My Adventures with Superman Falls Apart - Part 3

[@c-puff]

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[@skywise001]

[@grandarkfang_1482]

51:44 *_sees the Dragonslayer_* "How dare you stand where he stood!"

[@c-puff]

That one felt particularly insulting.

[@auralunaprettycure]

15:40 gosh you utterly nailed it in this part. Discussing how anime has had its aesthetic co-opted by people who think shonen anime is all there is. I’m suddenly reminded of all those vapor wave compilations where people didn’t even know what the sources of their footage are. Or a post I saw on Twitter today where someone said “examples of female writers in anime” and every single example they listed was shonen (FMA etc)

[@kap1618]

What bugs me is that these people are in their 20s to 30s. They were around during the anime boom. Why is their reference pool so limited? No mention of Outlaw star, wolf rain, flcl, ect.

[@dianagp1036]

@@kap1618 most likely they never bothered looking outside of the currently hyped anime, most of which is shonen, and now they blame anime itself because shows they'd like better aren't as "hyped"

[@Armoraxis]

Theory, Jimmy has 4 million bot accounts he uses to subscribe to himself to boost his numbers. He seems like the kind of guy who'd do it

[@c-puff]

dslflksjd omfg 😂 I want this to be canon so badly...

[@kingj9664]

​@@c-puff So are you going to do this exact same format when season 2 comes out. Personally I agree with your criticisms but I honestly still think the show is a pretty fun watch.

[@thantrus]

"That looks awful! I love it!" If you ever decide to sell merch, I'd buy this on a T-shirt.

[@GuardianOfMoon]

"If you're listening to this in another tab..." Why do youtubers gotta call me out like this?

[@c-puff]

Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile

[@prestonsawicki7517]

As far as I've seen superman isn't "weak" to magic, just not resistant. He basically has the same resistance as a normal person as opposed to his other resistances.

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

"Roll a Reflex save, Clark." "Roll a what now--" [a giant d20 falls from the sky and flattens Superman] "Ooh, a Nat 1, too bad!"

[@prestonsawicki7517]

@@imveryangryitsnotbutter pretty much

[@schwarzerritter5724]

If Superman was weak to magic, why didn't he get isekaid when the truck hit him?

[@prestonsawicki7517]

@@schwarzerritter5724 him and truck kun have an agreement.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Somewhere, Gilbert Godfrey is rolling in his grave after this abysmal treatment of Mxzyptlx. Also, thanks a lot for covering this show and its many many faults. I am checking season 2 now, and booooy it is somehow, even worse. Especially Kara, who is now a Viltrumite.

[@jymjym7995]

i've been waiting for this "anime adaptations are for people who have skill issue and can't watch animation" is the funniest and most accurate thing i've heard in a while

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

15:19 "Netflix keeps trying to make not-animated anime... for people who have a skill issue and can only consume live-action media."

[@flaredesel3425]

Perfect description. I know people who can’t get attached to animated characters because “animation is for kids.” And it’s so disheartening.

[@pyrosianheir]

@@imveryangryitsnotbutter okay, THAT makes much more sense..... and I fully agree, lmao.

[@archiwistykaumk5182]

All my friends and family. I hate this.

[@erikbihari3625]

Watch stuff from the 2000's those rocked,writing and animation wise! Heck even in the 80's gi joe movie was produced with toei. And still looks amazing?

[@JTHMSqueeMrEffDBoy]

I love that "widemouth/shouting" drawing of your avatar, it's really fun. Also, yeah, you nailed it with on the watering down of nerd culture and fatigue with multiverses points, I've been feeling similarly to you on those subjects for a while. Also also, it looks like Myx has been spending too much time with the "faerie" cosplay crowd or something.

[@FrostTheHobidon]

Mr Myk is very powerful and is fully aware he is a fictional being. Every version of him is confirmed to be a same person, his appearance will change to fit that respected universe, this includes all the comics, Live Tv show, animation, and Video game. He has die multiple times but he never stays dead. The KZbinr The WatchTower explained it better.

[@Lee_Hollows]

I think the reason why what they did with Mr Mxyzptlk bugs me in particular is because it seems clear that the people making the show want it to be very anime-esque, and then they take the most magical villain and just make him another inventor instead of letting him use his magic. Like in one of your previous videos you were talking about how Superman’s big moment of getting his suit was undercut by the sailor moon reference. Superman could’ve had his emotional suit moment and then they could’ve had their magical girl reference in the episode with the literal chaotic magic man. When ether it would be good or not would depend on the episode context, but I feel like it has a higher chance of making more sense tonally. Also I wouldn’t have minded him being a different species or looking more alien, but I wish they would have taken more inspiration from fae and folklore for his design instead of.. anime genie I guess?

[@danielasarmiento3101]

Personally I thought it was because they didn't want to use the other version due to Gilbert godfrieds death

[@christopherauzenne5023]

honestly I hate they made him a generic looking mystic elf. one of Mxy strongest design elements was that he was just a goofy weird short middle-aged man, it contrast with the fact he is one of the most all powerful entities in dc (as well as show how little he objectively does with said power). having a mystical elf be an all powerful entity is just so standard and generic that you will forget about him in the long run

[@jonathannoble7845]

1:20:45 the classic piece of advice for this sort of writing is "therefor, but." The idea is that, when describing the events of the story, it should never be "Superman is looking for the general. And then he gets distracted by a little girl who needs help. And then he overhears a clue on the TV." It should be more like "Superman wants to find the general, THEREFOR he flies over the city using his super hearing, BUT there is too much noise for him to focus on any one thing, THEREFOR he changes tactics, focusing on louder more easily identifiable sounds that might relate to whoever the general is looking for like maybe police sirens, BUT he hears an unrelated distress call and gets sidetracked, THEREFOR he is forced to change tactics again by focusing on his skills as a reporter to find the general." That is the difference between good writing and bad writing. Good writing is "therefor but," things happen due to a chain of cause and effect and there are unexpected twists along the way. Bad wring is just a list of "and then and then and then."

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

I feel like him hearing the news is a case of therefore. He got a but done and therefore was in earshot of the news report

[@jonathannoble7845]

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 But the exact same thing could have been achieved if instead he went back to the office and found out about the news story from Perry. There isn't MEANINGFUL cause and effect. He goes off on a little side quest, and then when it's over he hears the news story. There isn't anything thematic or dramatic connecting those two events. Also, the idea of needing to be within earshot of a news story in the episode about super hearing doesn't make much sense. They could have just had him hear Mist and go right to him, and give them a longer fight.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

@@jonathannoble7845 okay but I think it thematically makes sense. Superman needs to save people, it's what he does and by doing so he progresses on whatever path he's on. He can't *not* do so, so him hearing about Mist after he just saved someone fits

[@redroC171]

So Mr Mxyzptlk being a 5th dimensional being was always the case and not the fault of the show, but I do agree making him tech-based was a really dumb idea

[@eduardopantoja9115]

I agree, you can't change the fact that he's a higher dimensional being, his appearance always changes per universe he interacts with but I didn't like how his abilities were potreyed and they jumped way too fast to the concept of the multiverse too soon

[@WolfJarl]

To me that's like having an unknowable Lovecraftian being, but turning out that Cthulhu is just a giant mecha.

[@zenzfangorl9588]

Ngl during ep 7 I was expecting the whole multiverse thing to be all a giant mindfuck by Mr mixpikly, bc it wouldn’t be the fist time he pulled something like that and it would have actually been really clever and funny

[@arsarma1808]

Funny story, kryptonite exposure is Superman's weakness. Coincidentally, kryptonite exposure is also a human weakness.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Fire is the Martin Manhunter's weakness. Incidentally-

[@harlannguyen4048]

​@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231Correct, until that one time when he evolves beyond his fire weakness.

[@blackstargate4188]

Unless it’s smallville where it’s super serum

[@The-Random-Hamlet]

Your segment on multiverses, infinity, and scale is giving me Voltron flashbacks. Excuse me while I go and rock back and forth for bit.

[@0meAcat1]

The touch starved tag, while powerful, has not sold me on the voltron universe

[@harlannguyen4048]

When I first saw the multiverse episode in Season 5(?), I thought it would be a one-off thing. And not the actual plot in the final few episodes. Voltron LD was really 3 seasons too long.

[@The-Random-Hamlet]

@@harlannguyen4048 Kind of, yeah.

[@joshuakolton9955]

The problem with “nerd culture” is that the people in charge of these properties only make things that appeal to the lowest common denominator of viewer. Unfortunately this erodes everything that made these properties good or interesting which is why I always advocate for massive gatekeeping. Edit: 21:04 also how dare they have the gall to reference much better Superman stories especially the Timm universe.

[@kwayneboy1524]

Gatekeeping in what sense?

[@kap1618]

While I understand gatekeeping from larger cooperations that don't care about the source material, I think it's a bad idea to gatekeepe from potential fans. After all, a bigger audience means the people making the art can earn a decent pay and keep working.

[@kwayneboy1524]

@@kap1618 what if they want to change things with bad ideas and dumb takes?

[@chaptap8376]

As someone who's only experiencing this show through your videos, I let out a welp of pain as soon as I saw Mr Mxyzptlk. I only really know of the Superman comics via my dad talking about them, and I still not only recognized Mr Mxy on the spot but also felt a crashing wave of pain seeing him being a bootleg Dragon Ball character.

[@christopherauzenne5023]

yeah i've seen people say they like this design better but to me it's way worse. yes he looks more fancy & detailed but he looks generic, no different from any other magic being/god, comic mxy looks like some weird middle-aged guy but that contrast amazingly with the sheer power he has (and it complements the fact despite his grand power he is just sorta a petty guy who wants to mess with clark)

[@nighthawk7485]

Great video as always. On Mxyzptlk: I'm guessing they made his abilities nebulously tech-based to more closely fit with the mystery box they've been setting up regarding Kryptonian tech and why all of these events are happening now, even independently from Superman appearing on the scene. That said, doing that to arguably Superman's most iconic magic-based villain is a tragedy. They've removed the core of what made Mr. Mxyzptlk interesting and replaced it with nothing. It is like they used him just to check a box that they used him. It is amazing to me how a show that does a good job of understanding the Clark/Superman character (good enough that they can come up with actually interesting twists on the Superman story i.e. Clark not knowing about Krypton or understanding Kryptonian) misses the mark so hard on just about every other character. On the League of Lois' (here after known as "the LoL") and the concept of infinity: Since this show seems to have adopted the Infinite multiverse, the LoL makes absolutely zero sense. Ignoring for a second how nebulous the goals of the LoL are, by definition the LoL cannot protect the multiverse. Every decision any member of the LoL would split off a universe where that decision was made, not-made, or made differently. So simultaneously, by their decisions alone, the amount of the multiverse they can "protect" is ever-growing and the amount of the multiverse the can never "protect" is also ever-growing. By definition, the LoL simultaneously succeeds and fails at their objectives, and their existence is possibly futile. In a show that wanted to actually grapple with these concepts, there is great potential for a well-written, nuanced story exploring the philosophical concepts evoked by an infinite multiverse. But that isn't this show. Here, they decided to throw in the concept of "infinity" without concern for how that necessarily has to effect the world building, possibly because everyone else in "nerd culture"' is doing it to similar results. On Lois Lane and the Freedom of the Press: All I'll say here is that a how to handle "disinformation" is a very complex topic with the very definition of "disinformation" being hotly debated. There are some schools of thought which suggests that journalistic enterprises should censor "disinformation" because not doing so causes societal harm. I don't believe that this is a concept that this show is at all concerned about tackling. I'm just skimming the surface of this debate to highlight that this is a topic the writers may have been subconsciously aware of when writing this show. On the romance of Lois and Clark: This continues to frustrate me, as it is clear that the Lois/Clark relationship is fundamentally damaged due to the writers' (possibly willful) ignorance of the damage they have done to Lois' character. If the writers were to acknowledge the damage they had done to the Lois' character, and were to treat them as character flaws for Lois to overcome, there would be the potential for an interesting romantic subplot between a Lois who loves Clark and makes a huge effort to overcome her own character flaws and Clark who loves Lois in spite of her character flaws. There's potential there, but the writers' blindness to what they have written leaves us with an utterly broken mess. On the General: I haven't actually watched this show, and my main exposure to it has been your videos. That said, am I the only one who is half-expecting a plot twist where the General is Lois' dad or something? I vaguely recall that Lois' father in some DC media has been a military general of some sort in the past, and this is the kind of twist I have come to expect of the show. It would fit well with the show's continual focus on Lois' as the writers' favorite. Part 3 was an excellent video and I eagerly await Part 4.

[@0meAcat1]

The eventual wrap up video, while infinite in length (because?) Is valuable to me

[@kaylemathewcomendador6964]

Did his magic really look that tech centered in the episode? I did not see that at all.

[@phoenixsoren]

The one series I can think of that understands what 'infinite' means is Interworld by Neil Gaiman. His multiverse is explained by drawing a circle to group all of infinity, and drawing a crescent between poles on the circle to group all of the infinite Earth-like realities by comparison, where each pole represents an extreme of either science or magic

[@becuaseimbored3481]

Honestly, all this multiverse stuff should have been saved for later seasons. This feels like going straight to final boss after finishing the starting town. I know there's the fear of cancelation, but it's too early for this kind of shit. Hell, it feels like a completely different show atp. What are they going for, an any% speedrun of jumping the shark?

[@supernew10doh64]

29:35 "This is red head erasure" Yep this is a big constant problem that has been going on for years that any character who traditionally has been shown to be a redhead eventually ends up getting turned into a black person for absolutely no reason. In fact Jimmy Olsen has been changed into a black person at least twice in recent years between this show and the Supergirl show on the CW Disney's Ariel was recast as a black lady in the remake and there are dozens of other examples. It happened so much that it cannot be a coincidence even though I'm pretty sure it is

[@c-puff]

Almost certainly unintentional and a weird coincidence.... but it would not take much to twist it into "modern day racism against the Irish" and you wouldn't even need to try that hard to make that argument.

[@supernew10doh64]

@@c-puff I don't know enough about the Irish to say anything about that. most of what I know about the Irish is just stereotypes like how the Irish are a bunch of violent drunks who love to get into fist fights over the dumbest stuff. blame family guy for that one.🤣

[@seekingabsolution1907]

Character archetypes that used to be associated with redhead are also stereotypes associated with black people in the US.

[@supernew10doh64]

@@seekingabsolution1907 I don't know about that one I've never seen any jokes or anything regarding black people not having Souls

[@archiwistykaumk5182]

@@c-puff kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioakc4yLqr1raqssi=K9CqsEQ_dvMv7ZS4

[@josephvrbackcatalog]

So glad to see a new video from you!! Cool new opening music 30:28 now that’s a call back I really didn’t expect, nice one!

[@badnewsbears9358]

Whenever I hear the words "pawn shop" in this video I have to double take. I literally mishear the "aw" as "or" every single time 😂

[@JaePlay]

This entire video can be summed up as "So why did X decide to Y in Z fashion?" "iono"

[@Donnerbalken28]

Also: How can you tell an author is deeply afraid of consequences? Easy: They write a multiverse story.

[@Gungelion]

I should mention that in some other forms of media, it is established that Mxyzptlk's power decreases when his hat is taken.

[@c-puff]

I think it would have worked if they kept the more fae roots of the character, but here it's literally just "a weapon" which is so less interesting :(

[@GrinningMarionette]

Real missed opportunity to give them an unhinged rant on why making a super-weapon in the form of a easily removable hat without any sort of binding was a super good idea from an engineering standpoint. Maybe even getting into the notion of magic just being post-modern science, to wrap things back around in the most ironically redundant way.

[@VerdantRange]

Y'know what's a line that would have fixed so many of this show's issues with infinite earths? Having the Loises or Mxy say things like "The Earths we've charted" or "the Earths I've seen".

[@mpd1732]

Even from a recap, I have never before have had such an urge to slowly lay my head down face first onto my kitchen table just by hearing that episode's plot... I'm on the same boat in terms of Mr. M's design, it really REALLY sours the character. This might not be the most kind of observations, but in a moment of rage I would almost lash out at the show's art style which I have thought to be fine and dandy up to this point. Seeing this character, now I genuinely think they don't know how to draw different types of people beyond "quick, look diverse for the camera!" rather than a genuine honing of skill to naturally draw an array of people. Or rather, in short: Yeah it may have been anime references brain rot, or it may be them not knowing how to draw older people beyond copy-paste same winkles syndrome and grey hairs. Considering the fact we see them trying to draw Lois differently 3 times, there is something really awkward with how they executed it. Not to mention the previous video's point of millennial voice actor casting and dialogue sounding. And also, come on, I've seen anime with their own version of older man gremlin characters, no excuses for this baby faced transformation! You telling me Clark wouldn't have been more willing to help if he thought this being was a (seemingly) timid, weak, old timer? That's a peak ideal subversion plot for this scenario and future ones! This grandpa is being chased down by a multiverse level threat tracker association? Why? Oh, because plot twist, this seemingly docile "good guy" can actually end universes if he just decides he wants to. Hmm... Now that sounds familiar to something, some kind of information Lois finds out in this same episode. Something that justifiably reminds her of a certain someone. Hmm... Now I just can't quite put my finger on it... Self own that I'm just bitter, I love older actors and characters in media, so that really got on my nerves, lol. Also- Huzzah! Another person understands what "infinity" actually means!

[@christopherauzenne5023]

your little section on mxy is basically why I fundamentally hate this design. his whole design concept is that he is this weird middle aged gremlin man but is one of the most powerful entities out there. here, he looks like the most standard, stock all powerful god/elf designs you can have which makes him soooo forgetable

[@ThePuddingDead]

I love the comparison of Mr. M (it's early and I'm not spelling that mess) and Benry. The rest of the video is fantastic as always!

[@grandarkfang_1482]

1:13:45 Oh my God, I just realized the lead writer for the show is Josephine Campbell. I wonder if she's read "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" 😂😂😂😂

[@catgames703]

1:00:00 made me have an existential crisis, my smooth brain can't comprehend

[@Mamg-Art]

Man, I am SO allergic to all the multiverse bullshit that keeps happening in big franchises. I wouldn't mind if it was well written and actually interesting, but doing it only to have it and nothing more is ruining the whole idea. Thank you for another amazing video and inspiration to check Ashley and Badd Medicine again!

[@pyrosianheir]

Honestly, I think they just wanted to do a Multiverse episode to leverage the smattering of evil Clark's to force Lois to be suspicious of Clark from this show. If it weren't for that, I guarantee they wouldn't have bothered with it. Might have still had the weird My Mxyxsptlk, but probably wouldn't have bothered with Multiverse stuff. (PS: slight super common misconception on Magic; it's just that he doesn't resist/ignore it like he does everything else, as opposed to kryptonite's actual deleterious effects.)

[@KamiSanzo]

52:16 that red lance looks al ot like the one from fate, the stupid green thing at the top is usop's stupid slinghost, the rocket launcher is from re4, the small gun on the second top-most space is from MIB, that silver ball might be a silver ball (instead of gold) from harry potter

[@diamonddust4486]

Can I point out how Mr. Myxzptlk looks way more fey-coded in the one depiction where he isn't magical?

[@ImortalZeus13]

The old midget man with greying long facial hair is more traditionally Fey-coded than the blue skinned anime goblin.

[@avivatar5288]

I absolutely love your rant about infinity. I agree with your observation that it’s something that a lot of writers completely waffle. It’s not just writers either. I think that the general public doesn’t truly grasp the scope of infinity. Unless you are working with it in math or some other technical field, most people don’t have a chance to familiarize themselves with the concept. In an effort to ground it, many people conceptualize the concept by imagining it as a number so big you can’t count it. However, this completely misses the point and leads to the confused terminology you saw in the show. As you said, infinity is NOT a number. It cannot be categorized as such because none of the rules we traditionally associate with numbers apply anymore. It is simply… infinity. Well stated.

[@battybuddy]

I didn’t even think about the “technology” part of his character sheet, as even though I read it, I didn’t actually register that. I was just on the kick of why does the guy look like a generic anime sidekick character, but you’re right. Also when I found out about the hat thing, Mxy’s hat being some source of his power is weird, because as it looks, he has pretty much the same powers without it here, unless all he showed was just illusions or some shit.

[@battybuddy]

By the way, I also noticed that all the Loises we see are the same race. Same haircut, etc. xD

[@irmuusanaa4227]

i think the reason for all tech villains is the obession with the post modern realism we have been dealing with that has carved out magic as an explaintion yet treating *Tech* as bandaid for is more sensible, even if it's Sci-fi its still Science so realistic? I didn't like most of tech villains, I would have liked it better if a few of them got mutated or became *meta*-humans better than tech humans?

[@pulatelephonics]

Everyone is tryna be spider verse *so* bad

[@anklebiter2323]

To be fair, DC was doing multiverse bullshit first... The Flash of Two Worlds was made in 1961 and might have even had the idea before then, it's just the most notable. Marvel brought in the multiverse around 1969 during an Avenger's story. However I would argue that Marvel just makes more sense with their version, especially with the Spiderverse. Either way I never liked the concept, but its whatever.

[@lionheartt15]

my biggest problem with the league of lois is that since they are multiversal they would think to try and see if superman had been tricked or used somehow instead of joining up with his fifth dimensional stalker but no instead of investigating they just go straight to shooting. what if this clark had been killed by those krpytonite lasers because he had something like an fatal allergic reaction or something? with it being a multiverse you just don't know what might happen

[@Mecharnie_Dobbs]

By that logic, no one who travelled to a different dimension, could take any action at all. So we have to ignore that.

[@DuneStone6816]

I wouldn't dismiss the possibility that the character designers simply forgot they race-swapped Lois and just used their version as the model from which the others were derivative. Same with Jimmy. Though, to be fair, if you allow too much variation, you get to a point where they're no longer recognizable as variants of the same person. Even though an infinite multiverse absolutely SHOULD have a Lois variant who looks exactly like every creature you can imagine . . . the infinite multiverse trope was a mistake.

[@kwayneboy1524]

They should've kept it at 52 like the comics

[@moogle847]

So this is my first time commenting on one of your vids and I have got to say that I'm glad to have someone else's outside view to help me see past some of the Nostalgia Bait Glasses. That being said, I still do like the show on the fact that outside the doki's and the constant push for any anime references, the fact that they portray Superman in a way where he has to constantly try force his powers back and that by the end of the day, he just wants to be like everyone else around him. I know that Hollywood likes doing the Superman tragedy being the death of Jonathan Kent, but Superman's true tragedy is him being the only Kryptonian amongst all the humans where in order for him to get around them as if he were trying to hold a beaker between two sledgehammers. I do hate the rules they rewrote for Mxyzptlk with him being tech based but the way he's being acted out is too much fun. I will say that the bit where you had pointed out him not being able to portal in that location, I did want to point out that the Mxy and Superman are outside the doorway to the room with the portal dampeners, however I offer the counterpoint to my little smartass comment in that, since we don't know how the technology is unknown to the audience and probably the writers as well, the dampeners could be seeping into the hallway and could prevent the portals. Either way I gotta say I'm looking forward to the final critique of this season of MAWS, I may rewatch the Velma Season 1 rants because it was the best television I've seen in about 8 years. Keep up the work and just know that you've gained another fan.

[@danielasarmiento3101]

Overall I personally think that a lot of this series problems came from the fact it was rushed , I dont in the Hazbin/Velma/High Guardian Spice way were it was through sheer incompetence, but more the writers werent given the time to make more than one draft kind, this is especially supported by the fact that this series waa originally slated for cartoon network before the great purge , hopefully since they were given some time they'll improve

[@c-puff]

Oh absolutely. I can only imagine how stressful it was working on this show and for a while not even knowing if it would come out at all.

[@danielasarmiento3101]

@@c-puff definitely, I hope they have more breathing and seeing the season 2 trailer it seems more polished , hopefully they can improve !

[@flaredesel3425]

Why include Hazbin there? Even if it was a bit rushed it was far more put together than the other shows you mentioned to the point where comparing Hazbin to… those shows is really odd. Is there any reason you added Hazbin along with Velma and High Guardian Spice besides the fact that the pacing was odd? If so I’m curious to know.

[@amusingmoose9924]

@@flaredesel3425if I had to guess, I’ve heard a lot about Hazbin not having well thought out world building like HGS. For example, “Where are all of the *really* horrible people in hell?” is a criticism I’ve heard.

[@flaredesel3425]

@@amusingmoose9924 I think it’s just the framing which is the problem there because we know and are well aware of serial killers, cannibals, sexual and physical abusers, and other various atrocious people who are down here in hell. But a lot of it slips past the mind because it isn’t the focus of the show or such characters are charming and it isn’t often we’re reminded the severity of their crimes (Alastor for instance).

[@YellowNekro]

(Around 1:00:01) As a fellow math student (who has been taught endless (or infinite) times the concept of infinite) I couldn't agree more! I hate when infinite is used as a synonym for "yeah, like 50000 or so lol" UGHHH

[@Yuribird46]

38:33 the answer is obvious! To steal from The Looney Toons show "Cause i was told not to and have a problem with authority"

[@FrugalFrugalFrugal]

Thank you for randomly showing up in my feed. Really great video series. Love your tangents

[@c-puff]

Thank you so much! It annoys some people but this really is the tangent channel 😂

[@BrianMcKee]

Soon these videos will reach infinite length.

[@c-puff]

If I believe in myself hard enough they will

[@80yearoldman98]

I would watch an indefinite c puff person video 24/7 that would inevitably ruin all my relationships but that’s fine because your the only one I nEED

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

Just right click on the video and check "Loop".

[@dianagp1036]

the writers having Opinions TM on journalism from working on CBR is hilarious because that website is known for bottom of the barrel factually incorrect "reporting", or lazy "just stole a tweet" articles

[@euphonicbeats955]

Remember when superhero movies only had one or 2 villains? It was already difficult to have 2 backstories and enough time to cram it on a 60-ish minute film and still have a good flow, define motivations and create a nicely packaged overarching plot that pit them against each other. It was almost ridiculous to think two separate superheroes would join in order to beat a common foe, due to the limitations from back then. Now everything has to be a Marvel vs Capcom kind of thing, where god be damned if we have a good backstory or satisfying conclusion to it and not a stupid sequel tie-in. This could easily continued to be an animated Smallville kind of thing, where smaller things happen, but still are significant. Instead, we are going the predictable "grander than life" plot that has infested most of the MCU nowadays. As a side topic, Kryptonite/magic isn't the only weakness superman has, circumstances and good execution of the story can also be: Remember when Lois died in the 1978 movie? As frigging ridiculous, the subsequent reverse time scene was, Superman was defeated there. No, ignore that time reversal shit. He was defeated, period. That scene demonstrated that Superman can be hurt in other ways other than physically and had a good reaction from us as an audience. Point is, if your grand reimagining is going to end on a Multiverse, time traveling or "vs" setting, toss that script in the trash and do it again. Sell a story, not toys.

[@harlannguyen4048]

Even better: Sell a story AND toys

[@thebanjoorder4446]

A C-Puff Video! Day immediately better

[@i.cs.z]

Soo Mr. Mxyzptlk is basically Superman's Bat Mite? Got it.

[@c-puff]

Yeah pretty much. From researching this video, Mxyzptlk came first was so popular they devised a Batman version as well.

[@danielasarmiento3101]

I'd say he's more of Supermans troll than fan

[@harlannguyen4048]

​@@c-puffBoth him and Bat-Mite come from the same dimension.

[@MrSophire]

Danie, true but they both play the same function. Annoy the hero’s, Bat-mite would make things worse just so Batman can show his skills, so instead of fighting an alligator, Bat-Mite would turn it in to a laser shooting dinosaur, and cheer for Batman to defeat it. He will stop any one “spoiling “ Batman’s fight. While Mr. Myx will make the alligator into a laser shooting Dinosaur because he wants to troll Superman and would happily let others join in the fight so he can make the poor helpers get in the way of Superman.

[@jymjym7995]

1:20:45 as someone who has education in writing and a tiny bit of experience (not professional mind you) i have to say: i am not sure the problem is how the characters are written as much as it is the plot in this specific case. lois and clark seem like fairly interesting characters, but if all or most of the challenges they face are due to conveniences it can absolutely hurt them (put simply, its just lame to see someone solving all their issues just by being lucky, although there could be exceptions). the writers should just sit their asses down and try to think of a way that makes sense for the characters to overcome the challenge, that way the character's strengths are visible for all to see and we can be happy with them when they overcome the obstacle. resulting to a more enjoyable experience for everyone and to a more "likable" (for lack of better word) character. by utilizing a convenience to solve a problem the audience will likely feel cheated and the outcome will not feel earned. so basically, it boils down to "write better plots" or "do not be lazy" or "redraft for fucks sake" thank you for listening to my ted talk

[@c-puff]

Honestly that makes a lot of sense. This was a big complaint I had about Jimmy who I feel absolutely has potential to be a good character but he is so poorly utilized and seems to only exist when the writers NEED him for his convenience. Lois on the other hand, despite having groundwork to be a good character, is made less and less likeable as we go by how the narrative treats her poor actions and because the writers coddle her. And Clark, possibly being the best written in the show, has tiny small moments where he gets to SAY things which make him shine, but when it comes to proactively doing things is almost always simply gifted the answer.

[@jymjym7995]

you can have the best written characters, but if you don't know how to utilize them the story will still fail. and the characters will end up being lame.

[@lastsonoftennessee9895]

The problem is that there is a difference between a legal right and a moral right. You may have the legal right to print whatever you want: but to publish a misleading and unsubstantiated attack on someone, not because you believe it is true or care about protecting anyone, but solely because you think it will advance your career (which, in my understanding, is what Vikki is doing here)--that is not morally right. (Also makes Vikki look more like Livewire than this shows Livewire does.) And I think this conflict between her and Lois could be good if it led to self-reflection on Lois' part. Because she has also been just as career-driven and willing to bend the rules to get ahead. This is a place where the 'we're not so different' cliche would actually work. And it could make Lois reexamine her priorities and realize that truth is more important than her career. Or, to go a slightly different direction, Lois could realize that she has been biased towards Superman because of her affection for him, and she decides that now she has to look solidly at the evidence of whether he is good or not. (For that to work, there would have to be actual evidence against him. Because if the multiverse is infinite and every possibility is actualized somewhere, the existence of evil Supermen elsewhere only proves that it is a POSSIBILITY which is something everyone knew from the start.)

[@kasi4363]

In less than 5 minutes you managed to sum up the actual problem with modern mainstream media better than 99% of all the rage bait grifter channels all the while juggling a full season review. Amazing.

[@scootermcburczak3192]

18:14-18:30 You should've used the Viz English dub for those Sailor Moon scenes! (I mean, it only came out 10 years ago and is not corny like the DIC dub from the 90s)

[@PhantomOfTheKnight]

16:21 Oh man it’s only getting worse now that Kara/Supergirl is in the show and her civilian design is LITERALLY just Android 18.

[@c-puff]

Oh God.... Thank you for telling me, this will actually tie in well with how I want to finish the next video with a "did they learn anything from Season 1?" Of course that means I will have to watch Season 2 myself...

[@kasi4363]

What upsets me is that it's exactly 18's clothes. They couldn't be bothered to have a different kind of jacket, shirt, and pants. At least Elisa Maza (Gargoyles) and Yin (The Batman) wear different jackets and pants from each other, despite Yin obviously being inspired by Elisa.

[@i.cs.z]

​@@kasi4363 Aren't they both inspired by Renée Montoya?

[@kasi4363]

@@i.cs.z I know Yin got her clothes from Elisa but I'm not sure where Elisa got it. I think she's supposed to be a cross between Montoya and April O Niel.

[@obadakhalid713]

I know very little about DC or superman but the moment Mxyzptlk appeared in the show even I was like this cannot be a DC character this is a dbz character that the writers inserted into their superman fanfic

[@omnipresentl1316]

No he's real all right. He's in the comics, although you're probably talking about his personality.

[@ffx2player]

My response to Lois Lane and Clark's dating intro can be summed up in my first impression of her introduction. “Hi, I’m Lois Lane,” Me: ”and I’m a bitch!”. The character that I VAGUELY remember from other sources: I love fey characters, I love chaotic neutral characters, I love freaking old folklore/fairy tale ancient fey/dwarf/little people characters that fuck with humans for fun, not to be evil. Just, again, chaotic neutral. The design they went with here makes me cry, the original harkens back to all those roots. Bah. Multiverse is fun until as you say, it gets old. I enjoyed it for a while. Now I miss simple alternate universes or mirror universes if you want to write that. Let the multiverse go, marketing, please. First, they trash character development opportunities, and now they trash a great comedy writing chance. Come on people, LOONEY TOONS could write them into the “portal-proof” room and out better! The Emperor’s Groove managed it!!! *also, the essence of how bad episode 7 gets, after Mix steals the ship, I needed to take a break because too much utter garbage had occurred and my brain was tired* The problem with the flower and 1 week anniversary thing is: This is a mistake you make in your teen years. Like, you have your first significant other and you go too hard and fast, and you break boundaries. Then it kills the relationship, you talk to someone older and wiser, and you grasp this sort of thing makes people uncomfortable. They’re not that young! And thus, it comes off as uncomfortable. Like I guess we’re supposed to put it down to Clark’s lack of sleep, but… No, I get why it makes people uncomfortable, you included. Again, it’s one thing when you’re learning about boundaries and romantic relationships. This ain’t the time for this bullshit anymore. Finally, why the hey doesn’t Lois write a counter article?! Too simple, I know, I just- I can’t help it. LOL, weird copyright rules. (This comment didn't take me forever to post this time, yeah!)

[@monsterslurpee7212]

Cpuff video on Saturday! Hell yea

[@nananamamana3591]

Finally caught up with the uploads. I *really* wanted to like My Adventures With Superman. I still like a lot of it, but, that's mostly because it's the only notable piece of Superman media that's come out in the last half decade that has a mostly wholly positive take on Superman -- as in, Superman is a morally upright person, who doesnt display an undercurrent of being one bad day away from becoming Homelander. It's been a long time outside of DC's undermarketed animated feature films where Superman has been an unambiguously good person, like, the *latest* showing was the Suicide Squad game, where they *deliberately* paint his altruism as crippling stupidity. It's been a *real* rough time to be a Superman fan (arguably for the last decade, but, who's counting). One thing about the Vicky Vale episode that really strikes me is that Vicky could be, at this very moment, living in the criminal hellhole of Gotham, and have to deal with Batman flying around by night, beating criminals, and cops, within an inch of their lives. If Bruce is going through his first or second year as Batman, him getting "evidence" to the proper authorities isn't something he's nailed down pat yet. So, from the view of the press like Vicky, a vigilante is has been flying around terrorizing the citizens of Gotham by night and having them celebrate this fashion of "heroics" despite the dangers to the justice system this sort of vigilantism poses. She could be coming from a place of feeling morally obligated to remind the public that *just* because a person is "helping" doesnt mean their helpfulness should leave them unaccountable to the public. Also, Lois and Jimmy were not only eye-witnesses to Ivo's rampage, but, physically assaulted the assistant guy, who was an accomplice to Ivo. This *never* comes up, and would be extremely important to argue the morals of this entire scenario. If Lois, at all, brought up what research Kicky had done into her "source", because if Vicky *DIDNT* investigate her source, there's grounds to criticize her integrity as a reporter. Likewise, if the assistant guy had said "Oh I remember you, you're the girl who knocked me out to save Superman." that could give Vicky cause to interrogate Lois and Jimmy about *why* they're so invested in Superman's public image, leading her to discover Jimmy's channel, meaning he *directly* benefits from Superman's popularity, and that leaves interesting questions about Lois' motives for Vicky to try and dig into. Maybe, Vicky decides to drop her case on Superman as a menace, and instead, focus on unveiling his identity, and, the Daily Planet's unfair bias toward their reporting of Superman. *OR* you could have Vicky actually *LIKE* superman, but, understand that contrarian reporting is good for *BUSINESS* so she and Lois have to come to blows over the ethics of reporting an opinion you don't hold, for profit. She could cite that she's keenly aware Parry wants to hire her for the Planet, because the Planet could really use the prestige she brings, because the prestige she brings translates to sales, and illustrate further that editorial articles *ARENT* actual news, they are entirely biased writings, meaning the *ACTUAL* news getting reported is more important, and will see larger audiences IF the paper becomes more commercially popular. Lois could argue that it's fundamentally wrong, and a slippery slope, to report untrue things just to move merchandise, and how *bad* it might look for the paper if, the popular opinion goes *AGAINST* the editorials being published, allowing her to cite Jimmy's channel's sudden explosion in popularity as evidence that the people don't *WANT* to hate superman, and that a Story about the positive impact Superman is having would be the better way to go, and that Vicky's unfamiliarity with Metropolis' people means she doesnt 'know' her audience. *_OR_* you could have Vicky socratically dismantle Lois' perception of Superman. Lean *IN* to her paranoid side. Vicky Vale is her IDOL, she's the reported Lois desperately wants to BE, and have her just simply ask questions, that any reporter might ask -- the "hard hitting" questions that Lois wanted to bluntly ask people at Ivo's party! "Why are you protecting him?", "Why should this person's account of events be ignored?", "Do you think these events are unconnected?", "Do you have a personal connection to him?" just make Vicky *cold* as *ICE* about. She doesnt *CARE* about Lois' answers, or Superman's public image, or anything like that. She's *JUST* here to report on a side of Superman that *ISNT* being seen in the public, it's a *JOB* and that Vicky doesnt let her personal feelings on the subject influence her reporting. She could feel the public has a right to hear from the 'victims' of Superman, even if they're bad guys, because what would happen if Superman was seen as "always right" in the public? What could he potentially get away with, if everyone thought and felt his actions were Just? What if he just decided to kill people who were committing crimes? Play on Lois' encroaching fears about Evil Superman. have Vicky explain that our system of justice is based on precedent, and that Superman presents all new precedents that the public will ultimately have to weigh in on and if we all assume, or forget, that Superman's actions have consequences beyond the momentary safety, we may inadvertently raise him to be above the consequences of his actions. WHO will hold him accountable if not us? Or. You could have Vicky reveal she's really into Superman or something and she wants to get his attention with a scathing editorial, so she can entice him into a romantic rendezvous. Play on Lois' personal insecurities about her relationship with Clark, and her professional insecurities. Now, the AUDIENCE knows Clark wouldn't fall for Vicky, but, Lois sure doesnt. Vicky is intelligent, successful, charismatic, beautiful, what's NOT to love about the FANTASTIC Vicky Vale? She's a SUPER reporter and he's a SUPER man! Clark's also feeling distant, and he's always so busy, and Vicky's probably busy equally as much since she's SUCH a great reporter and theyre both hard workers and yadda yadda yadda! The show clearly wants to paint Lois as the central protagonist, hence the title and the framing of her terrible actions. So, having a romantic rival that's more similar to Lois than Superman makes sense, especially one who is above personal and professional reproach. Lois WANTS to be Vicky's understudy, she WANTS to be the kind of reporter she is... but she also doesnt want to lose Clark to some Gotham Hussy who only wants him because she has a thing for men in tights. They could have done incredibly interesting things for their characters, or their world, or their plot, or all of the above if they treated Lois' relationship to her job as anything more than a tool to explain how Lois' 'solves' things or why Lois acts how she acts. Lois is not a reporter because the writers want to explore the challenges of an upstart reporter coming to terms with the realities of being an upstart reporting with nothing but talent and altruistic ideals about the nature of the profession. Lois is a reporter because they wanted her to be able to get into trouble, or, have an excuse to get her into trouble. They don't want Lois to *be* a reporter, they want Lois to agonize *as* a reporter. Honestly, Lois would be better off starting a blog with Jimmy, if she REALLY wanted to bring hard hitting news to the public, at this point, Jimmy's channel probably has more active viewers than the Daily Planet by a wide margin. But. That would mean Lois can't agonize about "not being taken seriously by her peers" and "everyone taking advantage of her despite her clearly being right" and all the other things you get by sticking your main character in a dead-end job. There is a *reason* why every incarnation of Lois is already a pulitzer prize winning reporter -- it's so we can focus on Lois' ability *as* a reporter. We already assume she has earned the autonomy to pursue her own cases and that the only thing that would stop her is direct intervention from her boss. The writers clearly wanted this Lois to agonize about NOT being as good as them, while also telling us she's *just* as good as them. It's annoying. Not just because of the discrepancy, but, because you could have Lois as an established reporter, with Jimmy and Clark as her interns, and *still* have her in this postion of not being taken seriously -- just make her the lead reporter on the Planet's 'social media engagement and interests' division, which makes her peers treat her like a blogger. Lois wants to be a hard hitting front page reporting, covering crime and corruption and all those noble things, but, she's relegated to a section of the Planet's that's underfunded and scarcely understood by her superiors, in large part because she's younger than them. This could tie into why Parry sends her to deal with Ivo's party, have him assume that the yuppy new-money tech billionaire will probably resonate more with his younger reporter than any of his older, more experienced talents. But, ya know... then it'd be "problematic" that Lois and Clark are a romantic couple. Because she'd be his boss. And nobody wants to invite *that* perception of their show for discussion, even if it's an interesting plot thread that deals heavily in ethics, which is probably what Lois, as a reporting, should be a vehicle for exploring. Oh well. She's a fiesty dark-skinned tomboy. As far as the public is concerned, this is all that *truly* matters.

[@000Dragon50000]

Lois getting a foil who is STILL willing to do anything to get that story to illustrate how Clark's influence has pulled her away from that mindset is a good idea in theory, the issue with it here is mostly the execution.

[@grizzakaful]

I honestly gave this show a chance, even after Lois has no proper punishment for her misdeeds. The multiverse however broke me. Like i can honestly say i wished i could erase that memory.

[@vulpiixfoxx]

51:43 I *think* the one above the Card Captor Sakura’s staff is meant to the Silence Glaive from Sailor Moon…? But it looks really short so I can’t be sure. Also the little grey disk above the bow seems to be referencing Homura’s shield…? But again I’m not completely sure, so take that as you will.

[@Mebro-m6d]

1:01:15 I don't know these kind of stuffs but isn't universe a chaotic system? Which mean small things can cause big changes in small times. So those 2 minutes can change A LOT. It's like the time travel in some of the movies where the time traveler move a stick and now C-puff doesn't talk about Sailor Moon. Oh and also some of infinity is still infinity. Edit: Actually you were right. If there is INFINITE amount of universe then there is INFINITE amount of universes that INFINITELY similar to eachother.

[@gunfighter009]

23:30 its actually really interesting you bring up crisis on infinite earths after bringing up the concept of geeky stuff becoming homogenized because crisis on infinite earths was arguably the first example of that kind of thing happening and ever since DC made that (really bad) decision to get rid of their multiverse they have been dealing with the consequences ever since. It has been around 40 years and DC still hasnt recovered from that mistake despite them constantly trying to undo or perfect it over and over again

[@enfuegobeat7953]

can't believe they didn't make Keyblade Lois, Lois 13

[@danielasarmiento3101]

Honestly the way i would ve done the Mxy episode while including aspects of the multiverse specifically the lois and clark segments, is have it be Mxy is the one that one that implementes these ideas on both them , no league of lois and have it be instead if both we the audience along with the characters think he is telling the truth , since canonically mxy is superman troll and he would screw supes this way , specially if he transport clark into the rare dimension were he is evil and give lois the orb with kryptonite

[@c-puff]

That's such a simple and easy fix and would have repaired SO MUCH DAMAGE this episode has.

[@danielasarmiento3101]

@@c-puff thank you! , My idea was to show to the new fans how much of a menace mxy is while showing old fans how Mxy would be mess with an inexperienced Superman , since alot of how supes fights Mxy is cerebral , heck having Mxy end the fight himself because this fight is not only boring but just sad because he is watching having clark have a breakdown and he doesn't want to break his toy yet, this would not only hurt the fans but make the scenes with lois more touching since she doesn't know the truth about Mxy but still chooses to believe in him

[@u83rj1]

Bit of tangent, C-Puff, but Mr. Mxylptlk's hat is not "Top hat", it is a "Bowler hat". Plus, you could only do TWO episodes this time, because 7 REALLY got on your nerves (so far). I don't envy your job.

[@c-puff]

Did I say top hat? oh damn. I must have been so blind with rage I missed that while editing the script.

[@rennythespaceguy7285]

Maybe the endless multiverse stuff would be less obnoxious if not every version was about a million versions of the characters all acting as some sort of police force, working from a stark white base and full of shallow moments when you're meant to point and clap when a version of a character from an old thing shows up (often written in a way that shows the writers do not even remotely get that version of the character)

[@BatsBats38]

Right under guts' sword there is the wabbajack... wich is from skyrim edit: vicki is literally copypasted from bayonetta wich explains bayonetta's pistol randomly being on the gun reference rack... and the clevage. And the explanation to the infinite universes thing is that there ''are'' infinite universes but that's because they're created constantly and a certain amount of them is catalogued and they have knowledge about them wich they believe is representitive of the greater multiverse and the universes to be created so as the multiverse and the catolgue of known universes expand the percentage of evil supermans stay about the same. fun fact: marvel multiverse isn't actually infinite it's figure of speach and 98% of it was destroyed by amatsu-mikaboshi who is the avatar of oblivion

[@c-puff]

Oh good lord....

[@BatsBats38]

@@c-puff yeah... hope i didn't come off as a salty comic fan boy

[@c-puff]

@@BatsBats38Oh no! I replied before your edit :) I was going "oh good lord" at all the references I missed. Why is this show like thiiiiiiis

[@0meAcat1]

The wabbajack is. Incredible

[@BatsBats38]

@@c-puff ...good question but atleast i don't have to watch it since you're making these :)

[@khaliahingram1695]

This design for Myxyzptlk looks like it fits more in with Tenchi Muyo than Superman

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

1:17:48 - "That is one of the more insane sentences I have said in these videos." Not helped by the fact that, with your accent, it sounded like "an invisible man robbing porn shops".

[@johannesseyfried7933]

That would probably happen in an 18+ parody of the show. 😄

[@dand1253]

22:34 - ...I need to take a break and come back to this later. This is just... too much stupid in too short a span.

[@dand1253]

24:05

[@dand1253]

1:11:02

[@periodicpete]

Had a friend who recommended your series. Love your stuff, especially your coverage of Superman. Would love to have a chat sometime in A Discord far far away, if you hang out there at all. Look forward to part 4 and any coverage on season 2, if you plan on it

[@c-puff]

Oh! I am actually in a Discord far far away! I don't comment in there much because I'm very bad at discord groups. But I am there! And thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoy my stuff! Gonna get to work on the next part soon. I have a studio job I'm finishing up then I should have more time again ✌

[@periodicpete]

@@c-puff No worries. I also mostly lurk in Discord servers lol. I'll hit you up sometime. Look forward to seeing it! Stay sane!

[@flickflack]

Hell, I have never watched a single espisode of DBZ, and even I thought Mr. M looked like a DBZ character. So...that's a little more than "inspiration", I'd say.

[@TevyaSmolka]

except the one piece live action show turned out to be good because the original creator was involved and it turned out great.

[@jaredthaler1017]

Maybe all the Loises are Korean American so that they all have the same face so the audience recognizes them as Loises because Lois in this series doesn't have a very recognizable silhouette or aesthetic, so how can you tell? The loises in the hall of loises can be more varied because the context of their location tells us who they are, and because some of them are references to previous depictions.

[@yepsilon2898]

I actually really like the IDEA behind this version of Mxyzptlk. An interdimensional trickster with the wish like powers that can so whatever he wants? Without comparing his original designs, it sounds like the perfect fit for a Genie or Djinn type character. Buuuut... yeah they went WAY to anime-esque with his design. He might as well have just been a different magical being from the 5th dimension.

[@BrianMcKee]

Released 23 mins ago?? BUT I POSTED 5 DAYS AGOO????? TIME WARP!?!

[@ThePuddingDead]

Put your hands on your HIPS!

[@gentlemanlygeeky4088]

Keep your knees inside!

[@yungsanchez3997]

1:06:53 this scene with Jimmy and his KZbin channel is so stupid it's infuriating. Jimmy's phone is already on 76% even though he just said he was without his charger for the weekend. Jimmy didn't check his KZbin page that whole time, but for some reason it says his video was uploaded 20 minutes ago. If he last uploaded 20 minutes ago, he would have already seen his subscriber count. Also he's subscribed to himself

[@QTRemnant]

These videos are very enjoyable. I'm so glad to finally see someone else call this show out for its stupidity instead of constantly praising it for "bringing back classic superman". The only problem that I have is your constant need to bring up comics (even though you said that hated doing the research in the first video) and your tangents about ridiculous crap like the multiverse concept and censoring vicki.

[@c-puff]

Thank you! but unfortunately, my dude, this is the tangent channel.

[@mpd1732]

Wait- I was distracted by how much that first episode infuriated me. You telling me Lois, little Ms. "Superman is hiding something and is up to something nefarious and it is up to me to expose the truth" is now against a reporter having this same angle of investigation?... Geez, they really think they wrapped up that plotline arc with Lois, huh? What with her not wanting to slander Superman now that she knows he's a real person and all that pesky morality conundrum. It's not even bad for the sake of story. Vicky Vale is implied to be a reporter that Lois looks up to/ knows of, you can weave the narrative that Lois in her inexperience and insecurities is that this is the person she modeled her investigative journalism after, and now she has her own morals and integrity she wants to be true to in her career and she has to grow past her role models. But no, it's about wanting to defend her boyfriend. Heck, I don’t even know what Clark himself would have thought of this whole situation, as unfortunately by now it seems like the reason Clark was against Lois' first opinions wasn't because of pride but rather because it was coming from a crush he wanted to appeal to.

[@vulpiixfoxx]

I mean to be fair to infinity train other than the train cars it doesn’t really touch on the whole multiverse thing…? But that’s a minor nitpick (in reference to 24:47)

[@c-puff]

Yeah, I was less worried about Infinity Train directly and more how "multiverse" is such a buzzword that articles listing where to watch multiverse tv shows exist. To illustrate how widespread this popularity has become.

[@Alluminn]

The fact that the KH Lois wasn't from Earth 13, or 358/2, or 3D, or XIII, or χ really supports that point of them wanting to ride the success of others. Like is it important? No. But any actual KH fan could've effortlessly pulled out of their ass a meaningful number other than 24.

[@kasi4363]

What's weird is that if there is a Lois with a keyblade then where is she? Keyblades are magic which can hurt Clark. They made a reference without realizing that said reference breaks the story.

[@ashlynbrown3728]

51:50 hey that Glaive looks kinda familiar, is that the Silence glaive or that's a just a ordinary glaive, and don't get me started on spear of Longinus look a like and the freaking dragon slayer, and thanks for explaining that the multiverse is getting boring thanks to bad writing or something. Like time travel it can be done well if not you got a massive mess on your hands

[@thantrus]

I feel like the universe was trying its damnedest to stop you from doing this. But, It was all worth it! ... This does make me want to watch more tokusatsu instead though...

[@cousinfilmsltd7701]

Gee thanks KZbin for letting me know about this 4 DAYS AFTER IT CAME OUT!!!

[@fermintenava5911]

Okay, you got me again: I really hate multiverse storylines, especially if they remove all the mystery and mystique from it and drop it all on you in the first storyline. (Which is kind of the reason why I'm not interested in Spiderverse despite everyone claiming it to be great.) I guess multiple Lois Lane's of the same ethnicity drives home the point that some universes differ more on certain actions than on starting conditions, but it's still a wasted opportunity.

[@pyrosianheir]

So... DC have varied back and forth overtime on how infinite their multiverse is. Initially it was infinite. Then it was a single earth. Then it bounced back and forth from that a couple times before the New 52 reboot following flashpoint said there were only 52... until the whole "Death Metal" (terrible name) event brought EVERYTHING back to the table again. So, presently infinite in DC. Marvel hasn't, but mostly because the one time that I'm aware of that they collapsed their multiverse (godlike entities destroying ALL reality for... reasons), they explicitly put it ALL back afterwards.

[@80yearoldman98]

NEW C PUFF REAL OH MY GOD HIIII

[@supernew10doh64]

1:00:43 Yeah you really got a point here with the concept of infinity although in DC's defense the way there Multiverse works is well to quote our man from DC crisis on Two Earths " with every choice we make we literally create a world can you read history branches in two one where we made the choice and another where we didn't. That is the secret of the universe you know. Millions of people making millions of choices creating infinite Earths some so similar to each other that you could spend a lifetime searching for any distinction, others so radically different that they defy comprehension." The DC Multiverse seems to work under the idea that there are technically finite amounts of new universe is appear almost constantly that there is no point in a numerical numbering system despite the fact that they still use a numerical numbering system. So technically there isn't infinite Earths but the number increases so quickly and so frequently that you can't really say there are trillions of universes or anything like that. Also infinite does actually have a secondary definition meaning a very large quantity so it's technically not incorrect even then there are different levels to Infinity. In basic terms something can be infinite in regards to the third dimension but be limited in the fourth dimension.

[@c-puff]

Perhaps so, but I feel when we start talking about alternative universes in a fakey sci-fi way where we have to think about these things as conceptual realities and not just as linguistics, then we can't use words like "infinite" as a hyperbolic word to express a point. At least that's how I feel, or you muddy how much of this fantasy concept we're supposed to take seriously.

[@supernew10doh64]

@c-puff a lot of series just use the term infinite as shorthand for there are a metric crap ton of universes and we don't want to have a finite number because we want this to go on forever so there are just a ton of universes more than anyone would reasonably be able to catalog. I agree with you on a lot of this stuff the Multiverse is definitely a concept that has become very frustrating in recent years and I say this as someone who has been writing my own dragon ball fanfiction for the last like 8 or 9 years heavily dealing with time travel and the Multiverse. The Multiverse concept has become so tiring that I don't even want to do my own fanfiction at this point.🤣

[@BeaneCat]

The whole “5M subs” thing, did whoever did the phone layout accidentally mix up what was meant to be the view count and Jimmy’s sub count?

[@kap1618]

what's ironic is that for how much the show wants to reintroduce the iconic and classic parts of Superman it none the less makes the same mistake Zack Synder did with its version of Mr.Myxlplyx.

[@harlannguyen4048]

Wait, Mr. Myxy was in the Snyderverse?

[@kap1618]

​@@harlannguyen4048Oh no, they never allow that. I was pointing out how this show handles magic is similar to how Zack Synder handles Super Heroes. With contempt.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

Your rant about the misuse of "infinite" would likely not have been necessary if Mr. Mxy(i.e. the writers) just added "...that I know of" or "...on record" to his talks about the multiverse.

[@docthe10th]

1:33:22 I actually have to say this is accurate (or actually extremely generous) because I’ve had KZbin go “this channel just uploaded a video” DAYS after it’s posted and I’ve already seen it. Wouldn’t even be surprised if this very video has this happen.

[@c-puff]

I actually though about that too XD but then I got so fed up with the whole plot point I just went into "AAAAGH!" territory.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Man, after watching S2, I cannot wait for you to tackle that one... sooo much wrong with it, especially Kara and Brainiac.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Wait, waitwaitwait, Clark sent a picture to Lois of himself, in Superman costume, with flowers???? Is he mental? Does he not think ARGUS or Waller or whoever is not monitoring the phone of the escaped general's only daughter???

[@Miksy51]

Clicked because of the Peacekeeper Or Mxyzptlk Favorite character and interpretation