i got bored and made my own Cinematic Universe

[@austinmcconnell]

Alright, I'm doing it! Kickstart The Cinematic Universe Here: bit.ly/GOATLAS

[@revdrjon]

YOU'RE DOOOOOOOOOOOOING IT!!!

[@briancoppola7317]

@AustinMcConnell you are the hero we need, but not the one the world deserves

[@hydrolito]

DC Comics or a movie studio could have copywritten Spider Queen and Catman so you better check and make sure about that. As people have copywritten same name after the fact by different company see Marvel Comics use of Captain Marvel and Spider Girl for examples. DC bought rights from Fawcett comics after the fact but had to change their characters name to Shazam and could no longer use name Spider Girl so changed her hair color and changed character's name to wave.

[@hydrolito]

Agent 99 was used on Get Smart so you better make sure they don't have a copywrite on it.

[@RossPitSharkHunter]

Congrats

[@gab_gallard]

"We are the D.O.M.A.I.N. In service of the public, we fight and prevail!". Then every time somebody tries to explain what D.O.M.A.I.N stands for it gets interrupted by some unexpected event. This is a running gag in the franchise and by the end, the heroes themselves don't even know anymore.

[@herowither12354]

15 movies in, it's down to "Defenders Of.. uh.. M.A.I.N"

[@danielholman7866]

Dorky Old Movies, An Incredible Network

[@mateogonzalez5678]

@@herowither12354 That eventually transforms into Defenders of Maine and they become overwhemlingly popular in the state of Maine.

[@NuminusFilms]

winner.

[@sentientlemonbattery]

@@mateogonzalez5678 your in

[@connercoughran4677]

The only way CatMan / ManCat could be even funnier is if they were voiced by the same guy (sorta like Mike Meyers as Austin Powers and Dr Evil)

[@willfakaroni5808]

Better yet make the next films so ambiguous that either one could have won in the previous movie

[@steveg6199]

That great idea fits with the shoe-string budget. :-)

[@jamesmoriarty2329]

I feel like the best voice would be by the late Adam West or maybe Jim Carrey.

[@Mossishere]

@@jamesmoriarty2329 Nic Cage

[@TheCommonGentry]

i'm thinking more as CHRIS EVANS Capt America vs his version of The Human Torch...

[@CreepyConnor]

honestly, this seems like the type of franchise that would start out as a joke, but by the 5th movie in, the actual characters themselves (personality not powers) get so good, they actively keep you invested because of the narratives they tell alone.

[@writer5790]

D&D joke chracters in a nutshell

[@safe-keeper1042]

Sounds like Tails Gets Trolled.

[@Onaterdem]

The TV show version of this would be the animated Harley Quinn. Fantastic show that starts out as a joke but ends up with INCREDIBLE characters and writing

[@ethanlivemere1162]

Things that start off as jokes but end up having way more character and lore than they have any right to are my favorite things. Baman Piderman or HLVRAI for example.

[@TheFormalFools]

That is 100% exactly what I'd want.

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

They should be called "The Public Defenders" as a play on words because they defend the public, are public domain and you got them because you couldn't afford to pay for the rights to use a currently active franchise

[@WhiteCavendish]

This right here is gold.

[@flavioptferreira]

OhMyGod I loved that! Public Defenders for the win!

[@Aivottaja]

This comment should be pinned.

[@MetalxScum]

Man I was watching this and was going to suggest public domain defenders but you beat me by a good bit so it should be public defenders

[@yourlocalcoffee0330]

Honestly making a cinematic universe like this that isn’t meant to be taken all that seriously would be sick

[@EvenTheDogAgrees]

Certainly worthy of a crowdfunding campaign. :)

[@yourlocalcoffee0330]

@@EvenTheDogAgrees oh for sure

[@matthewsagliocco4458]

They could be done Grindhouse/Planet Terror style.

[@alexwolfeboy]

@@michaele1654 That would be awesome. Continuity be damned,’

[@AircraftFTW]

I'd watch a series of these characters totally.

[@realdrnobody]

I think it’d be hilarious if, in the crossover movie, it was either never acknowledged whether Cat Man or Man Cat won the fight or if they gave conflicting accounts about who won in their solo movie.

[@LechuKawaii]

Would be funnier if he was just referred as 'cat'

[@outkast1ncluded935]

@@LechuKawaii or if both were referred to as ''The Cat' by the media and nobody specifies whether it's Cat-Man or Man-Cat

[@christianburkhart3601]

both of them show up and never acknowledge their movie before

[@outkast1ncluded935]

Or if it happened so long ago both of them are just senile and think the other is just talking bs

[@ryangreen8004]

@@outkast1ncluded935 "some sort of human feline mix won the fight" makes it obvious if it was a title in the newspaper what fight they were talking about but they don't need to worry about writing cat man or man cat

[@dekucake]

Also, the idea of Red Riding Hood being a doctor strange/final fantasy wizard style character feels like such an interesting and new take on the fairy tale

[@wlll1235]

and maybe the wolf is some entity (like the speed wraiths (i think they're called) in the CW's flash) meant to stop Little Red from bending reality,, maybe, to save her and her grandma, she pulls one of the other heroes to her and they save her,, another way you could take it is that the wolf is one if the villain's creations, but it ends the same way as above,, this can start pulling the heroes together,, also, in the post-credit scenes of each movie, we see another monster made meant to fight the heroes

[@jan_harald]

@@wlll1235 actually it'd be cool if the wolves were an entire intelligent species from another world, who're mystically adept, and have foreseen that little red's meddling with portals would eventually unleash a calamity, and could potentially destroy the whole universe and they also use teleportation to track, and reach the Hood, and at one of the later Steps, will join the heroes, as they were never really evil to begin with, they just looked scary so nobody believed them

[@alanar8046]

Make Red like 15 years old. Do the story straight up until the wolf eats her after a significant fight. She lands in the stomach with Grandma but it's like a small pocket dimension. She has a claustrophobic panic attack that reaches a fever pitch, then she frantically bangs on the stomach walls and suddenly mind melds with the wolf, absorbing his power over dimensional space in the split second before he rips apart from her psychic energy blast. Red and Grandma are left standing in shock as fur and red sparkles float to the floor. This begins Red's vigilante mission to seek out and destroy any and all danger lurking in the woods.

[@KidOmega-iv4tp]

Agreed! Time to steal it!!

[@dekucake]

@@KidOmega-iv4tp not if I steal it first!

[@raulparrado1547]

The fact that six gun gorilla is unironically the most interesting character of them is the best part

[@matthollingsworth7327]

I had some thoughts: What if we never see Cat-Man's backstory. Instead, he just explains it to people, and it's so ridiculous, no one believes him. The point out plot holes, like how is he able to speak English. How does just living with tigers give him night vision? The movie leaves it ambiguous whether his backstory is actually true or whether he's just crazy. Atlas is constantly promoting his workout routine to the other characters who don't care at all and find him super annoying. He takes every possible opportunity to admire his own muscles. Spider-Queen is constantly annoyed because another superhero "borrowed" one of her web shooters and has a similar sounding name, yet he's much more famous and popular. She's constantly insisting that she did the whole spider thing first, and she gets mad every time the knockoff saves someone or gets on TV.

[@OnliPhans_Kenobi]

Perhaps Cat-Man is suffering from a severe case of toxoplasmosis after engaging in a used kitty litter related fetish. The story is the cover up.

[@TheSecondVersion]

>"Instead, he just explains it to people, and it's so ridiculous, no one believes him." Marvel's *Moon Knight* TV show comes out in March, and I've been reading up on the character. The general idea is that this hero is a sort of schizophrenic with multiple personalities/identities, and a mystical connection to an Ancient Egyptian Moon God that gives him seemingly superhuman strength, speed, agility, and reflexes. BUT, apparently depending on the comic run, it's ambiguous whether Moon Knight actually has a supernatural connection to the Egyptian god (including being able to "communicate" with him), *or it's all in his head.*

[@imsotiredofthiscrap2341]

@@TheSecondVersion thats just sad dear god

[@MrGamelover23]

You have a very bright creative future ahead of you. I'm not kiddi.

[@MrGamelover23]

@@imsotiredofthiscrap2341 why is it sad?

[@JaredLendy]

The post credit scene for Atlas should just be a workout video

[@joshthehollow5254]

Or maybe a Peacemaker style dance sequence

[@JaredLendy]

51.8K! The goal has been reached!

[@hydrolito]

Does Charles Atlas descendants or someone else still have copy right on exercise videos?

[@Alexanimations12345]

Lol

[@henryd98]

i fucking spit my drink lol

[@gwest3644]

If we’re sticking with the public domain theme, all the music has to be either royalty free stuff from Kevin MacLeod or someone like that, really obscure music from before the 60’s, or classical music from centuries ago. Actually, a really good name for it might be “Forgotten Stories”, because all of this is based on characters lost in the annals of comic history.

[@koolaidmansam8yearsago273]

omg haha 😂

[@parmesan93]

The Kevin MacLeod reference broke me omg

[@ihopeicanchangethisnamelat7108]

Unlike Pluto has excellent royalty-free music as well

[@Videokind]

Soundtrack courtesy of Epidemic Sound ^^;

[@Doshee33]

Hey some of the classical music would actually be good tho

[@jaspertyler4557]

so atlas is a guy who became the strongest man alive by working out. so when a superhero does it, it fails. but when an anime does it, it's one of the best of all time. really shows how the same concept can turn out differently.

[@tomatooverlord2764]

I mean the company who published the comic was already going out of business. Atlas just wasn't enough to save them. One Punch Man was created by a complete amateur (at the time) whose career hadn't even really begun yet. There was nowhere to go for ONE but up, and he just did the work to ensure he soared to new heights instead of floating an inch off the ground. In other words, if a label like National Comics, (which later became DC Comics) which was doing great in this era, were to have created Atlas, he might be as well known today as Aquaman or Cyborg. or, more likely, as well known as Blue Beetle or Booster Gold.

[@TonyGearSolid]

I'd watch the hell out of that Cowboy Gorilla movie.

[@The_Wampy]

Sounds like hit monkey

[@aGVTfilm]

SAME

[@Kevin_turner]

I was gonna say everything stated here LOL

[@citizensguard3433]

I haven't even gotten to that part of the video yet. But "Cowboy Gurilla"? Holy shit. Sounds like some furry anime cowboy bebop fan fic extravaganza! Add in a few busty anime ladies and you've got yourself pure gold!

[@leagueleaders]

I like the idea so much I'd VC the project

[@JayFolipurba]

Atlas is great. Imagine being such a wimp that the god of strength himself comes down from the heavens to tell you he's had enough of your boneless attitude and to get your gains on. Now that's some motivation!

[@ninjatortise8958]

I don't know it gives me way to much Shazam vibes, if they updated the costume it could work

[@JustKrin]

It definitely feels like a mix between Shazam and Captain America. My idea is that the writer disliked the notion that to be super strong you needed to be an alien, have magic, a super serum or things like that. So he wanted to show kids that with good training exercises you too could become a superhero... in the 40s

[@jaishkhan7442]

Atlas reminds me of my gym trainer

[@chrisa7905]

I’m gonna guess it was a reference Charles Atlas one of the first famous body builders back in the 30’s/40’s. It sounds almost exactly like his “backstory” minus the Devine intervention and crime fighting lol They used to advertise his workout routines in all the golden/silver age comics I’ve read. Basically real life One Punch Man.

[@alarin612]

@@chrisa7905 I was gonna say, it sounds exactly like those old ads.

[@Juicelee777ssj]

Why am I so intrigued by the idea of the six gun gorilla? I'm just imagining his solo movies being spaghetti westerns where he's the only gorilla and the story is deep and complex, but no one ever questions why he's a gorilla. They only really question why he's such a great shot

[@robertoguzman6556]

OH GOD. I love this so much

[@da_ocsta1452]

The character could actually freaking WORK...

[@harmen98]

This is amazing.

[@Honeybuns7482]

America gorilla

[@mr.pavone9719]

What if they don't ask why he's so good, they instead assume he's good at everything BECAUSE he's a gorilla? It could be a story that explores the tropes of racist positive stereotypes.

[@jeremyeineichner7271]

"Imagine a gorilla, but with guns" STOP DRILLING YOU'VE STRUCK OIL!

[@kelvinsantiago7061]

DONT STOP DRILLING WE GOTTA FIND DIAMONDS (how about a cyborg gorilla with guns and a jetpack).

[@the5wards]

@@kelvinsantiago7061 Wait 'till the end of his character arc.

[@olioliravioli6619]

This is what comic book makers thought too. There were a lot of gorillas…

[@Cyber_CC]

The cowboy gorilla is easily the best of them all, and is actually a character i would love to see.

[@quentinsummers2531]

They made a series like that, called hit monkey

[@Sg-mo6el]

Boom studios rebooted him it's actually pretty good.

[@lightyagamiunofficial1788]

Sorry man but Cat man is

[@ezralegum6236]

When you make the BBCU film adaptations, remember to cast someone nearsighted as Atlas, so they're squinting and struggling to see shit the entire time (y'know because strong people don't wear glasses)

[@jacemonster5]

HAHAHAHA yes

[@TheSecondVersion]

The god Atlas gave him a set of exercises specifically designed to turn him into a superhuman gigachad. Since the lenses in one's eyes are controlled by muscles, imaging if the guy somehow managed to exercise his *eyeballs* to the point that he willingly flexes them into perfect focus

[@seamusmckeon9109]

Or in the final scene of the film have him put the glasses on while looking in the mirror as a metaphor to him getting over his crush and accepting himself as who he is and not the brutish hunk he once was

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

@@TheSecondVersion If you wanna be a superhero, you gotta have muscles on your eyeballs!

[@chepulis]

This seems like a perfect vehicle to parody the hell out of cinematic universes.

[@zachsmith3]

It's like the Shrek of cinematic universes! It will demolish the box office

[@upstairscandy0764]

That's a wierd team name

[@zachsmith3]

@@upstairscandy0764 there’s no team name here

[@Arlothed1no]

Imagine them using the "mysterious and dangerous magical item" trope where it's not mentioned anywhere besides the big team up movie and it's like Random informant: "here's the big dangerous magical item" Character: "i've never heard of it before" Informant: "yeah it's because we kinda made it up after your movie was made" Character: "movie?" Informant: "anyway"

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

@@zachsmith3 Take the Shrek approach and straight-up vilify the characters of the guys you're parodying. Thor is technically a public domain character considering he's from Norse mythology. Make him the bad guy.

[@balrogdahomie]

Spider-Queen: “You seriously expect us to take on Landor?” Six-Gun-Gorilla: “Ook. Ook Ook. *sharp exhale* Ook.” Catman: “Sixgun is right. I appreciate that you think so highly of us, Hood, but we aren’t anywhere near capable of fighting monsters like this. You’d need top of the line heroes for this sort of thing.” Red Riding Hood: “ You’re right, we do need top of the line heroes. And I made sure to get them.” Blue Bolt: “Don’t patronize us, Red-“ RRH: “I’m not. Sure, none of you guys were my first pick, but I know a hero when I see one, and I know you guys can handle this. Just because something is on clearance, doesn’t mean it doesn’t work- it just means it hasn’t found the right home yet. And that’s what you guys are. Sure, you’re bargain bin heroes. But you’re still heroes. And that’s good enough for the here and now.” - there is a pregnant pause as the team considers Red’s words. After a moment, Six-Gun Gorilla stands up. - 6GG: “Ook ook, ook ook *grunt*” - CM nods thoughtfully, then stands up himself. Slowly, the rest of the Bargain Buddies each stand up in turn, wordlessly accepting the challenge. Once everyone has stood up, Red Riding Hood and Atlas look to each other, crack wry smiles, and nod - Atlas: Well then… let’s show these monsters what it means to get more than you bargained for. (Reposted from a reply in another comment. I felt it stood well enough on its own)

[@mr.psycho_the_nerd5790]

Catman: ho god everyone is dead

[@KingSpectre844]

I love the idea that only Catman can understand the six gun gorilla. It's just so damn silly.

[@samuelturner6919]

@@KingSpectre844 He knows the languages of animals (this would legitimize his backstory despite it's inherit craziness) i think its a humourous but also cool touch

[@KingSpectre844]

@@samuelturner6919 Agreed 100%. I'm just imagining the scene in my head and having a giggle.

[@PulseAnimations878]

this is perfect

[@anvitron]

"Catman VS Mancat" was my favorite film of the BBCU back then in 2027. Not too serious, but not too cheesy either, it was the best movie I had seen since Bee Movie. The ending I saw in theathers was the one where Mancat won, which I feel somehow suited the tone better than the one where Catman won. Can't wait to see his next appearance!

[@Lauren-cn2xs]

Since the bee movie 💀💀

[@Alan_Marin]

“God why the f*ck would you spoil such great movieee!!!! I was about to watch it when you freaking spoiled it!!!!“

[@Joplys]

Well I honestly dont agree with you. As we see in catman's appearence in the red riding hood the canon ending is the one that he wins because of what he says in the minute 34:05 quote "im going to beat you up like I did to mancat!" And I loved the red riding hood in my opinion the best movie of the BBCU so I think that the catman ending is better

[@ThreeProphets]

r/cursedcomments

[@cashkromsupernerd1193]

@@Joplys Did you even watch the third Blue Bolt movie? It was made pretty clear that Red's reality bending was messing with her head, so we can't take anything from her perspective as gospel.

[@thenewmase]

Actually, we have to play the Six-Gun Gorilla movie absolutely serious. Make it a legit western with actors playing it straight only with a guy dressed in a bad gorilla suit

[@ThreeProphets]

I 100% agree. His story is one of the most compelling already. I think that book just came out at the wrong time, or under the wrong company, or something. He could've been an all-star hero

[@frick_____you]

Also, the gorilla doesn't talk; but people interact with the gorilla as if it's saying something to them. Villain: It was always gonna end this way. One of us dead in a puddle of blood. The other holding the gun. Any last words before I gun you down like you did my brother? Gorilla: Ook.

[@thegeekclub8810]

Yes, I was thinking this myself. It would work great coming off of the totally campy Landor movie. People would come expecting more of the same, only to get a gorilla western p,aged 100% straight.

[@MrJoecordo]

Sixgun gorilla wins an academy award

[@getschwifty5537]

@@ThreeProphets honestly he kind of reads like a prototype of Hit Monkey. So yeah in a way we already know that he would have worked in the right time and place cause of a version of him already IS working.

[@MJTRadio]

From the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen using public domain in comic books to this using public domain from comics for movies. What a journey. I know it’s not grammatically sensical, but could the team be called, “The Domain”? The title doesn’t need to be anything but catchy, does it?

[@pastorjerrykliner3162]

Yes... I had the same thought!

[@squabbbb]

Protectors of The Domain?

[@SharpDesign]

@@squabbbb P.D. for short makes so much sense.

[@aGVTfilm]

I like the Domain but maybe as the name of their universe? Like in thor they have the whole 9 realms thing, the Domain could be their universe, which opens possibilities for other parallel iterations.

[@alexlik4197]

@@squabbbb This is definitely the best Team Name! I love it!

[@TheSpencermacdougall]

"Imagine a gorilla, with Guns!" I instantly thought of a gorilla with machine guns instead of hands. "Gun-rilla"

[@that1guyjack269]

That can be in the sequel

[@lukesanderson21751]

Gun rilla is the villain

[@zgredczwartyniesamowity363]

Guerilla gorilla

[@j_fenrir]

His brother

[@blackmerkit142]

Bro that's just gorilla grood from DC.

[@grantreill1966]

I'm excited for Six-Gun Gorilla because there has to be some element of huge international potential. Everyone loves a western, and since O'Neill can't speak that paves the way for a cross-cultural non-linguistic appeal. You're a marketing genius, Austin.

[@MrGhostTheBigRoast]

Just give him a panda co star played by John Cena and its ready for the Chinese market.

[@georgerogers2915]

I’ll be honest, I NEED six gun gorilla now

[@jackeroni216]

also people LOVE monkeys.

[@timothyknight243]

A Spaghetti Western Six-Gun Gorilla would be amazing.

[@Sketch-Motion]

That would be the type of film that would do good here but would become a cultural sensation over in Japan.

[@RichardAspdenOfficial]

With the Catman/Mancat endings, when it gets released to DVD, each DVD has a random ending. Not both, just one. Make no reference to the ends on the back of the box or in any commentary.

[@herohalv4543]

theres gotta be some way to make it random on streaming services as well

[@RichardAspdenOfficial]

@@herohalv4543 one way would be to give each streaming platform a different version (eg Netflix gets Catman wins, D+ Mancat win).

[@useless_name]

@@RichardAspdenOfficial I think this could really work 😂

[@bluhvea82]

It gets released only in vhs format.

[@alephcake]

@@herohalv4543 NO streaming versions. ONLY physical or in cinemas. Will add to the garbage bin aesthetic

[@lincolnbrandt]

Four years from now, Austin is going to post a 40 minute video titled “How I accidentally made the blockbuster hit of the decade” and the thumbnail will be a faded jpeg of the box office numbers with text over laid that says “it’s a long story”

[@outkast1ncluded935]

1t'5 4 l0ng st0y3

[@hernerwerzog9700]

I mean after all of his semi-unsuccessful ventures, I think he finally deserves his big break :/

[@imshanedulong]

Man-Cat should definitely be a Lex Luther type evil CEO, but is literally a bipedal cat in a suit.

[@carykillingbeck2874]

For Man-Cat, dig up images of a character called Simbahr from an old Gold Key horror anthology comic that utilized Boris Karloff as Rod Serling-type narrator.

[@SmylingTrees]

The Atlas guy's workout segment felt like the One Punch Man "secret training regiment" gag done unironically without any of the self awareness

[@LylWren]

My thoughts too

[@LOGICZOMBIE]

exactly

[@EstelMcFields]

But this was done is like Flex Mentallo, though. Right?

[@dramaboy41]

Atlas looks like Clark Kent and a bit like Captain Marvel

[@dramaboy41]

Love the shorts though

[@luca2348]

Okay, but hear me out - the gorilla one could actually be turned into a really interesting, surprisingly emotional movie that could be remembered for decades if pulled off by the right director. I think going at it from the comedic approach actually hinders it - embrace it as weird, but also acknowledge the more human aspects of the gorilla and create this oddly heartbreaking story with incredible cinematography, color grading, and a great soundtrack. Easier said than done, but I'd pay to see it done artfully.

[@inserttapehere276]

Exactly what I was thinking. Dark Gran Torino type movie, focusing more on the redemption and growth of the gorilla and prospector. With it all culminating with a small but suspenseful shootout with the bad guys.

[@luca2348]

@@inserttapehere276 Personally, I'd keep the relationship to a short montage at the beginning - the first ten to twenty minutes, maybe. I read a bit of the original story and it actually lends itself to cinema fairly well. Then, have it be a revenge movie where this gorilla goes out to try and find the men responsible for his anguish. I even started toying with an idea for a script in my head and I have this vague idea of a saloon girl who embarks on the gorillas quest with him who eventually becomes an ally after the humans try and kill it. It's all rather vague but I'm beginning to churn up some ideas involving trains, saloons, and the night sky over the western canyons. It honestly could be a really great movie.

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

I'd wanna do the western trope of remaking an old Samurai film in the US, but also the main character is now a gorilla.

[@ajkkjjk52]

That was my thought too. Think Logan, but as an old west gorilla. Play it completely straight with a stylized aesthetic but top-end VFX.

[@luca2348]

Logan + Planet of the Apes trilogy. It's actually kind of a winning idea.

[@DannyV117]

I think the team should be named "Public Domain" it would be hilarious to reference where all of them come from plus kind of roles off the tong a bit

[@esteban-zamora]

That's pretty good!

[@thatrandomloser3808]

The perfect name

[@thephony1651]

I was thinking “The Free-For-Alls”

[@Coolsomeone234]

So that's it we're some sort of... Public Domain?

[@whatisdis]

Lost Domain? Cuz like they're lost in the public domains before Austin just kinda yeeted them back into existence.

[@sarafontanini7051]

actually giving the VILLAIN his own seperate movie is not only a brilliant dea but stunningly one neither marvel nor DC have actually tried yet

[@bottlecap7533]

The joker movie, though a standalone, is this

[@callmemelody653]

@@bottlecap7533 Doesn't apply, considering that the Joker film was a standalone film not in the DCEU.

[@tonybrewer7536]

​@callmemelody653 OP said DC not DCEU.

[@callmemelody653]

@@tonybrewer7536 Within the context of cinematic universes, which in this case, obviously refers to the DCEU.

[@Red-Wolf-Ben]

We do now have a Loki streaming series, so there's that.

[@aronpill2767]

My proposed movie name is "Justice Six: The Abandoned domain". * Includes the idea of open domain in the title of the movie * Sounds exactly like a different property (but distinctive enough to avoid a lawsuit) * Very short-sighted (the team's name will make little to no sense when the roster changes and there are longer 6 members) Sounds perfect for something like this.

[@Coolsomeone234]

Sounds similar to secret six

[@idontknow_whattowritesooo130]

@@Coolsomeone234 or the sinister six

[@afropenguin]

I mean could just do what " The boys" do with their team " The Seven". have members die, or create backup members for when theirs an open slot. or just have a rotating roster and in universe their not a team but conisendesy theirs always 6 in the team up.

[@mattk3068]

The “different endings in theaters” idea has actually happened! The movie Clue based off the board game had three different endings sent to theaters!! Idk maybe u were referencing that with the whole catman thing but i think it’s super cool!

[@komojiro7397]

Total Drama had season endings like that too

[@ammagon4519]

Wasn't the Kong vs Godzilla (the original one) also had different endings depending on the region?

[@gunmunz]

@@ammagon4519 That's slightly a myth. In reality American version had it more vague who was winner while the japanese had godzilla as the winner. Its less 'they shot two different endings' and more 'editing and dubbing foolery

[@hydrolito]

@@gunmunz King Kong was swimming on surface and Godzilla was underwater but he can live down there so can come up again at any time also more a jr. Godzilla as only about as tall a 5 story house and was much taller in other movies.

[@RelativelyBest]

Crazy thing is, this could actually work. I firmly believe that while the concept may play a part in success, the execution is the vital part. Pick a character and tell his or her story well enough and you'll end up with something people will enjoy. _Refine the concept._ Change the costumes, the characterization, whatever. Even the successful superheroes have gone through considerable reboots and are no longer what they originally where. So, yeah, make a Catman or Spider Queen movie that's genuinely entertaining with a compelling story and I sure as hell will watch it.

[@MrGamelover23]

Absolutely.

[@danielzakgaim2764]

If James Gun can make Peacemaker and Vigilantee interesting, why not other guys?

[@milkjug4237]

I mean, it's just making a normal superhero flick, but half the work was already done for you fifty years ago.

[@hydrolito]

DC Comics might hold copy write on Catman and Spider Queen as Catman was also a Batman villain and Spider Queen was a Superman villain. DC comics bought up some of the other companies copywrites.

[@abbycollins4820]

I agree

[@captainbirch2.079]

This would unironically make a good kids show. They become a team and fight of Landor's monster of the week until the big finale

[@kylefielder9664]

Blue Bolt actually sounds like something that Marvel could make a movie about.

[@YeviCoulson]

They have blue marvel. They could potentially fill the hole a little, left in the bowl by Chadwick's absence. Even better I heard him and Denzel had some history or something.

[@Goosecognito]

You might be thinking of Black bolt, One of the inhumans

[@kylefielder9664]

@@Goosecognito That character might be in Doctor Strange in the multi-verse of madness

[@YeviCoulson]

@@Goosecognito you've done it now I've remembered 😠😡

[@he96765]

@@kylefielder9664 says who?

[@juniorofficial45]

Considering the fact that it is called the 'Bargain Bin Cinematic Universe', I would recommend calling the team 'The Binmen'.

[@kingmaxx3256]

👌

[@hydrolito]

Barmen might sound tougher if they use barbell or breaking prison bars as their symbol.

[@ConsistentlyInconsistent21]

​@@hydrolito Perhaps AA meetings?

[@carycomic1954]

How about "Bottom Scrapers," instead? As in, LRRH might have scraped the bottom of the proverbial barrel in gathering these "also-rans" together. But, their crime-fighting could be publicly proclaimed as scraping scum off the bottom of honest people's shoes!

[@carycomic1954]

On second thought? Nah! People would make too much fun of the initials. So, how about "Plain Justice," instead? As in, Atlas (trying to be humble) asks LRRH; "Why do we need a fancy name? Why can't we be plain just us?" And LRRH (like Lucy Van Pelt) exclaims: "That's it!"

[@KnuttyEntertainment]

He’s already made a movie in two days. Auction off each of the nine movies to different teams of fan volunteers with each “studio” adding their own flair while Austin simply oversees the projects and contributes mildly to the scripts. Minimal effort for maximum campiness.

[@Rotem_S]

Sounds great, I'd honestly volunteer to make assets for that or whatever (unless the no CGI rule applies to all the movies)

[@thelordz33]

@@Rotem_S I think that just applies to the 6 gun gorilla.

[@KnuttyEntertainment]

@@thelordz33 Only for the six gun gorilla suit. CGI can be used for the rest of the movie.

[@jackspurlock9201]

That would be fun as hell

[@cryotek3624]

Someone should superimpose an anime character in live-action for red riding hood.

[@josephjarosch8739]

Ok, here we go. Atlas: Man of Might. Same broad outline, but more explicitly supernatural. Atlas, who in this version falls somewhat but not fully in the eldritch/inscrutable camp of dieties, teaches him 'forbidden' techniques, involving a combination of extreme training and secret alchemic formulas, to gain his strength. His main villain is somone who tried to copy the techniques, not knowing that Atlas the god tailored them to Atlas the Hero specifically, and would have... *unpleasant* side effects on anyone else. Blue Bolt: Keep the same backstory, but keep the Green Sorceress as his main nemesis. His getting his powers from a mad science experiment, while hers are more explicitly supernatural, could be a good contrast. Maker of Monsters: He and his constructs should be as aesthetically close to Bloodborne as you can get without risking a lawsuit. Little red riding hood: Go full epic fantasy with this one. The Wolf is one of the last surviving Werewolves, his kin having been hunted near to extinction. Grandmother, though retired and slowly succumbing to dementia, was one of the greatest warriors and Hunters her age. Werewolf follows Red in hopes of getting revenge on Grandmother, but over the course of their journey slowly becomes more attached to her. He also begins to suspect from her smell that she is a dormant werewolf. Another Hunter catches on Wolf, and begins to pursue the pair. They arrive, and Wolf preparis to kill Grandmother, but decides not to. Grandmother realizes that Wolf is a werewolf, and recognizes him as a pup that she had spared during one of her purges. The Hunter catches up, and in the ensuing fight, Grandmother is killed. Wolf awakens Red's powers, and she is revelaed to be not simply a werewolf, but a reincarnation of the Queen of Beasts, a goddess who created Werewolves and the other therianthropes and teratomorphs millennia ago. The Hunter uses a magical artifact to juice up his powers, but after a long fight, Wolf and Red win. In a post creddits scene, centuries later, a young Landor stumbles across Red's tomb, containing, among other things, sealed phials of her blood, which were the root of his monster-making science.

[@ThreeProphets]

I have an idea: Atlas gets his powers from a Greek god, and Blue Bolt's origin story only happens because he gets shot down by a lightning bolt. Zues is also a Greek god who's known for his judicious use of lightning bolts. This sets up our cast behind the curtains, known simply as The Pantheon. They cannot communicate with the main cast save for cryptic hints, but they can pull strings to try and influence certain events. The problem is, they're not very good at predicting the future, and they *never* reach consensus on what they want to actually happen. The Pantheon serves as not only the connective tissue between the films, but also as a sidebar of commentators, bickering over everything from what they want to happen next to which hero is their favorite. All this begins to change in Little Red, because her relationship to The Pantheon is unique. If her powers sound familiar, that's because she's a second gen demigod descended from Zues (who is notorious for consorting with humans) and the grandmother, which is the big twist that takes the second half of her movie into completely fucking batshit territory. She can communicate freely with The Pantheon only in her dreams, which she thought was just her overactive imagination until she starts to see the effects of their haphazard meddling for herself, since they of course inadvertantly created Landor. The end goal is for the team to overthrow The Pantheon, accidentally plunging the world into chaos of their own making that they must bring order to, leading to them being hailed as kings, going mad with power, and becoming the future villains for the next generation of heroes to contend with Also can we please have a modern day version of Robin Hood in phase two? It would be a heist movie with the villain being a famous billionaire CEO that horrifically mistreats his workers while he lives in luxury and paints himself as the savior of the world. When you said public domain I was hoping for some more historical IPs

[@imissnewfelt8283]

THIS. THIS RIGHT HERE

[@ChristianVazquez12]

HE NEEDS TO SEE THIS

[@lilworm9893]

He really needs to see this

[@sylvy16]

As a big percy jackson fan, I absolutely love this idea. A greek mythology based superhero team is so cool.

[@realmothchu]

to continue with the greek mythology theme, Spider Queen could get her powers from Arachne or be a reincarnation of her.

[@mrsteamie4196]

Honestly, a set of animated shorts or even full length movies in the visual style of the golden age might actually have some merit! We saw the great success of Spiderverse's modified comic art style, and I'm imagining some cool alchemy could be made between retro Scooby doo, golden age comic visuals, and our ability to actually animate scenes of cheap shows instead of having characters be stationary 80% of the time lol

[@mr.n1119]

This actually sounds way more entertaining than other cinematic universes. Six-Gun Gorilla sounds really cool tbh. Can't wait for the sequel "Six-Gun Gorilla meets Furious George" Also Atlas is definitely played by John Cena. CGI his head on a scrawny guy when he's pathetic, just like they did for Captain America.

[@blobbles5973]

Skinny CGI John Cena sounds horrifying

[@trebmal587]

Or you could do the exact opposit : A skinny actor who's face is CGIed on top of a bobybuilder's body. Joel Haver would just be perfect for that. Sadly, Austin went for the crappy 3D animation for the Atlas movie...

[@dazcarrr]

@@trebmal587 for the entire rest of the cinematic universe the skinny guy is edited onto a bodybuiler

[@zinkheroofyoutube8004]

@@trebmal587 He's working on a literal shoestring budget Give him a break

[@scottsalinas7019]

Someone in the comments make this less silly but still silly at the same time immediately

[@bencrooker720]

Landor totally could have made Man-Cat and send him out as a test run monster.

[@CSLucasEpic]

I was thinking the same thing. And it would be a great tie-in for the movies.

[@werlynakadera1944]

That’s what I was thinking!

[@carykillingbeck2874]

A Bizarro-style clone of Catman that was _deliberately_ malformed!

[@good-sofa]

Team name: "The Outcasts" representative of their nature as forgotten about and nobody bothered to renew the copyright and the slogan should be: "no copyright infringement intended"

[@koleglobal]

Thats true but then they gonna get compared to like the doom patrol

[@PsychoWilko]

If they're gonna be called The Outcasts, they better use Hey Ya as their theme song

[@MrSkerpentine]

@@PsychoWilko “Bombs Over Baghdad” except the only “bombs” are the heroes themselves

[@gregorymee5876]

I love it!

[@jackmafo832]

@@potatotomato3919 'The Rejects' would be more fitting

[@Strixtech]

Since we ALL know that you're clearly gonna do this whole Bargin Bin Cinematic Universe thing, here's the best name I can come up with! Austin McConnell's T.H.E.M.: The Heroes Everyone Missed. Thank me later in the credits ;)

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

There have been a lot of good suggestions but this one wins.

[@Meester_]

Screw you, I'm thanking you now!

[@hi_freqz]

That's a dope name! ~Dz

[@joebob5313]

Genius.

[@Strixtech]

Thanks for all the love y'all I can really see it now: A little boy looks up in the air, tugging at his mom's blouse; "Look Mom, look! It's THEM!" with the brightest look on his face. All the while his mom is just like..." Them? Well who the heck are they?" xD

[@ChrisTrenary]

The team should be called the Bargain Buddies, teaming up in the once in a lifetime cinematic event, The Bargain Bin Buddies Blockbuster Bash

[@YeviCoulson]

Wait so the Bargain Bin's Bargain Buddies all we need now is a doctor strange type character to come at the end of the movie look the cast in the eye look back at the sign that says bargain buddie's (this is all at their makeshift hideout which is really just little reds grandma's house with the aforementioned sign over her mail box) after looking at them looking at the sign he looks back at them sighs and says "I've come to bargain"

[@YeviCoulson]

He could very well be lil reds relative since she can warp reality. Or another public domain character like the wizard of oz. That might be too mainstream

[@balrogdahomie]

SQ: “You seriously expect us to take on Landor?” 6GG: “Ook. Ook Ook. *sharp exhale* Ook.” CM: “Sixgun is right. I appreciate that you think so highly of us, Hood, but we aren’t anywhere near capable of fighting monsters like this. You’d need top of the line heroes for this sort of thing.” RRH: “ You’re right, we do need top of the line heroes. And I made sure to get them.” BB: “Don’t patronize us, Red-“ RRH: “I’m not. Sure, none of you guys were my first pick, but I know a hero when I see one, and I know you guys can handle this. Just because something is on clearance, doesn’t mean it doesn’t work- it just means it hasn’t found the right home yet. And that’s what you guys are. Sure, you’re bargain bin heroes. But you’re still heroes. And that’s good enough for the here and now.” - there is a pregnant pause as the team considers Red’s words. After a moment, Six-Gun Gorilla stands up. - 6GG: “Ook ook, ook ook *grunt*” - CM nods thoughtfully, then stands up himself. Slowly, the rest of the Bargain Buddies each stand up in turn, wordlessly accepting the challenge. Once everyone has stood up, Red Riding Hood and Atlas look to each other, crack wry smiles, and nod - ATL: Well then… let’s show these monsters what it means to get more than you bargained for.

[@ChrisTrenary]

@@balrogdahomie LMFAO so vivid

[@varunan_]

@@balrogdahomie this legit the greatest piece of comic I have read. Ik it is a youtube comment and has got no illustrations but damn I could imagine every single scene. Bargain Buddies will be epic if it becomes a thing 😄

[@space_1073]

Six gun gorilla might just be the sickest title and concept for a movie Ive ever witnessed. James gun should direct it.

[@Shane_anigans_]

And anytime someone mentions or asks about the discrepancy in the cat man “endings” we act like we have no idea what they’re talking about & look at them like they’re insane. This was one vid with so many great ideas & still endless possibilities, I like where this is going lol

[@JayDaCosta1]

I'm actually surprised nobody has ever done something like this. It would be genius!! 🤣🤣

[@philltheotherguy1868]

What are you talking about? Cat man only has one ending.

[@Rotem_S]

You could have the video description linking to it change with the KZbin API every half a minute or so

[@veefrog]

It coulde be that they alternate between movies, and each time it's treated like the switching characters isn't a thing

[@Ninox32tgretwh]

Like "What are you talking about? Man-Cat defeating Cat-Man? never dude..."

[@isabatedcases5738]

I like how your primary reason for finding heroes from the public domain was because you “didn’t want top-shelf caped crusaders” and you wanted more of a “rag-tag” vibe as if the alternative of purchasing the rights to the most famous heroes in literary canon is even an option for you lol.

[@thelordz33]

Well, he could've made his own and put effort into them

[@reptiliannoizezz.413]

Honestly, I did think of "the Rag-Tags" as a potential team name

[@lilworm9893]

@@reptiliannoizezz.413 yes

[@dekucake]

"The Guild of the Domain" sounds awesome, but can also be ironically cool sounding for such a bottom of the barrel team.

[@Oxid3..]

Yes!

[@TzarTsar]

Yes!

[@noahdigit430]

"Domain" could be the name of the area between worlds that little red makes.

[@outkast1ncluded935]

@@noahdigit430 Keepers of the Domain, maybe with that logic

[@kid14346]

Dang this really does feel like a cinematic universe! The lightning powered guy is black now (I know that was stock footage, but also what is with black super heroes and having lightning powers?) and the woman's movie can't even be her own film she is used as a spring board for other characters! Truly a cinematic universe moment!

[@hugovigilmusica]

If the budget is a little too tight, you could actually make this an "anthology" series (with little red riding hood being the narrator, without you knowing it is her until the finale or late into the series), and the season finale is the team up and revelation that this is actually a shared universe

[@changsiah2]

although that's basically the what if ( at least 1st season)

[@jackalope2302]

I'm Red and I will be your guide here in The Domain.

[@MrSkerpentine]

Tales from the Crap

[@samuelturner6919]

@@jackalope2302 The Public Domain

[@alarin612]

Loving the idea of cat man v man cat as a real "who's the real hero?" sort of movie. Like, their conflict maybe starts out over ideology but in the end just becomes personal. To the point that who wins matters only to them.

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

And their mothers have the same name 😃

[@alarin612]

@@casanovafunkenstein5090 LOL

[@alarin612]

@@casanovafunkenstein5090 is back, unt Cassanova Funkenstein is planning something ... a little bit different.

[@ScottHebert604]

Ok hear me out: We need a combination of all the Austin McConnell videos. An AI written script, shoddy 3d animation, Austins long storied career of voice acting to bring it all together.

[@mrsteamie4196]

Don't forget the pilot/proof of concept being made using a horrific neural network recreation of his voice!

[@ThompsonExpress]

Bring in Gianni to voice sme characters and bad guys

[@Holly_Jolly_Mold]

Somebody needs 2 start petition

[@Game_Hero]

and full of useless information

[@CapnJigglypuff]

I was on the fence for the crossover movie until Man-Cat came back. Such an iconic character.

[@Thomas52a]

One thing I absolutely love about this is the ability to satirize and put a superhero spin on a bunch of different genres from sports movies to western to horror and even to Disney-esque fantasy. It would be absolutely amazing to have a handful of amateur writers locked in a room with a time limit of a couple months to just churn these movies out while being fueled solely by energy drinks and instant ramen cups only for the movies to be handled by straight of out film school with a small budget and two months to make each one. I’m sure all we’d need is a few volunteers and a small kickstarted and BAM! a new franchise that will never be able to rival the big blockbuster superhero movies yet somehow still be talked about in film circles for years to come. Anyways, remind me to return to this video if I ever happen to come into a small fortune or maybe even just, like, a couple thousand bucks.

[@paxhumana2015]

Yeah, talked about how horrible and wretched that they are, no thanks, Tommy, et al.

[@thesaurus8124]

Austin: “Catman? Does this guy look familiar to you?” Me: *sudden flashback to Fairly Oddparents*

[@newunfinished9320]

Exactly where my thoughts went

[@johnrau2265]

Especially the costume variation that looks exactly like the DC villain of the same name. You might have to pick another obscure hero. Make sure to never use the brownish costume. That green, one-shoulder number should deter lawsuits.

[@mistuh69420]

Holy sh*t it’s Garfeldi!

[@mr_indie_fan]

@@johnrau2265 i think he is gonna use a bit of variation from the original costume like he did with atlas now

[@PatrickBateman3116]

@@johnrau2265 True

[@briannamcfarland5974]

This whole video was worth it just for introducing me to the masterpiece that is Six-Gun Gorilla.

[@CandyThePuppy]

9:27 OHHH! I just got an INSANE idea why! Both his friends just died, right?! This may be dark, but what if he WANTED to get struck and die!? Maybe, in a fit of rage, the sizzling of scorching bodies still vivid in his mind, Fred ran to his plane and took to flying. Perhaps prior in the story he was well established as an adrenaline junkie (hence the plane that is just _there._ Likely also his father is super rich and he grew up SUPER spoiled.) ANyways! The rotors of his plane whizzed and clanked. Rain thick as sheets pelted Fred's windscreen, making it impossible for him to see, but he didn't CARE! He faced his plane up towards the sky. Towards the flashing light -- the only thing he _could_ see! As the thunder roared and his heart raced, the soaking Fred shouted to the sky with a face of pure anguish and _hatred_ for life. As he flew higher and higher, this feeling only grew, angry that the lightning hadn't struck him already. Oddly, though it got really close, the bolts only dodged past him the first few times. He shouted, "COME GET ME!!.. YOU STUPID B*STARD!" With tears running down his face, "Clearly you don't care about nobody!" (he is now Southern) "SO WHY STOP WITH THEM?!?" And then... the sky finally answered his plea. A flash of white seemed to freeze time... As Fred realized what had happened, feeling.. even SEEING the lightning burning marks across his skin...he still couldn't believe it. His plane lost altitude. It fell. Fell. Fell... Fell. Catching the steering wheel, feeling already half his life drained from him, Fred cursed under his breath, in an instant completely going back on his previous decision. He didn't want _death,_ he just wanted the _pain_ to go away! As Fred saw that no matter what he did, his plane simply wasn't working, he at least tried to steer his way to a somewhat smooth landing over the trees. As he steered himself, he knew this wouldn't do anything... REAL sobs broke out this time as Fred thought about all the things he COULD have done if he weren't so selfish... He could have helped his younger brother ask that girl out he always liked... He could have agreed to help his mom bake that sweet apple pie for his grandpa's birthday... He could have thanked his dad for the one-on-one flying lessons... You know...the small things. But he didn't do those things. And now he had nothing but regret. Feeling hopeless and shameful, watching the treeline slowly reach him, Fred closed his eyes. . . . . When he opened them again...he was in _just_ the right position to go back and right those wrongs. One act at a time...

[@Sketch-Motion]

This is awesome and fits perfectly with the films message.

[@ohshit4860]

YES

[@Red-Wolf-Ben]

What are you doing to me?

[@extremistironyman3849]

The origin for Atlas sounds strikingly similar to an anime character named One Punch Man's origin. Goes to show how there truly is no such thing as new ideas, just good derivatives

[@jairushinulos1236]

Really? Can you explain how?

[@KetsubanSolo]

Honestly, good storytelling is kind of like music. There's nothing stopping you from hitting random notes on a keyboard to make a completely original "song," but almost every good song uses established chords and melody progressions to make something memorable (or at least catchy). Same with Shonen anime stories. You *could* make a series of elements that have never been seen before, but if you're trying to attract an audience of 10-year-olds (which, in OPM's case, is the target audience in Japan), it helps to have simple, recognizable story elements that lend themselves well to serialization.

[@marrow94]

First thing I thought too lol

[@silvermoon5583]

You're right. Right down to the fact that the super secret excercises that made him so godlike are litterally just basic ass strength building exercises that should never have had that kind of effect. Except in One Punch it's a hilarious punchline while in Atlas it's just lazy writing.

[@pogpurin]

@@KetsubanSolo same with art in general Everything you can think of has been done before. Nothing Is truly original, everything is inspired by something else and ideas are used over and over.

[@EricHeidenAuthor]

If I had to guess, it sounds like Charles Atlas (the man behind that exercise program in all those old comic ads) hired the publishers of Daring Comics to make a series to promote his program. Besides the presence of the word Atlas, that exercise at 8:15 comes straight out of both his Dynamic Tension course and his Perpetual Lesson course.

[@rhysjones7641]

Mate I know this sounds like one of those standard ‘i am Spartacus’ moments. But I promise you; If there is any possibility you were going to make any of these movies - I would work for free and audition! I would relocate and sell organs to pay rent: you’re sitting on a friggin gold mine here!

[@Ninox32tgretwh]

Even the Gorila suit wouldn't look as bad as he think I mean in Star Wars they wear those suits all the time for the Wookiees and they look good..

[@rhysjones7641]

@@Ninox32tgretwh you seen what passes for Dr Who now says? The gorilla suit is king 🙏

[@tjbekks]

lol sign me up

[@YourDad-dh6fj]

Which hero?

[@rhysjones7641]

@@YourDad-dh6fj well Dad, I’d sure love to be Cat-Man but I’d just take a cameo in this greatness!

[@squiddler7731]

Blew my mind when I found out that Catman was a real comic book character and not just a parody of batman that the fairly odd parents writers made up.

[@horgh_japan]

There are more than one Catman. This one is Cat Man in two words, while DC had a Catman which faced off with Batman until he kind got dropped. Gail Simone had a pretty good run in the Secret Six comics and revived and made relevant Catman among others. Her Catman was awesome.

[@annabellwoods2799]

If I had a nickel every time Austin bought rights to a forgotten medium from the last century, I had two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice.

[@austinmcconnell]

Best comment.

[@lenadams854]

@@austinmcconnell should Paramount take it?

[@b1bbscraz3y]

@@austinmcconnell best part is the new studio name, the BBCU

[@Anthony_Marquis]

@Annabell Woods I love the "Phineas and Ferb" reference! 😂

[@parmesan93]

"Two Nickel entertainment presents... *Black screen* Forgotten stories."

[@FakeDavyCrockett]

Fun Fact: DC actually made a character in the mid 60’s also named Catman, and he was even featured as a minor background character in 2017’s LEGO Batman Movie.

[@Sketch-Motion]

They even made a Minifigure of him, Which will probably get very expensive when this movie comes out.

[@interox1105]

@@Sketch-Motion good thing I have it

[@gnayr1305]

The best part of this universe overview video was that it fit neatly into the time-frame that I needed to wash the dishes. Well done…and thanks!

[@austinmcconnell]

That’s kinda awesome lol. Thanks for watching!

[@lundylow]

14:44 You're laughing, but that's a legitimately good way to create buzz around a project. Back when Red vs Blue looked like it was wrapping up in Season 5, they did exactly this. On their main page announcing it they posted a hyperlink. But it was over three separate words, "the last episode" or something. But each word was a separate hyperlink to a version that had a different ending.

[@JustKrin]

The Clue movie had 3 different endings I believe. And in my opinion, every VS movie should have 2 or more endings, Civil War, BvS, Freddy vs Jason, Godzilla vs Kong and so on.

[@lundylow]

@@JustKrin Oh wow I totally forgot about Clue. Yes. More Clue endings please.

[@fractalez]

@@JustKrin I don't think it would be possible with cinematic universes. For Godzilla vs Kong it would have been cool tho

[@pastorjerrykliner3162]

OK, so for the "Little Red Riding Hood" you need to go all "Blade" with it... Red Riding Hood is a werewolf ("there wolf!") hunting and slaying machine because her family has a generational curse to fight the werewolves. Just sayin'...

[@KennethSee]

He should borrow from the manga Red Hood: Hunters Guild. It’s a shame it was canceled.

[@plzletmebefrank]

... blood-soaked cloak?

[@luketfer]

So BB Hood from Dark Stalkers.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Now I'm picturing Red Riding Hood being like Underworld, lol.

[@blueted7263]

Sounds like you'd like RWBY. Start with the "red trailer".

[@z-beeblebrox]

I really think taking a page from the Doom Patrol is the ticket here. It wholeheartedly embraces the absurdity and camp of golden age comics, but mixes it with the consequences of reality. The juxtaposition of a cheesy looking, wacky villains & heroes violently and ruthlessly murdering people is an aesthetic that needs explored further, in my opinion

[@z-beeblebrox]

@Will N True, they're more silver age. I was playing fast and loose with "era" expectations since bargain bin heroes are by definition pretty bad at fitting in to the norm as it is (but to be public domain are all golden age). Never knew anyone bothered to name eras beyond the bronze age. You'd think they'd keep up the metal theme but oh well!

[@legojedimasterplokoon2173]

@@z-beeblebrox everything beyond Bronze is not 100% agreed with. I've always called it the Iron Age not the Dark Age but it's the same thing. Sometimes it is considered part of the Modern Age

[@BolarolaBoi]

I love how Jim's uncle just takes the glasses off of Jim and he thanks him for it. For Jim to be wearing glasses, he likely had vision problems, went to an eye doctor, received vision tests, and paid hundreds of dollars. All for this dude to just be like "lol you don't need these" and Jim be like "thanks bro you right".

[@cameronpower7814]

"i made a franchise. it stunk. on purpose."

[@wildishbambino7479]

How dare you defecate on the English language? Stunk is NOT a word!

[@alexisdogbo7958]

@@wildishbambino7479 are you serious?

[@Asymmetrization]

"Stunk" is not a word. You mean it STANK. The abuses inflicted on my native tongue by Americans makes me weep...

[@cameronpower7814]

I’m hearing a lot of chatter about my choice of words, and let me tell you, I have referenced multiple dictionaries!

[@TheSecondVersion]

Hell, Austin owns the rights to his OWN movie. He can put the aliens from that film in this new cinematic universe. Alien 1: "We wanted to invade Earth, but we don't know where it is." Alien 2: "How do we not know where it is?" Alien leader: "We had a guy down there who was supposed to beam us the coordinates, but he was murdered by a gorilla."

[@WayOutGaming]

Fun Fact, Cat Man was a "super hero" in Butch Hartman's Fairly Oddparents Cartoon, who was also played by Adam West. So this one may actually raise legal issues with Viacom lol

[@mariic2]

Fuck Viacom.

[@DantePurgatory]

There is also a Cat Man in DC and it was created way before the Fairly Oddparents version. It even has a similar suit.

[@Confussed-Oddish]

Catman's also a Batman villain.

[@kenm.a.d.7196]

YEAH, I thought he sounded familiar

[@MrShortyme]

The ending of catman vs mancat is similar to how the movie Clue was presented in theaters. There were 3 endings I believe, and you can see them all if you watch it now (the ending kinda does a ‘did it end like this..? Or this..? thing) But when it was in theaters, you would get just one of them, and they didn’t really acknowledge it. Pretty interesting idea really

[@marys.9367]

I thought about that too!

[@adeptmage2293]

The Clue movie where the butler was Tim Curry? I think there was an ending for each individual guest AS WELL AS one for Tim Curry himself.

[@theintelligentork7470]

16:38 you’ve sold me on this whole thing right there.

[@traintimeboy]

THE GUNRILLA

[@drewl5221]

"I should Make my own cinematic universe" was the collective thought of almost every major movie studio after avengers: infinity war hit. Anyone remember Universal's "dark universe"? Just like universal, pretty much every other universe failed missersbly as well.

[@filipsperl]

People started doing that way earlier, like after the first Avengers. Even ths Dark universe was starting up before A:IW

[@Ninox32tgretwh]

To be honest, the Monster-Verse (Godzilla/Kong) is doing quite well, and although the Dark Universe failed, I have to say that I still want to see a cinematic universe of classic monsters.

[@nicholaspeters9919]

@@Ninox32tgretwh Same.

[@nicholaspeters9919]

The main reason I think none of them outside of the MonsterVerse made it off the ground was the studios jumping the gun by announcing like six movies at once, announcing the cast, and just expecting people to show up.

[@IAteFire]

@@nicholaspeters9919 it didn’t help that the mummy was garbage and Dracula untold was shoehorned into the universe after the fact

[@elizabelles]

14:45 has the same energy as when the people who made the Clue movie made three (3) different endings and played them all in different theaters. Everyone was so confused. It was brilliant It would be hysterical if you took this one step further and turned the Cat Man franchise into like. A choose your own adventure book where you go to different theaters and watch different versions of each follow up depending on what your previous ending was

[@feministadentata4041]

I'm totally getting The Tick (specifically the live action series) vibes from this! "Let your toast of Justice never go unbuttered!" That series is what?? 23 years ago by now or something? We need an update for this era Austin. Make this cinematic universe happen please!

[@TheTurdle]

For the finale the 7th monster (which I assume is Landor)'s match-up should be Man-Cat providing a redemption arc and as he's an original character you can invent some backstory where he's actually one of Landor's monsters who went rogue making an emotional conclusion.

[@hdonahue01]

Cat-Man vs Man-Cat is genius. I'd watch that, and I hate movies! Six-Gun Gorilla is awesome, too. This needs to happen! You've grown as a creator since Sprouting Orchids, and you have the capability to pull this off.

[@rclark777]

You hate movies? That's a shame. They're the greatest art-form IMO. If you're looking for something more fufilling from film look into the works of Brunel or Svankmajer or Herzog.

[@ThatReplyGuy]

I actually disagree on that point. Movies are fun, but they don't have enough runtime to get a good story across, especially adaptations. A TV series has more time for a story to breath. Sure, they are plagued by filler content, but they don't have to be.

[@pattheplanter]

@@ThatReplyGuy I am not sure I could take a Svankmajer 24 episode TV serial. The shorts fill my head as they are.

[@ThatReplyGuy]

@@pattheplanter had to google Svankmajer, lol. Obviously movies written and made for a movie length of time wouldn't work as well or at all as a serial show, which is why I specified adaptations. That said, it doesn't change the fact that a serialization has more time to flush out a longer narrative, develop characters and plot points, and flush out and build worlds.

[@hdonahue01]

@@rclark777 It's a great art form, but I can't sit still for that long.

[@livingpyramid]

A thought that is now running though my head that would actually act as a great thread to start weaving this universe together: In the Blue Bolt's backstory, we literally see "an unworldly scientist" perform the radium experiment on Fred, which is what ultimately turns him into the Blue Bolt. Sure, in the comic, he's referred to as just "Dr. Bertof"(? no idea if I got that right), but wouldn't it make things far more intriguing if it turned out the doctor was actually LANDOR HIMSELF? I can picture it now: In the Blue Bolt's scene where the experiment is performed on him, his unconscious state means he never meets the doctor himself, and the scene could be shot with the doctor being only in silhouette, leaving his identity mostly unknown. Then in the standalone Landor movie, say, in an after-credits scene (some laws of cinematic universes cannot be changed), Landor or a visitor to his mansion reveals the existence of a patient/experiment file of one FRED PARRISH, and thus the pieces of the universe begin to be put together. Perhaps even in the final movie against Landor, there could be some sort of internal conflict Blue Bolt feels, being forced to fight the man who made him who he is; maybe a slight breakup where BB distances from the rest of the heroes, only to come around when he is convinced that Landor's experiment was done purely for his own satisfaction and without Fred's knowledge, therefore Blue Bolt does not owe Landor his respect. I know this is a silly universe, and perhaps I'm taking this far more seriously than I should, but when those points were presented so closely together like that, I couldn't help but think how shockingly well they would fit together, with only slight modifications to the source material. Apologies for the ramble, but this just really got me thinking. For such a silly CU concept, it's surprisingly intriguing!

[@ThreeProphets]

It's Landor, but he's in an obviously bad disguise, so when Blue Bolt recognizes him in the ensemble film, he tries to play it off like it was someone else

[@Venezios]

I had a similar idea So what if Man-Cat had a similar backstory to Cat-Man, but reversed? He's a baby tiger who after his family gets killed by hunters, he runs away and gets adopted by a certain mad scientist with a knack for experimenting on animals and people... Landor! Although initially their relationship would be just a pet and his owner, the baby tiger would eventually turn into Cat-Man Now, there's two ways you can do that transition: Route 1: It happens on accident, one of Landor's experiments goes wrong (maybe the Blue Bolt experiment, or maybe the experiment that turned Landor into a ghoul) and then Landor's and Cat-Man's story turns into a tragedy, both of them believe that the other died in that tragic night, and now both turn into villains after going mad with grief. Or you could take Route 2 and have the experiment be done on purpose, Landor on one late night, with no one to serve as his test subject begins to go mad, he *needs* to experiment on someone, *anyone*, and thus, he turns to the nearest living thing, his poor pet tiger and begins horrible experiments on it, eventually turning it into a horrible Man-Cat abomination, who turns into his loyal servant. I believe that both routes have their pros and cons, route one would help estabilish a more human side to Landor's story, and maybe some of the audience can sympathize with this poor mad scientist. And route two could be a great way to estabilish just how evil and mad Landor can be, he has absolutely no moral compass, not even sparing his dear pet tiger, the only animal that was close to him. Hell, you could even do a Man-Cat or Landor sneak peek in the movies, in the scene where the experiment is happening on Fred Parrish, have a scene where the doctor pets his cat, something just really mundane, but that keen audience members would be able to point out as a reference to Man-Cat. Or in the Cat-Man movies, in one of his villain monologues Man-Cat mentions how his adoptive father was a scientist, again, just something really vague, but recognizable. (I can't believe I'm actually getting excited about the Bargain Bin Cinematic Universe, someone do these movies already for the love of god)

[@TheSecondVersion]

For an extra level of silliness, have the doctor be named "Roland," which is an anagram for "Landor."

[@Liethen]

@@TheSecondVersion I support the idea of Dr. Roland Bertof aka Landor turning his pet tiger into ManCat

[@PirateMF]

It's a decent idea, but I think the Blue Bolt fanboys would be up in arms about changing the backstory

[@gabs736]

"I should make my own cinematic universe" hahaha, he says this in such a menacing way that it sounds like he's talking directly to Disney like: "i am coming for you", hahaha great

[@Sean.dustin]

Dude i still can't believe it's been 2 years when you first announcer you were making atlas feels like just a couple months ago

[@MonsterShun741]

Create an animated series with 50's golden age art style, these characters, and plenty of comedy, and I would seriously watch this

[@THExRISER]

Oh, so I wasn't the only one who wanted to assemble their own hero roster from public domain characters? Thank you Austin for realize the idea I was too lazy to act upon, it feels great seeing it with my own eyes.

[@NIDELLANEUM]

Alex Ross once made a comic called Project Superpower, it is really good

[@THExRISER]

@@NIDELLANEUM Looks, awesome, I'll check it out, thanks.

[@chenoaholdstock3507]

That 2 endings thing is what was done with the Clue movie: there were 3 different endings, where different people did it, and they showed different answers in theaters, but never told anyone. Great movie, Clue. You should watch it.

[@Tasla1]

So you basically did what every Gamemaster does regularly to entertain the gaming group? Kudos. You did so well.

[@gabelessing7455]

“You don’t understand Man-Cat. Our headquarters aren’t just for us. I’ve seen what hiding these powers away does. It’s not right.” “But Blue Bolt, who will this den be for if not us?” “Why not make it for everyone, a place of refuge for all peoples. We will call it…the Public Domain”

[@anrylstudios]

YES

[@wilky1189]

That's goddamn brilliant

[@zachsmith3]

Six Gun Gorilla actually seems super badass, he's built different from other fictional gorillas.

[@sephandremanticore5438]

The two endings for CMvMC would be even better with a third ending. The first two endings would be shown in different theaters so that fans would later argue over who actually won. Then the digital release would have a third completely separate ending where the characters work together for some unexplained reason. "We must put aside our differences and work together." With a concept mentioned in these comments of both characters having costumes and being played by the same actor, whichever character speaks this line will be left ambiguous. The final scenes would show comic book-styled snippets of both characters hitting... things... (some unseen enemy). This may lead to further fan speculation that the film was edited to suit whatever the political atmosphere of the time would be. Which would just be even funnier for anyone who knows what really happened. Maybe there would be two versions of the digital release. The second version featuring the simultaneous death of both characters for no reason whatsoever.

[@keithsdiscoverychannel3595]

The Return of Man-Cat in the team-up movie satisfies this. If Red can travel between universes, then she brings Cat-Man in first and surprises everyone with bringing Man-Cat onto the team.

[@LiMe251]

Here me out here, they work together in the digital release due to being contracted by landor for an important mission and it's revealed in a special feature of 6 gun Gorilla that 6 gun's Gorilla parents were killed by 2 people in costumes

[@toddblair5883]

I am blown away you brought up SIX GUN GORILLA!!!! In 2016 I was heavily reading new comics regularly, and 6GG was one that was rebooted from the original, and holy shit is it awesome. Seriously. I screamed when you said the name! Plot is fucking crazy also! “ Welcome to “the Blister” -- a bizarre other-world colonized by humans sometime in the 22nd century, which quickly became a hotly-contested source of fertile land and natural resources long ago exhausted on Earth. In this new frontier, a rogue gunslinger and his companion wander across a wilderness in the grips of a civil war, encountering lawlessness, natives, and perversions of civilization in a world at the crossroads between the past and the future. The fact that said gunslinger is a bio-surgically modified silverback gorilla toting a pair of enormous revolvers is neither here nor there.”

[@the1andowenly497]

You should call them the Vengeance People. It would really give them that original and creative feel you're looking for.

[@дигл_лайв]

A Vengeance Group if you will

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

Vengeacorps.

[@aronpill2767]

Revengers

[@mehwhyausername1]

The Revengables and follow it up two years later out of nowhere with The Revengables 2, although Mancat only gets a 5-minute cameo in that one

[@vincentbook6691]

The Revenge Cult

[@Wildkidnoremak]

You've heard of the A team, when they're ocuppied flying a tank, you call the B team, if they're tied up fighting crime you call the C team, if they .... and when all else fails you can count on the Z team, led by their indefatigable leaders Blue Bolt and Atlas, and for some reason a Gorilla Armed to the Teeth! The Z team! "For when you're REALLY scraping the bottom of the barrel"

[@spc476]

"You've tried the best! Now try the rest!"

[@MrBassmann15]

We're all gonna die.

[@Randomguy-ys8yz]

There is already a "z team". Its a series of argentinian movies

[@humanperson3601]

The whole idea sounds pretty epic! Almost sounds like a parody film, like how Spaceballs is to Star Wars.

[@baconstuf307]

Nah, The avengers are the parody films of this.

[@tomney4460]

Spaceballs is better than Star Wars

[@nahhhhhhhh271]

@@tomney4460 ... Only 7,8,9, and 10 All those sucked

[@tomney4460]

@@nahhhhhhhh271 I have a special attachment to The Force Awakens because it was the first Star Wars movie I ever saw.

[@nahhhhhhhh271]

@@tomney4460 I'm sorry I didn't know u like the sequel series

[@fidly4]

Now I like that you said 7 monsters released on seven continents, because that implies that one monster will just be attacking research stations in Antarctica and we can get a fight scene there.

[@navybr0wnie]

Honestly with a decent amount of funding, most of these could actually be good movies with the right actors and effort put into it.

[@alpha_9997]

I really think these movies would shine with just the right amout of irony

[@andrewzellgert]

A good title for the group could be: "The Outcast Gang." I also have an idea for the final movie title: "The Gerrymanderer." I am thinking this way because Blue Bolt would make an interesting plot twist if he joined Landor's monster army. Adding to this, I think there should be a moment where at the very end of the movie, they think they destroyed Landor, but then Blue Bolt uses his electricity to revive Landor, creating a bigger, badder version of him and they escape together! (I am thinking a crazy space explorer is required for Stage 3) Call me crazy, but I really want to see Mr. McConnell make this saga a reality!

[@DesmondFeteris]

What if Landor was the crazy professor who created Blue Bolt in the first place? Planting the seeds for the team-up as soon as the second production!

[@nolanboyken5589]

That s exactly what I thought it would make a lot of sence

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

@@DesmondFeteris These fan theories are insane! I can't wait for the reveal in the actual movie... wait. Darn.

[@jessetaran7116]

@@DesmondFeteris And Spider-Queen's scientist husband could be some old disciple of his or something before he went insane

[@zanetolman5537]

“Protectors of the Public” would be a good and fitting name I think

[@Raven-2000]

How about Protectors of our Public? PooP for short.

[@zanetolman5537]

@Глеб Сальманов Exactly

[@edgyusername4191]

The villain's team could be called Public do-mean

[@zanetolman5537]

@@edgyusername4191 Definitely, that's fantastic

[@theenigma2861]

I actually did a similar thing in quarantine 2020, except I made a whole universe with original characters. (some liberties taken as some of them are a little bit like a "My twist on this character" bootleg of other characters but point is most are original) In fact, I made 4 separate groups of characters in this universe spanning different countries and time-periods and I gave them arcs and stories and it was a whole thing. I love how creativity can come from these moments where it's almost forced out of us and it's inspiring to see how many people all have different approaches to characters and content they love. Also I quite like the idea of Landor and Six gun gorilla and I am very tempted to steal them and give them a linking storyline...