Excellent video, Scott. Thank you. This made me, and the issues that my family has to deal with, feel seen. Thank you. I am glad that you are growing and changing. Not that I ever noticed any issues before, but more because you saw these touchy issues and are doing something about it rather than just barreling ahead disregarding those issues.
@@dubsideproductions2859 Maybe because having a large platform doesn't mean you understand anything. Celebrities and most artists are stupid. And people don't learn things from entertainers. This has been studied endlessly. Kids learn from 1) Parents 2) Other adult authority figures like teachers 3) Peers 4)Then general news media (not entertainment) Entertainers don't even rank.
@@dubsideproductions2859 Because most people aren't looking to be talked down to like an idiot by someone who is just being preachy because they think they figured it all out, but really don't know anything. There's nothing wrong with TV evangelists, but you sure would be absolutely infuriated if every single one of your favorite entertainers suddenly became generic TV Evangelists who constantly told you you were going to hell, regardless of whether or not you were even a chriastian or believe the same things as them. That's not entertainment anymore, unless you specifically only like that sort of thing, and nothing else. Which is weird, let's be honest.
My father discovered Captain America when he was protesting the Vietnam War and the government was trying to forbid those protests. Cap was at the time depicted as... defending the right of protesters to protest. What appears nowadays as a very mild, neutral, non political cause was, at the time, very controversial and divisive. And comic books weren't afraid of taking a stance on such issues.
I've always understood Namor's centrism as him just hating human conflict in general. Although, uh, admittedly it was probably in, uh, poor taste during World War II.
Yeah, that's the type of thing you can't be "okay" with. Considering Nazis wanted to rule the world and wipe out non white folk. Not the kind of thing you can be in-between on. I think most people understand not taking side, but you gotta know where to draw the line.
My grandfather worked at timely/marvel back in the day he was there the day the building was surrounded by the American nazi's Party he was actually friends with Jack kirby,Joe Simon, and Stan Lee
@@twistedyogert - *look up "r vs k theory" here on yt. the answer is rooted in evolutionary psychology. REAL nazism, as per the political platform of the NATional SOcialist party, is what most of the world has right now. 8 out of 10 of their party's platform has been lustfully embraced by every registered country of the UN :-\*
@@blacktionjackson7133 "Hey. This classic cheesy political comic proves that there were always politics in comics and therefore people complaining about politics in new comics are ignoring they were always there." -TheActualArgumentAndNotTheStrawman3000
Sam I Am I know you feel what you're saying is important to the message you want to send. But try not to rely on your racism meaning something. The racist centrists and right wingers will try to use that against you. They also go on about being black people or certain identities as if it gives their anti-black positions legitimacy.
How can he be a centrist? He's barely even human and hated anyone above water. It's like calling a shark a centrist. You have humans all over the globe destroying your home, and he's expected to just pop up and pick a side to two alien nations? GIVE THE GUY A BREAK!
@@Man_of_Tomorrow "well, one side is trying to commit genocide, and the other side is trying to stop that...I see no difference". It aint a hard decision. Especially when, neither even knows Namor's wholeass civilization exists. And he was specifically talking about these to factions as they fight each other. So yes, centrist trash. And thats not even getting to his constant sexual harassment, and occasional sexual assault of Sue, or his consistent unrelenting racism when it comes to humanity and mutants.
@@casteanpreswyn7528 It ain't a hard decision if you know the context and you are a normal, empathetic human. But let's say hypothetically you happen upon two warring colonies of ants in your house, and you're standing there with a can of RAID, one side looks up at you and says "We're fighting the other ants because they're committing genocide" You can't really understand because they're ants and they're crawling all over your kitchen where you eat, so you spray them all equally. Does that make you centrist trash? Or does that just place you on a different plane entirely? Not everything fits in to a neat little Western political compass.
The argument is simple, when people talk about comics showing politics "in the right way" what they actually mean is they want politics they agree with.
@@WorldThroughMySpecs Captain himself was created for propaganda. And yet, after WWII in various of his own stories, he goes against the government and the military industrial complex. Would you want Captain to remain a propaganda forever? Do you want Captain to keep calling the Japanese "Yellow Monkeys" as he's done during WWII? Is that what you want? Why on Earth are you even defending propagandism in comics?
To paraphrase Hbomberguy: "Everyone likes politics, politics are inherintly fun. What you don't like is when it's not your politics". I think you hit the nail on the head with how people don't realize how political art always was bc in hindsight those political views are a given. But then do not realize their hatred of modern political discourse will just make them seem as close minded and bigoted to future generations as people against the old political stories were back then.
I think the real problem is comics that seek to berate it's readers instead of trying to convince them. Nearly everyone in America was on the same -page hating Nazi during WWII and still are. It's the movement into modern American politics and it's nearly lock-step propaganda for one side that made it go wrong. That's what really makes people close minded.
@arthurdurham yeah execpt it's right not to like certain political agendas. Personally, I don't care what someone does with their life. I just don't need to hear about it 24/7. That sounds bad but that's how most people are we are tired of hearing about it everytime we turn on a TV, radio, video, etc politics is important but some of us want to escape the real world.
“Rorschach is meant to be a joke and dude bros didn’t get it.” Zack Snyder didn’t get it either. He thought he was a dark Grimm hero...and not hilarious
@@מתןרוכמן-ג6ק His far right and grim views of the world around him kinda made him indifferent/ towards the people and world around him. So it becomes pretty funny when he’s the only “hero” in the story who wants to track the killer down and eventually try to save the world from nuclear weapons
Rorschach sees things as completely black and white with no room for other opinions and then wears a Rorschach test (something entirely subjective) on his face.
Damn Jack Kirby really didn't like Nazis that he practically lobbied thru comics for the US to join the war and he himself taking part in said war. That is massive props. Also what an end. Hell yea
Jack Kirby was a true american hero. He put out the good word, fought the good fight and his work will forever inspire generations of americans to do the same.
True HUMAN hero. America is a bad and racist country since his foundation, it cant be good. This is why most captain america stories after the 50 is he fighing U.s villains itself, because he know that u.s is the villain most of the time
I just wanted to take this moment to say GOD BLESS THE JEWISH! For they gave us Jack Kirby, Captain America, and Superman! Thank you so much for this video, Scott.
Dom of the Doctor You clearly know nothing about Judaism. The Jews only follow the old testament. They accept Jesus as a prophet, but not as the "son of God". Don't be so quick to call someone a bigot/racist/etc unless you're educated on the subject 💁♀️
There is A LOT of people that think "political" just means "subjects that bother me" That's why so many people don't think a patriotic symbol punching hitler is political, but gender and racial diversity is. One doesn't bother them. The other does.
What's crazy is these weirdos against politics in comics will complain about controversial politics dividing people and then complain about "common sense" politics because its just "virtue signalling" or whatever. They're super weird.
Scott, dude, I love you. But please... STOP *APOLOGIZING* FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE VIDEOS. Make corny jokes. Build up to crucial information. Research for as long as you need to dazzle us with facts and figures. But don't put yourself down for how long you take, how dumb you think your humor is, or how obvious you believe some of the facts you're presenting are. I had no idea Jack Kirby's original name was Jacob Kurtzberg. I didn't know Timely Comics eventually became Marvel Comics. I come to your videos to learn things I didn't know, and I can't be the only one. So do what I firmly believe you were meant to do: Spit facts, tell jokes that cause us all to groan, and take us on historical/contextual journeys to help us more fully understand the franchises we love. *And don't you _dare_ put yourself down as you do it. Edit: Also, thank you for explaining the politics of your content. Your honesty is touching, and I'm honored that my name is in your video.
Yeah, it's nothing. He just assumed it. No actual proof Kirby knew the Golem story. Like I've said above, I could make a video about how Alan Moore's use of the hydrogen atom (the periodic table's 'letter A') on Doctor Manhattan's forehead is symbolic of the Golem, too. But there's no evidence of that either. Nerdsync didn't make up the Golem analogy. He got it from this book: "“Up, Up, And Oy Vey! How Jewish History, Culture, and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero” by Simcha Weinstein, Leviathan Press, 2006" where the author made it up. The author never brings up a single quote from Kirby substantiating the analogy as being true. The closest he gets is some quote where Kirby says "I got things from the Bible" (the Golem myth is not from the Bible). Weinstein is just an over-eager Orthodox Jewish comic book fan, trying to add more Jewish substance to his hero. There's no question that the American superhero archetype was created mostly by Jews, and it should be celebrated for that. This just isn't one of the things that can be actually proven about it.
@@heroineburgh There is room for how one's point of view leads to the perception of the character. I myself have been a long time fan of Cap and hold him as my favourite hero because he was grounded in the real world threat of the Nazis. However I also made some assumptions, knowing that Kirby and Simon were Jewish (as were many creators in the comic book field in the 1930s/1940s) I also envisioned Cap's fictional creator to be Jewish with the name of Abraham Erskine. It only seemed natural that he, like the person from real life he appeared to be based on - Albert Einstein, would have fled Nazi Germany for America and offering his genius to the free world. I never made a connection between Cap and the Golem of Jewish myths of which I have been aware of from the the silent era movie. Though I have thought a modern blockbuster movie featuring the Golem taking on the Nazis is long overdue as he is a character seldom used unlike Frankenstien's monster, vampires like Dracula, werewolves, mummies etc. As for politics it is interesting that Superheroes first rose in prominence at the time of the rise of the Nazis and facist Ideology. In the modern era they have again risen in prominence this time on our screens even as the far-right, Nazi and facist ideas have had a resurgence . It is like the two values - one that all men are created equal the other of a master race - are entwined in a way that Simon and Kirby so presciently depicted on the cover of Captain America #1 fighting a never ending battle.
The Golem legend was said to have been one of the sources of Superman's creation since his debut in comics, but it isn't something the average fan knows about unless they're willing to do a bit more research. A lot of people aren't entirely sure how much of the Golem legend actually did influence Superman's creation, but Superman was created as a response to the political and social ills of that era. So the logic fits; especially, how his character was written during WWII. Something to consider is these Jewish comic book artists and writers created their characters and told their stories as power fantasies. They vented a lot of their concerns and their frustrations with their lives and the plight of persecuted Jews overseas. This is why Cap was punching Hitler in the face on the cover of his Debut comic; despite the fact the United States wasn't in a conflict with him yet. DC Comics payed homage to the Golem connection to Superman in a storyline from the 90's. There was a cosmic entity/villain called "Dominus" who had the power to alter reality (among other abilities on a massive scale and also alter a person's perception of reality. He used this power to make Superman obsessed with protecting the world and the people, and Superman literally took over the Earth to make sure he could protect it. In a segment of the storyline, Superman was identified by the villagers as the Golem who came to life to protect them. Dominus created several realities in a effort to find another cosmic entity Superman was protecting. Superman became the "Golem" in one of those realities.
It takes a big man to admit your own shortcomings and there's nothing more admirable than working hard to better yourself as a person. I have nothing but respect for you, man.
@DejaVoodooDoll if the video has ads, it means he opted to habe ads, which means he gets paid for each ad viewed. Not all the money, obviously, but some percentage of the money made.
@DejaVoodooDoll If your video is monetized, ads will show on your video, you get money from the ads that are viewed, and TH-cam gets a percentage of that money. If your video has limited monetization (which most TH-camrs refer to as "demonetized" for some reason), then only a fraction of said ads will show on your video. You still get the same percentage of the money from those ads as before, except the total money is a lot less 'cause there's less ads. TH-cam also doesn't recommend your video as much if it has limited monetization so not as many people are seeing those ads, or even the video (TH-cam denies this despite the monumental evidence). If your video is (actually) demonetized, no ads will show on your video, so no money. Hope that helps.
@@bswtsp21 As someone who has uploaded music, yes, it still displays ads even if I don't get anything from it. I had monetization enabled on the channel, by the way.
I read this story from a Jewish gangster who’d often loan out protection services against Nazis in NYC. And they would absolutely brutalize the shit out of them. I was laughing, it was great. “We didn’t need to go that hard on them, but we sure did.”
TH-cam Algorithm: "Hey you've already watched this NerdSync video from several months ago but I think you'd enjoy it again." Me: "You know what? You're right! And I'm going to sit through every ad without skipping! Please don't burn Scott's food money!"
I really enjoyed this video. From the history in the beginning to the fierce honesty at the end. The first step in making the world a better place is by trying be a better human being, and I think you're doing a great job here. I'm really looking forward to your next videos!
Just got the chance to watch this last night, and this is a powerful video. Thank you. As a communications/media scholar who teaches at a post-secondary level, the notion that all media is political, no matter how innocuous it may seem, is something that some students have a hard time wrapping their heads around. You do an excellent job of articulating that and the ideas that go along with it in an easy to understand and process manner. Seriously. Thank you.
2 years old, but this video is still impactful. Your self reflection at the end brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for your work and dedication to, not just nerdum, but to humanity.
I just got into comics so that Jack Kirby reveal was genuinely surprising. It felt like a twist ending, or beginning. Edit: Once again, did not know about the whole Marvel thing either. Edit 2: amazing video. I relate to your journey and I’m proud of you and everyone of these viewers who make this content possible.
I'm Jewish, but not American, studying North American studies. In Germany. This video was a total treat, I had no idea this connection between Captain American and Jewish folklore existed! Edit, addressing the end: I personally have no issue with non-Jews discussing Judaism respectfully, as you definitely have.
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Love the content AND context. And I know this is going to come across as snarky or insulting but I swear it's not, but I love how Scott's imposter syndrome and insecurities and self-apologies have become the B-story for every video on NerdSync. For me, it's gone full-circle from like being kinda nice that someone would acknowledge perceived biases and/shortcomings, into 'ok we get it' but it's intruding upon the thesis to the video, - to an 'oh man I hope he's ok- to this beautiful little meta-narrative for youtube as a platform, the American value system, and society in general...not to get too political or anything. Love your work my dude. As always, no matter how long it takes, I look forward to the next one.
SCOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT. I have so many thoughts and feelings (ALL OF THEM GOOD). 1. As the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, please know that this video was not offensive in any way shape or form (at least to me). I may only be a focus group of one, but I think you covered this so wonderfully. 2. Thank you for not shying away from the Jewish heritage of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. With anti-Semitism on the rise, it makes me happy that you were willing to make that a central part of the story you told. 3. I'm smarter than I was before I watched this! I didn't know about the reference to the Golem in Captain America. There are other Jewish facts about comics that I know, but this is one where I was not aware. So, thanks. 4. I just need to also let you know that I think this video was handled with EXPERT and WONDERFUL hands. I know that it can be scary to cover something as serious and frustrating as politics in art, but you handled this with a deft touch and in a way that, at least for me, was STUNNING.
Golems are one of my favorite mythical creatures it might be the idea of a giant mud monster or I could be the fact in my favorite book series one of my favorite characters used golems
Sad Steve Roger's was a cartoon puppet & didn't know who really was behind the war as he was a character being pushed by folks whose blame was on their own & that Germany was on the right side in ww1 & that the evil of the allies in creating communism & destroying austria-hungary caused ww2. Arch villain of all time was a jew named Caiphas as he killed God .
Dr. Hugo Strange there is also a Dr. Stephen Strange. Neither are to be confused with Adam Strange which is not related to Dr. Strangeglove which is not Dr. Strangelove.
Reminds me of how in the late-90s / early-2000s there were the bands Matt Goode, Matthew Sweet, and the Dave Matthews band. Not comic-book related but...
Man when did comics get so political, the old days were way better The old days- Captain America being anti-nazi before it was cool Superman being a champion of the working class and bringing down the capitalist system Stan Lee creating the first black heroes with real character arcs in the height of the Civil Rights movement.
Don't apologize for presenting your videos how you feel you need to. The self deprecation isn't really funny after a while Scott. We come here for you and wonderful monstrosities like this because sometimes I need to walk my dog for an hour and would rather listen to you talk about punching Nazis in comic book form and all the baggage that comes with it rather than like, listen to a chilled out mellow cool trip hop study stream. Again.
On the contrary, those doodles are political. Can’t you see how your nephew is trying to convey the lines that society draws between the wealthy and poor and how this cripples our society.
Yeah, I find it kind of grating when people get all self-conscious and preemptively defensive because their video is "too long." Especially when it winds up adding 10 minutes to the run time.
@@Kevin-jb2pv I was thinking that, he literally spends like a tenth of the video talking about the length of the video. Treat yourself better Nerdsync!
This feels like an origin story for the kind of content you make now. Very cool! And as someone who doesn't know a lot about the history of western comics I really did appreciate the added context. I had no idea that Jack Kirby wasn't his real name, for example.
WE STAN SOCIALIST SUPERMAN! that Wonder Woman was created to get boys used to the idea of powerful women is so based i'm literally shaking. yo, for real tho, Jack Kirby is somehow even cooler than all of the characters he created. when the nazi called to threaten him and he responds 'I'll be right down.' what an absolute legend.
Fitting use of Captain America: Civil War clips in the background. Didn't notice that the first time around. I admire how there's a thought behind everything in these vids.
I know this video is 2 years old, so I doubt anyone will read this comment. But I'm getting it out of my brain anyway. Everything is political. EVERYTHING. It can't not be. Politics, by definition, is the system by which people living in a group make decisions about how to live in that group. So, unless your media and actions have absolutely no effect on any other person, it is, by definition, political. And that's okay. That's not a bad thing.
I’ve watched this video maybe twenty times and I still keep coming back to it. I can’t get over how much I love it. Scott, this is some of your best work
I learned SO MUCH! almost everything you said that was like “you probably know this already” I’m like “no sir I did not, thank you for the new information” I’d picked up on a bit of Steve/Cap’s Jewish coding, but I didn’t know about the creators histories, and this just warmed my heart so much. I love so much what you said about politics and how “a-political” opinions actually /are/ political too. Thank you for taking accountability and sharing your story, too. Much respect.
Something that didn't click with me the first like 5 times I watched this is just how lucky we are that Jack Kirby did survive those missions. The idea that the father of so much of modern media could, and maybe even should have died against those odds, fighting a war that while needed to be fought. But at the same time, just going to show just how easily we probably lost so many gifts to humanity in that senseless violence.
Fun story, one of my 2019 resolutions was to cut back or get rid of things that bother me. In order to do that you have to know what bothers you. You have to be consciously aware of it. I discovered that as I became more consciously aware that I was actually surrounding myself with negativity, almost obsessively. Slowly, but surely, I started to get rid of those things. A mobile game I played everyday, but always felt awful after playing. Facebook. Little things here and there. As I did that, I started to notice things that actually bothered me that I just sort of put up with, because that's what you do. Right? Eventually, I started dropping youtube channels that I watched often. People who expressed opinions I somewhat shared, but had started to radicalize in a way I was uncomfortable with. I noticed as I did these things I started to feel better generally. I had more patience and I spent less time frustrated. I started to feel good about myself. I noticed that I actually ended up stronger in my convictions and felt less anxiety about dropping channels for things like casual racism and anti trans language, things that are important to me. This is relevant, because when I started this video I had honestly forgotten what the channel was all about. My first thoughts were of other comic channels who promote ideas that don't align with my personal morals. I almost just stopped the video and unsubbed, but I was really intrigued about where you were going with this video. I am glad I stuck around. I was unprepared for exactly how much I needed to hear from someone in this fandom that I am seen as a human being. Thank you.
@@alicedubois1348 I encourage you to do it. It is difficult at first, because you really have to take stock of your feelings and acknowledge them for what they are. That can lead to some uncomfortable epiphanies about yourself that most people just don't like dealing with. As long as you keep with it however, it can be very liberating to declutter the things you surround yourself with. I hope you have as much of an improvement on your quality of life as I did.
@The Icon of Sin What horrible people. Not the slightest concerned when someone murders others? Caring more about "owning libs"? It doesn't take a liberal to be disgusted of murder. How about instead of worrying about the war between conservatives and liberals and instead be human? And another thing, this whole sjw vs anti-sjw crap is stupid as well. It's jerks vs jerks. The darth maul vs sidious (expect much less exciting).
1, Welcome back, you have been missed 2. I can not speak for all Jews but I appreciate your attempt to research our culture to understand the content more fully and would rather you make content with mistakes in it than not make content (not that I think you made any mistakes) 3. Love the poster design that looks awesome 4. Hearing that art is inherently political makes me feel liberated as a writer to use my opinions more proudly
Your videos are not terrible. Please stop saying that. That was the only thing that made me angry in this. Every one of your videos I have watched, and I have gone back and seen all I could find, have been wonderful. Remember, any jackass can go through life feebly keeping his head down and his mouth shut so as not to offend anyone. It's good to have offended someone, because that means you stood up for something and said something that had some substance.... and there are a whole lot of people in the world who *deserve* to be offended. Which is why this current trend of everyone trying to be as meek and milquetoast as possible to avoid possibly offending a single person anywhere is so infuriating... take a stand, and if someone gets offended, that's their problem. No one has been given a right to go through life without being offended.
I just came across a video by an angry white guy who was mad that The Falcon and the Winter Soldier talked about politics and racism when Marvel has ALWAYS been political.
I know I'm super late to the party on this but I just wanna say two things: 1. Scott, you are amazing and I would die for you 2. FINALLY someone understands the value of the cinematic masterpiece that is "Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed"
Scott! I waited until I had some more time on my hands before watching this. Worth the wait! Your shot composition and editing is second to none, and that only serves to bolster your meticulous research and detailed arguments. But I also appreciated how, towards the end, you challenged yourself in regards to some of your older work and confronted parts of yourself that make you uncomfortable. We’re all a work in progress, but you’ve really made the effort to better yourself, and it shows. Continue to work hard, and continue to challenge yourself and grow (smarter through comics - couldn’t resist). I’m looking forward to seeing what comes next from you. Which in my case, is the Scooby video! Will try and watch that a little more promptly.
I liked and "liked" the video, but I do have to comment on something. I understand that part of the point of this video is to address the shortcomings that you yourself have had throughout your time making videos, and that the snippets where you interrupt the narration with your own commentary on the video are part of the "video essayist TH-camr aesthetic" and they may actually work for the theme of the video regarding owning up to past mistakes (on top of the perceived intimacy that such commentary adds), but (sorry) I believe they are not needed: You are an authentic (or perhaps more accurately authentic-looking as I don't know you in real life) person and the serious and honest way you handled the topic more than grounded your thesis in reality than your jabs at yourself. I actually liked the context given, I sort of knew the story of CA and Marvel (maybe even from your show) but I appreciated the refresher and the passing that the video got because of it. I am more than likely off base here, but I think the little comments are born out of an insecurity on your own writing or proficiency in structuring a video, that I simply don't think is warranted. They may be born out of a need to break up the rhythm of the video and not making it tiring or just a quick joke to make an information-heavy section palatable, then I did not particularly had a need for them. But I think that, even if you are learning, growing and becoming more aware of your platform and the message, you are doing good and should not second guess yourself like that if that was the reason for them. (I understand the paradox of telling someone how to structure their videos by telling them to trust themselves to know how to structure their videos, thank you very much). TL;DR You are doing your best, don’t take unnecessary jabs at yourself.
I know this was two weeks ago, but I just started catching back up on Nerdsync and I have been noticing this in his new videos, honestly it started making me feel bad, like he is not feeling well, and it started making me worry about his mental states, I hope he is doing well and if not I hope he feels better soon
@@ianforsure I hope it is more a symptom of change: more self awareness leads to more self-consciousness but it also leads to being self-conscious, and it may feel more authentic to address those shortcomings on the video (plus the aesthetic is like that), than just let it go.
I agree that the asides and rambles aren’t really needed. The rest of the content is so strong. We don’t need to be told the video is too long. We know. We can see the runtime. :-P
Everything human related is political. We as humans are social creatures with individual traits and goal, and those will colide with others. If you truly wants to be apolitical you have to leave this planet.
I actually really like that you add context you consider common knowledge. I'm not a comic fan, but I love analysis videos. I love seeing where stories came from, what they meant, and how they developed even if I'm not interested in reading the work itself. So I really appreciate when you mention the context that most real comic fans would already know.
I, as a trans woman, really appreciate hearing you speak out. it’s really regular for me to find content about nerdy topics and not know if the person commentating actually supports my existence.
@@kingcrustytut7544 he was working in that time, doing something he actually likes doing. He likes video editting, and thats something he was doing. Not to mention, he was doing research and writing for the video at the same time, as well as filming/recording and doing the editting on his own video.
Scott I am 12 years old and I love it when you talk about politics in comics before I found you channel I was not aware. I have always wanted to be a comics writer. I have SO many ideas but you opened my eyes to new ideas. Thank you Scott. Never stop making videos.
People never complain about "politics in comics" when it's politics they agree with. They just think the politics they happen to agree with are common sense.
It's _possible_ to complain about politics you agree with, especially when it's performed on a surface level and with no actual substance, e.g. late-stage Disney "wokeness".
Wtf do you guys mean about modern comics only showing one side. Last I checked, Kirby and Simon never made an issue where Captain America had a productive conversation with the Red Skull over the morality of eugenics
@@notataco4203 ? People complain about modern comics being one sided and not being fair to both sides when it comes to inserting political opinions into a story. The reality is that this has been the norm since day one. Action comics in the early days were very obviously left leaning and almost always portrayed businessmen in a negative way, Miller’s TDKR is a critique of Reagan era politics, and Moore’s closest thing to a republican patriot in Watchmen is a war loving psycho. Comics have always been one sided and against the status quo. The 50s were an exception because the conservatives hijacked art and media so that their feelings weren’t hurt and they thought the country was going in the wrong direction. Point is I would rather have a comic that takes a stance than trying to be “fair”. Why would I respect a comic that says people who think transgender people are groomers also have a point that is just as valid as people that are trans allies.
@@sebastianchavez577 stfu you just contradicted yourself your original comment said we should see both sides I said that was dumb cause basis are obviously evil you then compared conservatives to nazis and said why should a comic listen to both sides which was what I said so your doing one of the mist annoying kind of arguments aggressively agreeing your agreeing with me but want to make it seem like a fight an iv read watchmen it’s In no way subtle it’s anti American propaganda everyone who’s read it knows that and it works rlly well cause even tho I don’t hate America Alan moores writing is so good I still enjoy the comic and it dose kinda make me think modern writers are not doing it well and if you think the fact that comics used to be one sided for conservatives and now it’s one sided for liberals is a good thing you haven’t read modern comics cause there political writing is trash a bunch of patriotic Jews started marvel and now all we get is every few years we find out another marvel woke marvel writer was hiding anti semetic shit in comics and they constantly compare America to neo nazi ( hydra are still neo nazis )
@@sebastianchavez577 also making diverse characters isn’t a political statement and I’m actually all for that ppl who complain about minorities in comics now are pathetic and racist but just having a black or female version of a character isn’t creative or clever politics in fact it isn’t even new it all depends on the writing that’s why ppl including me love Miles morales and John Stewart ( green lantern was actually introduced way back in the 70s) but don’t like iron heart or bat woman cause there poorly written hell I like bat girl but not bat woman and it’s going to fat with that kinda stuff like Electra is daredevil now that doesn’t even make sense she’s dating daredevil and also not blind also she was already her own character with multiple solo series and she’s just she daredevil that’s what ppl are mad about and it’s not good political writing
Smash the fash comrade! Really enjoyed the video. Knocked it out of the park. I have been watching your videos for a very long time now and it has been rad watching you grow as an artist. You have a unique style to your videos, you poked fun of it a few times here but I really enjoy that true crime/ history channel doc vibe you use. Keep strong and keep going you are making some of my favourite content. Eager to see what the new decade brings.
Don't think we've seen any non-Spider characters have alternates represented in Noir's universe. We _have_ seen Captain America of Spider-Gwen's universe, Samantha Wilson, however.
The only reason I've gotten into "capes" when I was a teenager is because of Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan). "A Muslim superhero? Cool." Then Miles Morales cuz, who doesn't love him? Now I'm in a endless rabbithole of comics journey. American comic books have always been political.
Nerdsync was one of the first channels i remember subscribing to . Your essays have evolved wonderfully. You have such a beautifully personal way of presenting niche topics. awesome video overall
When I saw this video a year ago, it made me stop watching the channel. I couldn't help but so strongly disagree with you. However since then I've changed massively changed my mind on a lot of things. One of which being that wanting status quo is political. White cis men have, and do rule the world, and them wanting status quo is them wanting that power
Excellent video, Scott. Thank you. This made me, and the issues that my family has to deal with, feel seen. Thank you. I am glad that you are growing and changing. Not that I ever noticed any issues before, but more because you saw these touchy issues and are doing something about it rather than just barreling ahead disregarding those issues.
Right. Because that's whose job it is to deal with those issues. Entertainers. The people who are least capable of dealing with society's issues.
@@thehmc people who spread their media semen among a large group? yeah
thehmc Why shouldn’t people with a large platform use that platform to promote positive change and social reform?
@@dubsideproductions2859 Maybe because having a large platform doesn't mean you understand anything. Celebrities and most artists are stupid. And people don't learn things from entertainers. This has been studied endlessly. Kids learn from 1) Parents 2) Other adult authority figures like teachers 3) Peers 4)Then general news media (not entertainment)
Entertainers don't even rank.
@@dubsideproductions2859 Because most people aren't looking to be talked down to like an idiot by someone who is just being preachy because they think they figured it all out, but really don't know anything. There's nothing wrong with TV evangelists, but you sure would be absolutely infuriated if every single one of your favorite entertainers suddenly became generic TV Evangelists who constantly told you you were going to hell, regardless of whether or not you were even a chriastian or believe the same things as them. That's not entertainment anymore, unless you specifically only like that sort of thing, and nothing else. Which is weird, let's be honest.
My father discovered Captain America when he was protesting the Vietnam War and the government was trying to forbid those protests. Cap was at the time depicted as... defending the right of protesters to protest. What appears nowadays as a very mild, neutral, non political cause was, at the time, very controversial and divisive. And comic books weren't afraid of taking a stance on such issues.
Hell Yeah,
"What appears nowadays as a very mild, neutral, non political cause" they still tear gas people for protesting nowadays
Ironically, conservatives often defend the Vietnam War protests now, because at least they (usually) weren't violent.
"would jack kirby punch nazis?"
jack kirby killed four nazis O_O waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah????? XD
Actually, he ended each of the different stories with him killing four Nazis... That means there could be a lot more than four.
@@dalepower632 lol, yup. didn't think about that. he liked killing them in fours XD
Probably weren't Nazis. Just ordinary German soldiers.
@@shlockofgod Same thing.
@@RouxAroo666 Ignorant bigot.
I've always understood Namor's centrism as him just hating human conflict in general. Although, uh, admittedly it was probably in, uh, poor taste during World War II.
@@makeitthrough_ "I ugh ah don't know what you mean"
Yeah, that's the type of thing you can't be "okay" with. Considering Nazis wanted to rule the world and wipe out non white folk. Not the kind of thing you can be in-between on. I think most people understand not taking side, but you gotta know where to draw the line.
@@Shades781 He wasn't "okay" with it though. He hated them.
Facts
TIL that Namor is Switzerland.
My grandfather worked at timely/marvel back in the day he was there the day the building was surrounded by the American nazi's Party he was actually friends with Jack kirby,Joe Simon, and Stan Lee
The Terror Of Death thats awesome dude!
Damn, that's cool
Thank you
I still don't understand why Nazism was and is somewhat popular. Nazism is against everything the founding fathers stood for.
@@twistedyogert - *look up "r vs k theory" here on yt. the answer is rooted in evolutionary psychology. REAL nazism, as per the political platform of the NATional SOcialist party, is what most of the world has right now. 8 out of 10 of their party's platform has been lustfully embraced by every registered country of the UN :-\*
Peggy Carter: What does the “A” stand for?
Captain America: It’s not an “A”. In my country, in means “Truth”.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well here it means A
It doesn't stand for France, that's for sure
Tired: No Content, Only Context.
Inspired: Context IS Content.
Do you want to stop being political?
Steve Rogers: *No, I don’t think I will*
You Win.
"I can do this all day...."
I understood that reference!
"Hey. This cheesy political propaganda is proof that cheesy political propaganda isn't bad." - GalaxyBrain 8000
@@blacktionjackson7133 "Hey. This classic cheesy political comic proves that there were always politics in comics and therefore people complaining about politics in new comics are ignoring they were always there."
-TheActualArgumentAndNotTheStrawman3000
I'm a 45 yr old black man and I dont say this lightly, I love you Scott and I love this content. Dont You Dare Change One Iota.
Ditto and ditto (I'm 46 tho) ;-)
Not sure what you being 45 or black has to do with the equation.
You're black? No Way!!!
@@damienthonk1506 Please google "Viewership Demographics" and come back to me
Sam I Am
I know you feel what you're saying is important to the message you want to send. But try not to rely on your racism meaning something. The racist centrists and right wingers will try to use that against you. They also go on about being black people or certain identities as if it gives their anti-black positions legitimacy.
I would buy a “Namor is centrist trash” t-shirt in a heartbeat.
I am interested in designing said T shirt
How can he be a centrist? He's barely even human and hated anyone above water. It's like calling a shark a centrist. You have humans all over the globe destroying your home, and he's expected to just pop up and pick a side to two alien nations? GIVE THE GUY A BREAK!
@@Man_of_Tomorrow "well, one side is trying to commit genocide, and the other side is trying to stop that...I see no difference". It aint a hard decision.
Especially when, neither even knows Namor's wholeass civilization exists. And he was specifically talking about these to factions as they fight each other.
So yes, centrist trash. And thats not even getting to his constant sexual harassment, and occasional sexual assault of Sue, or his consistent unrelenting racism when it comes to humanity and mutants.
@@casteanpreswyn7528 It ain't a hard decision if you know the context and you are a normal, empathetic human. But let's say hypothetically you happen upon two warring colonies of ants in your house, and you're standing there with a can of RAID, one side looks up at you and says "We're fighting the other ants because they're committing genocide" You can't really understand because they're ants and they're crawling all over your kitchen where you eat, so you spray them all equally. Does that make you centrist trash? Or does that just place you on a different plane entirely? Not everything fits in to a neat little Western political compass.
@@Man_of_Tomorrow Namor knew what the conflict was about...he was well aware.
As someone who didnt knew jack kirby's given name, that twist was amazing, never stop giving enough context in your videos, that helps A LOT
It was also the first time I ever found that out.
Pretty cool, I think.
Same. And the context bit was also funny.
Same! I had no idea
Same. I knew nothing about the guy before this, so I didn't see it coming IN THE SLIGHTEST.
The argument is simple, when people talk about comics showing politics "in the right way" what they actually mean is they want politics they agree with.
Yes
Or maybe they don't want literal propaganda in their entertainment?
@@jcaique Are you trying to say the cap punching Hitler issue wasn't propaganda?
@@WorldThroughMySpecs Captain himself was created for propaganda. And yet, after WWII in various of his own stories, he goes against the government and the military industrial complex. Would you want Captain to remain a propaganda forever? Do you want Captain to keep calling the Japanese "Yellow Monkeys" as he's done during WWII? Is that what you want? Why on Earth are you even defending propagandism in comics?
@@jcaique so you agree
To paraphrase Hbomberguy: "Everyone likes politics, politics are inherintly fun. What you don't like is when it's not your politics". I think you hit the nail on the head with how people don't realize how political art always was bc in hindsight those political views are a given.
But then do not realize their hatred of modern political discourse will just make them seem as close minded and bigoted to future generations as people against the old political stories were back then.
I think the real problem is comics that seek to berate it's readers instead of trying to convince them. Nearly everyone in America was on the same -page hating Nazi during WWII and still are. It's the movement into modern American politics and it's nearly lock-step propaganda for one side that made it go wrong. That's what really makes people close minded.
@arthurdurham yeah execpt it's right not to like certain political agendas. Personally, I don't care what someone does with their life. I just don't need to hear about it 24/7. That sounds bad but that's how most people are we are tired of hearing about it everytime we turn on a TV, radio, video, etc politics is important but some of us want to escape the real world.
@@brianlinville5420 it was like that back then, basically WW2 propaganda was constant
“Rorschach is meant to be a joke and dude bros didn’t get it.”
Zack Snyder didn’t get it either. He thought he was a dark Grimm hero...and not hilarious
Why is he a joke?
@@מתןרוכמן-ג6ק His far right and grim views of the world around him kinda made him indifferent/ towards the people and world around him. So it becomes pretty funny when he’s the only “hero” in the story who wants to track the killer down and eventually try to save the world from nuclear weapons
Rorschach sees things as completely black and white with no room for other opinions and then wears a Rorschach test (something entirely subjective) on his face.
@@grimskeeter The spin-off series with him being a matyr for left wing ideas is ironic in that case
He was a joke in the Snyder film too…
Damn Jack Kirby really didn't like Nazis that he practically lobbied thru comics for the US to join the war and he himself taking part in said war. That is massive props. Also what an end. Hell yea
Jack Kirby was probably the single biggest badass in comic history.
Reasons we call him The King 👑
Jack Kirby was a true american hero. He put out the good word, fought the good fight and his work will forever inspire generations of americans to do the same.
Yolo Masta 69 you’d think so… you’d really think so. WHY ARE NAZIS BACK?!
@@tanuki01 wtf are you talking about
True HUMAN hero. America is a bad and racist country since his foundation, it cant be good. This is why most captain america stories after the 50 is he fighing U.s villains itself, because he know that u.s is the villain most of the time
I would say hero. Not American hero. People outside of America can be inspired by him.
@@senswutuan Semantics
I did NOT know that jack kerby's name was originally. thank you :)
Same. Now I feel bad
I didn't either. Glad I know now!
I didn't either! That buildup and reveal gave me chills!
Same
and he spelled it 'Kirby" so you still don't.
I just wanted to take this moment to say GOD BLESS THE JEWISH! For they gave us Jack Kirby, Captain America, and Superman!
Thank you so much for this video, Scott.
please don't forget Kirk and Spock!
I would also recommend ,"superman is Jewish?". It discusses the influence and lore in a bit more detail.
I thought he already did. God’s chosen people right?
Plus great fried 🥘
Christian Khoury Found the anti-Semite.
Dom of the Doctor You clearly know nothing about Judaism. The Jews only follow the old testament. They accept Jesus as a prophet, but not as the "son of God". Don't be so quick to call someone a bigot/racist/etc unless you're educated on the subject 💁♀️
Scott: *makes joke about demonetization*
TH-cam: It's advertisement time!
9 ads on this one video lmao
There is A LOT of people that think "political" just means "subjects that bother me"
That's why so many people don't think a patriotic symbol punching hitler is political, but gender and racial diversity is. One doesn't bother them. The other does.
“He just keeps prescribing me crime...” - Scott Nassquaderwheelo’fortuneassname
What's crazy is these weirdos against politics in comics will complain about controversial politics dividing people and then complain about "common sense" politics because its just "virtue signalling" or whatever. They're super weird.
Scott, dude, I love you. But please...
STOP *APOLOGIZING* FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE VIDEOS.
Make corny jokes.
Build up to crucial information.
Research for as long as you need to dazzle us with facts and figures.
But don't put yourself down for how long you take, how dumb you think your humor is, or how obvious you believe some of the facts you're presenting are.
I had no idea Jack Kirby's original name was Jacob Kurtzberg. I didn't know Timely Comics eventually became Marvel Comics.
I come to your videos to learn things I didn't know, and I can't be the only one.
So do what I firmly believe you were meant to do: Spit facts, tell jokes that cause us all to groan, and take us on historical/contextual journeys to help us more fully understand the franchises we love. *And don't you _dare_ put yourself down as you do it.
Edit: Also, thank you for explaining the politics of your content. Your honesty is touching, and I'm honored that my name is in your video.
I feel the same!
I agree!
Preeeach!
I agree
That golem bit was unexpected, I never associated them together. Wow. Just wow. Thank you!
Yeah, it's nothing. He just assumed it. No actual proof Kirby knew the Golem story. Like I've said above, I could make a video about how Alan Moore's use of the hydrogen atom (the periodic table's 'letter A') on Doctor Manhattan's forehead is symbolic of the Golem, too. But there's no evidence of that either.
Nerdsync didn't make up the Golem analogy. He got it from this book: "“Up, Up, And Oy Vey! How Jewish History, Culture, and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero” by Simcha Weinstein, Leviathan Press, 2006" where the author made it up. The author never brings up a single quote from Kirby substantiating the analogy as being true. The closest he gets is some quote where Kirby says "I got things from the Bible" (the Golem myth is not from the Bible). Weinstein is just an over-eager Orthodox Jewish comic book fan, trying to add more Jewish substance to his hero. There's no question that the American superhero archetype was created mostly by Jews, and it should be celebrated for that. This just isn't one of the things that can be actually proven about it.
@@heroineburgh ok boomer
@@heroineburgh There is room for how one's point of view leads to the perception of the character. I myself have been a long time fan of Cap and hold him as my favourite hero because he was grounded in the real world threat of the Nazis. However I also made some assumptions, knowing that Kirby and Simon were Jewish (as were many creators in the comic book field in the 1930s/1940s) I also envisioned Cap's fictional creator to be Jewish with the name of Abraham Erskine. It only seemed natural that he, like the person from real life he appeared to be based on - Albert Einstein, would have fled Nazi Germany for America and offering his genius to the free world.
I never made a connection between Cap and the Golem of Jewish myths of which I have been aware of from the the silent era movie. Though I have thought a modern blockbuster movie featuring the Golem taking on the Nazis is long overdue as he is a character seldom used unlike Frankenstien's monster, vampires like Dracula, werewolves, mummies etc. As for politics it is interesting that Superheroes first rose in prominence at the time of the rise of the Nazis and facist Ideology. In the modern era they have again risen in prominence this time on our screens even as the far-right, Nazi and facist ideas have had a resurgence . It is like the two values - one that all men are created equal the other of a master race - are entwined in a way that Simon and Kirby so presciently depicted on the cover of Captain America #1 fighting a never ending battle.
The Golem legend was said to have been one of the sources of Superman's creation since his debut in comics, but it isn't something the average fan knows about unless they're willing to do a bit more research. A lot of people aren't entirely sure how much of the Golem legend actually did influence Superman's creation, but Superman was created as a response to the political and social ills of that era. So the logic fits; especially, how his character was written during WWII.
Something to consider is these Jewish comic book artists and writers created their characters and told their stories as power fantasies. They vented a lot of their concerns and their frustrations with their lives and the plight of persecuted Jews overseas. This is why Cap was punching Hitler in the face on the cover of his Debut comic; despite the fact the United States wasn't in a conflict with him yet.
DC Comics payed homage to the Golem connection to Superman in a storyline from the 90's. There was a cosmic entity/villain called "Dominus" who had the power to alter reality (among other abilities on a massive scale and also alter a person's perception of reality. He used this power to make Superman obsessed with protecting the world and the people, and Superman literally took over the Earth to make sure he could protect it. In a segment of the storyline, Superman was identified by the villagers as the Golem who came to life to protect them. Dominus created several realities in a effort to find another cosmic entity Superman was protecting. Superman became the "Golem" in one of those realities.
It takes a big man to admit your own shortcomings and there's nothing more admirable than working hard to better yourself as a person.
I have nothing but respect for you, man.
Scott, I got ads. Enjoy your monetization.
@DejaVoodooDoll if the video has ads, it means he opted to habe ads, which means he gets paid for each ad viewed. Not all the money, obviously, but some percentage of the money made.
@DejaVoodooDoll you sure?
@DejaVoodooDoll If your video is monetized, ads will show on your video, you get money from the ads that are viewed, and TH-cam gets a percentage of that money. If your video has limited monetization (which most TH-camrs refer to as "demonetized" for some reason), then only a fraction of said ads will show on your video. You still get the same percentage of the money from those ads as before, except the total money is a lot less 'cause there's less ads. TH-cam also doesn't recommend your video as much if it has limited monetization so not as many people are seeing those ads, or even the video (TH-cam denies this despite the monumental evidence). If your video is (actually) demonetized, no ads will show on your video, so no money.
Hope that helps.
same
@@bswtsp21 As someone who has uploaded music, yes, it still displays ads even if I don't get anything from it. I had monetization enabled on the channel, by the way.
I read this story from a Jewish gangster who’d often loan out protection services against Nazis in NYC. And they would absolutely brutalize the shit out of them. I was laughing, it was great. “We didn’t need to go that hard on them, but we sure did.”
TH-cam Algorithm: "Hey you've already watched this NerdSync video from several months ago but I think you'd enjoy it again."
Me: "You know what? You're right! And I'm going to sit through every ad without skipping! Please don't burn Scott's food money!"
I've watched it a few times over the years and it was back in my recommendations again today, no regrets 👌
I really enjoyed this video. From the history in the beginning to the fierce honesty at the end. The first step in making the world a better place is by trying be a better human being, and I think you're doing a great job here. I'm really looking forward to your next videos!
Tourak huh??
Tourak found the nazi
@@tanuki01 Found the NPC
tfw you see one great content creator comment on another ones vid.
Thanks for showing up comrade.
As someone who didn't know Jack Kirby's birthname that was a pretty good reveal
Oh my god a sixty minute long episode about Captain America punching Nazis.
So glad I checked in on this channel again.
Scott, I’m letting you know, I didn’t know the origin of the name jack Kirby, so good job. This video was really well done.
I knew because I love comics but still enjoyed it!
@@Nexusofgeek same
"Trans rights are human rights, eat the rich, and punch nazis" man I need this on a t shirt
Yes!!!
🤓
@@generalj216 you dropped this🤡
@@ozzie_theotter nope. It’s right where it’s supposed to be
Said by the socialist that clams to “hate” capitalism 😇🌈
Hey I didn't know the origins to Captain America's name either. Not wasted.
Captain Buck Rogers Becomes Captain America, Bucky and Steve Rogers. What's so hard to figure out where the name came.
hydrolito If you never make a connection to Buck Rogers, then fairly difficult. Anything makes sense easily when it’s pointed out.
@@UltimateKyuubiFox Also there is the fact that both Buck Rogers and Steve Rogers spent time in suspended animation to become men out of time.
@Robert Croes Actually an accidental teleportation experiment fused Bucky and Steve Rogers to create a single indivdual naned Buck Rogers.
Just got the chance to watch this last night, and this is a powerful video. Thank you.
As a communications/media scholar who teaches at a post-secondary level, the notion that all media is political, no matter how innocuous it may seem, is something that some students have a hard time wrapping their heads around. You do an excellent job of articulating that and the ideas that go along with it in an easy to understand and process manner.
Seriously. Thank you.
2 years old, but this video is still impactful. Your self reflection at the end brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for your work and dedication to, not just nerdum, but to humanity.
Try watching 4 years later like I've just done.
I just got into comics so that Jack Kirby reveal was genuinely surprising. It felt like a twist ending, or beginning.
Edit: Once again, did not know about the whole Marvel thing either.
Edit 2: amazing video. I relate to your journey and I’m proud of you and everyone of these viewers who make this content possible.
I'm Jewish, but not American, studying North American studies. In Germany. This video was a total treat, I had no idea this connection between Captain American and Jewish folklore existed!
Edit, addressing the end: I personally have no issue with non-Jews discussing Judaism respectfully, as you definitely have.
I love that people who have seen Iron Man don't know comics were always political.
The general prohibition sign (official name, according to ISO 7010), also known as a no symbol, no sign, circle-backslash symbol, nay, interdictory circle or universal no, is a red circle with a red diagonal line through it _(running from top left to bottom right),_ completely enclosing a pictogram to indicate something is not permitted. The symbol is sometimes black instead of red, when color is not available.
Source: Wikipedia article (No symbol)
Ghostbusters has it the other way and therefore it is OBVIOUSLY the correct way
@@myoldhandlewasmadewheniwas9 Well I can't argue with Ghostbusters ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Love the content AND context. And I know this is going to come across as snarky or insulting but I swear it's not, but I love how Scott's imposter syndrome and insecurities and self-apologies have become the B-story for every video on NerdSync. For me, it's gone full-circle from like being kinda nice that someone would acknowledge perceived biases and/shortcomings, into 'ok we get it' but it's intruding upon the thesis to the video, - to an 'oh man I hope he's ok- to this beautiful little meta-narrative for youtube as a platform, the American value system, and society in general...not to get too political or anything. Love your work my dude. As always, no matter how long it takes, I look forward to the next one.
Moral of the Story
Comics haven't changed
Politics have
Comics haven't changed
Politics has
And we change and grow with the politics rather than staying naive about it like we had as kids
You literally learned nothing from Power Rangers and that’s amazing
@@tanuki01 Power Rangers has taught me alot of things
-Friendship
-Teamwork
-Overcoming death
-Trying your best
-Never giving up
-Importance of Family
Tsuki Condor paying lip service isn’t learning.
@@tanuki01 Power Rangers didnt sugar coat it ether th-cam.com/video/PA1nmqQCfx4/w-d-xo.html
SCOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT. I have so many thoughts and feelings (ALL OF THEM GOOD).
1. As the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, please know that this video was not offensive in any way shape or form (at least to me). I may only be a focus group of one, but I think you covered this so wonderfully.
2. Thank you for not shying away from the Jewish heritage of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. With anti-Semitism on the rise, it makes me happy that you were willing to make that a central part of the story you told.
3. I'm smarter than I was before I watched this! I didn't know about the reference to the Golem in Captain America. There are other Jewish facts about comics that I know, but this is one where I was not aware. So, thanks.
4. I just need to also let you know that I think this video was handled with EXPERT and WONDERFUL hands. I know that it can be scary to cover something as serious and frustrating as politics in art, but you handled this with a deft touch and in a way that, at least for me, was STUNNING.
I'm sorry for what your grandfather went through. No one deserves to go through such horrors. I hope he is doing okay.
++
Golems are one of my favorite mythical creatures it might be the idea of a giant mud monster or I could be the fact in my favorite book series one of my favorite characters used golems
Sad Steve Roger's was a cartoon puppet & didn't know who really was behind the war as he was a character being pushed by folks whose blame was on their own & that Germany was on the right side in ww1 & that the evil of the allies in creating communism & destroying austria-hungary caused ww2.
Arch villain of all time was a jew named Caiphas as he killed God .
@@quiricomazarin476 are you ok? I don't think everything's quite right with you...
Dr. Hugo Strange there is also a Dr. Stephen Strange. Neither are to be confused with Adam Strange which is not related to Dr. Strangeglove which is not Dr. Strangelove.
Reminds me of how in the late-90s / early-2000s there were the bands Matt Goode, Matthew Sweet, and the Dave Matthews band. Not comic-book related but...
That's the Question?
I loved that the most replayed section of the video was the part where the Nazi got punched in the face. 40:53.
Man when did comics get so political, the old days were way better
The old days-
Captain America being anti-nazi before it was cool
Superman being a champion of the working class and bringing down the capitalist system
Stan Lee creating the first black heroes with real character arcs in the height of the Civil Rights movement.
Dollman treating his wife as an equal
Don't apologize for presenting your videos how you feel you need to. The self deprecation isn't really funny after a while Scott. We come here for you and wonderful monstrosities like this because sometimes I need to walk my dog for an hour and would rather listen to you talk about punching Nazis in comic book form and all the baggage that comes with it rather than like, listen to a chilled out mellow cool trip hop study stream. Again.
On the contrary, those doodles are political. Can’t you see how your nephew is trying to convey the lines that society draws between the wealthy and poor and how this cripples our society.
Also that green is awesome and it’s fun to stick a marker in one of the holes of the notebook. Controversial opinions, I know. Lol
Don't neg yourself so much, man. This video is incredibly well put together and expertly argued
Yeah, I find it kind of grating when people get all self-conscious and preemptively defensive because their video is "too long."
Especially when it winds up adding 10 minutes to the run time.
@@Kevin-jb2pv I was thinking that, he literally spends like a tenth of the video talking about the length of the video.
Treat yourself better Nerdsync!
This video ENRAGES me. Alolan Golem has A RAILGUN ON HIS BACK. AND A MUSTACHE. MUS! TACHE! Fite me, he's a good boy D
THE ONE POINT I AGREE WITH AGAINST THIS VIDEO (thoughGolurkisobviouslymuchbetter)
A year and a half after this video and there's a massive story about Cap being "Too Politcal"
Punching Nazis is a proud American tradition.
Steve Rogers and Henry Jones Jr. proved that.
Nice!
A year on and this is still one of my favorite Nerdsync videos and somehow is even more prescient today.
This feels like an origin story for the kind of content you make now. Very cool! And as someone who doesn't know a lot about the history of western comics I really did appreciate the added context. I had no idea that Jack Kirby wasn't his real name, for example.
WE STAN SOCIALIST SUPERMAN!
that Wonder Woman was created to get boys used to the idea of powerful women is so based i'm literally shaking.
yo, for real tho, Jack Kirby is somehow even cooler than all of the characters he created. when the nazi called to threaten him and he responds 'I'll be right down.' what an absolute legend.
Based superman
Also
Jon Kent would probably be a leftist video essayist with bisexual lighting :3
Fitting use of Captain America: Civil War clips in the background. Didn't notice that the first time around. I admire how there's a thought behind everything in these vids.
I know this video is 2 years old, so I doubt anyone will read this comment. But I'm getting it out of my brain anyway.
Everything is political. EVERYTHING. It can't not be. Politics, by definition, is the system by which people living in a group make decisions about how to live in that group. So, unless your media and actions have absolutely no effect on any other person, it is, by definition, political. And that's okay. That's not a bad thing.
Politics are the most universal thing
nailed it on the head about people wanting to return to a naive time of their lives.
Seriously, people want comics to be "like the old days" but those old days don't exist lol
This video got buried so hard I had to manually hunt it down and make sure I wasn't unsubcribed. Great video, but TH-cam really screwed it
Yeah, I just found out about it mid-2020 and I'm subbed and hit the bell. Jesus Christ.
I’ve watched this video maybe twenty times and I still keep coming back to it. I can’t get over how much I love it. Scott, this is some of your best work
I learned SO MUCH! almost everything you said that was like “you probably know this already” I’m like “no sir I did not, thank you for the new information”
I’d picked up on a bit of Steve/Cap’s Jewish coding, but I didn’t know about the creators histories, and this just warmed my heart so much.
I love so much what you said about politics and how “a-political” opinions actually /are/ political too.
Thank you for taking accountability and sharing your story, too. Much respect.
"Mustache Daddy"
Ever since I watched this video I can't get the joke about Dr. Crime always prescribing crime out of my head. I just chuckle to myself.
Something that didn't click with me the first like 5 times I watched this is just how lucky we are that Jack Kirby did survive those missions. The idea that the father of so much of modern media could, and maybe even should have died against those odds, fighting a war that while needed to be fought. But at the same time, just going to show just how easily we probably lost so many gifts to humanity in that senseless violence.
"its gonna be how long?"...
eh probably gonna be like a 20 min video, just let me check the video length.....oh my god...
Honestly I don’t know what I would do without your videos Scott,, thank you.
Fun story, one of my 2019 resolutions was to cut back or get rid of things that bother me. In order to do that you have to know what bothers you. You have to be consciously aware of it. I discovered that as I became more consciously aware that I was actually surrounding myself with negativity, almost obsessively. Slowly, but surely, I started to get rid of those things. A mobile game I played everyday, but always felt awful after playing. Facebook. Little things here and there. As I did that, I started to notice things that actually bothered me that I just sort of put up with, because that's what you do. Right? Eventually, I started dropping youtube channels that I watched often. People who expressed opinions I somewhat shared, but had started to radicalize in a way I was uncomfortable with. I noticed as I did these things I started to feel better generally. I had more patience and I spent less time frustrated. I started to feel good about myself. I noticed that I actually ended up stronger in my convictions and felt less anxiety about dropping channels for things like casual racism and anti trans language, things that are important to me. This is relevant, because when I started this video I had honestly forgotten what the channel was all about. My first thoughts were of other comic channels who promote ideas that don't align with my personal morals. I almost just stopped the video and unsubbed, but I was really intrigued about where you were going with this video. I am glad I stuck around. I was unprepared for exactly how much I needed to hear from someone in this fandom that I am seen as a human being. Thank you.
Thanks for that... it was inspirational. I will be doing the same thing!
@@alicedubois1348 I encourage you to do it. It is difficult at first, because you really have to take stock of your feelings and acknowledge them for what they are. That can lead to some uncomfortable epiphanies about yourself that most people just don't like dealing with. As long as you keep with it however, it can be very liberating to declutter the things you surround yourself with. I hope you have as much of an improvement on your quality of life as I did.
Qwerty Jesus, stop being a nazi
@The Icon of Sin What horrible people. Not the slightest concerned when someone murders others? Caring more about "owning libs"? It doesn't take a liberal to be disgusted of murder. How about instead of worrying about the war between conservatives and liberals and instead be human?
And another thing, this whole sjw vs anti-sjw crap is stupid as well. It's jerks vs jerks. The darth maul vs sidious (expect much less exciting).
1, Welcome back, you have been missed
2. I can not speak for all Jews but I appreciate your attempt to research our culture to understand the content more fully and would rather you make content with mistakes in it than not make content (not that I think you made any mistakes)
3. Love the poster design that looks awesome
4. Hearing that art is inherently political makes me feel liberated as a writer to use my opinions more proudly
Actually killing God is the worst mistake ever.
It’s been a minute since I’ve watched a nerdsync video, but my dreams came true when I saw that this video is an hour long. Thanks Scott!
Your videos are not terrible. Please stop saying that. That was the only thing that made me angry in this. Every one of your videos I have watched, and I have gone back and seen all I could find, have been wonderful. Remember, any jackass can go through life feebly keeping his head down and his mouth shut so as not to offend anyone. It's good to have offended someone, because that means you stood up for something and said something that had some substance.... and there are a whole lot of people in the world who *deserve* to be offended. Which is why this current trend of everyone trying to be as meek and milquetoast as possible to avoid possibly offending a single person anywhere is so infuriating... take a stand, and if someone gets offended, that's their problem. No one has been given a right to go through life without being offended.
Ah, yes, Martin Goodman, the founder of Marvel and brother-in-law of some guy named Stan Lee.
I just came across a video by an angry white guy who was mad that The Falcon and the Winter Soldier talked about politics and racism when Marvel has ALWAYS been political.
Okay? White man bad and Steve was racist is bad politics
"Have you tried reading!? It sucks!!"
New favorite quote right there.
Can we all agree that Scott's sweater game is on point? He's like a comic TH-camr equivalent of Mr. Rogers, I love it!
History repeats itself.
The antinazi comic of the 40s makes Nazis angry.
The indirectly antinazi comics of nowadays make indirect Nazis angry.
I really hope Doug Burke doesn't stumble across this video.
Who's Doug Burke?
@@Kaizer617 It was a joke based on the surname Burke and the first name Doug being called out as boring names.
@@Willeth Huh?
I know I'm super late to the party on this but I just wanna say two things:
1. Scott, you are amazing and I would die for you
2. FINALLY someone understands the value of the cinematic masterpiece that is "Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed"
I love that movie soo much.
Scott! I waited until I had some more time on my hands before watching this. Worth the wait! Your shot composition and editing is second to none, and that only serves to bolster your meticulous research and detailed arguments. But I also appreciated how, towards the end, you challenged yourself in regards to some of your older work and confronted parts of yourself that make you uncomfortable. We’re all a work in progress, but you’ve really made the effort to better yourself, and it shows. Continue to work hard, and continue to challenge yourself and grow (smarter through comics - couldn’t resist). I’m looking forward to seeing what comes next from you.
Which in my case, is the Scooby video! Will try and watch that a little more promptly.
I liked and "liked" the video, but I do have to comment on something. I understand that part of the point of this video is to address the shortcomings that you yourself have had throughout your time making videos, and that the snippets where you interrupt the narration with your own commentary on the video are part of the "video essayist TH-camr aesthetic" and they may actually work for the theme of the video regarding owning up to past mistakes (on top of the perceived intimacy that such commentary adds), but (sorry) I believe they are not needed:
You are an authentic (or perhaps more accurately authentic-looking as I don't know you in real life) person and the serious and honest way you handled the topic more than grounded your thesis in reality than your jabs at yourself. I actually liked the context given, I sort of knew the story of CA and Marvel (maybe even from your show) but I appreciated the refresher and the passing that the video got because of it.
I am more than likely off base here, but I think the little comments are born out of an insecurity on your own writing or proficiency in structuring a video, that I simply don't think is warranted. They may be born out of a need to break up the rhythm of the video and not making it tiring or just a quick joke to make an information-heavy section palatable, then I did not particularly had a need for them. But I think that, even if you are learning, growing and becoming more aware of your platform and the message, you are doing good and should not second guess yourself like that if that was the reason for them.
(I understand the paradox of telling someone how to structure their videos by telling them to trust themselves to know how to structure their videos, thank you very much).
TL;DR You are doing your best, don’t take unnecessary jabs at yourself.
I know this was two weeks ago, but I just started catching back up on Nerdsync and I have been noticing this in his new videos, honestly it started making me feel bad, like he is not feeling well, and it started making me worry about his mental states, I hope he is doing well and if not I hope he feels better soon
@@ianforsure I hope it is more a symptom of change: more self awareness leads to more self-consciousness but it also leads to being self-conscious, and it may feel more authentic to address those shortcomings on the video (plus the aesthetic is like that), than just let it go.
I agree that the asides and rambles aren’t really needed. The rest of the content is so strong. We don’t need to be told the video is too long. We know. We can see the runtime. :-P
I think it’s just a comedic thing though... personally, I like it.
Everything human related is political. We as humans are social creatures with individual traits and goal, and those will colide with others. If you truly wants to be apolitical you have to leave this planet.
Well said, my friend
I want to leave tbh
@@5ashll303 Then im sorry, little one.
I actually really like that you add context you consider common knowledge. I'm not a comic fan, but I love analysis videos. I love seeing where stories came from, what they meant, and how they developed even if I'm not interested in reading the work itself. So I really appreciate when you mention the context that most real comic fans would already know.
I, as a trans woman, really appreciate hearing you speak out. it’s really regular for me to find content about nerdy topics and not know if the person commentating actually supports my existence.
I dont
@@brysonsimpson4845 good for you?
@@brysonsimpson4845 Sorry about Bryson being a complete loser Ramona
@@sunflowertrees5476 dawg I commented that 7 months ago. And pot meet kettle
Why you gotta make everything about you?
Who the hell cares? This man doesn't even know you exist.
Tell me the political message of Garfield.
I'm sure it involves punching Nazi's. Lasagne too, of course.
I WANT MONEY.
The massive amount of merchandising behind it could be interpreted as an enthusiastic endorsement of capitalism from its writer Jim Davis
You deserve a break after this. Doesn’t matter how long your break is, just take one
It’s his first vid in 4 months 🤔
@@kingcrustytut7544 he was working in that time, doing something he actually likes doing. He likes video editting, and thats something he was doing. Not to mention, he was doing research and writing for the video at the same time, as well as filming/recording and doing the editting on his own video.
No man you just don’t get it
It’s not political if you agree with it
I found this channel a week ago and it has already become my favorite on this app. You put a ton of research and passion into each video and it shows
Scott I am 12 years old and I love it when you talk about politics in comics before I found you channel I was not aware. I have always wanted to be a comics writer. I have SO many ideas but you opened my eyes to new ideas. Thank you Scott. Never stop making videos.
Why do you have to state your age? It doesn’t matter.
You go! ^^
If this came out nowadays this comic would be considered “woke”.
Pushing transgender nonsense isn't the same as punching freaking Hitler.
@@WL1264 “pushing transgender nonsense” 🙄
People never complain about "politics in comics" when it's politics they agree with.
They just think the politics they happen to agree with are common sense.
It's _possible_ to complain about politics you agree with, especially when it's performed on a surface level and with no actual substance, e.g. late-stage Disney "wokeness".
Wtf do you guys mean about modern comics only showing one side. Last I checked, Kirby and Simon never made an issue where Captain America had a productive conversation with the Red Skull over the morality of eugenics
Are you actually implying we should sit down and listen to Nazis ?
@@notataco4203 ?
People complain about modern comics being one sided and not being fair to both sides when it comes to inserting political opinions into a story. The reality is that this has been the norm since day one. Action comics in the early days were very obviously left leaning and almost always portrayed businessmen in a negative way, Miller’s TDKR is a critique of Reagan era politics, and Moore’s closest thing to a republican patriot in Watchmen is a war loving psycho. Comics have always been one sided and against the status quo. The 50s were an exception because the conservatives hijacked art and media so that their feelings weren’t hurt and they thought the country was going in the wrong direction. Point is I would rather have a comic that takes a stance than trying to be “fair”. Why would I respect a comic that says people who think transgender people are groomers also have a point that is just as valid as people that are trans allies.
@@sebastianchavez577 stfu you just contradicted yourself your original comment said we should see both sides I said that was dumb cause basis are obviously evil you then compared conservatives to nazis and said why should a comic listen to both sides which was what I said so your doing one of the mist annoying kind of arguments aggressively agreeing your agreeing with me but want to make it seem like a fight an iv read watchmen it’s In no way subtle it’s anti American propaganda everyone who’s read it knows that and it works rlly well cause even tho I don’t hate America Alan moores writing is so good I still enjoy the comic and it dose kinda make me think modern writers are not doing it well and if you think the fact that comics used to be one sided for conservatives and now it’s one sided for liberals is a good thing you haven’t read modern comics cause there political writing is trash a bunch of patriotic Jews started marvel and now all we get is every few years we find out another marvel woke marvel writer was hiding anti semetic shit in comics and they constantly compare America to neo nazi ( hydra are still neo nazis )
@@sebastianchavez577 also making diverse characters isn’t a political statement and I’m actually all for that ppl who complain about minorities in comics now are pathetic and racist but just having a black or female version of a character isn’t creative or clever politics in fact it isn’t even new it all depends on the writing that’s why ppl including me love Miles morales and John Stewart ( green lantern was actually introduced way back in the 70s) but don’t like iron heart or bat woman cause there poorly written hell I like bat girl but not bat woman and it’s going to fat with that kinda stuff like Electra is daredevil now that doesn’t even make sense she’s dating daredevil and also not blind also she was already her own character with multiple solo series and she’s just she daredevil that’s what ppl are mad about and it’s not good political writing
@@notataco4203 I do agree with that. You can hate a new character because they’re badly written without going on a rant about some “woke” agenda.
Smash the fash comrade! Really enjoyed the video. Knocked it out of the park. I have been watching your videos for a very long time now and it has been rad watching you grow as an artist. You have a unique style to your videos, you poked fun of it a few times here but I really enjoy that true crime/ history channel doc vibe you use. Keep strong and keep going you are making some of my favourite content. Eager to see what the new decade brings.
Scott: “oh god my videos are namor” then makes a political video
I’d like an alternate universe where captain America and spider-noir fight nazis
Don't think we've seen any non-Spider characters have alternates represented in Noir's universe. We _have_ seen Captain America of Spider-Gwen's universe, Samantha Wilson, however.
@@christopherb501 There's Iron Man Noir
I hope no Scott was injured when filming this episode.
Remember when Nazis got upset at a Wolfenstein ad?
My favorite part's when they claimed to be Trump fans upset at his slogan being used, when his slogan's used POSITIVELY
The only reason I've gotten into "capes" when I was a teenager is because of Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan). "A Muslim superhero? Cool." Then Miles Morales cuz, who doesn't love him? Now I'm in a endless rabbithole of comics journey.
American comic books have always been political.
Thank you Scott! Being Jewish this means so much. Yasher Koach (great job in Hebrew)
Nerdsync was one of the first channels i remember subscribing to .
Your essays have evolved wonderfully. You have such a beautifully personal way of presenting niche topics.
awesome video overall
When I saw this video a year ago, it made me stop watching the channel. I couldn't help but so strongly disagree with you. However since then I've changed massively changed my mind on a lot of things. One of which being that wanting status quo is political. White cis men have, and do rule the world, and them wanting status quo is them wanting that power
No
Trash opinion by trash
@@garenthal9638 tell me you're white without saying you're white
I mean that’s kind of a generalization there but I get what you mean
There's some kind of disturbing irony in the fact that halfway through the word 'nazis' in "punch nazis" I got an ad for Olympus has Fallen