hot take: comics are cool (oof ouch yowza it burns) and thanks to Raycon for sponsoring this video, go to buyraycon.com/troyoboyo to get up to 30% off sitewide!
November 5st: they already had Christmas decorations, he always hated how quick they went from one thing to the next ignoring anything that came before like trash. Alas art imitates life. He opens his lab, a series of doors open, one passcode after the other each more ridiculous and specific then the last, ending with one final question what do you fear the most, there was only one answer, one thing stopping him from reaching his true potential, b a t. The final door opens showing a lab, at a glance it some would say it's completely normal but with a closer look, all around are canisters of gasses and bats in glass cages, decorations for the Christmas season but something is wrong. The decorations seem like they are leaking. He grabs his lab coat and also a gas mask, they're so dirty and worn that they've turned brown. But hes much too busy to get new ones. Walking to the end of the lab in a corner so darkly lit you would have to know it's there to find it, is a man tied to a stretcher, there a machine breathing something into him as the doctor takes out a orange syringe and injects him with it. He begins to shake violently as we go back to the desk and see a name plate that is cracking: Jonathan cranes. Fear of the bat. I thought that this would be a good Matt Reeves movie where it's Christmas and Jonathan cranes obsessed with over coming his fears wants to study the bat, I was thinking like the Batman 1 there would be like a secondary villain, either a clayface who is an actor that scarecrow kidnapped and accidentally turned into a monster with his experiments which could make him more sympathetic and potentially a part of the bat family, are a bane that is just a street level thug before being given an enhanced thumb of venom by Jonathan Crane. His ultimate plan I think would have him spreading gas through the copious amounts of decorations spread throughout Gotham. I want him to have more than just a few guests so I imagine him with a very large arsenal of gases and toxins one he might use on himself at the end to transform into something that looks like the Injustice 2 scarecrow.
hot take - Comics should be sold in grocery stores again! The lack of convenient access is basically the only reason why I struggled to start getting into comics!
I remember in the early 2000s, when my dad would pick up an issue of Lee/Ditko Spider-Man along with the newspaper whenever he went out. it was something to always look forward to. God that takes me back.
They should also be cheaper, in my country they're like 50 bucks each, that forces me to pirate them because there's no way i'm paying that much for something i can read in less than half an hour
The 4 main barriers to getting a newcomer into comics: 1) Easy Access to buy like in grocery stores, bookstores, etc 2) Price: $4.99 for 1 issue? $5.99? What kid is going to afford that? 3) Where to start: Most people aren't going to start with Action Comics #1. There needs to be a how-to guide that serves as a good jumping on point for new people (and no, rebooting a franchise is not always a good idea) 4) Quality: are the comics consistently good with a consistent creative team?
I mean honestly Scarecrow should be the nemesis for Batman. Joker is the most popular villain Batman has but Scarecrow is so not only a way better mirror but also just fits thematically way more.
@@kendi5391 wrong, scarebat should be the nemesis for batman no but seriously youre right they both use fear as a weapon which is much more interesting than "this guy laughs a lot and this guy never does", like its kinda crazy (or i guess scary) how little effort it would take to turn scarecrow into batmans arch nemesis. you give scarecrow a traumatic past that resembles/contrasts bruces origin story, you give him an intelligent master plan to inflict that traumatic origin onto all of gotham (to mirror batmans vow to insure the opposite) and you make their final confrontation show bruce the error of his fear mongering ways and make him change to be a beacon of hope (i kinda plagiarized "the batman" at the end there but its not my fault that movie is perfect)
It took me a long time to realize but the contrast wasn't their image but rather the fact that one is a dark, serious character, a creature of the night that fights for good, while the other one is a clown, a happy, cheerful, colorful character that kills with a smile. Of course in 80 years, clowns became like a trope of evil
@@yalieyal4362 Well Scarecrow does have two backstories, one where he is bullied in school, later in his psycholist days, called a Scarecrow for being skinny and in the first appearance he was poor. In New 52 his father was a Scarecrow then he became The Scarecrow. I think first one works good enough in my opinion. One of the things I like about Injustice 2 Scarecrow is his dialogue, taunting everyone and their trauma, I'd love to see adapted, really knowing everyone's buttons. I'd love to see Scarecrow as Batman's nemesis in DCU, Long Halloween movie/Arhkam Asylum video game like fear toxin scenes, go all out with horror. Also poor aspect and hatred of rich would be fun, have him fight Court of Owls or something.
One of the best thing about the Rogues is that they are relatively "Low Priority". It's so refreshing to have villains who just want to rob a bank or steal a bit of tech instead of blowing up cities.
So I’m the guy who originally tweeted that opinion and I get it But for me it feels as tho if these rogues were in Gotham they’d barely have 2 pages in Gotham if the worked individually, now whilst Batman does have mr freeze, what makes him interesting is his tragic backstory and motivations rather than his powers as before BTAS he wasn’t well known let alone well received, just look at firefly and how he’s a relative unknown and he has basically the same power set as heatwave Personally I like it when the rogues team up but that’s the only time I really find them interesting, something you can’t say about the sinister 6 for example
Hot take: a superhero mountrushmore is really reductive of the genre because it’s just too big for us to choose 4 and decide they are the most influential ones.
@@lexofpower2822 It took me like 50 minutes to get through an issue of Watchmen the first time I read it, meanwhile I can read about five issues of Invincible in like 30 minutes. Then again, roughly 6 pages of each Watchmen issue are actually just ‘real’ books, made longer by comic books having much larger dimensions than regular ones.
1:36 by this logic, like none of the superhero-villain rivalries “make sense thematically”. What does a killer clown have to do with a billionaire in a bat costume? What does a flying alien have to do with a bald billionaire? What does a big bald guy in a white suit have to do with a guy who dresses like the devil? if you look at any of these characters at the surface level, the rivalries don’t work thematically.
Seriousness vs fun or Justice vs anarchy for Batman vs Joker Silver spoon rich human vs farm boy alien for Lex vs Superman Morality vs corruption for Daredevil vs Fisk Like Troy said, just because Spider-man archnemesis isn't a visual counterpart, doesn't mean that they aren't rivals in their ideals
4:20 I like web shooters way more because he can ran out of web way more, when organic he runs out when he's depressed. It's not only a way to show Peter's smarts, but limit him. He needs to hide them to not reveal his identity, etc etc
I think it’s fantastic that Peter came up with a solid molecular substance that can compete with a winch cable. Instead of making a quick buck, he uses his invention to help people.
@@solivagen435 I like that you mention this as a positive because I've seen a lot of people bring that up as a flaw/plot hole like "Peter always complains about being poor but he could just sell his web formula." and it always bothers me because its such a surface level observation that misses the point of the character.
@@koifish835 also if realism is a concern lee and ditko do address it on a pretty early issue where he tries selling it when he needs money really badly but the scientists reject it after finding out the webs disappear after a short time 😭
Hot take: Parker Industries and WebWare (which I think is the basis for the web watches in Spider-Verse) are underrated concepts and had creative value in evolving Peter's character.
hot takes: the fortnite designs for most comic characters are their best. miles is a better spider-man by himself. long form comics with a single linear storyline are much better than multiple interpretations by different writers (think TWD vs. Spider-Man.) Superman is the greatest superhero of all time and there’s no argument against it.
I think a lot of people would agree with the long-form thing: just look at how beloved Invincible and USM are. The last sentence, no matter how much I also love Supes, is just arrogant for no reason. Of course there are legitimate arguments for Batman or Spider-Man or Daredevil or whoever being the best heroes of all time. That doesn’t mean Supes is bad.
The reason organic webshooters are a thing is cause without them he's.. not actually very spidery? He has super strength (any animal could work) He can climb walls (Gecko man) He can sense things (honestly more linked to flies than spiders) And then what? Biological webs makes him undeniably a spider but I also like mechanical ones
Yeah it's like you got bit by a radioactive bird but instead of getting the power of flight, you get just a peak not wings. Like It's weird, you got bit by a Spider, of all the abilities you gained, you didn't gain the one that Spider is famous for...
Christ alive ,the organic webshooters fans are so annoying . I was introduced to spider-man thanks to the same raimi movies , but I never developed an attachment to that adaption of spider-man and I didn't get bent out of shape when I found out that he can't actually make the webs in the original comics , in fact I saw the creative possibilities of mechanical web shooters and formulas .
Hot Take: Hal Jordan returning as Green Lantern ruined the idea of legacy given to the green lantern mythos by stripping out the importance of every lantern after him and turned an interesting book that could've said something interesting about fantastical policing into a space opera that's worse than other space operas we already have from DC RE: The New Gods. I'm adamant that ever since John's came onto GL, while the sales improved, it became so creative stagnant that the best GL stories since are either radically anti-space opera or boring rehashes with no inbetween.
Hot take: We need more Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz Green Lantern stories, either in comics or in the DCU. I'm not saying I'm a Hal Jordan hater, but there are definitely more interesting Green Lanterns who deserve more of the spotlight.
Hot take: I think it's time to prepare Damian to take Batman mantle. People don't like this idea because he is such a brat, but that's reason why he needs some serious character development. Overall comics need to take a risk more often like they did in 90-10s.
Here my Hot Take: comics aren't hard to get into because of the decades of continuous storytelling and lore but instead difficult to get into because of availability. If I wanted to read the first Wolverine, not only do I have to find a store where they're sold, but I have to find where they start. Like for example, I was curious who Hellverine was so i googled him. I got halfway through Wolverine goes to Hell before I found out, this isn't the Hellverine I was looking for. For some reason, they lable the possessed version of Logan from that comic as Hellverine as well as the Ghost Rider Wolverine combo. So I found where that story started which was Ghost Rider Wolverine:Weapons of Vengeance. The second part was halfway through the ongoing Ghost Rider series. The part after that was half way through the ongoing Wolverine series. The final part was Ghost Rider Wolverine:Weapons of Vengeance.... how is a casual fan supposed to get through that?
Part of the reason I love the first two issues so far of Absolute Batman is because they're satisfying reads ON THEIR OWN. I don't have to wait until the trades to finally enjoy the story because every single issue has satiated my hunger.
Hot Take 1: While I definitely can be bothered by bad writing, the "Well that happened"-/"They're right behind me, aren't they"-type things that everyone decries never bothered me. Hot take 2: While I have my issues with some stuff, (pay your VFX ppl better) I have enjoyed a majority of post-Endgame MCU. Seeing Kamala try to make her own Nick Fury moment with Kate Bishop seems like a no-brainer in hindsight, but that was such a fun scene.
Oh, I genuinely love the majority of the Post-Endgame stuff. Loki, WandaVision, Agatha All Along, No Way Home, Wakanda Forever, Guardians 3, She-Hulk, Hawkeye, Moon Knight, Shang-Chi, Deadpool & Wolverine, Ms. Marvel- SO many great movies and shows. Sure, it’s not been as consistent as the MCU used to be, but it’s honestly been quite good overall. Spending more time with these characters in shows is always going to be interesting.
i’ve been loving absolute so far, but my one minor gripe is superman’s “change” being that he came to earth grown up. i think it’s interesting, but that’s supergirls thing already, like we’ve seen it before
This video was a great change of pace. You should try more unscripted stuff like this every so often. Also, I couldn't agree more with that "Release by volume instead of monthly" take if I tried! That'd be GENIUS!!
Would love to see more laid back content like this. Don’t get me wrong I really enjoy the scripted videos, but this one felt like all the nerdy conversations I have with my friends
I made a tweet saying this but it didnt get any traction so im gonna comment it here. With the success of the new Ultimate Universe, it became clear to me that within the next decade, Marvel needs a "DC Rebirth" style reboot. The way Marvel categorizes their books and volumes is too complicated for the average reader, and it's difficult to get into books without needing to read the previous volumes. A simple reboot will give them opportunities to simplify their release patterns, consolidate most varying lines into one centralized story, and create a new jumping on point for readers that doesn't rely on previous stories as a crutch.
I don't even know if you can say this is a hot take because it's just my personal list, but Dick Grayson has always been my favourite comic character, so i got him, Bruce, Superman and Spiderman on my mount rushmore. I know that a lot of heroes are way more important than nightwing, but i love Dick.
4:15 just gonna recite a tweet I made a while back lol “Hear me out, what if he had organic webs but still made the webshooters to enhance their versatility, like make them in different forms, like a water hose with multiple settings”
@ meh, kinda but I still like it, allows for him to still have his intellect be shown while also giving him the one power he doesn’t but should have, I genuinely don’t get how he got every power of a spider minus the ability to make webs on his own
hot take: Batman is the least interesting part of reading Batman comics. I'm there for the ambience of Gotham, the rogues gallery, Commissioner Gordon, and the Bat-family more than Bruce Wayne.
The reason I prefer Doctor Octopus being Spider-Man's archenemy over Green Goblin (at least in the major continuities) is because Otto feels more thematically fitting as a nemesis (scientist with an eight-legged animal motif). Writers also just use him in more fun scenarios. Meanwhile, Norman just has... miserable to read stories sometimes. Like they just want to use him to chip away at whatever little dignity Spider-Man has. From banging Gwen to retroactively being behind the Clone Saga to burying Aunt May alive for months etc... I just can't deal with him. He has no redeeming qualities lmao.
For Green Goblin being an unfitting nemesis, I do disagree, but if you do want a more thematic opposite, just read comics where Venom is the villain! Obviously there’s the visual similarity, but also having a dark alter ego which consumes you. And for another shorter one, I like realistic Batman. I also like fantastical Batman. They can both exist, realistic Batman content doesn’t magically fill up some quota that means fantastical stuff won’t come out.
3:31 With this video and the last one, I LOVE the attention The Rogues are getting. They are so unbelievably underrated and I love them so much!!! Captain Cold/The Rogues are not only my favorite villain/villains in DC, but my favorite character/characters! They’re not really all that evil, or, at least, not maliciously evil, and they aren’t against being heroes if their city needs them. They’re just so awesome! Thank you, Troy for giving them the attention DC refuses to! ❤❤❤❤❤
Great game btw But, it’s not the speed simulator that was descrived in the flash video Og generations kinda has that speed feel, but unleashed really is the best speed wise game Asong as your okay with offbrand god of war kombat
9:56 I agree with this so much. I buy everything as physical TPBs because I don't like reading single issues and I don't like reading digital. But it makes me feel like I'm missing out on new stuff that I want to read like the new Ultimate books and the Absolute books.
Green Goblin not making sense for Spider-Man because Goblins and Spiders are unrelated is like saying Joker shouldn’t be the nemesis of Batman because clowns and bats are unrelated.
10:58 I feel this is one of the motives Rian North's F4 has been really my favorite book in the past couple of years. It really feels like a sci-fi series where (mostly) every issue (or at most 2-3 ) is a very good entry with a satisfying end. It helps that Ryan North really seems to know his shit when writing sci-fi, specially in the inicial idea of the adventure and often times the twist it has by the end. The relationships are also very well explored, and in interesting parings,for example: Reed has not had a solo adventure with Ben yet (which seems strang), but had with Alicia, and it has some of my favorite holesome moments, and also with Johnny, and it was very fun. Alicia and the kids have been very well written too, and given an spotlight I had never seen they have before, the kids even having issues where the main F4 is only bearly present and the focus really is the kids doing insane shit, all very fun. All this to say, every month the wait seems worth it because the story is always really good!
You put a bunch of “DC’s Spider-Man” characters on the screen and you leave out Firestorm? He was the first! Honestly, I do think Barry Allen was relatable but by the standard of the superhero scene he was debuting in. Compared to the alien, Amazon princess and millionaire who were the whole show when SA Barry first showed up, police scientist Barry Allen is more relatable. DC seems intent on trying to create the platonic ideal of the Flash, though. Whether it’s making Barry young and relatable or giving Wally Barry’s job and enemies (reminder: the Rogues were retired for a while). Oh, and I miss when comics were written like soap operas with A plots and B plots.
3:31 While I love a diverse gallery of villains, it has gotten harder and harder for me to stomach the idea of the Rogues and Grodd going up against Flash. Dude resets time like nothing, and it ain't even a power issue for him (Just a moral one). I feel like they need to balance things out between the two, maybe bring up some of the logical weaknesses for Flash (Not having super-senses or Spidey sense, for one). Also, Grodd's telepathy has been pretty underwhelming. I know physically he ain't on Flash's level, but his hyper-intelligent brain should be. Imagine Grodd's astral-self knocking Flash out of bullet time, sending him into Grodd's physical body for a beatdown. Have it be a battle of the mind as well as the body, with Flash needing to dodge Astral Grodd so he can get to Physical Grodd.
Hot take: Both are great, but I think comics handle their Cosmic side better than their City side. The scope of their spaces always made me want to explore the cosmic stories/characters more than the city ones.
I don’t really with the Jason one. Not only is he 12, so his viewpoint would be pretty limited and naive/simple, but I also don’t think him being from the streets just inherently makes him more interesting. Sure, there’s story potential there, but it’s not like Tim or Stephanie also weren’t front the middle class and could have similar stories playing off Bruce’s perspective of living in higher society. Let alone things like Damian or Dick who have imo more compelling/interesting material to work when bouncing off of Bruce’s personality and ideals
November 5st: they already had Christmas decorations, he always hated how quick they went from one thing to the next ignoring anything that came before like trash. Alas art imitates life. He opens his lab, a series of doors open, one passcode after the other each more ridiculous and specific then the last, ending with one final question what do you fear the most, there was only one answer, one thing stopping him from reaching his true potential, b a t. The final door opens showing a lab, at a glance it some would say it's completely normal but with a closer look, all around are canisters of gasses and bats in glass cages, decorations for the Christmas season but something is wrong. The decorations seem like they are leaking. He grabs his lab coat and also a gas mask, they're so dirty and worn that they've turned brown. But hes much too busy to get new ones. Walking to the end of the lab in a corner so darkly lit you would have to know it's there to find it, is a man tied to a stretcher, there a machine breathing something into him as the doctor takes out a orange syringe and injects him with it. He begins to shake violently as we go back to the desk and see a name plate that is cracking: Jonathan cranes. Fear of the bat. I thought that this would be a good Matt Reeves movie where it's Christmas and Jonathan cranes obsessed with over coming his fears wants to study the bat, I was thinking like the Batman 1 there would be like a secondary villain, either a clayface who is an actor that scarecrow kidnapped and accidentally turned into a monster with his experiments which could make him more sympathetic and potentially a part of the bat family, are a bane that is just a street level thug before being given an enhanced thumb of venom by Jonathan Crane. His ultimate plan I think would have him spreading gas through the copious amounts of decorations spread throughout Gotham. I want him to have more than just a few guests so I imagine him with a very large arsenal of gases and toxins one he might use on himself at the end to transform into something that looks like the Injustice 2 scarecrow.
Here’s a big one: I prefer the main roster of characters in the Young Justice show over the roster in Teen Titans. I just find them more entertaining and interesting (one has Wally West show up frequently, the other doesn’t, it’s simply science rockets). Honestly, I’d prefer they use that roster of characters and just call them ‘The Titans’ for any future film or show in Gunn’s DCEU, with the addition of Raven, Cyborg and Starfire.
@ Listen man…no answer I give will make anyone more or less upset with me. I don’t hate Garfield. I just don’t find him that interesting, entertaining or funny. He’s never grabbed my attention, even when played as a less comedic character like in YJ. The most I’ve connected with them is in the Titans finale, understanding to let go of things you can’t control, and in YJ Season 4 with the therapy scenes, admitting you need help.
another hot take: people think Hal Jordan (and Guy Gardner, too) is way stupider than he actually is. I would go so far as to say he’s actually pretty smart
I don't have a hot take. I like the justice league music tho 1:46 i think venom is his best cuz of every about him. His colors parallel spider-man perfectly same as his personality but goblin is still great. I disagree about scorpion being better. Sure hes also an arachnid but hes still basic.
Hot take - Wonder Woman should be the leader of the Justice League Superman and Batman shouldn’t be founding members, but rather solo heroes who join the league later
I’ve heard so many good things about it, but I’ve always wanted to read the IDW ones first due to how much praise they get. I think a reprint of the IDW Transformers comics would genuinely be one of the most hype comic re-releases in recent history.
@lordly123 true, although from personal experience I would recommend you to maybe read a bit of More than meets the eye before going in depth, since that's the gold standard of that universe, but it is in the third act of the universe. Also be warry because there are 2 idw universes, the original and the 2019 reboot
I hate organic webshooters. I feel like mechanical, in addition to showcasing Peter’s intelligence and allowing story tension and different web types, makes more sense than him being able to shoot different web shapes out of his wrist. It also gives Peter more agency in becoming SPIDER-Man. Yes, he got bitten by a spider, but he could've easily been Fly Man. He chose to complete the spider-theming by making web shooters.
Hot take: Jason Aaron is an Okay writer. He’s very Hit or Miss for me personally. I love his Thor, Doctor Strange and even Punisher; but I hate his Hulk, Avengers, and did not Care X-men Schism. Even in the runs I like of his, they either usually drag storylines or I’m not always a fan of his funny dialogue. That’s just me though.
A take: the perfect mix between organic and mechanical webbing is,spidey can produce webs organically,however,he cant aim them well or fire at will(consistently) without the web shooters.
I enjoyed hearing your takes. Leads to discovering new titles or new ways of framing stories you've already read. I think more vids like this sprinkled in with your current videos would be a great move
9:56 yes I agree with this one I’m very interested in reading this new power rangers prime universe they got going on but like nothing really happened in it so far the first issue especially when they gave the red samurai ranger a cool new outfit and she immediately lost her morpher and gave her no fight scene
Heavy agree about the format of storytelling in single issues. I don't want comics to have a weekly manga style given how much that takes out of artists, but waiting a whole month for an issue with little impact in that moment is very frustrating.
The reviewers I watch said it was okay but also slightly better than Joker one for being less derivative and more interesting... not that that was on purpose lol
About the organic webshooters, they're definitely a simplified version of the mechanical ones and I feel like because of that, they aren't able to have as much variety. Hard to imagine impact webbing coming out of organic webshooters, or those electrically-insulated webs he uses against Electro sometimes. Although I will say that they still should be able to run out, because Venom's do... or did. I can't remember the last time a writer used that aspect of the symbiote. Anyway, since they're organic, they should be made from the user's own mass and run out or make them tired from overuse. I liked when Pete used that to beat Venom in his first appearance.
I love that 2024 is the year both Marvel and DC took some of their most iconic characters and gave them a fresh new spin that stays true to the past but embraces a new light. Spider-Man and Batman in the Ultimate and Absolute books still feel like the classic characters but are also so fresh and different. This Spider-Man’s origin is based around choice and dissatisfaction in life and he gets bitten as an adult who had the responsibility but not the power. Batman isn’t born in crime ally but instead grew up in it. Living with his mother after his father got killed on a school trip to the zoo (a trip that was earned by Bruce). This Batman is still a badass, has a no kill rule and fights for justice but here is friends with his rouges, has connections with the city, is working class. It’s brilliant honestly
This was an interesting watch. Liked seeing your side of these takes. Also would love hearing more comic recommendations from you, since to me getting into comics is kind of a pain. Your green arrow ones were a great read.
As for the monthly comic format- okay, but have you considered reading North's Fantastic Four? It's probably one of the best modern day comics where almost every issue is a one-and-done, or a two-parter at best. It's truly fantastic, in every sense of the word.
Hot Take: They should bring back Gwen Stacy from the dead, Red Hood & Winter Soldier style. Like if we are going to drop the maintaining pretense of forward momentum in Spider-man, then I think we should at least be allowed to give Gwen her due and let her have her revenge on the narrative. She never got to find out Peter was Spider-man or resolution on believing Spider-man killed her father. She had more of a temper than Marvel wants you to know. Let Gwen Stacy be an anti-hero/villain.
13:14 they have! But Dick haven't spend that much time with him cuz he was busy with the titans and wasn't on good terms with Bruce at the time and he only worked with them very few times, that's why he felt guilty when Jason died and was like "I should've been there" and stuff
I love this format and hope you do more of them if you enjoy it ! I still love all your scripted stuff as well but I'd be happy seeing these in rotation between bigger vid ideas you have, I really like hearing your opinions and the back and forth with viewers
Just finished Batman Beyond with an adult brain. As I was watching it I just kept thinking "Terry is literally what Jason should have been/can be." 6:06
Hot Take, and I'm in the Minority on this one: I prefer Jason Todd as a Villain when he comes back to life, it positions him as a bastardized version of Gotham's Vengeance. He does not hate Bruce but he sure as Hell ain't find of him either.
This is fun and i cant wait for part 2 Hot take: Its okay if a character who doesnt talk too much in their origin media (Sonic, Mario and Samus from video games for Ex.) To have a bit more dialogue when put in a new medium that allows that, like comics and movies. Seriously these guys are not allowed to talk without causing an uproar. Mostly Sonic.
For me Barry Allen's Flash is my favourite superhero which mainly comes from when I got into comics with the New 52 just over a decade ago, but I can't deny Wally has had some far better material to work with especially comparing their beginnings in comics. To me Barry works really well when they emphasise the elements unique to his character like his CSI background and scientific abilities and problem solving which was a big feature of his early comics. Plus I really like how despite his origin being pretty dark with the death of his mother and him dedicating so much of his life to proving his father's innocence, he himself doesn't give into that darkness in the way someone like Batman does despite that event lingering so heavily on him, and he's also not countering it with quips or jokes every second like some think he does. Like you said his personality should be almost a baseline classic superhero personality just with those extra touches; he can be empathetic or quippy when it's needed, but overall he should feel like a kind character who's very much become comfortable in his role as a superhero if that makes any sense, he knows what's expected of him and he lives up to it. I think with Wally also existing I think the ideal dynamic, or rather what I'd like to see is for Barry to not be a dead mentor that Wally is trying to live up to since I feel that trope is a bit tired, so I prefer when they utilise the legacy element of the Flash. I'd love a status quo where Wally has the Flash mantle and is off in his own city whilst Barry exists as a means to give the world a more lived-in feel. He's had his time as a founding JL member but now he's a little bit older, he's married Iris and now is a dad to twin speedsters and has decided to become a part-time superhero who Wally can look to for advice when he needs it, he's maybe even got a far more casual relationship with some of his villains like the rogues, but Barry himself will every now and then be pulled into or willingly help out or wind up in adventures of his own.
I loved this! I hope we get more videos like this one in the future cause it was super fun to watch :) My comic hot take: Despite Spider-Man being my favorite fictional character ever, Invincible has the best super-hero comic book storyline of all time.
Hot take: The Arrow tv show was bad.... Ok it was a good show but the character of Oliver Queen/Green Arrow felt nothing like Green Arrow. This is said alot that he acts more like Batman but I think he acts more like Red Hood in the way he treats and deals with criminals and how he eventually becomes less lethal. The only reason the show actually is like Batman, Is because CW wasn't allowed to use Batman so they made Green Arrow into a Batman (because they were allowed to use green arrow). And I guess this is a double hot take here but I think the Arrow tv show would've worked even better had they decided to use the funny, charismatic, charming Oliver Queen from the comics. And when people look at Green Arrow now they just think of the tv show and think of him as a Batman clone while Green Arrow is an actually interesting character and a funny one aswell. And I need to see a good, accurate Green Arrow in James Gunn's DCU.
I love the concept of the Absolute and Ultimate concepts, and I wish we had more twists on established heroes. Before this Ultimate, and when Marvel was having some sort of identity crisis, I thought of a universe that was more of the classical heroes like Steve Cap, Peter Spidey, Thor and so on, and another with the more new and legacy heroes like Miles Spidey, Sam Cap, Carol Captain Marvel and Kamala Ms Marvel
*Hot Take*- Trinity is a legitimately great new character- especially for young girls. Having a “young Wonder Woman” for modern girls to grow up with is such a perfect idea (like they do with Jon and Damian). While I love Donna, Cassie, and Yara, they all lean more adult. Donna is definitely for the adult crowd in her themes; Yara curses and is violent; Cassie would be the best choice but is practically never used today (and hasn’t had a prominent role since the 2000s). My little sister absolutely adores Lizzie Prince, and it’s because it’s written for a girl her age with a character that is just as old as she is. Amazing how that works.😂
This was an epic video!! I really love this more laidback style of video, but i'm still amazed by the clean and succinct editing! Keep up the great work :))
I kinda didn't like Absolute Wonder Woman all that much; I know it was the first issue, but Absolute Superman and Batman's first issues were great and are continuing to break records. So far in my local shop Absolute Wonder Woman is sitting on shelves while the other two have sold out already; It bums me out because she has the best design of the three. Lets hope Issue 2 can capture some of the magic Superman and Batman have.
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Hot Take: Green Arrow is a better character when he is dark and has to fight Batman villains
You should do a part 2 to this
November 5st: they already had Christmas decorations, he always hated how quick they went from one thing to the next ignoring anything that came before like trash. Alas art imitates life. He opens his lab, a series of doors open, one passcode after the other each more ridiculous and specific then the last, ending with one final question what do you fear the most, there was only one answer, one thing stopping him from reaching his true potential, b a t. The final door opens showing a lab, at a glance it some would say it's completely normal but with a closer look, all around are canisters of gasses and bats in glass cages, decorations for the Christmas season but something is wrong. The decorations seem like they are leaking. He grabs his lab coat and also a gas mask, they're so dirty and worn that they've turned brown. But hes much too busy to get new ones. Walking to the end of the lab in a corner so darkly lit you would have to know it's there to find it, is a man tied to a stretcher, there a machine breathing something into him as the doctor takes out a orange syringe and injects him with it. He begins to shake violently as we go back to the desk and see a name plate that is cracking: Jonathan cranes. Fear of the bat.
I thought that this would be a good Matt Reeves movie where it's Christmas and Jonathan cranes obsessed with over coming his fears wants to study the bat, I was thinking like the Batman 1 there would be like a secondary villain, either a clayface who is an actor that scarecrow kidnapped and accidentally turned into a monster with his experiments which could make him more sympathetic and potentially a part of the bat family, are a bane that is just a street level thug before being given an enhanced thumb of venom by Jonathan Crane. His ultimate plan I think would have him spreading gas through the copious amounts of decorations spread throughout Gotham. I want him to have more than just a few guests so I imagine him with a very large arsenal of gases and toxins one he might use on himself at the end to transform into something that looks like the Injustice 2 scarecrow.
I got a hot take, Ironheart can work, get good writers and let them cook.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
hot take - Comics should be sold in grocery stores again! The lack of convenient access is basically the only reason why I struggled to start getting into comics!
I agree!!!
I remember in the early 2000s, when my dad would pick up an issue of Lee/Ditko Spider-Man along with the newspaper whenever he went out. it was something to always look forward to.
God that takes me back.
They should also be cheaper, in my country they're like 50 bucks each, that forces me to pirate them because there's no way i'm paying that much for something i can read in less than half an hour
They really should, I had the same struggle
The 4 main barriers to getting a newcomer into comics:
1) Easy Access to buy like in grocery stores, bookstores, etc
2) Price: $4.99 for 1 issue? $5.99? What kid is going to afford that?
3) Where to start: Most people aren't going to start with Action Comics #1. There needs to be a how-to guide that serves as a good jumping on point for new people (and no, rebooting a franchise is not always a good idea)
4) Quality: are the comics consistently good with a consistent creative team?
I can't wait for Robert Downey Jr's Doctor Doom to be renamed 'Vic Domm' to be more realistic
Literally Victor Domashev in Fant4stic, that had a gamer tag called "DrDoom" or some shit like that
Probably Victor Van Damme like the terrible ultimate universe.
It’s already happening, I heard they thought Benjamin Tennyson was too unrealistic and renamed the character Ben Ten
Wait…
What?
@@umapessoa240😂
1:33 By this person’s logic, I guess Joker being Batman’s arch nemesis doesn’t make sense either. What does a clown have to do with a bat?
I mean honestly Scarecrow should be the nemesis for Batman. Joker is the most popular villain Batman has but Scarecrow is so not only a way better mirror but also just fits thematically way more.
@@kendi5391 wrong, scarebat should be the nemesis for batman
no but seriously youre right they both use fear as a weapon which is much more interesting than "this guy laughs a lot and this guy never does", like its kinda crazy (or i guess scary) how little effort it would take to turn scarecrow into batmans arch nemesis.
you give scarecrow a traumatic past that resembles/contrasts bruces origin story, you give him an intelligent master plan to inflict that traumatic origin onto all of gotham (to mirror batmans vow to insure the opposite) and you make their final confrontation show bruce the error of his fear mongering ways and make him change to be a beacon of hope (i kinda plagiarized "the batman" at the end there but its not my fault that movie is perfect)
It took me a long time to realize but the contrast wasn't their image but rather the fact that one is a dark, serious character, a creature of the night that fights for good, while the other one is a clown, a happy, cheerful, colorful character that kills with a smile.
Of course in 80 years, clowns became like a trope of evil
@@yalieyal4362 Well Scarecrow does have two backstories, one where he is bullied in school, later in his psycholist days, called a Scarecrow for being skinny and in the first appearance he was poor.
In New 52 his father was a Scarecrow then he became The Scarecrow.
I think first one works good enough in my opinion. One of the things I like about Injustice 2 Scarecrow is his dialogue, taunting everyone and their trauma, I'd love to see adapted, really knowing everyone's buttons.
I'd love to see Scarecrow as Batman's nemesis in DCU, Long Halloween movie/Arhkam Asylum video game like fear toxin scenes, go all out with horror. Also poor aspect and hatred of rich would be fun, have him fight Court of Owls or something.
@@JustKrin I mean being colorful, cheerful can be atributed to other villains but happy's bit of a stretch. Like is he really?
One of the best thing about the Rogues is that they are relatively "Low Priority". It's so refreshing to have villains who just want to rob a bank or steal a bit of tech instead of blowing up cities.
So I’m the guy who originally tweeted that opinion and I get it
But for me it feels as tho if these rogues were in Gotham they’d barely have 2 pages in Gotham if the worked individually, now whilst Batman does have mr freeze, what makes him interesting is his tragic backstory and motivations rather than his powers as before BTAS he wasn’t well known let alone well received, just look at firefly and how he’s a relative unknown and he has basically the same power set as heatwave
Personally I like it when the rogues team up but that’s the only time I really find them interesting, something you can’t say about the sinister 6 for example
@Abdullah_Hugbani bro has not read geoff johns flash 💀
Hot take: a superhero mountrushmore is really reductive of the genre because it’s just too big for us to choose 4 and decide they are the most influential ones.
I would disagree because it’s so incredibly easy to choose 3 that just one more really isn’t that big of a stretch.
I can’t agree more with #9. I am a fast reader and it is so frustrating finishing a book in 5 minutes, especially for slow paced books
I can finish a standard comic in 10 minutes. Sometimes with older and more “wordy” comic it takes me 20 or 25 minutes lol
@@lexofpower2822 It took me like 50 minutes to get through an issue of Watchmen the first time I read it, meanwhile I can read about five issues of Invincible in like 30 minutes. Then again, roughly 6 pages of each Watchmen issue are actually just ‘real’ books, made longer by comic books having much larger dimensions than regular ones.
Joker has no reason to still be thrown into Arkham Asylum when it's obvious he should be put into a maximum security prison
1:36 by this logic, like none of the superhero-villain rivalries “make sense thematically”. What does a killer clown have to do with a billionaire in a bat costume? What does a flying alien have to do with a bald billionaire? What does a big bald guy in a white suit have to do with a guy who dresses like the devil?
if you look at any of these characters at the surface level, the rivalries don’t work thematically.
Seriousness vs fun or Justice vs anarchy for Batman vs Joker
Silver spoon rich human vs farm boy alien for Lex vs Superman
Morality vs corruption for Daredevil vs Fisk
Like Troy said, just because Spider-man archnemesis isn't a visual counterpart, doesn't mean that they aren't rivals in their ideals
I think it would be more silly if they did, like the villain and hero happen to have related identites.
Ok
@@outstandingdogmarron2567what?
@@JustKrinwhat?
hot take: miles morales is a fucking AWESOME spiderman.
That’s just a fact
I like Miles, he is like way more kitted out than Peter, but I like Miles a ton, just stop giving him more powers
My VERY hot take: Spiderman is an overrated superhero and Miles is significantly better than Peter
Not a hot take at all
@@Michael-q7g8jdefinitely don’t agree with this
hot take: the ideal justice leauge line up is
kite man, kite man, kite man, kite man,
Hell yeah
You forgot Kite man
@@toxicq5330what about Man-Kite? 😀
@@HermosaFeCatolica if it’s a multiverse story then absolutely
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Superman is a lady’s man.
Batman is a ladies’ man.
Wonder Woman is a lady, man 😀
4:20 I like web shooters way more because he can ran out of web way more, when organic he runs out when he's depressed. It's not only a way to show Peter's smarts, but limit him. He needs to hide them to not reveal his identity, etc etc
I think it’s fantastic that Peter came up with a solid molecular substance that can compete with a winch cable. Instead of making a quick buck, he uses his invention to help people.
@@solivagen435 I like that you mention this as a positive because I've seen a lot of people bring that up as a flaw/plot hole like "Peter always complains about being poor but he could just sell his web formula." and it always bothers me because its such a surface level observation that misses the point of the character.
@@koifish835 also if realism is a concern lee and ditko do address it on a pretty early issue where he tries selling it when he needs money really badly but the scientists reject it after finding out the webs disappear after a short time 😭
@@koifish835 I think in some versions Peter does try to sell them, but he could never find a buyer
9:47 found bruce timms alt
We didn't see the name, maybe it was just his main
@@namesarefortheweak you never know
Hot take: Parker Industries and WebWare (which I think is the basis for the web watches in Spider-Verse) are underrated concepts and had creative value in evolving Peter's character.
The reason why new villains don't compare to the old ones is because They haven't been Pushed into the best version of what they could be for a story
3:01 jumpscare
hot takes: the fortnite designs for most comic characters are their best. miles is a better spider-man by himself. long form comics with a single linear storyline are much better than multiple interpretations by different writers (think TWD vs. Spider-Man.) Superman is the greatest superhero of all time and there’s no argument against it.
I think a lot of people would agree with the long-form thing: just look at how beloved Invincible and USM are.
The last sentence, no matter how much I also love Supes, is just arrogant for no reason. Of course there are legitimate arguments for Batman or Spider-Man or Daredevil or whoever being the best heroes of all time. That doesn’t mean Supes is bad.
The reason organic webshooters are a thing is cause without them he's.. not actually very spidery?
He has super strength (any animal could work)
He can climb walls (Gecko man)
He can sense things (honestly more linked to flies than spiders)
And then what?
Biological webs makes him undeniably a spider but I also like mechanical ones
It's because he got bit by a spider. That's why he's Spider-Man
Yeah it's like you got bit by a radioactive bird but instead of getting the power of flight, you get just a peak not wings. Like It's weird, you got bit by a Spider, of all the abilities you gained, you didn't gain the one that Spider is famous for...
Christ alive ,the organic webshooters fans are so annoying . I was introduced to spider-man thanks to the same raimi movies , but I never developed an attachment to that adaption of spider-man and I didn't get bent out of shape when I found out that he can't actually make the webs in the original comics , in fact I saw the creative possibilities of mechanical web shooters and formulas .
Hot Take: Hal Jordan returning as Green Lantern ruined the idea of legacy given to the green lantern mythos by stripping out the importance of every lantern after him and turned an interesting book that could've said something interesting about fantastical policing into a space opera that's worse than other space operas we already have from DC RE: The New Gods.
I'm adamant that ever since John's came onto GL, while the sales improved, it became so creative stagnant that the best GL stories since are either radically anti-space opera or boring rehashes with no inbetween.
Hot take: We need more Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz Green Lantern stories, either in comics or in the DCU. I'm not saying I'm a Hal Jordan hater, but there are definitely more interesting Green Lanterns who deserve more of the spotlight.
Oh 100% especially Simon. He’s been basically forgotten by DC lately. Excited to see him in that GL Corps book that they just announced
@@troyoboyo17see if
Hot take: I think it's time to prepare Damian to take Batman mantle. People don't like this idea because he is such a brat, but that's reason why he needs some serious character development. Overall comics need to take a risk more often like they did in 90-10s.
I like bratty Damian
Here my Hot Take: comics aren't hard to get into because of the decades of continuous storytelling and lore but instead difficult to get into because of availability. If I wanted to read the first Wolverine, not only do I have to find a store where they're sold, but I have to find where they start. Like for example, I was curious who Hellverine was so i googled him. I got halfway through Wolverine goes to Hell before I found out, this isn't the Hellverine I was looking for. For some reason, they lable the possessed version of Logan from that comic as Hellverine as well as the Ghost Rider Wolverine combo. So I found where that story started which was Ghost Rider Wolverine:Weapons of Vengeance. The second part was halfway through the ongoing Ghost Rider series. The part after that was half way through the ongoing Wolverine series. The final part was Ghost Rider Wolverine:Weapons of Vengeance.... how is a casual fan supposed to get through that?
You can read it online
@Hellbat69 hey boss, I kind of explained how it's not that simple. Thanks anyways
Part of the reason I love the first two issues so far of Absolute Batman is because they're satisfying reads ON THEIR OWN. I don't have to wait until the trades to finally enjoy the story because every single issue has satiated my hunger.
I can't Believe you'd agree/disagree with that Take!™ I am so Heated/happy. (just covering all my bases lol)
How did you comment 6h ago?!
How did u comment 6 hours ago
*Why* did you comment 6 hours ago?
*When* did you comment 6 hours ago?.... (wait what)
Member?
The Goblin is a dark mirror of the MAN in Spider-Man. I had the same thought process till someone on reddit pointed it out
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Hot Take 1: While I definitely can be bothered by bad writing, the "Well that happened"-/"They're right behind me, aren't they"-type things that everyone decries never bothered me.
Hot take 2: While I have my issues with some stuff, (pay your VFX ppl better) I have enjoyed a majority of post-Endgame MCU. Seeing Kamala try to make her own Nick Fury moment with Kate Bishop seems like a no-brainer in hindsight, but that was such a fun scene.
Oh, I genuinely love the majority of the Post-Endgame stuff. Loki, WandaVision, Agatha All Along, No Way Home, Wakanda Forever, Guardians 3, She-Hulk, Hawkeye, Moon Knight, Shang-Chi, Deadpool & Wolverine, Ms. Marvel- SO many great movies and shows. Sure, it’s not been as consistent as the MCU used to be, but it’s honestly been quite good overall. Spending more time with these characters in shows is always going to be interesting.
i’ve been loving absolute so far, but my one minor gripe is superman’s “change” being that he came to earth grown up. i think it’s interesting, but that’s supergirls thing already, like we’ve seen it before
This video was a great change of pace. You should try more unscripted stuff like this every so often. Also, I couldn't agree more with that "Release by volume instead of monthly" take if I tried! That'd be GENIUS!!
My hot take is that I’m awesome.
No lies detected 👈😎👈
Not a hot take.
Would love to see more laid back content like this. Don’t get me wrong I really enjoy the scripted videos, but this one felt like all the nerdy conversations I have with my friends
Hear me out. Do more videos like this... You could be the comic book Fantano, and I kind of love this.
I made a tweet saying this but it didnt get any traction so im gonna comment it here.
With the success of the new Ultimate Universe, it became clear to me that within the next decade, Marvel needs a "DC Rebirth" style reboot.
The way Marvel categorizes their books and volumes is too complicated for the average reader, and it's difficult to get into books without needing to read the previous volumes.
A simple reboot will give them opportunities to simplify their release patterns, consolidate most varying lines into one centralized story, and create a new jumping on point for readers that doesn't rely on previous stories as a crutch.
My hot take is that Frank Miller's daredevil run is the best thing he's ever written.
Hot Take: Batman's Arch nemesis Shouldn't Be Joker But Condiment King And Kite Man
Batman arch nemesis should be Scarecrow
I don't even know if you can say this is a hot take because it's just my personal list, but Dick Grayson has always been my favourite comic character, so i got him, Bruce, Superman and Spiderman on my mount rushmore. I know that a lot of heroes are way more important than nightwing, but i love Dick.
4:15 just gonna recite a tweet I made a while back lol “Hear me out, what if he had organic webs but still made the webshooters to enhance their versatility, like make them in different forms, like a water hose with multiple settings”
That's just convoluted
@ meh, kinda but I still like it, allows for him to still have his intellect be shown while also giving him the one power he doesn’t but should have, I genuinely don’t get how he got every power of a spider minus the ability to make webs on his own
hot take: Batman is the least interesting part of reading Batman comics. I'm there for the ambience of Gotham, the rogues gallery, Commissioner Gordon, and the Bat-family more than Bruce Wayne.
The reason I prefer Doctor Octopus being Spider-Man's archenemy over Green Goblin (at least in the major continuities) is because Otto feels more thematically fitting as a nemesis (scientist with an eight-legged animal motif). Writers also just use him in more fun scenarios. Meanwhile, Norman just has... miserable to read stories sometimes. Like they just want to use him to chip away at whatever little dignity Spider-Man has. From banging Gwen to retroactively being behind the Clone Saga to burying Aunt May alive for months etc... I just can't deal with him. He has no redeeming qualities lmao.
For Green Goblin being an unfitting nemesis, I do disagree, but if you do want a more thematic opposite, just read comics where Venom is the villain! Obviously there’s the visual similarity, but also having a dark alter ego which consumes you.
And for another shorter one, I like realistic Batman. I also like fantastical Batman. They can both exist, realistic Batman content doesn’t magically fill up some quota that means fantastical stuff won’t come out.
3:31 With this video and the last one, I LOVE the attention The Rogues are getting. They are so unbelievably underrated and I love them so much!!! Captain Cold/The Rogues are not only my favorite villain/villains in DC, but my favorite character/characters! They’re not really all that evil, or, at least, not maliciously evil, and they aren’t against being heroes if their city needs them. They’re just so awesome! Thank you, Troy for giving them the attention DC refuses to! ❤❤❤❤❤
1:00 JOKES ON YOU TROY
I’m PLAYING SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS
Great game btw
But, it’s not the speed simulator that was descrived in the flash video
Og generations kinda has that speed feel, but unleashed really is the best speed wise game
Asong as your okay with offbrand god of war kombat
9:56 I agree with this so much. I buy everything as physical TPBs because I don't like reading single issues and I don't like reading digital. But it makes me feel like I'm missing out on new stuff that I want to read like the new Ultimate books and the Absolute books.
Hot take: Arrowverse is mid at best. I share the beef of having it fuck with the public perception of your favorite comic character.
It’s been so long since I’ve seen you talk about Spider-Man it’s honestly refreshing
Green Goblin not making sense for Spider-Man because Goblins and Spiders are unrelated is like saying Joker shouldn’t be the nemesis of Batman because clowns and bats are unrelated.
no no, you have a point here
10:58 I feel this is one of the motives Rian North's F4 has been really my favorite book in the past couple of years. It really feels like a sci-fi series where (mostly) every issue (or at most 2-3 ) is a very good entry with a satisfying end. It helps that Ryan North really seems to know his shit when writing sci-fi, specially in the inicial idea of the adventure and often times the twist it has by the end. The relationships are also very well explored, and in interesting parings,for example: Reed has not had a solo adventure with Ben yet (which seems strang), but had with Alicia, and it has some of my favorite holesome moments, and also with Johnny, and it was very fun. Alicia and the kids have been very well written too, and given an spotlight I had never seen they have before, the kids even having issues where the main F4 is only bearly present and the focus really is the kids doing insane shit, all very fun. All this to say, every month the wait seems worth it because the story is always really good!
You put a bunch of “DC’s Spider-Man” characters on the screen and you leave out Firestorm? He was the first! Honestly, I do think Barry Allen was relatable but by the standard of the superhero scene he was debuting in. Compared to the alien, Amazon princess and millionaire who were the whole show when SA Barry first showed up, police scientist Barry Allen is more relatable. DC seems intent on trying to create the platonic ideal of the Flash, though. Whether it’s making Barry young and relatable or giving Wally Barry’s job and enemies (reminder: the Rogues were retired for a while).
Oh, and I miss when comics were written like soap operas with A plots and B plots.
I love that concept ! Nice treat between more structured videos 10/10
3:31 While I love a diverse gallery of villains, it has gotten harder and harder for me to stomach the idea of the Rogues and Grodd going up against Flash. Dude resets time like nothing, and it ain't even a power issue for him (Just a moral one). I feel like they need to balance things out between the two, maybe bring up some of the logical weaknesses for Flash (Not having super-senses or Spidey sense, for one).
Also, Grodd's telepathy has been pretty underwhelming. I know physically he ain't on Flash's level, but his hyper-intelligent brain should be. Imagine Grodd's astral-self knocking Flash out of bullet time, sending him into Grodd's physical body for a beatdown. Have it be a battle of the mind as well as the body, with Flash needing to dodge Astral Grodd so he can get to Physical Grodd.
Hot take: Both are great, but I think comics handle their Cosmic side better than their City side. The scope of their spaces always made me want to explore the cosmic stories/characters more than the city ones.
Really liked the format, would love to see more!
Hot take: Mary jane is peter parker's best love interest
We're in doomed timeline if this is considered a hot take.
I hate that this is a hot take nowadays
@@kendi5391 Sadly.
@@Comicbroe405 Yeah
That's a hot take? Bc that's just facts
I don’t really with the Jason one. Not only is he 12, so his viewpoint would be pretty limited and naive/simple, but I also don’t think him being from the streets just inherently makes him more interesting. Sure, there’s story potential there, but it’s not like Tim or Stephanie also weren’t front the middle class and could have similar stories playing off Bruce’s perspective of living in higher society. Let alone things like Damian or Dick who have imo more compelling/interesting material to work when bouncing off of Bruce’s personality and ideals
November 5st: they already had Christmas decorations, he always hated how quick they went from one thing to the next ignoring anything that came before like trash. Alas art imitates life. He opens his lab, a series of doors open, one passcode after the other each more ridiculous and specific then the last, ending with one final question what do you fear the most, there was only one answer, one thing stopping him from reaching his true potential, b a t. The final door opens showing a lab, at a glance it some would say it's completely normal but with a closer look, all around are canisters of gasses and bats in glass cages, decorations for the Christmas season but something is wrong. The decorations seem like they are leaking. He grabs his lab coat and also a gas mask, they're so dirty and worn that they've turned brown. But hes much too busy to get new ones. Walking to the end of the lab in a corner so darkly lit you would have to know it's there to find it, is a man tied to a stretcher, there a machine breathing something into him as the doctor takes out a orange syringe and injects him with it. He begins to shake violently as we go back to the desk and see a name plate that is cracking: Jonathan cranes. Fear of the bat.
I thought that this would be a good Matt Reeves movie where it's Christmas and Jonathan cranes obsessed with over coming his fears wants to study the bat, I was thinking like the Batman 1 there would be like a secondary villain, either a clayface who is an actor that scarecrow kidnapped and accidentally turned into a monster with his experiments which could make him more sympathetic and potentially a part of the bat family, are a bane that is just a street level thug before being given an enhanced thumb of venom by Jonathan Crane. His ultimate plan I think would have him spreading gas through the copious amounts of decorations spread throughout Gotham. I want him to have more than just a few guests so I imagine him with a very large arsenal of gases and toxins one he might use on himself at the end to transform into something that looks like the Injustice 2 scarecrow.
Here’s a big one: I prefer the main roster of characters in the Young Justice show over the roster in Teen Titans. I just find them more entertaining and interesting (one has Wally West show up frequently, the other doesn’t, it’s simply science rockets).
Honestly, I’d prefer they use that roster of characters and just call them ‘The Titans’ for any future film or show in Gunn’s DCEU, with the addition of Raven, Cyborg and Starfire.
@@StevenJG damn what's bros beef with beast boy
@ Listen man…no answer I give will make anyone more or less upset with me. I don’t hate Garfield. I just don’t find him that interesting, entertaining or funny. He’s never grabbed my attention, even when played as a less comedic character like in YJ. The most I’ve connected with them is in the Titans finale, understanding to let go of things you can’t control, and in YJ Season 4 with the therapy scenes, admitting you need help.
@@StevenJG no hate I act hate beast boy too lol
I think themed episodes would be cool, like “Spider-Man Hot Takes”, “Batman Hot Takes”, “X-Men Hot Takes”
another hot take: people think Hal Jordan (and Guy Gardner, too) is way stupider than he actually is. I would go so far as to say he’s actually pretty smart
I don't have a hot take. I like the justice league music tho 1:46 i think venom is his best cuz of every about him. His colors parallel spider-man perfectly same as his personality but goblin is still great. I disagree about scorpion being better. Sure hes also an arachnid but hes still basic.
hot take: x23 is better than wolveriene.
wait
isn't that just like wolveriene is better then wolverienes dad?
Is it because she’s hot 😂
Hot take - Wonder Woman should be the leader of the Justice League
Superman and Batman shouldn’t be founding members, but rather solo heroes who join the league later
my hot take is that: as of right now, the skybound transformers run is the most enjoyable comic out
I’ve heard so many good things about it, but I’ve always wanted to read the IDW ones first due to how much praise they get. I think a reprint of the IDW Transformers comics would genuinely be one of the most hype comic re-releases in recent history.
@lordly123 true, although from personal experience I would recommend you to maybe read a bit of More than meets the eye before going in depth, since that's the gold standard of that universe, but it is in the third act of the universe. Also be warry because there are 2 idw universes, the original and the 2019 reboot
I hate organic webshooters. I feel like mechanical, in addition to showcasing Peter’s intelligence and allowing story tension and different web types, makes more sense than him being able to shoot different web shapes out of his wrist. It also gives Peter more agency in becoming SPIDER-Man. Yes, he got bitten by a spider, but he could've easily been Fly Man. He chose to complete the spider-theming by making web shooters.
Hot take: Jason Aaron is an Okay writer. He’s very Hit or Miss for me personally. I love his Thor, Doctor Strange and even Punisher; but I hate his Hulk, Avengers, and did not Care X-men Schism. Even in the runs I like of his, they either usually drag storylines or I’m not always a fan of his funny dialogue. That’s just me though.
A take: the perfect mix between organic and mechanical webbing is,spidey can produce webs organically,however,he cant aim them well or fire at will(consistently) without the web shooters.
How would he produce webs?
I really enjoyed this video format! You should do it again.
Not sure if this is a hot take, but more of an uncommon take. The Walking Dead is my favorite comic series
We need an hour long version of this in podcast form. This was awesome (and my fortnite session turned out great too, thanks)
I enjoyed hearing your takes. Leads to discovering new titles or new ways of framing stories you've already read. I think more vids like this sprinkled in with your current videos would be a great move
9:56 yes I agree with this one I’m very interested in reading this new power rangers prime universe they got going on but like nothing really happened in it so far the first issue especially when they gave the red samurai ranger a cool new outfit and she immediately lost her morpher and gave her no fight scene
Heavy agree about the format of storytelling in single issues. I don't want comics to have a weekly manga style given how much that takes out of artists, but waiting a whole month for an issue with little impact in that moment is very frustrating.
I love this style of video! please do more of these - it feels like having a fun quick debate about comics with a friend on a lunch break
Hot take: Joker 2 isn’t that bad
But it could be better
Watch transformers ONE
LOVE Joker 2 because it HATES Joker 1 and its fans that learned all the wrong lessons, and so do I.
The reviewers I watch said it was okay but also slightly better than Joker one for being less derivative and more interesting... not that that was on purpose lol
About the organic webshooters, they're definitely a simplified version of the mechanical ones and I feel like because of that, they aren't able to have as much variety. Hard to imagine impact webbing coming out of organic webshooters, or those electrically-insulated webs he uses against Electro sometimes.
Although I will say that they still should be able to run out, because Venom's do... or did. I can't remember the last time a writer used that aspect of the symbiote. Anyway, since they're organic, they should be made from the user's own mass and run out or make them tired from overuse. I liked when Pete used that to beat Venom in his first appearance.
Hot Take: I want more Dark Gritty Edgelord Early 2000s Superhero movies
I love that 2024 is the year both Marvel and DC took some of their most iconic characters and gave them a fresh new spin that stays true to the past but embraces a new light. Spider-Man and Batman in the Ultimate and Absolute books still feel like the classic characters but are also so fresh and different. This Spider-Man’s origin is based around choice and dissatisfaction in life and he gets bitten as an adult who had the responsibility but not the power.
Batman isn’t born in crime ally but instead grew up in it. Living with his mother after his father got killed on a school trip to the zoo (a trip that was earned by Bruce). This Batman is still a badass, has a no kill rule and fights for justice but here is friends with his rouges, has connections with the city, is working class. It’s brilliant honestly
This was an interesting watch. Liked seeing your side of these takes. Also would love hearing more comic recommendations from you, since to me getting into comics is kind of a pain. Your green arrow ones were a great read.
As for the monthly comic format- okay, but have you considered reading North's Fantastic Four? It's probably one of the best modern day comics where almost every issue is a one-and-done, or a two-parter at best. It's truly fantastic, in every sense of the word.
Hot Take: They should bring back Gwen Stacy from the dead, Red Hood & Winter Soldier style.
Like if we are going to drop the maintaining pretense of forward momentum in Spider-man, then I think we should at least be allowed to give Gwen her due and let her have her revenge on the narrative.
She never got to find out Peter was Spider-man or resolution on believing Spider-man killed her father. She had more of a temper than Marvel wants you to know. Let Gwen Stacy be an anti-hero/villain.
13:14 they have! But Dick haven't spend that much time with him cuz he was busy with the titans and wasn't on good terms with Bruce at the time and he only worked with them very few times, that's why he felt guilty when Jason died and was like "I should've been there" and stuff
I love this format and hope you do more of them if you enjoy it ! I still love all your scripted stuff as well but I'd be happy seeing these in rotation between bigger vid ideas you have, I really like hearing your opinions and the back and forth with viewers
Just finished Batman Beyond with an adult brain. As I was watching it I just kept thinking "Terry is literally what Jason should have been/can be." 6:06
I really liked this style of vid. I'm new to comics so its nice to have a kind of scattershot off the cuff approach to topics and reccomendations.
Hot Take, and I'm in the Minority on this one: I prefer Jason Todd as a Villain when he comes back to life, it positions him as a bastardized version of Gotham's Vengeance. He does not hate Bruce but he sure as Hell ain't find of him either.
This i agree with, he only became an anti hero cause the fans 2ant3d him to be the punisher
This is fun and i cant wait for part 2
Hot take: Its okay if a character who doesnt talk too much in their origin media (Sonic, Mario and Samus from video games for Ex.) To have a bit more dialogue when put in a new medium that allows that, like comics and movies. Seriously these guys are not allowed to talk without causing an uproar. Mostly Sonic.
For me Barry Allen's Flash is my favourite superhero which mainly comes from when I got into comics with the New 52 just over a decade ago, but I can't deny Wally has had some far better material to work with especially comparing their beginnings in comics. To me Barry works really well when they emphasise the elements unique to his character like his CSI background and scientific abilities and problem solving which was a big feature of his early comics. Plus I really like how despite his origin being pretty dark with the death of his mother and him dedicating so much of his life to proving his father's innocence, he himself doesn't give into that darkness in the way someone like Batman does despite that event lingering so heavily on him, and he's also not countering it with quips or jokes every second like some think he does. Like you said his personality should be almost a baseline classic superhero personality just with those extra touches; he can be empathetic or quippy when it's needed, but overall he should feel like a kind character who's very much become comfortable in his role as a superhero if that makes any sense, he knows what's expected of him and he lives up to it.
I think with Wally also existing I think the ideal dynamic, or rather what I'd like to see is for Barry to not be a dead mentor that Wally is trying to live up to since I feel that trope is a bit tired, so I prefer when they utilise the legacy element of the Flash. I'd love a status quo where Wally has the Flash mantle and is off in his own city whilst Barry exists as a means to give the world a more lived-in feel. He's had his time as a founding JL member but now he's a little bit older, he's married Iris and now is a dad to twin speedsters and has decided to become a part-time superhero who Wally can look to for advice when he needs it, he's maybe even got a far more casual relationship with some of his villains like the rogues, but Barry himself will every now and then be pulled into or willingly help out or wind up in adventures of his own.
This was video was so fun! Please make more content about your comic opinions! I’d love to hear more of them.
Hot take: Black cat > MJ
I loved this! I hope we get more videos like this one in the future cause it was super fun to watch :)
My comic hot take: Despite Spider-Man being my favorite fictional character ever, Invincible has the best super-hero comic book storyline of all time.
Hottest take: Paul from Zeb Wells The Amazing Spider-Man run should have his own series.
#PaulIsHimAndDaOne
Spider-Man is Spider-Man or something along those lines, it’ll get Spider-Man fans antsy
Hot take:
The Arrow tv show was bad....
Ok it was a good show but the character of Oliver Queen/Green Arrow felt nothing like Green Arrow. This is said alot that he acts more like Batman but I think he acts more like Red Hood in the way he treats and deals with criminals and how he eventually becomes less lethal. The only reason the show actually is like Batman, Is because CW wasn't allowed to use Batman so they made Green Arrow into a Batman (because they were allowed to use green arrow). And I guess this is a double hot take here but I think the Arrow tv show would've worked even better had they decided to use the funny, charismatic, charming Oliver Queen from the comics. And when people look at Green Arrow now they just think of the tv show and think of him as a Batman clone while Green Arrow is an actually interesting character and a funny one aswell. And I need to see a good, accurate Green Arrow in James Gunn's DCU.
If this means more Troyoboyo? Keep this format COMING!
I love the concept of the Absolute and Ultimate concepts, and I wish we had more twists on established heroes. Before this Ultimate, and when Marvel was having some sort of identity crisis, I thought of a universe that was more of the classical heroes like Steve Cap, Peter Spidey, Thor and so on, and another with the more new and legacy heroes like Miles Spidey, Sam Cap, Carol Captain Marvel and Kamala Ms Marvel
*Hot Take*- Trinity is a legitimately great new character- especially for young girls.
Having a “young Wonder Woman” for modern girls to grow up with is such a perfect idea (like they do with Jon and Damian). While I love Donna, Cassie, and Yara, they all lean more adult. Donna is definitely for the adult crowd in her themes; Yara curses and is violent; Cassie would be the best choice but is practically never used today (and hasn’t had a prominent role since the 2000s).
My little sister absolutely adores Lizzie Prince, and it’s because it’s written for a girl her age with a character that is just as old as she is. Amazing how that works.😂
What do you think would’ve happened if Justice League Mortal was made?
This was an epic video!! I really love this more laidback style of video, but i'm still amazed by the clean and succinct editing! Keep up the great work :))
You gotta do more of these because it’s just fun to see people’s different takes on just stuff in general
11:49 That's one of the reasons I loved the Thor Ragnorok film, because that's what they did for mcu Thor.
I kinda didn't like Absolute Wonder Woman all that much; I know it was the first issue, but Absolute Superman and Batman's first issues were great and are continuing to break records. So far in my local shop Absolute Wonder Woman is sitting on shelves while the other two have sold out already; It bums me out because she has the best design of the three. Lets hope Issue 2 can capture some of the magic Superman and Batman have.