a super hero exists doesn't mean people have to rise to fight them. In reality its all about the choice behind it. People seem to forget that everyone has a choice to make, whether to be good or bad. Crime would exist even with or without the super heroes. So it doesn't really make a difference.
Crime is caused by unemployment actually. So if there is no unemployment, then there is no need for superheroes.
You should upload these more often!
for reals
Word. Favorite show.
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Agreed.
how about no!!!!! not for this douchebag.
Everytime I've walked into my local KFC (after the refurbishment) there's been a new episode.
Please walk into your local KFC more often
+Evdog Music yeah I'm a vegetarian but go everyday please
Every hour. Or just walk in and leave every five minutes.
+Potatoes are good and I like videogames IDK either is it possible to be a vegetarian and not tell everyone?
Uncanny.
Civilian: Oh my God Iron Man just destroyed my mall! Who’s going to pay for this.
Insurance Agency: Well did you keep the receipt for the mall?
Civilian: No
Insurance Agency: Well sorry sir but I can’t help you
I disagree on that superman doesn't send any villains to jail. Example: atomic skull is running around metropolis he very publicly kills a dozen people, few minutes later superman takes him down. There is a lot of evidence from hundreds of people who would have seen atomic skull kill innocent people to have him sentenced to belle rev prison.
And with bat man, if the people he is leaving tied up are wanted by the law, if they find that guy tied up they are going to arrest them.
And since when does superman catching a falling plane hurt the world?
Superman catching a plane is so fantastical, that it may reinforce a divorce from reality that planes that crash are sometimes never found. Though, it could be argued that Superman's acts of kindness mask his cop brutality.
@@CosmoShidan Superman's Cop Brutality ???
Red Skull came first. The serum used on him was then put into Captain America.
I'm not sure it matters who came first. The point is that they exist because of the same technology....and by extension it would have been better if no one messed with/created that technology in the first place. Its not a sentiment I can get behind personally, but that is still Dan point.
His point was trying to make super people is not a good idea. In this case, order is irrelevant.
+undetestable1 What made Red Skull dangerous was his intellect. The serum indeed made him more powerful but give that to a two bit thug. Would he accomplish the same? Have the ambition for world domination? No. He had the resources and the genius prior to the serum and that is what led him to the tesseract which would've given him the power to conquer the world.
the same could be said about Blade. the vampires were simply already there. But then, I guess it's like the old saying goes "what came first the egg or the chicken".
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Now I really wanna see hulk beat up ISIS
Juraspergers Park
XD Okay, as someone with Aspergers, this just kills me.
Even though it's just a character, Daniel always manages to make me feel genuinely bad for him when he gets upset.
Daniel is just so darn cute and funny too
Klio was definitely flirting with him.
it's canon
Why do you just focus on that? No offense just wanted to know.
They were all flirting with him. His co-workers just don't want him to get cocky . . . I mean, swell-headed . . . I mean, stuck up . . . I mean, oh forget it!
ashraf rizvi wanted to ask why is that a problem ? She basically said she likes his face and the way he makes her laugh is that really saying much
If she has said “he’s so fucking cute I want to kiss him “ I would understand the problem
All the dislikes are from Coffee shop girls who totally WERE flirting with Daniel but got ignored as 'just being nice'.
Rule 3 - Jor-El making the decision to send Supes to earth is the reason for every bad thing that happens in Man of Steel, Batman v Superman and by extension presumably Justice League.
Love that he's got an Oatmeal "Tesla>Edison" coffee mug!! Daniel is so adorable
Moral of the video; Deadpool is the best.
Moral of the Story: Batman is the worst
Moral of the story: Hollywood has no idea how to tell stories anymore.
and not covered by superhero insurance
Don't get superhero insurance, just put away like $50 per paycheck to eventually pay Deadpool to fix whatever super related problem eventually fucks up your life.
yay
DANNNNNNNNN
iel. :)
Ha!!
😂😂 dannnnn
Dan Dan he's our man, if he can't do it no one can
Mr. Daniel will be angered by this 😂
I wonder how many criminals have died of suffocationd due Spidey's web
I know right?! The numbskull actually shot a web to that carjacker's face, covering his nose and mouth. I was like "how is this guy supposed to breathe"? How did anyone not see that? I would be terrified if Spiderman was a hero in my city.
+Arthur Eziuloh at the end of the scene Spider-Man pokes holes where the criminal's nostrils are
***** He's fucking lucky he did, but I agree with J Jonahs, Spiderman is a masked menace. Just because he has powers doesn't mean he should be a superhero. He's honestly too much of a moron for his line of work. He should leave it to the professionals. But hey, its a comic book so why not.
+Arthur Eziuloh And what of the countless burning buildings he's helped evacuate? The people he's taken to the hospital because the paramedics barely have room to breathe in such a crowded area? The films are the real menace. They don't have time to convey Spider-Man's true heroics so they resort to montages of finding criminals tied up with webs
***** When I saw him carryout those fire rescues . I thought to myself "man, he should actually stick to this line of work. He's so much better at it". See what I did there "stick" to this line of work xD
I won't lie, Spidey is a great hero but sometimes he makes very terrible mistakes that make me upset and face palm. But then again, that's life, we all make wrong choices sometimes and even worse, we have to live with those mistakes.
But I still enjoy watching J Jonahs screaming he's a menace all the time, its hilarious.
"I need water"
ignores cup in front of him
continues ranting
story of my life man
More of these. Actually, just more of Daniel. He is cute and funny. Really like his videos and the cafe vids the best.
1:40
Hockey pants? Pretty sure it's hockey pads there, Dan.
Umm, it really sounds like he's saying hockey pants in the movie. I might be wrong about the script but that's what it sounded like. "Long lost starbucks lovers"
He might say pants. I just assume it's pads because I've never heard of hockey pants and the guy is wearing hockey pads.
Yeah, I think I agree with you on that. I'd never heard of hockey pants either. But it's neither the first nor last time Batman said something hard to understand.
Hockey pants have integrated padding.
Daredevil really doesn't have any of these problems.
The spider webs can be cut with a cutter or any sharp object -_-
Literally a rope can take a lot of weight doesnt mean its indestructible.
Gwen Stacy literally does this in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 against what's supposed to be an at least similar webbing to tha comics since it's no longer organic|
Keir Tanaka actually the comics didn’t have organic webbing either, or at least they didn’t for a while. That was something that was addded after the success of the Toby Maguire Spider-man movie, similar to the current star lord costume.
exactly. this video is stupid af
Maybe the spider webs are not like simple ropes as you think but are more similar to iron chains which you can not cut so easily with a 'sharp' object?
Tony actually does do a lot of charity and humanitarian efforts. We just don't see them because not interesting.
With the Tony Stark we have, I think it would be like Ernie McCracken Sponsoring A Fatherless Family from Kingpin (TH-cam it). We know Stark has a thing for single parents.
Still definitely tacitly does a shit load of bad stuff.
IKMNification I don't think anyone is going to deny that Tony would like meeting hot single parents, almost as much as he would enjoy helping poor kids and single parents.
Gareth Graham Uh, wrong...?
Tony teaching at a public university and publishing his findings would help the orld much more than giving his billions into charity.
Second favorite series on this channel. OPCD and After Hours are the reasons I keep coming back
I listen to stuff you should know, and hear ads for your podcast all the time. Just came across these videos of yours, and made me go subscribe to the podcast. Gonna start from the beginning tomorrow!
yayyy! no black widow sins! now EVERYONE can know she's flawless
Dangit, thanks for the anti-endorsement, Dan. Now i gotta get a refund for my Irish Spring Soap.
I miss this show, and after hours SOOOOOO MUCH😢😭
When I look for Cracked video, I gravitate towards ones in which you (Daniel) are talking/presenting stuff. I find your delivery awesome! It, to me, adds to the gravitas of the comedic topics often discussed/presented.
I wait a long while for content but you always deliver. Solid writing and well thought out... quite enjoyable.
*more OPCD and more after hours, less everything else.*
seriously, just only do those videos and nothing else. hear me out; you'd get way more views and likes, you could *drastically* reduce spending by firing all the unnecessary cracked employees with families to feed (just do lots of coke and you won't cry about it), you'll have way more money, so you could pay the four main cracked stars much more as an incentive to produce videos much more often (plus more coke money), and people will stop complaining about how "cracked used to be so much better, it sucks now" except no they won't who cares not you, you're on coke!
*YOU'RE WELCOME, CRACKED.*
I love this.
But coke makes my throat all runny. Life is hard, man.
SkuzzyJ you can overcome that runny throat, my brother. fight the struggle; fight the good fight. **raises fist inappropriately**
butt-coke makes my throat all runny too.
The honest ads with Roger are pretty good too. Worth keeping.
Leaflar to be fair, those are actually pretty consistently great videos too.
This is better than After Hours (particularly the last one). Speaking of After Hours, didn't they teach you not to hit on waitresses because it's their job to be nice to you? It's one of my favorite scenes.
I love how Daniel glides over to the DCU when he needs the rage to restock his motivation
Daniel, this was actually the most entertaining OCPD yet. Thank you for holding it for summer blockbuster season.
Well for spiderman u can use like scissors to cut the webs as shown in TASM2. He is probably the only superhero who doesn't destroy the city while saving it and fights street crime and makes sure the criminals don't get away.
Daniel, you can't make people love you just by saying it. That's Soren.
these are my favorite on the channel. keep up the great work Daniel!
You are fantastic. These episodes are brilliant in every way.
i thought it was (comic) canon that bruce wayne donates/helps build to hospitals, homeless shelters, orphanages.... or did i just made that up because of all the fanfics i've read about the batfamily
Everything in the video is based on what we see in the films, so if it doesn't happen on screen it doesn't happen at all to them.
He builds an orphanage in one of the Nolan movies.
When are we getting spongebob mirroring Dante's Inferno
7:18 Actually he did, well in the comics at least. Remember his company usually had to pay for the damages.
One of the reasons I like the web novel Worm is that it acknowledges that superhero universes would be dystopian shitholes for the average person, and also gives a reason why these people are putting on costumes and punching criminals and/or cops rather than using their powers to make money or create lifesaving inventions or whatever.
Anyone notice that that last villain in the villain slideshow was also the shitbag Nazi sniper from Inglorious Basterds... Spooky!
Or, y'know, not...
Good eyes, totally didn't notice that at first.
+Ronnie Hollingsworth it was his weird cheeks.
I see where Amazon's the Boys got their idea from
But you know what makes MCU so great, so amazing with such emotional upheaval and turmoil? The "superheroes" look at what they've done and actually realize and wonder if what they are doing is for the good of mankind or if they are making things worse! An entire movie explains in great detail about how that one thought splits up not just a team, but friendship! Sure there's a nasty villian in the movie, but the movie barely concentrates on that villian and has the team split up and fight each other over beliefs and morale! That movie is Captain America: Civil War, a movie so amazing, it actually makes you think you're watching another avengers movie, but it's not, it's a Captain America movie! What makes the movie even better, is that no one side won, the movie never explained who was right and who was wrong, instead they explain that no matter their differences, no matter their squabbling rivalries; they will always have each others backs!!!
I love this sooooo much!!! make more of them please!!!
I actually use Irish spring soap...it's cheap and smells good
favorite bit by cracked. love daniel
I think this is your best CDOP (err sorry OPCD) episode! Great job Daniel!
thanks cracked for making my weekends enjoyable and relaxing.
What would happen if we get Daniel O'Brien and Adam Conover together?
point 2 batman does just that he donates massive amounts of money to charity
and Iron man gives money out all the time
True, but imagine if they were also dedicating that many more hours of their supergenius to the causes instead of just dumping it on some other people.
Batman does. He has tons of projects going.
+The Joker, the joker is defending Batman? It's a trap!
+dan n ok, so Stark dedicated himself to charity work and never creates Ironman...several years later Loki invades and wins
Wayne puts his loss aside and dedicates himself to the same sort of work his father did....several years later Ras destroys Gotham.
Peter Parker goes to school and manages a healthy relationship with his girlfriend and has an active social life.....sometime later Otto accidentally nukes the city.
Cap is never cap, he settles for being a skinny kid... Super science powered Nazis win the war by nuking every major allied city.
Dude ,this video was awesome. :D
I feel like you partially predicted the tv show "powerless" with your superhero insurance bit, kudos!
Why do I feel like after that After Hours about super heroes Soren would have been able to crush Dan on all his BS? Super heroes exist in a world where the damage they cause is negligible compared to insane amount of lives they save. Batman COULD do what his parents did and make more foundations..but then criminals which GPD is ill equipped to fight would just stomp all over his good civic intentions.
Except that can't possibly be true because everyone was still alive before the Hero showed up. The world ending/ catastrophic/ mass-murdering threats only ever show up *after* the hero does. We all know, outside the universe, that its the result of narrative structure. No point in a hero without a villain, or a villain without a hero, after all. but in-universe, the only explanation is that super-heroics only beget more violence, like a giant magnet for trouble and suffering.
+Austin Sampson The Avengers begs to differ. Lex Luthor begs to differ. You think bad things never happened before superheroes showed up? The FUCKING POWERPUFF GIRLS FIGURED THIS OUT. The super villains were running around rampant, ruining everything. It wasn't until the girls showed up that any semblance of normal life could be gained for the city. Duh!
Red Skull was running around already, and would've still used the tesseract to try to win the war. Captain America was created to stop that threat. Although hilariously there are a bunch of examples of heroes creating there villains, and that's probably because in modern day stories we'd rather not explain a villain's story without them relating the character that's going to defeat them. It's the easiest way to get characters to know each other before they fight. Imagine how boring it would be if the entire movie was just them happening to see a villain and then fighting them. Not much tension when the villain doesn't think about the hero's interference.
+Austin Sampson Don't overlook the key phrase in the original post " exist in a world" meaning that these heroes don't live in the real world. Many of these heroes exist in a world where there have always been heroes, some of these worlds have the public aware that these heroes existed (The Incredibles) others have some explanation of how the heroes used to fight in the shadows keeping the public blissfully ignorant to the threats to the world (Dr. Strange). In other superhero worlds the thing that gave the hero their powers also gave powers to criminals making it so that the hero and villains actually arrive at the same time. Flash (TV series) and X-men are the best examples of this being that The Flash got his powers from the particle accelerator explosion which also created dozens or possibly hundreds of meta-humans that would be there with or without the Flash. X-men's entire plot is about how humans are going through an evolution and that the mutant gene is becoming more and more frequent. Granted however there are still some heroes that cause their villains, Batman and Superman being the best examples here, but they might just be the minority when you start looking into a lot of the different lesser known heroes.
many of the villains were made in reaction of the hero being shown to the city, spidermans villains were made in a government or underground lab just to deal with him and him alone. its a raising the bar problems if //if our cops start all wearing bullet proof vests criminals will start selling armer piercing guns, if they use tanks to move around criminals will use RPG to deal with it// the cops caused the reaction
Alright, so these videos are fantastic. I love them. And of course, the points are generally just put together for entertainment with some evidence in there, but number 3 was too flaky. Every villain is in some way connected to he hero? That's how a story is built. That isn't a fault of superheroes that just because cause and effect is the only way events occur (aside from quantum stuff) and we're focusing on a specific part of it. The obvious antagonist would be a product of the hero's effect or could have caused the hero.
good stuff, like the channel. especially the awkward pauses, very nice. a pic of cleo would be nice. btw - who is Daniel talking to when he does his asides? Is there a camera man? Is Daniel in fact in the same state he will almost certainly die in - alone?
...subed.
Oh no! I just watched all of the episodes of OPCD in 2 days! Now what am I going to do? Anyways... You should upload more often. I love these.
Everybody forgets that the Punisher became a vigilante because murder is the only thing he enjoys. Saving people is a secondary objective
Seriously though, Punisher is *not* a good guy. He's just a mass murderer who happens to murder people we generally don't like.
zedeighty Vengeance? Maybe in some comics. But in the Garth Ennis and MAX comics, he explicitly states that he does it for the fuck of it. Not to help people. And that vengeance is not a valid motive to kill people.
And yeah, he's a way better vigilante than Batman
Could you imagine the Wall Street fallout after something like what happens toward the end of the video. After any one of those battles we the public would be slogged down by a two year depression cuz the market went no confidence after the battle royale.
The sponsor gag in the middle was great. Great video, I too hate the concept, super heroes are awesome. But you gotta do what you gotta do.
I dunno who this Dan guy is, but I am going to watch more of his videos. XD Very enjoyable to listen to
still no game of thrones action figure episode
'cause that series suxxor
5:22 Yes😐…That was the plan.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Obsessive Pop Culture Disorder. i really wish you made them more frequently.
I feel like Marvel's Netflix shows do a pretty good job with this issue. Not just that the public is conflicted about the vigilantes, but, you know, the heroes aren't really going around making things worse (or destroying buildings and blowing shit up), and if they do, they seem pretty aware of it.
The whole destruction of cities thing is honestly why I was so excited for Damage Control. I thought it'd bring out that issue, and I think it'd be a hilarious show if done right. I'm upset it got cancelled.
Oh boy. Somebody has to pay up all of these damages that these superheroes had done. Superman from "Man of Steel" you need to pay that more money! Batman from "The Dark Knight" Trilogy you need to pay more and more money! Iron Man, you need to pay more expensive money with all of your Avengers team! Spider-Man, you need to go to the therapy and pay up of all problems with Mary Jane Watson relationship! And for the people who died, we'll remember as always. 😞😞😞😞
I've always had a cynical suspicion that "Ghostbusters II" had the right idea, in that the city would find a way to blame the heroes for all property damage and sue them into oblivion since the actual bad guy was long gone. The finger of blame must be pointed.
+Jason Blalock incredibles?
+Felipe Rico What about when Tony Stark paid for the building that Hulk smashed in Avengers 2. Or what about the Fantastic Four getting billed by the city every time they right crime as seen in the mediocre Fantastic Four 2. And what about Captain America being an agent for the government voluntarily in The First Avenger.
Even though Tony Stark is probably the worst at being a superhero, I don't think it's fair to say that he was fully responsible for creating his villains. Obadiah Stane was already evil before Tony made the Iron Man suit. He sold weapons to terrorists. Vanko's father was deported because he tried to sell technology on the black market. And Tony didn't do anything to Hammer, he just had a more successful business. Tony did treat Killian badly but how is that an excuse to become a super villain? Would you try to kill the president if a company promised you a job interview but then stood you up? Tony made Ultron because Scarlet Witch messed with his mind.
True also if I remember right a virus also currppted ultron program
I also want to add Killian killed dozens of random people in several terrorist attack even though he had become rich
i look foward monthly due to this show, i just wish it was on more; but either way thanks for this type of vid
"Go-go Gadget gimp suit"
I need that bumper sticker.
1. Keeping criminals in jail is the job of the justice system, of which super heroes (most of the time) are no a part. You really think Superman wouldn't show up in court to testify if asked? They don;t even need to tell him, the bailiff just raises his voice and Superman would hear him. Then you got heroes like Punisher who just kills criminals, and others like Captain America, Thor, Hulk etc who don't generally deal with petty crime, and this entire point means almost nothing. Spider Man and Batman are really the only offenders.
2. "The world would be better off without blah blah blah." Objectively wrong, since even if no one had ever done a thing with the tesseract eventually Thanos would come looking for it, and with no Avengers to confront him, goodbye Earth. Plus, Peter Quill just got caught up in shit that was already going on, had Ronan gotten the infinity stone at the start of the movie he still would have wiped out that entire planet with it. He was a racist, he wasn't evil ONLY because of Peter's involvement.
P.S. none of the destruction in Man of Steel was Superman's fault.
3. As much as I hate defending Batman, no. In the comics there is a warlock buried under Gotham, and his ghost turns people criminally insane at random. No social reform or charity would ever make that city a better place. But yeah, Tony Stark is the true villain of the Marvel movies.
4. Collateral damage is commonly addressed in comics, some heroes stick around to help, some (like Flash) rebuild what gets destroyed single-handed. In Marvel there's a company called Damage Inc. that specializes in post-battle cleanup.
1) how does one keep people who have all kinds of power locked up.....they cant. heck in the marvel and dc worlds villains are kept off plant or such.
2) the hero causes a reaction of stronger people to deal with them. So while there are jerks out there like red skull out there hurting people it was isolated to him alone cap came alone and they came out of the wood works hurting more people than could be saved
3) no amount of money would have helped gathom city it was so corrupt on all levels that money pushed in would be pocketed and bruce would be told it needs more till broke
edward tucker 1. They can, if they're allowed to. Superman for example can just shove people into the Phantom Zone and leave them there, but it's not his place to make that decision. In Marvel Reed Richards builds a new super-prison every other week.
2. You can make that argument for *some* villains, but a lot of them have nothing to do with the hero. Darkseid wasn't invented to be an enemy for Superman, he already existed. Vulture would exist without Spider Man, Penguin was going to do his thing if Batman existed or not.
3. Exactly.
"In the comics there is a warlock buried under Gotham, and his ghost turns people criminally insane at random."
What issue/s is/are that/those? Is/are it/they good?
weedongding They're okay, here's a list: comicvine.gamespot.com/doctor-gotham/4005-56768/issues-cover/
Thanks!
You're false on Spiderman, if he can break the webs with his hands then I'm pretty sure the cops can use a saw.
Thank you for your contribution. I will never think of things the same way again.
Nice job, Danny!
Seriously, though, why didn't batman improve schools and healthcare, bring new jobs to town, fund a transfer to better energy sources, set up homeless shelters and free vocational training so people wouldn't need to steal, etc with all the money he spent having a 5 year old boy's dream career?
Archer reference... I liked it
There was a short bit in the comics where Mary Jane was on a jury. The man's defense was he was just walking along when Spiderman hearing approaching sirens threw the stolen money at him, and webbed him to the wall.
do this every week!